Thanks

Aidan

I noticed the crazy points discrepancies too. Do you happen to have a link to the WLPA chart? Also what’s the difference between WLPA and SHIPS?

Thanks for the input. Are there any rules of thumb for VaS lists? I know in Bolt Action you wanted lots of infantry.

Right now I’m trying to put together two, roughly balanced 1000 pt fleets for casual play based on what I got in the Battle for the Pacific starter box, plus a few additional models. Here’s where I’m at right now:

USN 1000 Points,
Portland class heavy cruiser
x2 Northampton class heavy cruisers
Cleveland class light…[Read more]

Thank you for your service sir. That sounds like a memorable experience for sure! Mortars have always been deadly in the right hands, so I’m hoping for a rule that gives indirect fire weapons a buff when using them as veterans.

And about the V2>V3 transition, I’m cautiously optimistic. The new platoon selector looks more realistic…[Read more]

Like the inexperienced mortars that everybody runs. How is it that a green mortar team fumbling for their shells, trying to figure out which side of the map the target is on, and accidentally ranging in on their own troops… has the same…[Read more]

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

That would totally make sense. It’s always irked me that snipers need a 6 to wound Soviet engineers with body armor. Like, headshots exist. Maybe it will be the opposite, snipers in V3 miss more often but have a high chance of wounding when they hit unlike V2 where…[Read more]

Oh well, nothing stopping us sticking with V2, which we’ll probably do. Not unless we get some independent (not paid by warlord) reviews that prove the game is actually better to play with the V3 rules

Yeah or even take the best of both and combine them into a V2.5…

I’m also skeptical, what I like about Bolt Action is that it has d…[Read more]

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]

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]

As you can see from my profile picture, I like airplanes. I also like wargames. Therefore it seems natural to start playing BRS.

However I have a few questions; for list building what do you guys do with all of the points left over? I understand that the typical game is 500 points, but since the minimum cost for an airplane is pilot…[Read more]

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…

I’m wondering how snipers will change in v3. With the small team rule removed, and no longer causing automatic exceptional damage, they sound pretty pathetic unless they get buffed in some way.

I know of some house where snipers literally start hidden. Like there’s several tokens placed on the…[Read more]

Then I went out and did the exact opposite of what you said lol.

1250 as the new default is interesting. I used the v2 points system to make a few v3 platoons, and I noticed that you can typically throw together two well equipped platoons with all the toys, or 3 minimum sized platoons. (all this changes depending on if you brought expensive armor or not)

I am wondering if the new points change will mean…[Read more]

Yeah I never tho…[Read more]

1. Yeah at first I thought that the recce platoon doesn’t look worth it. But maybe it will have some sort of special rule, like being able to outflank without penalty, spot hidden units easier, forward deployment etc. If not, then it definitely is the weakest of the bunch.

2. Yeah that is strange.  Although I have never heard of someone…[Read more]

At this point we don’t know much,…[Read more]

Yeah that does make sense. I guess we will have to wait for the official rules to drop before we know anything for sure.

But I’m liking what I see right now. 

Also, it seems like an odd choice to have “1 rifle platoon unlocks 1 of EACHother” rather then “one rifle platoon unlocks 1 other”. But then again, who would bring 2 rifle platoons…[Read more]

This looks somewhat more historical than v3

My bad, meant to say: ‘This looks somewhat more historical than V2’

This looks somewhat more historical than v3, as artillery and tanks were typically in their own platoons/sections that assisted a rifle platoon, and usually there wasn’t a lone tank thrown in an infantry platoon’s structure.

My only concern with the new…[Read more]

*M16 half-track intensifies*

Nice I’ll have to play with that from now on. Because trying to maneuver to get a close to the bridge as possible, even though you are a half inch from the base kind of breaks the immersion.

Yeah I noticed that the points were all over the place.

That’s good to know, because I eventually want to get some carriers 3d printed.

Yeah terrain sounds fun, it would be more of a “world of warships” arcade vibe, but being able to limp your damaged destroyer behind cover to save it would be handy. And…[Read more]

I don’t have Facebook, and there’s no game stores here (Alaska) that I know of. I’ll be down in the North-West this fall, so I think I’ll just try and find a game store there.

Thanks for helping a new player. -Aidan

side note … do look in the ‘news from the wardroom’ as it was worked out that the starter set is NOT designed to have all the ships on the table at the same time.  But rather give you the ships to do the 3 levels of priority as fleet can have (pg 21 in the starter booklet)

Thanks Nat, your a lifesaver. I figured out that I am not good at naviga…[Read more]

Dive Bombers kill Destroyers, and especially after 1943, the USA will wallop the Japs in the air.  Ignoring that though, remember, your destroyers should be screening your larger ships.  Against the Japs that means they should be more than 8″ out.  Equal numbers/points, you will probably still take some torpedoes, but you can reduce the hurt thro…

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It all really comes down to what your playstyle is though. I’ve heard of people who use MMGs, Medics, and Tiger 2’s because their goal is to have fun. Historically British airborne squads had 3 SMGs mixed with rifles, so if you do go that way it’s cool.

In the end, there’s no right way to build a list, just some ways that are more…[Read more]

Sorry for the long winded reply but forgot to mention, LMGs are pretty meta in Firefight. The way they work (if you hit a unit, you can shoot at another unit within 6″…[Read more]

But one thing I noticed was that what makes Bolt Action so fun is the national theme that each army has, and the wide variety of troops to choose from. With Firefight there’s just less flavor, there are no national rules or special rules like tough fighters…[Read more]

“If you choose to activate an Officer then before you choose an action you have the opportunity to activate all the individuals within 12” with one command (pull the c…[Read more]

Yeah that’s smart. A HMG might be a points sink, but the threatening power alone might work as area denial.