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Flames of War SCANS database:
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[Vimeo] The Fallen of World War II (embed)

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Which army do you play the most?
http://strawpoll.me/4631475

what actual country are you from?
http://strawpoll.me/4896764

http://imgur.com/gallery/csesM - seriously impressive A-10 photos
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Do people run big AT guns like pak40s? People in my area almost never use them and desu they do seem quite fragile.
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>>45964740
PaK 40s are quite possibly one of the best anti-tank guns in the game. It surprises me that people in your area don't use them.

What are they using instead for their anti-tank units?
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>>45964740
PaK40s aren't big AT guns. PaK43s, 17pdrs and 100mm BS-3s are big AT guns.

But they all seem moderately popular around here. Some prefer their AT mobile (so Marders, Hornisse, M10s, SU-100s), but they're still quite common in infantry armies.
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>>45964796
Artillery bombardments and planes usually for tanks. I have an intense fear of Allied planes I may never shake.
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>>45964855
>Artillery

You need to spread out. Make it tough for your opponent to get more than 1 or 2 tanks from your platoons under the bombardment template.

>planes

Having AA nearby is certainly helpful.

Otherwise, you need to be within wave-off distance of your opponent's units.

He can't call in the airstrike if his own stuff is too close to your unit that he is trying to target.
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>>45964855
You have an unusual meta in your group.

Planes I can understand, but from what I normally see, tanks, anti-tank guns, and bazookas/panzerfausts/panzerschrecks tend to be the primary anti-tank weapons.
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Who put these together?
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>>45966098
Someone trying to us BF stupid brown "slotta" bases...YMMV, as you see.
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>>45966098
>>45966341
He's running the ammo to the gun! So cool guys!
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>>45966098
Whats wrong with it?
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>>45968152
Take a closer look. The ammo belt is not connected to the gun.

Sure, you can say it's mid-reload, but it just looks weird.
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>>45966098
Just ordered 2 packs of them, guess I'll have to cut off the ammo plates from a couple loaders and glue them to the guns so that it doesn't look like I have 2 platoons worth of HMG's out of ammunition.
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>>45968207
The Type 3 (and most japanese MGs afaik) doesnt really use a "belt" as such though, its more of a semi-rigid stick of bullets/stripper-clip.
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>>45968713
Yeah, but it still is not connected to the gun on the model (or any of the models included in the blister).
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>>45968782
Would have been nice if they'd added a separate clip or guy you could attach to the gun I guess, might look a tad odd that every single HMG is reloading at the same time.
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>>45968862
Yeah, it would. According to the products article all of the gunner and loader figures are the same cast.
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>>45971700
how about we keep this autistic as fuck image macro shit out of fow generals?
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>>45971746
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>>45972103
wow, nice memes. perhaps reddit would suite you more as far as demographics go.
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>>45972175
I can do this all night.
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>>45971746
Image macros have been a thing here for a while.

Where do you think the whole 'Werfer meme came from?
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>>45964796
>PaK 40s are quite possibly one of the best anti-tank guns in the game. It surprises me that people in your area don't use them.

Yeah. Seconding this. That seems odd to me.

I can understand taking tanks of your own for anti-tank work, but most AT guns are usually a very good choice. Especially for infantry lists.
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>>45971746
>>45972175
I don't think you're in the kind of place you think you are.
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>45962082
>berlin is rough for recce, all you have is the heavy panzerspah and it's competing with the Waffentrager.
Tell me about it. I had to give up some recon in favor of my Panzer IV/70 (V) platoon. It sucks, but oh well.
>tfw i can't have recon in a list that has artillery and armor that need recon
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>>45976164
>Complaining about the lack of specific unit types
>in Berlin
>as the war is all but lost
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>>45976164
Quick comrades, put the boot heel to this fascist dog!
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Anyone else going to get some loincloth japs and bare-chested marines for Pacific War?
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>>45978531
In the Berlin list you get a shit ton of stuff. Not to mention the Reich Divided rule is nixed, so you can use any combination of any units. The downside for me is that the armor I need is in the same platoon bracket as the recon. I need some armor, and the heavy PzSpaeh would be nice for escort/recon duty, but of course they're in the same damn bracket.
>tfw
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>>45981898
>>45978531
Berlin has become a city of Warehouses.
>"Where's my house?"
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>>45978531
>all but lost
I dont think this means what you think this means
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>>45971746
Thread wasn't bumped and it's way more interesting than a BMP yet again.
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>>45980851
>not running a army of lolis
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>>45982275
m8 they were fucked
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>>45983506
Your mom was fucked
By your dad
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>>45983409
Please...
Make this a thing...
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>>45983523
why am i getting bullied
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>>45984089
I was thinking of making an Umaru Objective for my jap army
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is there no osprey for the Greek or Yugoslav armies?

also how is Panzerspah pronounced?
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>>45985189

For a start, it's Panzerspäh.

The "ä" is effectively an "ae" sound. You're looking for something like "PANTS-er-SHPAY", although not with such a long sound... maybe "PANTS-er-SPEH"?

Sorry, I'm not up on my IPA otherwise I'd try to do that.
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>>45985226
>"PANTS-er-SPEH"
is probably the closest you can get easily, at least for people not used to ä
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>>45985189
>>45985226

Pun-zer sh pair, would be one way or rendering it.
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>>45985357

Depends on the rhoticism of the accent; in some places that might be fine, but anywhere that would actually voice that terminal R would be right out.
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Question for you history/military buffs. Were the US Army infantry in the Pacific Theater equipped the same way as in Europe? Specifically I am wondering if I can use a European US rifle company to represent a company in the Pacific?
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>>45985574
>Were the US Army infantry in the Pacific Theater equipped the same way as in Europe?
Yep, but not marines.
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>>45985616
Yeah I mean just regular army guys. Definitely not Marines.
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>>45985509
Just treat it like a Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut and don't change the pronunciation.

Kidding. Kinda.

I've always pronounced it Panzer Spa, but I know that isn't right.

The "h" at the end throws me off on how I'd usually try to pronounce the "ae" sound that "ä" makes.
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>>45985509

Ah, quite true. I'm Australian, by way of context, so I don't really prounounce the R in air. Silly of me to forget who I'm speaking to.
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>>45985669
Then yes. But marines was marines.
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>>45986986
hot
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anyone know how i can print some 3d spurdos for objectives?
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>>45987654
One would assume that you'd need a 3D printer, and the correct files to print out the object you're looking for.

