Vanguard: Normandy takes a unique approach to managing your army compared to other game systems.
Rather than players bringing a pre-determined army list to the table, in Vanguard: Normandy, you begin simply by selecting a a faction, taking its Army Board and the two starting faction-specific Unit Cards.
Unit Cards include all the rules necessary for that unit, from its stats to its special abilities. You’ll begin the game with an HQ Unit and a basic infantry platoon. From the on, you’ll need to use Requisition to recruit additional units.
You’ll earn Requisition through battlefield control. Each game round, you’ll gain Victory points and Requisition based on which sectors of the battlefield are under your control. Controlling sectors is easy to track, as each one is marked with a token placed on the top row of your Army Board (as are sectors your opponent controls!).
When your recruit additional units, you’ll need to ensure:
- You have enough Supply,
- You can afford the unit’s Requisition Cost,
- There’s an available space on your Army Board matching the unit’s type.
Each unit in Vanguard: Normandy falls under a specific type: HQ, Infantry, Specialists, Artillery, Light Vehicles, and Heavy Vehicles. When recruiting, you can only do so to a free space on the Army Board corresponding to the new unit’s type.
Supply controls the rate at which you can unlock new Unit Card spaces on your Army Board, as well as access to more powerful units. You start with a Supply value of 1, which severely limits your early recruitment options. Should you go for a Machine Gun Team, an additional Infantry Platoon, or perhaps a Jeep, or should you invest it in increasing your Supply?
The higher your Supply, the more units your army can field, and the greater variety of units you can recruit from. As commander, you’ll need to find the right balance between recruiting units and upgrading your Supply.
Expand your Supply too slowly, and your opponent’s larger, more advanced army could overwhelm you, but expand it too quickly, and you may lack the Requisition to recruit any of the units you’ve just unlocked!
Please note, this is an in-development board game. All photos are of pre-production prototypes – these do not necessarily reflect the quality of the final product.
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