Thanks, Richard! It's such a visual hobby and the modeling element is as important (for us anyway) as the game itself. It's far easier to enjoy a wargame when it looks amazing and draws you in. That applies to ANY game, WW2 or otherwise.

Tony made up some very nice, self contained "dice boxes" that have the appropriate assortment of dice inside, each in different colors to help visually see the difference between range, ammo, and shooting dice. So there are definitely ways to help manage the dice.

There are certainly a number of rules and systems that mix dice types, so nothing new there. The way the dice interact here in Fireball is somewhat unique, particularly with the range die.

Agreed. Very prolific in terms of scenarios and extra material!

We are big fans and think it’s a great game! Hope you’ll find it equally fun!

Your opinion is worth more than a nickel, Dick! Your experience in Wargaming layouts far surpasses anyone else commenting (including ours!). The full color vs BW debate is very valid. I’d rather pay another $10 for color, but a BW option that’s cheaper appeals to plenty of gamers I think

Well said

I immediately thought "like when Squad Leader was still fun" 1st time I played these rules

Was on the Little Wars website

The scenario is the same as the Crossfire scenario, but has notes about the turn length and what adjustments are needed. Same scenario, same OOB, same objectives!

@@oblomovbruce9979 the crossfire one was. I’ll check again to see if the fbf translation is up.

@@LittleWarsTV Ah! Perfect! Thanks. Will check it out. Thanks! I saw another fbf scenario about Foy, but this one looked a bit more meaty :)

If you like Crossfire, you’ll find much to like here.

Sans guns it’s pretty straightforward for infantry

You're very welcome! Bigs fans of Fireball Forward here.

Hahah

We do enjoy O Group as well! So perhaps a review will be in order!

Thanks for letting us know! We like spiral bindings….

I believe the publisher switched to Amazon for fulfillment, which is now perfect bound instead of the old spiral binding (our copies of the game are several years old)

Just a good set of rules, don't let dice scare you away from a good small action WW2 game

Yea it’s totally worth a second look. Love your buildings by the way! Just ordered a whole bunch of them!

Thank you Greg 👍🏻 They will be on their way to you within the next few days.

He’s starting one this summer! We will be sure to link to it when it happens….

Sure

We haven't tried it yet, but there's a popular WW2 game called Battlegroup that is basically the same scale as Flames of War and I've heard of a lot FOW players who graduated on to this as a more advanced game. Of course, all of your FOW minis and basing would work perfectly well here with Fireball Forward or with Crossfire, too! Just a smaller scale with only about a company or reduced company per side.

@@LittleWarsTV The only annoyance here is Battlegroup has individual casualty tracking. It's my big problem with that game, it can't decide if it wants to be a platoon-level detailed oriented game down to tracking your damn tank ammo or a large scale one like FoW.

@@LittleWarsTV Battlegroup is good. Sort of a return to some of the older, simpler, rulesets. (Okay, it may not be that imaginative -- sort of a typical I-Go, You-Go, dice and charts system) but it is solid, and fun. One drawback is that in order to get unit/vehicle TO&E and stats, you have to purchase a variety of supplemental scenario books. Take this with a grain of salt -- I've played multiple ACW brigade-scale rulesets (Johnny Reb, Black Powder's Glory Hallelujah, Fire and Fury Regimental, etc.) and my favorite system is still a simple set of rules from the 1970s called Rally Round the Flag. This brings up an interesting point that you guys touch on a little in this segment. Sometimes I think wargame designers are constantly looking for the "next new thing" as far as systems, determinants, dice/cards, movement, initiative, etc. There's nothing wrong with something new -- it moves the hobby forward and broadens playability and interest. Some rules do this VERY well and the systems are unique and progressive. A good example is Force on Force, in my opinion. Besides, our hobby should be a little bit cutting edge at times, when we can discover that. However, sometimes, an older system actually works so well that there's really very little room for improvement. Just my five cents worth.

I Ain’t Been Shot Mum from TooFatLardies would be another option.

I have been playing FoW with Bolt Action activation dice, instead of I Go You Go, and added Opportunity Fire for units that have not fired yet. I really hate watching tanks move side-by-side from cover across an open area exposing their side armor back to cover without any reaction from the other side.

Heard of it but never played!

Yup, looks like it!

Some editing, some different scenarios, some minor tweaks

@@tonymarano913 Thanks Tony, so it's not a must buy?

I don't think so if you have Second Edition. There did not appear to be any major mechanical differences.

I have 1st edition, as it happens, and have never been able to find out what changes were made into he 2nd, except for the binding. Does anyone know?

@@liberalhyena9760 Sorry I never saw 1st edition.

You'll have to be more specific. We were under the impression that everyone in our club qualified as older, classy, and unimpeachably handsome.

You speak the......truth..lol

Greg & I have known each other for 20 years, I love him like a brother & there are few people I admire more. Greg is quiet & and composed. I'm an old guy with ADD who speaks with his hands & goes off script.

Generally speaking anything that low never gets enough playtime to wartant a review

Yeah, I'll just stick with Crossfire for company level.

We'll run it for you Timo! I think you'll love it with a proper scenario.

@@LittleWarsTV Awesome. You guys like it, so it is worth another try.

Geez Timo. I hope I wasn’t that GM or that wasn’t one of my scenarios. Apologies if either and let’s give it another go at Historicon this summer.

@@michaeldecarlo6945 The good thing is I honestly don't remember the name! Anyway, good on you, and maybe I will take you up on it.

Here’s an answer-this is a historical wargaming channel. So we talk about toy soldiers. No one watches our videos to hear us pontificate on politics or current events. Though since you asked, guys here in the club follow the war in Ukraine closely and with great interest.

@@LittleWarsTV Thank you for the response. People are allowed to make that decision. Good luck to you guy's private discernment. Sorry for getting angry I just get fed up with all the propaganda it drives you mad.