Hammer's Anvils
2009
BGG Average Rating
7.0
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Players
2-4
Weight
N/A
Playtime
60 min
Age
12+
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📖 About This Game
From the Web site:
The second volume in the Hammer's Slammers game system is here! Hammer's Anvils contains rule enhancements to the basic system in Handbook 1, and optional rules like:
Separate Detachments (for multi-detachment forces);
The Whites of Their Eyes (range bands);
The Big Guns (on- and off-table artillery);
Mounting Chaos (loss of TU's and what it does to leadership);
Overkill (why big guns do more damage);
Courage Under Fire (varying suppression on infantry, based on quality); and
A Leader of Men (using leadership to remove suppression).
Included are rules for: Mortars and MLRS systems, mines and countermeasures, spotting with snipers, top and bottom vehicle defensive arcs, and what happens if an APC "brews up," plus enhanced weapon charts, Tactical Unit Points Costs, and examples of platoon sized detachments.
Finally, there are two appendices (names and numbers of Slammers vehicles and a Time-line for the Slammers universe) plus 10 pages of descriptions of the colour plates, and errata for the first volume.
From the Web site:
Hammer's Anvils is an expansion for the Hammer's Slammers Handbook, containing new optional rules and detailed organisations for other forces, such as Broglie's Legion, The Thunderbolt Division, The Zaporoskiye Brigade, and the Compagnie de Barthe, with vehicle types and development, organisational strengths, and so on.
Background info on other units includes: Heliodorus Regiment, The Wolverines, Harris' Commandos, The Firelords, West Riding Yeomanry, Anders' Legion, The Apex Dragoons, The Sons of Mangala, Flaming Sword Commando of the Holy Brotherhood, United Defence Batteries, Foster's Mercenaries, Fasolini's Company, Division Légere, Lightning Division, The Waldheim Dragoons, Texian 101st Airborne Light Infantry, Solace & Prosperity Regulars, Nonesuch National Guard, Hindi Army, Oltenian Republican Army, Hashemite Nation, Terran Authority Starmarines, and the Sincanmo Federation Militia with illustrations of unit insignia.
In all, there are approximately 160 illustrations and photos in colour and mono.