In this episode, the funkmeisters do their best to complete the quest for relevancy and get caught up with all the recent hobby news, as well as all the recent book releases for flames of war and team yankee. The awesome russian invasion force smashes across the west german border, driving for a breakthrough. With m1 tanks and a mechanized infantry division, captian sean bannons team yankee must defend their vital strategic post. Stay at home and play flames of war and wwiii team yankee. Stay home and play flames of war and wwiii team yankee with covid19 keeping us all at home, heres some ideas on how we can still keep playing while we stay at home. Back in february jp talked about cold war gone hot as the new period for flames of war this year, well it seems details are starting to come out and we have a name for this. Team yankee missions pack is an optional expansion for tournaments and players looking for quick pickup games.
Revised and updated, this edition of the classic cold war novel team yankee reminds us once again might have occurred had the united states and its allies taken on the russians in europe. Buy team yankee rulebooks, tanks, infantry and other miniatures online and save. Board games free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Army university press korean war battle of the twin tunnels. Until we see how all of the forces are laid out, theres really not a way to compare.
Squad leader scenarios for flames of war miniature war. Subreddit for players of battlefronts wwii tabletop miniature game flames of war. Hammerfall team yankee starter set in category team yankee world war iii essentials, made by battlefront miniatures. Please note that this is an ongoing project and our answers may change over time as we get more feedback from players. Iirc though bf has said that they intend to advance the time line at some point in the future, to be able to include newer equipment. From this app you will be able to download exclusive freeofcharge digital content, purchase new intelligence handbooks and individual briefings for the first time. Currently i am playing in the local late war ww ii flames of war league.
Team yankee im spieleshop mit 24 jahren erfahrung kaufen. Tts is a great store and yes i am up there pretty frequently. Flames of war allows players to wargame company level battles from the european, pacific and north african theatres of world war two, using 1100. Team yankee brings the conflict that simmered throughout the cold war to life. This fb page is for those that want to cuss n discuss team yankee. They should be permitted to fire at any point during their movement phase, while on the move, if desired. Ill start by addressing the most obvious difficulty.
The game is made by battlefront and uses a modified streamline version of the flames of war rules. Forces is the fast and easy way to design your world war iii. Flames of war scenario collection free downloads after browsing a couple of sites i came across a whole bunch of scenarios for flames of war for free download. Their shells and bombs blanket a wide area, possibly wiping out dozens of. Team yankee and other modern miniature warfare tactics and. Flames of war world war iii team yankee breakthrough. Each region has its own price range and in some cases specific products and different product availability. Flames of war message board tmp the miniatures page. Around ste marie du mont table part 3 after bocage you can add more details, improve the finish, add trees and even houses or farms. If this is your first visit to the website then make sure you check out the helpful introductory article over on the world war iii. Team yankee is a 15 mm world war 3 alternate history miniature game. Ive also run bolt action and tomorrows war at tts if ever any of those interest you just. The 1st edition set of rules was published in 2002. Flames of war old arabisraeli wars books finland france germany greece hungary italy japan mid war version 4 nam other products pacific war poland romania team yankee the great war united kingdom usa ussr vietnam war.
For more information check out the share your hobby article here. Flames of war is a world war ii tabletop game where you use armies represented by painted miniature tanks, soldiers, artillery, and aircraft against another similar opponents force. Flames of war mid war launch play all battlefront is celebrating the launch of the 4th edition of flames of war with a weekend of activities in all of our offices, starting with the new zealand studio. Its too early for the m1a1, as team yankees version of world war 3 explicitly starts in 1985. Set in 1985, team yankee is based on a novel with the same name by harold coyle.
Reviews, modeling, painting and gaming fow and his amazing world. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Based upon harold coyles landmark novel team yankee, in which the cold war got very hot and spilled over to war. Team yankee and other modern miniature warfare tactics and models has 968 members. To begin all you need is the flames of war bookrules and a starting force of miniatures depending on.