Or just print out a 2D image and glue it to a stick or something to make it stand up.
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Look what came in for me at my FLGS.

I'm gonna have a huge pile of assembled but unpainted plastic and resin on my work table soon.

Tanks, Cobras, M106s, VADS, ITVs, Warthogs, and pretty soon some M109s from Zvezda as well.

The only things I don't have yet are normal M113s and Infantry.

Help me. I think I might have gone too far too fast.
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>>45988853
you going to post some pics of the finished product m8?
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>>45989091
Suuuure... About this time next year...

I exaggerate.

But yeah. Assembly will be quick. Painting will take me a while.

I'll likely be "that guy" playing with unpainted or half-painted miniatures for a while.

But I can certainly post works in progress as I go.
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Shame this thread is so dead ;-;
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>>45989519
The previous post was only 6 minutes before you.

That's hardly "dead".

>>45988853
>>45989392
You can do it Eagles. Just pace yourself.
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>>45989656
>You can do it Eagles. Just pace yourself.

I know. I just need to actually stick to a schedule. Something I'm really bad at.
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>>45983409
Go find us some figures to use then!
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>>45989519
I miss the chaos of building.
Only one more month and I'll be back at it.
I've hardly been shortchanged though.
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>>45991617
could you imagine a 15mm army of idols?
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Hey guys, what color blue do you think I should use for these guys? Vallejo sky blue, or electric blue? I'm leaning towards sky blue, just looking for opinions though
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What's the general point size of games usually like?
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>>45995299
Same as the length of a String mate. Depends on the region. Current points limits for tournaments in Late War is something like 1420, generally people like playing 1500. And the higher points limit is generally 1750.
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>>45994952
I hope one day someone will make 15mm Afghanistan campaign figs wearing hats and body armour that aren't shitty.
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>>45996535
I too hope the same thing. I really thought that battlefront was going to make different sculpts for the afghansty than just telling us to paint the regular soviets with blue epaulets instead of red ones
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just played my first game after only painting since i was 12, most fun I've had in a while but i got my ass beat in assaults. Im using the german army bellow any tips for more balance?
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>>45997543

You're a bit too heavy on infantry. I find that two solid units of infantry is best, and that leaves you with enough for some tanks or anti-tank guns.

When you say that you're getting beat in assaults, do you mean that you keep being driven back, or that your enemy charges you and you lose? Smoke and pinning goes a long way towards fixing that first issue, so you should pick up some Nebelwerfers, the lightest ones that have Smoke Bombardment. You shouldn't be having much problem defending against assaults with your MG teams, are you lining them up too tightly so that you can't fire with everyone?

Finally, you should aim for an even number of platoons. This works in your favor for both reserves and company morale. You should consider dropping one of the Pzgren platoons and maybe the HJ, and use those points to get a 4 strong tank platoon (stugs or panzer 4s are both good. I prefer Pz4, but it's a preference thing) and a battery of 3 rocket launchers.
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>>45997543
Let me be frank, this is a terrible 1800pt list.
Like, seriously, you have... 4 big infantry platoons, 2 of which are FV Pfst/MG, 1 is CV Pfst/MG, and then you still take a HMG platoon. blah, I could go on, but IMO, it's like, a 1/5 list.

Also, the FV KingTiger is among the worst picks in the Berlin book.

Try this list instead, if you wanna Berlin Kampf
HQ: 2x CV w/ Panzerfaust
Combat: full CV Panzergrenaders
Combat: full CV Panzergreanders
Combat: full Volkstrum platoon (plt number 9)
Support: 3x CV Pak40s
Support: 4x CV Panzer IV-Js
Support: 3x CV StuH-42
Support: 2x CV Pak40s
Support: 3x CV Nebelwerfers (15cm)
Support: Luftwaft Heavy AA Platoon (88's w. Extra Crew)

9 platoons for moral, 8 for deployment (with the Volks always going down) Lots o' MGs, Lots o' AT guns, and 2 tank platoons of your own - the StuHs having Breakthrough Gun to blast enemy infantry
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>>45998457
While Heer units are probs better for comp purposes I wanted to play some French SS so ive revised the list a bit
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>>45999612
>French SS
SAME MY BROTHA
Charlamagne 4 lyfe
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>>45998457
That's a damn good list. A lot of solid CV platoons that cover most of your bases in terms of good army composition.

>>45999612
For an SS list, that seems decent as well, but FV platoons can really be a point-sink. That being said, it still covers most of the bases of a good army list as well.
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Kampfgruppe Question!

Not very experienced with Ze Germans so forgive any mistakes.

Am playing a 1200pts list tonight, the attached is what I was considering. Now using the Kampfgruppe rule, can I make one blobby Infantry platoon by:

1) detaching 3 teams from each infantry platoons and make a new 3rd platoon of 6x teams.
2) Attach 2x of my MG42(s) to the same group
3) Attach 1x Mortar team and 1x spotter to the same
4) Add the HQ Panzershrek and HQ Extra Mortars
5) Combat attach 1x of the remaining MG42(s)

Tactical usefulness aside; is it within the rules?

Failing that... any other list advice. Note I only have a pair of Flak 36(s) and an armoured rocket battery after this not included.
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Does anyone happen to know what colour soviet tankers wore on the 70s? I've seen both blue and tan overalls
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>>46004727
The only thing on that list I'm not sure about is #5. I don't think you can Combat Attach if you already split the platoon using Kampfgruppe.

Also, making all those other platoons be at such low strength probably isn't a good idea.
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>>46005524
I think both can be correct, although I'm not 100% certain about that.
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>>46006296
Trying to get a useful number/type of platoons on the table should I get delayed reserves or something.

Artillery really needs to be on the table first turn, but so do those PAK40s.

That leaves me in a touch spot with the platoon numbers
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>>46007415
Huh?

The list you posted has 6 platoons.

For the purpose of reserves, that would give you 3 on the table and 3 off the table.

Making a Kamfgruppe would give you 7 platoons, with 3 starting on the table and 4 starting off the table.

That would actually be worse for you.
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>>46007749
Yeah but once you combat attach the MG42(s) its down to 5x Platoons.

