Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone outdoes Necromunda with a badass boxed set

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Cyberpunk Red: Combat Zone is the real deal, a miniatures skirmish game with a modest price tag that delivers a meaty experience right out of the box. Developer and publisher Monster Fight Club has a potential hit on its hands, especially if it catches on with fans of Cyberpunk 2077. The game is shipping to its crowdfunding backers right now, and pre-orders are currently open for the retail release later this year. Here’s what we found inside an early preview copy.

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Combat Zone is based on the same source material as CD Projekt Red’s own blockbuster multiplatform hit, R. Talsorian Games’ Cyberpunk tabletop role-playing universe. First published in the 1980s, Cyberpunk 2020 was later rebooted with Cyberpunk Red, the analog prequel to Cyberpunk 2077. So while the action technically takes place about 30 years before the events of the video game, many of the factions, weapons, and tropes will immediately be familiar to fans of V and Johnny Silverhand.

In addition to having strong brand-name recognition, Combat Zone is also a lot less expensive than large-format wargames like Warhammer 40,000. That’s because you only need about three to six miniatures to do battle in a relatively small area — here, a space that’s 22 inches wide and 30 inches long. That means your investment in terms of both time and money will