Flames of War - Oh my fucking god.

[weemadando]

Does anyone else here play this game?

If so - what are your reactions to the changes made in "Stars and Stripes". The US, who were already AMAZINGLY potent in the game with a mixture of VERY cheap units with excellent stats and abilities have had the vast majority of their restrictions and negative rules removed, new and FUCKING AWESOME rules put in (like the ability to automatically use a second battery to fire on a first batteries target while the first battery continues firing) and then, to top it all off THE POINTS COSTS FOR NEARLY EVERYTHING HAS BEEN LOWERED!

I was afraid of American infantry and armour before (I play a Fallschirmjager force) but now they'll FUCKING ROLL nearly every other army without hesitation - they're nearly unstoppable.

[Dark Hellion]

Haha, PH34R my American power. The rules obviously are meant to represent reality, were the U.S. steam rolls all opposition.

I don't play FoW but I have read about it some, and all I can say is that really sucks. Hopefuly they balance it out quickly.

Oh, and stop fucking god. He's getting tender.

[Thirdfain]

In reality, no power circa 1945 can even come close to matching the US.

[weemadando]

In reality, no power circa 1945 can even come close to matching the US.

So - this is midwar 41-43 - AND GAME BALANCE!!!

[Vympel]

Put simply ... eh? What is this game?

[Stark]

Its a tabletop wargame of admirable scope and impressive complexity, covering the entire world throughout (and potentially beyond) WWII. I've never played it (simply setting a game up can take ages), but it was never what one would call 'balanced'.

[phongn]

From a gameplay perspective it looks pretty unbalanced. OTOH, the artillery thing probably is designed to simulate the superior American command-and-control and the point costs to simulate massive US material superiority. OTOH, you did say that the US had lots of cheap units ...