Quote from: ronan on 22 August 2013, 07:16:32 AM
I asked Richard several weeks ago, and yes, he was thinking about France 1940. I hope it will come soon, as most of my lovely minis are 1940 too ! 

(I had too much work to read CoC since yesterday !    )

I will question him about it on the 31st....1939-1940 would be my favourite period of WW2

Greetings

I know Rich was obtaining a copy of a French pre-war training manual in order to identify the requisite national tactical factors so I know it's in the frame. 

I'm looking forward to using French myself but do have late war to keep me going.

Regards

Edward

There are already a number of 1940 lists on the TFL Yahoo group

I had a look n the files section , doesn't seem to be anything there

I've got hard and soft CoC now. 

PDF turned up this morning and the hardcopy was sat at home when I got home from work last night.

Now I have the rules I can start planning the order of MDF bases for Leon.

The Eagle has landed . Fingers crossed I might get home at a reasonable time and have a good read of these.

I has its! I hasss the precious! It's minesss!... 

...ahem...

Anyway, the print book also came with 4 massive chunky dice and a load of plastic markers I didn't even realise where included! Hope I haven't paid more than I intended & got a higher level version... but they'll come in handy!

Quote from: Nellkyn on 22 August 2013, 11:43:48 AM
I've got hard and soft CoC now. 

My word sir, is this the tone one sets in polite conversation? There is at least one lady present. 
Actually, carry on that man! 

Quote from: Wulf on 22 August 2013, 06:22:37 PM
I has its! I hasss the precious! It's minesss!... 

...ahem...

Anyway, the print book also came with 4 massive chunky dice and a load of plastic markers I didn't even realise where included! Hope I haven't paid more than I intended & got a higher level version... but they'll come in handy!

Sounds like you bought the top of the range bundle by accident, you twonk.  No Centurions for you!

Well, I paid £22 for it, so I'm happy 

QuoteAnyway, the print book also came with 4 massive chunky dice and a load of plastic markers I didn't even realise where included! Hope I haven't paid more than I intended & got a higher level version... but they'll come in handy!

The same happened to me. I've checked my invoice and I ordered the rules only option, £22, yet received the CoC Big Bundle, £33.00 . I also asked for the pdf (which I received) rather than the tablet 'extra' that you could choose from, yet today I received the tablet version as well. Being an honest fellow I informed Richard at TFL, who said it was their mistake and as I was honest I could keep the tablet version . Honesty does pay!

There do seem to have been a few orders which got extra bits by accident - TFL are asking that these extras be sent back to them, and they will refund your postage (there are some postings on the yahoo group about this).

Be gentle with the poor man. 1700 physical copies supplied, plus all the e-versions!

He may be a little bewildered.

So does it read as well as its been described on the net

Yes, it does, really. I expected something more complex, but, with the exception of the force selection which I've not got into yet, it reads very sensibly and simply (although there are a lot of 'special' rules for specific nationalities, teams, weapons, etc). I'm used to much bigger unit scales and so ground scales, so the basic rule that almost every weapon has unlimited maximum range (but a variety have special rules for closer ranges)  came as a bit of a surprise to me, and simplified everything...

i am a big fan of Crossfire...Do you think it might be as good...Crossfire needs an umpire to run properly..Would CoC do you think need an umpire

QuoteThere do seem to have been a few orders which got extra bits by accident - TFL are asking that these extras be sent back to them, and they will refund your postage (there are some postings on the yahoo group about this).

Mine will be on their way back to Lardie HQ tomorrow morning. Must have been a hectic past few days to say the least!

Quote from: Fenton on 22 August 2013, 08:06:03 PM
i am a big fan of Crossfire...Do you think it might be as good...Crossfire needs an umpire to run properly..Would CoC do you think need an umpire

I can't see why it would need an umpire, but I've not played yet and only seen one game on video. I haven't seen anything about hidden units or secret orders - ambushes are created using Chain of Command dice, deploying new units onto the board and immediately firing.

1700 parcels in 2 days - with several variants - is massive. Doubly so for just 1 person. I used to manage a small warehouse which sold books, we would occasionally get a pallet of several hundred books in, and get most of them out the same day - but that was with a team of 4 or 5, and lots of space organised for dispatch of goods - not from my front room!

The rules look good - there is a enough detail that it looks like it will play well - but not too much to be daft. Each force/nationality gets 2 special rules, and the odd unique unit - so there aren't lots of extras to learn. And the special rules are quite simple - often that an NCO will add a couple of shooting dice to a team, so you don't really need to know the enemy's special rules to avoid being at a disadvantage.

I don't think they will need an umpire. The phases and activations are controlled by dice, so this limits your actions, but is known and controllable without an umpire.  

Oh, well, dice & markers on the way back. The markers were too big for my liking anyway. Nice dice though.