Goood Morning ‘Nam Week!!!
August 5, 2013 by warzan
Warren and Dave have shipped in for the first of our 'Nam Week videos and they get a chat about their thoughts on the setting of the Vietnam War and what's going to be happening in the videos this week. They also let us in on some of the cool prizes up for grabs, so here's the run down on what you can win:
Prize 1: US Rifle Company
1 x Tour of Duty Rule Book
2 x Rifle Platoon VUS712
1 x Machine gun Platoon VUS708
1 x Mortar Platoon VUS705
Dice and Tokens VE003 VE004
Crashed Huey VE107
Loach VUSBX04
Prize 2: PAVN Army
1 x Tour of Duty Rule Book
Dice and Objective VE002 VE101
Infantry HQ VPABX06
Infantry VPABX07
Weapons Company VPABX08
Divisional Fire Support VPABX09
Local Forces Company VPABX10
To win all you have to do is comment on anything that we send out this week and at the end we'll pull all the comments in to one big pot and pick two winners before announcing them on not this coming Weekender but the one following it.
So get commenting and enjoy the week!
Looks to be another good hobby intro series! Looking forward to the chat with the BF folks! Rock on!
So interested in flames of war always looking for an excuse to start
i never really thought about flames of war but this week may change my mind depending on how many helicopters i can field
Loving the fow coverage, time to dig out my apocalypse now soundtrack and get building a 1st squad 9th cavalry, remember Charlie don’t surf
Looks like there’s going to be interesting week ahead. I really love these intro series.
I think the missus will get upset when I squirt paraffin over the dining room table and set light to it whilst listenin to Paint It Black for that authentic napalm attack feel.
I might risk it anyway.
sounds like its going to be a fun week
Great, now I have to start another system as those helicopters look good.
It’s a shame this didn’t happen a month ago because then I would have recommended that anyone in the London area pop over to the yearly War and Peace show in Kent (it usually happens in late July). Being able to see all the military hardware from the 40’s onwards ‘for reals’ can really inspire you for Flames of War, Bolt Action and so on.. but the re-enactments in the main arena are particularly awesome. The Rolling Thunder group always put on a great vietnam display with armour, plenty of infantry on both sides and enough pyrotechnics to leave your… Read more »
as a person who has played a bit of the Vietnam stuff i can promise that you will enjoy it. The best thing i found about it was how fun based rather than competitive it was. The whole game has the feel of getting together with a mate to fight a fun scenario using as many toys as humanly possible. THE GAME IS NOT DESIGNED FOR COMPETITIVE PLAY unlike their WWII stuff and you must remember this. The rules do play very well though and after a few “go slow” moments there easy and have obviously been play tested a… Read more »
soo good i watched it twice lol
Gooooooood Morning Vietnam…..It’s O600….What does the O stand for, O my god Warren is getting into History.
Aw man. This looks good. I might have to give Apocalypse Now another watch.
I have a feeling a friend of mine would want to reenact Ranbo with this game.
This is going to be so cool! Cant wait until the next show 🙂
Yeah, Nam week started!!!
Too bad my choppers won’t be here for another week 🙁
This will be a great week indeed. FOW Vietnam rocks. The book is awesome and the game plays good and is intense. More so than WW2. Don’t forget the movies ‘Hamburger hill’, ‘We were soldiers’ (airmobile battle) and ‘Catch 22’. Lots of armour and even an all helicopter force for the free -world powers. Don’t be put off by the infantry oriënted PAVN, they have ambush, booby traps and lots of nasty surprises for the free -world powers. The game is indeed not ready for competetive play, but this does not make it any less fun, even more i would… Read more »
Cant wait for the rest of the week
“You’ll be tired of us by the end of the week!” -> Challenge accepted.
This week is gonna be great. Already informed my girlfriend, that we will be watchin lots of Vietnam-Movies this week. All the classics and new ones. Today will be: We we’re soldiers.
I agree with bothi, I have found your FoWFTW series to be very entertaining. I doubt I’ll be bored by week’s end.
looks like its going to be a great week
Hamburger Hill is one of my favorite Vietnam movies. I’m really looking forward to see how this came game plays, if it captures that Insurgent vs counter insurgency feel.
as wars go,i’m more of a WWII guy!mostly because i’m a complete fan of the planes from that war!!!
Well well as an fow Russian Player i have to help the fellow communists in vietnam so i hope who ever field them will bring honor to mother russia, ähm i mean to vietnam. 😉 just kidding, but i am looking forward to hear about the lists and about the missions in the book. I have to say my knowledge about the nam war could be better so dave pls give us some details about the background.
my local gaming club ran a flames of war week a while ago and a number of people got into it from there but I had heard complaints about the quality of the books, watching this vid though the books looks cool
I have not played FoW Vietnam but have recently just starting playing FoW and loving it.
I can only think Vietnam would be better but I am afraid it lacks any depth but I will keep watching for the week and see if my opinion changes!
Here’s to a good week of coverage!
I already play FoW but up to now it was only WWII… Even the revision of Nam didn’t make me think of trying it.. You guys make me think about exploring the Nam war, being one of the most important modern war conflicts…
Thanks for another great vid guys.. Lov you (platonically)
Shouldn’t that be Platoonically? 😛