"To Base or Not To Base; is that a Question?" Topic
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Tango01  | 16 Oct 2024 4:53 p.m. PST |
"Not many things in the wargaming realm of Flames of War are so "for or against" as basing your tanks and vehicles. Either you love it, or you hate it. But why is that? Any gaming advantage you get for not basing you tanks is minimal, so it's clearly more a question about aesthetics. (Scale modellers base stuff all the time so why do we wargamers have such a thing about it? Answers on a postacard to…. Martin) I personally like good looking bases for my infantry and guns, so why not do the same for the tracked and wheeled units? Then I remembered that I recently have magnetized some of my Soviet gun teams, so it was possible to switch guns depending on what list I wanted to run, so why not do the same with vehicle bases. Then I can always change my mind and play without bases if that suits me better any given day…"
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 John the OFM | 16 Oct 2024 9:02 p.m. PST |
The rules don't call for it, so…
The "advantage" of "hub to hub" tanks is illusory because of artillery templates. At least it was in 3rd Edition. I'm unfamiliar with heretical 4th Edition though.
In 3rd Edition, basing them might have out some out of the template. 😄 |
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