If a mission with reserves gets rolled I could just keep the MGs in a separate platoon, but I've found with other armies that this rarely works
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>>46001084
yea one of my friends grandpa was in the French SS in Berlin so it seemed cool as hell to play
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>>46007827
Then make a small KG to bump you back up to 6 platoons.

You don't need to make a massive unwieldy KG.

Do something like the 2IC, one observer, and 2 mortars and make a second mortar platoon with your KG.
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>>46001084
>French SS

Stuff like this confuses the crap out of me.

I'd love to know what those guys were thinking, fighting for the nation that invaded and conquered their home country.
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>>46010637
My friends grandpa said that he fought in the French SS because he feared communism more than Germans
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I was looking at picking this up as a change of pace. I was contemplating starting with either EW Infantry Tank Squadron with Matildas or LW Nachtjager Armored Platoon with Comets

Problem I'm seeing is that with even with the smallest possible combat platoons, 5 Matildas or 7 Comets is around 1000 points.

Is this a terrible idea? Do I just add some infantry with the leftover points and call it a day? The only other things these lists have access to is artillery, some armored cars, and air support.
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>>46012274
At say 1500 points you should be able to add in some decent support options even if your main units come out to around 1000 points.

Some infantry, artillery, or recon are all good choices for support options.

See what you can fit into a 1500 point list.

And keep in mind that combined-arms forces(infantry, tanks, artillery, etc all working together) tend to do really well.
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>>46011168
Yeah, definitely one of the bigger blunders the Germans made was not exploiting the widespread Anti-Communism sentiment in Europe, especially when they invaded Soviet Union.
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>>46014048
They did, and there were a bunch of "take back Russia" partisan groups. Stalin's steel boots and commissar's pistol were pretty effective at making the peasants fight, besides things like Dirlewanger giving them good reason to hate the Germans.
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>>46014291
Yeah, the Germans were initially treated as liberators in the Ukraine and the Baltic (and probably the rest as well). After about the third mass execution of random slavs, that changed.
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>>46011168
>he feared communism more than Germans
Yeah, that's the common sentiment.
>>46014048
>one of the bigger blunders the Germans made was not exploiting the widespread Anti-Communism sentiment in Europe
They did, just look up the various Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht units recruited from non-Germans. A lot of them joined to end Bolshevism. See >>46014291
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>>46014352
They were treated similarly in western Poland in 1939. Germany deserves western Poland desu
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>>46012274
Look at your local groups and see what they run. Make a decision after you find out.
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>>45980851
which manufacturer are these from?
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>>46015264
Peter Pig. They've got a lot of flavor packs like those, for all countries. The Brits are having tea as one of theirs. Their infantry is 8 to a pack.
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>>46015513
nice range of miniatures, but they sure could use a new website
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>>46015730
Fo sho. I bet a lot of people load the page, and don't figure out the miniature ranges are down the page a bit.
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Any thoughts on this German list? I'm using a late-war Grenadierkompanie against a friend's Soviet lend-lease armor list.
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>>46015775
Do you know if the scenery (mostly buildings) they sell matches the scale of flames of war? Would they fit fine for fow scenery? The prices seem quite cheap.
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>>46016109
Scale matches well, but they dont have removable roofs so you'll need little counters
>>45987654
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>>46016109
It's all 15mm scale, anon. Fire away!
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>>46016311
>>46016494
I guess I'll be ordering some then, currently the only terrain my game group has is some WHFB terrain that is unusable with fow, and the 2d cardboard ones...

Perhaps one can saw the roofs off? In any case, they seem like an affordable option.
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>>46016597
You could certainly try. With a jeweler's saw or something. Certain railway model makers can be a good choice too. Naturally, the European brands would work best for FoW/TY.
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>>46016597
If youre looking for affordable buildings with removable roofs Id go kerr and king.
I dont own any as yet, but the "city in a box" sets are fairly cheap and Ive heard nothing but good things about them.
http://www.kerrandking.co.uk/
>>46016760
afaik PP buildings are pretty much solid resin, especially the smaller ones, you gotta be an absolute madman to attempt that.
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>>46016871
thanks for the link
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>>46016871
>solid resin
I retract my statement!
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anyone want to try making an emperor trump warrior with homebrew rules
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>>46017970
So what, his special rules are "Can't Stump the Trump", "Build it Higher", and "Thunder Warriors"?
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>>46018014
>>46017970
"Build a wall"
Trump can place street barricades
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>>46018042
>Place a street barricade on a successful skill roll
>it costs 50 of your opponents points for each one you take in your list
I like it!
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>>46017970
How about Supreme Leader Sanders?

"$15 Minimum Wage" - Your Reluctant Conscipts cost as much as Fearless Veterans, but with no increase in Skill or Motivation.
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>>46018395
Why not fearless conscripts?
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>>46018439
Do I really need to explain the joke?

I'm trying not to get too political.

I come to 4chan for fun.

If I wanted to be a political troll I'd be posting comments to CNN or FOX.
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>>46017970

I like the idea of a warrior who goads the enemy into assaulting them.

Enrage enemies: "If an enemy platoon is within 10" at the start of the turn and able to assault, it must move towards and assault The Donald in its turn. As a platoon may only assault a target which it shot at, a platoon subject to Enrage Enemies must also shoot at The Donald in the shooting step."

Would be nasty with attached HMGs nearby.
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>>46018522

p.s. although mainly a stupid idea, this one could almost work for a 'real' FoW Warrior.
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>>46018439
Spending time around firearms triggers them which saps their motivation, and the commissar keeps getting their pronouns wrong.
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>>46018516
Sorry, I am not an American, so it blew right over.
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>>46018395

For Sanders, how about something like "Mobilise the Oppressed", where troops get or lose a bonus to motivation reversely proportional to their skill level.

Veteran troops lose 1 level, thus Fearless becomes Confident; Confident becomes Reluctant; Reluctant becomes "Reluctant, re-roll successes". Troops with "Enjoy the war", "British Bulldog", or other morale-boosting special rules, may choose to lose this instead.

Trained troops: no effect.

Conscript troops: gain one level of morale, or a nation-appropriate morale rule (e.g. Enjoy the War, British Bulldog, etc).
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Goddamn Americans and their goddamn Cancerous Politics.

Anyway. I have Flames of War News. A source, has revealed to me what the mysterious Third Book from the earlier state of the Union was meant to be. Reconnaissance Aces.

