hello to all ! -first, i thank you very much "phrodon"(mike?) & "griefbringers" for their infos on how & where to buy the rules...after few days i come to...
Hello, Yes, I am phrodon. Is it me, or did I just sound like Yoda..:) The cost of shipping is very close to the actual cost. The percantages just look funny...
Hi, I have a couple of different questions and I hope none of you mind me splitting them up in different mails. In the All American manual on page U-9 is the...
Hi I know that this topic can be taken very serious by some players, and to them I have to say that I'm not trying to neglect what the US meant for the victory...
Hi Michael, after re-reading the orginal FoB rules (for the 10th time, it's a very good book), the modern rules and the "New morale rules" from the website i...
... and I ... I am not having the manual in front of me, but trying to answer. ... All artillery sections include more men than are strictly needed to operate...
... guideline what ... for the ... The US troops varied - those who had seen action in North Africa or Italy could be pretty experienced. Troop quality varied...
Looking again at the TFoB vehicle movement rules, I figured out what had caused me to have the strange feeling about - most of the vehicles seem to move in the...
Yes sorry my fault, I was mixing two scenarios. My US game will be in Saint-Lô, Cheers Mark ... Fra: griefbringers [mailto:risto.koivunen@...] Sendt: 5....
... Hmmm, makes me think of a book I was reading recently, titled "Fighting in Normandy". It contains various German commanders writings about the fighting...
You are absolutely right. I read an article in "Armor" magizine...the official magazine of the US armor forces, and it mentioned that to get a Panther up to...
There was a mixture of troops, but I would think most were Green or Regular. A few were Seasoned and fewer were Veteran (perhaps from other campaigns)....
... time, it's a very good book, the modern rules and the "New morale rules" from the website i have a couple of questions. ... Resolution Table Modifiers" ? ...
Hi Mike, as I only have the WWII rules + extensions... is there a place where one can download these "upgrades"? Cheers, Burkhard ... [Non-text portions of...
... looking at the ... I a moment of clarity I realised that the US 57mm is the same weapon as Brit 6 pounder, so I checked the HE rating for that weapon,...
I am a new member looking forward to playing The Face of Battle with 20mm figures. Brian Thacker __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail...
Hi everybody, I just wanted to calculate how big a battlefield I could depict in my scale (25mm) the table on page A-9 says that one inch of tabletop ...
I'm new to this group, I ordered the Rules for FOB and i should get it in a few weeks, it was shipped yesterday. I live in France (Angers). I read on the main...
The FoB rules have a Game Construction Kit section, that has optional rules about using cards to activate more than just a single figure. So you could use the...
... Well, the game has been designed to be played with ideally a platoon per player or so. You can play it bigger, but then it might get a bit slow. However...
I understand that the light version of TFoB is no longer available for download. Not sure why... ... play ... = 1 ... platoon ... bit ... multiple ... table!...
Well, there are various reasons: 1) Too much time and effort to keep it 'up-to-date'. 2) Economics. Perhaps at some point we will put up a very small sample of...
Hi again, only two questions this time ;-) 1) When playing with card activation and one to three cards represent one man, when does an anti-tank gun...
An Anti-Tank Infantryman Speaks Out By Ken Aladeen A 57mm Anti-Tank Gun Like That Used By Ken Aladeen Very early in August 1944, we were committed to take the...
... Guns have a crew rating which list their 'normal' crew. There can be more (as listed in the TOE) and even more than that (as seen in the story I posted -...