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2009 Ranked #13,781

Chain Reaction 3.0

Coordinate with teammates to solve the game's shared challenge.

Wargames Book Miniatures Variable Player Powers Cooperative Game

Players

1-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

12+

Complexity

3/5

Rating

7.63

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

CR 3.0 is a skirmish set of rules that can be played with any figures you may already have. CR 3.0 is a great way to learn the Reaction System used in over twenty products by Two Hour Wargames.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Cooperative Game

Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Variable Player Powers

Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
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CR 3.0 is a skirmish set of rules that can be played with any figures you may already have. CR 3.0 is a great way to learn the Reaction System used in over twenty products by Two Hour Wargames. It streamlines and updates the previous 2.0 rules and brings them more in line with the many present day THW products. CR 3.0 is essentially a THW lite version given to the gamer at no cost. 28 pages plus 6 pages of charts.

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Type

1
Wargames

Category

5
Book Miniatures Modern Warfare Print & Play Wargame

Mechanism

3
Cooperative Game Dice Rolling Variable Player Powers

Family

2
Misc: Free Wargames Series: Reaction System

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Game and edition data

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Play and group

Players
1–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
120 min
Age
12+
Complexity
3.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Ed Teixeira Ed Teixeira

Artists

4
Paul Kime Tony Yates Paul Kime Tony Yates

Publishers

2
Two Hour Wargames (THW Game Design) Two Hour Wargames (THW Game Design)

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