Board game world of tanks last fight. The final Japanese touch is a review of the board game World of Tanks: Rush - The Last Stand. World of Tanks: Rush - verdict
"World of Tanks: Rush 3 - The Last Stand" is the second expansion to the popular board game. card game, developed based on the computer online game "World of Tanks". This expansion introduces a new nation into the game - Japan, which is already the sixth nation of World of Tanks: Rush. In addition, among the vehicle cards you will find tanks that appeared after the end of World War II, as well as tanks that existed only on paper.
To try out this expansion, you will need a box of the World of Tanks: Rush base game. You can also use the "Last Stand" add-on along with the first add-on to the game - "Second Front".
About the game World of Tanks: Rush
World of Tanks: Rush is a card deck building game based on the super popular online game World of Tanks, in which millions of players around the world control their favorite armored monsters in realistic conditions and compete with each other in their skills.
The desktop version tries to convey as close as possible common spirit this game. Here you will become commanders of tank units and take control of a tank unit - further actions depend only on you and the chosen strategy.
How to play
Moves are made by players in turn, starting with the first player. On their turn, a player performs the following actions:
- Repairs damage and plays cards from hand
- Plays cards from hand
- Updates the reserve and draws a new hand
Who has won?
To win by the end of the game, you must earn the most medals. You can get them in three ways:
- Destroy enemy vehicles and get 1 medal for each unit
- Destroy the enemy base and get 3 medals at once
- Get various achievements - for each you will immediately receive 5 medals at the end of the game
About add-on
Before the game, you need to add cards from the supplement to the base game cards. Let's take a look at what the new extension offers us:
- A sixth nation is added - Japan, as well as equipment and medals for it
- Number of vehicle cards per nation increased from 30 to 33
- Added four "gold" cards of universal vehicles that do not have a nationality
- Added new card abilities: "destruction", "development", "invulnerability"
- Added rules team play and new mechanics
- Now it is possible to play with an incomplete set of the game: with the exclusion of all cards of one or several nations, with the removal random cards, without certain abilities
- New map barracks - "Communicators", which is not included in the starter kit, but can be purchased during the game
- New type of cards - "Destruction", which litter the opponent's decks
- Added two new abilities and two new achievements
Attention! This is an addition. You need the base version to play.
For a long time I did not pick up ... tanks! They migrated from me slowly into a pile forgotten games, because behind a string of new toys you just somehow don’t have time to remember something old. But the board game developer Nikolai Pegasov about his first deck-building game called World of Tanks: Rush remembers very well. And to remind us all about how great it is to ride armored vehicles right on the table, last year the second addition to the game was released. World of Tanks: Rush , which is called Last Stand .
Based on the name, it can be assumed that this addition put a bullet in the series. Well, this makes it even more interesting to know what the final version of the board game is like. World of Tanks .
Box contents
The dimensions of the box of the reviewed add-on are identical to the dimensions of the box of the first add-on. If you put the boxes of two additions together, you get exactly the size of the base. Everything looks compact.
Inside, everything is again the same as in the first special stage - an organizer and many, many cards (if I counted correctly - 92 pieces).
This time there is no code in the box to get a new special tank in computer game World of Tanks . But without buns from the side Wargaming.net it didn’t work out - at the bottom of the box you can find a coupon with a code that activates a premium account for 3 days. So fans of computer races on tanks also fell a little.
It will probably be easier for me to talk about the add-on in the form of separate blocks dedicated to certain types of new maps, because the add-on includes a set of modules built into the base game.
So let's go! Or whatever it is in Japanese… ikuzo!
Sixth Nation - Japan
The main contents of the box are the cards of the new nation. Now six players can play Tanki!
As a Japanophile, I was indescribably delighted with Japanese tanks. The cards look just amazing. They are very bright (colored in orange) than pleasantly pleasing to the eye. For those who are interested military equipment, it will be very interesting to study all the Japanese tanks presented in the add-on. But in addition to tanks, the Japanese also have cavalry, trucks, infantry, a kamikaze plane and even a Mitsubishi car!
