I am now a proud owner of a near mint condition copy of The Last Battle

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer

Here's the gallery of images; they're terrible (my phone is awful and I'm a lousy photographer anyway) but they show it is 100% complete - even has the GDW feedback/registration card!

https://imgur.com/a/84PixIG

Now I am totally envious. That looks like you bought it brand new and just unwrapped it from the plastic!

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

Now I am totally envious. That looks like you bought it brand new and just unwrapped it from the plastic!

I know right.

I'm curious as to whether or not those are the actual dice, now.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

So I finally got to dig in to this set, a little.

The game, despite the highly detailed board wargames GDW had done before, is fairly sparse. I can't help but think that perhaps they were looking to do add-on modules at a later date but didn't get around to it. There's aircraft included - but only in the case of a module for Free City of Krakow (the Mi-17, and it alone). The number of vehicles is fairly limited as well, although there's worksheets for statting up your own.

One of the most immediate "WTF" moments is in a battle designed around "Armies of the Night"; the introductory text for the scenario says "New York was struck by two nuclear weapons..."

Maybe the consideration was that whomever bought The Last Battle wouldn't be that deep into T2k lore, but the game itself practically demands it in all other aspects. So that's a pretty serious mistake.

Anyway, back to reading...

[StainlessSteelCynic]

If you're interested in reading another impression of Last Battle, this guy describes his interested in T2k but quickly gets into the Last Battle.
He has similar thoughts to you but in his case it's more "don't expect Last Battle to give realistic outcomes and you'll find it's actually a fun game to play".
Anyway, his blog his here: -
https://hexsides.blogspot.com/2014/0...le-review.html

[swaghauler]

Congrats on your find. I love finding older games at bargain prices. I have begun haunting this flea market that always has a comic book vendor at it. He likes AD&D (1st edition) and Magic the Gathering but gives good deals on other games. I bought a hardcopy of the World Tamer's Handbook for just $3 from him. I got lucky because those are rare.

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

Congrats on your find. I love finding older games at bargain prices. I have begun haunting this flea market that always has a comic book vendor at it. He likes AD&D (1st edition) and Magic the Gathering but gives good deals on other games. I bought a hardcopy of the World Tamer's Handbook for just $3 from him. I got lucky because those are rare.

Nice; 1e AD&D is my jam, but T2k is a close second once we get out of the fantasy arena.

[.45cultist]

Originally Posted by raketenjagdpanzer

Nice; 1e AD&D is my jam, but T2k is a close second once we get out of the fantasy arena.

I like mixing Boot Hill and AD&D. I'm trying to multi task GDW stuff...…

[raketenjagdpanzer]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

If you're interested in reading another impression of Last Battle, this guy describes his interested in T2k but quickly gets into the Last Battle.
He has similar thoughts to you but in his case it's more "don't expect Last Battle to give realistic outcomes and you'll find it's actually a fun game to play".
Anyway, his blog his here: -
https://hexsides.blogspot.com/2014/0...le-review.html

That was a very good read. I'm eager to someday kick off an "Against the Giants" level T2k campaign but I'm not holding my breath at the moment.