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He ended up on my side of the board, flanking me, pretty damn quickly (what I love about the rules), but he lost the initiative and I was able to shore things up, denying my flank, and there we sat, unable to break the deadlock. The boy moved very aggressively, demonstrating a solid understanding of what we're trying to do (with me giving some pointers, as necessary, along the way). The game was going pretty well, moving right along, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't come out of it with any reservations. The boy grasped the rules fairly quickly, and there was hardly any referencing the rules (just the modifiers for close combat) once we got started. More importantly, I'd absolutely love for some of you Crossfire veterans/gurus out there on the interwebs to have a look and share some of your insights. So, this isn't a 'proper' battle report, but he and I did play a game and I did snap some photos, so I figured I'd share. At the conclusion, he and I played a small test game. I set up a table, got some 10mm troops out, then spent about 30 minutes walking him through the rules. In particular, I spent quite a bit of time on "Steven's Balagan" blog, which has a tremendous amount of Crossfire-related info on it. I was screwing around surfing the internet and started to become intrigued, once again, but the rules. My father and I had played quite a few games several years ago, but we couldn't quite get it going for us. I recently re-painted and re-based some 10mm Pendraken troops, Canadians and German FJ, in order to give Arty Conliffe's "Crossfire" rules a go with my seven year-old son.