The war in the western desert of egypt is the focus of the desert rats of the british army and its imperial allies as the third year of the war draws to a close. Hey there team yankee fans, i recently purchased, put together and painted the a10 warthog box set from battlefront and thought i would sh. Like flames of war, squad leader has a points system, based on the thing youre buying as compared to by the unit formation in flames of war. Tactical movement, the speed you go when fighting, is slightly faster for infantry and slightly slower for tanks, but dash movement is much faster than flames of war and has no penalty other than not fighting. Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. For discussion of anything related to this set of rules. Formation a nato company or warsaw pact battalion, the core of your force a formation card tells you which units you can have in the formation. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you. I like the flat flag objectives, but i prefer an objective that tells a story, with that in mind and with the delay of the west germans here in canada, ive been brainstorming what sort of objectives the bundeswehr would attempt to retake the soviet hordes. Lets take a look at the team yankee models which you will soon be able to send into battle in the 1980s conflict that could have been. With everything that is going on right now we asked him to take over some of the reins for the flames of war and team yankee social media sites.
Team yankee wargame buy in uk battlefront miniatures. Then again it is only a 15 minute drive for me from north dallas to carrollton. Flames of war digital provides you with access to the growing range of flames of war products quickly and easily. They will fight beyond all limits of human endurance on. This 120page fullcolour harcover book includes background, rules, missions. That said, the abrams and the t72 actually met in battle in 1991 during operation desert storm this would be 46 years after the hypotetical events of team yankee.
Would love to read the aar and find out what rule adaptations were used to play using foan and the team yankee rules. I think at the time, i just liked the look of the models and i was looking to fill out my new us forces with more variety. Here they fight general rommel, the legendary desert fox. These rules are good, fresh and definitely not just team yankee rules forced into world war two form. If you missed all the news in part one you can check it out here. Flames of war and team yankee 2017 and beyond part 2 this week brings part two of our flames of war and team yankee update from the battlefront miniatures team. One of my earliest 15mm wwii purchases years ago, and somewhat at random, was the nowdiscontinued m10 tank destroyer platoon set from flames of war. In the novel team yankee had 12 abrams tanks three platoons, 5 m1s and 2 m901s. Force everything you have in the game a force card is where you find support units. Team yankee quick reference sheet numerous people asked for a handy printable version of the quick reference sheet from the back of the world war iii. During the time that team yankee has been out, players have asked many questions about the game. The questions and their answers have been gathered into this document. Thinking about converting some of the scenarios to mbt.
So a german 467 stand 4 firepower, 6 range, 7 morale is 25 points. Team yankee forces, whether refining a force from your current collection, or brainstorming something completely new. It contains rules for different times of day, the missions from the rulebook, and the optional battle plans mission selector. As a result, there is a lot of fast manoeuvre at the start of the game and. Casemate is pleased to announce the arrival of hw coyles quintessential cold war thriller team yankee. So we have made a pdf version in a few different formats for you to download and print out, and perhaps have it laminated. Team yankee plays very fast, even compared to flames of war. Flames of war products are organized into price regions. Yes if you played team yankee the style, layout and content will be familiar to you but it should be, this is an evolution of flames of war gaming theory.
Inspired by phils article last week stay at home and play flames of war and wwiii team yankee and in particular the bit about having a friend command the opposition, alan graham set about moving some of his home security cameras around to turn his gaming shed into a virtual gaming shed. Please select a price region that best matches your global location. I can see it making sense for infantry, selfpropelled artillery, older earlycold war tanks with very poor or no effective gun stabilization, etc. Team yankee brings world war iii to life on the table top and allows you to get involved in a clash between super powers and the armageddon of what could have been. Flames of war and team yankee 2017 and beyond part 2. They will engage the enemy with the ultimate in sophisticated weaponry. Welcome to an exclusive sneak peak at the new flames of war era. The layout of the book is very much in the style of the team yankee army books, with a similar layout of information.
Flames of war war games world war ii wwii ww2 military army miniatures. Battlefront, famed for their awardwinning game flames of war, is about to release team yankee. Flames of war team yankee us m163 vads or m901 itv platoon 4 figures, tubx02 by flames of war. It includes a pair of m1 abrams and three t64 tanks along with a minirulebook and an intro to help guide new team yankee players into the hobby. We just did little wars last april adapting both foan and the new flames of war v. Flames of war abbreviated as fow is a world war ii tabletop miniatures wargame produced by the new zealand company battlefront miniatures ltd. So we have made a pdf version in a few different formats for you to download and print out, and perhaps have it.