Bolt Action 3rd Edition New Force Selector -  

I love it! It's a lot more closer to the actual toe/unit organization of the period giving you an accurate list build that just wasn't possible with the generic list and let's be honest the theater selectors were a great idea but got pretty bloated by the end. It is however a shame to hear a lot of chatter about min /max math hammer B.S.(How many flamethrowers can I take?)If that's your thing and your not into history great....I won't be playing with you

When the better rules Battlegroup influences your changes.. 😉

👻Like that we know so far getting excited for 3rd edition !

This is looking good to me so far! The only thing I can see that will be a challenge is that the only way with this to take a vehicle is taking an armoured platoon, which means you NEED to take 2 vehicles minimum. On the plus side you can take a howitzer AND an anti-tank gun in an artillery platoon (Which was always frustrating - this is what you get in the 8th Army starter army!)

3rd edition is looking great so far 👊🏻

I'm pretty happy with them. Lots of options that I would have needed to take a second reinforced platoon as a tax for before. Will be interesting to see new points and how that balances it as you said.

I rather think you are having a negative approach to multiple weapons on the table. For instance, suppose your mug opponent does field 6 Nebelwerfers, where is he going to put them? Like suppose the opposition is the British with the free FOO, that Artillery strike is going to drop on at least one platoon Nebs, possibly both of them because there is not a lot of space for these things on a 4' x 4' table. Then your own mortars can trounce the remainder. I like playing my son on a 6' x 4' table for a bit of space. These weapons do have some range after all. Not knowing the points cost, I am thinking An armoured car Plt HQ, a tank, I have Churchill or Cromwell. Two 3" Mortars, Plt Lead and 3 infantry sections, and ancillaries like snipers, C in C and my battle taxis, and I still dream of a Churchill Crocodile.

I feel like they tried their best to combine bolt action 2nd and elements of tank war into third

I feel like they want to increase the size of the games and sell more vehicles…

The sky isn’t falling yet, we have no idea what the rules for mortars and artillery are. The heavy weapons platoon only allows for medium mortar not heavy so will probably see heavy mortars in a company level platoon. Also the artillery battery refers to field artillery, which I’m guessing refers to light artillery pieces such as 25pdr, 75mm etc and possibly medium artillery pieces. Note that MLRS will most likely have their own platoon structure same as heavy and super heavy artillery/at given that these units were more brigade or division based assets not platoon.

These overly convulted army organization charts are just the same thing 40k pulled in 3rd edition to sell more miniatures. The old GW crew back up to their old tricks again.

I wonder if they will put a points cap on each platoon type you could adjust the points for campaigns?

There is a tax as you need a Rifle platoon per 'other' platoon, so 2 rifles platoon if you want to run a Heavy Weapons and an artillery platoon...which is really just one officer and two 5-man squads that is really a tax by the amount of indirect you're throwing, they will only be there to sit on objectives. I also agree on the potential abuse that new system can bring, but it would also make for more thematic battles/campaign, but I only picture it happening on large tables, with lots of model, more than anyone one person could have. I'm more curious now about the Officer: It is 'Platoon Commander' not a Lieutenant 1st or 2nd, so would Captain/Majors be bought as a platoon commander now? Do they still have morale bonus and what about snap to? Would a Rifle officer or even armoured commander be able to boost morale or give order to let's say, engineers or even artillery?

Does the contents of the Starter set (Battle of the Bulge) include an illegal US force? With Armoured Platoons requiring two vehicle minimums do you have to pick up an extra tank to field them?