View Full Version : What's in March Combat Zone?
Someone said it might be a Marines Infantry, but we had yet to see a card or a mini...
Could someone please confirm something?
Anything?
greyfox
02-27-2006, 04:16 PM
I should have a kit on Thursday and I will post it ASAP if someone else hasn't already.
scorpnoire
02-28-2006, 01:07 AM
I'd like to know, why the U.S. C.Z. kits are not availabloe world wide, but in the U.S. only =(.
This is quit the dumbest marketing strategy ever...
It's also available in Canada.
It's sad that fellow players outside North America can't get it.
Maybe it's being tried here until they see if it's worth expanding?
I sure hope so because it's a proven incitative for players to go to AAM nights at my local store. The number of players that comes to play have steadily grown since they included exclusive minis as promos.
general hoth
02-28-2006, 05:36 PM
cheers FSSF. had a look at that combat zone stuff. can't find it anywhere even in Paris!! can't order online it's unfair how those new maps look cool. a bit fed up of playing on the same maps all the time! :confused:
Stojakovic
02-28-2006, 05:51 PM
well there are no maps in the kits yet...
PatrickWR
02-28-2006, 05:56 PM
Keep talking I yawn when I am interested.
Hey! The old sig is back!!!
Stojakovic
02-28-2006, 06:01 PM
Hey! The old sig is back!!!
HAHAHA... I fell out of my chair on this one. And I am serious. My last name is serious too... well in Italain it is. LOL
So!
Any news yet?
gotta wait for tonight... ;)
Still waiting...
March is here!
Where's March's Combat Zone?
People want to know.
Redgar
03-02-2006, 02:40 PM
Allow me to, once again, add my voice to the clamour for more Combat Zone info!
Regards,
Redgar
Dang.
Still no Combat Zone news.
Probably none till next week according to a source.
Remember-OWS-
03-03-2006, 04:52 PM
Second week of the month for the Combat Zone Kit guys!
spadsept@mac.com
03-03-2006, 06:35 PM
Second week of the month for the Combat Zone Kit guys!
Ok, i won't play with you till we get it in your tournaments... :p Ok, maybe i'll come anyway...
greyfox
03-06-2006, 01:18 PM
I talked to my salesman today and he assured me the March kits are shipping this week (no explanation as to why they were late). I will post pictures and stats ASAP (probably Thursday afternoon), if someone else hasn't beat me to it.
Fortuna95
03-07-2006, 04:52 AM
Hello,
it is possible to get the Combat Zone Kits in Germany -
Every Salesman could order this - but there are no units inside.....
I hope for the future, they will bring the C.Z. Kits with Promo-Figures .....
scorpnoire
03-07-2006, 05:15 AM
Fortuna95, my Trader got one Promo-Kit recently, some terrain tiles, a crappy scenario and a dumb medal, no minis but and according to the german distributing source, this was the first kit for europe/germany and so I never will get the neat rare promo figures from the real first two kits =( *sob*.
Photoner Hawkwind
03-07-2006, 08:26 AM
Fortuna95, my Trader got one Promo-Kit recently, some terrain tiles, a crappy scenario and a dumb medal, no minis but and according to the german distributing source, this was the first kit for europe/germany and so I never will get the neat rare promo figures from the real first two kits =( *sob*.
Actually, I remember reading a post that said that was what was in the first kit released in the US too.
greyfox
03-07-2006, 01:55 PM
I got the March kits today, and the mini is a Marine Rifleman.
Stats:
Cost: 4
Speed: 1
Defense: 4/4
A/I: 8/7/2
A/V: 2/-/-
SA's:
Gung Ho: This unit gets +1 on each attack die when making defensive fire attacks.
Close assault 7--This unit has an attack value of 7 against vehicles in its hex. This attack ignores cover.
Looks like a good basic infantry, with Gung HO to help offset it's primary foe's (the Arisaka Rifleman) advantage in Hand-to-Hand by preventing it from closing. But why the 2 dice A/I value at long range? Very few targets that can be threatened by that small a value. I've always thought regular grunts should get some long range dice, but 2 seems a bit light. Any one else have any thoughts?
PatrickWR
03-07-2006, 02:15 PM
That's an amazing fig for 4 points....
RaidingParty
03-07-2006, 02:42 PM
That's an amazing fig for 4 points....
Agreed. That little beastie will be hard to shake from the objective. I just hope the Japanese get a comparable boost in the anti-tank department.
greyfox, did any hexes come with the March kit?
