A Sneak Peek at Operation Barbarossa For Flames Of War!
September 19, 2014 by stvitusdancern
Battlefront does it again, with their Flames of War game! This time they give us a sneak peak into the upcoming release of their campaign book Operation Barbarossa.
Any fan of WWII will know this was Hitler's vision of breaking the armistice with the Soviet Union and making this major attack deep into Russia to conquer the capital of Moscow (obviously Hitler did not learn anything from Napoleon). So now you get a really nice reference book to create your forces whether you are playing the Germans or the Russians in this classic struggle to see who will be the victor.
Along with this upcoming release you will see some nice new miniatures that will compliment this time period in the early stages of WWII. I also like the inclusion of air support to add to the realism of the game and the lists look inclusive to give you the huge mass of equipment that was used in this invasion.
Honestly, I have not given much thought to playing this theater of the war, but I might just have to take the plunge.
Will you lead the charge into enemy territory or defend against the invading horde?
I could see some community centres being hired out to cover this operation fully.
Well that’s me done, I’m out of excuses and will have to give my Finnish forces a rest and collect a new German Army for Northern and central Finland. There is plenty of photographic evidence of a panzerschutzen unit equipped with been gun carriers instead of sd 251s that I would love to model. Unfortunately all the unit markings have been white washed over in the photos. As this will not make any real impact to the games I don’t thick people will mind the swap. All I know is that the guy who comes around with his Rusian will… Read more »
I hope this will bear the scope back into the direction of early war of the flames of war range.
I have an early war Dutch army, but everyone i know is playing late war most of the time, which means I either have a hard time fighting them or have no one to fight.
It is about time this book came out. I have been waiting for this book since early 2nd edition.
I am a little disappointed in it though. It is only a soft cover intel book. I really expected a large format hardcover book.
But, I can hardly wait to use the new Czech Panzer force. I used the one out of Blitzkrieg. The changes should make them more competitive. Also, I am looking forward to fielding some soviet armor against my friends who are German players.