Hostage photos! (updated 28 March 2018) Posted on 22 Jul 11:34 , 3 comments
As you know are now live with our advance order launch of the World in Flames collector's edition Super Deluxe games set.which already includes 2 free immortal dedications.
Remember all Dedications attract an Australian $50 cashback on any new WiF Collector's edition Deluxe game purchase.
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This is an open thread for all questions and to put up the hostage photos. To kick off here's one from Eric, our international manager
Sorry Eric, close but no cigar (besides, where's the hostage, and I'm not referring to our stock?).
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Updare 31 July 2017: All current dedications are now available for download in our downloads section (funnily enough).
Russel N, replied to your query but the email kept bouncing (apparently your server doesn't like Telstra, our largest telecommunications network, but its not alone).
To answer your question, yes the Collector's edition of Ships in Flames now incorporates Cruisers in Flames, Convoys in Flames and Carrier Planes in Flames. I have updated the Collector's edition contents description in our download section to reflect this fact.
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Update 5th August:
We have a new contender
Kevin Bernatz (https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1814908/join-immortals)
I wondered who had bought those first 60,000 copies of World in Flames!
Any advance on Second edition?
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Update 16 August 2017:
Oh the hostage photos are being smuggled out thick and fast now. First we have Brian Habel
although we appear to be just a little late for poor Brian. Still we gave him $25 off because at worst the Axe is second edition.
And then here we come, one of the original Old Guard, a 1985 WiFFer who hasn't aged a bit!
Although we are not entirely sure if that is the hostage Stephen Carr or his hostage taker. Well done Stephen, just reduced your order by Australian$50.
And welcome to the immortals, can't wait to shoot you down with my plucky little Boomerang and blowing you out of the water with the GLORIOUS HMAS Sir Hazzles (formerly known as HMAS Canberra).
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Stop Press:, if you look very closely at Brian's photo, those countersheets are clearly first edition, not second, so I have just bunged another Australian$25 into your account Brian (as if that was a second edition axe!).
That's two out of 2000 first edition WIF Grognards down, 1998 to go!
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Update 20 August: Ever more 1st edition owners are coming forward to be immortalised in World in Flames which you can find embossed in gold in the downloads section of our site.
But the highlight of the recent crop has to be Kevin Hoyt
who obviously found he could win with only half the Germans and Japanese.
Still time to get your immortal orders and hostage photos in.
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And another 1st edition immortal, Tom Cleaveland, staggers forward from the heat of battle.
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and a whole clan of immortals, Charles Loxton, Clinton Stewart and Colin Cunningham, deep in their lair in Melbourne
but none are so shell shocked as this, one-too many battle, veteran
But its cool, we've contacted the family and plan to put a plaque in place on the tomb of the undnown (WiF) soldier.
Comments
Harry Rowland on
Gidday Colin,
good to hear from you again. Having known you for probably 30 years you certainly have the WiF street cred.
1. Yep sure, just provide the photos and happy to give you the $50 cashback.
2. Units no, markers yes. All combat units for World in Flames are now included in the Collector’s edition. All other combat units should be chucked out EXCEPT Khaki in Flames which is still required for America in Flames and Patton in Flames.
The other exception is heavy weapons units. If playing the optional heavy weapon upgrade rule then you will need all heavy weapons units from those kits (the names of which you can find in 28. Unit Costs & Characteristics chart in the downloads section of this site).
Of course the game is yours to play as you will and you are welcome to include other units if you show wish. Note that this will change the game though. For example one change is that Planes in Flames now extends out to 1953 and there is a much tighter force pool during WW2. This is deliberate. In the previous versions of WiF, Classic had too few aircraft, but PiF had too many. Not any more. By increasing the force pools by including units from other kits, you will reduce the requirement to advance build air units.
As to markers and charts etc from PoliF, LiF, and FIF, they are still required to play those kits.
