The whites of their hexes.
Just last month we heard that Hunted Cow Studios were partnering up with tabletop wargaming company Decision Games, and developing some of latter’s numerous titles for iOS. It appears now that we’ll be enjoying the fruits of that union sooner rather than later.
Hunted Cow have informed us that Decision Games’ Rebels & Redcoats will be available for iPad on November 6th. The game promises to be a largely faithful adaptation of the source boardgames, hex-based and with all the period flair one expects of a Hunted Cow joint, with a robust tutorial and two five-mission campaigns playable as either the American colonies or the British Empire.
I say “largely faithful” because Hunted Cow do note some mechanical changes which will set the digital R&R apart from its tabletop counterpart. Troop quality–distinguishing rookies from vets–applies to generals as well, affecting the strength of their leadership benefits and how far the sphere of their command spreads. You’re also looking at some new troop morale modeling, joint artillery-infantry formations, and the addition of a light woods hex which blocks line-of-sight, but not musket and cannon fire.
If the combination of “light woods” and “hex” doesn’t get your juices flowing, then you are in the wrong place my friend. Much as I feel like wargames simulating this colonial war for independence ought to be inundating the App Store, I can’t think of too many standouts, and R&R looks well-positioned to be the dominant American Revolution title if it lives up to the legacy of Decision Games’ tabletop series.
Rebels & Redcoats will be $10 when it’s released next Thursday. Some screens below show off the game’s shiny new aesthetic.
One of the unforeseen consequences of the war, in later years Baum’s Redoubt became eBaum’s World.
Zoom out just far enough to appreciate how screwed the Continental forces are in this open field.
Ooh. You feel that? Feels like light… woods… hexes. Mmmm.
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