Re: Field Marshal Games Pieces Project Discussion thread

@Upside-down_Turtle:

@Imperious:

The detail is night and day.

WOTC is not capable of this quality.

This should be quoted on the FMG web site as an advertisement.

Thank you all for your appreciation of our hard work and commitment to quality.  I am told more Naval units will be ready in a week… can’t wait to show you!

As for the above comment…  We will never blast WOTC or their products.  We love AAA. (and don’t want to get into any legal issues with a GIANT).  We just want to make accessories to improve our gaming experience and share a love for the game!

I think different infantry sculpts to reflect the diversity of some armies adds a nice touch.

I definitely want UK infantry raised in India to look like Indians. I generally favour rules allowing limited infantry builds in any IPC territory regardless of factories, so I can trace Romanian, Hungarian, Finnish and Russian units in the German army for example.

There are possible house rules here such as the Romanians deserting if their home country is captured, or even turning their guns on the Germans…

@Razor:

@Emperor_Taiki:

Maybe FMG could just produce a set of a dozen or so with different nationalties of unquie infantry peices for all the neutrals on the board.

Great idea. Neutral infantry in light grey, like the old factories and AA-guns

@FieldMarshalGames:

Thank you all for your appreciation of our hard work and commitment to quality.  I am told more Naval units will be ready in a week… can’t wait to show you!

As for the above comment…  We will never blast WOTC or their products.  We love AAA. (and don’t want to get into any legal issues with a GIANT).  We just want to make accessories to improve our gaming experience and share a love for the game!

Prudent words.  None the less, the truth lives on.  FMG rocks!

@FieldMarshalGames:

@Upside-down_Turtle:

@Imperious:

The detail is night and day.

WOTC is not capable of this quality.

This should be quoted on the FMG web site as an advertisement.

Thank you all for your appreciation of our hard work and commitment to quality.  I am told more Naval units will be ready in a week… can’t wait to show you!

As for the above comment…  We will never blast WOTC or their products.  We love AAA. (and don’t want to get into any legal issues with a GIANT).  We just want to make accessories to improve our gaming experience and share a love for the game!

The way things are going FMG will be the giant and WOTC will be a memory.

Just finally got a look at the Itailian tank sculpt FMG… absolutely beautiful!!  After seeing this, I’m considering more than 1 pre-order!!!

I just hope I can afford the amount of pieces that I want, because I want a whole lot of them.

In my case I can only afford one set of each nation, so I hope the piece count is good enough.

Today I went to get a couple new Plano boxes so I could organize my pieces after getting the Pacific 1940 game.  We already have a copy of Revised, Pacific, and Guadalcanal.  I also paint my pieces, which is a little tedious, so I like to use those pieces even though they were painted for the Revised game.  I don’t yet have painted cruisers.  Now, with four nations of cruisers, TAC bombers and Mech infantry, I got some catchin up to do.  I also have to paint the whole set of ANZAC pieces (except for the infantry since I painted several British infantry a forest green already instead of the Armor Sand color of my other UK forces).

Now, while I have much work to do when the FMG pieces come out, I will love the task because the pieces are so much better.

@FieldMarshalGames:

This is correct.

Wow- will these be the same colors as the AA50 and new AA40 games???

@Bob_A_Mickelson:

Great News on adding the AA40 cardboard unit sculpts FMG. I’ll have to order at least 2 complete sets. Maybe 4.

So for clarity sake, will be France, China, and ANZAC be represented in the complete set or will we have to wait for a second release?

Also for clarity sake, the units listed below are the ones that made the final cut into the set correct?
*units are those which are not currently found in AA40 (most of which should have been)

Naval Units:
Transport
Submarine
Destroyer
Cruiser
Carrier
Battleship
*Task Force Marker (Similar to AAP)

Air Units:
Fighter
Bomber
Dive Bomber (TAC Bomber)
*Air Transport

Army Units:
*Infantry (Two Sculpts each)
*Armour (Two Sculpts each)
Artillery
Half Track
*Truck
*Commander Unit

Other Units Bonus:
*Major Factory
*Minor Factory
*AA Gun
*Bunker Unit (fortification)
*Naval Base Unit-Marker
*Air Base Unit-Marker
*Army HQ Unit-Marker

FMG is this list correct?

FieldMarshall,

Are you providing the rules on how to use the “new” units: Fortification, Army HQ, Truck, Commander Unit and Air Transport???

What are these and how will they be used in the AA40 games???

I believe FMG said they would leave the development of the rules for the new unit to the A&A community on this web site.  If you have an idea.  Start a new thread and put it out there.  If you’re not sure where to put it.  Contact Illustrious Leader for guidance.

@Black:

I believe FMG said they would leave the development of the rules for the new unit to the A&A community on this web site.  If you have an idea.  Start a new thread and put it out there.  If you’re not sure where to put it.  Contact Illustrious Leader for guidance.

This is correct.  I think any House Rules would be better developed in this community.  You can decide not to use these extra parts…  or make house rules for them.

