SteveT

The name of its entry in the Japanese forces book is something of a giveaway.

“TYPE 97 CHI-HA MEDIUM TANK”. :p

It mostly seems to be a criterion of which slot it gets put in armour lists, and/or how it was used, and yes, the bizarrely named “damage value”.

Tank size occasionally crops up in some rules: like a tank ramming a building, or (fr…[Read more]

Each campaign book is  a bit different. The early ones  throw scenarios at you to pick and choose. Some campaign books present more balanced fights, while others tend to be a bit more historical  you get what you get and good luck!.

Some later ones go for more a linked series feel, giving a very nice feel of events of the time. The very best on…[Read more]

Looks like some more Hungarian units incoming in the next Campaign book (Case Blue).  Good, good.

I wouldn’t worry about that. It is just stuff like late war tanks or specialised troops should not be in early war lists. It wouldn’t make any sense to have the end war high tech stuff  steamrolling over 1941 opponents.  You can always avoid even these few restrictions if you go down the generic reinforced platoon rule that can include pretty m…[Read more]

The new units in the Budapest book can be used in the Theatre Selectors in the Italy and Axis book, but some can only be used in later war ones.

It’s a good book, gives you some nice options.

3 new theatre selectors too:

Carpathian Mountains Border Guards Reinforced Platoon
Assault Artillery Battery Armoured Platoon
Hungarian Armoured Field…[Read more]

You need the Italy and Axis book. The Budapest is scenarios plus a few new units.

Thanks Stuart. Replacing them with unarmed seems a bit silly. No pistols for you!

Yes, I have based my Napoleonic light horse with 4 horses, 5 for heavy so you can immediately see what is what. For ACW 4 seems good.

Thanks Al.  So when you did the ACW at 3 bases, did you use 3 bases for cavalry too?  How about artillery, did you go 1 or 2 bases per “unit”?

Cheers

Cheers!

Thanks, Mike.

It occurred to me that if bases were mounted so that one strip could be removed , 2 bases would be able to make a perfect square…

Cheers. I had wondered about keeping 1 strip removable , that would allow even 2 bases to make a square..

For anyone who might be having similar problems, the best approach I found was black undercoat, then blocking colours on afterwards.

Results were quite acceptable even to a critical like me.

From the rule book:

“Units inside transports cannot be influenced by beneficial friendly rules either, such as the morale bonus or ‘You men snap to action’ ability of an officer near the vehicle.

Officers and other HQ units can potentially ride in vehicles, and as a general rule, their special abilities do not work while they are being tra…[Read more]