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BATTLE REPORT: MARCH 2001

Shard vs. Union: 800 Points

OK so this was the most boring Shard battle ever. I hid one squad of Concussors and the AMP suit behind a hill, the other squad in the woods, and I played peek-a-boo potshot at Peredyne01's Union troops all game. He advanced across the board o close shooting range, eventually doing considerale damage to the squad in the woods. A small group of Special Forces and one of the Primes exanged shots at point blank range for a while. Nothing consequentual happened until the Prime died. My Matrix Canon blew up, with targets within 20" (killed some of the carbon buggers, too!) but the game mostly consisted of shooting Beam Lasers and Heavy Pulsars at Union troops while they scurried from cover to cover.

I wish I could give you some big highlights or events, but even the terrain was boring (in fact, so unnoteworthy that I didn't write it down.) Again, I will save my conclusions for the main page, but this game taught me a lot about what makes a game UNinteresting.

Even the Final Score: 185 to 240, Shard Victory, showed what kind of game it was. Due to a lack of available targets for both sides during the bulk of the game, the Glory either side had the opportunity to gain was low. Ho, Hum, I guess we'll come up with something else...

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