Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
60 min
Complexity
2.5/5
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Description
Miniatures-agnostic tabletop skirmish wargame where demons escaped from Hell battle artificially intelligent robots in solo co-op and adversarial campaigns
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Tabletop Minions Review at 0:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Standalone sequel, no need to own or have played the original.
- Built from the ground up for versus, solo, and co-op play.
- Campaign play available in solo, co-op, and versus modes.
- Small playing area (22x30 inch) allows for play almost anywhere.
- Great artwork.
- PDF version included for free with print on demand purchase.
Cons
- Old Cabal from Rain in Hell cannot be used in Rain and Iron in terms of stats and relics and titles.
Thematic elements
- The war between demons and robots.
- A future Earth bereft of humankind, after demons flooded back through a portal.
- Emergent narrative across campaign play.
Comparison games
- Rain in Hell
- Kill Team
- War Cry
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign play — Players can engage in campaign play to build their host or cabal over time and discover an emergent narrative.
- Co-op play — The game is built with co-op play in mind.
- Machine Learning — The robots' machine learning special rule allows them to get better in combat each time they critical hit.
- Melee combat — Demons fight up close and personal with all melee attacks.
- Ranged Combat — Robots fight exclusively with ranged weapons.
- Resource Management — Demons use 'charge' energy, which they get from dying robots, differently than they used soul energy in the previous game.
- Solo Play — The game is built with solo play in mind.
- Unit permadeath — Units can die and need to be replaced if they fail in campaign play.
- Unit upgrades — Demons and robots will be upgraded over the course of campaign play as they succeed.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The war between the demons and the robots, began shortly thereafter.
- This allows you to change up your fighting style depending on which force you choose to run.
- Your demons and robots will be upgraded over the course of campaign play as they succeed, and they can also die and need to be replaced if they fail.
- The great artwork in the book is done by Brandon Gileiam or Runehammer.game on Instagram.
- It's also raw and brutal like Rain and Iron.
- Your old Cabal from Rain and Hell cannot be used in Rain and Iron.
- Rain and Iron is a 76-page game and is available now in PDF or print on demand.
- Grab your old Cabal, give them a fresh start, or use all those robot models that you have to raise a robotic host against the interlopers from another dimension with rain and iron.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 2:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Standalone sequel, no need to own the previous game.
- New robot units and different play styles for robots and demons.
- Excellent artwork.
- Flexible unit customization with various auxiliaries and servtors.
- Includes solo and co-op modes.
- Accessible price point.
- Scenario system offers variety.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Robots vs. Demons
Comparison games
- Rain in Hell
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Charge — A mechanic for demons where they gain abilities from killing robots, different from the soul dice in the previous game.
- Initiative system — Uses D12 rolls to determine activation order for models, allowing for fluid turn structure.
- Machine Learning — A robot mechanic where their combat score increases with critical hits, mimicking machine learning.
- Scenario system — Offers a mix of specific story scenarios and more fluid, customizable scenarios created by combining different elements.
- Soul dice — Mentioned as a mechanic from the previous game, Rain in Hell, where players gained soul dice by taking souls, which could be used to change rolls or affect opponents.
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Quotes (from this video)
- You do not need Rain in Hell to play or buy or enjoy Rain and Iron.
- The artwork is I think I we were real happy with the with the artwork. It turned out really well.
- The difference between the way that the demons work and the way that the robots work is actually kind of subtle.
- Rain and Iron I would not say is an expansion because it is standalone and you don't have to have the first game to play.
- This book is 76 pages and uh it's got a color cover, although it's not like super crazy colorful, but we have definitely made games in the past that have been crazy colorful.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:27:03
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Robots and Demons
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Quotes (from this video)
- OPR is the GURPS of wargaming.
- 40K rules as deep, I would call it artificially deep.
- Star Wars Legion terrain is almost always the best.
- OPR skirmish is a breath of fresh air compared to Kill Team.
- The damned stuff is supposed to be out, but it's not out yet, unfortunately.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:03:50 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- rich art and lore
- potential for cinematic play
Cons
- book sales uncertain
- narrative balance concerns
Thematic elements
- epic war narrative interwoven with fantastical elements
- alternate WWII timeline with occult/sci-fi elements
- campaign/story-driven with expansions
Comparison games
- Rain and Hell
- Majestic 13
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- skirmish warfare — small-battle scale with campaign progression
- story-driven scenarios — narrative outcomes affect later games
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Quotes (from this video)
- "Space Station Zero was a blast to play."
- "Rain and Iron just people did not buy that book."
- "TMX is great."
- "The Bamboo Lab A1 is about as plug-and-play as you get."
- "Paralysis through overanalysis."
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