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[Updated on: Mon, 01 September 2008 07:46]

You're lucky Randwulf - I have to bribe my boy to play! Luckily I teach in a school full of kids that just LOVE to play

Yes, I'd say it's a Panzershreck rather than a bazooka - can't find a pic of a bazooka with a blast shield anywhere, but maybe there was such a version? No Panzershrecks were used in North Africa, since they arrived in October '43 (the Panzerfaust or equivalent in August '43, apparently). The Axis surrendered in North Africa in May '43. However, Panzershrecks were no doubt used in Italy, and the box cover could easily be a captured Panzershreck there.

Regarding the British infantry mini, it's great to see the desert uniform. The mini looks good, although I think the helmet looks like a mark III 'turtle' helmet, which was actually a '44 helmet type. I'd have preferred the famous mark II with the wide brim - but how nit-picky is that! In any case, when the figures arrive they may look more like mark IIs than they do in the picture. The Crusader and the 25pdr minis are both mouth-watering.

Overall, I think this is a great expansion. Not least, the Special Weapon Asset Anti-Tank gun plays beautifully. I tend to think of the unit as a standard infantry unit but with additional AT support elements. This impacts mobility, hence no taking ground.

The Stiff Upper Lip rule is cool. I half wonder if it shouldn't be applied to every close combat in which the defending British/Commonwealth unit isn't destroyed or dislodged, but then I'm a limey so I would say that wouldn't I? Other characteristics of the wartime British Army - donkyish leadership and brewing tea at inappropriate times, like in combat situations (see Villers-Bocage) - can be assumed to be built into the British Command Card allocation.

The Italian national rules are great, and the Motorised Divisions rule is simply a stroke of genius. Whoever it was at DoW that came up with that one deserves some kind of award. How do you meld the popular (not in Italy) perception of Italian troops having brittle morale and running at the drop of a mark II helmet, with the reality of a brave and determined bunch of guys who were poorly armed and poorly led? How about the Royal Italian Army Motorised Rule? Sublime.

The Airpack isn't used in this expansion. Perhaps air power wasn't decisive in these battles, but there were aircraft available to both sides over the course of the campaigns covered. After playing the scenarios as intended, players missing the familiar drone of the Merlin might want to take an Air Sortie card each at the start of the battle

[Updated on: Tue, 02 September 2008 20:14]

Wrecker wrote on Fri, 05 September 2008 15:26

rasmussen81 wrote on Fri, 05 September 2008 14:02 eric wrote on Fri, 05 September 2008 11:52 I confirm, 2 is the most you can (reasonably) hope to fit in one hex, unless you'd want to stack them up And I think I just heard an announcement for armor stacking devices! The mysterious Equipment Pack is starting to sound more interesting than I expected. Although joking I'm sure, this is probably why DOW hates to say too much....I've already seen someone post this info on another thread (hopefully joking as well).

Yes. I was totally joking!! Do not quote me about the tank stacking device! Wrecker...could you make sure the other thread is set straight?

Although, if the idea really appeals, you could design your own. I'm not sure why someone would want to do that...flying tanks isn't much of an addition to M44!

[Updated on: Sat, 06 September 2008 00:42]

When will this start shipping?

Thanks and keep up the good work!

[Updated on: Fri, 03 October 2008 20:42]