To be honest, I really liked the Japanese nation. From a game point of view, this is the most ordinary nation, which is no better and no worse than any other nation. Approximately all nations of the same level, without distortions in any one direction. The Japanese have both cheap tanks that can hardly demolish the bases of rivals, and powerful vehicles that take out the bases at a time. But looking at the pictures on the cards is a pleasure. The artist received his fee, having worked for fame.
In all the last games I played, I automatically reached for the Japanese cards, because for some reason they are more interesting to me than other nations.
Beautiful, solid, high quality - excellent!
New four golden cards
These are the 4th special cards, which represent the vehicles of other countries that are not presented separately in the game. They are a kind of jokers that can be used to attack along with any other nation.
The bun turned out to be quite interesting, but purely optional. Still, 4 such cards are a drop in the ocean among 200 other cards. I managed to meet such a card in the reserve - consider yourself lucky.
Signalers
These are special cards that are not shuffled into the reserve deck, but lie next to it. Each player can buy one signalman card per game.
This card is intended purely for building up the deck at the beginning of the game. In the first turns, a situation often arises when 2 cards come, giving 1 resource, and 1 card, allowing you to do unlimited quantity shopping. In such a situation, it is very profitable to buy a signalman, so that later it would be easier to buy expensive tanks.
In principle, a pretty good card that is useful at the beginning of the game, but not very useful at the end.
New card abilities - destruction and development
As I hoped, there were some new ability symbols on the cards. Abilities always bring the game to new level strategic. AT Last Fight There are 2 new abilities.
Destruction forces opponents to draw one destruction card and place them on top of their decks. What is a destruction map? This is a card that gives the player absolutely nothing during the game, and at the end, when scoring, it also takes away one medal. The purpose of this card is to litter the deck. Vehicles with the symbol of destruction have attack and armor stats of 0-0, so it is beneficial to use it either as a resource or play its ability.
Development valid only at the very end of the game, when the scoring begins. Firstly, a card with development brings one medal, and secondly, such a card is considered a wild card, which can be any class of equipment (heavy, light, artillery, infantry ...).
Undoubtedly, destruction was the most successful. I would even say that this is the best idea of the addition. The idea behind this ability reflects my style of play - I like to mess with my opponents, make their game more viscous and make them get distracted by secondary things. Judge for yourself - if at least one destruction card comes across in your hand, then instead of three cards per turn, you will get only two, and this greatly reduces the possibilities. Therefore, it is better to try to quickly get rid of destruction with the help of repairs.
This ability makes the game more hot and interesting.
Development is a rather specific ability. At the end of the game, it brings a lot of benefits, of course, but if you play with all possible tanks, then the chance of such a card entering the game is not great. These maps are cool, but the gameplay does not greatly affect the gameplay.
All other nations received 3 new cards each
Since new abilities were introduced into the game, it was necessary to introduce some kind of balance between nations, so cards with new icons received all the nations that were previously presented in the game. Now each nation has 33 cards.
New achievements
Unfortunately, this time Nikolay Pegasov pleased us with only two achievements (there were 12 of them in the first expansion). Both achievements are related to new cards - who will have more medals of Japan and whose deck will have fewer destruction cards.
Not much…
New game options
According to the basic rules, there are no changes, but there are variants of the game, which, in principle, have always been on the surface.
So what else can we do:
- play not all nations (the fewer nations, the greater the chance to build a deck on tanks of one nation) - fewer nations - more aggressive party;
- asymmetrical nations. This module consists in the fact that you can throw out cards randomly from the general deck. You can, for example, remove 10 random cards from each nation, or simply count 100-150 random cards and play with them. In this case, all players will be in the dark - no one knows which tanks are left in the deck and how best to form their deck;
- not all abilities - if you do not like some specific abilities, then you can remove cards with these abilities from the deck;
- team game. You can play 2 on 2, 3 on 3 or split into 3 teams of 2 people;
- achievements to choose from - you can remove those achievements that you do not like.
