The Next War Series has always intrigued me but also intimidated me. But, last December, we had our first play of the system (with our good friend Bill Simoni coming over to teach us the game) in Next War: Poland and very much enjoyed the experience even though the scenario we chose to play wasn’t necessarily balanced at all and made it some what of a run away for the Russians. We also did use the advanced rules, which included all of the chrome like air power, commando raids, missile strikes and the like, and very much enjoyed what the system was doing. We have steeled ourselves to play a few of the other Next War Series entries in 2025.

-Grant