A "new" old game I managed to play recently

 Last weekend I managed to play a game of Warzone second edition after about 15 years.

I remember, around 1998 I was introduced to the game by a group of friends at the games club I attended for about 20 years, before moving to Canada.

I know that many people criticize second edition, I admit it is a flawed game, but I still have wonderful memories of 5 players games that were a blast.

I played the game on and off until 2009, mostly with a friend or two, not from that original group, and I always had fun.

I finally convinced a friend here to give it a go and, after going over the rules and getting a table ready, we had a small but very fun game.

I imagined this being the first contact of the Dark Legion on Venus by a small Capitol force.

The Capitol force, composed of Heavy Infantry, Free Marines and Sea Lions led by a Sea Lions hero and Colonel Mitch Hunter

The forces of the Dark Legion, followers if Ilian, composed of a large unit of Undead Legionnaries, a unit of Ilain Templars and a unit of Brass Apocalypts, led by a Pretorian Stalker.

We had no real scenario, just a meeting engagement to try out the rules, so the Capitol forces, after winning the roll to choose the side of the table, entrenched themselves in a corner with lots of cover and proceeded to shoot the opposition to pieces.

The Dark Legion starts loosing undead legionnaires right away.

The zombie soldiers manage to take down a single heavy infantryman on turn one, and that's all they manage to do for several turns.

 

The infiltrating Free Marines proceed to shoot the zombies to pieces until only the Necromutant commanding the unit is left standing

 

Meanwhile the Praetorian Stalker and Brass Apocalypts start a flanking action and postion themselves on the left of the Capitol force.

Mitch instructs his troops to turn around and start blasting at the big monsters the appeared on their side where the cover is not as good and causing damage.

A protracted gun fight ensues and half of the Sea Lions are killed, as well as both Capitol heroes being wounded.

The Free Marines close in for some hand to hand combat, they are killed to the last men and the game is called as a win for the Capitol force.

It was a fun game and we will have a follow up with a proper scenario. I will also have to add some terrain to make things more interesting.