Flames of War for the Win: Nam Week – Basic Training Part 5
August 9, 2013 by warzan
Time for the final part of our basic training series for 'Nam Week, Warren is calling in every bit of air power he can muster to blow up as many of the PAVN forces as he can to see if it would be possible to sneak a win out of what looks to be a very bad day in the paddy fields...
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 like humdinger to me. Will there be a complete battrep
This does look fun.
Warren, my wallet wants you to know that it hates you. As for me you’ve got me interested in a historical wargame, what are the odds!
Warren is enjoying this so much, it’s scary. 🙂
I honestly can’t think of a good reason to not use at least some choppers after seeing this.
guys thx for a great week of nam. As i said bevor iam a huge fan of Fow and i never thought that vietnam could be a so great game. My Fingers are iching to get some of the Miniatures and show the americans the exit of nam 😉 I hope that BF will bring a Starterarmy soon and i bet i could get some of my clubmembers involved. I cant wait to see the game between Warren and Dave. Bring it on guys 🙂
Awesome demo and explanation of the key Nam rules. You mentioned the scenarios….”Tour of Duty’s” Nam scenarios are all very cinematic and FULL of movie moments. Battlefront also revamped the original Rulebook missions for Nam (updated for new victory conditions and deployments) In a PDF on the BF website. So ruck up and get that patrol moving!
The game looks like its a blast. The last real event wargame you can use a flamethrower since it was outlawed in 1975.
Of course if you don’t follow the Geneva convention. Then I guess your army can field as many as you want.
The ones that use diesel fuel are dirtier than the newer one that took napalm which burned hotter and cleaner. But the diesel ones let you write your name in the air if you were fast enuf.
Absolutely awesome looking game, can’t wait to GET SOME!
i didn’t really like the scale of the mins when i first saw them, but after watching flames of war for the win and all the videos of nam week so far you guys have sold me on it and i wont that template of death, where do i sign up hahah
Lots of big templates 🙂 The game really looks awesome, hoping to get some friends into this Vietnam gaming.
Now that is what I call a template. Would have liked to have the seen the result of that helicopter moment.
Great to see some Cobras on the seen. A great series of videos and coverage. Thank you!
Gotta catch yourself saying “Vietnamese”… there were a tonne of Vietnamese on the side of the Americans.
These videos have sold me on FoW: Vietnam, and a Helicopter army.
When do we get Guns-A-GoGo?
Great coverage all week, thanks to Battlefront and BoW!
No napalm bombs ? That’s a good news . Napalm is one of the “dirtiest” weapon of mankind so far
These videos have tempted me to get a third Vietnam force.
Please do a full Battle Report. That would be an amazing end to the week.
BoW, FoW FTW VN week has been blast. Thank you, I’m an old soldier that is going to move to HELICOPTER’S
Great week guys, best themed week you have done.
Great overview of the rules and special conditions that make FoW Vietnam different from its WWII counterpart. I’ll probably just stick to the World War II version, seeing as I just decided to get in before you guys did ‘nam week. That will change if I win one of the prizes obviously.
Great week there chaps thanks