Boot Camp is your introduction to 4th Edition and the exciting world of Flames Of War, the world’s most

popular World
War II miniatures game.

Boot Camp Battle Report

Afrika Korps vs Desert Rats
To conclude the lessons laid out in the 4th Edition Boot
Camp, Phil and James put the theory into practice by
playing a 62-point game using the Free For All mission.

Free For All is a good mission for newer players, as it

doesn't include special rules like reserves or ambushes,
and both players have the same general goal: to find and
destroy the enemy.

After demonstrating how creating a force works in 4th

Edition in the Army Building video, Phil decided to use that
62-point Grant Armoured Squadron in the battle.
Phil's Desert Rats

Grant Armoured Squadron

Grant Armoured Squadron HQ — 3 x Grant 18 points

Grant Armoured Troop — 3 x Grant 18 points

Crusader Armoured Troop — 3 x Crusader II 5 points

Support Units
Motor Platoon — 3 x Bren gun, Boys AT rifle, 2-inch mortar 7 points

25 pdr Field Troop — 4 x 25 pdr gun 14 points

Total 62 points

James made his own 62-point army from Afrika Korps, a Panzer III Tank Company.
 James's Afrika Korps

Panzer III Tank Company

Panzer III Tank Company HQ — 1 x Panzer III (long 5cm), 1 x Panzer III (short 5cm) 12 points

Panzer III (mixed) Tank Platoon — 3 x Panzer III (short 5cm) 15 points

Panzer IV Tank Platoon — 1 x Panzer IV (long 7.5cm), 1 x Panzer IV (short 7.5cm) 16 points

Support Units
Africa Rifle Platoon — 4 x MG34, 1 x 2.8cm AT rifle 7 points

8.8cm Heavy AA Platoon — 3 x 8.8cm Heavy AA Platoon 12 points

Total 62 points

You can play Flames Of War at whatever points level you and your opponent like. 50 points will usually give you a
fairly quick game, while 80 or 100 points will give you a longer, more varied battle. In this case, 62 points just
happened to be what Phil's example force worked out to, but it is as good a points level as any and gave us a good
medium-sized game in which both our forces had a variety of different units.

Below: The battlefield before the first turn, showing the objectives and initial deployment.