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Hey guys,

You don't often hear praise on the internet least of all in forums. However I thought I would give credit where credit is due.

I have been playing games workshop games since the early 90's and I still love them, however as everyone knows there prices are getting a little silly. I first saw Flames of War a few years ago when I got back into 40k I loved the idea of 15mm gaming but on the initial look I thought it was going to be expensive (I was seeing £100 box sets and assumed you needed more).

So anyway I bit the bullet and ordered the new starter set the other month, loved painting the models and the game seems pretty easy to learn and is a hoot to play.

As soon as I heard they were doing new books on the D-day landings I had to have them I expected to pay around £60 for the two books (going on GW experience here) and was plesently suprised they were just under £40.

What I did not expect was the fantastic quality of the books nor the size of them!

Each book has a nice thick hard cover with 300 full colour pages, details on the campagins, units that fought in it and the lists to use plus missions to recreate the battle for normandy on your kitchen table!

These books don't feel like codex/army books of 40k or fantasy but more inline with the Imperial Armour books from forge world.

Heres some shots of the books as I got them out of the box



















A rather happy Daston

Are these new? I thought I've had that Overlord book for a while.... Are these one new editions or something?

The D-Day compilations are new editions. More information on the Allied Overlord book can be found here:

http://www.flamesofwar.com/hobby.aspx?art_id=3942

I'm saving up for the new Early War Japanese/Soviet/Finn book to be released in July.

Daston,
I really liked your presentation even if some of the pictures are fuzzy. It's a small thing but the blue as a background seems appropriate.

Those are nice books. I like the artwork, stock footage, and layouts.

The thing I like about Battlefront is they are all about making the FoW game experiance as enjoyable as possible.
They give great support on their web site.Especially for their brilliant Open Fire starter set.(Full guides on assembly and painting, and lots of vids on how to play!)

They also have FREE Briefings (army lists,) on thier web site.And FULLY suport Easy.Army.com an easy to use army builder for FoW.
Lots of helpful advice on their forums.
You get the impression they love what they do and want others to enjoy it as much as they do.
I am a fan.

Given that the last editions of these book are what? 3/4 years old and perfectly OK, I'm a little miffed at these being released as they have.

I could understand an 'update' to the main books, but to completely redo is the first misstep I've seen BF do in a good long time.

 Art Steventon wrote:
Given that the last editions of these book are what? 3/4 years old and perfectly OK, I'm a little miffed at these being released as they have.

I could understand an 'update' to the main books, but to completely redo is the first misstep I've seen BF do in a good long time.

this was stated by JP on the main website at one point.

On the 6th of June 2013 we will be launching the new updated versions of both of the D-Day compilations. These new versions will be pointed to fit with the latest books (Americans from the Ardennes, British from Market Garden etc.) and take into account the new rules and changes from Third Edition. We are also going to throw in a few extras that Phil and Mike claim should have been in there originally. The end result will be a pair of books that brings the playing field level for all of Late War in one go.

Now, because many you own these books and expected to keep using them well into the future, we feel that we owe you something for your understanding. Although many of you have petitioned for this to be done, we want to make the introduction of these books – as necessary as they are to balance Late War – as painless as possible. As such, we will use the anniversary of D-Day itself and the month of June to allow anybody who owns the current copies to pop into their local store and get the new version for half price. More details of how this will work will come closer to the time.

nevermind this, BF once again have decided to change what they promise customers.

Battlegroup Overload is very pretty book to, and a better WW2 gaming experience in my opinion. Never really looked back since swapping the FOW rules for battlegroup ones.

Still like the models though, love that there is not really much you cannot find in the range.

Deathklaat wrote:

 Art Steventon wrote:
Given that the last editions of these book are what? 3/4 years old and perfectly OK, I'm a little miffed at these being released as they have.

I could understand an 'update' to the main books, but to completely redo is the first misstep I've seen BF do in a good long time.

this was stated by JP on the main website at one point.

On the 6th of June 2013 we will be launching the new updated versions of both of the D-Day compilations. These new versions will be pointed to fit with the latest books (Americans from the Ardennes, British from Market Garden etc.) and take into account the new rules and changes from Third Edition. We are also going to throw in a few extras that Phil and Mike claim should have been in there originally. The end result will be a pair of books that brings the playing field level for all of Late War in one go.

Now, because many you own these books and expected to keep using them well into the future, we feel that we owe you something for your understanding. Although many of you have petitioned for this to be done, we want to make the introduction of these books – as necessary as they are to balance Late War – as painless as possible. As such, we will use the anniversary of D-Day itself and the month of June to allow anybody who owns the current copies to pop into their local store and get the new version for half price. More details of how this will work will come closer to the time.

nevermind this, BF once again have decided to change what they promise customers.

See, that would work for me. It's what they did with the rulebook, and got them a lot of positive press.
As it appends, the previous versions are what my lot use - as I bought them and they borrow the, to write lists mainly.... :-) so we're good to keep using them, and I don't tourney play so it's no great loss, but just felt out of character for BF to do 'a GW'...

The books look really good! Have you read through them yet?

Would like to buy the D-Day books too but.... money