Table Tactics New Product Release

Knp,

I’ll post pictures later, but I’ve been using “city” pieces from the newest edition of Risk. They are made in the same factory and in the same colors as A&A pieces.

It’s $2.50 for a bag of 15 cities and all the “blue” armies from Risk.

@reloader-1:

Knp,

I’ll post pictures later, but I’ve been using “city” pieces from the newest edition of Risk. They are made in the same factory and in the same colors as A&A pieces.

It’s $2.50 for a bag of 15 cities and all the “blue” armies from Risk.

Yeah, I have that edition of Risk.  It’s the one where all the army pieces are little arrows, right?  So you use those city pieces for minor ICs?  That’s cool.  What do you use the “blue” army pieces for?  You can order the city pieces by themselves, without the whole game?  I imagine Risk has a website for ordering stuff.  I will have to check that out.

@Table:

The bunkers are nice but tanks need to be bigger.  :-D

@Fishmoto37:

@Fishmoto37:

@DrLarsen:

Wow! I dug a couple of tanks from The War Game out of storage to compare and I found that the new TT pieces dwarf even them!  TT’s Panther is about the size of TWG’s Tiger!  TT’s Elephant is about the size of TWG’s Maus!  (interesting double irony there, I guess…)  Yeah, I have to say, TT: you’d best scale them down for AAA compatibility.

Yes I got my four sets of TT units yesterday and the tanks are quite large. For the most part not good for AA. Maybe can be used for BotB using ILs larger map. I made my first two bunkers out of the infantry pedestals. Cut the gun off the top and then drilled a small hole in the center of the portal that is located on the edge. Glued a portion of a gun in the drilled hole. Looks like one of those small bunkers on the Maginot line.

Check out my photo of bunker prototypes made from TT infantry units next to AA tanks.

What exactly do you mean when you say the tanks need to be bigger? Are you referring to AA OR TT tanks? The AA map boards will not support TT tanks as they are too large to fit in most of the small land territories. Some of your TT tanks might work on large maps like ILs 1939 map or on the Tide of Iron map tiles. (Or Memior 44)

@Table:

They have them up now.

@reloader-1:

When do you think Fairplay will have them in stock?

COOL!  Thank you.  I just went in and placed my order for three sets.  Looking forward to getting them.

Some of your TT tanks might work on large maps like ILs 1939 map

Only the small ones… as heavy tanks. The others are totally incompatible. They don’t even work in The War Game.

The detail of these tanks makes them only suitable for AA. If Jacks reaching for the hardcore wargame audience, they will complain even worse than us because they are totally committed to accuracy.

If they cant paint them to look just like the models they already have they will be a no go. These pieces are game pieces with low detail. That will suffice for AA except for the size. So the bottom line is make them smaller because the larger tanks only reflect worse the level of detail and accuracy of the models.

Just make them for boardgames that don’t need alot of ‘accuracy’ like AA.

Fishmoto: I think TT was pulling your leg, as he’s already gotten so much heat for his tanks being too big.

Yeah, much as I hate to agree with IL…  :-D…

I think you’re tanks would be fine if they looked right next to AA tanks, but they are too big for AA and not detailed enough for the hardcore tactical wargamer types.  As some others mentioned, they might work with other plastic-based games, like ToI or Memoir '44, but I’m no expert on that.  You’re best bet is probably to do like you were saying and create your own game to go with them, though such a game is unlikely to require French or Hungarian units, since more tactical-level games focus on the “big guys” and more iconic, late-war tank models, especially US, UK, German and Soviet models.  I’m not sure what sort of game would include Japanese and Italian units at the same time, but then I’m still glad you’re making those two countries, as I just think they’re cool, so I want to get at least one set of each to show my support and possibly come up with a use for later.  So I’ll definitely pick up your Japanese set and I am eagerly awaiting your Soviet set, even if I haven’t decided what I’m going to do with it just yet, long term.

I probably will use your the Cromwells and Pershings until I have an alternative heavy-tank option for the US and the UK and continue to use TWG pieces for the German heavy tanks until I find something better.  When your Soviets come out, I hope they include a JS2, and if they do, that will become my provisional Soviet heavy tank.  (Do Italy and Japan even really need one?  Well, if they do, I already have your Italians and will get your Japanese…)  But I’m going to hold off on making a really big purchase to replace all of the A&A tanks in my top-shelf AAA set until I see what all the options will be after I have a clearer picture of what your proposed in-scale A&A set will be and also what FMG is going to offer.

I bought some loose TWG stuff on Ebay.Nice Tiger! The ships were good too,but the nice Type XXI subs were large,but I think all the subs have gotten too large since the classic.
Plus they sit higher out of the water than AA types.Wished I had gotten more ME 262s.

TT Suggestions:

1. For your first complete-compatible AA40-assessories set, I suggest the French.  FMG sounds as though he’s going to take his sweet time getting to them, and yet with the WotC chimps absurdly giving the French Soviet vehicles, I sense an opportunity here.

2. You previously mentioned that coloring is one of the expensive issues you struggle with, which makes me think: Now that WotC has a decent French infantryman that works equally well for WW1 Frenchies, maybe doing a run of your old “Central Powers” kit in that same color would sell.

3. Or maybe even better, you could simultaneously do a new-from-the-ground-up WW1 set in the same color; possibly you could recycle some sculpts for this set (i.e., “Central Powers” tanks, mg’s & artillery + “AA40 Accessories” Frenchie infantry.)  Or even better, do some cool WW1 sculpts from scratch.  Nice WW1 BB’s would be pretty easy to do, for instance.  (Check out the excellent, but too big, examples from Panzerschiffe, for instance.)

I really think the market is ripe for French pieces.

They are by far the most popular pieces on eBay. Obviously, there is demand.

Just color match perfectly, and you are good to go!

@DrLarsen:

TT Suggestions:

1. For your first complete-compatible AA40-assessories set, I suggest the French.  FMG sounds as though he’s going to take his sweet time getting to them, and yet with the WotC chimps absurdly giving the French Soviet vehicles, I sense an opportunity here. AGREED!

2. You previously mentioned that coloring is one of the expensive issues you struggle with, which makes me think: Now that WotC has a decent French infantryman that works equally well for WW1 Frenchies, maybe doing a run of your old “Central Powers” kit in that same color would sell.  Fantastic Idea! As a big fan of that kit, I would replace my spray painted ones with these any day. Combined with “A&A New Colors” you could make a new 4 color set.

3. Or maybe even better, you could simultaneously do a new-from-the-ground-up WW1 set in the same color; possibly you could recycle some sculpts for this set (i.e., “Central Powers” tanks, mg’s & artillery + “AA40 Accessories” Frenchie infantry.)  Or even better, do some cool WW1 sculpts from scratch.  Nice WW1 BB’s would be pretty easy to do, for instance.  (Check out the excellent, but too big, examples from Panzerschiffe, for instance.) Probably too much to take on right now.

I am familiar with the T-34 and Su 85 but not with the T-71.  Is it a variant of the T-70?

T-71?!?  What’s that?  Never heard of it.