I cannot stress enough how much I enjoy the easy going, ‘one on one’ feel of these videos. As has been said before, it really is like sitting down with mates and hearing about what happened with them over the weekend or tourney, etc. It never feels like you (be it Dave, Warren, Justin, etc) are talking at us but rather with us.

Have you had any problems with the Pages falling out on the mini rule book. I just bought mine read to about page 40 then page 41 through 80 just started falling out. I am not abusive to books I want them last but i am wondering if having pages that heavy in that small a binding in paperback might be an issue.

Just to say the whole series of the videos for the FOW tournament have been brilliant!

I have to be honest and say that my main interest is in historical wargames and it’s been the coverage of FOW and Bolt Action that persuaded me to become a backstager.

So Dave and Warren keep up the good work.

As has been said above, I love these videos. It feels like chatting to mates, not just because of the relaxed manner of your presentation, but you’re talking about the same problems I have had as a rookie, and how you’ve learnt from them. I’ve played a few tournies (none Flames, yet), always as a huge newbie, hoping to not come last but little else. I’ve managed to learn a huge amount in all of them, largely thanks to the generosity of my opponents. This for me has been the value of tournements, many games in a short period of… Read more »

Just listening to Warrens experience of Tournaments and can relate.
I’ve only been to two Tournaments and my feeling was that they are very intimidating for the first timer as well as a little non-inclusive; there was a genuine feeling of some of the players barely tolerating the newbie. My thought on a way to avoid this would be to try and persuade tournament organisers to make the games spectator friendly, that way people can come to watch and build up the courage / Skills to eventually attend. Maybe with your influence you could help make this happen?

Great video. I really enjoy this series. I have my own problems with the tournament scene (angry shouting people and stuff), but if it is anything like you said, I have at least to try to be there some time in the future. Congratulations on your wins. Did Dave manage to take the best sportsman trophy?

For another season I would suggest mid-war. It works quite the same (from a rule perspective), but games turn out quite differently. Tanks are really expensive, but they are that more powerful. “Mid-War, where a tank is still a tank!”

Great video guys, a good round up to follow on from the AAR’s, did like the bit about the recommendations of what you should take to the tournament. Its handy tips like that, that you gain from experience and seeing what good ideas other players have from being around a tournament I guess. “Know your Opponent” is a good idea to add to season 2, knowledge is a good thing to have ;). Or maybe not, when you see the “Big Cats” are across the table or waiting to come on as a reserve “oh bugger!” Maybe show and cover… Read more »

Thanks for the answers, gents. Judging from the way things have progressed so far, season 2 looks very promising.

Warren what might be a good option to do is give 1x Stug in each of your Stug platoons the StuH42 10.5cm gun, as it gives it Breakthrough gun and smoke.

Infantry automatically fail saves (p100), so if you do hit they stay hit;), the gun still has AT10 (FP2+) which is still good against allied tanks.

Did you find the rest of your Stug’s btw?

BoW you are partially to blame for me now delving into Flames of War.
Picking up a Artillery “heavy” British force tomorrow from my “L”GS and slowly building them and painting them until I’m finally consumed with WWII action.
It plays and feel like Company of Heroes the board game and for me, that’s me sold.
So now I’m going back and really watching the how to play style games and getting ready.
Plus trying to work out colours, brown is all well and good but surely WWII had more than that 😀 The research continues

Great round up of your GT experiences. I am sad to hear you are dropping your tiffies Dave. Would you never consider getting superior air support to start with 7 dice? I am a new Brit player too and appreciate your insights. My chosen army followed yours really closely by coincidence. Don’t have JOE and never had sextons just static 25pdrs. And I already bought my Cromwell/Challenger platoon for recon. Still building them 🙂 I think a last hurrah for FOWFTW season 1 should be a rematch of Dave and Warren using their modified tournament armies armed with all their… Read more »