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'''''Test of Arms''''' is a modern-day board wargame published in 1988 by Game Designers' Workshop.
==Contents== ''Test of Arms'' is a two-player tactical wargame that simulates various worldwide post-World War II conflicts.<ref name="gi4"/> The game includes six geomorphic hex grid map sections, 480 counters, and 29 scenarios drawn from post-World War II tactical conflicts around the world.<ref name=bp>{{cite magazine| title =Test of Arms| magazine= BattlePlan | issue = 8 | pages =2 |date=January–February 1989}}</ref>
===Gameplay=== The game uses the rules system from GDW's previously published wargame, ''Team Yankee'',<ref name=bp /> using a simplified version of a traditional "I Go, You Go" system. The basic rules are not complex. During each turn, the first player has several phases:<ref name=cr>{{cite web| url =https://centurionsreview.com/team-yankee/team-yankee-review/ | title =Team Yankee Review | last =Lent | first =David | date =2020-07-18 | website =Centurion's Review | access-date =2022-03-01 }}</ref> # List artillery targets, and roll a die to see if air units are available # Attack with some or all units where they are # Movement. (Opponent may have opportunity for reactive fire.) # Attack (any unit that did not fire in Phase 2 # Fire artillery The second player then has the same phases to complete the current turn.
==Reception== Norman Smith reviewed ''Test of Arms'' for ''Games International'' magazine, and gave it 4 stars out of 5, and stated that "Despite its generalities the game gives a good representation of its subject and may have some appeal to the players of miniatures. It also plays well solitaire."<ref name="gi4">{{cite magazine| last = Smith |first = Norman | title =Wargames | magazine= Games International | issue = 4 | pages =42 |date=April 1989}}</ref>
==Awards== At the 1989 Origins Awards, ''Test of Arms'' was a finalist for a Charles S. Roberts Award in the category "Best Post-World War II Board Game of 1988."<ref>{{cite magazine| title =Origins Awards 1988| magazine= Challenge | issue = 38 | pages =2 |date=1989}}</ref>
==Other reviews and commentary== *''Games Review'' Vol.1 #7 *''Casus Belli'' #50<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/casus-belli-050/page/n29/mode/2up | title=Casus Belli #050 | date=1989 }}</ref>
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Category:Board games introduced in 1988 Category:Game Designers' Workshop games