More Tonks!

 

Using my set of tonks, plus Matt's kitbashed tonk, we played a two rounds of four-player games of Tonks.  The experience was enhanced by using these stackable sci-fi buildings for terrain which really fit the part without looking too much like the ruins of the Imperium of Man. 

The first game was drawn out a bit because the random terrain made it rather easy for people to find defensible spots.  The second game got a more interested board, and we reduced the tonks' starting hull points from 5 to 3 to speed things up, but this caused me and Ben's tonks to exit the game perhaps too quickly!

Tonks Factory

 

I made two more tonks for Tonks to get a set of 3, in order to be able to rope people into occasional matches of this extremely casual and fun indie game.

The Red Meanie:

The Grey Ghost:

The Psychic Skull:

All three tonks are 3d prints available on Wargames Vault as downloadable stls for a modest price.

Tonks!

I got to try out Tonks! with Jamie, and can report with certainty that they are fun and very easy rules, with a nice dose of nuance and randomness sprinkled on top.  

If I have one complaint, its that a two person game seems to ultimately devolve into both tonks ("chonky tanks?") across from each other just firing repeatedly as the utility of moving decreases.  For this reason Jamie and I contemplated randomized "partisans" who pop around in the terrain and take pot shots at your tonks, to add the danger of another enemy to the board.  Very fun, very social, very recommend.  

 You can download the Tonks rules for free from 28 Mag: https://28-mag.com/games/