Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

I don’t agree with limiting the number of airborne.  IMO, it’s a gratuitous rule. 1 airborne inf cost 3/4 IPCs, + 1 bomber cost of 12 IPCs = 16 IPCs for one airborne op!  Italy would never use airborne.  One of the great things about A&A is the WIF (What If Factor).  If someone wants to foot the cost for a massive 10 inf airborne op (150/160 IPCs!), well God bless 'em.  They deserve to take whatever territory they land in.

Also, IMO, the Paratrooper Tech for AA50 would have been better named as Gliders.  Being able to both carry inf and bomb makes no sense unless the fully loaded bomber is also hauling a glider, which justifies the range limit.

Therefore, the “elite inf” piece, whatever nation specific power it gets, should also be the airborne unit, coat 4 (for the extra training) and each bomber carries 1, but cannot attack unless you have “gliders”.

btw, FMG, my stock just went up.  put me down for one pre-order :-D

Posted by: bongaroo

Any chance you guys could spin off this rules discussion into another thread?  I keep seeing replies to this thread and come in hoping to see something new about the plastics and getting stuck with paratrooper discussion.

Just a friendly request!  Cheesy

Okay Gents, IL has created a new thread to continue the conversation on Paratroopers.
http://www.axisandallies.org/forums/index.php?topic=14208.0

And back to the topic at hand!

More news! Anything  :-P

On a slightly related note I put my order in for the new dice set today. I’m hoping pre orders for these go up soon.

aaahhh here’s what I think about paratroopers….:

1. made you look.

FMG mentioned in the dice thread that they haven’t anything new yet about the pieces, but would post again when they did.
(this is where we try to patiently wait and twiddle our thumbs with visions of new scuplts dancing about our daydreams…)

@FieldMarshalGames:

Thanks, I will give you an update on the other project as soon as I have something exciting to report.

I vote the 5.5 inch gun for the British artillery piece

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_5.5_inch_Gun

“[5.5” (140mm) were the standard medium field piece of the British Army in the Second World War]."  quoted from http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/fcs-t.htm

What!  No, no 25 pounder is a much better choice!  :-D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_pounder

25 pounder, no doubt. As Iconic as the spitfire.

Although a bishop self propelled gun would be good

I’m in for 1 preorder.

@Imperious:

The Japanese BB should be Kongo Class, so people can make the Yamato into a 5-5 battleship

Interesting idea, though I doubt anyone would bother spending more IPs on a 5-5 unit… perhaps instead Yamato class ships could each roll 2 dice (still 4-4).

In any case, I would like to see a Yamato piece in the set (don’t care if it’s the normal BB or something else).

Thanks for putting this together.

We definately need new molds for everything.  New BBs, new CV, new CA, new DD (maybe even a tiny bit smaller).  This is going to be great.

The Yamato class already comes w/ AA50.  Although, a new, well detailed one is certainly a good thing.

true that.

The AA50 and AAR Yamatos are pretty much identical.

I was disappointed when I didn’t see P-38s in AA50.  Oh well.  They were kind of clumsy on the carriers anyway.

one of the german infantry should have a panzerfaust to represent volksgrenadier

@Imperious:

to represent volksgrenadier…

ahh for that you need an old dude in a wheelchair holding a MP44 :-D

that would be a funny picture :-D

also could one of the german tanks be a panzer II i have always loved those little guys

@Imperious:

ok i gotr my 2 sets of dice. they are really nice. but i miss the AA gun dice.

Don’t worry, the time will come…

@Emperor_Taiki:

@Imperious:

to represent volksgrenadier…

ahh for that you need an old dude in a wheelchair holding a MP44 :-D

that would be a funny picture :-D

also could one of the german tanks be a panzer II i have always loved those little guys

You could have the panzer towing the guy in the wheelchair behind him!  :-D

lol