I really like this game. It compares well to a similar skirmish game from a much bigger game producer

In this first set you get 20 different character cards, eight each of humans and orc & goblins, and then 4 ?solos? that are magical beasts and monsters. You also get a battle tiles with some moveable terrain and the rules of course. The cards hold all the information you need to be able to play the characters.

The combat resolution is fast as you only need one die roll to find out if you hit and how much damage you do. The characters are varied as there are five different stats plus health. And that is before you add the the special skill that really define the different races. In this first set there are humans and orcs and goblins. The humans seem to be pretty average and solid and the orcs and goblins are highly variable. The goblins are weak but fast and the orcs strong but easy to hit. The ogre and the troll are big and tough but slow and clumsy and have trouble hitting their foe.

Each character is defined by 9 different variables:

Attack, the only one that should be as LOW as possible. Defence Strength Speed, some characters can act two or even three times in a round. Movement Andrenal, defines how many times the special abilities can be used. Will, that is morale. Health, how many hit points the character has. Special Abilities, that is all the special moves and attacks the character can do at the cost of adrenal points. This is one of the really strong points in the game.

Combat is easy. You take the attackers attack stat and add it to the defenders defence stat, modify for weapon and sometimes armour. The number you get is what you have to roll over with usually two D6 and every point over the number is one damage point. When a characters runs out of hit points it is dead. Armour and special abilities can modify this as well.

The art on the cards and counters, I must say I like the delicate, almost fragile look. <br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: The combat system, that alone makes this game worth buying.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The only thing I didn't like about this game is the combat tile, it looks more like a chess board than some terrain. It will certainly do what is intended for though.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>