What a Steam Tanker!

 

I finally managed to get some of my VSF tanks onto the gaming table courtesy of What a Tanker! This was a test run of the rules. While I have played them before, it has been a few years while neither player had played the rules. So I acted as ref while each player took one tank each. The Tatsumaki (18 points) vs the Coohegen Corporation Armoured Electro-velocitor-Devastator. (13 points) 

Devastator Armoured Electro-velocitor	6	5	Turret	Fast: May change 1 die to a drive die.	Rapid Fire multiple times without a reload die in between shots. Instead must reload at start or end of turn.	13
	Armour	Strike	Features			Cost

Tatsumaki	7	8	Fixed	Heavy armour: Treat flank as front & rear as side armour
		4	Sponson		Rapid fire multiple times without a reload die in between shots. Instead must reload at start or end of turn.

The battlefield

The Japanese Tatsumaki in the foreground vs Cohaagen Corporation Armoured Electro-velocitor-Devastator in the far corner

The Devastator raced down the table in an effort to get around some of the terrain to get a clear shot at the Tatsumaki.

The lower part of the hill was classed as a minor obstacle, while vehicles behind the higher part of the hill would be hidden. 

Some fancy maneuvering by the Devastator got it to a position to have a clear shot on the Tatsumaki. Alas they failed to hit it. In the end, after three turns, the Tatsumaki was able to take out the Devastator with one shot!

So, it was a fun intro game, it played fast and was not taxing on the little grey cells. So, since that went  so fast we decided to have another go, with two more evenly matched tanks, two monitors. But that is a tale for the main blog HERE