BLKOUT is a fast, brutal tactical wargame built for players who want deep strategy without the rulebook homework. Designed with input from real military veterans, games play out in 30–45 minutes on the war-torn colony world of Abol, where a single die roll can decide a firefight. No point-counting, no army-building spreadsheets — pick a force, choose three units, and get to the table.
Welcome to BLKOUT
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While most war games can drag on for hours with complicated rules, BLKOUT delivers action-packed game-play in just 30–45 minutes with easy to learn rules.
The BLKOUT Rulebook delivers in-depth tactical combat and scenarios. Quickly highlighting everything you need to know to play the Game! BLKOUT Rules
Terrain & Unit Placement
Build Your Force
Pick a Force, grab three Unit Cards, and place your models on the table. Each Unit Card tells you everything you need — how far it moves, how well it shoots, and what it's carrying.
Set Up the Battlefield
Place terrain, pick a scenario, and choose your deployment edge. Then put your models down and play.
GAMEPLAY ACTIONS
1. Reposition
Move every model in your unit. Get into cover. Close distance. Set up your angles.
2. Act
Each model does one thing:
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Shoot — pick a target in range and line of sight, roll dice, deal damage
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Ready — prepare to react on your opponent's turn
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Sprint — move again instead of shooting
Players alternate activating units. You go, they go, back and forth until everyone has activated. That's a round.
REACTIONS
Models that haven't activated yet — or models that took a Ready action — can interrupt your opponent. Return fire when shot at. Overwatch a model that moves into your sights. Juke to duck into cover mid-shot.
The reaction system is what makes every activation a decision.
The innovative Conflict System keeps both players in the fight at all times. React to enemy moves, contest every action with dynamic roll-offs, and win through positioning and tactics rather than list-building. The core rules are a free download, making BLKOUT one of the easiest miniatures games to try before you buy.
WINNING!
Scenarios set the win conditions — control objectives, eliminate units, extract a target. Most games run five rounds.
That's it. Everything else — data attacks, vehicles, smoke, explosives — is detail layered on top of this. The core loop never changes.
How to Play BLKOUT
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Shop BLKOUT force boxes and starter sets at War Games USA, including the UN 3rd Battalion, Task Force Boone Recon, Manticor Borz Group, Harlow Kinetic Solutions, Black Pact, and Impisi. Each 32mm resin force box is a complete army in a box — grab the 2-Player Starter Kit and a friend, and you're playing tonight.
New to BLKOUT? Download the free rules, pick the faction that fits your playstyle — speed (Harlow), armor (Manticor), or precision (Task Force Boone) — and join one of the fastest-growing skirmish communities in tabletop gaming.
