Red NovemberTabletop Tuesday: Commie Gnomes, Leaky Submarine | Submitted by IanSchreiber on Tue, 01/13/2009 - 00:35. |
Normally, boardgames with a sufficiently wacky theme use humor to cover up lackluster and uninspired gameplay. Normally, games have to be at least halfway decent to make it into Fantasy Flight's "Silver Line" series. So, when I saw a Silver Line game about an experimental Russian Cold War submarine run by gnomes... well, I wasn't sure what to think. Since you're reading about it here, you can probably guess that it's more good than bad.
Starting Urban Legend is a bit like firing up an old friend, at least for those of us who doted on turn-based strategy games like Jagged Alliance. I'm back in the old paradigm, taking advantage of cover, waiting testily while the enemy moves, and wincing when one of my expensive mercs dies. Can't think of a better way to kill an evening, really; UL certainly hits the right notes, and it's nice, too, that the story is somewhat humorous in nature (if appropriately bloodthirsty).
