Posts made by GrimJesta

Yup.  :mrgreen:

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Do the Lost Battalion tiles only come in roads, clear, rivers and gullies? Or does it also have forests and towns too? I was looking at the Memior box last night at my FLGS (For you not Knights of the Dinner Table readers, Friendly Local Gaming Store). I would have grabbed it if I wasn’t buying three more boosters for the game. But I wasn’t too upset: I finally got Stuarts (two!), enough Japanese to play them alone, a Flamingo, and a Renault, so yea… I was happy enough to let the Memior '44 box go. I think. It’s hard to tell with this level of addiction. Heheh.

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@djensen:

That does sound like a good rule for aircraft. Are there any rules for air superiority in Flames of War?

Absolutely. There’s even rules for friendly fire! It’s a royal pain in the rear when your friend gets to use your own planes against you. :) The air combat aspect of FoW is pretty detailed for so minor a part in the game (compared to tanks, infantry and big guns). My favorite part is that you get to pay points based not on what planes you use (it’s an abstract system, so all planes- thus far - use the same two stats of “bomber” and “fighter”) but how sporadic support is. Certain armies pay less for better support (like early war Germany), while others are stuck with very sporadic support (Late War Germany).

I hope the Contested Skies rules set does something similiar. I’d rather not have planes flying around the board now.  :-o

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I have a feeling (actually, more like a hope) that the plane aspect of the game is going to be alot like the Flames of War miniature game: you place the planes on the hex you want them to come in on and they do a strafing run, all the while dodging enemy AA flak (I agree that the AA guns will probably have a several hex area of defense) and then they’re off the board until next time. I hope that, like FoW, there’s a dice roll to see if air support is available that turn to your part of the battlefield…

Just my two cents on the topic.

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Well… I bought two starter sets, 2 set I boosters and two set II boosters and only now am I starting to have any semblance of a themed force for my armies. You might not mind getting a few boosters though: it’s fun to crack open a box and see what random models you bought. Mmmm, King Tigers.

If you do get into the game, I suggest getting a second starter box. It helps to have the extra maps (so you can have room for manuevering or larger armies) and extra damage tokens. Having a rulebook for each player helps too.

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