Secrets of the Third Reich - USA

Got a little burnt out on 40k recently, various reasons don't get me wrong I still love my DE but the jibes of overpowered and cheesy have begun to pee me off more than a little. Now if I were a bandwagon jumper or had an unpainted army I could take it in my stride but I put a lot into my armies they are all fully painted and I won't field a unit till it is. So looking through my cupboard of half done projects and games I've never played (Mostly RPG's) I found my copy of 'Secrets of the Third Reich' by Grindhouse and Westwind Games and after lending it to a friend (who is a massive WW2 nut) and together hooking in a couple more we finally got our first proper game in and it ROCKS. So much more tactics and flexibility as well as a pretty cool backstory led to a couple of epic games. Here for your viewing is my 35RP army

Army Shot


Command Squad


and yes all the models have names and nicknames (sad but borded at work with access to google)


Bazooka Teams


Chameleon Snipers


APE Squad (Armoured Personal Exoskeleton - diesel powered terminators)



Infantry Squad


and last but not least a picture from the start of the game I played showing off our local clubs beautiful WW2 Terrain.

This looks like a really interesting game. Whats the concept? Alternate ending WW2?

Yep most stuff is just as our history but towards the 'end' of the war things diverge (germans develop V-gas which as well as killing you reanimates your corpse to kill more people; USA manhattan project is cut short with the team being butt and the plans being stolen) so in current game time the year is 1949 and the war has descended into a stalemate broken only by small engagements. The system has all the normal WW2 stuff as well as various 'fantastical' units mecha, vampires, cyborg, werebears etc and of course zombies!

http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/secrets_of_the_third_reich.php