Is this a good read

rocketman71 · Post by **rocketman71** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:33 am

Anyone read this:
http://www.awargamersneedfulthings.co.u ... coyle.html

Is it a good read while playing FCRS?

BeirutDude · Post by **BeirutDude** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 11:43 am

I enjoyed it, Along with Red Storm Rising. I need to read Red Army...

Red Army

kevinkins · Post by **kevinkins** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 2:21 pm

Sort of a classic for those who enjoy this hobby. Sword Point too. These where first published as computer wargames became pretty good. For example Steel Panthers, WGCS- TANKS and Tiller's WW2 materials.

WildCatNL · Post by **WildCatNL** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 4:41 pm

I liked Team Yankee a lot. I probably like Red Army and Chieftains (Bob Forrest-Web, available as ebook) better.

Here are some more suggestions when you've completed Team Yankee.

William

rocketman71 · Post by **rocketman71** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:00 pm

Thanks guys - looks like I have some reading to do

Still waiting though for the full new version of the game on Steam before jumping into it.
Any day now...
From what I understood from the review the Team Yankee book is revised after gaining access to Soviet archives.

Mad Russian · Post by **Mad Russian** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 7:19 pm

Chieftains is on the list too.

Good Hunting.

MR

exsonic01 · Post by **exsonic01** » Sun Sep 04, 2016 8:06 pm

Team Yankee~! One of my favorite... Indeed, it is a good reading for this game

Stimpak · Post by **Stimpak** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 4:21 am

Huh, my link doesn't work.

Crossroads · Post by **Crossroads** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 9:28 am

I re-read "Red Storm Rising" this summer, probably the first re-read since it came out. Oh, at the time I probably read it a couple of times over. Still, was a bit of a surprise how little land combat the book actually has. A shame really, as the book is absolutely rocking through those few chapters! No wonder those memories stuck in [:)]

Team Yankee seems botched up as a Kindle edition, too bad. I'll try Chieftains next then [:)]

BeirutDude · Post by **BeirutDude** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:16 am

Crossroads. Same here on RSR. Never heard of "Chiefians. Have yo check it out.

rocketman71 · Post by **rocketman71** » Mon Sep 05, 2016 11:52 am

I'm leaning towards Team Yankee revised version first. Anyone know if the iOS/iBook version works better than Kindle?

Crossroads · Post by **Crossroads** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:35 pm

ORIGINAL: Crossroads

Team Yankee seems botched up as a Kindle edition, too bad. I'll try Chieftains next then [:)]

So here goes, at USD 4.99 + tax this was a no brainer to buy. You can actually get a look at the first two chapters via Amazon, and true enough, the book fires up very spiritedly.

The first third provides for very nice fiction, after which the author unfortunately gets lost himself in the chaos and utter madness of the modern(ish) battlefield he paints. Characters come, with a rich introduction to their civil life, only to be almnost forgotten for a while, then haphazardly visited again with not much sense in why they were introduced in first place. Should he have concentrated on the main protagonist alone, I would have scored it higher, but as it is, a solid "C" it is.

Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained. And it killed a few days from my waiting list on the "Blood and Bridges" boardgame of the Lock'n Load "World at War'85" series. Brits fighting the Soviets that game too [:)]

Crossroads · Post by **Crossroads** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:36 pm

ORIGINAL: rocketboy

I'm leaning towards Team Yankee revised version first. Anyone know if the iOS/iBook version works better than Kindle?

Do et me know if you find out, or went for it anyway. The Kindle edition seems unreadable, based on the feedback.

rocketman71 · Post by **rocketman71** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 12:13 pm

ORIGINAL: Crossroads

ORIGINAL: rocketboy

I'm leaning towards Team Yankee revised version first. Anyone know if the iOS/iBook version works better than Kindle?

Do et me know if you find out, or went for it anyway. The Kindle edition seems unreadable, based on the feedback.

I bought it yesterday (139 SEK, about 14 USD) on iBooks and some 30 pages into it, it looks as it should.

Crossroads · Post by **Crossroads** » Sat Sep 10, 2016 3:41 pm

Good to hear, might give it a go as an iBook then [:)]

bayonetbrant · Post by **bayonetbrant** » Tue Sep 13, 2016 10:51 am

there was also a comic adaptation of Team Yankee back in the late 80s that wasn't too bad

vettim89 · Post by **vettim89** » Wed Sep 14, 2016 12:04 pm

I always thought Team Yankee and Red Army were nice foils to one another. One where everything went the WP's way and the other where everything fell NATO's way.
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Air Battle Central Europe is a must read. Nice nuts and bolts approach with the actual pilots telling how they would do their jobs in a hot war

Vyshka · Post by **Vyshka** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 3:37 am

ORIGINAL: W1ll14m

I liked Team Yankee a lot. I probably like Red Army and Chieftains (Bob Forrest-Web, available as ebook) better.

Here are some more suggestions when you've completed Team Yankee.

William

Air Battle Central Europe is available in kindle format as well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00ZCOELM2?re ... nkCode=kpe

rocketman71 · Post by **rocketman71** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 12:59 pm

Does anyone know if there is a book on this topic that is written like a hypothetical history book and/or description of how events could have panned out, rather than a work of fiction? Readin Team Yankee now and find it to be rather poorly written from a litreray standpoint

Vyshka · Post by **Vyshka** » Sun Oct 02, 2016 2:32 pm

Closest to that would probably be Hackett's stuff.

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