"Product Review: Battlefront's BB228 Apartment Block " Topic
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| Tango01 | 27 Sep 2017 4:19 p.m. PST |
"The most recent Battlefront property released as part of the RED THUNDER battlefield in a box terrain series is the Apartment Block. The Apartment Block is an impressive 3-story building capable of housing even the largest platoon. Each floor measures 1.5" x 5" x 3.5" and can hold: 4 (medium base) Infantry Teams. This building is typical of the apartment buildings seen all over Europe. This building is a welcome addition to Battlefront's new modern building line for use with Team Yankee…"
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| Lion in the Stars | 27 Sep 2017 6:08 p.m. PST |
Now they just need to start selling additional floors. |
| Bellbottom | 28 Sep 2017 7:52 a.m. PST |
Of course you could just buy two, making one into a bungalow with the second roof, and increase the height of the first by two floors. |
| Tango01 | 28 Sep 2017 11:17 a.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 30 Sep 2017 10:51 p.m. PST |
When you want 6-storey buildings, that's less cost-effective, Jarrovian. You end up with two bungalows per large building. |
| Joe Legan | 01 Oct 2017 11:41 a.m. PST |
I bought it; it is nice. I bought the petrol station as well. It will take a lot of work that one… Joe |
| Rick Don Burnette | 01 Oct 2017 11:59 p.m. PST |
As this apartment block will be shelled, bombed, set on fire and fought in and over, I see no TY or FoW rules concerning damage to high rise or other buildings, much less to the effects of shells, bombs or fire.
You cant drive your AFV through the garage or the hot dog stand.
And where is the rubble that blocks the street? |
| Lion in the Stars | 02 Oct 2017 12:14 p.m. PST |
Yeah, that's one of the missing chunks of Flames rules. But the thing is, modern post-and-panel construction (ie, office buildings and malls) is immensely strong. Even if you do manage to drive a tank through one of the massive steel beams supporting the next floor, you are likely to only get a minimal, localized collapse of the floor (the 4 panels connecting to that post). The military discovered that you really do need to do the Controlled Demolition thing where you cut every single support beam in order to drop the building. |
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