Future expansions wish list

The BF 109 F might be in but I’m not sure.

It’s ok. That’s what I voted but in retrospect, I probably should have at least said “I like it.”

With “The European Battle of the SS”, “The battle for Narva” and the Demansk Pocket all strongly repelled by divisions of the Waffen SS, I was really hoping for more infantry that would go deeper into members of the Waffen SS. Even going into specific divisions that did outstanding like Totenkopf, Das Reich, Leibstandarte and even notorious foriegn legions like Wiking.

Just on a side note, I also think the Weihrmacht Oberleutnant is still WAY too many points. I could maybe see 10 but 13 is ridiculous.

They should have an SS Oberleutnant. Also, while the Allies have a number of partisan troops, some of which are really good, they don’t repressent the Anti-partisan units recruited by the SS on the Eastern Front very well. These volunteer units played a very significant role in repelling other partisans and Russians. In addition to that I wish they would have gone deeper into the Russian NKVD units used.

On the other hand, one can’t complain too much. The Germans are excellent in this game. My main complaint is if the Allies (Russia) can use partisans to deploy anywhere on side hexes of the board, with an urban combat bonus then the Germans should be able to symolize the anit-partisan units they raised that successfully repelled a significant part of this activity with that same bonus.

The Fallschirmjager Veteran is able to move when disrupted.

In a way, its the opposite of Hard Charger.  Recall that Hard Charger clears the disrupt at the END of the move phase which means a disrupted SE Paratrooper is pinned.

Still, I’m disappointed.  For 10 points I was really hoping something cool.

Mot

My booster case was delayed for various reasons. I was thinking of writing an article that outlines all of the differences.

OMG!!  I cant wait for WaS to come out.  I love how the minis look.  It pwns!!

Yes, you are right about the planes being rares. I looked at the previews on the Avalon Hill site again and it seems I mistook the rare symbol for the uncommon symbol. Which is is something very easy to do, given that it is so small.

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.

HAHAHAHa ok they got me, i was wondering cause those pics of the new units look way lame. Good god im happy, they would have ruined it all. PEACE