In general, all of these options are related to the randomization of the deck. I think someone has used similar homerules before. For example, I already tried the option with a random selection of 100 cards even with the first extra.
Last Stand. Outcome
I guess I still expected a little more from the second expansion, since the first addon with English tanks had a lot of interesting goodies that were related both to card abilities, achievements, complication of the gameplay, and changes to the basic rules that made the game much more attractive. Last Stand does not change the game, does not break it, only offers options - if we talk about the rules.
All that makes me really positive emotions is a new nation and destruction.
Japs are awesome. The new cards are nicely designed, have a great color scheme, and immediately catch the eye when they hit the table. As a matter of principle, I try to lean towards the Japanese side when I play with the new expansion.
Destruction is a delicious idea. Personally, I really enjoy playing with this ability. Firstly, it prevents other players from playing, and secondly, it forces them to look for tanks with the ability to repair in order to get rid of destruction in time. It turned out to be quite an interesting combination.
With the sixth nation, it has become a little longer to play, since tanks for purchase are represented by as many as 6 nations, it has become a little more difficult to build a fast deck that breaks bases in one attack. But along with this, there are even more possibilities for combining. There are neutral tanks and tanks with the ability to develop - there are plenty to choose from!
Therefore, in general, the additional one turned out to be quite good, and its only drawback is that it is inferior in terms of innovation to the first additional one.
Positive points:
- the Japanese nation turned out to be very colorful! All Japanophiles must have;
- new abilities, especially destruction, turned out delicious;
- neutral tanks are good, but it's a pity that they are few;
- signalers help to pump the deck faster;
- the game has become a little longer, and for me this is a plus.
Ambiguous points:
- few innovations;
- unfortunately, the "planning" ability was not fixed in any way.
Actually, on this one could bow and thank HW for providing a copy of the game, but I also want to comment on the big picture if you play the base game and two add-ons together. Perhaps after Last Fight indeed, nothing will come of the tanks, so we can sum up.
World of Tanks: Rush - verdict
Probably, the era of deckbuilding is already passing, but WoT:R is interesting primarily because it is the first, if I'm not mistaken, Russian experience in deckbuilding. Moreover, the theme was not the more familiar fantasy universes, but tanks (albeit at the suggestion of a well-known brand).
All tanks in one deck
Recalling now the first games in the base game, I can note that game process was not very similar to tank battles. It was some kind of unusual deck-building mechanic, with its own rules and nuances, and even with tanks on the cards. Probably, this scared some boarders away from the game, who wanted to plunge into the atmosphere of a tank battle. To do this, what you need is to buy different tanks and, adhering to some tactics, knock out the equipment of your opponents. But in reality it was like this - you can only attack with tanks of one nation, only heavy weights, which are expensive and rare, can demolish the base in one shot, the rest of the tanks only turn the base by 90 degrees in one broad. And if the rotated base did not have time to finish off, then the opponent will finish it, for which he will receive a medal. You won't get a medal, but he! And it's embarrassing. Playing a tank as an ability is fraught with getting to the base, which was also not entirely clear from a logical point of view.
One of my friends said so - This is not a tank game! We were deceived.
But the first addition removed almost all the roughness of the base game. Decks now spin faster, tanks go to the base after attacking, and not just after using abilities, there is a very important rear, which makes it more likely to attack on the next turn, etc. Those. the game has become more holistic and strategic. Playing Tanks has become more enjoyable, and that's a fact.
I haven't played Tanki for about a year, so when I received the new expansion for review, I was happy to refresh my impressions of the game. And you know, I still play with interest. Yes, this is not the best deckbuilding I've ever seen. If I have a choice between Ascension , Night fall , Legendary and WoT, then I won't choose WoT. But sometimes, when you miss the boyish military theme, it’s very nice to decompose the Tanks. I tested with great pleasure Last Stand along with the base and the first addition.
