I just picked this set up second hand in mint condition. unfortunately there is a reason for that!
Secrets of the Third Reich was first produced in 2008, and is a miniatures game created by Grindhouse and Westwind Productions. The setting is an alternate timeline WW2, where the war didn’t end in 1945 but instead continued on until 1949, with tons of historical events changed along the way.
The game is primarily a platoon sized skirmish game, but scales well to larger battles. Miniatures are in 28mm scale and standard 6 sided die are used. The available armies are The United States, Germany, Soviet Union and Great Britain and Japan. Most standard WW2 minatures can be used, and Westwind have a large range of “weirdos” and “funnies”, including mecha.
London and Berlin have both been obliterated by Atom Bombs, and Northwest Europe and Eastern Russian are ravaged by the the aftermath of V-Gas – a deadly nerve agent which kills the victim and then re-animates the corpse.And yet the war still rages. Small battle groups of British, American, German and Russian troops still engage in combat, aided by new technology and the dark arts.It’s a world where Bullet Proof Vests, Powered Armour, Assault Rifles and Panzer Mecha sit alongside Werewolves, Vampires, Drug enhanced Super-Soldiers, Psychics and Zombies.
The production is a large glossy 160page book with lots of wargaming “eye candy”. The rules contain a large appendix in which most WW2 vehicles and their game stats are included. The rules are basically a UGO/IGO system with the standard “overwatch” mechanism.
I like the concept of the game, the alternate history, and the models supporting the game. There are just ones out there that do it better. Shows it’s age.
I have some SoTR on my blog. They did a boardgame on Kickstarter that was fun to play. It’s called Incursion.
Thanks BR I will have a look. The concept behind both SoTR and Incursion sounds great and I will follow this project through but am still looking for suitable rules. The 7TV Vlad expansion by Crooked Dice is great and can be used for a “Sea Lion” Weird War game, which is after all what it is meant for.
I was interested in this game at one point, but never got around to picking it up. I did get the Incursion boardgame (both the original and the KS edition) which is apparently pretty good and not unlike Space Hulk, but I’m yet to getting around to play it…
I have seen the Incursion game but do not have it. Those available on eBay are around AU$150 and not worth it for something that I may not enjoy. Like you I have heard good things.
I like the range of minis produced for this! 🙂 You could just use Konflikt 47 rules (Weird War Bolt Action) since you’ll be familiar with the mechanisms used there I’d imagine.
Yes I have those, but am looking for something different. It is just like playing bolt action as you say and for me that is the issue with Konflict 47.
Xenos Rampant might be better then. It’ll certainly handle all the different technology. I’m not familiar with how Bolt Action works so can’t really add any more I’m afraid!
There are so many great skirmish rules out there that will work I am spoilt for choice. The SOTTR rules giv e a great setting and lots of great eye candy so still worth the investment.