Games by BattleFront
by Tom Burgess
The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) makes its third appearance in the Team Yankee/Flames of War universe in Oil War. Having been an IDF player in the Fate of a Nation (1st and 2nd Ed), I volunteered to review them in Oil War. I was particularly keen to see how much of my previous Fate of a Nation collection would carry forward to the circa 1985 period.
The history of the Iranian government since the 1979 revolution has been….complicated. And in the case of this part of the oil wars book, the fluff provided gives an appropriately involved and messy political history worthy of the 3rd World War environment of the book. The Iranians make a devil’s bargain with
their Soviet overlords, and find themselves in a slugging match with many other nations across the desert. Because of the nature of the varied assistance, they have received from 1st world and 2nd world allies over the past several decades, Iran is a hodgepodge of different tanks, equipment packaging, and weapons systems.
By Dennis Campbell AKA Matt Varnish
Hello everyone,
Let’s talk about Iraq and Syria in Team Yankee. While we will not discuss politics at all in this article, when you think of Villains of the late 20th century, the regimes of Iraq and Syria certainly are at the top of the list.
So why play them? For me, I tend to run ‘the bad guys’ stemming from my little brother always wanting ‘the good guys’ as toys (he wanted GI Joes, so I played Cobra, he wanted Rebels, so my figurines were Imperial for Star Wars, etc) and since then, my tendency to play bad guys translated to other games such as Warhammer and 40k, and now to Team Yankee. I am currently re-painting my old Soviet force into Syrians, and as you can see, I even have the terrain ready to go:
By Chris Jackson
It’s almost here. The long-awaited Oil Wars hits the shelves in a few short days. I have been lucky enough to get a sneak peak at it and more importantly, I have permission to share what I have seen.
Oil Wars covers the armies of the Middle East at the time of the fictional WWIII portrayed by Team Yankee. Iran and Iraq have been at war for four years and both find their armies rejuvenated by an influx of equipment, advisors, and direct support from their respective superpower benefactors.
With the release of Oil Wars, the new book for just about to be spoiled in about a week we here at NDNG want to give you another force to use with this new release. Manning the southern and eastern most flank of NATO sits the Turkish army, ready to fight against the USSR. However alongside this threat the Turkish nations sits near other hot-spots of the mid 1980’s. Turkey also borders the nations of Iraq and Iran, two nations that are represented in the new Oil Wars book.
The staff here at NDNG is so excited that is updating the Great War book for all of those like me who love all things Great War. As you have seen in our previous articles the new book is bigger and better than the previous version; all the rules are updated to the V4 standard and you have a lot of new forces to play with.
I had the honor of helping the crew at Battlefront put together this book and I want to share some of the amazing forces you can now play on your table. In this article, I will go over the changes to the French and American forces as well as introduce the Belgians to the fight.
Mega episode for a mega book! I am joined by Tom Gall and Austin Copeland to go over the entire Great War book for Flames of War. Almost two jammed packed hours of mud and blood to the green fields beyond.
By Tom Burgess
The British forces in Version 4’s Great War return with new options. Cavalry and Armored Cars bolster the already solid British infantry formations. The British now have four formations they can take; Line Division Rifle Company, Elite Division Rifle Company, Canadian or ANZAC Rifle Company, and the Cavalry Squadron.
by Tom Burgess
As Battlefront expands its Version 4 rules back to the battlefields of the Great War, Germany still remains the only representative of the Central Powers in the new lists. Though not as well equipped with tanks and armored cars as many of the Allies in the book, the German lists offer some interesting options for both previous and new German players.
The two lists options in Version 3’s Great War for the Germans has now been expanded to four list types in Version 4. These are the Infanteriekompanie, the Stosskompanie, the Jägerkompanie, and the Siegfriedstellung. The fist two of these will be familiar to previous German Great War players. The Jägerkompanie is an elite “light” infantry unit while Siegfriedstellung is more of an economy of force unit used to hold defensive positions.
Coming up in March Battlefront will release the v4 update to the . Great War, of course, refers to WWI. For those living through the times, they knew it as the Great War.
I’m excited to share with you some of the details about this new book and Battlefront’s plans. The update is absolutely huge, in size and treatment. It features new army lists, new figures, new units types for existing armies, new army boxes, a v4 update to the rules and a whole lot more. It adds up to a wonderful well crafted set of rules that offer a very fun time.