There is something so meditative in this game, you feel sincere joy when 2-3 tanks of one nation come into your hand, it is also interesting to think about using abilities if there is no point in attacking.
But in general, I still agree that the tank battle simulation in the game is not very felt. But if there were superheroes instead of tanks, and cities or even countries instead of bases, then I think the game would have much more fans.
If someone is thinking about purchasing the game, I would advise you to immediately take the base game along with the first expansion ( Second front ). If we place utility coefficients for all parts of the game, then the base has the number 1, Second front 0.6, a Last Stand — 0,4-0,5.
My opinion - the game was a success. Definitely keeping it in my collection. The best card game about tanks has not yet been invented. For which Nikolay Pegasov thanks!
Well, thanks for the good old tradition:
Board game Word of Tanks: Rush - The Last Stand provided for review by the company
World of Tanks: Rush 3 - The Last Stand is the second expansion to the popular tabletop card game based on the online PC game World of Tanks. This expansion introduces a new nation into the game - Japan, which is already the sixth nation of "World of Tanks: Rush". In addition, among the vehicle cards you will find tanks that appeared after the end of World War II, as well as tanks that existed only on paper.
To try out this expansion, you'll need the base game box. You can also use the Last Stand add-on along with the first game add-on - .
About the game «World of Tanks: Rush»
World of Tanks: Rush is a card deck building game based on the super popular online game World of Tanks, in which millions of players around the world control their favorite armored monsters in realistic conditions and compete with each other with their skills.
The desktop version tries to convey the general spirit of this game as closely as possible. Here you will become commanders of tank units and take control of a tank unit - further actions depend only on you and the chosen strategy.
How to play
Moves are made by players in turn, starting with the first player. On their turn, a player performs the following actions:
- restores damage and lays out cards from your hand;
- plays cards from his hand;
- renews the reserve and draws a new hand.
Who has won?
To win by the end of the game, you must earn the most medals. You can get them in three ways:
- destroy enemy vehicles and get 1 medal for each unit;
- destroy the enemy base and get 3 medals at once;
- get various achievements - for each you will immediately receive 5 medals at the end of the game.
About add-on
"The Last Stand" is not standalone game, and the addition to .
Before the game, you need to add cards from the supplement to the base game cards. Let's take a look at what the new extension offers us:
- the sixth nation is added - Japan, as well as equipment and medals for it;
- the number of vehicle cards for each nation has increased from 30 to 33;
- added four "gold" cards of universal vehicles that do not have a nationality;
- new card abilities added: "destruction", "development", "invulnerability";
- added team game rules and new mechanics;
- it became possible to play with an incomplete set of the game: with the exclusion of all cards of one or several nations, with the removal of random cards, without certain abilities;
- a new barracks card — Signalmen, which is not included in the starter kit, but can be purchased during the game;
- a new type of cards - "Destruction", which litter the decks of opponents;
- Added two new abilities and two new achievements.
Once again, we draw your attention to the fact that this is an add-on, and not a standalone game. You will need a copy of the base game to play the full game.
On February 11, 1945, an agreement was signed at the Yalta Conference, according to which the USSR entered the war with Japan no later than 3 months after the surrender of Germany. Two days before the break of the neutrality pact with the country of the Rising Sun (concluded on April 13, 1941), Soviet aircraft bombed the Manchurian roads. At 04:30 on August 9, 1945, another milestone of the Second World War began for Soviet soldiers. In the first day alone, tank troops advanced 15 km deep into the territory of the PRC, and the advanced units of the 39th and 17th armies - 70 km ... Today on the Pink sofa - an addition to the board game World of Tanks Rush 3. The Last Battle.
