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Cassa posted:other than maybe a joke Australian list (is that even a thing?) There's an Australian list in the North Africa book I want to get, but I'm not sure how good it is. I still just have Open Fire as well, and while I too like the idea of a Russian army, I'm planning on fleshing out a British army from there instead.
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Arquinsiel posted:Only if Gavrilo Princip is still holding a half-eaten sandwich in his off hand That would be a great model for North Star's tea-drinking line of minis.
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Cassa posted:What do I have to roll to make Ferdinand take someone competent with him?
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Unf, finally available for pre-order: foot knights. I personally think they look amazing: http://www.perry-miniatures.com/
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Arquinsiel posted:Oh god.... I just had a horrible thought. Given Battlefront's treatment of various SS "heroes" in FoW, what are the chances that if Great War gets some momentum going the Austro-Hungarians will have an Artillery Corporal Warrior? Ugh holy poo poo. Didn't he also frequently (and pointlessly) risk his life to "save" dead officers? That would be a baffling special rule.
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Cassa posted:Been instructed I should turn my 2010 Flames of War starter into an actual starting point for the game. This is annoying, because Russians are the most interesting army to me, other than maybe a joke Australian list (is that even a thing?) The Soviets used tons of Shermans, those shermans may not be the right model that was shipped to the Soviets but nobody will notice or care if you painted them up as Soviets. Going to need 2 more for a minimum sized company though. Also in late war many soviet lists have an option for a "Decoy Tank Platoon" which is composed of up to 3 captured German Tanks. Both of your StuG's can be used in this platoon. Pick up another StuG, Panther, Tiger or a Panzer IV to complete it.
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Re: Australians, the term is 'ANZAC' and they're cool.
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Numlock posted:The Soviets used tons of Shermans, those shermans may not be the right model that was shipped to the Soviets but nobody will notice or care if you painted them up as Soviets. Going to need 2 more for a minimum sized company though. Aren't there regular captures platoons? The Soviets used plenty of StuGs, with the added bonus of getting to paint giant red stars all over them to prevent being shot by friendlies (they still got shot by friendlies).
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Ensign Expendable posted:Aren't there regular captures platoons? The Soviets used plenty of StuGs, with the added bonus of getting to paint giant red stars all over them to prevent being shot by friendlies (they still got shot by friendlies). Of course not, the Soviets were far too stupid to use captured Aryan equipment 
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Why settle for inferior German machinery? Alright, you've all pointed out how I'm not in a bad spot like I thought. Would grabbing the new starter be a good next step? I hear it comes with way more infantry and tanks than the one I got.
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It gets you a nice small rulebook to carry around and more Lend-Lease and captured stuff to use. You can probably trade off the rest of the minis to someone who is interested or just make a couple of armies for yourself. Maybe split it with a friend or whatever. Basically, it's a good box.
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I actually picked it up just for Germans to ally with my Romanians. I had a coupon, and it wound up working out to just over what I'd be paying for the regular kits, so why not get twice as much? Here's a quick question: How big are the FoW circular flight base bases?
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I would probably skip it unless you want a rule book real bad right now. Other than the 6 shermans it comes with it there isn't really anything for soviets in there. BF did however just release a new plastic sherman box set. These are not the open fire shermans and they look sweet. http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&art_id=4384 Once again not the exact right sherman for lend lease but also nobody will care. You can also order the paper-back rule book (It is the full rule book) separately now, its 15 bucks. Ensign Expendable posted:Aren't there regular captures platoons? The Soviets used plenty of StuGs, with the added bonus of getting to paint giant red stars all over them to prevent being shot by friendlies (they still got shot by friendlies). I don't believe there are in FoW. The Decoy tank platoon can infiltrate other tank platoons though, which is cool.
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Cassa posted:Why settle for inferior German machinery? It tessellates well.
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Everything does under the mighty IS-2's tread!  Numlock posted:I would probably skip it unless you want a rule book real bad right now. Other than the 6 shermans it comes with it there isn't really anything for soviets in there. BF did however just release a new plastic sherman box set. These are not the open fire shermans and they look sweet. Hmm, might go to flgs and have a poke about. Get some infantry stands and T-34-85's. Also I should point out that I loving love mechanised/motorised armies, foot slogging is never not dumb. Is this something the Russians can do reasonably effectively? Edit: No luck on the stands, bought the starter set, t-34 company and some trucks. Friend has told me he's interested in the German and Allied forces, but might have to keep some Germans to run as Spetsnaz. Cassa fucked around with this message at 13:18 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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Cassa posted:Everything does under the mighty IS-2's tread! The Russians can get a truck company but those trucks aren't going to help a lot because the trucks are going to be even more vulnerable than the blob infantry.
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There's the Rota Razvedki company also, and they're not bad since they can get integrated flamethrower support.
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The Black Powder American War of Independence expansion is out today. I'm definitely going to get it and start collecting a 6mm Colonial force for the ruleset. Time to figure out a vendor...
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Dirt Worshipper posted:The Black Powder American War of Independence expansion is out today. I'm definitely going to get it and start collecting a 6mm Colonial force for the ruleset. Time to figure out a vendor... After a brief glance, is it the same conundrum as for 6mm Napoleonics? As in, Adler or Baccus?
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It is, although I like the cartoony big heads of Adler, I'm going to go Bacchus. My buddy really prefers those and there is a big enough size difference that I'd rather our two forces look somewhat uniform.
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Dirt Worshipper posted:It is, although I like the cartoony big heads of Adler, I'm going to go Bacchus. My buddy really prefers those and there is a big enough size difference that I'd rather our two forces look somewhat uniform. I like the more active poses of Adler, but Baccus are easy to paint. I might experiment at some point with adding some Adler to my Baccus British Nappys, just to see how glaring the size difference is.
