The book is structured to explain first the units and data cards and then tackles each phase of the game turn in sequence. The rules are well laid out with generous illustrations of the game mechanics and clear definition of the models, the various cards and the sequence of play. The actual page count of rules is even lower as the first four pages are basically background on the setting and the national factions. The rule book clocks in at a slim 26 pages. Opening up the box, you’ll find a rule book (with 8” x 11” pages), several decks of cards, card board counters and terrain, three model vehicles and assembly instructions for those vehicles. Some of these are a bit of a head scratch as the Bradley IFV, Apache attack helicopter are ubiquitous to the modern 21 st Century US armory, but in the 1980’s these were just beginning to enter production.

Vehicles we take for granted today as getting ‘old’ were not yet deployed to the battlefield and as a result are not included in the scope of ‘Tanks: Modern Age’. So, while it’s called ‘Modern Age’ what we are really fighting are the tank battles of the early to mid-1980’s. The game leverages Battlefront’s ‘Team Yankee’ plastic pieces and setting.

Players of ’s ‘World of Tanks’ video game will be right at home here as they maneuver a small number of tanks into position and trade shots with their opponents. Like their earlier ‘Tanks’ game, Tanks: MA uses 15mm plastic models as gaming pieces for a table top miniature battle.

Fortunately, while that war never happened, Gale Force Nine gives us a glimpse of what it might have looked like with their Tanks: Modern Age (Tanks: MA) tabletop game. The armies of NATO and the Warsaw Pact faced off across the Inter-German Border, waiting for the other side to blink. Times change and by the 1980’s artillery and horses had been displaced by the main battle tank (MBT). Some upgrade cards are only available by buying additional models.Īt the turn of the 20 th Century, military power was measured in the size and number of cannon and cavalry that a nation could field. Accessible game for those new to table top gaming.įailed basic: The models are tied to the Team Yankee product line and as a result the game is currently missing some vehicles that are ubiquitous to the modern age such as the Bradley IFV or Apache attack helicopter. Passed inspection: High quality model tanks.

Designers : Andrew Haught and Chris Townley. Gale Force Nine’s ‘Tanks: The Modern Age’, Tabletop Miniatures Game Review. Fighting the Decisive Battle of Yesterday’s Future War.

15mm modern tank miniatures