Also the Plastic Buildings. Those fell through because they couldn't find a manufacturer that willing to work with them on it. Maybe they'll have another stab at it with their new factory.
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>>46018626
It's a dig at the people demanding higher pay for the same low quality of work.

They'll still be providing the same unskilled labor with the same lack of enthusiasm even if we do increase their pay to roughly double what it is now.
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>>46018701
>Goddamn Americans and their goddamn Cancerous Politics.

Agreed. Take it elsewhere.

>the mysterious Third Book from the earlier state of the Union was meant to be. Reconnaissance Aces.

That's a bit underwhelming...

>Also the Plastic Buildings. Those fell through because they couldn't find a manufacturer that willing to work with them on it.

Disappointing, but it makes sense.
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>>46018966
Minimum wage increases have more to do with purchasing parity than they do with quality of work; cost of living rises typically don't correlate with increased output for a specific person, etc.

But, yeah, this is /tg/, not /news/, /biz/ or /pol/
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>>46018701
>Reconnaissance Aces.
>>46019055
>That's a bit underwhelming...

Yeah, seconding that. Not really feeling all that whelmed.

I can understand Infantry Aces and Tank Aces, especially because they were parts of larger books, but I don't really get the point of a stand-alone Reconnaissance Aces.
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>>46004727
If you want to get really nit-picky with the KG/Combat attach rules, you can't attach the MG to the KG in step 5, since the Kampfgruppe is not technically a "Grenadier Platoon" it's a "Kampfgruppe"

Also, what, exactly, is the advantage of your KG plan? You go from 6plts to 7, which doesn't do you any good. Is it to make 2 groups of 3 mortars? Because that's not worth hamstringing 2 infantry platoons for.
Just flat-attaching the HQ stuff to one of your grenadier platoons makes a beefy 10-stand squad, and with 2 HMGs you get 12 stands in the same platoon, and only end up with 1 "short" squad (the HMGs)
Your plan only gets 1 mortar and 1 HMG more into the platoon (14 vs 12 is not a huge deal when you're Vets) and gives you three platoons that are, frankly, a victory point liability.
The simple method also keeps your 2IC around in case your cIC eats a stray bullet.
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>>46016105
Soviet LL-Tankovy are pretty swarmy, so you want a lot of shots down range.

Personally,
I'd either make the 3rd infantry platoon Pioneers, or ditch them.
I don't find HMGs to be worth it in late War, more or less ever.
6x mortars is overkill, the extra killing power from the extra mortars isn't really worth it.
I Find german cannon artillery very underwhelming. I'd rather take Wespes (so I can roll them up to use as Breakthrough Guns) or just 3xNebels and put the savings towards more tanks/Marders
I'm also not really a fan of playing the point cost to make the 88s be veteran as opposed to Luftwafte, what keeps 88s alive is their 40" range (and the fear of god)

That being said, you're using the "Forces" German Grenadier briefing, which is, frankly, one of the worst.
Bridge By Bridge has some decent, though fairly static ones, and Grey Wolf is the Bee's Knees of Gren lists.

My proposed "Forces" 1750 Grenadier List:
CHQ + 1 Faust (CIC) and 2 Mortars
Full Grens w. Faust
Full Grens w. Faust
Mortars w/ 4 tubes
3x Pak40s
2x Bigass Infantry Guns (the 15cm ones)
5x Panzer IVs
4x Marders
2x Flak 88s w/ Extra Crew

Gains an extra ROF2AT11 gun and 4 ROF2AT12 guns on your list, plus the silly Bunker Busters you can wheel around.
You can make a Kampfgruppe with the 2ic, 2 HQ mortars, 1 observer and 1 of the other mortars to give you 9 platoons, and 2 symmetrical smoke-generating mortar platoons (mortars won't ever hurt tanks anyway)
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>>46024246
Thanks for the tips, man. I completely scrapped that list in favor of this one. I'm thinking about upping the NbW battery, but I don't know yet. The Panthers could probably be opted out for better arty, but I want to be able to stem the armored tide that's heading my way, and I didn't have PaK 40s in this list to help.
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>>46028027
CoH2 commander's face looks almost exactly like a local gamer...
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>>46028911
Must feel good to have someone that doesn't look like a neckbeard at your gaming table.
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Picked up the Battlefield in a Box trench lines on a whim recently, which got me thinking about digging up my old WiP barbed wire stands and minefields.

Are there any specific fortified lists you'd consider interesting to play as or face off against?
My experience with fortifications is limited to a single D-Day table we set up at our FLGS a couple of years ago.
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>>46029958

I've had a lot of fun playing as Mannerheim Line Strongpoint lists as Finns.
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>>46029965
Well, that would require me to have Finns.
Since I already have infantry+armour for Canucks, Soviets and Germans, that might be a bit more of a long-term idea.
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Random noob question. Are PTRD attachments common for Strelkovy squads? Or do Russians find their AT elsewhere?
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>>46030019
You tend to see more sappers than PTRDs. But they're also numerous and cheap enough that sometimes they make up numbers.

>>46030001

Well, the Germans have some pretty neat fortified options in Grey Wolf.
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>>46028027
Pershings are fucking trash in CoH2. Easy 8 spam all day. At least then you can fight Panthers without relying on a billion x2 bazooka squads.
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>>46030019
Their best use (PTRDs) is actually as volley-firing teams to snipe infantry and guns: think a combat-attached RoF2 .50cal that gets re-rolls under 16" when stationary and cannot be singled-out by MG fire (you need Firepower 4+ or better to make hits go on them). Plus, they cost next to nothing. When used properly they are nasty, especially in Mid War.
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>>46030204
l2p...
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>>46026594
Looks like a pretty well rounded list.

Use the StuGs and the Panthers wisely. You don't have a lot of them, and they'll be significantly out numbered by the Soviet tanks.

Let his tanks come to you. He'll have to assault your infantry to claim the objectives, and you've got enough panzerfausts to make that painful for him.
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Need some input for my US Tank list, trying to avoid just meme stacking the pershings

2nd Tank Division USA Confident Veteran
2 Shermans 165

5 shermans 415 (x2)

5 Stuarts 260

Rifle Platoon 3 squads 200 (x2)
From the Cobra lists in overlord
Any tips?
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>>46031133
That is a moderately awful list. You need recce, you need something that's better than a bog standard sherman at dealing with armor (such as 76mm Shermans), and you want an even number of platoons.

