blitzkrieg

[Colonel Voss]

On Wednesday thanks to Job getting the date of our first encounter (he was off by a month ) I got my first FoW battle in with my falschirmjager. It was quite an interesting game and it cemented my interest in FoW.

One thing me and Job talked about was blitzkrieg. Both of us are interested in early war and so we've chosen our sides. I'll be playing Germany and Job will take on the role of the Poles. Anyone else interested in joining us?

[Mike the Pike]

Not at this stage. Maybe when they release lists for the early days in the desert.
Anyways, wouldn't it be better to get some more games in with your LW stuff before starting on a whole other period. Just an idea.

[job]

Com'on, Mike, you know if you really want to play the French then the EW period is the best (or the worst ). Anyway, I'm starting to roll around, restless for another project. I'm drooling to build and play a Polish tank unit.
If Col. Voss builds it just right, I think you can get a German equipment to play all three periods. Anyway, the Fallshirmjager appear in all three periods. He'd just need to get a few different pieces of equipment, must likely different tanks.

I hope we keep playing the "main" period, LW, but it would be nice to try some alternate periods at some point. By the way, at some point soon we'll probably see the Barbarossa appear, and then we'll have hordes of Russians and probably Finns, too.

[Colonel Voss]

Not at this stage. Maybe when they release lists for the early days in the desert.
Anyways, wouldn't it be better to get some more games in with your LW stuff before starting on a whole other period. Just an idea.

I didn't say I was running out and buying an EW army did I? Just that I am going to start Germans in EW. It's going to be a while (looking at winter) before I do another order and get my EW army going. But the more people who sign up and the more variety of armies that we have the cooler. And if anyone does do an order for FoW, I might buy sooner.

And as Job said, you're born to play French in EW.

As for the fallschirmjager, unless the release some of the early battles in the low countries, a Norway or Greek invasion, I am afraid that my boys have to sit out the early war. But they are ready for action MW and LW.

[job]

Not at this stage. Maybe when they release lists for the early days in the desert.
Anyways, wouldn't it be better to get some more games in with your LW stuff before starting on a whole other period. Just an idea.

I didn't say I was running out and buying an EW army did I? Just that I am going to start Germans in EW. It's going to be a while (looking at winter) before I do another order and get my EW army going. But the more people who sign up and the more variety of armies that we have the cooler. And if anyone does do an order for FoW, I might buy sooner.

And as Job said, you're born to play French in EW.

As for the fallschirmjager, unless the release some of the early battles in the low countries, a Norway or Greek invasion, I am afraid that my boys have to sit out the early war. But they are ready for action MW and LW.

I could agree with waiting till further down the road to start. If a number of us take the leap together we might keep the momentum rather then having any lone armies in an errant period.
As for Germans, I think if you buy wisely, you could easily find equipment that could stretch the three periods. Some Panzer IIIs stretch the entire war in certain lists. Also stuff like Flak 88s can be used anytime. Actually, anyone with an infantry army for the British, Germans or Russians can easily use their infantry in any period, and only need to change some divisional support. ( Primarch )

[Mike the Pike]

IMHO Mid-war is more appealing than Early War. All the major countries are represented and the technology gap isn't overly apparent (except for Tigers in Tunisia).

BTW I have about "0" interest in doing EW French, unless BF do the FFL in Norway. I would much rather do the 13DBLE at Bir Hacheim, when the Legion saved the free world, than anything before that.

[Mike the Pike]

Russians can easily use their infantry in any period, and only need to change some divisional support

Except for the fact that a Guards Strelkovy company in LW is 12 stands while the equivalent in MW is 27!!!!

[Colonel Voss]

IMHO Mid-war is more appealing than Early War. All the major countries are represented and the technology gap isn't overly apparent (except for Tigers in Tunisia).

You're right, curse the overpowered British with their armor 7 Matildas and the French for their armor 6 Chars while us poor Germans only have armor 3 panzer IIIs and IVs and most of our tanks are armor 1 maybe 2 and we don't even get half of our special rules (no tank aces here ). And let's not forget the Poles who can throw entire companies of fearless men behind your lines and that super cool armored train of theirs!

I like late war, it has the coolest tanks. Middle war is great because of the variety of armies. Early war has a completely different feel to it that just intrigues me. I like all three eras for a variety of reasons and I am happy to play in any one you want. For mid war I'd enjoy doing Finnish, Italian, Romanian, or Soviet militia forces in addition to my Germans. Early war, Germany and Poland are both on my list. But for now, my Fallschirmjager can cover both mid and late, though getting enough support options together is proving to be hard as it changes pretty radically from field to field. So while I muster up divisional support, starting something new from scratch sounds fun and it'll let me enjoy all three eras. The variety of it all is quite refreshing for me compared to the tried and true 40k style.

[job]

IMHO Mid-war is more appealing than Early War. All the major countries are represented and the technology gap isn't overly apparent (except for Tigers in Tunisia).

BTW I have about "0" interest in doing EW French, unless BF do the FFL in Norway. I would much rather do the 13DBLE at Bir Hacheim, when the Legion saved the free world, than anything before that.

What you want to play all the Gallic glory in British or American uniforms?

Russians can easily use their infantry in any period, and only need to change some divisional support

Except for the fact that a Guards Strelkovy company in LW is 12 stands while the equivalent in MW is 27!!!!

What?! You didn't buy your Russians with this in mind? Amazing. Truly amazing. I thought the only thing to make a horde player euphoric was the possibility to play even a larger horde.

I have to say of all the eras that offer variety, it is the LW era. Belgians, Allied Finns, Allied Italians, Greeks, "Brazilians", "Algerians", Scadanavians, Dutch, Estonians and lots of Hungarian, Romanian and Polish options that MW lacks. I guess in MW you can play Australians and Slovaks not available in LW.

But if you want to play MW, I'm game. Most of my American stuff transfers easily. I'm also interested in building a German Desert Army.

[Colonel Voss]

North Africa would be hard on me unit wise as I don't have many choices that translate over. 950 pnts total. Later on I can get 1460 out of it.