This one caught my eye a few times and after receiving a demo at the recent UK Games Expo I decided to pick up a copy...
In Part One we'll be looking at the basic game elements and a brief look at the miniatures before giving the models a detailed look in part two...
The game is available from both your local hobby store (mines called Titan Games) and Warlord Games themselves should you be interested...
Test of Honour
Test of Honour is a skirmish wargame played with roughly 5-20 models on each side. Players select their force before each game based around a samurai hero along with one or two loyal samurai companions and a variety of clan soldiers.
The 6 battle scenarios included tell a tale of bitter clan rivalry, betrayal and revenge. The battles are designed to be played in order, forming an ongoing story, with consequences for the victor and loser of each game.
As you play through the scenarios your samurai will use new skills, and perhaps even take the shameful path of deceit and trickery to gain victory – such choices are the ultimate test of honour.
Test of Honour - Box Cover
It comes in a nice box...that's probably of no surprise...
Test of Honour - Booklets
The set comes with all the instructions needed to play the game as well as a simple campaign for you to play through against an opponent. The game mechanics are very simple though this in no way diminishes the tactical elements of the game. The instructions themselves are easy to follow with both diagrams and verbal descriptions of the rules.
Here's a few sample pages from both the supplied booklets.
Test of Honour - Terrain and Tokens
The box contains some 2D terrain pieces as well as all the necessary tokens and counters you'll need to play the game. Here's pictures of both sides as there are 'damaged' versions of the terrain pieces and some of the tokens are different on each side...
...the dice contained within are specific to the game...
...there are also bases for the included miniatures as well as ones to form up to three models into a unit.
Test of Honour - Stat and Upgrade Cards
Their are two sets of each model stat card (the only difference is that they have either a blue or red flag in the corner).
There are also upgrade cards as your characters learn new skills throughout the campaign, injury cards and others for a variety of in game purposes...
Test of Honour - Miniatures Preview
Here's a brief look at the miniatures before we go into detail in part two...
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