Flames of War

thusspakeblixa

Just checking how many Flames of War players there are on here. I've just recently discovered it, and I'm planning on collecting British.
Anyway, are the rules much dissimilar from Warhammer/40K? Are they hard to learn?

quozl

I've not played it, but, I've been told it's suspiciously similar to 40K 3rd ed. So nothing too complicated.

There's a few people who play it in models inc on dorset street.

thusspakeblixa

A good few people in models inc. play it. And as a 40k player, it's handy that the rules aren't wholly dissimilar because it means less time learning them for me.
I just think it's really... different (obviously) because it's all historically based. It gives your average games a kind of.... freshness when you know that this ACTUALLY happened.
Still love my 7 foot tall eternal robots and fat rat men though...

vihkr

Hi,

I've just moved to Ireland from Canada and I'm an avid Flames of War,
Victory at Sea, WFB/WAB, WH40K and Field of Glory player. Do you play with a club and if so, which club? Please provide any contact info you may have for players and clubs in the Dublin area (or Wicklow).

Thanks,
Vihkr

thusspakeblixa

Welcome to Ireland! Well I myself amn't in a club, just started playing Russians a few months ago. But most clubs are centred around Models Inc. http://modelsinc.ie/
It's just on Dorset Street, on the North Inner City, not too far from O'Connell Street.

teetimes

have been involved in gaming for a long time now, i founded dublin games guild which now is at home in models inc. there you will not find a better bunch of guys to start gaming with, they will take any newcomers under their wing and give anyone a good introduction to gaming in ireland. i have been playing flames for a few years now and in my opinion is a fantastic breath of fresh air, it plays simply, quickly it paints simply and quickly, what more could one ask for. the models are nice but the good news is there are a few companys now starting to make plastic 15mm ww2 figures and vehicles. if you have tried it already, try it again on a 6ft x 6ft table and another good extra is don't get hung up on army lists use the rapid fire books for your army selection it is easy enough for one tank take a platoon for infantry take full or half strength platoons depending on whats in the book, warning the game will almost allways be unbalanced but generals rarely rang each other to find out what the other was bringing.

Manic Moran

Flames of war is really historical miniatures lite. I think it serves a function best as a gateway system. A lot of folks get into miniatures gaming through 40k, which we all know is a fairly simplistic gaming system. The similarity in the system to flames of war makes it an easy jump to make, but people shouldn't kid themselves that it's a particularly good system. It's just 40k without the magic and with recognizable gear. The merit to it though is that it may increase an interest into historical miniatures and bring new blood into the serious games.

NTM

teetimes

there are no serious games , games are just for fun to escape the serious parts of life. games should be simple so you don't hurt yourself trying to learn rules. if you find games serious you are not doing it right. or perhaps you should join the army and do it seriously. if by the same as 40k you mean it is toy soldiers on a table, then that means it is like a lot of things. as with 40k when you play flames of war you are in a different place if you are not and find you are just standing at a table throwing dice then you are not doing it right or maybe you find it's the only way you can have friends in either case my heart goes out to you because you are not getting the enjoyment you should be getting.