The popularity of the electronic version of tank battles exceeds all conceivable boundaries - thousands of people sit down at the levers of electronic armored vehicles in the evenings and rush towards glory and ... financial collapse. The card game, created based on the computer hit, is also striving for scale and has acquired a second addition under the symbolic name "The Last Stand". Is this a sign of the end desktop project or refers to the complication of survival in the new conditions - time will tell.
The compact stylish box of the add-on inspires hope that small card games from the Hobby World publishing house will be released in a similar package - it’s nice to take it in your hands, and the free space does not hurt your eyes, and it looks beautiful on the shelf. I really want to believe it...
By tradition, a box with a tank "table" contains a code for activating bonuses for the electronic version of the game. In past editions, tanks were offered for the garage, this time - a premium account for three days.
Before you start learning new units, look for cards of the American heavy tank T57. There are two of them: one defective (left) and correct (right). Of course, only one of them takes part in combat operations.
New abilities appeared in the game: destruction (air bomb) and development (measuring tool). "Destruction" clogs your deck and deprives you of bonus points in the final scoring. "Developments" allow you to receive additional medals when summing up the results and are considered technical "Jokerome" when distributing achievements. Also, the “invulnerability” and “assault” previously encountered by us work differently. Corresponding amendments have been made to the auxiliary memory cards.
As we enter the war with a new power under new conditions of warfare, new achievement cards are also introduced: a medal for courage for the units of the Land of the Rising Sun and a bonus for the minimum number of destruction cards in a personal deck.
The Order of the Golden Kite, approved by Emperor Meiji on February 18, 1890, was awarded only to citizens of Japan for exceptional courage and heroism in battle. 12 medal cards will celebrate outstanding strategists in tank operations.
Signalmen - new cards, the number of which is equal to the number of participants in the game. They are set aside separately, and during the game you can buy only one such card in your deck. Taken into account when distributing the "Fewest Barracks Cards" achievement.
The 20 "destruction" is also set aside in a separate stack and litters the decks of the players, bringing no bonuses during combat operations. Moreover, at the end of the game, one medal is taken from the player's reserve for each "destruction". It's good that "repair" allows you to return "destruction" back to the center of the table (these cards never go to the "graveyard").
The new abilities are reflected on three additional cards that are added to the army sets previously used in the game.
From now on, the full deck of each of the opposing powers consists of thirty-three cards. Of course, if you wish, you can remove some of them in the box.
It is noteworthy that the supplement used images of both real armored vehicles that took part in the war, and prototypes that did not see the light of day.
If you look at additional cards carefully, it is clear that they differ only in belonging to a particular army.
All other indicators are exactly the same. Thus, each of the five armies will receive identical reinforcements.
The "Last Battle" brought an unexpected surprise - through the smoke of the battle you can see the neutral equipment used as reinforcements during the attack: the "golden" tanks raise the flags of the powers on the towers, together with which they go to the enemy.
But the most interesting thing is 33 cards of the new army of the Land of the Rising Sun, marked with a bright flag and a dark orange background. Auxiliary icons have remained the same, so experts in tank battles will easily get used to the control of new vehicles.
While you are studying new units, let's remember the "forgotten" pages of history. On August 9, 1945, almost simultaneously with the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, the victorious for the Red Army operation "August Storm" began. In 14 days, Japan lost about 84 thousand soldiers killed, the losses of the USSR were seven times less (about 12 thousand). As a result of the blitzkrieg, Soviet troops were only 50 kilometers from the Japanese island of Hokkaido ...
Unfortunately, historians “forgot” about such a successful and significant for the whole world operation of the USSR - it was the success of the military operations of the Red Army that forced the emperor to surrender. Japanese Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki wrote in his diary about the events of those days: “If we miss this opportunity (surrender * author's note), the Soviet Union will capture not only Manchuria, Korea and Sakhalin, but also Hokkaido. We need to end the war while we can still negotiate with the United States.”
