Team Yankee Boot Camp Live Blog: Sunday
Team Yankee Interview - Ben
Nov 29 2015 @ 12:45
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We're also chatting with Ben about Team Yankee and his experience with the game so far. He's been playing as Soviets throughout the three days...
...HINDS away!
Go Soviets… for the Eggplants!
Lloydoslavia
lol if your wife stays with the Americans i can see a lot of chores coming your way
Never agree to winner takes all! Best 2 out of 3 then 3 out of 5 etc etc….those dishes and laundry can wait
Would be interesting to now his feel for flying just the two Hinds. Is two Hinds no Hinds, or might it be enough of an oomph? I feel a full 6 Hinds might be the magic number.
If for no other reason than they are awesome..
6 Hinds or go home. You need that number versus the cobra hunter killer cheez;)
Happy to hear I’m not alone in my analysis! It also seems really cost effective as long as you can avoid AAA.
Build a Hind Schwere punkt and see how long the cobras will hold^^
Overall the game has a lot of fow in it, but that’s no bad thing. I like the unit cards and simpler points system compared to fow
Great way to settle arguments 🙂
A domestic Cold War that goes hot sometimes on the home front… Sounds like domestic bliss.
war over aubergines…. what has the world come to!
I wonder if Eggplants could be used as a Molotov Cocktail?
I am using two Hinds as I’ve not built the other 4! That’s because I don’t want the great models to get damaged on the plane flight home. The air units are not an automatic I Win button. The game will really shine with the upcoming releases, combined arms is the way to go.
Battling to settle arguments, hmmm.
Those are some great looking pieces of terrain
Love the idea of using war games as argument settlers… If only I could get the wife into war gaming….
You can do it BEN!!!
Looks like everybody had some fun
definitely great to see how popular the Soviets are in this era. Our group has a nice mix of NATO/warsaw pact forces and I expect this to continue when more sides are released.
Looks like a lot of fun
I do like how he thought he needed to think about the special rules instead of just going gung-ho. Team Yankee, from what I’ve seen so far, is a very tactical game.
Ben C is quite right, you can’t just roll down and expect to win, the ratio of soviets vs US is not great enough to support that. You have to use the terrain to your advantage.
it may be close for everyone on the tables.
not a bad thing everybody wins.
Would like to be playing on these boards looks fun.
Its a real pitty that you couldnt finish those hinds. Do you think this is (also) a reason you struggled with the battles?
@fjhamming I don’t think I struggled due to the lack of Hinds, I don’t think I struggled at all. In our games we were all keen to get stuck into the enemy and trade shots. I won a prize for killing every unit my Oppenent had on the table so the Russians are not a second class force.
Excellent to hear as they are certainly my preference for play style and aesthetic from what I have seen. Thanks for chipping in on the thread.
Can just see that game meta will = Hinds.