As most of you know, the Kickstarter campaign went live!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hon-br1/heroes-of-normandie-big-red-one-edition/

I'd say this is a good place to bundle new questions?

Quote from kenofyork on [09/03/2021] à 21:27

Are the terrain tiles the same as the ones in the first version of HoN?

The terrain tiles from the core box are the same so that the new box is still compatible with all old expansions.

Big Red One will feature new scenarios, however.

Quote from kenofyork on [09/03/2021] à 21:27

Are the beach tiles the same ones from D-Day?

These are different.

The bunker formations are different. The new bunker setups from Omaha Beach feature trenches, which the bunkers from D-Day did not.

Omaha Beach also features destructible Sea Walls, which give directional cover, a new type of defensive bonus.

A comparison:

Beaches from Omaha Beach, with preprinted anti-tank defenses.

Beaches from D-Day. These had the bunkers as terrain tiles, instead of preprinted like in Omaha Beach. Preprinted terrain features save a lot of time during setup, especially with tons of little item like trenches, barbwire and anti-tank defenses.

Bunkers with trench systems from Omaha Beach:

Quote from dogboy on [10/03/2021] à 04:45

any idea of the terrain on the backside of the omaha tiles

Look at Bart's post 2 above yours…

You see the set of 6 tiles, and then 3 of the other sides (which were unlocked by the pre-launch campaign). The rest wait on unlock as part of the Kickstarter campaign (I guess).

Is anybody else facing problems with the Kickstarter?

I have placed my pledge and on the Kickstarter page it said that it was successful, but then I did not get a confirmation mail and the project does not show up in my profile.

No the cards are not in cowboy but they are the same as from pig from hell ks

According to the core box content description, it also contains 3 punchboards with buildings and overlays (in addition to the 6 terrain tiles and 6 unit punchboards).

Do we already know what there punchboards look like? Do they contain any new content?

I am asking because these punchboards do not seem to be part of the upgrade pledge.

aaah! I see the post with the new information now! Thanks 🙂

I don't see the card upgrade option on the kickstarter? Although I guess that's te 5 euro's more option that comes with the entire corebox?

Well the labels usually come with the storage and there is no storage in the upgrade kit so I'm guessing that you would need to add on the storage and then you would get the labels?

Which I can see is a pain if you already have extra storage so yes, it would be nice to get a set of labels in the upgrade kit but since they will be from a different SKU to all the other bits might be a pain to arrange.

Quote from weyly on [10/03/2021] à 19:05

It seems that the buildings/overlays are part of the unit boards

That was what I assumed until I saw the explicit mention of three "building & overlay" punchboards. But of course that listing could be in error.

Quote from Penta on [10/03/2021] à 22:10

Quote from weyly on [10/03/2021] à 19:05

It seems that the buildings/overlays are part of the unit boards

That was what I assumed until I saw the explicit mention of three "building & overlay" punchboards. But of course that listing could be in error.

I don't think you are reading that right.

The Punchboards entry is a list showing the units included:

2 American infantry platoons + options

– 1st Inf. Div. 16th Inf. Reg. A on board 2

– 1st Inf. Div. 18th Inf. Reg. C on board 3

1 American Field Command and 3 Heroes

– Col. George Taylor on board 1

– Clint on board 1

– Bob Stiltman on board 2

– Sam Fueller on board 3

2 German Infantry Platoons

– I. Bat. – Reg. 304 – 2. Panzer Div on board 5

– II Bat. – Reg. 304 – 2. Panzer Div on board 6

1 German Field Command and 3 Heroes

– Maj. Brassert on board 4

– Karl on board 4

– Heinrich on board 5

– Paul Egger on board 6

3 Buildings and Overlays

– All 3 of the Building Overlays are on board 4

– 1 space Foxhole Overlays on boards 2, 3, 5 and 6

– 2 space Foxhole Overlays on boards 1 and 4

– 2 space Pond Overlay on board 1

– Blast Template Overlays on board 1

In fact, you can see board 1 and board 4 in the illustration, and it shows the 3 buildings and many of the overlays.

There are 3 boards of US tokens and 3 boards of German tokens. The rest of the stuff is scattered among the various boards, as well as various stuff used to run the game, such as Suppress/Activation tokens, Destruction tokens, Objectives, Armor damage markers, Order options, Bonus Tactics, and of course the Initiative Track and assorted markers. Oh, and a flame-thrower template 🙂