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TECHNOLOGY CARDS & CAMPAIGN FACTIONS
The Technology Cards can be a great tool for giving each faction in a campaign a unique "flavor" by assigning them certain technological conditions that must always be applied to their units.
This flavor becomes especially pronounced if the technological conditions are exclusive to each group, and no other faction can utilize them in the campaign.
Of course, faction-based technologies are still limited by the normal restrictions (e.g. some technologies may only be applied to certain unit types, etc.) and will affect each unit's final point value as normal.
What makes the assigning of faction-based technologies different though, is that every unit must have it applied if allowed (i.e. it is not an option).
Here are some examples:
Star Marines Mercenaries (Technology: Steeply
Sloped Armor)

Gormel Aliens
(Technologies: Flame Throwing & Inefficient Crew Positions)

League of Star Guardians (Technology: Very High
Rate of Fire)
If you then combine this use of the Technology Cards with other expansions being used in a similar fashion (e.g. the Personality Cards, etc.) you can create some pretty distinctive opposing sides for your next campaign.

What are they?

The Tactical Assault: Combat Cards™ are a new and innovative way to approach your more modern themed miniature gaming. The Combat Cards are designed to bring all of the detailed elements of land warfare – including the fog of war – to the tabletop in a narrative card-driven format that is easy to play yet full of challenges. To be successful you must be creative in your strategies, flexible in your tactics and attentive to the ever changing battlefield.

The Combat Cards can be utilized for just about 20th century and beyond historical period, any science fiction setting, for any scale of miniatures, any sized battlefield and for any size of battle – ranging from the smallest skirmish action all the way up to massive operational level maneuvers.

Info… New Yahoo Group!

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

After numerous requests we have set up a Yahoo Group for folks to discuss all things related to Tactical Assault Games – including the Combat Cards & the Fantasy Cards! The group is called the AssaultGroup (clever, eh?) in the Yahoo Groups area. You can also follow the link below to go directly to the group’s site:

AssaultGroup

Why wait to sign-up? Join now (it’s free!) and help enrich the Combat Cards & Fantasy Cards community with your questions, ideas, scenarios and anything else you can think of…

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Tips & Tricks… Clearing Your Hand

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

Sometimes during a battle players may find themselves stuck with a few cards in their hand that they really can’t use. It might be because they don’t have a particular unit in their force that could use the card, or it might be due to the fact that the unit that can use the card is currently Shaken or Out of Action on the battlefield.

Either way, it becomes necessary to get the useless cards out of your hand and reload with some cards you can use right now. Below are a few tips and tricks for being able to effectively clear out your hand without sacrificing too much of the initiative to your opponent. (more…)

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Inspiration…

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

We just had to share this – one of our friends in Australia, Mac Walker, has posted another great Combat Cards battle report on his blog. You can check it out here:

Mac’s Blog

The battle looks like it was a close one and the battlefield looks outstanding!

Thanks for sharing Mac…

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