@FieldMarshalGames:

@Black:

I believe FMG said they would leave the development of the rules for the new unit to the A&A community on this web site.  If you have an idea.  Start a new thread and put it out there.  If you’re not sure where to put it.  Contact Illustrious Leader for guidance.

This is correct.  I think any House Rules would be better developed in this community.  You can decide not to use these extra parts…  or make house rules for them.

Not using all your beautiful pieces is like saying “Here are the keys to the Ferrari, but you can leave it in the garage if you want…”

@FieldMarshalGames:

@Black:

I believe FMG said they would leave the development of the rules for the new unit to the A&A community on this web site.  If you have an idea.  Start a new thread and put it out there.  If you’re not sure where to put it.  Contact Illustrious Leader for guidance.

This is correct.  I think any House Rules would be better developed in this community.  You can decide not to use these extra parts…  or make house rules for them.

thanks for the great work +10 for you.  Will the colors be the same as the AA40 games???

I think FMG has stated (on more than one occasion) that the colours of the new pieces will match FMG’s Combat Dice; these are slightly different than the AA50/AA40 colours, but they work quite well, IMO. Anyway, here is a list of the colours, if it helps (some of the colours are basically the same for both FMG and AAA, but the hues or shades are slightly different):

AA50/AA40 (so far):

• USSR - Dark Reddish-Brown
• Germany - Black
• UK - Tan
• Italy - Light Orange/Brown
• Japan - Orange
• US - Green
• China - Yellow/Green
• ANZAC - Pewter Grey
• France - TBA (likely some shade of blue)

FMG:

• USSR - Pure Red (no brown tint at all)
• Germany - Steel Gray (different colour than recent AAA games, but I personally prefer gray)
• UK - Tan (slightly lighter than AAA colour)
• Italy - Dark Brown (very different than AAA colour, and for good reason)
• Japan - Orange (similar to AAA boardgames, but slightly less brown)
• US - Green (appears brighter than AAA boardgames)
• China - Yellow/Green (very similar to AA50/AA40)
• ANZAC - TBA
• France - TBA

As I noted, some of the FMG colours are slightly (or in two well-justified [IMO] instances) different than those used by WoTC, but I personally regard them as perfectly acceptable (or even better than WOTC’s colours in most cases.

One should also note that WoTC has not been consistent with any of its colours; USSR pieces are now less reddish than they were in the past, Germany used to have gray and metallic blue pieces at various points, the US shades of green have varied from olive to emerald over several games, the UK have used multiple shades of tan (and even seafoam green in some copies of Revised, although mine are tan), and Japan had light red pieces in early AAP games. Since WoTC has never shown consistency in its colour choices (possibly due to supply issues), I personally wouldn’t consider continued use of AA50 or AA40 colours to be a sure thing (although this is hardly an objective and final conclusion on my part). I would conclude by stating that even if FMG does not match WoTC’s colours shade-for-shade, it would not at all be a bad thing, although I would prefer FMG to remain consistent within its own product line (and I have no doubts that it will do so).

Anyway, on another colour-related note…

@ FMG - have you considered any possible colours for ANZAC or France yet? I noticed (and voted on) your poll regarding roundels and colours for ANZAC dice, but I didn’t see any mention of possible colours from you (I understand if you’re not ready to discuss such things yet, but I can’t help but speculate…). Are there any colours to which your choices are limited? If so what are they? I personally would like to see ANZAC pieces in Turquoise (Blue/Green), but I will admit that this isn’t a colour for which I’ve seen much support so far from the community.  Scarlett or Crimson Red might be another choice for ANZAC too, unless you end up using this colour for an extra Canadian print run of UK molds (I don’t intend to ever house-rule Canada as a separate nation, but there might be enough interest to make a different colour print run economical, I guess).

From Larry’s posts, and from the colour of French-controlled territories in AAP40, I think it is obvious that French pieces will be blue. The shade of blue, however, remains to be seen. I don’t think it matters if FMG matches WoTC’s colour exactly, but I would understand if FMG wishes to wait another while to see what colour is chosen. @ FMG - do you have any thoughts on France you might want to share at this point?

We are working on a few options for the ANZAC and FRANCE colours.  Be sure I will post a few examples here before we go ahead with production.

As we are doing other nations FIRST, these decisions can be delayed a little longer.

It would be useful if the two sets have different shades of blue; for Free French and Vichy units.

You could use Revised “Limey” units for ANZACS or Canadians.

@ FMG - Thank you very much for your response; my appetite for new information is once again temporarily whetted, although I may have a couple of other questions in the not-too-distant future… 8-)

My suggestion for FMG’s Soviet Fighter

the I-16 Polikarpov

It may look a little odd, but it was quite effective and the backbone of the soviet airforce until 1942 with over 8,000 of them built.

Would these pieces cover everything for Deluxe World War 2.

Eddie Moreno. If so, I would pre-order.