Then again it is said that rules are for breaking....
Yes, you have guessed it, I have been tempted by the thought and sight of shiny new metal, not to mention the smell and touch of a crisp new rule book. I do like the smell of a new rulebook, it smells of potential victory.
So the latest rule system to find its way onto my shelf is "Secrets of the Third Reich" (SOTR) and the latest army is Soviets..
SOTR is a game system from West wind games and is based in Europe in 1949 with the assumption that the second world war is still ongoing, must European and some American cities have been "nuked" and almost every army are now using zombies and some have ventured into werewolves, mechs etc.
It is a platoon level game and looked quite fun when played by a few guys at my club.
I opted to go for the Soviets mainly because no-one at the club was using the Russians and partly because I always like to use the underdogs.
First glance at the rules indicates a game system built around a bit of fun. The artwork is generally poor and the rulebook looks difficult to interpret in some areas so I am not sure if they could ever successfully be used in a Tournament. However, having said all that it looks fun and played quite well....
So a few Russians have been based in readiness for undercoating and painting.
The figures are all westwind and are quite nice. The heads are supplied separate from the bodies, which in theory should give a fair amount of variety. In practice there is not a broad enough selection of heads to choose from so they all repeat quite quickly. I have therefore brought a head pack from Berlin or bust game system (also west wind) to make up the pack.
Not all heads appear to fit the bodies very well, but it does not require a lot of work to get them in soundly.
The figures are roughly 26mm scale and look quite fun. Time to see how well they paint up.....
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