Flames of War

[Primeus]

I have started this thread for the current players of the game and others like myself who are going too, or thinking about it.

Looking at the kit that is available i think i am going with the Germans. I like the idea of rewriting history and all that, plus they have Tiger tanks . So 1 will have 1 tiger to the allies 7 tanks, about right.

[Tacitus]

this is one of those problem areas...all the scales of ww2...some of us have 6mm (WRG), some 15mm (Flames of war), some 20mm (Rapid Fire), and some have 25-28mm ( Rules of engagement)....or you could wait and see what the Warhammer historical WW2 rules are going to be like....(due out next year (2010) according to their latest newsletter)..like everything else it depends on who you want to play against and what they have...ask around and have a look at the rulebooks and have some testplays before jumping in with both feet...but what ever you do, enjoy the game..

[Expensive Kid]

Ive got a British army. the churchil tanks are good, not as good as tigers but they still kick ass.

[dad orkboss]

i have a combo of 20mm british americsn and german stuff which i will bring in on sunday.

[Rogue Trooper]

I'm strangley drawn to an American airborne force after watching band of brothers, is this still an active thread

[Tacitus]

yep, but like a;; historical threads..it burns slowly...i just purchased a british company box for Late war...its a start.....(now ive got ww2 british in 3 sizes..20mm...15mm...6mm...

[Rogue Trooper]

do you fancy a game instead of the ACW

[Tacitus]

wot of?

[Rogue Trooper]

15mm ww2

[Rogue Trooper]

I've just stuck my toe in and bought the starter set £20 for a rulebook and 5 tanks!

[Tacitus]

Im waiting for my first british infantry Coy to arrive...paid for it friday, wont be ready till week after next...gotta paint and base it first..all i got at the moment is the dorchester armoured office and 1 figure....lol besides its a Napoleonic training day on this sunday, the CW is on MARCH 28th...want to try out napoleonic until i get my figures sorted?

[Rogue Trooper]

I've volunteered on the thread, lets hope it is more exciting than the last reinactment I volunteerd for, 7 years of mid 90s peace keeping.

[Rogue Trooper]

Brian, we seem to have a lot of 15mm scenery suitable for a FOW (especially Northern Europe), obviously you would know best on this, are there any critical elements we are missing, bocage, bombed out buildings etc. Let me know if anything is needed and I'll see what I can do.

[Tacitus]

most of our stuff is NOT suitable for 15mm, Far too large, some of the stuff im working on for the club is suitable , but as it develops we will need more...

[Rogue Trooper]

I don't mind doing a bit it will give me a break from the 101st, if you give me a list I'll see if I can knock up some test pieces.

Also is it the 28th we are playing ecw

[Tacitus]

yep...amd just had a possible preview of warhammer WW2....via an armybuilder download...can get Fllames of war armybuilder too....must get full version 3.....

[Rogue Trooper]

I downloaded the file but it won't work with my verion of army builder. What is the historic warhammer like, is it 40k based etc

[Tacitus]

well historical...(from romans up to ECW) is WFB without the magic and superhero charecters(apart from the Spartan Toughness 4) WW2 from the stat sheet on armybuilder seems to be 40K.............Napoleonic....i wait with baited breath...

[Rogue Trooper]

to be fair on that one I'm looking for something different from warhammer, it is not a bad rule set but is over complicated by the expansions\codices. This means you have to constantly learn and interpret new rule sets. FOW seems to be less inclined to this at the mo. There are updates these ar currently more fixes than rewrites

[Primeus]

I was lookind at the the Germans panzer division today.