Finally a new post. Sorry for being away such a long time. The problem is that work is very time-consuming at the moment (short of manpower). Also I lost a lot of interest in painting miniatures, playing Flames of War and even making new or updating army files. Gladly it seems that things are going the right way now. Started to paint again, had a game of FoW last Sunday and I am even updating army files.
Now on to the subject of this post. I and a friend bought the Battlegroup Overlord A wargaming supplement for the invasion of France, 1944. We ordered the bundle (this supplement plus a mini rulebook) but something went wrong in communication so we only got the supplement book and not the complete bundle with the mini rulebook. As my friend knows the store owner he will try to get the mini rulebook separately. It is a little hard to play the game without the rules. :-) The rules can also be found in the Battlegroup Kursk book. The mini rulebook has the same rules but with errata.
It is a hardcover book with a sawn spine. The pages are of a nice quality, thick and a bit shiny.I must say that the whole book is of a great quality. It is 240 pages thick. The book contains a lot of historical pictures but also pictures of painted miniatures and drawings. Roughly speaking, you can divide the book into two parts. First part is about the Invasion itself plus specific battlegroups. The second part is about Battles beyond the beaches with their specific battlegroups. All this for a total of €31.00 (Without 10% discount).
If I have to rate this book with stars it would be 5 stars out of 5.
At first I hesitated about buying the book. I had no intention of starting a new game. But after reading some reviews on blogs saw some AAR and the fact that I maybe can use my FoW models I decided to buy the bundle and see if I will like the rules or not.
Building an army is completely different if you compare it with Flames of War. So different that I still have to figure out how things work but I think it will be easier once I have the rules.
My intention is to see if I can use my Flames of War army's without re-basing the models with these rules. If this works and if I really do like the rules it means that I can use my FoW army's with 2 different sets of rules. But first I have to get the mini rulebook.
Thanks for reading.
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| Cover of the Batlegroup Overlord book |
It is a hardcover book with a sawn spine. The pages are of a nice quality, thick and a bit shiny.I must say that the whole book is of a great quality. It is 240 pages thick. The book contains a lot of historical pictures but also pictures of painted miniatures and drawings. Roughly speaking, you can divide the book into two parts. First part is about the Invasion itself plus specific battlegroups. The second part is about Battles beyond the beaches with their specific battlegroups. All this for a total of €31.00 (Without 10% discount).
If I have to rate this book with stars it would be 5 stars out of 5.
At first I hesitated about buying the book. I had no intention of starting a new game. But after reading some reviews on blogs saw some AAR and the fact that I maybe can use my FoW models I decided to buy the bundle and see if I will like the rules or not.
Building an army is completely different if you compare it with Flames of War. So different that I still have to figure out how things work but I think it will be easier once I have the rules.
My intention is to see if I can use my Flames of War army's without re-basing the models with these rules. If this works and if I really do like the rules it means that I can use my FoW army's with 2 different sets of rules. But first I have to get the mini rulebook.
Thanks for reading.
