Battlefront Go Back To The Great War With New Book
August 17, 2015 by stvitusdancern
Battlefront has been widening their ranges and now they are set to release a new book for their The Great War series with a seventy two page book that covers the battles of 1918.
There were many changes happening during this late period of the "War to end all wars" especially the shifting of German manpower in a push to defeat the allies before the United States was able to bring full bore their resources. Their was also developments in tank warfare that were rapidly changing how battles were fought. This book covers items such as:
- Great War History.
- History of the Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, Battle of Soissons, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
- Flames Of War Great War rules for fighting the battles of 1918.
- Options to field German Infanterie and Stoss companies with supporting A7V panzers in the offensives of 1918.
- Field a British Rifle Company and stop the German offensives, or go on the attack supported by the Army’s great new war machines: Mark IV, Mark V and Whippet tanks.
- Field a French Colonial or Metropolitan Companie de Fusiliers as they drive the Germans from France with the aid of their Schnieder CA.1 and Char Saint Chamond heavy tanks, as well as the nimble FT-17 light tank.
- Field an American Rifle Company with French tanks, British tanks, or your own American FT-17 tanks in support.
- History of how tanks were developed.
- Six Great War missions and mission rules.
- Inspirational painting guides and colour photos.
Some including myself have wondered what had happened to this range from Battlefront as we had not seen many new developments in quite some time. It is nice to see that they are continuing to give some attention to this all important time period that it justly deserves. Look for this book in stores and online in September of this year.
Does WWI deserve more attention?
"There were many changes happening during this late period of the "War to end all wars"..."
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Good to see FoW covering what is a very exciting and dynamic part of the War, with a surprising number of tactical options. My concern is that it will all be forgotten when Team Yankee arrives…
Yes! Now my Germans will get someone to fight of the french horizont blue^^
Gianna asks: “Does WWI deserve more attention?” – YES, especially since we’re passing through the 100-year anniversaries of these campaigns and battles. 😀
Not just that but WWI tends to be often overlooked in games compared to more popular war that followed it. It is war were entire generation of young men were wiped out thanks to old tactics being used with new weapons.
When areas going to see the more interesting bits of ww1 covered?. Although it’s always good to see the period get a bit of attention
P.S
Always amusing to see A7V’s mentioned in plural
I will give this some space in the future of course and depending on funds and costs may even dabble. But currently have 28mm british army of some size and have started looking at the Germans for the near future as a build up army. I doubt I will be doing Tanks though. Still like I say still looking at doing smaller scale and possibly less than the 15mm, so hey ho time will tell.
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A7V’s in the plural, your right amusing.
what Great is in First Word war? I dont get it. can someone expain it to non native ? In Poland we call it WW I,
It’s called the great war cause it was, at the time, the greatest war in history, and a slaugher ground of west’s entire generation of men. We in poland didn’t really care on account of not having own state and just being drafted by whoever currently owned that part of europe.
Because it was called the Great War during it and for several year’s after the end. It was called Great in the sense of huge rather than fantastic. I think it was the late 1920’s early 1930’s when it first called WW1
Quick correction
In America it was started to be called World War in 1917 when they entered the war. It wasn’t until later in the 1940’s that it was called World War in Europe
For those in Australia:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-28/sole-surviving-german-wwi-tank-on-display-aust-war-memorial/6654320
I’m gonna get myself some French 🙂
I wish Victrix would stick to their plans of releasing 28mm plastics..!
I don’t play this game but I could see myself get some to make a diorama.