Firestorm Sicily Capo D'Orlando - Flames of War v4 Mid War Battle Report 

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! and aren't they fantastic? They are a great addition to our terrain pool! Thank you again mate!

Glad you enjoyed! And indeed, and we all have seen my dice rolls lol. Fun game though : )

Thank you! We do our best to make sure our terrain is the best we can make it!

The ambush was for sure too early, still finding it tricky to figure out the right time to play it. As for the hill.. I dont disagree that it was abandoned a bit quickly. I have become a bit to over cautious when facing hordes of American infantry it seems... Cheers mate!

@@LackofForesightGaming 1) the longer you hold the ambush the more powerful it becomes psychologically. 2) when you pick a defensive position you need to make that interlocked and capable of withdrawal. Smoke can also be used to cover a withdrawal. Having a fall back position is always a must and should be built into the contingency planning in your mind. I have found infantry are the best way to explore your tactical thinking. FOw is far too tank heavy and because of this it becomes a very much bum rush series of games with little tactics. Why we moved to a much more advanced variant which allows for overwatch, suppression and so much more. You are massively limited in 4 Ed for tactics alas methinks

@@LackofForesightGaming the key to improving any tactical performance I believe is in the planning and deployment phase. Here by thinking through what your opponent will do will also prepare you for a suitable response. Most games are played in a reactionary mode. If you anticipate the threat and plan for it and the enemy does move as you have predicted it is likely you should be prepared and should overcome with average dice per se. I was once given this piece of advice...if you are reacting to an enemy move you are losing. You need the enemy to be reacting to your moves. Defence is in some ways easier than attack but only if you are in depth, with contingency and remain cool under pressure. Use the ambush right and delay as long as possible and it can be decisive in these rules etc

Great advice! Il be trying to keep it in mind with our upcoming Bulge content! And what I wouldn’t give for flames to have at least an overwatch system..

He may have been XD Some days you just gotta roll with the blows eh? Hope your well mate!

Thanks mate! Aye it was a bit of a one sided matchup sadly. Medium tanks in midwar just are not in a good spot currently.. ah well. Onwards and upwards eh?

Very glad you enjoyed it! I cant wait to move on into Italy where we have better defensive forces and more mountains to use to our advantage! Hoping the rugged terrain slows their supply lines to a crawl lol! Thank you for watching and commenting : )

That one might be accurate. Was looking at the Sherman's blocking each other and the angle of the hills for raw LOS and might have slipped on them. Always hard to say from just camera angle later.

Good catch! I don’t always double check things as im trying to remember to keep the camera focussed lol, and I see Ben has also commented about missing the infantry, il make sure to be on him about that next time!

If I recall I think with the angles he could see enough of the tops of them from what he was saying during the game.. ah well. I need more german aa vehicles though lol

Thanks Andrew! Glad you enjoyed it! We have some plans afoot regarding Bulge Germans aye! Just have to do a bit of research regarding the Lorraine and Ardennes offensives, figure out some bulge themed terrain for late fall, and we hope to have some games up by the books official release date : ) Anything specific you want to see played from it?

@@LackofForesightGaming anything you guys wanna do is cool!👍

Sounds good : ) looking at some games themed around the Lorraine offensive atm. Will give us the options to use a fair bit of the mew brigade forces, and doesn’t need a whole new set of terrain for winter lol!

@@LackofForesightGaming sounds good!