What is Flames of War and is it for YOU? 

I play battlegroup on 15mm. And i wanna try flames of war becouse i thing is interesting. I enjoy alot your video. Thanks and best wishes 😁

You forgot to mention Early War. I know its not V4 standard, but its a very fun part of the war/rules.

Looks amazing and very helpful I must look into this a bit more

Excellent video clear concise and informative looking forward to getting a desert war going

been playin this for a year now. :)

Thanks for the Introduction to FOW looking for to getting back to playing in V4

I just got started with Flames and this has been really great to watch. Thanks!

great video

I recently got into Flames of War and am looking forward to more of these videos.

Excellent rundown of the basics of the game.

I used to play flames of war, but not for some time. Your videos are really tempting me to get back into it.

I’ve never known much about the earlier versions (just got into Flames a little over a year ago), that was super interesting!

Very well done video offering a solid overview of FoW

Played since 2nd edition came out and well into 3rd edition. Spent many thousands on metal and resin tanks, good to see that I've come back to a much more accessible game.

Nice introduction :)

Thanks for the video. Looking forward to the rest of your series for FoW.

Two things I'd add - one about what makes it accessible, and one about what makes it unique. For accessibility, the turn structure (and even force building, with black box mandatory units and grey box optional units) should be pretty familiar to anyone who has played a GW wargame, which for better or worse remains a lot of people's route into the hobby. But the unique thing, that I haven't seen much elsewhere is about the combat: ranged combat is based on the quality of your opponent, rather than your own marksmanship. The theory is that anyone can more-or-less point a rifle; what makes the difference in combat is small-unit tactics, use of terrain, cover, smoke, etc. All of these are below the scale of this game, but are abstracted into higher quality units being harder to shoot.

Good overview, look forward to the next episodes.

Been into this game for a year... It's fun and I rate the newer models at the top for details and clear instructions. Looking forward to seeing the rest of this series.

Definitely a helpful overview for new and potential players!

Thanks for the info guys! I’m looking to dive into the game

This video seems the best place to start!

well done looking forward to more.

Love this explanation 👏 and hope to see more 😀

Looks interesting, intrigued to find out more.

Was thinking of getting into historical war-gaming, this looks like it might be a good candidate.

Great Intro but a word to those thinking of starting - If you like late war 44/45, big tanks or experimental vehicles that never saw combat then you can get endless amounts. If you want what's shown in the books outside of 44/45 they still publish then tough luck. Want to do mid war Desert? Well you can get some of the tanks and AT but all the other stuff hasn't been available for over TWO YEARS with no info on when it will be available again (but they're all still shown all over the website and in the books). But BF do do a great job at recruiting new players with their partial starter sets only to then drive them straight to other manufacturers or worse to other scales. So if you want anything outside of 44/45 DON'T buy the still sold mid war Desert sets unless you just want tank v tank. If you want the other models then 3D printed resin is the only source and figures have to be metal from Peter Pig etc. Truth to tell if you want a starter set and then the supplements necessary to build a realistic army of vehicles, infantry and support weapons for Early War, Desert War, Pacific War, Invasion of the UK, then just go for Bolt Action 28mm who actually understand product strategy and don't just sell tanks and AT but infantry, lorries, support teams etc in related packs for ALL time periods not just their current pet favourite. Hope this helps anyone else starting out not to get burned as I did.

I picked up some Flames of War plastic models on the cheap (mostly Sherman variants), initially just as a fun painting side project to take a break from my usual 28mm scale fare. They are very fun to build, and easy enough to paint up to a reasonable standard. Might be fun to give the actual game a try, though.

I really enjoy Flames of War. Even though as a Soviet player I often feel put upon! Like I should be playing the Americans or Germans... haha! Well I do my duty for the Motherland. Seriously though it's a great game, I can't get enough of it.

This looks really cool, a mate of mine recently got me into historical wargaming, he is more of a Classic age type of person, but I think I could convince him to have a bit of a go at WW2!

I have many units to build. I have been building up for a few years, but just finally found somebody to play against.

Love the video’s

Nice overview. Fourth edition covers mid and late war Europe and Africa generally, third edition covers almost everything in Europe and Africa with some books very detailed on one event and also covers Japanese & US Marines in the Pacific. Second edition has almost completely been superseded except if you want to play the early desert battles of 1940-41. For very special units (pre-war Finish & Soviets, early war Dutch, etc.) Battle front released just over one hundred free PDFs. These vary from one page to twenty pages. Many of these were later incorporated into published books. Though some of the details in the PDF intelligence briefings are a nice read. These are hard to find now. Battle front also promised a PDF on the forces in Asia and the Burma campaign (British, Indian, and Americal Armies), but I have not been able to find it anywhere. .

Yes

Great stuff, can’t wait for the rest. The micro art studio buildings look great, not available yet? I only see bolt action scale on their site

Can you play any periods against each other? Like 1943 Italians against 1944 Germany?

Great video for introducing people, what starter set do you think would serve the best introduction? I feel it might be hit the beach as it introduces armored forces, infantry forces and at guns

One thing you're misinformed about - the "soft plastic" figures are the newest ones and the range that is being expanded. They suck.

Looking forward to seeing more, how big are the forces in the starter sets, are they enough/balanced by themselves or do they need additional units?

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This is an interesting system. I dislike the part a player's turn uses all of their units. Second player can be in a big disadvantage there. I'm curious to see how this is balanced in the actual gameplay.

not sure if this review is entirely accurate, a six turn game is going to take you at least six hours with how FOW's rules are often needed to be checked and reviewed. not all kits come with unit cards which drag the game out into book delving which is a real pain, unit cards are great but for more $$$ battlefront removed them from their kits to have customers buy their books and card packs :/

Being a modeler, not a wargamer, and I am turned off by the 28mm "wargaming" figures that have gigantic, ridiculous looking heads and weapons. To me they must be realistic. I build 1/72, 1/48, 1/35 armor and figures, plus I collect 1:18 21st Century Toys and Ultimate Soldier. Sorry, but the Rubicon line is the most realistic of all the wargaming manufacturers and could be used to flesh out my collection, but the 1/56 scale is neither here (1/72) or there (1/48). Too bad because I would buy all that they make!