The success of the operation, in addition to the practical combat experience of the Red Army troops, was also influenced by the level of training of the Kwantung Army: due to economic and technical reasons, the aviation of the country of the Rising Sun remained at the airfields, so the Red Army had absolute air superiority. On the ground, Japan also could not give a worthy rebuff, since the foot units of the Kwantung Army did not have automatic weapons, there were no anti-tank rifles, rocket artillery ...
The result of the operation was a foregone conclusion - the Red Army literally flew through a vast territory, losing fewer people during the entire period of hostilities than died per day during the storming of the German capital (during the capture of Berlin, the daily losses of the Red Army were about 15 thousand people).
On September 2, Japan for the first time in the history of the country signed a surrender. It was this day that put the final point in the history of the bloody World War II ...
So, after the introduction of the Land of the Rising Sun into the game, the players receive six armies of 33 cards each (almost 200 cards), as well as additional and auxiliary cards, totaling more than one and a half hundred. A solid card game turned out - almost 500 rectangular cardboard boxes ...
Summing up, what innovations await us in the next addition? The main ones are destruction cards that litter the deck of players, as well as two new abilities (one of them is related to destruction cards). And, of course, the army of the Land of the Rising Sun, which made it possible to introduce new rules for the team game. Also of interest is the "neutral" technique, with which you can strengthen the attack and get bonuses. Everything else is interesting, but ... not so impressive.
If you are a fan of the game, then the add-on already flaunts on your shelf - this rule applies to any board game. Here the emotional effect of collecting works more than the practical component. And for others, in fact, the box considered in the review is not intended - you can play tanks only with basic version games. And if you paid attention to the addition, then you obviously liked World of Tanks Rush ...
Attention! Basic is required to play. World set of Tanks: Rush!
World of Tanks: Rush 3 - The Last Stand is the second expansion to the popular tabletop card game based on the online PC game World of Tanks. This expansion introduces a new nation into the game - Japan, which is already the sixth nation of "World of Tanks: Rush". In addition, among the vehicle cards you will find tanks that appeared after the end of World War II, as well as tanks that existed only on paper.
To try out this expansion, you will need a box of the World of Tanks: Rush base game. You can also use the Last Stand add-on along with the game's first add-on, Second Front.
World of Tanks: Rush is a card deck building game based on the super popular online game World of Tanks, in which millions of players around the world control their favorite armored monsters in realistic conditions and compete with each other with their skills.
Moves are made by players in turn, starting with the first player. On their turn, a player performs the following actions:
restores damage and lays out cards from your hand;
plays cards from his hand;
renews the reserve and draws a new hand.
To win by the end of the game, you must earn the most medals. You can get them in three ways:
destroy enemy vehicles and get 1 medal for each unit;
destroy the enemy base and get 3 medals at once;
get various achievements - for each you will immediately receive 5 medals at the end of the game.
Before the game, you need to add cards from the supplement to the base game cards. Let's take a look at what the new extension offers us:
the sixth nation is added - Japan, as well as equipment and medals for it;
the number of vehicle cards for each nation has increased from 30 to 33;
added four "gold" cards of universal vehicles that do not have a nationality;
new card abilities added: "destruction", "development", "invulnerability";
added team game rules and new mechanics;
it became possible to play with an incomplete set of the game: with the exclusion of all cards of one or several nations, with the removal of random cards, without certain abilities;
a new barracks card — Signalmen, which is not included in the starter kit, but can be purchased during the game;
a new type of cards - "Destruction", which litter the decks of opponents;
Added two new abilities and two new achievements.
Equipment:
- 33 Japan vehicle cards;
- 3 maps of USSR vehicles;
- 3 maps of US vehicles;
- 3 maps of equipment of the Third Reich;
- 3 French vehicle cards;
- 3 UK vehicle cards;
- 4 cards of universal equipment;
- 12 Japan medal cards;
- 6 communication cards;
- 20 destruction cards;
- 6 memory cards;
- 2 achievement cards;
- addition rules;
- bonus code for 3 days of premium account.
