Review of At the Sharp End

TooFatLardies recently released the much anticipated campaigns supplement for Chain of Command called At the Sharp End. This is a 47-pages book (only available in electronic format) edited in the same style as the rules book divided in four main sections.

The Ladder Campaign, which explains this innovative system to run campaigns in which both players fight and move along the typical structure of a battlefield, made of the no man’s land, advanced outposts, main line of defense and the final objective. Games are organized by fighting in this different areas, and winning or losing implies moving up and down the ladder as well as gaining or losing the initiative, providing endless possibilities to the players.

A defender gaining initiative for example, is allowed to counterattack and eject the enemy from their recent gained ground; or to reinforce its defenses, making the attacker’s life more difficult in the following campaign phases

In the Field provides the detail of the campaign system, including the options available when the initiative shifts to the enemy (counterattacks, consolidation of defenses…) or handling casualties and replacements

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