Flames of War Open Fire! (2012)

Flames of War

Having been a wargamer now for over 25 years the table top game Flames of War has taken me by surprise and outclasses all other games in the field. Of course it helps that I am also an armchair general with great interest in military history. The better you know the history the more fun the game is and the better you know the game the more sense military history becomes. For newcomers this book is not a complete game in itself, the game is played with minatures and you will need the core rulebook Flames of War but if minature wargaming is your thing then this is the best game I have played.

But Flames of War isn't just for history buffs, it is a detailed table top game in itself. Game play is tactical and competitive and the scale 1:100 allows it to become realistic. In fact game play is simple but yields realistic results and anything that makes sense is built into the system. As a game it stands out but with its ties in World War 2 it is fantastic.

Open Fire!

This is a superb start box and at a good value, in fact so good that most veteran gamers should want one or two. Battlefront, the company behind Flames of War, has produced a real good starter kit, everything needed is included, 2 full armies that would be far more expensive by themselves in the former metal range, one a mix of a British Armoured Company with allied US paratroopers and a German infantry force. Both of them ideal for any recreation of Operation Market Garden 1944 (think A Bridge Too Far ) with tanks; 6x Shermans, 2x Fireflies (a British modified Sherman with a heavier cannon) and 3x of the less known workhorse of the German forces the StuG assault gun Hitler's Tank Killer: HITLER'S TANK KILLER: Sturmgeschutz at War 1940 1945 (Images of War), anti-tank guns and lots of infantry and a nice V-1 Vengance bomb (worlds first cruise missile). Note! the product description suggest you only get 5 tanks total when they are in fact 13, the 5 tanks were in another box that has been discontinued. The detail of the models is great and more so it you keep in mind that these are 15mm or 1:100 scale. You also get all the rules needed, some very basic cardboard terrain to get you started and it is good to be able to just bring out everything from the box and get started.

Over all

A super value box for what is in my honest opinion the best table top game there is. Top marks!

It was one of his best gifts ever.He loves strategy games and this one is great!Any game that gets him off the computer is fine with us.

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This is one of the best starter box sets for miniatures games. Period. Great for beginners especially but even existing players will find the new plastic miniatures to be very worthwhile too.

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This is a all included introduction to Flames of War.You get German armor and infantry and American armor and infantry together with a complete rulebook.The miniature plastic infantry sprues look great and when the price of this comes down I will probably one or two more copies to bulk out my forces.

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My son loved this gaming set.The models are well scaled.Arrived quickly and well packaged.Providing hours of painting and gaming fun for my son and his friends..

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