New Gaming Mat & Desert Terrain Coming To Flames Of War 4th Edition
January 19, 2017 by brennon
With a new Edition on the way, Battlefront is pulling out all the stops as they show off some new Desert Terrain and a Gaming Mat to make your gaming experiences in Flames Of War all the easier.
The Gaming Mat is double-sided allowing you to play out games in a desert landscape or on the rolling fields of some French battlefield. Measuring 6x4 it should do for most grand gaming tables and give you a good basis for throwing on all of that Battlefield In A Box terrain.
It's always nice to see more companies diving into the world of mats because they give wargamers such an easier time of things. Sculpting and creating your own boards is fun but the practicalities of a gaming mat really do help to get us playing more.
Desert Terrain
Adding to such a mat will, of course, require some terrain and Battlefront are on target with that too as they announced a vast array of new pieces. We start with the always needed buildings...
...which come in Small and Medium as well as a larger piece which you can check out on the links above. These are nice, simple buildings which have enough room on top for garrisoned troops and they do the job of blocking line of sight.
A desert also features rolling dunes which will not only be a pain for your vehicles to roll up but good for hiding behind, even in plain sight.
While quite simple again these would help change the elevation and feel of the battlefield creating a bit more of a realistic 'sandbox' (pun intended) for you to play in.
Barries, both man-made and natural are also available giving you a few ways to funnel the action towards a central point on the battlefield.
I particularly like the look of the Escarpments. They are just rocks but I think the way they've designed the worn and battered rock face looks brilliant when you see it next to the mat.
Finally, it's time for the greenery to show through even in this arid landscape. Both the Scrub and Palms will give a bit more colour to an otherwise quite stark looking battlefield.
While this kind of vegetation isn't going to stop a bullet it will make your battlefield look nice at the very least!
What do you think of this new set of terrain?
"Sculpting and creating your own boards is fun but the practicalities of a gaming mat really do help to get us playing more..."
A double sided mat is genius! Why didn’t anyone think of this before? The rest seems to be mostly rereleases of their old desert terrain. That’s not a bad thing considering the BiaB series goes out of production so quickly.
Many people did
Made to a very early comment!
The dunes and buildings are cool but the scubs..oh well..hmm. The palm trees..seriously?!?
Not impressed tbh..
Mats are great but the picture isn’t so it’s really hard to tell what you get for your pennies.
You like those dunes ?
They look so basic that even I could make them.
Definitely agree on those palm trees and scrubs.
I wonder what kind of terrain they’ll have at the bootcamp.
as many dunes as can be lifted off the beach in buckets before you get caught.
if I didn’t already have a grass and sand mat I would probably grab this, to be fair I may still do that anyway. The buildings are nice I’ll definitely pick some of those up other bits will be a case by case basis. Palm trees are better via an aquarium shop though.
Meanwhile Amera will sell you set of 4 sand dunes suitable for a range of scales including 15mm and 1:72. The models require simple trimming to complete.
Dimensions: 13cm x 6cm x 2.5cm, 18cm x 14cm x 3cm, 15cm x 9cm x 2cm, 13cm x 5cm x 1cm for £3.50
gotta love Amera’s range for cheap terrain
There Mosque and middle eastern house are nice as well
some great terrain love the escarpment’s.
Great idea but I would of preferred Desert and something other than a plain Grass on the other side. Maybe they will do other combinations later but this is ideal for new players
over all very pretty and the double sided mat who would have thought that one up?
Hmmm Very interesting.. And just as a sell my whole desert range this appears.. typical
definitely going to need to try out the next edition of flames of war.
Love the double sided mat. Does anyone know who will be stocking this in the UK and when?
BF have a UK website, but if you’re looking for online discounters, Wayland, Firestorm Games, the Troll Trader, Empire…. the list is on and most if not all have trade accounts with BF. I’ve picked bits and pieces of the battlefield in a box from a lot of them, just keep an eye on BF’s own website on Thursdays when the update to find out when they’re going up for preorder and then hunt around for the best deal matey