'Team Yankee' launch delayed - Will launch on Dec. 12th (hopefully)

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**Ghaz**

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Bannon's Boys - American Spearhead Force
Outnumbered and outgunned, Captain Sean Bannon and his men will have to fight hard and they'll have to fight smart if they are going to survive.

Potecknov's Bears - Soviet Breakthrough Force
Lt. Colonel Yuri Potneckov's motor rifle battalion is preparing to execute its mission in the scientific manner that he was taught at the Frunze Military Academy and used in Afghanistan.

**George Spiggott**

They've certainly poured a lot of their plastic resources into this It still leaves me cold but it will be interesting to see if any of these game mechanics migrate over to FoW's other periods.

**col. krazy kenny**

BFD.....

**Shotgun**

I may look at the rules, but honestly can't see getting into it. Hard enough to find FoW players as it is, and I have too much invested in that system.

I could see maybe doing it in 6mm and then picking up both Red and Blue.

**Eumerin**

Posted by someone on the official forums -

Prices and Releases:

Late November
Team Yankee Book 20 Euros
Bannons Boys 65 Euros
Potechnovs Bears 90 Euros

Early December
A-10 (x2) 36 Euros
Su-25 (x2) 36 Euros
M113/M106 Platoon (x5) 35 Euros
Infantry Platoon US (27) 14,50 Euros
Motor Rifle Company (79) 36 Euros
Motor Rifle Platoon (24) 9,50 Euros
Modern Roads 35 Euros
Modern Roads Expansion 35 Euros

Mid December
Cobra (x2) 25 Euros
Hind (x2) 30 Euros
Template Soviet 20 Euros
Soviet Token Set 9,50 Euros
Template US 20 Euros
US Token Set 9,50 Euros
Oil Tanks 22 Euros
Concrete Walls 16 Euros

Early January
M1 (x5) 35,00 Euros
BMP1/BMP2 (x5) 35,00 Euros
T72 (x5)35,00 Euros
American Paint Set 20 Euros
Soviet Paint Set 18 Euros
Yankee Green Spray 10 Euros
Soviet Green Spray 10 Euros
Factory Building 42 Euros

Late January
M163/M901 (x4) 28 Euros
M109 Battery (x3) 31 Euros
ZSU 23-4 (X2) 20 Euros
BM-21 (X3) 31 Euros
SA-13 (x2) 20 Euros
2S1 Carnation (x3) 31 Euros
Petrol Station 22 Euros
Signs 22 Euros

I'm not sure that releasing the helicopters for individual sale before the tanks is a good idea. Aside from that, however, I'm looking forward to seeing how this plays.

**infinite_array**

Shotgun wrote:
I could see maybe doing it in 6mm and then picking up both Red and Blue.

That's not a bad idea. Getting 5 M1 Abrams and 2 AH-1W's from GHQ would set you back $24. I just imagine the problem would be acquiring the cards, as apparently they're not on the release list.

**Eumerin**

infinite_array wrote:
Shotgun wrote:
I could see maybe doing it in 6mm and then picking up both Red and Blue.

That's not a bad idea. Getting 5 M1 Abrams and 2 AH-1W's from GHQ would set you back $24. I just imagine the problem would be acquiring the cards, as apparently they're not on the release list.

All unit stats and lists for the initial release are in the rulebook. They can be seen in the video preview of the rulebook that Breakthrough Assault posted earlier this week.

I'm not sure what the plans are for subsequent units, though. We know that the Germans and British are supposed to be released next year, and it's not clear yet whether a book will be released along with them.

**infinite_array**

Hey, that's good to know.

I guess it will have to be another book - maybe a softcover, as they won't need to include the base rules of the game in it.

**Ibis**

I've got my eye on this one but I'll wait until the UK and German forces are released before making a decision I think.

Anyone else feel the starter sets are a bit light in the models department?

Open Fire! and similar sets for Flames of War have spoilt me, obviously!

Shaping up to be an interesting release though.

**Eumerin**

Ibis wrote:
I've got my eye on this one but I'll wait until the UK and German forces are released before making a decision I think.

Anyone else feel the starter sets are a bit light in the models department?

Open Fire! and similar sets for Flames of War have spoilt me, obviously!

Shaping up to be an interesting release though.

They were also supposed to have support vehicles (US) and BMPs. Unfortunately, those were cut due to issues with the injection machines causing a delay in the release of the support vehicles.

**Sarge**

I'm pretty stoked about this but I've also got a push on the game from the locals here so I should have folks to play.

