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by NDNG-Dane and Tom Burgess

Welcome back Comrades,
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BRIEFING

We have gone over the glorious and patriotic formations that we will use to vanquish the imperialist and their lackeys in South Vietnam. As strong as these formations are, they cannot succeed alone. They need support. Today’s briefing will explain what support units are available to our formations as they drive the dogs from the South.

We have gone over the glorious and patriotic formations that we will use to vanquish the imperialist and their lackeys in South Vietnam. As strong as these formations are, they cannot succeed alone. They need support. Today’s briefing will explain what support units are available to our formations as they drive the dogs from the South.

Battlefront, The Game Tavern and NDNG want to invite you to the first Flames of War event at the newest store in Northern Virginia.

Details

The Game Tavern Trial By Fire Tournament
4124 Walney Rd, Chantilly, VA 20151

1775 Points – Late War
21 April 2018

Prize support provided by Battlefront. Maximum 36 players.
Every player will receive at least one prize.

By Tom “Chairborne” Mullane

Armoured Fist (AF) Wraps up the British Forces of Mid-War in the desert.  The book is large, includes all the equipment the British would have had access to during their fights in the desert, and is a must buy for any British player in Mid war.  This is the book that Desert Rats (DR) could have been. All the formations from that book can be found here.

with a painting guide, equipment overviews, and unit histories, this book is a polished product with all the toys and gadgets us Brit players have been waiting for.

Let’s dive in…

By Charles Christy,

Yeah, come on all of you big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again
He’s got himself in a terrible jam,
way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up some dice,
we’re gonna have a whole lotta fun.

So Battlefront is revisiting ‘Nam… and it looks like it will be a whole lot of new rules and ratings as the game joins Version 4 FOW with a new look, new ratings, and plenty of new options to play with.

This article will cover the ARVN. When we played Tropic Lightning/Tour of Duty, my army was the ARVN. They offered all the right gear at a great price and, in fact, were very innovative in how they met the PAVN threat.

The Team Yankee tournament at Orccon in Los Angeles (Feb 17,18 2018) gathered 11 players (plus a ringer) for a five-round, two-day event. This event was sponsored by  who provided some awesome prize support for the winners.

Christian Sorenson took top player honors, while Igor Torgenson gathered accolades for his table design, and Alex H. wowed judges with his well-painted West German force. Below are some photos of the day, along with comments of the TO and players, as well as the top force lists.

The tourney was escalation based: Day One at 70 points. All missions were random (card draw) with all tables playing the same mission. Day Two was at 85 points. Players had to field the same type of force as Day One, but could redesign the force as they saw fit. Missions on day two were selected table by table using the More Missions Matrix.

Today I will be going through the Avanti Command Cards for the Italians in Flames of War, including the ones that I am the most excited about, as well as those most likely to change the game.

The command cards heavily favor the Italian tanks, in my opinion. Most of the Infantry cards were expensive in comparison to what they did. Front Line Fighter allows your Infantry Formation Commander to re-roll his misses in assaults for one point. Legions of Rome allows your Bersaglieri Infantry Platoons to go from nine points to 7 points for what fleshes out to be Reluctant Veteran ratings.

One of the more intriguing cards allows you to take an Autocannone 20mm and turn it into a gun team to attach to a Weapons Platoon. This card has the most promise of the Infantry options. There is also the Captured 25 Pdr Artillery card, similar to the one from the German deck, to help add some variety to lists.

The new Nam book by battlefront takes center stage again as Mitch and Iron Tom are joined by Brian Sherry.  The guys go over the ARVN, ANZACs, PAVN and the NLF.

With so many goodies in this book maybe a 3rd podcast is called for!

By Dennis Campbell AKA Matt Varnish

Photos by the Author

Rob and I did a test game with the new Nam rules for Team Yankee (Team Yankee Early War?) but instead of using traditional lists, we decided that since Team Yankee the novel is a what-if scenario, then why not do a what-if of the Oil Crisis of the 1970s!  In our case, we did a Canadian Tank force (Aussie Centurions) vs some T-55s and Motor Rifles out in a desert oil facility.    As usual, video bat-rep at the end.  Thanks to Rob for hosting as usual, this time on his awesome AFG board where I added my 15mm terrain to good effect:View from the industrial center

by Tom Burgess

Welcome back Comrades,
PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR BRIEFING

Now that we have covered our glorious foot soldiers who take the fight to the Capitalist Dogs, let us turn our attention to our Ironclad warriors. Many are unaware that we have such powerful legions of steel and that we know how to use them even in the jungles.

Mitch and Sean are back at it in this first “On the Road” episode for No Dice No Glory. This time they are playing Team Yankee at an event hosted by You Hobby Place in Fredericksburg VA.  They speak with some of the players and NDNG writer and event organizer Ed Sales.