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Panzeh posted:The Russians can get a truck company but those trucks aren't going to help a lot because the trucks are going to be even more vulnerable than the blob infantry. The real answer, of course, is to simply mount all your infantry on your AFVs. Tank Riders, ho!  Edit: Is there any Soviet unit that gets to retain their 3+ save while Tank Riding like Irish Guards and US Task Force Riders?
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Dirt Worshipper posted:The Black Powder American War of Independence expansion is out today. I'm definitely going to get it and start collecting a 6mm Colonial force for the ruleset. Time to figure out a vendor... My copy is on the way, although it's doubtful I'll play. I do have some huge 10mm forces, but I sort of prefer 28mm, and do not have nearly enough space for a 28mm Black Powder game. I also ordered enough stuff to finish up my British 500 pt force in Bolt Action! as well as two other 500 point forces (German and Russian) because I am insane.
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Im going to have to buy the Colonial Supplemnent too. And to further divert the chat away from 40KWW2 Im equally excited for this. http://www.sagatapestry.com/2014/06/review-of-saga-cresent-cross-book.html Sagas new rule set (well its not really, and then again its not really a supplement either like eveyrthing thats gone before, more Saga 1.5) that covers the Crusades and El Cid is out. I think Im going to magnetize the shields on my Breton cav to swap them out for Norman shields so I can use them for a Spanish El Cid force, then get some Moors. Mind you the Mutatawwi’a look awesome- like Viking Muslim fanatics!
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A buddy of mine is huge in to both 40k (the only gaming he's done) and the Crusades, so I have convinced him to get Saga: C&C with me.
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Colonial Air Force posted:A buddy of mine is huge in to both 40k (the only gaming he's done) and the Crusades, so I have convinced him to get Saga: C&C with me. Nice one! Man Im looking at Gripping Beasts Crusaders and Saracens though and getting a bit moist.   I think GB do plastic Arab infantry too. Then again a Almoravid Black Guard force would own too. Serotonin fucked around with this message at 19:02 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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Colonial Air Force posted:My copy is on the way, although it's doubtful I'll play. I do have some huge 10mm forces, but I sort of prefer 28mm, and do not have nearly enough space for a 28mm Black Powder game. Yeah that's the reason my friend and I are going for 6mm. I hope I didn't come across as sarcastic before, if you're ever in the Bay Area drop me a line at evan.bale@gmail.com if you want to play BA or M&T. E: And I'm really excited for Crescent and Cross as well.
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Colonial Air Force posted:My copy is on the way, although it's doubtful I'll play. I do have some huge 10mm forces, but I sort of prefer 28mm, and do not have nearly enough space for a 28mm Black Powder game. Could you do me a favor and let me know what formations they allow in the AWI expansion? I'm trying to figure out how to base for it, will be useful to know if there's anything besides line, skirmish, march column.
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Not much else was in the 1764 manual, or Von Steuben's drill. There are some light infantry tactics of the day, like open order. But yes, it said it shipped, so once I have it I can. Of course it's coming from the UK so I Serotonin may get it first.
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I just bought the Great War. Or at least half of it. The LGS claims the German set hasn't been released yet, but the FoW forums claim it should be hitting shelves and doorsteps next week. So, here it is;  And, uhh... that's a strange way of doing things  No, I didn't buy a second set of everything, this is actually how everything is packaged inside the box set, full on blisters with the SKU labels attached on the back.  Here's the Mark IVs. Multi-piece resin (the Whippet has metal tracks), and I will probably magnetize things so I can swap M/F on the fly. And, no, no magnets included as was speculated by some. 
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They do it that way so they don't need separate packaging later when the main set is no longer available. Although they'll have to change it anyway, because it says, "THE WORLD WAR II MINIATURES GAME" at the bottom. 
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Serotonin posted:Im going to have to buy the Colonial Supplemnent too. Some of us have to ease in with gateway drugs  My bad for making the thread all about me and my wants.I do intend to subvert all the local FOW groups into I Ain't Been Shot Mum instead. Cassa fucked around with this message at 02:10 on Aug 9, 2014 |
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Serotonin is being a curmudgeon, you can chat about Flames of War all you want.
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We did up a Bolt Action battle report. I narrated so sorry about my shaky rear end cam. Hope you like it. I was looking through BTDs character models last week and saw some German dude who seemed cool. Checked him out on Wikipedia and apparently he gulaged a lot of people. Not sure why they chose to make a model of him. I guess there is a market for everything. Fresh Coast Gaming Bolt Action Battle Report #92: http://youtu.be/qKqB002D2qU
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Colonial Air Force posted:Serotonin is being a curmudgeon, you can chat about Flames of War all you want. If Serotonin wants to sass, I will sass right back. This is all his fault with his constant talking about awesome looking historical games.
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Has anyone used Wayland games? I am looking into getting the Great War box sets and using Wayland games saves me $20 over directly ordering from Battlefront themselves (they both ship from England anyways).
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No Pun Intended posted:Has anyone used Wayland games? I am looking into getting the Great War box sets and using Wayland games saves me $20 over directly ordering from Battlefront themselves (they both ship from England anyways). All I've ever heard about wayland games was negative. Never used them though as I'm not in the UK.
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No Pun Intended posted:Has anyone used Wayland games? I am looking into getting the Great War box sets and using Wayland games saves me $20 over directly ordering from Battlefront themselves (they both ship from England anyways). What country are you in or what continent are you on?
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YF19pilot posted:What country are you in or what continent are you on? I am all the way down in New Zealand.
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Cassa posted:Some of us have to ease in with gateway drugs If they haven't already converted to Bolt Action (happened to a few groups in my area for various reasons) then you will have better luck selling halal pork.
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