"The Bear" Fireball Forward Guadalcanal scenario.

One of the games on the the list to try this year is Fireball Forward.It's for company level actions similar to Crossfire. Using a card activation system players alternat moving units but all units get to activte each turn. The firing system seemed a bit fiddly at first but once we became accustomed to it worked well. You roll a white D6,a red D6 and a D20. The white die is what's used to determin hits and can be modified. The red die only hits on a 6. The D20 adds range to the base fire range. Movement is anywhere in a 12" radius contingent on terrain.The system takes a lillte bit to wrap your head around but seems to work well. They have a few videos on YouTube explaining the game seaquence and an iogroups. Last night we played our second game using The Bear scenario from the The Marines at Guadalcanal book. The Japanese had to eliminate more Marine units than they lost and exit a squad and platoon leader off the board. The Mairines had to not let that happen.

I was a hard fought contest but I believe the Marines eeked out a victory. More photos from the Japanese view point here Thanks for reading.