Was reading through the infantry section of Mein Panzer core rules, and it said that for a more detailed set of infantry rules see the Mein Truppen rules. I did a search for mein truppen and all that seemed to turn up was a bunch of German bloggers.
Can someone point me in the right direction? Is it worth learning the Mein Truppen rules or just sticking with the Mein Panzer rules...Thanks in advance.
Mein Truppen
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You might try the good folks who publish the rules -- ODGW.
I have had no problems getting responses from them. They have a forum on their website and are pretty prompt in answering questions. Much of what they discuss in their vision for the Mein Panzer set does not yet have full "commercial release" status. But they have an active beta tester organization and often will provide previews of the rules that are not yet in full publication.
As some backdrop -- the Mein Truppen rules are in effect a reversion to the infantry rules of earlier Mein Panzer versions. The earlier rules used fire-team based infantry ("half squad" sized stands -- you might have two half-squads of riflemen and one LMG group per 10-man squad for some WW2 armies). The rules played pretty well (I played one infantry-heavy game with them), but as with most fire-team based rules they made it pretty hard to play combined-arms battles of any size. If you took a WW2 Soviet Tank company you pushed 10 models. Take a whole battalion and you push 21 models. But if you take a WW2 Soviet Rifle company you wind up trying to play about 38 or 39 stands!
I don't know what updates have been made since then, but if you prefer infantry-heavy games, I expect the Mein Truppen rules should play pretty well.
I have had no problems getting responses from them. They have a forum on their website and are pretty prompt in answering questions. Much of what they discuss in their vision for the Mein Panzer set does not yet have full "commercial release" status. But they have an active beta tester organization and often will provide previews of the rules that are not yet in full publication.
As some backdrop -- the Mein Truppen rules are in effect a reversion to the infantry rules of earlier Mein Panzer versions. The earlier rules used fire-team based infantry ("half squad" sized stands -- you might have two half-squads of riflemen and one LMG group per 10-man squad for some WW2 armies). The rules played pretty well (I played one infantry-heavy game with them), but as with most fire-team based rules they made it pretty hard to play combined-arms battles of any size. If you took a WW2 Soviet Tank company you pushed 10 models. Take a whole battalion and you push 21 models. But if you take a WW2 Soviet Rifle company you wind up trying to play about 38 or 39 stands!
I don't know what updates have been made since then, but if you prefer infantry-heavy games, I expect the Mein Truppen rules should play pretty well.
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