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Expansion for This Is Not a Test: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Rules
This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes
Rules assistance for This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- 60–90 min
Rules assistant for This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes
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This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes is an expansion for This Is Not a Test: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Rules for 2 players and 60–90 minutes per game. It was designed by Joseph McGuire and its main mechanics are Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game.
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About the game
It Came from the Wastes is an expansion for This Is Not a Test, a 28mm wargame set in a post-apocalyptic United States where warbands fight for survival, power, and greed. Chock full of the most dangerous of creatures the wasteland has to offer, this expansion rulebook features: Big Behemoths – Equal to any single warband, behemoths are giant monsters that can throw cars, shoot powerful eye beams, or crush puny humans and mutants with claws twice the size of a man. This book is totally about them! Build Your Own Behemoth – Full rules are included for designing behemoths using a point-buy system. You can build whatever you want: a giant robot that can shoot missiles, a massive radioactive dragon, building sized insects, a 50 foot tall woman! If you can dream it, you can make it. 'Scalable Destruction – The rules take into account different sizes of behemoths. While a small warband might challenge a behemoth with 10 wounds, only the truly best warbands can take on the 20 wound mega-monsters! Behemoth Fighting Time – Not content with behemoths smashing your puny warbands? Want to pit your giant monstrosity against other behemoths? We totally have rules for that. New Scenarios – Three brand new scenarios are included. In The Trouble Between Us two warbands try to fight each other while a behemoth rampages across the battlefield While in the aptly named Dishonorable Duty, your warbands must collect valuable behemoth “droppings”. Finally, a brand new solo scenario where your warband must recover valuable relics while avoiding a behemoth running amok. Behemoth Bestiary – Seven pre-built sample behemoths are included. Designed using the point-buy system, these behemoths will give you an idea of what you can make. Fight Crabulous the Mighty, contend with the always angry Dave the Giant, and survive the buzz saw-filled gullet of the robotic Scrap Wyrm!
Mechanics
Designers
Publishers
- Worlds End Publishing
Questions and answers
This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes is 60–90 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes belongs to these categories: Wargame, Horror, and Miniatures. Its main mechanics are Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes are: Joseph McGuire. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists This Is Not a Test: It Came From the Wastes as an expansion for This Is Not a Test: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Rules. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need This Is Not a Test: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Rules to use it. Check that your edition of This Is Not a Test: Post-Apocalyptic Skirmish Rules is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.