Trenchbreaker

Trenchbreaker is an in-development tabletop wargame, focusing on fast and brutal trench assaults and featuring mecha of various designs, such as the one seen at right, the Astarian Model 181 "Vanguard" equipped with the "Guardian" Rig. Trenchbreaker's rules and army building are an attempt to combine traditional list-based wargaming with the deckbuilding aspect of TCGs. Trenchbreaker also features simultaneous turns and a damage system based on grinding your enemy's capabilities away until his mecha collapses under him, rather than whittling away at arbitrary health points until it suffers a critical existence failure. It's also notable for its brutality; "Infantry Death Simulator 1916" would not be an inaccurate title.

The Framing

Part of the central conceit of Trenchbreaker is that the action is taking place between two trench lines. These trench lines are simply represented by the edge of the table you're playing on. You are attempting to capture the enemy trench by moving your infantry models across the table and over his edge, while he is doing the same to you.

The Setting