So, a long time ago I had started making a "Little Heroes" thing, so that people could make their own warrior teams to represent people that were exceptional, but not to the level that BF hands out book space for. You'd only be able to get one of these heroes for every 1000pts.
The bits I had, with some provisional points, were: -1 to target number on Platoon Morale. (10) -1 to target number on unpin. (5) -1 to target number on counterattack. (5) -1 to target number on bail in checks. (5) -1 to target number on tank terror. (5)
-1 to target number on unbog. (5) -1 to target number to hit in assault. (5) -1 to target number for platoon to dig in (10)
Team has Eyes and Ears. (5) Team has Cautious Movement. (5) Team can spot for artillery fire at a +1 penalty. If they can already spot at a penalty, ignore the penalty. (10)
Are there any other small bonuses that people can think of that would be appropriate for the various smaller medal winners?
Alexander Lopez
as a resource...
BTW: anyone want alternate colors? i may have time....
OK, i have a thing: LIST YOUR ARMIES!!!! if you just have a collection you paddle into a list when the time comes, fine, but do you have any set armies you have collected for X force specifically? i'd love to know.
i just have a ton of late war USA. M4, M5, M10, M7, and infantry
Dylan Ramirez
So I haven't checked out FoW since '14-'15, I know there was a new edition and an ensuing shitstorm.
What is the current state of the ww2 FoW community? Has everyone migrated to 4th or are there lots of 3rd ed purists?
Jaxon Adams
>Has everyone migrated to 4th or are there lots of 3rd ed purists? Split base, really. Some switched, some didn't, some are making their own v3.5. BF stuck their hand pretty deep in the cookie jar, and changed some things that didn't need changing.
Benjamin Jackson
So far just my MW Italians. Although they can fairly comfortably roll into EW. I have a lot of infantry, only a few tanks, but that'll be changing soon.
Well I have my FT FJ list from birdge by bridge that is certainly designed to rep that unit specifically. Hoping to import it to MW at some point.
I have a Mediterranean british army from v1 (the rifle company with pants and t shirts) that I'm excited to refit with armoured fist.
I have a large italian collection I've used in EW, MW, and LW for more formal events. Maybe about 16-20 Light armor/tankettes plus 15 actual tanks, and even more infantry and guns as I've always focused on infantry companies. I'm adding a belsalglieri company with the new stuff.
There's also a japanese list and an american list I've fielded but never too seriously, and I have a lot of extra german tanks and infantry that have been fielded as various formations in a pinch.
Yank anything LW German Panzergrenadier Lehr LW Aussie Rifle Company EW DAK Panzerkompanie EW
And that's just what I have completely painted.
Nicholas Sanchez
>Has everyone migrated to 4th or are there lots of 3rd ed purists?
It’s a mix. Some people, like myself, like 4th Edition. It’s easier to learn, easier to teach, and plays faster.
But there is also a strong contingent of 3rd Edition loyalists. They feel that 4th changed far too much, that it’s too simplified, and that the roll-out was handled poorly.
So it’s a bit of a mixed bag.
Christopher Clark
It’s a bit of a split base. Split between V3, V4, and TY.
I’m a fan of V4 and TY myself.
It’s like someone just googled “tank”, found a T-34, and used that as a reference for this picture with no further research.
And then added chrome rims because they thought it would be cool.
Late War US Paratroopers (duh) Late War German Panzers
Team Yankee Americans Team Yankee Soviets Team Yankee West Germans
Ian Richardson
>intended to be a patriotic display >gets every single detail wrong
$10 bet says it's in a high school in either New York or California...
MW Italians LW Germans LW Brits TY Brits
Joshua Powell
Two armies, a few companies in each:
>Brits Cromwell Company (B Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars) Comet Company (A Squadron, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars) Churchill Company (4th Grenadier Guards) Sherman Company (Unidentified Canadian) Airborne Armoured Recce Company (6th AAR) Airlanding Company (12th Devonshire) Rifle Company (Unidentified)
>Germans King Tiger Company (510. Schwere Panzer) Jagdpanther Company (Rhur pocket remnants of several units)
Chase Hughes
an inside job, one of the guys that did that must be commie spy.
Asher Wilson
For FoW: I have a ton of LW and a few MW German stuff, but most of them are modeled as generic divisions. I have some plans for specific units though like the Kampfgrupe Bake.
And variety of little units from other nations for other games and test few things,
For TY: Everything i bought i use them in other games since i don't want CHEERS.
Planning to make a West German units for Blue vs Blue scenarios.
Caleb Brown
Flames of War: Early War German Infantry Early War Soviet Strelkovy (250 models...)
Late War Canadian Armour Late War Canadian Infantry Late War German SS Armour
Team Yankee: East German Armour West German Mechanized Infantry
Ayden Gray
EW/LW giant jap army MW Italy LW Brit tank company
also my armies, least planned/have some of: Nisei 4th Canadian Armored MW Ger/USA in 6mm for small scale skirmishes against local people
Jason Smith
You're the best, you know that?
