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Yes. We could try playing out scenarios here in the boards but the games might take too long.

havent bought much 2 booster and starter pack and i got
-bolzano
-2 zekes
-akagi
-type 13 subchaser
-2 I-19 subs
-Scharnhorst
-nordmark auxilary ship
-motor torpedo boat
-2 fletchers
-f-4 wildcat
-Samuel B Roberts
-pt boat
-2 boise
-HMS Ajax
-Swordfish bi-plane

I certainly am not disagreeing with you on the historical concept and especially with the War at Sea where you can play with ships that actually represent ships that were in the fleet on a particular day.  There are however many books out there, written by dreamers and histoirians alike, that attempt to paint the “what if” scenarios just like we do with these games when we try to start within a historical context and then see how things turn out.

Therefore, if one wants to explore the idea of the Battle of the Atlantic with a German air carrier capability one will have to borrow a ship from some other nation to represent the concept that Admiral Raeder was successful in his fleet developments during the 1930s.

This build is for reasonably open tank fighting terrain:

88mm Flak 36  19pts
SS Hauptsturmführer   7pts
Kar98   3pts
29pts

Sd Kfz 250     8pts
Veteran Tiger 65pts
2xElitePanzer IV Ausf. D 36pts
SS-Panzer IV Ausf. F2 32
2xsIG 33 30pts
          171pts

Total           200pts
10units

After I drop the 88 the 250 can pick up the Captain and move with the mixed mobile force to break the Ruskies like so much straw!

Want to check that intersection?

I-55 and Damen is in the city…or did you move FROM there?

I’m at I-90 and Barrington Road. (Hoffman Estates, but we’ve shared a Zip with Schaumburg for so long it’s easier to say Schaumburg then Hoffamn.)

Understood on 100 point armor builds but the year makes a huge difference.  Is this just in general, or are you building for a specific scenario?

Your initial question is a 100point armor build viable for the germans?  Just an opinion but, Yes. On earlier scenarios as you go up it will get harder and you will have to be more creative lets say 1943 and up (the allies just have good cheap stuff).  The 35 pt Panther(1942 I think) a brummbar(1943) and a Hetzer(1944) are all good.  The Brummbar is priceless against infantry and is fairly cheap 22.

Regards,

Axis fan

Well since this new set came out, I already got 3 of the 5 soviet rares.  I got the Soviet M3 Lee, IS3, and the T-35.  My favorite out of those 3 has got to be the Soviet M3 Lee.

KV-1
Soviet M3 Lee
Mosin Nagants x6
Comissar
PPsh x2

Its not a flawless build, but it is a build with the Soviet M3 Lee.  :lol:

There are, but with each new set and rules clarifications or changes many become obselete.

The latest greatest winner was this:

6x SS-Panzergrenadier
3x Grizzled Veteran
1x SS-Haupsturmffurher
1x BMW R-75
1x Wehrmacht Expert Sniper
1x Imperial Sergeant
2x Honour-Bound Heroes

IIRC, this army went on undefeated at the tournament.

However since then heroes have been restricted, so it’s no longer a valid army.

The original GenCon tournament only hade the Base Set was available:

1x Churchill Crocodile
1x M4A1 Sherman
2x 6-Pounder Antitank Gun
1x Vickers Machine-Gun Team
1x “Red Devil” Captain
1x M1 Garand Rifle
1x Bazooka

One of the earliest and most deadly armies was a fairly simple all uncommon ones:
4x M4A1 Sherman
2x Humber Scout Car

It could deal with most threats and was very mobile. With Set II Veteran M4s were often used.

Many Set II German armies only used infantry, particularily SS-HSF, SS-PG, PAK 40, Panzerfausts, and Wehrmacht Snipers, though they differed in amounts. BMWs were added with Set III, and Grizzled Veterans with Set IV. The German all-infantry army is still very powerful.

Set II also brought about another power army - the Parabomb:

1x Screaming Eagle Captain
9x Screaming Eagle Paratrooper
1x Humber Scout Car

Defence 5/5 infantry with hard charger were extremely difficult to overcome, and the Humber could secure the objective early on (that is if you didn’t simply drop PTs on it immediately). The Captain was usually kept off board so he couldn’t be eliminated, but still provide his +3 initiative modifier. He would be brought out if the SE’s needed the extra firepower (generally against SS-PG swarms, as in the German All-Infantry army).

Russian armies have also become more popular, using the Cossack Captain/KV-1 combo to greatly impaire the usefulness of enemy infantry:

KV-1
Cossack Captain
T-35/85
T-70 x2
Barbed Wire x4

However there are many variants on this theme (I find that one particularily lacking in anti-infantry capability, despite the cossack).

With Set V previews started there’s already going to be some influence on army builds - the Rangers are powerful and will definately have an impact on tournament games.

@dictator_wanna_be:

Axis & Aliies Minis Torny Thursday Sep. 21st 5:30pm-8:30pm

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I think we have another torrny tonight! If ur interesed call or come on down! 5:30pm-8:30pm