"Anyone tried Crossfire?" Topic

Just heard about it today. Sounds very interesting. I'll be looking at the reviews, but I wondered if anyone here had tried it.

Just heard about it today. Sounds very interesting. I'll be looking at the reviews, but I wondered if anyone here had tried it.

Yep, solo, a couple of decades ago. A unique system, usually with a lot of terrain pieces on the board, because units basically move from terrain piece to terrain piece. Hence the lack of measuring. I liked it.

An excellent system for small battles. The different approach to movement and combat is simple, but gives the player plenty to think about, and yes, you need plenty of small terrain pieces on the table to make it work. I think it's a fine recreation of small unit action in the 20th century and beyond.

Played it awhile ago. Enjoyed it very much.

Here's a link to an AAR for one of Dick Bryant's scenarios.

link

This is the io group for the game.
groups.io/g/Crossfire-WWII

Crossfire is one of the very best infantry combat games.

Love it. I use it for WW1 actions.

Robert

I've played Crossfire many times over the years. IMHO one of the best simulations of tactical infantry combat I've ever played.

However, some people hate it, and my regular gaming group don't like the degree of concentration involved as every action is subject to a potential counter action.

The two main down sides are that it doesn't scale well for multi player, and the armour rules are weak (it is an infantry game). Multi player is possible though, and armour is fixable with house rules.

vietnam is quite good with these rules. works well with infantry only though.

I second Martin's remarks. I have run a bunch of Crossfire games, I have 2 slated for the Little Wars convention outside of Chicago in April. You really have to set up the terrain carefully to block lines of sight, weapon ranges are the whole table. Also if one side is attacking it must outnumber the defenders by a 2 to 1 margin to have any chance of success. But it is a great game.

So, how can "Crossfire" work with multiple players?

+1 nnascati

"So, how can "Crossfire" work with multiple players?"

With a good umpire,

Tally Ho!

I have the rules and have played it once. As an infantry game, I like many of the concepts. For a game that plays fast with a minimum of rules its a pretty good simulation, and that's coming from a Grunt who does not like most games.

Setting up the scenario, terrain density, and placement are probably among the most important aspects of a good game.

Wolfhag

Nick I have run it with and without an umpire. Also even sides and uneven sides. We have the attacking side go first picking one of their players who goes until he fails an action. Then they pick one of the remaining players on the attacking side and he goes until all attacking players have gone. Then switch to the defenders. So far with uneven sides we have the short side select a player to go a second time to even things up. It works for us.

check out a series of how to play crossfire, short videos, on youtube.
YouTube link

It is a great set of rules. If you get it, try and also get hold of the 'Hit the Dirt' scenario book(I think it may now be available as a PDF). Lots of very good scenarios. Setting up good tables for Crossfire isn't easy if you are used to other games; you need a LOT of terrain, and the scenario book is a great help in giving you an idea of how much you need

Thank you all very much!

I'm going to have to put this on my list. It sounds like my kind of rules.