Thanks for the comment. We did a pretty long series on Black Powder Red Earth. If you are interested in the ultra-modern skirmish games, you should give that one a look.

Thanks mate! Harlow has to use smoke or they ain't going to make it there.

Ha ha! We are just trying to keep up with you!

My Russian teacher would be proud!

I did the same and had to proxy handlers. They add so much depth to the game it is almost a “must” initial buy.

Yes. 😂

I tried that but the video was too short for KZbin.

It was 3d printed. You can buy the STL or order models from here: www.myminifactory.com/users/natefeyma?show=store

If that race is elves.

You are definitely putting yourself at a disadvantage if you do.

Thank you kindly! More are on the way.

Smoke grants full cover for models completely within 3" and partial cover for models partially within 3", making it a very powerful tool to protect your troops while you maneuver forward.

We used the Buggy rules from the Badlands expansion, along with the vehicle rules from the base rule book. The APC didn't hold up as well as I had hoped so we are going to come up with a home brew unit to use in future games.

lol! I have made some house rules for them so they are a little tougher than buggies moving forward. Vehicles are a nice add to the game.

They are a worthwhile investment to be sure. I really feel like we are playing the complete game now that we have them.

Thanks mate! We have no plans to slow down.

They are made by Roll 4 Initiative and can be found on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B075X1Z2F5/ref=sspa_mw_detail_5?ie=UTF8&psc=1&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9kZXRhaWwp13NParams

@, many thanks!

Thanks mate! The fences were made by Monster Fight Club under their Monster Scenery line. They have a number of great products that fit the BLKOUT theme.

We use a mix, but for this battle report I got the MDF buildings from my friend Max in Germany. Unfortunately it looks like he closed his webstore down. The vehicles come from Mantic Games as a terrain crate; they also appear to have stopped selling the product. All of this reminds me that I am old and have been gaming for a long time.

@@warcorgi3623 hehe it all looks great. Those vehicles really fit the feel/style of the game.

Not presently. I think you can order straight from the company but I know it is really expensive when shipping and taxes are included.

@warcorgi3623 yeah very expensive to ship unfortunately so can't justify it, which is a shame as it looks like a great game

Nothing a little extra super glue won't fix. We've played one game with them and they are fantastic fun.

You're welcome! I am positive they will not disappoint!

This was a 3x3 board, which is our preference. We occasionally play on a 2x2 board if we are pressed for time though.

Thanks! It is a learning experience for us as well. I expect Robby to get more proficient with them in the near future.

Thanks for the comments! We always welcome rules discussion on the channel; we work hard to get things right and need to know when we get them wrong. EWAR is a little ambiguous, but the rule in Supplemental 8.1 reads "When an Enemy Model makes a Data Attack Action, one Model in your Group with a Data Spike may make a Skill Check. If the Skill Check results in more successes than the Data Attack Skill Check, the Data Attack is nullified." We believe the language of "results in more successes" replaces the way an opposed skill check is normally conducted to keep data attacks potent. Impact tweaked the way jammers work just a little. It now reads "Friendly Models in range cannot be Targetted by Data Knife Attacks or Data Attacks." It is a bit of a nerf but still very powerful.

​@@warcorgi3623 thanks for the explanation! That does make data attacks better. I'm wondering where I heard the jammer effect. There's some FAQ explanations that are only recorded on the discord unfortunately. My understanding is the ESS team hopes to drop an updated rules thing in 2025, looking forward to that. Love the game a lot and painting the models is a ton of fun. Looking forward to a duster bat rep!

They are an old Games Workshop product from about four years ago. I'm not sure if they still sell them.

@@SPARKY-og6ld the activation markers come from a great skirmish game called Black Powder Red Earth. We have about a score of batreps featuring that game on the channel.

@warcorgi3623 aaaaah ok, sweet, yea I've seen some of those videos but I must have missed those. Thank you I'll have to go back and watch more. By the way thank you for putting on such great battle reports, you both do such a great job of just playing a good game and still manage to explain what's going on as well! Thank you

The first but certainly not the last!

Thanks mate! Glad to be making content for this awesome game and community!

I'm going to take a look at those. It sounds like a perfect match for this game.

@@warcorgi3623 Found some music that fits the novels and the game also. The one-man band is Scandroid.

If you know someone in USA, you could have it shipped to them and then have them ship it to you. Of course, the rules are free online. You could use stand-in models to play.

They had a special for free international shipping right after American Thanksgiving. Not sure why they wouldn't ship to Germany but I feel for you there.

Nearly off of the painting table. Hoping to have a batrep up by next week.

I hadn't noticed until you mentioned it. I went back a took a look at you are definitely correct; they are thinner than the original release cards. They seem a little extra bendy but still should hold up better than other materials.

Even as a minor KZbin celebrity is took a two weeks and a half for mine to arrive. I understand they were pretty swamped with orders and the Thanksgiving holiday slowed things up a bit. That said, it wasn't the longest I have ever waited for an order to be shipped and it arrived in great shape. We gamers are not know for our patience but I think a little grace is in order for this small but awesome company. Hope your shipment arrives soon mate!

Thank you kindly for the comment; we are always striving to play correctly and welcome people letting us know when we get something wrong. I caught the mistake with the Cyka ignoring smoke when I edited the video, but I didn't see any violations of the Medium special rule. We were misplaying it for the first four batreps before I read how it was supposed to be played on Discord. If we let one or two rerolls in reaction fire slip by this game, it was because of habit and not because we didn't know the rule.

Thanks mate! Our Handler models just arrived so we look forward to showcasing more of them on the channel. Now that we have eight available (six with models currently), it should provide some tactical flexibility for all the forces.

We are using a variant attack roll listed in the main rulebook. It speeds things up while keeping the variance relatively high. Thanks for the question!

So you use something called "Pilot die"a big dice? In my book there are two variant methods...variable damage...roll to 2d6 hit they roll a d6 for each damage point 3 better delivers a point of damage or multiple attack...make an attack roll of 2d6 for each point of damage. I find no reference of "Pilot die" any where...so maybe i am confused?

Ha ha. It is saved on my iPhone in video form in case we come back to the game. We have a habit of moving on after we fully explore what a game has to offer. We really enjoyed Mythic Commander, but I will say the audience for it was quite small.

Thanks mate! We are rather taken by this game as well!

Roll 4 Initiative makes them. I picked mine up at my friendly local game store but they are also available on Amazon.

Thanks for watching mate!

Thank you kindly. Pass on our appreciation to Noah. We had a blast with this one and are looking forward to playing the other NINE that came in the Impact expansion!

Thanks mate, we try to have a good time while gaming, hopefully it comes across in the videos.

lol. Thank you for taking care of that business.

Mission accepted. Let me get the boys together and create a video on Handlers. They are such a neat part of the lore and the game I think a lot of people would find it interesting.

Absolutely, but I used my last KZbin payment to fund my purchase of the new infantry forces (Task Force Able and UN 3rd Battalion). At roughly $5 a month from KZbin, we should have Dusters on the channel in about two years...

Good question. My handler models have not yet arrived so I proxy my Black Powder Red Earth models for them. In BPRE, models have firing arcs. The colored lines show the way they are facing along with their left and right limits. Hopefully the actual handler models arrive soon and I get them painted up, but probably not in time for the next battle report.

I think he was feeling sorry for me having wiped the floor with my RFA operators the previous game. I doubt he will make that mistake again, although he had great success in our last game using the new Marksman Handler that just released with Impact.