Finally!
Many thanks Grey Fox!
All the info with pictures too!
Great.
The mini looks good, but it will be hard to distinguish it from a M1 Garand... Same posture, same look...
What can you shoot with 2 at long range vs soldiers?
greyfox
03-07-2006, 03:12 PM
The mini looks good, but it will be hard to distinguish it from a M1 Garand... Same posture, same look...
Actually, the figure looks enough different 'in the flesh' to be distinguished. The helmut is in camoflage colors and the Marine has a large backpack with entrenching tool that isn't visible in the scan I posted. But it will join the Garand rifleman and SS-PG in the 'easily confused at a distance' group.
In regards to hex tiles, we didn't get any this month, instead we got a scenario entitled 'Take the High Ground'. 100 points, German defender and American attacker, but it looks more balanced than the Hill 207 scenario we got in October. Unfortunately, a scan of the scenario won't fit in the BBS upload limit. Does anyone now if this a new one, or just a hardcopy of one posted here by WOTC? And, we also got MEDALS, again,... and there was great rejoicing.
Panzerjager
03-07-2006, 03:19 PM
I don't see any function for the 2 AI at long range. Might it be something to do with the upcoming D-day set IV. I wonder if the 2 dice at long range might be of some use when more is known about that set. Just thinking out loud.
VandyFry
03-07-2006, 03:23 PM
I don't see any function for the 2 AI at long range. Might it be something to do with the upcoming D-day set IV. I wonder if the 2 dice at long range might be of some use when more is known about that set. Just thinking out loud.
Perhaps it has to do with aircraft. Perhaps there is an aircraft with defense 2?
Towelie
03-07-2006, 03:25 PM
Team up two marines and you can take out disrupted AT guns and mortars at long range. Sure they have to be already disrupted and you have to get 4 sucesses on 4 rolls, and then hope your oponent doesn't make a cover save, and... once every 5 trys you might do it...
VandyFry
03-07-2006, 03:27 PM
I always forget that disrupted units get -1 to defense as well.
Heershreck
03-07-2006, 03:38 PM
Where do you get the kits?
Kommandant
03-07-2006, 03:46 PM
thanks for the info Greyfox
another powerful piece for the US :cool:
hopefully the SNFL Fanatic can counter this
EricM 2404
03-07-2006, 04:13 PM
thanks for the info Greyfox
another powerful piece for the US :cool:
hopefully the SNFL Fanatic can counter this
The SNLF Fanatic is the anti-tank unit everyone wants for the Japanese; it can cut tanks right in half.
Iron Warrior
03-07-2006, 07:35 PM
Medals!
Nice to see a good unit released this month. This will help stir up activity (err.... competition) in our league and with the new errata set III looks to be a blast!
fifleche
03-07-2006, 08:22 PM
The SNLF Fanatic is the anti-tank unit everyone wants for the Japanese; it can cut tanks right in half.You mean that's what the katana is for? :eek:
---Joking, guys :p
But why the 2 dice A/I value at long range? Very few targets that can be threatened by that small a value. I've always thought regular grunts should get some long range dice, but 2 seems a bit light. Any one else have any thoughts?
I'm guessing that some sort of forward observer SA or some commander might boost that value somehow... or give a +1 on dice...
MrBluze
03-08-2006, 08:38 AM
Looks like a good basic infantry, with Gung HO to help offset it's primary foe's (the Arisaka Rifleman) advantage in Hand-to-Hand by preventing it from closing. But why the 2 dice A/I value at long range? Very few targets that can be threatened by that small a value. I've always thought regular grunts should get some long range dice, but 2 seems a bit light. Any one else have any thoughts?I agree with you greyfox I was hoping that the US would get a soldier that would have a long-range dice of 4 or at least 3. The two shot at least can do something to Ats and Mortars when they are disrupted. Hopefully WoTC is planning ahead for D-Day and giving the Marine another target it can deal with at long range. Of course it is better than making a game buster. So far everything seems well balanced.I agree with PatrickWR
That's an amazing fig for 4 points....
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CdtWeasel
03-08-2006, 12:50 PM
About the long A/I value, I don't think your average grunt is really taught to shoot at targets 500-800 yards away. Even with every marine being a rifleman and though I'm not positive about a Garand, I doubt you can set the rifle sights to that kind of range. I know my 91/30 can be set for up to 1000 yards, but that is due to the fact it is from a period when volley fire was still considered a viable option.
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