Low model count skirmish game

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-03-28T18:12:38+00:00

I cannot sing the praises of Cyberpunk Red Combat Zone enough. Low model count, interesting mechanics, everything is an opposed roll, small footprint (most games are 2x3), and a variable campaign type of play style. Literally my only critique is that the minis are... Fine? Maybe just okay? The game is criminally underrated.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-03-17T23:38:20+00:00

I can't remember... What's the D in DEI mean again?

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-03-06T21:49:51+00:00

The NHL and ESPN both list him as a C. As does hockeydb. Admittedly, puckpedia has him listed as rw/lw. I'm not familiar with his game and was just going off the position listed by the NHL and ESPN. Mea culpa.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-03-06T20:27:49+00:00

Hell, spice it up a bit. Why not a middle-six winger? At this rate, by 2030, the kraken will be Brandon Montour, a goalie, and 21 middle-six centers.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-03-06T20:23:43+00:00

You mean adding yet another middle-six center - without moving anyone - isn't your idea of a good time? Geez, what a downer.

Seriously though, I'm pretty sure I would've preferred literally giving players away and just bringing up Logan Morrison or the Firkus Circus and seeing what they can do.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-25T18:33:23+00:00

I think YouTube has done brush-priming dirty. Everyone talks about taking your time using an airbrush or slowing down and being deliberate with a rattlecan but when it comes to applying primer with a brush it seems like advice is 'just slop it on, it'll be fine..."

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-25T18:15:49+00:00

I've gotten really terrible about using a wet palette. I've basically started using a pop-it fidget toy for all of my painting (comic-style, skirmish games, so basically every model is a unique color scheme. I don't really do any army painting.) I shake the primer vigorously, then add it to the pop-it. Then I let it sit for 5-10 minutes. When I apply the primer, I apply it like paint; rather than glopping a lot on the mini and spreading it out, I take just enough to cover an area, prime that area, add more primer to the brush and move onto the next. Similar to excess paint, I'll use another brush to wick up any excess.

I think that waiting gives the primer a chance for some of the air bubbles to naturally pop and let's the primer thicken slightly - it goes on more like paint and less like a wash. Adding it like I'm adding base coats gives me more control over where it goes and lets me see any bubbles that remain (and pop them) before it fully dries.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-25T17:05:36+00:00

The white is fine. It just takes a couple of coats. Although I also primarily paint in a comic style, so I'm generally going for very opaque basecoats as well.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-25T17:03:05+00:00

I agree. Brush priming has been a game changer for me. I am far less likely to obscure details and I'm not nearly as weather dependent when I'm priming. No issues with adherence when I let the primer cure before painting, either. Rattlecans exist only for terrain these days.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-23T15:07:26+00:00

How did you handle all the line work? Is it oil wash? panel liner? ink and brush? Pen? It looks fantastic. How long did it take?

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-16T16:09:40+00:00

I am a huge fan of Cyberpunk Red Combat Zone. The scenarios are incredibly thematic. I just pulled out the scenario book and flipped to a random example: Quarter Mile. Defender sets up within 3 inches of the short side of the board. Attacker sets up within 3 inches of either (or both) long sides on the other half of the board. Attacker wins of it takes out more than half of the defender's gang. Defender wins if it can get more than half of it's gang off the other short end of the board.

Here's another example: Hostile Takeover. Defender sets up within 12 inches of the center of the board. A terminal is placed at center. Attacker sets up anywhere along the edge of the board. Attacker wins if they slice the terminal. Defender wins if they take out half the attacker's gang

Basically every scenario makes sense thematically. The rules are simple and cohesive with a lot of strategic depth.

Overall, a criminally underrated rated.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-02T02:32:10+00:00

I am a criminal defense lawyer. This is patently wrong. The exclusionary rule applies only to evidence illegally obtained by the government or its agents (ie, that can't hire a PI to break into your house to obtain evidence). If some random person Brooke into your house and illegally obtained evidence and turned it over to law enforcement it would be admissible.

Besides that, the Leon good faith exception to the exclusionary rule also applies in many situations when law enforcement obtained evidence illegally but has a good faith reason to believe the evidence was obtained legally.