**Fireflyjmh**

Without seeing the rules in hand, but only complaint at this point is the continued use of on-board artillery. I really wish they would have made it off-board.

**CptJake**

Fireflyjmh wrote:
Without seeing the rules in hand, but only complaint at this point is the continued use of on-board artillery. I really wish they would have made it off-board.

It would have made a LOT of sense for moderns.

**Big P**

Have they put over watch into the modern version?

**Eumerin**

Big P wrote:
Have they put over watch into the modern version?

Don't know yet, as only a few people have seen the rules. Preview copies should be going out shortly, as my local store is expecting one. We won't know until then.

But I doubt it. The new rules are supposed to be a lot faster, and more streamlined. Adding Overwatch would complicate things and slow them down.

**Pacific**

20 euros isn't bad for the rulebook, worthwhile picking up to see how they play I think.

Agree that on board artillery is laughable and you must assume is only done for miniature sales. Would be keen to see if there was a player-made amendment that perhaps either increased the points cost or perhaps made it less effective.

Some of the miniatures look very nice. A bit pricey though, are there any alternatives from other companies about for this scale?

**Big P**

Lots of alternatives...

Zveda for plastic, QRF for resin/metals to name but two...

**CptJake**

Khurasan has some moderns in 15mm as well, though some, especially the US is a bit too modern.

**Pacific**

Excellent, I'll check those out. Thanks.

**Ghaz**

Team Yankee Design Notes on http://www.team-yankee.com. Interesting to see that Harold Coyle, author of the novel Team Yankee is a Flames of War player

**Eumerin**

Ghaz wrote:
Team Yankee Design Notes on http://www.team-yankee.com. Interesting to see that Harold Coyle, author of the novel Team Yankee is a Flames of War player

Yeah, that got mentioned in Breakthrough Assault's first podcast with Phil. Neat little factoid.

**Strombones**

Soo normally I pass on FOW as it is not my cup of tea, however this redesign of the rules has me interested.

And the models ofcourse. Battlefront has never lost me on the models.

**col. krazy kenny**

I lied i think i am going to break down and buy the book..

**Eumerin**

col. krazy kenny wrote:
I lied i think i am going to break down and buy the book..

My FLGS has almost a dozen people who've pre-ordered the rules and a starter box. The level of interest is pretty high for an historical game.

www.team-yankee.com is now up and fully running.

**col. krazy kenny**

Eumerin wrote:
col. krazy kenny wrote:
I lied i think i am going to break down and buy the book..

My FLGS has almost a dozen people who've pre-ordered the rules and a starter box. The level of interest is pretty high for an historical game.

www.team-yankee.com is now up and fully running.

Historical?

**Ghaz**

Its about as historical as some of the Flames of War games I've seen. You know, the ones where the Americans are fighting the Americans or the Russians are fighting the British

**Eumerin**

col. krazy kenny wrote:
Eumerin wrote:
col. krazy kenny wrote:
I lied i think i am going to break down and buy the book..

My FLGS has almost a dozen people who've pre-ordered the rules and a starter box. The level of interest is pretty high for an historical game.

www.team-yankee.com is now up and fully running.

Historical?

Historicals these days are Vikings fighting against the EIR Romans. So yeah, it's historical.

**Hordini**

Ghaz wrote:
Its about as historical as some of the Flames of War games I've seen. You know, the ones where the Americans are fighting the Americans or the Russians are fighting the British

You mean like every other historical game on the market? You can do that with literally any historical ruleset.

**leopard**

Seriously tempted by this, was thinking of 6mm using the excellent GHQ models however a couple of things putting me off so will probably go with 15mm.

1. FLGS will carry the BF range but doesn't carry GHQ (despite prompting) so its not supporting the place I'll actually play in.
2. its 6mm, I'll lose them
3. Its 6mm, while easy to paint I'll go mad doing it

So 15mm it is, and will probably be both the starter boxers as someone has to kick this off locally. Helps both boxes are tanks so will be easy to paint.

We will ignore the goblin franticly pointing at the soviet armoured box thats hardly been touched in months, and then laughing pointing at the Great War stuff, also still boxed..

Can see getting a few of the Tamiya paints for these, at least for the base coats

**Eumerin**

BF has announced a delay. Apparently they were unhappy about the tools being used to make the T-72, and have pushed the release date back two weeks. There's one bit of good news, though. They're adding an extra tank to the initial wave of starter boxes (and *only* the initial wave) to apologize for the delay.

Details are on the website - www.team-yankee.com