Redo from start
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>>46031179
replacing one of my tank platoons with 76's and replacing one of my infantry with a recon would that help?
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>>46031251

Not that anon, but that'd help. Something to dig up infantry would be very valuable as well. Priests, 105 shermans perhaps.
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>>46031288
would making the stuarts into a 3 platoon and grabbing some 105's be better
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>>46031330

Honestly, dropping the Stuarts is pretty viable. You have 12 tanks already. Recon AND 105s are what you need.
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I find in general the lighter tanks don't see much play. They have armour that won't really stop anything, but it's armour so they're a little pricey, and equally their guns aren't really all that good, but you're paying for them...

Softer armoured vehicles work fine for recce, of course.
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Relatively newb here,
How do you guys use the LVT-4 Water Buffalo from market garden with the Canucks? I love the models but they're just so terribly slow
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>>46032581
Which tanks do you mean by "lighter tanks"? Because I've both seen and used Stuarts, while Chaffees are quite popular as US. And the brit recce Stuarts seem to be uite good too.

Sure, you pay for the armor and the gun, but not all that much in either case.
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>>46032644
The Water Buffalo, along with the Defrocked Priest, are probably one of the more bafflingly useless options for the points cost, when you could just get Kangaroos instead.

The advice I can give though is to use them as an assault deterrent by keeping one person in the buffalo, so it stays on-table, and using the always-ROF-3 MGs to hose anything that tries to charge you down in bullets.
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>>46033177
Yeah it really sucks that you can't mix transports but anyway this is the list I was looking to run, any opinions?
British Rifle (Canadian Infantry Division)

Compulsory Rifle Company HQ (Canadian Infantry Division) (p.165) - CinC Rifle, 2iC Rifle (30 pts)

Compulsory Rifle Platoon (Canadian Infantry Division) (p.165) - Command Rifle/MG, PIAT, Light Mortar, 6x Rifle/MG (190 pts)
- 2x LVT-4 Water Buffalo (25 pts)

Compulsory Rifle Platoon (Canadian Infantry Division) (p.165) - Command Rifle/MG, PIAT, Light Mortar, 6x Rifle/MG (190 pts)
- 2x LVT-4 Water Buffalo (25 pts)

Carrier Platoon (Canadian Infantry Division) (p.166) - Command Universal Carrier, 2x Universal Carrier (100 pts)
- Replace Command Universal Carrier with Command Wasp Carrier, Replace 2x Universal Carrier with 2x Wasp Carrier (30 pts)

Anti-tank Platoon (Canadian Infantry Division) (p.167) - Command Rifle, 4x OQF 6 pdr gun (late) (150 pts)
- Troop Carrier, Lloyd Carrier per gun (5 pts)

Mortar Platoon (Canadian Infantry Division) (p.168) - Command Rifle, Troop Carrier, 2x Observer Rifle, 4x ML 3” Mk II mortar (130 pts)

Canadian Armoured Recce Platoon (p.154) - Command Sherman V, Sherman V, 2x Firefly VC (455 pts)

Anti-tank Platoon (SP), RCA (Canadian Infantry Division) (p.180) - Command M10C 17pdr SP, M10C 17pdr SP (195 pts)

Rocket Battery, RCA (p.181) - Command Rifle, Observer Rifle, OP Carrier, 4x Land Mattress (245 pts)
1770 Points, 8 Platoons

10 points left, thinking mortar carriers
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>>46034046
You can probably shave off a few points if you leave out the transports for the 6pdrs.

Other than that it seems like a pretty solid list. The Shermans and M10Cs will give you some solid Anti-tank punch and the Wasps will give you some nasty anti-infantry capability.
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>>46010637
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVmYFJGoZ-0
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>>46034537
He's ten points short, not over.

Though, 1780 is a weird total; where do you play?
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>>46036475
Sadly I don't have a group, just matching what the buddy I play with can put together
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>>46036475
Southern Lower Saxony in Germany anyone else from here? (Göttingen)
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>>46036679
Franconia reporting in
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>>46036475
>Though, 1780 is a weird total; where do you play?

It is the standard pointnumber for tournaments here in Germany
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>>46037311
I'm in Nürnberg from time to time, is there a club/group there?
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>>46036475
It was the North American standard for Late War Tournaments either last year or the year before.
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>>46037388
Hahahahahahahaha


No
There is small playerbase in Coburg, a bigger in Aschaffenburg of course and two guys in Bamberg. That's all in Franken
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>>46037452
>>46036475
and now it's dropped to 1420, right?
why did it change? or did it always change so rapidly?
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>>46037457
It's really hard to find players anywhere in Germany it seems, i know Hannover and Hamburg have players but i cant drive there for a 150km during the week unfortunately
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Thinking about getting into flames of war. Today on school I printed a Jagdpanther IV. Pic related is the result.

width=29,4mm
length=74,2mm
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But I'm not sure if these measurements are comparable to the real minis.
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>>46037739
Tabletop at general seems to die in Germany with the exaptions of some hotspots.

Only X-Wing was a wide spread succses but it didn't revived classical tabletop gaming
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>>46037864
They're too busy working
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>>46037516
Supposedly it's to prevent Net-listing and to inspire new creativity in list building.

Personally, I think it has more to do with making people collect different things for their armies to fit in at whatever the new points level is.
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>>46037799
I'm not sure of the exact measurements of a Jagdpanzer IV, but it looks close. Maybe not exact, but very close.

FoW miniatures are in 15mm (also called 1/100) scale.

Except for the aircraft. Those are 1/144.
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Ignoring the historical inaccuracy, would using Boarhound Armored Cars with their points cost from Mid-War Monsters in a late war game be balanced? In comparison to Stuart VI's, they have less top armor, Wheeled vs Light Tank (better road mobility, worse terrain mobility), a gun that's better against tanks but worse vs infantry (24" 2/10/4+ no HE vs 24" 2/7/4+), and 3 Boarhounds instead of 4 Stuart VIs at the same points and skill.

I just really like the look of them, which is why I'm asking at all.
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>>46037864
Well maybe i can convince my roommate to give up on money grabbing GW games and switch to FoW he did seem interested in the Grenadiers
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>>46038155
>Personally, I think it has more to do with making people collect different things for their armies to fit in at whatever the new points level is.
Eh, if they really wanted to do that they'd increase the points limit to force people to buy more, rather than drop it.
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>>46038381
You'd think so, but I've found that the stuff in my collection doesn't always fit perfectly into the new points values, higher or lower.

