FOW D-Day British Missions – Part 2 – Counterattack

By Tom “Chairborne” Mullane

This is Part 2 of my playthrough of the mini-campaign in the back of the British D-Day Release.

My trusty opponent Shane competed in the “Sieze and Hold” mission last time, and for round two, we are reversing our roles.

I will be taking the Germans and a grenadier company, and Shane will be playing a Cromwell recce company.

The British are counterattacking to try and reach the Paratroopers who landed and held points the night before. let’s see how they fare.

Review: Undaunted: North Africa

By Nate Fritz

I love World War II, but I have never given the African theater as much attention as I should. Undaunted: North Africa from Osprey Games has turned my interest level up to eleven with its coverage of the fight between the British Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) and the Italian Army.

The game uses a deck-building mechanic to take actions and track your soldier’s health, when you run out of cards that unit is destroyed, which leads to fast-flowing tactical combat. Maps for each scenario are designed from two-sided tiles that create a dynamic battlefield and allow for a variety of engagement scenarios. Osprey Games provides 11 scenarios with the game and has a tracker that can be used to record outcomes of each scenario in order to determine who wins a campaign.

Firelock’s New Kickstarter “Raise the Black” Preview

by Tom “Chairborne” Mullane

As the Halloween season rapidly approaches, there is piracy in the air. Firelock’s opens up on October 6th. And from the looks of things, my wallet is going to have a problem. what Mike Tuñez spilled the beans on back in July during

As summer has turned to fall, we have some more leaked details. As sculpts have been adjusted, and points have been tweaked, we are getting a fuller picture of what we have in store when the clock strikes midnight this October 6th.

I will do my best to give a general overview of all this, and we here at No Dice No Glory will follow that up with some exercises in list building. Tyler Stone, Glenn Van Meter and myself will embark on this journey under the black flag together.

How to Paint a ‘NAM Local Forces Formation

By Howard West

Background – a group of us at Legions Games in Pittsburgh, PA have been playing Flames of War for many years and Team Yankee since it was released. Several of us wanted to start playing something different but not that far away for our passion for Flames and Team Yankee.

A smaller group of us had already started assembling NAM armies in the Winter of 2018/2019 and several of the Flames guys thought NAM would be a good 2nd game for them vs TY or Fate of the Nation. So now we are off to the races. As I was completing several of my units for my NAM force several of our folks asked me how did I paint the completed units.

Dishdash Games Ultracombat Moderns: Modern US Army Review

Following a successful campaign, is due to release additions to their in the coming months. These additions include a variety of US and Russian miniatures including nine-man fire teams for both nations. The metal models come in a healthy variety of poses as they shoot, move, and communicate around the battlefield. This month we’ll take a look at the US miniatures.

Clean sculpt lines make painting them painless although even the best sculptor in the world can do nothing about the challenges of painting OCP camouflage. My one criticism is that the shoulder straps of the US load-bearing vests come off as noticeably high and cleaning the flash around fiddly-bits like the carrying handles of the US M249s can be precarious.

FOW D-Day British Missions – Part 1 – Seize and Hold

By Tom Mullane

This is Part 1 of a series of articles that will cover the campaign missions from the back of the new British D-Day book.

Up here in Danbury, CT things have calmed down enough for me to feel comfortable getting in a few games with my friend Shane.

As wargamers go, Shane is a professional. He has every army for Flames of War, including more Russians than I’ve ever seen in one place. Shane doesn’t just play Flames, he is also a big Bolt Action player, 40k player, Firelock Models, and even has some beautifully painted Napoleonic Minis in 28mm (a mark of sophistication in my opinion.) – note, the author doesn’t have Napoleonics.

I’ll also take the opportunity to put a plug in for his Blog – . He taught me quite a few tips and tricks as a painter, and a gamer in general. Shane is generous with his time and patience. He’s just a stand-up guy….

Which is why over the next few missions I will try to destroy him.

до свидания Don’t Get Any On Ya! Tank Formations Soviet Forces 1944

By Matt MacKenzie

A hot release of the red machine is upon us, Flames of War has a brand new Soviet forces book for 2020. Grab your vodka, there is a lot to cover, and be careful what you shoot at, most things in here don’t react too well to bullets.

These releases are putting the final touches on the revamp of V4 that Battlefront took on a few years back. With where things are in the world right now, you have ample time to get some models painted and have some socially distanced battles in the very near future.

While Desperate Measures was a decent book and had lots of lists to choose from for your Late War Soviets, Bagration sticks with giving you the basic lists and the addition of command cards once again offers you a few more choices.

Team Yankee Starter Kit: The New Soviets

Just a few weeks ago I told you all about the new from . Some of the new models contained in that kit was the Soviet T-80 tank and the BMP-3 Armored Personnel Carrier. As the humidity lowered here at the NDNG headquarters I was able to finally head outside and spray a base coat on these new models and attempt as the worst painter on staff to paint these vehicles and give you my thoughts on how these new vehicles may play in Team Yankee.