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Title: Blitzkrieg in the West: Armies of France for IABSM
Post by: Lardy Rich on 01 February 2018, 06:44:45 PM

Evening all.

Just a quick heads up to let you know that the first of our 1940 supplements is now available for IABSM, with the French Army being covered in a most comprehensive manner in this 73 page supplement from the pen of Robert Avery. 

You can read all about it here:  http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/?p=7253   Suffice to say that there are thirty company level army lists covering all branches of the French Army. 

And here's a pretty picture:

(http://toofatlardies.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Cover-France.png)

Cheers

Richard

Title: Re: Blitzkrieg in the West: Armies of France for IABSM
Post by: SABOT on 02 February 2018, 01:33:47 AM

Bought ! Very early morning shopping spree. 😳

Title: Re: Blitzkrieg in the West: Armies of France for IABSM
Post by: Powermonger on 02 February 2018, 12:13:45 PM

Also Bought it.
I do not play IASBM (I play BG), but is perfect for reference.
The book is vey, very good. Nice historical references and a comprehensive OOB for France 1940. All divisions listed, with their properly attached support units.
As the author says i is perfect to lay down a company and attach to it the suitable, historical accurate supports.
Reccomended.

Title: Re: Blitzkrieg in the West: Armies of France for IABSM
Post by: Arlequín on 02 February 2018, 04:44:17 PM

What Powermonger said. I can only guess at the hours put into creating this, but I can vouch for the ton of research it will save you.

It may be written for IABSM, but I can see any it being a worthwhile purchase for anyone playing ze French in 'company' WWII games (or even above that), thanks to the information provided on formation make-up and equipment.

Good job!

Title: Re: Blitzkrieg in the West: Armies of France for IABSM
Post by: commissarmoody on 03 February 2018, 11:51:24 PM

And Ordered.

Title: Re: Blitzkrieg in the West: Armies of France for IABSM
Post by: aktr on 06 February 2018, 08:42:38 AM

I don't play IABSM - however I love CoC so I'm interested in this for reference

Does the book break the companies down into platoon structure?

Cheers

Title: Re: Blitzkrieg in the West: Armies of France for IABSM
Post by: Arlequín on 06 February 2018, 10:03:08 PM

Yes the number of platoons/squads are listed, IABSM is a 1:1 game after all. The make-up of each squad is usually mentioned in the attached notes in any case.

It won't be as good as a dedicated CoC book, but I found it really useful all the same, not least for determining what were the most common support elements for any given formation. I don't play IABSM, just CoC and it gets my thumbs up.