So I usually need to find something that will still fulfill a needed role in my force, AND fit in at the new points level.
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>>46037799
That's a 3-D print?!?

Impressive.

I would have assumed it was a resin mini based on the photo.
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>>46038351
As a long time grenadier player: It is not easy. They can be really good but to master Germans is harder than lets say Americans.
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>>46038324
It would probably be easier to use them as proxies for whatever kind of armoured cars your particular list of choice has available.
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>>46037799
That's a phenomenal 3d print. The one thing I would say is the barrel looks a little chunky; JpIV barrels are pretty narrow in my mental image of them.

The height in 1/100 should be 18.5mm, width 31.7mm, and the length 85mm (though that may be gun-forward; the barrel was 5.25m, which might make up another 5mm of length on the model, though I'm not sure how much of it was behind the casemate).

In short, yours is a little small... But, it's a phenomenal sculpt for a 3D print, and I'd be pretty proud of it. With the 3D stuff, can't you scale these things up slightly?
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>>46038636
Yeah; FoW has large points chunks per unit, so lists are very inflexible.
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>>46038978
we used the open fire grens+ additional StugGs vs. my Canucks and he had a good time and enjoyed the mechanics of digging in and assaults on infantry
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So nobody in my area wanted to play Brown Water Navy, or Vietnam at all, so I was stuck with this SEAL platoon I preemptively bought. I know they're supposed to be on the small 2 hole bases, but I wanted to place them on a spare 4 hole. I also put some ez-water in the center to simulate a portion of a river, figured I'd try something new since it's a useless piece anyway, let me know what you guys think.
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>>46030665
Play Germans, use Panthers, win.
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>>46041311
SS Panzers with AA and some recce is ez monie
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Well, Tanks! looks a bit disappointing. It really is X-Wing with tanks.
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>>46042369
Looks like a simple and effective system for a quick skirmish still, though.

I do quite like the concept they decided to use with the movement arrows, although I suspect some people will misinterpret it.
You get a surprising amount of maneuverability with it, although you're kinda limited in terms of making corners around buildings and the like.

I might have to try out a game or two.
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>>46038155
Also that at higher points limits, there is a tendency to see 9+ platoon veteran infantry armies, and when they go up against one another, they tend to devolve into long stalemates which frustrate TOs.
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>>46042643
>Not having a Panzer V
>Not posting the Pink Panther
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>>46043261
I don't think I've ever had 9 or more platoons in a 1900 point list, and I play Veteran Infantry.

Fearless Veteran infantry.

That being said, I did feel that 1900 points was far too high for a Late War tournament standard. You'd have games called for time with no clear winner or loser, and that was without any intentionally slow play.

On the flip-side of the coin I also feel that 1420 is far too low. It's restrictive and constricting, making some lists completely nonviable. Especially if you're a trad-head.

Honestly, I like it to be somewhere between those two extremes. Somewhere around 1750. Maybe drop it down to 1650 if you're worried about running out of time.

But whatever they do, make the point total divisible by 50. Finding things to fit in exactly when it's 1420 or 1780 was a bit of a pain in the ass for me. I was seriously just playing my 1750 point list at 1780 point tournaments because I couldn't find a good use of those extra 30 points.
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>>46045277
>was a bit of a pain in the ass for me.
Isn't that the point? Forces people to crunch a bit, adapt a little.
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>>46045325
My point is how often do we see people post things along the lines of "not sure what to do with the final 20 points" or something similar to that when they post army lists to be reviewed.

Sure, Its a problem at any points level but at least from what i can remember, people can usually come within 5 points of the total when its something like 1500 or 1750. The more oddball sizes seem to have more leftover points that people don't know what to do with.
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>>46045480
I've found you get the biggest point gaps:
1.) From Veteran Armies (especially if also Fearless) because of the high minimum costs
2.) When the point total isn't a multiple of 50 (for whatever reason) 1780, 1420, etc
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>>46045480

Rarely? Sounds like selection bias, or people trying to reuse lists. I'm confronted with points holes and gluts of all sorts of sizes. There's no greater tendency for that at 1780 as compared to 1750, as while points might turn up in multiples of 5, the actual units are all over the place.

Either way, forcing the meta to headscratch a bit isn't a bad thing.
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>>46045525
Agreed.

I just kinda have to laugh that both EV and MW have larger point totals than LW for 2016.

I know what effect that's having on LW players, but I'm curious to see what EW and MW players think of the 2016 tournament points levels.
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>>46045696

Utterly unremarkable. Pretty close to last years, really. Speaking as someone who plays more MW and EW than LW. The LW one is quite low, but fuck tankies.
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>>46045540
>Sounds like selection bias

Potentially. I did mention that I have seen it happen at pretty much any points level.

>Either way, forcing the meta to headscratch a bit isn't a bad thing.

Not at all. But I STILL haven't figured out how to make a well-rounded 1420 point list for Late War, and we're halfway into March.

Tanks start feeling a lot more expensive, At guns, artillery, mortars, etc start feeling more expensive, you start thinking about how to get the most out of discount Reluctant Trained units. 1420 may not feel like a significant dip from 1500, but it certainly makes you second-guess every point you spend in your list.
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>>46040231
Looks really neat! I'd put that on my desk as a little display piece anyday
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>>46031130
Yeah, I wish the list had PaK 40s to reinforce the Panthers (I'd rather have PaKs than StuGs), but I take what I can get there.
I'm hoping the Panthers and StuGs pull their weight against his armor, and the PzGr platoons close in and destroy the few infantry units he has. Maybe the infantry can get some tanks too. The NbW battery is really only for smoke to support the advances, and the Wirbelwinds to keep the skies clear as well as minor escort duty for the tanks. I think my plan ought to work fine.
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Guys does any of you have a list of the changes bf made to mid war with the latest update? I don't want to buy North Africa again because of their being jews
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>>46038295
>>46038722

It took a little tweaking with the printing settings to get these results. And the models themselves need to be adjusted. Printing them with tracks wont work as well.

