"Blitzkrieg Commander III Introduction video" Topic

youtu.be/DA-bMSHe0R8

nice thanks. I like that you got to brass tacks pretty quickly; buckets of dice and variable command activation! I just downloaded it last night and am enjoying reading it.

Thank you

So what are the changes from BK2?

From their forums – Leon shared this:
Generally, this 3rd Edition remains true to the BKC you're familiar with, but with a bit of a refresh on the text. All of the core elements remain in the game and everything should run much the way it always has. Things that you may find work slightly differently include:

Scale – Established at '1 base = 1 platoon'
Terrain (movement, visibility and cover) – Revamped and simplified in places.
Basic Actions – Now set out in defined actions list.
Unit Abilities (including profiles) – Revamped.
Command Units – Revamped and can now fight and be knocked out like other units.
Close Assault – Streamlined.
Off-table Support – Streamlined.
Engineering – Streamlined and moved to command phase.
Recce Actions – Streamlined.
Exceptions & Special Rules – Extracted into formal 'special abilities' for units.
Army Lists – Revamped and increased.

And now this from Leon:
link

Pendraken have it as unavailable. I guess that they've pulled it?

Yes. Until all issues can be resolved.

I didn't buy this edition until feedback filtered through, just in case this unfortunate scenario played out.

They are holding a vote, with 3 options being patch fixes through errata or new army lists, and the 4th being to withdraw this release, fix it, and re-release. Apparently only their forum members can vote.

I'll put my vote here: option 4, full reprint.

If the 4th option isn't what is done, this problem is inherited by every future purchaser, and the elegance of having everything in one book is lost. It's the only course which is an actual solution.

In the absence of this I'll just stick to BKII, which is already heavily appended with errata.

Leon has just announced it will be the full reprint option.
All the details can be found here:
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Excellent!

It was an honest move to publicly admit the problems, and another that they have chosen to properly fix rather than patch up a product they know to be inadequate. Good traders.

Adding my 2 cents worth of editing:
I never saw BKIII, but I know that in BKII the Russian lists had SB bombers being used in the Eastern Front until the end of the war. Hopefully that will be fixed in BKC 3.1, since I believe they were mostly retired from combat there by early 1942.