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ROBOTECH: RECONSTRUCTION
Politics and strife define the reconstruction period after the first Robotech War
Designer: Dr. Wictz | Publisher: Strange Machine Games
The COIN series from publisher GMT Games is a fascinating look at historical counter insurgency efforts. It’s a brilliant collection of games that suffer from a high level of complexity and a general sense of unease due to the subject matter. Asking a friend to sit down and play as the Taliban for three hours is no small request. Robotech: Reconstruction seeks to remediate this ill on two fronts.
Firstly, this is a shiny fictional property. While fans of Robotech will find joy in seeing Rick Hunter and Minmei, even those unfamiliar with the setting will draw some relief from the detachment to modern turmoil. Fans of the COIN system will likewise find comforting familiarity, as the four factions map to recognisable archetypes such as the Robotech Defense and Expeditionary Forces mapping to the strained alliance of government and military factions in Fire in the Lake.