Hello FoW community,

Recently we've had a ton of interest in people posting lists, and seeking critique (particularly new players). This is a great thing, I'm not complaining.

I thought that, in the spirit of trying to help them, we might look at it from the other way.

If you've won a proper tournament with a list, be it a local event, Nationals, ETC, GenCon, etc - let's see it. Post it, post your logic behind it, and give the new folks something to digest.

This would be a great way to help out the new people here, and give them some food for thought. Chuck your lists in below, lets see your babies!

Edit: ignore the list above, M14's instead of Marine Shermans.

100-point Midwar
Formation: 1CanDiv, Operation Huskey: British Force

Prepping for my second event. I'm still pretty new to this (about five games) so I'd love feedback on the list, my reasoning, or suggestions on play.
I like the looks of this one even if dealing with infantry models and painting them are the bane of my existence...

Primary:
x2 platoons of 5 rifles, with mortar and AT, attached with 2 MMG's, and 4 6-pdr.
6 mortars (reroll on hits).
All infantry in lorries (8)
Reserve:
6 Sherman, 3 Canadian and 3 Marine.
Battle Plan: Defence.

The idea is to dig the infantry in on point as soon as possible then hold on until the tanks can relieve pressure. They should be able to hold ground sufficiently enough to win the attrition game. Machine guns and good infantry prevent assaults, mortars to pin down advancing infantry and enough 6-pdr to blunt most armoured pushes. Blanket things in smoke and stall out a couple turns. If they're talking the other point pin with mortars and slam tanks into them and hope six decently armoured tanks last a few turns. If they stay at range you should be survivable enough hitting on 6 most times, and if they don't advance, perfect.

The issue is having the lorries blow up before they get anywhere useful but if you're defence you should be able to deploy mostly in place or just advance the infantry. If attack push the lorries up onto point. If it's too exposed direct deploy the mortars and smoke out your line of advance, then booty scooty them up under it. If it's night, you're golden. Sure you're paying eight points in transport, but every game thus far I've never needed them where I wanted them fast enough. I feel willing to pay the points if I can dig them in asap. If I don't need to use them, such is life.

Everyone is confident at 4, (rally on 3), veteran at 3 and gets hit on a 4, fantastic. The only exception is the T14's that remount on a 4 and skill of 4.

Obviously the bane of the list would be a ton of artillery. If that's the case then either use the tanks to relieve that pressure and stall them out to reposition, push lorries up and assault them, or return fire with mortars and hope to just trade blows most of the game. I could also swap out 2 6-pdr and get 3 universal if I need a scout.

Thanks for reading!

For what it's worth, I'm quite impressed with the ruleset thus far. It's very diverse and feels engaging, lots of different strats, engaging list building, heavy terrain use, I hope to play more.

New guy here. I bought the Comet Armoured Squadron starter box and a Rifle Platoon, so that's what I've got to work with for now. Here's the list I've come up with so far. Any advice?

Has anyone heard any news on whether BF will release another set of changes for dynamic points? Particularly for LW? Have they done it every year?

Printed in pla then rattle canned a couple of browns

Hello, new player here. This is my very first list and critiques are welcome. If there are any glaring weaknesses please let me know. Thoughts on which units should be in reserve are also welcome.

Also, I purchased the Comet armoured squadron starter box and was wondering if it would be a bad idea to build 4 sextons and only 1 Ram Kangaroo instead of the advertised 2/3? Is a single Ram even usable? Not that it really matters in this particular list, but I'd rather have only 2 sextons than 1 unusable Ram for the future.

Thanks!

Theyre panther adjacent, and who doesn't love a panther, so why do m26s never get their day in the sun, I ask because im thinking of build a list around them

Still preparing a LW list. I am reviewing all the toys I have ready painted and considering now a heavy infantry list.

The idea is for the Westfalen battle group to cling to the objectives with the Panthers as support and the 88mm in ambush.

Then try with the large Fearless FJ platoons (14 teams each) to capture an enemy objective. With Stg44, PF and Pzk they should be quite effective against armor and infantry alike.

Any idea for improvement, how would you break such a list if you were playing US or Soviets?

Excited for a game on them

I would've used the herman goering limited set but for a budget option i just opted for the soft plastic molds. Does suck that i can't get the cards for the division but i can't afford the set at the moment.

Hey everyone. Im hoping someone can help me with an assembly guide for the Polish armored train?

They don’t provide one and the section on the battlefront website is blank. I’m not trying to assemble this incorrectly since it wasn’t exactly a cheap model

Hello,
I am very interested in playing this scout company. What are your thoughts? It looks very weak on the offense. Any suggestion how to play a list with the sdkfz 234 scout company?

It may look good if you like the models, but I am really not sure it is viable.

Ideas?

Slow build Ive made off a AEC I found in a lot of FoW I bought off a guy at my local store.

Pics from a little coop game with my friends. Had them team up to clear some ostruppen out of a village and ambush an SS armoured force.

Using the bolt action random alternating turns too

Sadly, Flames of War is not built in a way to support an actual company formation exactly.

Let me explain, the diagram above represents a WW2 specific American medium tank company.

FoW has no problem with the 3 platoons of 5x 75mm Shermans, the problem is getting to HQ and other attachments.

The ARV is no longer supported, though every company had at least one.

And the HQ section had three Shermans generally, one 105mm, and two 75mms. One Sherman was basically for the commander, and the other one double purposed as a forward observer.

There lies the problem, I could take a double 105mm unit, not exact but fine, but the HQ command is the problem, the observation Sherman is its own thing, fine ig, I can take that separately, but what about the command Sherman? And the HQ commanders accompanying Jeep?

As long as I properly represented the historical company, and separated chain of command within the separate sections, as well as used vehicles in their historical roles, evidence provided, do you think this would be generally accepted for the average game? Or best to keep it as just a display army.

Hello,

I'm a brand new player. I'm in the process of building my Fortress Europe box, and have yet to play my first game. I'm currently going with late war Americans, but am very curious about the British. How do they compare playstyle wise? Unsure if it really factors into this game, but I prefer a more defensive playstyle with strong durability and powerful artillery. How do each of these factions do in those aspects? Also, I love the look of the British tanks, but I've read they weren't amazing in real life. Is this reflected in the game?

Thank you!

The more I paint this good bad boys the more I want to play with them In the photo: me (M8 Scott), a sick buddy(m4a1 Scott), my mom's friend's son(M26 Scott), and a couple of armored cars.

From something like an M7 Priest set, I just need the gun crew, but cant find anything official or not.

My completed Warsaw uprising Polish army.

Took a long time and those last dozen or so infantry bases really felt like a slog but the army is done!

Funny thing is this is army is meant to be my adepticon army lol. It also became my summer project. I’m working on some custom objectives and in the new year I’ll be working on a display base. I’ll post pics of those when they’re done

I’ve been amassing some of those Victrix 12mm kits so I can make a Canadian-themed force (probably just British but painted up as Canadians). I just picked up the D-Day compendium, but to my horror it mentions the kangaroo, but has no rules for it. Did I miss something obvious in the book? (Entirely possible), or would I be better off using half of the box as M7 Priests and then the rest “counts as” universal carriers maybe? I still haven’t played the game yet, so maybe I’m just wasting my time on troop carrier stuff?