FoW: Pacific
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FoW: Pacific
Diragi Sun Mar 27, 2016 9:11 am
So BoW guys briefly went though the two new Pacific books:
Hit the Beaches – Banzai
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Hit the Beaches – Gung-Ho
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Obviously the main highlight was enhanced amphibious landing rules. But I was wondering how well a side theater would do; looks like for points they will do (Pw) and (L) time periods:
The isolated nature of the Pacific Theatre of Operations and the slow development of weapon technology by the Japanese meant the power and effectiveness of the weapons in the Pacific seem somewhat out of balance with what was being used in Europe at the same time. This led to some weapons, like the Sherman tank, having a greater impact for a longer time than in Europe.
We realised many gamers will also want to pit their Pacific forces against forces from Europe. To cover this you will find two point levels for each platoon, one for the Pacific War, intended for playing games within the context of the Pacific Theatre, and Late-war, with points compatible with any other Flames Of War forces with Late-war points.
Pacific War Points are also compatible with Early-war Points, although not all the equipment was available in the Early-war (1939-1941). Whatever points option you select, you and your opponent’s forces must be entirely selected from that points option.
Seems like a genius move to me -- raises interest in EW and means your Pw army won't be obsolete after a few months.
Hit the Beaches – Banzai
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Hit the Beaches – Gung-Ho
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Obviously the main highlight was enhanced amphibious landing rules. But I was wondering how well a side theater would do; looks like for points they will do (Pw) and (L) time periods:
The isolated nature of the Pacific Theatre of Operations and the slow development of weapon technology by the Japanese meant the power and effectiveness of the weapons in the Pacific seem somewhat out of balance with what was being used in Europe at the same time. This led to some weapons, like the Sherman tank, having a greater impact for a longer time than in Europe.
We realised many gamers will also want to pit their Pacific forces against forces from Europe. To cover this you will find two point levels for each platoon, one for the Pacific War, intended for playing games within the context of the Pacific Theatre, and Late-war, with points compatible with any other Flames Of War forces with Late-war points.
Pacific War Points are also compatible with Early-war Points, although not all the equipment was available in the Early-war (1939-1941). Whatever points option you select, you and your opponent’s forces must be entirely selected from that points option.
Seems like a genius move to me -- raises interest in EW and means your Pw army won't be obsolete after a few months.
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Re: FoW: Pacific
RKelly Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:24 am
The WWPD boys talked about the Pacific in their latest podcast. They loved the game. They also
talked about using the LW lists in Europe.
talked about using the LW lists in Europe.
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Re: FoW: Pacific
Diragi Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:33 am
There are some especially shitty LW German lists, where they use captured French tanks, that could make for an interesting matchup.
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Re: FoW: Pacific
Twinlinked Sun Mar 27, 2016 8:18 pm
sounds like they thought it out pretty well, will be interesting to see if anyone plays it
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Re: FoW: Pacific
Joyous_Oblivion Mon Mar 28, 2016 7:24 am
Never know Andrew. I actually am getting an inkling to do some Flames of War stuff again...must fight this and finish painting Warmachine, lol.
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Re: FoW: Pacific
Joyous_Oblivion Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:36 am
Matt Varnish wrote:I gotta say I like playing flames again...
Me too. Something about the scale, the terrain, the tactics...
No other game hits on all three well at all.
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Re: FoW: Pacific
Twinlinked Mon Mar 28, 2016 11:42 am
I like Flames, looking forward to next weekend s tourney,
I haven't played in ages
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