Luke Johnson
why am i always late to these parties?
presently owned: i've sold a lot....
EW British Cruiser Regiment, desert PW Japanese Sensha Rentai, Chi-Ha heavy MW V4 DAK Panzers LW PumaHordes LW IS-85 Company (can be IS-2's see my old pic) LW Hero Tankovy (played once, won once!) LW German Collection (Desperate Measures/PTTM, not a set list) AIW Israeli West Bank Tankim (complete!) TY West German Leopard 1's / Fuchs Recon
and, Growing GuP collection for FoW...
i have the skeleton of a FV Soviet Sapper company, and random shit for random things...like Pz 1E's
I picked up a copy of Flames of war at a used book shop foe a few bucks. Its small and 116 pages long, copyright 2017. Is this the full core rules? I assume its the most current version if it is right?
Kayden Anderson
There are different books (for MW and EW/LW) so specify what is on a book's cover
That's the current mid war book, you don't need other auxillary books to play, except for the Codexes, Fighting First, Afrika Korps, Armoured Fist, Avanti.
I just now noticed the numbers are wrong on that tank and I won't be able to unsee it. 1st company 8th platoon 4th tank lol.
Liam Sanders
How’s the fow scene in norther europe?
Oliver Garcia
I was happy to get rid of mine. Wanted to get out of TY after the last Firestorm event of facing endless East German spam. Sold them to an user who will hopefully more enjoyment out of them than what I was getting.
Your best bet might be to post in their official Facebook page.
That gets a lot more views than we do here.
We have a few players here from Europe, but I don’t recall anyone else mentioning Finland.
Daniel Bennett
My FLGS has a Soviet Strelkovy Company, a British Parachute Company, and a Sherman Platoon for sale. I'm a 40k Ork player, and am interested in starting a second army with some other system. What do you guys think would be a better box set/country for a noob to get started with?
Elijah Edwards
>first lesson at military school was the english translation for surrender
Eh that is false! they never teach anything to those poor bastards.
>Will we see a Falklands supplement for Team Yankee Now that i think about it, i really want it so i can destroy the army of my own shitty country with BMP spam and see the tears of own father and ancestors.
Though a TAM miniature would be fucking good.
Oliver Scott
Are the Shermans American or British?
US Shermans are a decent start.
Tyler Anderson
Everything is British or Soviet.
Elijah Thompson
Soviets have a bit of a steeper learning curve.
So British might be the smarter choice.
Brayden Butler
I have lw panzergrenadiers with lots of panzer IVs and halftracks.
Just picking up mw americans. Lots of PSC inf cause I'd rather their webbing be German rather than use that bendy plastic stuff. Still using bf tanks, their plastic vehicles have really improved and the cards are nice to have.
And finally ew french from burning empires. I just couldn't resist foreign Legion sappers and H35's.
Got one for each period now.
Asher Murphy
so found the answer to the question I had early last thread, and the later (US and Italy) cards say limited on formations. so can't spam as much for Armored Cars as thought.
Carter Cooper
>Just picking up mw americans. Lots of PSC inf cause I'd rather their webbing be German rather than use that bendy plastic stuff. They actually get hard plastic inf, IIRC, mainly because it's the same sprue as their existing hard plastic LW sprue.
Oliver Jackson
Between those two, Brits are easier to learn. The sherman box will give you some decent tanks to support the paratroopers, and you can make something like this from it:
Comes in at 1085 points, not using two of the shermans or the light mortar teams, and is pretty decent. Meanwhile that single soviet strelk company is maybe 500pts at the high end. Average games are around 1500pts.
Benjamin Bell
Too late now. Plus I like the less heroic PSC sculpts better.
Jaxson Green
World War II Vichy French Security Troops (Osprey Men-at-Arms 516)
After the Fall of France in 1940, a new puppet state was set up in the south. Officially known as the French State, it is better known as Vichy France. This collaborationist Vichy regime's armed forces were more active and usually more numerous than German troops in the task of hunting down and crushing the maquis - the French Resistance guerrilla forces. This book will cover the organization and operations of Vichy French Security Forces, including: the new Vichy Police Nationale, particularly their Groupes Mobiles de Reserve, the Service d'Ordre Légionnaire , and the Milice Francaise, a ruthless anti-Resistance militia armed partly with British weapons captured from SOE airdrops. Fully illustrated throughout with contemporary photographs and commissioned artwork, it tells the story of Occupied France from the perspective of those who sought to keep it in German hands.
So instead of old one Eastern Front book BF just has announced five books: Stalingrad Nazi, Stalingrad Sov, Kursk Nazi, Kursk Sov, Axis minor powers.
Cheers
Joseph Lopez
Hey, maybe by the time we get the Soviet Kursk book, we might get Matilda tanks in MW...
Robert Rivera
How much do you want to bet, in addition to getting more books, the germans get theirs first, leaving one of the big 4 lacking V4 books for a very, very, long time?
Christian Walker
No bet, they'll release both Stalingrad books at roughly the same time, probably. They managed to do it for Afrika Korps and Desert Rats.