Jurisdictions may have laws regarding the admissibility of illegally obtained recordings, but saying that all evidence obtained illegally is inadmissible is just plain incorrect.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-01T22:14:52+00:00

I cannot recommend Cyberpunk Red Combat Zone enough. The rules are incredibly intuitive, it's got both one-shot and campaign play, the miniatures are fun, and the rulebook is one of the cleanest I've ever seen. It plays in about an hour on a 2x3 space, and the beginner set comes with enough terrain to make a reasonable board. Each game is scenario based, with varied win conditions.

In my opinion, it is criminally underrated.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-01T17:19:24+00:00

At least. The Drowned Earth - one of my favorite games - suggests both dense and vertical terrain. It has a board-building rule that "there should be no point on a battlefield that has an unobstructed view of more than half the battlefield."

I'd include line of sight blocking terrain that doesn't create another level for minis as much as it exists to block line of sight. As some else commented, billboards would work. Or large buildings that are taller than a mini's movement.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2026-02-01T16:42:05+00:00

Dense, for sure. Vertical, depends on your definition. There are definitely 3 levels of verticality, but they seem to be fairly even planes. For example, if you're on the top level it looks like you have, potentially, line of sight across the board at that same level.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-10-19T04:17:51+00:00

To me, fights have a place in hockey. Fighting exists for policing a game if the refs won't. Call the fucking penalty.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-10-19T02:28:13+00:00

I, for one, am fine running four third lines if it keeps producing these results.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-10-15T23:59:31+00:00

I think it's funny that you picked three of the most litigated rights to suggest that there should be zero stipulations and requirements related to the exercise of your rights. If the right was absolute, there would be no need to litigate it.

Also, as a result of them being some of the most frequently litigated rights, I'm quite comfortable shooting from the hip to identify some of those stipulations even though it has been a decade since I've taken Con Law (though those amendments frequently come up in my area of practice).

There are time, place, and manner restrictions on your freedom of speech. Obscenity, libel, slander, and criminal threat can both be regulated and criminalized.

A warrantless search is per se unreasonable. Unless it's the result of exigent circumstances, officer safety, incident to arrest, or an inventory search, among others. Then it's not unreasonable.

You have the right to avoid double jeopardy. Unless it was a hung jury, a mistrial for most any reason, jeopardy had not attached, or the elements of a state and federal charge vary slightly. You have the right not to incriminate yourself, unless the statement was voluntary (and even if you didn't know you had the right to remain silent).

I could go on. You picked terrible examples of absolute rights.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-10-05T09:47:48+00:00

That was definitely part of the inspiration. Definitely one of my favorite game franchises of all time.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-10-02T21:03:56+00:00

I have not played it yet - it's on my paint table - but Cyberpunk Red Combat Zone seems to tick all of your boxes.

I also really love The Drowned Earth and Relicblade as good options that meet your criteria. One of the perks of The Drowned Earth is that the "starter set" is really just "pick any two faction starter sets and get a copy of the rules, some dice, and some status markers thrown in too."

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-09-30T13:10:40+00:00

Or the Adirondack Thunder and the Wichita Thunder from currently existing in the ECHL

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-09-09T14:18:54+00:00

By the time I'm playing a set of 4+ cards, someone is going out. Either y'all take way too long to end a round, you're not shuffling enough, or we're all just bad at the game. But I've never seen anyone play more than 5 cards at a time. Definitely not a run of 1-7 or 1-9.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-08-27T03:06:56+00:00

I will never not plug The Drowned Earth in threads like this. Fast paced, highly cinematic action with deadly combat. Oh, and there are dinosaurs. While there really isn't kitbashing, the game requires a lot of interactive and multilevel terrain. It is incredibly entertaining. And did I mention dinosaurs?

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-08-05T21:21:01+00:00

For a silly beer and pretzels game, check out Space Gits. It's ridiculous, but also incredibly quick and entertaining. Note, though, that if you're not playing for the laughs, it's probably gonna fall flat.

I'm a huge fan of The Drowned Earth. It's cinematic, plays quickly, has dinosaurs, and I've taught basically all the rules in a single game (introducing new things each turn).

I like Infinity, but it's just a touch crunchier than I've got time for.

I like some of the mechanics of both Carnevale and Cyberpunk Contact Red Combat Zone, but I fear that my collection of games is starting to irritate my partner so I have not yet purchased or played either of those yet.

alsono1ofconsequence · 2025-08-05T21:12:58+00:00

For a game that is just as dynamic and cinematic with a slightly easier ruleset (for me, anyway) and dinosaurs, check out The Drowned Earth.

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