OHHHHHhhh, how I hate thee FFG!!! Thou hast drained all my disposable income for decades to come!!!

Producing pictures early, and detailing all the expansions has generated a lot of confidence in the game in this area.

Looking forward to the game play / battle report covering two starter boxes + expansion units.

I'll have one box next week and the new unit boxes this Friday.

I haven't seen these pics yet so thanks for sharing. I would imagine that these are going to come after the 2nd expansion or at least the 2nd one sounds like the story from the first comic series. This has made my day. I hope this game stays strong and does not die out. I have been trying to build some intrest in the game around my store but there does not seem to be any poster or promo things around the local shop to help spark intrest. I will keep trying though.

Your store should be able to order a demo copy of the game to spark some interest.  My store also has a large stand-up poster for the game.  They also got a limited edition walker which is on display.

My FLGS did get the promo walker and they gave it to me since I was trying to build hype around it since GenCon. But I don't think they got a demo set or a standee, but I will talk to them about it next time i am in there. Do you know whether or not they have to talk to FFG about this or the distributer which I think is Alliance.

My first three games were fast, furious and fun.  In the last mission we played the U.S. had to capture the three objectives.  one man standing scooped up the last two, with the rest of the battlefield reflecting absolute carnage.  My opponent and I had a great time.

Unusual deployment options, stategic missions or objectives and a bit of a creative twist devised by your game clubs will keep this system fresh for a long time I think, especially with the regular release of expansions.

This is how we are considering splitting up the 2nd Blue Thunder box:

one US Robot each

one German Robot each

For Steve:

Two US squads (as my friend focuses on them) and one German Squad

For Me:

U.S. Shotgun Squad, and two Germans squads including Lasers.

5 Tiles for one, 4 tiles for the other, with the shortchanged partner getting the 2nd rule book.

Splitting dice and obstacles evenly.

That's a huge amount of additional balanced forces each, with a preference to our preferred nations, for about $32 each.

In addition, we each picked up the expansion squads with the additional figure, affording us quite large battles on a 4 x 4 board as we jump friends into the game, he in the south valley and myself in central / north

Painting and displaying extra heroes for the Crazy Squirrel Game Store display case.

Good times. How are all of you beefing up your forces? Anyone splitting them in a similar fashion?

 Awesome stuff sir.  I can't wait for these to come out...

Splitting them sounds like the most logical thing to do.

I am contemplating investing in the game, just waiting to see how it goes over the next couple of months before I commit. First round of public job cuts here in the uk sliced so close I felt the breeze of the blade swooping inches from my derrier.

Anyway, I would be more likely to go for a sort of 'half' set or army box as one guy at our club has the boxed set and whilst more tiles could be good we also have someone at the club who has access to a printing company and could easily photo-shop some more from scratch.

With most games I like to collect one faction rather than several. Developing it over time. Still deciding on what to go for, am liking the Germans at the moment.