Palladium Books Robotech RPG Tactics Board Game

THE MODELS: There seems to be a big misunderstanding at the root of the chief complaint about this game: some people wanted this to be a board game. This is a miniatures combat game, not a traditional board game. Thus, it involves assembling miniatures and painting them, measuring distances around terrain you build yourself, rolling lots of dice, and all the things mini combat games traditionally include. These models are no harder to put together than any other mini game. The models are actually very posable, reasonably high quality and look good when complete. I had a lot of fun with them. Anyone who complains about the model complexity probably has never played a traditional mini combat game before. It will take time to put the models together - that's part of this hobby and no different than any other game in the genre. To those of us who like modeling and traditional mini combat games, this is not a laborious task to complete before we can play the game; it is a part of the game's joy.THE RULES: this is a nice blending of "easy to learn" with "tactical options." The game play is simple and straight forward with command tokens that allow for extra tactical possibilities. It's the best way to design a game: simple to play, difficult to master. It also captures the feel of robotech a lot better than the Palladium RPG does (imho). I'd say of the dozen or so mini combat games I play, this is easily in my top three.THE BOOK: Let's face it, chances are you haven't seen a book published by Paaladium that looks like it was printed in this melinium. Most Palladium RPGs look like they were composed on a typewriter in someone's basement in the 1980s. HOWEVER, THIS BOOK IS BEAUTIFUL. Palladium needs to make more of its books like the one that comes with this game: glossy paper, full color art, and easily read fonts. Perhaps it was because my expectations regarding this company were so low, but I was blown away. This book was easy and fun to read, as well as being immersive into the robotech world.All in all, my only problem with this game is that more people don't play it. So you should buy it and help me fix that issue. :)

The game has a few hike ups like no point values per unit. But you can work around that giving the units based values at like 20-25pts. The minis are battle tech comparable the scale is 350. That makes this game duel use have fun use model glue not supper glue will make for an easy build process.

Note, this game requires a lot of work before you can play it. You will spend hours putting together the miniatures. More on that later.While I have not had a chance to play the actual game, the miniatures and system seem pretty straight forward. Where most other games are purely tactical, Robotech RPG Tactics adds in character cards and special equipment to mix up the battles. Each special character has unique abilities to enhance the tactical play. Strangely, the cards are lightly laminated, and you are expected to write on them with an oil pencil. I don't recommend this as the lamination won't hold up to repeated use. It would be better to make copies of these cards and print them out for each battle or get them professionally laminated.I have been a fan of Robotech since I was a kid so getting my hands on these miniatures is extremely nostalgic to me. I have played Battletech for years and was drawn to it, in part, by its use of Robotech mechs in their books. However, that system seemed slow and clunky and never seemed to fit the high paced battles in Robotech. These new rules seem much simpler, faster, and deadly - perfect for Robotech.The box set requires a lot of work and the miniatures are better described as models. They seem to have been designed based on much larger scale models as there are far too many parts to be glued together for such tiny miniatures. And when I say tiny, I mean it. Some of the parts you are expected to glue on are little more than slivers of plastic. If you are not a skilled modeler, you probably want to avoid this pack as it will have you screaming in frustration.While the destroids and the Zentradi pods go together fairly easily, the Veritech battleoids are a real pain. The destroids really only have a couple of simple options to choose from. But the veritechs have multiple arm configurations, and it is not entirely clear which arms go to which guns. Besides that, when you try to glue them together, you will be forced to make some uncomfortable guesses as to the positioning of the arms and guns, and @#@%@!%@$But, once you've got these models together, they are beautiful and really reflect the look and feel of the Robotech mechs. You will need to paint the miniatures to really complete the look. And if you play CAV or Battletech, you can use the destroids and veritechs as they are very close to the Battletech scale. The Zentradi units, though, are too big. I'm not that concerned about the scale so much and I plan on using the officer's pod as the Battletech Marauder despite it being much larger than the Battletech scale.I was disappointed that the box set didn't come with a basic map. Most games of this scale and cost include some sort of battle map, even if it is just a cheap, fold-out poster. With no battle map, I feel like this isn't a complete game. Sure, most people already have some sort of 3D terrain or paper maps, but it seems like such an oversight and for the price, I expected to have some sort of battlefield based on Macros City or the deck of the SDF-1.If you like giant mech battles and the Robotech universe, this is the only source for this kind of game and despite the frustration of building the miniatures, the end result feels worth it.

I bought this because of notalgia. I was a huge fan of Robotech back when it was first aired in the U.S., loved the RPG, and figured this would be a decent buy. The models are in a lot of tiny pieces that aren't exactly high-quality molding. It can take a bit of work to get the bits to fit together, in many cases more than a GW Finecast model (For those that know the struggle of putting one of those together). Lots of sprue, lots of filing/sanding work.The box does come with everything needed for a 2-player game though, but it definitely takes some time to get to table as you have to assemble both armies. If you're looking for a game to play out of the box, you might want to give this one a pass. If you're an avid modeler who likes a challenge though, this game will give you that.

Love the game. has got a couple of issues. First off every thing you need is in the box. I do see what some people are complaining about the complexity of the figures. I can take quite a bit of time to assemble each tiny little model and more time to paint them with any good amount of detail. And if you do the crazy thing of magnetizing the optional parts so you can swap them out and mix and mach them the sit back and get comfy cus you r in for a long haul lol but over all i like it.