Check Your 6! Desperate Measures

Expansion for Check Your 6!

Check Your 6! Desperate Measures

2018

Rules assistance for Check Your 6! Desperate Measures

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–12 players

Rules assistant for Check Your 6! Desperate Measures

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Check Your 6! Desperate Measures is an expansion for Check Your 6! released in 2018 for 2–12 players. It was designed by Steve Reid, George Paler, and Gary Archer and its main mechanics are Simultaneous Action Selection, Hexagon Grid, and Simulation.

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About the game

Compatible with Check Your 6 core rules. This is not a stand-alone rules set. Desperate Measures provides 48 WWII scenarios from the Late War Pacific Theater in "Check Your 6" format Scenarios extensively researched and play-tested Scenarios featuring such diverse elements as: Kamikaze attacks against all types of naval vessels including Fleet and Escort Carriers, Heavy Cruisers, Destroyers and transports where you actually have to fly your planes into ships Escorted B-29 raids against the Japanese Home Islands where the bombers actually drop bombs, while facing ramming attacks and air-to-air bombing Actions involving the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) and the iconic Seafires Low-level airfield attacks including strafing and bombing Fighter versus Fighter and Fighter Bomber scenarios featuring famous aces such as Tommy McGuire and Eugene Valencia A large selection of aircraft for the Allies and Japanese including, but not limited to F6F Hellcats, F4U Corsairs, P-51 Mustangs, P-38 Lightnings, B-29s, N1 K2 Georges, Ki-84 Franks, Ohkas, Ki-1 00s, the ubiquitous A6M Zero and many more. What's the Same The "Check Your 6" movement and combat system simplicity Games with a few or many aircraft to suit all sizes of gaming groups. Small scenarios can last an hour or less, larger scenarios can take a few hours What's Different Scenario specific victory conditions so that each side has a chance to win 6 Mini-campaigns covering the period of the most intense Kamikaze attacks including the Philippines, actions around Okinawa and the Home Islands Rules additions including how to conduct Kamikaze attacks, Ohkas, and deliberately ramming B-29's —description from the back of the book

Questions and answers

Check Your 6! Desperate Measures supports 2–12 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.