>>46039529

It should be no problem at all to scale these models up. The tiger's measurements are W=37,6mm L=63,4mm H=15,5mm. and it's printed with it tracks and turrets separately.
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>>46038324
Crusader IIIs have the same stats, only with top 1 and being standard tanks with fast tank and unreliable and they cost 150 pts for 3 CT tanks so imho Boarhounds are balanced and even a little bit overpriced i think.
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>>46045822
I think you mean "treadheads"; "tankies" is the word for pro-soviet communists, as I remember from my punk youth...
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>>46050425

It's still the term, as I understand from a Green friend. Trots, Tankies, and Tree Tories, histories original odd couple.

Although I heard it specifically to refer more to Stalinists. Or the more violent variety of Communist, anyway.
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>>46040231
can't you use them in Team Yankee? as they're based like that
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>>46043261
>9+ platoon veteran infantry armies
I'm at 9 platoon CV infantry for 1420 points
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>>46050548
Impressive. Care to share the list?
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>>46050628
It may not be very good, I've never used it, or played Flames for that matter

Grenadierkompanie HQ - CinC SMG, 2iC SMG (45 pts)
- CinC Panzerfaust SMG (10 pts)
- 2iC Panzerfaust SMG (10 pts)
- Panzerschrek (25 pts)

Grenadier Platoon - Command Panzerfaust SMG, 6x Rifle/MG (165 pts)

Grenadier Platoon - Command Panzerfaust SMG, 6x Rifle/MG (165 pts)

Grenadier Platoon - Command Panzerfaust SMG, 6x Rifle/MG (165 pts)

Machine-gun Platoon - Command SMG, 2x MG42 HMG (70 pts)
- with Command Panzerfaust SMG (10 pts)

Mortar Platoon - Command SMG, 3x Observer Rifle, 6x 8cm GW34 mortar (180 pts)

Infantry Gun Platoon - Command SMG, Observer Rifle, 2x 7.5cm leIG18 gun (65 pts)

Anti-tank Gun Platoon - Command SMG, 2x 7.5cm PaK40 gun (105 pts)

Grenadier Scout Platoon - Command Rifle, 4x Rifle (115 pts)

Schwere Panzerjager Platoon - 3x StuG G (285 pts)

1415 Points, 9 Platoons

The things I don't like are the 6 mortars (I think I've got too many) and the 2 HMGs
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>>46050812
The 2 HMGs are fine; you just combat attach them to things to bulk out their firepower a bit.

I'd say six mortars is a little pointless, yes. Your antitank gun platoons are also a bit small; I'd probably have them as one of four.
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>>46050846
"Regimental support" only lets me take max 3 pak 40s, but "support" lets me take max 4. Is there a difference between regimental and regular support, both are CV.
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>>46050308
There were almost no changes at all, just use the PDF.
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>>46050882
There is essentially no difference between Regimental Support and "ordinary" support, at least as the rules are right now. (It might be that they change it to something similar to Team Yankee in V4, in that Support Platoons do not count to your company morale break point, while regimental support and such would).
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>>46051129
There could be a lot of changes if V4 is like TY... I'd welcome the changes to artillery and strike aircraft, but I'm rather less sure about some other things like the hit allocation (especially if the old-school "your team leader being dead means you can't move" thing stayed).

At-the-double changes would be interesting and would improve mobility (as well as make Fast Tank a bit less useless and Unreliable more of a downside) but on the other hand those mean TY can get very meat-grinder-y.
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>>46038324
Digging around a bit, Canadians used Staghounds in Normandy/the low countries, which would a make a decent base for a proxy.
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>>46051530
In Italy too IIRC.
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>>46038324
As long as you dont use a KV-5 then mid-war monsters are aight.
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>>46050317
Bruh are you going to sell those?
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Is it actually possible to pit the tanks from Team Yankee against Fate of a Nation? Or is it a one sided slaughter?
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>>46050812
I agree with >>46050846, I think you should nix a couple mortars to get some extra points for another PaK 40. I don't think the HMGs are a necessary investment, while an extra PaK definitely is.
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>>46055396
The points values are not in the same scale.

That being said, the more advanced FoaN tanks(Magachs, Sho'ts, T-55s) could probably hold their own against the M1 and T-72 tanks from TY, but the TY tanks(both US and Soviet) would have the advantage in several areas including armor, speed and maneuverability, and armaments.
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Has anyone ordered any Peter Pig, Old Glory or QRF infantry? How do they scale with battlefront's stuff, especially their plastics? Also, how many dudes per pack?
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>>46056323
PP works pretty well next to fow figures
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Does anyone know how good the old glory waffen ss look?
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Also are PSC any good?
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Having bought the Open Fire set, and beenn having a blast with the American forces, is there an obvious next step in building my LW Murica army, or is it more or less 100% open? Having all these different army books is kinda confusing.
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>>46057507
I think this is where we (well, I) point out that the allied force as supplied in Open Fire is British Shermans with American paratroopers. This combination is only possible in Market Garden (the operation, and the book).
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>>46057507
You know they are British Sherman Tanks though right? or do you mean playing the airborne infantry?
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>>46057618
>>46057622
Fuck.
Is it possible to convert them to American Shermans? How different are they?
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>>46057350
PSC are generally excellent in the 15mm section. Their Russian and American infantry are both poor, however, so I'd stay away. Otherwise I'd heartily recommend their tanks and vehicles; I've only had one StuG that didn't quite go together right, but most of my armies are PSC these days. You really can't beat the price.
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>>46057681
afaik they are longer and have a different front armor slope, also note that the US Army did not use Fireflies!
Maybe trade them or just get a PSC Sherman Company f you want to play US Arrmored lists
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>>46057350
As someone that's assembled 15 of their Cromwells? Yes. So much yes. Their line quality declines the farther away the relevant nation is from the UK, but overall they're good.
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>>46057714
I liked the brits too, but the variation in poses is extremely limited and every single one of them aside from the 2" Mortar Teams, Bren and PIAT teams has this ridiculosly boxy backpack
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>>46057793
This is for the LW british infantry, but then again it is 18GBP for 144 minis
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>>46057751
I think I'll slap American decals on them, and change the barrel, and call it a day. People are generally fine with counts-as here.
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>>46057867
Most people would not notice the difference between 75mm Sherman variants, except perhaps for the Fireflies. A couple of local guys used the OF 75mm Shermansfor US Shermans and added 76mm variants, Easy 8s, Jumbos, etc. and the army works fine.
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>>46057940
Have any suggestions for the next purchase? Or even which of the army books to read?
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>>46057986
For US Tanks? Blood, Guts and Glory is really LW US armor at their height with improved Shermans variants and lots of support. Bridge at Remagen gives you a nice Reluctant Veteran option if you want to do a tired but very experienced formation. Basically:

Overlord Book (Normandy) - lots of 75mm Shermans, up to one platoon of 76mm Shermans (max 5) as they begin arriving, CT or CV options
Blood, Guts and Glory (Lorraine and the Bulge battles) - everything you could want, CT or CV
Road to Rome (Italy) - mostly 75mm Shermans, some 76mm later. CV only.
Bridge at Remagen (into Germany 1945) - Again, masses of options for CV or an RV force.

