Reply To: Any thoughts on Warlord's new Achtung Panzer game ?

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It would have been nice if there was an option to just buy the rulebook, tokens and whatever faction cards you want.

However given that new players are going to want more tanks the options we’re being given are both good and bad.
Good : you get one box with all the bits you need.
Bad: when you buy a different faction you still need the starter set to get the rules … and will have at least one faction too many.

I like that this appears to be a game that focuses on the crew side of things in a tank.

The simple fact that Tank War! and this game will continue to exist is kind of weird even though according to them this will be less ‘bolt action but with tanks’.

The bigger issue is the scale of the game.
IMHO tankwarfare works better at 15mm. At that scale the assembly is a lot easier as well (heck … World of Tanks has pre-assembled and pre-primed tanks … )

As for the game … we’ll have to wait and see.

— edit —

If you pre-order you do get the rulebook in digital format … so technically you would not have to buy the starter set.

There does appear to be no way to get the faction specific tank stats without buying the faction boxes, which sucks if you’ve already got tanks.