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Originally Posted by oni no won
If you people are going to sink your money into a WWII miniature game, I recommend that you try out Flames of War instead of A&A miniatures. Unlike A&A miniatures, you don't have to worry about getting a figure you don't want. The entry price is about a hundred (rulebook costs $40 and I believe the starters costs around $60 - $70). There are 4 faction starters out at the moment - U.S., Britain, Germany, and USSR.
The blister packs are at a good price (I saw a blister pack of a lot of soldiers for $16).
The drawbacks are that the soldier figures are way too small for me to paint them and that the tanks require assembly.
I personally have no interest in historical wargames but the rules for this game seemed interesting (although I only skimmed through the book). There seems to be a fog of war in effect and you use scouts and intelligence units as a beacon to use air strikes and long range weapons.
Anyway, it may be worth it for you guys to take a look. If you like the simplicity of A&A then that is fine but if you want a more satisfying, more in depth wargame then I recommend this game. Also if you just want to focus playing just one country, get this game. It is better to buy just the figures you want in your company then to keep buying randomized booster packs and hoping to get the units you want.
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Except that FoW is missing the one aspect that makes this game so appealing to me. Namely, the pre-painted. I've triued to paint. It's annoying and takes far too much time. Here, they're painted, out of the pack. I like that.
I've seen it compared to Memoir '44 before. Again, completely differentl. Memoir '44 is set up as a more intensive, if light game. Furthermore, It's obvious A&A are going for the mini angle first, game second. Whereas Memoir '44 could be played with chits and might as well be (and, beyond the quality of sculpts, which I admit are nice) considering the complete lack of paint and the look of a Risk army.
Rules or no, I know what looks nicer on my desk after a game.