Breaking the Iron Curtain; Part 3. American Starter Force Unboxing and Book First Impressions

Welcome back to "Breaking the Iron Curtain" - a beginners perspective series for World War III "Team Yankee" by Battlefront Games

So far as part of this series I've put together a small force for the United States of America, building and painting the old US starter sets "Bannon's Boys" and "Ryan's Leathernecks", and taking my first steps into learning the rules.

It's been a great month to be a budding US player with so many amazing new and updated plastic kits launched, a new Starter Set and a new faction book packed with exciting rules! 

Try as I might, I couldn't resist the pull of the new Starter Box; there's so much value in that box and the models really complement what I already had. I also needed to pick up the newest book as I've got my first game coming soon, and wanted to make sure I could actually run the right formations!

For this months update I thought I'd do an unboxing post for the new US starter, talk through the decisions I made when building up the models, and then mention some of the cool new additions in the 2nd Edition US Faction Book.

Let's get into it!

Breaking the Iron Curtain; Part 2. Ryan's Leathernecks - A WW3 Project by Medge

Welcome back to Breaking the Iron Curtain - a beginners perspective series for World War III "Team Yankee" by Battlefront Games.

In my last post I began my journey into Team Yankee, taking my first footsteps into the world of histroic/ alternate history wargaming and making a start on my first models.

In this months update I've made some good progress on the models I already, I've begun to learn a little more about the game, and started planning for future projects.

Read on to find out more!

Breaking the Iron Curtain - A WW3 Project by Medge

On August 4th 1985 the unthinkable happened; the Soviet Union crossed the Iron Curtain and invaded West Germany.

Soviet Tanks rumbled though West Germany, making significant gains in territory in the north and south of the country.

NATO had long suspected a Soviet strike and, whilst the their forces were not fully prepared to meet the Soviet advance, their defences held in key locations throughout Germany.

The Soviets had struck hard and fast; now it was NATO's turn to counter-strike. War had been declared, and the Iron Curtain would fall once and for all...

Now clearly this is not the History we know. It forms part of the opening narrative for World War III: Team Yankee; a 15mm combined-arms war-game made by Battlefront Games.

My fellow warlord, Neil, is a big fan of Battlefront games and has been pitching Team Yankee for a little while now (as regular readers will know from his WW3 series). Earlier this year (pre-lockdown!) I had brief demo of the game and really enjoyed it; it was a deep and detailed games system that played in a fun and fluid manner. 

Off the back of this I was gifted a starter set, and I've used lockdown as a bit of an excuse to crack it out and take my first steps into a darker alternate history; one where the Cold War got very hot!