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So small teams is gone – theres no getting round that (like exceptional damage) WL have come out and said its gone completely.

People have done the maths on FB & Discord and turns out its a bit of a wash (no real difference) on lethality between the changes in shooting with modifiers and cover.

The streamlined thing …..theres a lot less…[Read more]

yeah it sounds like multiple pins are still around for orders and such, but the shooting is just do you have pins.

With the latest changes reveal regarding shooting, I still don’t see the logic behind some (or many) of the changes.

Take the small team rule for example. They said it makes MMG teams more resilient? I don’t see how… appears to do the opposite! The only thing I can think of is that perhaps they allow more men to be added to smaller teams now.…[Read more]

Wondering if there are multiple pin counters allowed now? I know it says -1 to hit if pinned (a digital on/off state). But they still could keep units with multiple pins, just means harder to clear the pins.

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Roll to damage is still there between the roll to hit and the cover save.

No wound rolls

No long range

Basic to hit is now 4+

Source jugganoughts podcast guys

So I should have everything I need to start playing if I get the Battle of Midway set then.

Ah I see, thanks a lot. This makes way more sense now.

You had the original battle of Britain 2 player rules – which are the free download ones.

You then had a 1.5 update version in airstrike, midway then used those rules but with the ground attack stuff removed

Starter box = all the air v air air missions plus some air v sea mission

Airstrike= all the starter box rules plus air v ground/sea

Wing commander= player progression campaign

Ah I see. So to clarify: starter set rules= bare minimum, airstrike=full rules, and wing commander=full rules+extra rules?

Yeah the Battle of Midway set is VERY tempting. Looks like a good way to jump into the game, when I get the time and funds that’s probably the way to go.

About the ace boxes, is this like an “expansion set” that lets you use…[Read more]

airstrike is the offical rules .. its a 1.5. … BUT if you get the midway two player set then all it will give you is the ground attack missions a few more naval ones and the cards…

While I recommend you get it wing commander isnt a requirement at all to buy unless you want to…what it contains is :  a campaign
unoffical / ready room house…[Read more]

Thanks Nat, this is so much help.

I was initially thinking that being able to mix planes would make squadrons more interesting, but then again you would probably have people running jets mixed with biplanes and such.

Yeah I eventually plan on buying some stuff for BRS eventually, but after starting BA and VaS I’m not really in the position to…[Read more]

Yeah probably. It’ll be interesting to see how they change it.

So points… you can buy equipment like rockets and such.. OR you drop an aircraft and up the pilot skill of multiple other aircraft.

Trait cards are found in aircraft boxes – please do buy the rulebook & AT LEAST THE ACE BOXES!  If you dont buy stuff from WL, then WL will no longer support the game.  You will need to buy a starter box because t…[Read more]

hmm historic use of marksmen- picking off officers and important people…

probably just better range, to hit, an extra pin & +1 PEN against infantry

Yeah maybe snipers can still pick casualties, but not remove the entire team in one shot. Which kind of sounds counter-intuitive. Maybe if the gunner gets sniped the loader can pass an order test to take over the gun or something? But they would have mentioned that in the briefing.

And NCOs have nothing to fear from snipers…unless there is some other ruling that lets snipers pick casualties.

Hahaha. meanwhile, America who slaps .50 Cal HMGs on everything….

Yeah I’m almost certain that they’ll change snipers in some way. because with small team rule and exceptional damage removed, they are basically a super expensive rifleman that’s slightly more accurate. Just how they will go about changing things is the question…