Craig

my (soviet) Air Observer is one of the BRS 28mm Ace pilots they did (Johnny Red)… so he can always double up as a ViP / downed pilot if the scenario requires one as I cant actually recall the last time I run him as an air observer….

mind you I think I’ve only run an artillery one once or twice in the last 18 months….

or the old “ricochet off the cigarette tin in my pocket” saved me but not the bloke behind me…

“I think I’ll model a FAO, but if I don’t like using it then it’ll just get used as a mortar spotter or something.”

Very wise. Will save you from having to  fill out all those Friendly Fire Incident Forms.

The removal of casualties in this game is indeed confusing. When I started  this game, my thinking was naturally that I was taking out the ones I could see first.

But you can fire at a group of  8 men, 2 of whom are behind a 20′ tall solid wall, get 2 kills and your opponent can remove the 2 that you have no LOS to at all.

Even with e…[Read more]

IIRC – yes, thats the whole point of surrounded… the enemy can (and do) come from any direction!

it has the potential for great comedy … epically if you have a lot of flack and shoot down your own aircraft! :p

Its one of those rules that can greatly vary between games from really bad (have 2 friendly airstrikes) to absolutely evil (2 airstrikes that neutralise the whole enemy force) and pretty much everything inbetween.

It also has the…[Read more]

What Nat said.

No that fails because a spotter only provides Line of Sight  EVERYTHING else which includes range is taken from firing unit

Under VEHICLES

“…distances are measured to and/or from the closest point of the hull of the model itself”

Under SHOOTING”

Measure the distance between each firing model and the closest visible enemy model in the target unit.”

Note that they  seem to use Target and Target Unit interchangeably, even in the same…[Read more]

its clear… you measure to the closest part of the vehicle / building or model of a unit.  If that is within minimum distance the shot fails

Well if you targeted a building that is 30cm  long, of which just 1cm of that building is within your minimum range, are you going to say it fails?

erm… your auto correct needs looking at it boom CHITS … thats C not S!

However v2 as its a case of in the end phase count the number of engines you have left on the table in a squadron v the number of boom chits that the individual squadron has taken so far in the game.

eg if you have 4 single engine planes left but 3 boom chits then your…[Read more]

Yeah,, I think the M20 is a much better choice, especially if you can get one printed. Can even use it in an anti-tank role. We found pinning tanks up is as good as taking them out most of the time. (Just to preempt the pedants, some vehicles get a chance to ignore pins, see under Vehicles and Pinning).

The M18  is indeed very cheap, and a good way to sneak in an extra order die. But in a force that lacks HE (not a criticism, just a fact since you have limited figures and points), then I am not sure a 1″ burst is going to make much of an impact in any sense.

[The med/heavy mortar and M18 all have “Fixed” meaning, amongst other things, they…[Read more]

Well, the long lance torpedo had a crazy long range. More than once allied forces returned to old course, thinking having  succeeded in outrunning them. Then:  Bang.

The rules do just reflect reality.

Playing  pacific I would expect that the USN was inferior in that aspect.   Late war radar and new tactics changed that. 41-43 I would expect a Ja…[Read more]

As someone who has been playing against the US forces for years, I will list all their weaknesses here:

— none.

Your choice is fine.

A wash is just a thinned out pigment (can be purpose bought or DIY) . Also known as an ink in some corners. These are brushed on generously so that the pigment settles into the crevices to form a natural shading.

Your best bet is to search on YouTube  “Painting 28mm xyz” as there will be 999 people talking about painting very precise troop types…[Read more]

So…. No V3 is a reset to stop the 101 books per army syndrome.

You’ll get the rulebook which will include a get you by list for the major nations (minor ones getting a free PDF on release).  Then you’ll get an ‘armies of…..’ book released with Germany being first in line q1 next year.

These armies of… Books will bring all the units…[Read more]

Yubari had official stats… Found in the rulebook

She is just a big destroyer… And costed as such

Hey LT Russell,

I know what you mean about this new-fangled thing they call electricity. More trouble than it’s worth sometimes!

(A) The missing monster truck. Part of the explanation, I  think, is that we have to be real here and consider Warlord as first and foremost a model figure business, so they naturally (and quite rightly) tend to…[Read more]