US Shermans are really, really flexible: you can play in Mid War, you can play anywhere in Late War, the plain 75mm Sherman fit everywhere. For Normandy they start adding some 76mm Shermans, later you get ones with better speed and armour (M4A3 (late)) or better 76mm Shermans like the M4A3E8 Easy Eight. Jumbos add some heavy armoured shermans that can increase the survivability of your platoons, etc.

I'd add a Jumbo and a box of Easy 8s or 76mm Shermans, but know what you ave would be useful. Get the PDFs from the OP's link and see what grabs your fancy.
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>>46058167
Thanks!. I think I'll just go and have a look through all the books. You're a scholar and a gentleman.
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>>46057835
the tanks are just so cheap desu
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>>46057507
>is there an obvious next step in building my LW Murica army

Are you looking to play Tanks, Mechanized Infantry, or regular Infantry?

All three have some very good options for Americans. You even have Elite Infantry options like Rangers and Paratroopers.

>is it more or less 100% open? Having all these different army books is kinda confusing.

The books are each designed around the forces used in specific battles or campaigns. "Overlord" for example is the Allied forces on D-Day, where as something like "Nuts!" covers the US Paratroopers at the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.

>>46057681
>How different are they?

There are some differences that rivet-counters will instantly notice, since the export version the British used was different from the US-used versions in a few details.

But most people will just see them as a Sherman armed with a 75mm gun.

>>46057986
>Have any suggestions for the next purchase? Or even which of the army books to read?

That really depends on what kind of an army you are looking to play, but most of the suggestions >>46058167 made were quite good.
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>>46055625
Ditching the two mortars is 55 points, and another gun is 50. The HMGs aren't essential, but IMO are fairly harmless; he can just stick them on some of the infantry companies where they're holding up choke points.
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>>46055625
>>46050846
just realised I had 8 mortars, oh man am i dumb
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>>46057714
I don't like PSC

Their Sd kfz 251 had WAAAAAAAAY to thin MGs, they broke of on a regular basis. BF made better ones. Nothing broke of there.

And the style of PSC lack the UMPF which I like in BF models.
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>>46060927
no I didn't, I'm doubly dumb
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Forgive me for "blogging", but I gotta vent to you guys. Because you'll get it.

My order from PSC arrived today, and my family has been giving me all sorts of grief over it.

Why?

Because the package is labeled "Plastic Toy Soldiers" on the customs form.

My entire family was convinced I had ordered GI Joes or something from England of all places.

And when I finally showed them exactly what it was, they were almost disappointed that they couldn't keep teasing me about my "Toy Soldiers".

If only PSC had labeled it Plastic Model Kits, I could have avoided all the jibes about playing with Toy Soldiers like a 6 year old... Ugh.
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>>46061035
BF plastics are certainly more durable.

But PSC's stuff is certainly cheaper and in spite of the weedy MGs, their kits tend to be very good.
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>>46061409
I've yet to have a PSC MG break off; I'm not sure what kind of handling they're getting on your ends...

Conversely the DSHKs on the T-72s barely make it off the sprue; those bloody things are almost impossible to clip off without rendering them sawn-off variants...
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>>46061243
my family doesn't understand the difference between toys and models, so I still get that shit
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>>46061243
Be glad it wasn't something actually embarrassing.

Toy soldiers, even plastic model kits is relatively normal. Perhaps a bit "childish" for lack of a better word, but normal.

Imagine if it had been something kinky. Like half of the Japanese stuff that gets advertised here on 4chan. That probably would have went over much worse.
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Just a generic question but how do most of you transport your armies? Like if you are going to a tournament, would you put it in a shoe box or do you have a special case for them?
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>>46062912
https://www.krmulticase.com/
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>>46062912

There's various FoW specific containers for them. Foam cutouts with holes just the right size. I have a few of those, so when I go to a tornament, I effective have 2 foam 'trays' with all my figures on them. I keep them in the satchel thingy they came in, which is designed for tornament use. It's got 5 layers of foam, so I technically have 2 armies with me. It's got some convinient side pockets for dice and tape measures, and a nice thick pocket on the front that can fit rulesbooks, templates, etc.

Other people have various other solutions. Shoeboxes work fine. Foams just convinent. I know one guy that has magnetised bases and keeps everything on a couple of presumably ferrouse baking pans. Everything sticks to the base, and he keeps both of them in a little wooden box with a handle and some shelf slider dealies for the pans.
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>>46062912
Lots options. Stuff like Battlefoam's Army Kit Bag with matching army emblem patch will give you maximum swag. Or you could buy dirt,dirt, DIRT cheap gun cases at Wal-Mart for next to nothing that will do the same thing. Hell I even seen kids putting models in empty egg cartons with tissue stuffed in them!
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>>46062912
About 3€ a piece, on sale at a local supermarket, got 3 and they fit perfectly, just have to remember "this side up" since there's no foam
"Brand" name is Powerfix
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>>46062495
>Be glad it wasn't something actually embarrassing.
>kinky Japanese stuff

Sounds like there's a story behind that, but I'm not gonna ask.

Kinky Japanese oddities aren't my thing. They make some seriously odd stuff and have some truly unusual fetishes.

We seriously fucked up the Japanese psyche with those two bombs. How else would you explain half the crazy shit that comes out of that country?

>>46062912
>Just a generic question but how do most of you transport your armies?

Like most of the othe people who already answered, I have a carry case with foam inside of it that keeps everything from bumping together and breaking.
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>>46019055
>>46023527

>Recon Aces

whaaaaaaaat?
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>>46065727
...Afrikakorps issue booty shorts?
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