3. For Patton in Flames and America in Flames you still use the counters from these games, but the collector’s edition versions of Planes in Flames, Ships in Flames, Divisions in Flames and Territories are fully integrated to these games and you add these to the game (or in the case of SiF, replace the AIF/PatiF CVs, BBs, CAs and CLs with SiF CE units).
The 5 new campaign setups for these games (and DoD) incorporate all the new and old units for each campaign.
4. COiF/CliF and CVPiF are now all included (and completely integrated) in SiF CE. All previous CoiF/CliF/CVPiF and SiF counters are now obsolete.
The whole point of the Collector’s edition is to integrate terrain, counters and rules into a unified whole. I have gone through all the thousands of counters in the plethora of kits, magazines and expansions and brought them all together into one coherent history. When units turn up, how many turn up, and what values they have has all been meshed to streamline the game and increase the decision making as you must choose. Furthermore all the kits are integrated so they all work equally well alone or together.
5. If you order a WIF Deluxe, or WiF Superdeluxe we will include you on our Vassal beta testing team and send you the beta version of the full WiF Vassal version. This is expected to be ready within a couple of months of release of the game. After we have tested it thoroughly we will release it free on our site (expected 6 to 9 months after release),
Thanks for your thoughts, I’m actually a former political refugee from Queensland:) and that is not the reason I ahven’t been to Cancon. I have actually popped in occasionally over the last few years and Jack Greene (wargamer hall of fame and proprietor and chief designer of Quarterdeck games) and I will actually be going to Cancon 2019 so hope to catch up again then.
regards
Harry
Colin Cunningham on
Dear ADG, Harry if I get you,
We calculate we are starting our 99th game of WIF. That is about 3-4 months per game end to end per year since 1985. (not counting parallel and competition games) Given we have bought every edition of the game and expansions, we were not particularly in a hurry to order the new game until now, we have experience in the time it takes from announcement to availability necessary to achieve your goal of perfection.
I got curious playing on Monday and looked in the cupboard in the room we have met once a week in for many years and can help you out by saying we appear to have at least 3 copies and probably 4 of the first edition so that should help you a bit in tracing down your 2000 buyers at the beginning. Also 2nd, third, etc, and all expansions or other games. Amusing to see our names in a later edition(2nd?3rd?) rules set as a thankyou from you for all the questions we sent in to resolve our game playing queries.
Anyway we were going to buy the collectors edition deluxe version of some sort but had a couple of queries.
1. Is there still a cashback going for first edition buyers? We are not interested in cashback, will just buy more if yes.
2. Are the politics in flames mech in flames, KIF, and factory in flames extra units for WIF included in the collectors edition deluxe game (the one with the new PIF, SIF,Divisions and Territories) or do we use those counters from our current sets?
3. Are the extra subs, planes, heavies, amps and TRS that we use from Patton and America in the collectors edition deluxe game (the one with the new PIF, SIF,Divisions and Territories) or do we use the counters from our current sets of those games?
4. Are CoIF, Clif components included in the NEW SiF or do we use counters from our current games?
5. Do we have to order the Super deluxe package to get the companion and vassal module in the next few months? Can we buy it seperately? Its just we have everything, some multiple already and were not particulalry interested in buying another Patton, America, or DoD
Sorry to be a pain asking these questions given how busy u are, but its a bit confused on wifdiscussion and we have to be 4-7 of your longest and most regular customers and answering our questions will ensure we will be around to buy the next 5 or 6 editions.
As soon as I get your answers I will order appropriately so it will arrive before our 100th continuous game commences in a few months.
And all the best to you and the family, I always have a look to see if u are somewhere around Cancon but have not seen u for about 10 years now. I was CIO in Cairns regional Council for a while so understand wanting to stay in Qld of course.
Cheers,
Colin
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Kevin HOYT on
These guys look strangely close to the same age and all seem to have a sense of humor. I thought wargamers were supposed to be evil warmongers?