Aidan

Nat,

1250 as the new default is interesting. I used the v2 points system to make a few v3 platoons, and I noticed that you can typically throw together two well equipped platoons with all the toys, or 3 minimum sized platoons. (all this changes depending on if you brought expensive armor or not)

I am wondering if the new points change will mean…[Read more]

” Yeah, Steve, a lone tank is an oddity. We’ve just been allowed to do it for so long and now we’re all getting our lollipops taken away like naughty children.” Well I guess that’s one way to put it lol. Although a historical oddity, having one tank was nice, especially if you were building your list around an expensive one.

Yeah I never tho…[Read more]

Wilber,

1. Yeah at first I thought that the recce platoon doesn’t look worth it. But maybe it will have some sort of special rule, like being able to outflank without penalty, spot hidden units easier, forward deployment etc. If not, then it definitely is the weakest of the bunch.

2. Yeah that is strange.  Although I have never heard of someone…[Read more]

Thank you guys for weighing in your opinions on this matter, it’s really been informative to hear all the different opinions. I can see both sides of the argument,-on one hand the new composition is more true to history. Take for example the standard German rifle platoon in 1941; it was 49 men strong with 4 squads of 10 men each with 6 riflemen, a…[Read more]

I’m curious as to how this will affect the tournament scene. If there is limited numbers of platoons allowed in a tournament, then competitive players will have to weigh the options of what platoons would be most beneficial to run now that you can’t use flamethrowers, tanks, and artillery in the same platoon.

At this point we don’t know much,…[Read more]

Nat,

Yeah that does make sense. I guess we will have to wait for the official rules to drop before we know anything for sure.

But I’m liking what I see right now. 

Also, it seems like an odd choice to have “1 rifle platoon unlocks 1 of EACHother” rather then “one rifle platoon unlocks 1 other”. But then again, who would bring 2 rifle platoons…[Read more]

This looks somewhat more historical than v3

My bad, meant to say: ‘This looks somewhat more historical than V2’

Thanks Steve! I’ll check that out.

“HMGs in V3 will get 6 shots each”

*M16 half-track intensifies*

Cool that sounds interesting. I’m glad that WL is releasing an article about lists building, since I bet a lot of the points costs will be shaken up.

On second thought, I think I’ll actually wait to set my list in stone and start building until V3 comes out. Rumors are that MMGs and HMGs will get buffed to 6 shots, and engineers and other types of infantry are changing.

Nope. No social media other than browsing this forum. Except every once in a while I search Reddit to see how people paint their models or build their lists, but other than that I try to stay away from the toxic tornado.

Oh ok, thanks.

Nice I’ll have to play with that from now on. Because trying to maneuver to get a close to the bridge as possible, even though you are a half inch from the base kind of breaks the immersion.

Ohhhhh I see, that makes sense thanks.

Yeah I noticed that the points were all over the place.

That’s good to know, because I eventually want to get some carriers 3d printed.

Yeah terrain sounds fun, it would be more of a “world of warships” arcade vibe, but being able to limp your damaged destroyer behind cover to save it would be handy. And…[Read more]

Thanks Nat!

I don’t have Facebook, and there’s no game stores here (Alaska) that I know of. I’ll be down in the North-West this fall, so I think I’ll just try and find a game store there.

side note … do look in the ‘news from the wardroom’ as it was worked out that the starter set is NOT designed to have all the ships on the table at the same time.  But rather give you the ships to do the 3 levels of priority as fleet can have (pg 21 in the starter booklet)

Thanks Nat, your a lifesaver. I figured out that I am not good at naviga…[Read more]

Dive Bombers kill Destroyers, and especially after 1943, the USA will wallop the Japs in the air.  Ignoring that though, remember, your destroyers should be screening your larger ships.  Against the Japs that means they should be more than 8″ out.  Equal numbers/points, you will probably still take some torpedoes, but you can reduce the hurt thro…

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Are there a few airborne theater selectors that allow tanks? Because the British had glider born M22 locusts and Tetrarchs, so there’s got to be a list out there somewhere that allows you to bring one for support.