new player .....two factions

[justmatt]

New player....who covered his bases by selling/trading off enough unused minis that I can field German and US detachments -- making it easier to drum up an opponent until the guys at the shop who're interested in AE-WWII get their own armies built.

Our first game -- set for a few weeks from now -- has four players fielding one detachment each. I wanted to make sure they're legal as I have to prioritize my painting.

Right now, we're going to play:

German Experimental Detachment
Elite Officer
Veteran Doktor
Sturmaffe (reg)
Feuersoldat squad OR a Rohlingsoldat with MG42 (reg)
3 squads of Emaciated Troopers

Support Detachment
Elite Officer
Krieghundsoldat (vet)
Tankhunter team (one kar & one panzerfaust)
LMG team (one kar & one MG42)
Two Wehrmacht squads (all the infantry are regular)

American Experimental
Elite Airborne CO
Veteran Mechanic
Regular Airborne Squad (M1s)
Buffalo or Rocket Troops (reg)
Buffalo or Rocket Troops (reg)
Two squads of Robot Infantry (green) I DO have a 3rd squad of these things.

Infantry Detachment
Elite Officer
Veteran Sniper
Three Squads of Regular Infantry (1 toting a BAR)
Two Squads of Green Infantry
Green Bazooka Team

All of my conventional infantry (meaning the German officers and the rank and file rifle toting grunts except the two airborne) are Blacktree, as I wanted to keep the rank n' file a little more historical in appearance and figured it didn't matter if they're legal in terms of "what you see is what you get." Happy to see that size wise, they fit pretty well.

I do have more panzerfausts, a bunch of grenadiers lugging grenade bundles and a US Browning .30 team. But I figured the above detachments would be fun for folks to play.

Really excited about starting with these rules. Any input would be appreciated. Any units I should get that I don't have? In a few weeks I could get more as what I have now is from trades....nothing out of pocket, which the wife appreciates ;D

Thanks
Matt

[justmatt]

And there are a couple "ors" in the lists above. Any suggestions as to which way to go?

[mkcontra]

On first glance, those all look correct. Don't forget to select heroes for each detachment. It looks like you've got quite a spread of selections, so I'd get a couple of games in, try some things out and go from there. As far as the 'ors', I'd personally go with the Feuersoldaten, and then one unit of rocket troops and one buffalo for balance.

[xGIxJOKERx]

Everything looks right. A few suggestions:
In the German experimental I would drop the Mad Dok in favor of a vet Rholingsoldat.
For the German Support either give both soldiers in the tank hunting team panzerfausts or switch it to a panzershrek team. IIRC teams with just one panzerfaust are not considered support and so by the current build you only have one support selection in that detachment, defeating the purpose of taking a Support Detachment in the first place.
For the American experimental I agree with mkcontra and would take one of each Rocket Troops and a Buffalo.
Finally, in the US Infantry Detachment you are allowed one more BAR in another infantry team, preferably an Airborne team due to their better RC. You get one BAR for every three infantry choices as well as unlocking a support choice.

[newreich]

can some shed some light can secrets of the third reich minis be uesd as troop and models for AE-wwII?

[abbysdad]

Mar 18, 2010 14:44:19 GMT -5 newreich said:

can some shed some light can secrets of the third reich minis be uesd as troop and models for AE-wwII?

You can use whatever models you want when you play a game with your friends.

[silentbob27]

Mar 18, 2010 14:44:19 GMT -5 newreich said:

can some shed some light can secrets of the third reich minis be uesd as troop and models for AE-wwII?

You could use play-doh blobs as minis if you want. I am sure Darkson would naturally prefer that you use theirs, but there are a lot of examples on this forum of SotR and other minis being used.

It all depends on what your game group wants to allow.

[Scorpio]

I'll note, from my perusal, a lot of the SotTR figs work, but SotTR seems to be a much larger-scale game. Things like the Siberians seem a little 'out there,' but tastes vary, of course.

And of course, there's no zombies in AE-WWII. Of course.

[Darkson]

And the AE guns look like real guns.

[mkcontra]

BANG!

[evernevermore(john)]

Yes the AE sculptors actually can make real guns (unlike SoTR which are even more unrealistic than all but the worst GW ever made)

SoTR figures can work very nicely with AE figs as heroes, the larger size works in their favor then by making them stand out more.

[xGIxJOKERx]

Well, most of them are realistic. The Thompson on the Airborne Officer and the American and Soviet sniper rifles are a little pulpy. For the most part they are very realistic. That is why I like the AE minis better than SOtTR minis. AE is historical with a few odd things thrown in, SOtTR is the other war 'round.

[evernevermore(john)]

I always figure the airborne officer had a fancy M3 grease gun as the lines are closer. Besides the Soviet sniper actually looks very like the M1891 Mosin-Nagant thats sitting in my gun cabinet with a fancy stock (Kinda in the vein of modern sniper stocks) and a scope, which mine lacks

[justmatt]

Sorry I had to come back when I saw a post that AE-WWII is a bit more grounded in the real world than SOTR.

Really? I love the game.
But w/ Wendigos, vampires, feuersoldat, skinwalkers, exploding ROA cannibal midgets? Genetically and cybernetically altered super apes?

You're going to say AE-WWII is 70% history with only 30% sci-fi?

[sincity]

Yup , I would say AE-WWII is painted with a historical "brush' but it is , in fact , raw pulp si-fi. Most cool , IMHO. .... And why no zombies ??