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Author Topic: Front Toward Enemy  (Read 3166 times)

judgedredd

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on: June 05, 2020, 05:28:03 PM
Strange title for a board game.

I took receipt of this today and will post an unboxing review tomorrow




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Reply #1 on: June 05, 2020, 05:40:46 PM
It's named based on the front of the claymore mine (pictured) which was widely used in Vietnam.  Plus people in the US military still use those claymore mine jokes all the time.

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Reply #2 on: June 05, 2020, 06:15:17 PM
....and watch out for NVA sappers...................

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Reply #3 on: June 05, 2020, 06:33:32 PM
It's named based on the front of the claymore mine (pictured) which was widely used in Vietnam.  Plus people in the US military still use those claymore mine jokes all the time.
Aaaaah. You know I used claymores when I was in the army - but I don't recall that on them. Knowing squaddies though, I know it must've been on there though  :2funny:



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Reply #4 on: June 07, 2020, 05:44:37 PM
Ok - here you go. Here's what's in the box.

The back of the box with some standard blurb


A couple of dice


A manual. It's decent enough. Good satin style paper quality. Nicely laid out rules with some example images. No index though. The rules themselves seem easy enough. Well explained with references to relevant parts of the manual. They seem easy enough that I should get this on the table this week.




Some replacement counters for misprinted ones in the box


Player Aid Card - side 1
Good card stock. You get two of these.

Player Aid Card - side 2


A selection of pre-defined missions - all on decent card stock











A card to track game progress


The counters. They're small - but there's not too much on them so they're readable
Sheet 1 - front - US and NVA

Sheet 1 - back


Sheet 2 - front - VC, civilians and system counters

Sheet 2 - back


Sheet 3 - front

Sheet 3 - back


The maps - 2 and on paper. Looking at the missions, you can combine these maps.



So there you are. Components are decent for the money. Rules look fairly straight forward and I'm looking forward to getting it on the table. All counters have been punched and clipped and I finished my World at War 85 game - so everything is ready....just waiting for some spare time...



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Reply #5 on: June 07, 2020, 05:46:28 PM
Need more pics  ;)

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Reply #6 on: June 07, 2020, 05:47:57 PM
Thanks, JD - I am pretty curious about this one  :bigthumb:

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Reply #7 on: June 07, 2020, 06:22:00 PM
Looks nice! Thanks for sharing 😀

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