Hey, remember Flames of War?

I do! I also remember that there's lots of people playing it at The Game Connection in Knightdale, and that I've got an Eastern Front SS list about one-quarter built, and also that last spring my good friend Norton said he'd be interested in playing if I ever got around to showing him how. So, for my benefit as much as anything else, I dug out the two 600pt 'starter' lists I'd come up with and actually ordered last year. Last night a few of the German armored cars got assembled! This is a thing that his happening this year!

600pt Panzerspahkompanie (Tunisia) 600pts
HQ: SdKfz 223 (30)

CP#1: Light Panzerspah Platoon: 1 Patrol: 3x SdKfz 223 (110)

CP#2: Light Panzerspah Platoon: 1 Patrol: 3x SdKfz 223 (110)

DSP#1: Assault Gun Platoon: 2x StuG G (340)
-Schurzen for both StuG Gs (10)


600pt US Rifle Company (Tunisia) 600

HQ: Company HQ (20)

CP#1: Rifle Platoon: HQ Section w/ 3 Rifle Squads (90)
-Bazooka Team (20)

CP#1: Rifle Platoon: HQ Section w/ 3 Rifle Squads (90)
-Bazooka Team (20)

DSP#1: Tank Platoon: 3x M4 Shermans (345)

DSP#2: Truck Section: 2x Truck Squads (15)

The only bad part is I don't have any German infantry for Nortonwood to learn the infantry-on-infantry assault rules on. I might need to see if I can quickly snag the stuff to drop the StuG Gs (which I want so we can demo the tank-on-tank stuff) and run this list:

Panzerspahkompanie (Tunisia)
HQ: SdKfz 223 (30)

CP#1: Light Panzerspah Platoon: 1 Patrol: 3x SdKfz 222/223 (110)

CP#2: Light Panzerspah Platoon: 1 Patrol: 3x SdKfz 222/223 (110)

CP#3: Half-Tracked Panzerspah Platoon: 1 Patrol: Command SdKfz 250, 2x SdKfz 250/9 (120)

WP#1: Gepanzerte Aufklarungs Platoon: HQ section with 3 Aufklarungs Squads (225)
-replace Command HMG team w/ Command SMG Panzerknacker team (5)

This would require me to buy 2 bags of SdKfz250s and 1 bag of the SdKfz250/9 with 2cm gun, along with a bag of Afrika Korps infantry (all by Old Glory). This would be fairly cheap, and also go a long way towards fielding a full-sized 1500pts worth of Afrika Korps in the future, so I am in fact going to do this.

Say, lets take a look at a putative 1500 Panzerspah list based on these purchases! Fun!

1500 Panzerspahkompanie (Tunisia) 1495

HQ: SdKfz 250 (35)

CP#1: Light Panzerspah Platoon: 2 Patrols: 6x SdKfz 222/223 (220)

CP#2: Light Panzerspah Platoon: 1 Patrol: 3x SdKfz 222/223 (110)

CP#3: Half-Tracked Panzerspah Platoon: 1 Patrol: Command SdKfz 250, 2x SdKfz 250/9 (120)

WP#1: Gepanzerte Aufklarungs Platoon: HQ section with 3 Aufklarungs Squads (225)
-replace Command HMG team w/ Command SMG Panzerknacker team (5)

WP#2: 7.5cm Armoured Car Platoon: 3x SdKfz 233(7.5cm) (170)

DSP#1: Assault Gun Platoon: 2x StuG G (340)
-Schurzen for both StuG Gs (10)

DSP#2: Heavy AA Gun Platoon: HQ section w/ 2x 8.8cm FlaK36 (235)
-add Kfz 15 field car, SdKfz7(8t) Halftracks (5), eight crew per gun for RoF 3 (20)

OR pull the 7.5 AC platoon and take Priority Air Support for a flight of Stukas - 175pts, 1500 on the nose.