I review the military horror RPG/skirmish game Dark War Rebooted from Tiny Battle Publishing. Plus news from Modiphius Entertainment, Capstone Games, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Fireside Games, and more.
20:05 What’s coming up on future episodes of The Daily Dope
26:35 Overview of Dark War Rebooted
55:7 Final thoughts and review score
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TGG REVIEW
7.5
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While there are interesting aspects of Dark War, including the various dice size allocation for attributes and special "kicker" traits, the game is better suited as a tactical skirmish game than an RPG. Those who like an OSR vibe of very mechanics light may be intrigued by the system but those who look for more modern trappings will be disappointed. Overall, not a bad little game but it could use quite a bit of fleshing out.
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TGG SCORE - 7.5
7.5
While there are interesting aspects of Dark War, including the various dice size allocation for attributes and special "kicker" traits, the game is better suited as a tactical skirmish game than an RPG. Those who like an OSR vibe of very mechanics light may be intrigued by the system but those who look for more modern trappings will be disappointed. Overall, not a bad little game but it could use quite a bit of fleshing out.
