Any advice on playing THW head to head?

[ilprincipe]

I get a lot of enjoyment out of playing the Chain Reaction system, regardless of which THW game I'm actually playing. Now I usually play the games solo or occasionally co-op and so naturally I use the solo mechanisms to manage the enemy side. I recently realised that a large part of my enjoyment arises just because of that. The solo, PEF system generates tension and challenges better than any other mechanism in any other wargame that I know.

So now the question arises, how can I best get the same result once I move to playing head to head with friends?

Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

Regards, Chris

[Ed the Two Hour Wargames Guy]

Easy.
Start with one unit each.
Have 3 PEFs each.
Make one the real unit and the other two nothing.
Then move the PEFs as you want.
Play the Mission of choice.
Hope this helps.

[ilprincipe]

Thanks Ed. Great idea and simple. (Doh, why didn't I think of that?)

Taking it a bit further, rather than having two blanks, known to the owning player, I could play the PEF Resolution table as normal and use "there's something out there" to generate a new, randomly placed, reinforcements PEF somewhere on the table. It isn't resolved until spotted but once resolved it generates a small, random reinforcement that can be for either side. So stay frosty!

Oh my ears and whiskers, where's my pencil and paper?

Regards, Chris

[Ed the Two Hour Wargames Guy]

Nice!