Battlefront Flames of War WWI details leaked!

[paulr]

I don't know why, but I find the Battlefront WWI offering a bit depressing!

Of all the things they could have done from 1914, cavalry actions, fluid infantry actions, armoured cars and the like, they pick one action from 1918! I realise that it's pitched as the first proper tank vs tank action but even so!

sorry!

No need to apologise on their behalf 

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

Of all the things they could have done from 1914, cavalry actions, fluid infantry actions, armoured cars and the like, they pick one action from 1918!

you just have to wait for the 20+ Supplement Books,Scenario Boxes,Introductions Sets and 2 Player Starter Sets then 

[petercooman]

you just have to wait for the 20+ Supplement Books,Scenario Boxes,Introductions Sets and 2 Player Starter Sets then 

OR you could wait for them to whip out an all in one package with all the supplements and crap for a mere 220£ like gw did 

http://www.games-workshop.com/en-GB/Warhammer-40-000-Librarium?_requestid=8288828


SOooooooo, at 1,5 for infantry and 2,6 for a tank/vehicle with pendraken, that 220 gets you , lets say:

40 packs of infantry 60£
60 tanks 156£
4£ leftover for beer 

Much more value oppossed to 10 books that will be obsolete within the next year or so !

[Hertsblue]

4£ leftover for beer 

You wouldn't get much for that in England, Peter, 

[petercooman]

You wouldn't get much for that in England, Peter, 

Sorry bout that, in belgium you'd probably get a six pack, depending on the £ to € rate 

[Fenton]

Sorry bout that, in belgium you'd probably get a six pack, depending on the £ to € rate 

Now I want Hoegaarden or Jupiler after reading that

[petercooman]

Now I want Hoegaarden or Jupiler after reading that

Now the funny part about that, i think it's about 7-8 years since i drank beer. 

I'm an absolut and eristoff man myself!

[Subedai]

Never was much impressed with FoW stuff so I've never bothered to get involved with it. (I like the old WRG Infantry Action WW II Rules meself). I know FoW comes from NZ and so shipping costs etc. add cost, but other companies are doing the same stuff much cheaper. I count myself extremely lucky to be living in the UK with so much available choice should I wish to take advantage.

[Leman]

Have to admit that if I was interested I'd go 10mm anyway, but post-1930 just don't float my boat.

[paulr]

Never was much impressed with FoW stuff so I've never bothered to get involved with it. (I like the old WRG Infantry Action WW II Rules meself). I know FoW comes from NZ and so shipping costs etc. add cost, but other companies are doing the same stuff much cheaper. I count myself extremely lucky to be living in the UK with so much available choice should I wish to take advantage.

Haven't been made in NZ for a while now  Produced close to FierceKitty last I heard

[Hertsblue]

Their boxes read "Designed in New Zealand. Made in Malaysia". Unless it's changed in the two years since I last bought any.

[paulr]

Their boxes read "Designed in New Zealand. Made in Malaysia". Unless it's changed in the two years since I last bought any.

Thanks, couldn't remember if it was Malaysia or Thailand, hence the slightly vague comment 

Last I bought were made in NZ and diverted my son from buying from the Evil Empire 

[Hertsblue]

I'm reliably informed that certain of the Battlefront marketing personnel originally worked for they who must not be named.

[Dr.Falkenhayn]

I'm reliably informed that certain of the Battlefront marketing personnel originally worked for they who must not be named.

well,some of them must be working for Warlord Games now 

[julesav]

I've been playing WW2 since the 1970s and have tried nearly every set produced between then and now. Currently my pals and I play FoW, because, if you leave the competition list mentality behind (which mentality is what most of your negative FoW comments above actually refer to) it's a good solid WW2 game.

None of us HAVE to buy anything, a lot of us like to buy hobby related stuff.

It's all horses for courses.

I've always considered this a friendly forum but if this had been the first set of posts I'd encountered on here I'd have left pretty quickly!

Just saying my 2ps worth, YMMV.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

In that case, Moderators, please can we have a thread lock/kill?
Yours
Will

[freddy326]

In that case, Moderators, please can we have a thread lock/kill?
Yours
Will

erm, why?

I'm not sure what Julesav has read but:

this is about WWI, WWII or how FOW plays isn't mentioned, competition lists aren't mentioned, but there are comments concerning marketing, pricing etc. If you enjoy playing FOW then that's good!

FWIW I got back into wargaming because of FOW after a 20 year gap, just as they stopped their previous early war stuff 

My comment was to do with what they had chosen as their WWI release nothing else!

regards
Freddy326

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Sorry. I was meaning that if we are getting unfriendly, then should we go on...
This is a friendly forum, I didn't mean to start a row.

I love BF sculpts, I like the rules, I just cannot see myself doing WWI, at that cost.
That's all.

[freddy326]

What us, unfriendly??? Never!

[petercooman]

I've been playing WW2 since the 1970s and have tried nearly every set produced between then and now. Currently my pals and I play FoW, because, if you leave the competition list mentality behind (which mentality is what most of your negative FoW comments above actually refer to) it's a good solid WW2 game.

None of us HAVE to buy anything, a lot of us like to buy hobby related stuff.

It's all horses for courses.

I've always considered this a friendly forum but if this had been the first set of posts I'd encountered on here I'd have left pretty quickly!

Just saying my 2ps worth, YMMV.

But but .... we mentioned beer 

Sorry if anything came over as unfriendly, that was not the meaning! I too find the battlefront stuff very nice, but just a tad too expensive for me. Also the constant dissapearing of box sets is a bit annoying.

There have been two occasions where i decided to take the plunge and buy something from them, only to see they stopped selling the item when i finally saved up to buy it