Connor Price
>These books will be filled with city fighting flavour, plenty of new models and some large plastic city ruins that will knock your socks off! >some large plastic city ruins that will knock your socks off! >large >plastic >city >ruins fhawebgehfgk,
Aiden Anderson
I don't need fucking ruins, just give soviets and Finns
Luke Sanchez
Axis Allies was stated as well.
Jonathan Ramirez
>Stalingrad books
You guys know this is going to be an utter shit show, right? Flames has always been tedious as fuck for urban environments. Not to mention in this edition assaults are almost impossible to get off and gimped when they are successful.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m hyped for the plastic ruins, but don’t expect fun if you are going to try to use V4 for urban combat.
They release new stuff to get your money, not because its going to work or be good. FoW is a business aimed at profits first, like most large game companies.
Gavin Green
Sweet!
Those things are pretty much exactly what my wish-list would have been for rounding out Mid-War.
Brayden Lopez
>flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&art_id=6014 The Eastern Front gets a second bite at the cherry when we cross over to 1943 and the Battle of Kursk. Two more books... verses the Soviets .... own late designs (like SU-85 assault guns and T-70 tanks). SU-85 was MW? ok.
BTW: originally promised for the release of V3 BERLIN
Isaac Richardson
You forgot paratroopers user. Maybe they will actually buff F2s for Kursk. I also hope I can finally use all my German infantry because fuck them for making me need to take a 2.8cm gun.
GW did plastic ruins ages ago and the only issue with them was random pointy bits that would break.
oh, 5 books instead of 1, 5 times the profit - good for them
Robert King
What exactly is Paratrooper book? It's for MW? But there were no iconic paradrops in MW (line Eben Emael in EW and Normandy, Market Garden in LW). So it's just about fallschirmjäger and soviet para people fighting on foot, not very different from Grenadier company, then what's the point for special Para book.
Isaac Fisher
>Free Nations book for TY coming soon (April, May?). >Confirmed Axis minor powers book for Eastern Front MW >Will have Hungarians Well shit, I guess I know my next WW2 army, then.
Nicholas Ramirez
German and Italian paratroopers fought in both North Africa and Sicily. Also American and British paratroopers performed combat drops in the the invasion of Sicily. Its not like they were not there or did not do anything. This also leaves out the planned invasion of Malta which would also used a large amount of paratroopers.
A few guys that I play with at my LGS have the desert buildings from battlefront and I like using them so I might pick up some of these new ones if the price isn't to high because the shop only has buildings for 28mm.
Jeremiah Taylor
I believe what happened is that the Ruins were meant to be out with Berlin, but the other company Battlefront was working with pulled out and left them high and dry.
Jacob Gonzalez
To be fair, the Germans decided to alter the format of those markings pretty quickly so the enemy was less likely to know which was the actual command tank. How that was done was reportedly left up to individual units.
So it could be historical for for one of those units.
You do realize that "Eastern Front" was a compilation of several books, right? It's not like they suddenly changed their method. From the beginning they put out small-ish books with 1-3 army lists per battle or division and only with V2 began compiling them into larger volumes - but only after several smaller books had been released.
Chase Flores
You still probably have another or more to get Hungarians together
Brayden Price
>SU-85 was MW? It entered production in mid-1943. Wasn't ready for Kursk but technically was available in MW (albeit in very small numbers)?
Sure, but they have the data already, they aren't scratch-building these books, they are mostly recycling the old ones.
I will laugh when the release schedule is one set of books, with their plastics for two months(July-August), immediately followed by the next set of books and their plastics(Sep-Oct), and again after that(Nov-Dec). Totally wont be possible to combine the books into two/three (Soviet, German, Para+MinorAxis).
Aiden Rivera
K R E T A R E T A
Brandon Reed
you mean the "old less heroic PSC sculps"
Jeremiah Butler
Well first time i notice in term of game that Stalingrad is MW, maybe because most of the shits the Eastern Front book talk about is Kursk.
Kinda want to see the difference between Stalingrad and Kursk lists. My body want something like the 1942 vs 1943 Schewere Panzerkompanie, ton of Czech panzer and Mittlere panzer with captured T-34 SS options, but i am sure BF will squat them it will be really funny to see them making SS options a CARD UPGRADE.
Thomas Martinez
I am pretty sure they will because Kursk, means Schurzens, Panzer IV G and even early H so they should be like the LW ones. It will be fun to use thes late MW list against north africa stuff.
Xavier Gonzalez
I guess allied airborne had landings/drops (that were botched) in Operation Husky and Fallschrims also fought in sicily.
Ofc SS will be cards, why wouldn't they be. Why would one want to run Czech panzers anyway? Unless they cost 1 point I don't see any reason to bring a tank with armor 2, AT 6 and a crap cross rating. I'm with you on the Tiger companies and captured T-34s though.
Adrian Rodriguez
>Why would one want to run Czech panzers anyway? Because the 38(t) is the best tank of the war, the golden ideal all tanks should aspire towards.
