Frontline Heroes: Weird WWII is finally
available for FREE.
This is a supplement for Frontline Heroes: Fields of Normandy that expands the universe to include supernatural beings and scientific advances. If fighting the German army on the European front wasn't enough, things have now gotten tougher.
A lot of people don’t understand what we’re talking about when we mention solo wargames.
Playing always has a social component, getting together with friends or acquaintances to have fun around a table, but we don’t always have opponents against whom to deploy our miniatures.
There can be several reasons why we end up turning to solo wargames or games with a solo option:
There are no players around you; nobody collects miniatures or loves rolling dice while making gunfire noises with their mouth… Pew, pew… (yes, we’ve all done it at some point).
No other player wants to play THAT particular wargame you love so much (“my My Little Pony skirmish battles… why on earth does no one want to play this?”).
You want to try new rules or variants in games and no one else seems to care (“Who says my paratroopers can’t fight werewolves? Okay, the stats aren’t in the Chain of Command rulebook, but…”).
To know a particular rulebook perfectly (“they’ve been playing Flames of War for two years, and I’m just starting now and haven’t even read the rules yet, but they’re not going to beat me”).
You don’t have time to meet up with friends because of real-life responsibilities (work, kids… damn real life).
You simply like playing solo; some may see it as odd, but we see plenty of people playing video games or computer games alone and no one finds it strange… Often we like to play our way, at our own pace, taking our time…
Oh, how to set up a good wargaming table on a tight budget...
Lots of people who want to play Fear of the Dark or Frontline Heroes tell me the game requires different terrain, and that's actually true, since you need to represent different scenarios (an isolated house, a cabin in the woods, a forest, a small town...), but my answer is always that although this hobby is quite expensive, everything can be done more cheaply.
I have been asked many times about the cars I use when I play Fear of the Dark or Frontline Heroes (ww2 or modern). The brands of the cars, scales and so on, so I have decided to make a post to answer a few questions.
This post was initially in the Fear of the Dark blog, but now I´m putting together everything in a single blog.
I´ll start saying that I use 1/43 diecast models, although sometimes they are labeled 1/64 or 1/50, I´ll explain the differences later in this same post.
Diecast cars are cheap, a huge range of models is available, they are tough and don´t break easily and they are already painted... what else?
But let me explain why I use diecast models instead of the usual models available from different wargaming companies.
We will mainly focus on products useful as terrain in our gaming boards, and many of these products may have been seen in my Fear of the Dark or Frontline Heroes gaming boards (ww2 of modern).
