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no… the Finns our on an advance order, at the end of movement instead of firing they swap the dice to AMBUSH

your ambush works on their movement… they are not on an ambush dice so cant go down.  More to the point even IF they could  they would stop in the open!

Well what I will say is…..

Some of the painting guides apparently have errors according to some of the more indepth historically minded people on the FB group (Victory at Sea Wardroom (unoffical))
Depending on the year (and in the case of the Japanese where a ship was built*) the colour schemes change,  with other nations where a ship serverd…[Read more]

No, however you do say who’s going to shoot before measuring…

Thus rule is used with flamethrowers that are obviously out of range so you don’t have to do a fuel check

Some people do…

One House rule is – at the start of the gunnery phase, before the AA step both players may declear if any ship is using DP. If they do that ships light guns can fire in the AA step as per the DP rules.  Ships that don’t declear at the start of the phase can’t then use the DP trait when they…[Read more]

Ok I dont have the Epic book… but in Albion Triuphant 2 cavalry brigades can be either Dragoons or light cavalry (Hussars, lancer or Chasseurs) and no more that 50% of all cavalry in the Divison can be Dragoons.  The List allows you to take 2 light cavalry brigades.  So in essence its saying that one MUST be light and the other can be e…[Read more]

If the rules are different between books you choose which book you are using and forget the entry’s exist in any other book.

A number of the units are really only fit for use within the scenarios of the book they are in and can cause imbalance when used in generic reinforced platoons and pick up games

This is one of the reasons why people are…[Read more]

@bob

1) only local X trait can be used in the movement phase at flights crossing a ships model (including the base – as this is the range for local in the gunnery phase).

Note local X and AA batteries shoot at the start of the gunnery phase – what is unofficially called the AA step.  DP is used when the ship activates in the ship step…[Read more]

A chunk of it (faq) is based on feedback from tournaments…

The  you get a number of them banning the 15 point tows as they are just a possible one move and then a very cheap order die doing nothing…..

1) yes under the points system in the rulebook Carriers include the number of flights in the stats,  these are chosen (type and role) when you write the list – you can end up with more flights (cost wise) than the carrier cost you quite easily!!

2) Yep for a slight chance of a catastrophic explosion (6 to damage, 4+ to confirm, 10 on a D10…[Read more]

I’d lean to the view that its platoons that cant be mixed not the force as a whole… this is backed up by the fact you can take armoured platoons alongside infantry platoons in the stalingrad campaign book.

pictures of new ‘modern’ merchants with a rought ETA of ‘soon after Hold Fast’

better picture of the 2nd rate!

a 2nd rate… as shown off on FB by Gabrio

I think you’ve stumped the people who play!  (I’ve not played the game yet so don’t want to answer)

Might be worth asking on FB /emailing the service guys to pass on to the rules team

So Gabrio has just posted this on FB!…. my guess is possibly an end of the month pre-order?

My wallet hopes not :p

TBH with dice, I agree, with the changes that warlord made to VaS from mongooses v2 beta, I was surprised that they didnt move over to the D10 to hit with more possible modifiers – afterall they make Cruel Seas which is a D10 to hit.

Size stat…. thats going to be a lot of grey area’s… such as small pre-dreadnought battleships & super…[Read more]

The AD doesn’t equate directly to 1:1 for AA…

Its an approximation of effectiveness

Somethings lean towards gameplay and others to simulation… I like this game as an into level game to the world of ww2 historical naval gaming…if you catch my drift

Yeah… I’ve had to accept that warlord do framework games, not rulesets 😝

if you pop over to the ‘news from the wardroom’ thread I’ve put some documents about the gameplay including a ‘cheat sheet’ for the full turn order so your not flipping through the book all the time..

theres also a house rules document that helps cover some of the points… however about the overhorizan type 93 shot… its a Beyond Horizon Shot,…[Read more]