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Line 1: {{work}} '''Secrets of the Third Reich''' is a miniature wargame created by Grindhouse and Westwind Productions. The setting is an alternate timeline [[WWWorld 2War II]], where the war didn't end in 1945 but instead continued on until 1949, with tons of historical events changed along the way. The game is primarily a platoon sized skirmish game, but scales well to larger battles. Miniatures are in 28mm scale and standard 6 -sided ~~die~~dice are used. The available armies are The United States, Germany, Soviet and the Britain. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120122135233/http://secretsofthethirdreich.com/forums/ Wayback Machine copy of the Official forum] ~~Official forum:~~ * [http://www.~~secretsofthethirdreich~~westwindproductions.~~com/forums~~co.uk/ Official store] Not to be confused with the 2014 TV series of the same name. ~~Official store:~~ ~~http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/~~ ~~----~~ ~~=== Features the following tropes. ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Action Bomb]]: Zombies strapped with explosive ordanance. * [[All Myths Are True]]: Secrets of the Third Reich has in addition to WWII Super Science a large array of references to various mythologies and folk tales from all the involved factions, including Werewolves, Urzine, Koschei the Deathless, Vampires and even small nudges to things like King Arthur and The Spear of Destiny. * [[Brain In Aa Jar]]: The SWD's Projeckt Drohne pretty much turns debilitated German Soldiers into this. * [[Captain Patriotic]]: Elizabeth "Libby" Ryan, Codename Liberty, is in many ways a [[Distaff Counterpart]] of Captain America. ** Arguably, ANYONE put under the United States Sentinel of Freedom program becomes this. Line 24 ⟶ 21: * [[Invisibility Cloak]]: The American Chameleon snipers are equipped with these. * [[King Arthur]]: Major Clive Goddard pulled the legendary sword out of the stone during a patrol around the Battle of Bastogne. His command section have even become known as the "Round Table". * [[Mini-Mecha]]: The British RAT ought to qualify as one of these: http://www.westwindproductions.co.uk/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=126_128&products_id=1066{{Dead link}} ** As well as the German Wolverine. * [[Military Mashup Machine]]: Bound to happen with the Custom Vehicle Design Rules. Line 33 ⟶ 30: * [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: In that they can be controlled. Germany has a technological way of controlling them which pretty much amounts to radio controlling the zombie of an officer, who zombified soldiers will follow out of habit. The Soviet zombies on the other hand is driven solely by patriotism and will keep fighting the enemy even after death. * [[Powered Armor]]: All armies provide their own examples of these. There are even rules to device your own custom powered armor or mech. * [[Playing ~~With~~with Fire]]: The British special character Ash, who has pyrokinetic powers. * [[Psychic Powers]]: The British special character Dr.Lazarus, capable of precognition and healing. Also has the option of bringing his pet vampire Maxwell into battle. * [[Spider Tank]]: The Soviet army has one of these. Line 45 ⟶ 42: {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Tabletop Game~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Tabletop Games]] ~~[[Category:Secrets Of The Third Reich]]~~ ▲[[Category:Tabletop Game]]