The fine chaps over at Model Dads put up a brief preview
of the Wargames Illustrated preview of the upcoming Remagen book for Flames of War. They do a good job of
providing a summary of the upcoming book.
If you run the video in large screen / high definition you can actually
read some of the text and get a good idea as to what is going to be in the
book.
Probably the biggest news is the Americans finally get an
upgraded tank - the Pershing. According
to the Model Dads review it is roughly the equivalent of a Panther, and should
give the American players a fun new toy to add to their lists. Also on the way is the 76mm version of the
Sherman Jumbo and a few other fun goodies.
On a few of the forums, the inclusion of rare American
vehicles has brought up the issue of relative scarcity of equipment and how it
is handled in Flames of War. Many gaming
systems account for the relative scarcity of equipment in its point cost to
limit its usage on the tabletop. Flames
of War has never gone this route. All
equipment is pointed based on its capability or stat block, and the designers
have instead limited the rarer equipment by list. The net effect is that you're more likely to
see a piece of unusual equipment in a Flames of War game than many other wargames.
On the German side it there are going to be some fairly
interesting lists, including 512 Schwere Panzerjäger Abteilung and 654 Schwere
Panzerjäger Abteilung. There is also a
list for SS-Panzer-Brigade "Westfalen" - which if you've read
Zaloga's Remagen book, should be interesting.
I've been waiting for this book to come out for some
time, and will have a lot more to talk about once it has been released.
I think that the addition of the Pershing, Sherman Crocs, a maybe rules re-worked Calliope and whatever else is being added to the US armoury will hopefully pull US players away from a reliance on 2ID and other "Dig In" lists and add some more variety in the tournament scene for US players.
ReplyDeleteAnd for those of us who'll inevitably face them. :)
Personally, I'm looking forward to the Brit side of things regarding entering Germany as I want Comets!
You'd think there would have to be a final British book coming at some point. Maybe we'll see those comets at some point!
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