Warfighter: The Modern Night Combat Card Game – Shadow War

Thematic to the core, great use of dice to not punish someone who has the dice equivalent of black thumb, amazing ways of emulating stealth, equipping soldiers brings back memories of old school Rainbow 6, randomness is used to great effect making missions feel different every time they're played, and the mechanics, while fiddly and annoying to learn thanks to a terrible manual, communicate the theme perfectly. I look forward to buying every expansion. My first 10.

And all expansions This game takes Warfighter (Modern) into the world of night operations (Shadow War). This Wave 3 release also adds tons of material for the (day) game as well as Night expansions for the existing (day)regions. New regions include North Korea (core game) as well as China and South Africa (Day). There is also an expansion where your team can hunt down Bin Laden! I’ve loved this game series ever since the first one (Warfighter Modern) was released.

Excellent game was surprised how different each expansion is to others in series.

Oh this is good. This is really good. It is essentially Rainbow Six in boardgame form. The design / mechanics around the stealth and enemy awareness are a great achievement when you consider what is being represented with just a handful of cards and some dice. The only drawback is that the included rulebook does a poor job of teaching you these new stealth and night combat mechanics, especially if this would be your first Warfighter game. This is tied for me with WW2 Pacific for my favourite Warfighter coreset.

Tense and immersive game. I like the stealth factor and trying to avoid enemies instead of going full Rambo. Rulebook is a mess and only good for referencing keywords, but not for learning the game. It's a shame because I think a good rulebook would make it much more accessible to new players. There are good player aids in the download section though.