Team Yankee Leopard Week - Creating Modern Battlefield Terrain

[@johanwolfaardt3366]

at 11:25 you make the comment about how the ground is not happy with an army on the March. I'm an old tanker myself having served in the South African Army Armoured Corps. Tanks do turn over soil quite significantly that's true, but its more like a plowing effect really (especially where they turn), come back a month or two later and the grass is actually growing stronger where the tanks had passed. I don't know if this is applicable to European climates, but it definitely holds true for the African Savannah. Where a military can cause damage to the environment however is actually in the Laager and Hide areas where refueling, rearming and repairing is done. Fuels, Oils and Packaging can ruin the local Flora.

[@Jesrinbon1964]

I am working on getting a table set up, don't have much yet, but I want to start with a universal table, something I can put together quickly.

[@ArchangelMiniatureGaming]

Honestly, I've always loved cityfight stuff. I have always wanted to build a ruined Caen for WWII, and I feel like a big apartment and factory district in Berlin would be amazing!

[@kamikazebadger2686]

Good video, lots of inspiration to be found here. So far we've usually done city terrain in the middle of the table as a primary objective with some covered approaches like dirt tracks through stands of forest and hills.

[@christianschmeisser1396]

8:40 It's the Brandenburger Tor (brandenburg gate). It's THE monument in berlin, maybe even more iconic than the famous TV tower. Give it a visit if you're ever in germany :)

[@NicolaiVE]

Terrain is so much for a table. it sets the mood for whatever you are playing. I have a lot of WWII buildings, who are completely usable but in order to get the feel of TY right I will need to add some of the more modern buildings. (the electric pylons are a nice touch!)

[@MrStainless001]

I'm not usually a WW2 Warhammer but those models look beautiful, lovely paint job

[@IanBurns]

I got into Team Yankee because the West Germans look so good. I love the look of the Leo 2's, but it's the Leopard 1's that have my eye. Also, this video is being saved and rewatched. I don't have a table at the moment, but one idea I had was airport at the edge of a city, massive runway, some buildings and the edge of one side just filled with trees.

[@malusignatius]

It's nice to see something hobby-related both appropriate to Team Yankee, but also useful to other games as well.

[@timpasschier3936]

I'm thinking a factory or depot. Plenty of tactical objectives to go around and interesting opportunities for closely packed buildings vs large open spaces

[@CjMac270]

Great ideas. Love the historical examples and photos provided! Definitely true though - tanks (along with all armoured vehicles) don't like going into built up areas.

[@CjMac270]

The Berlin Wall idea is probably my favourite - great dynamic between the two sides.

[@Frozt001]

I'm glad that although most of the internet is down I can still watch KZbin and Beast of War

[@sebastianh.103]

Really nice terrain tips, thanks! I'd like a monument like the Arc de Triompf with the big roundabout - there would be rather large open areas for firing and some nice lines of sight..

[@evilspock4810]

Are the Pylons by 4Ground? My table will be autobahn with a rest area complete with gas station and Mc Pizza King!

[@theofficerfactory2625]

A few of those oil tanks and factories with the parking lot idea and railroad tracks would make one AWESOME table.

[@clanmur]

These are GREAT looking models. Can't wait to get my hands on some, despite being our groups Soviet player. What can I say Leopards and Luchs to go please.

[@StaGusGbg]

Awesome stuff. My brother in law commanded a Gepard Flackpanzer in the late 80s so I'm going to have to get some West Germans!

[@LtCdrRoyFokker]

Thanks for the terrain tips. What scale were those buildings?

[@gulliverthegullible6667]

Would have made sense to say that the pics at 4:37 and 10:10 must have been shot in the GDR. A bit of a different scenario, right? I wonder who is invading whom in this game.

[@QHolger]

you should make more videos like this one, about building terrain on the table and the theory behind it.

[@pintandoydemasbyel1931]

I think the monument is brandenbourg door, Also in Berlín, would be great a 4ground full board with those nivel y detalled buildings!

[@johnsanchez9802]

I love these models are highly detailed great for a time period of the eighties I'm getting flashbacks of Red Dawn

[@Grimwolfleader]

Hey guys. Great video. I am just getting into Team Yankee and all the videos are really helpful. Quick question on the pylons. Were they scratch built or are they produced by a company? I have not seen them amongst any of the Team Yankee terrain when i am searching online. Thanks JR

[@Byakhee1]

I'd love to see a table with a bit power plant that you could fight over. Smoke stacks, huge power structures, fences, walls and so on.

[@GrishnakAthanor1]

I have never played Team Yankee but to start I would just use Flames of War terrain with a couple of those pylons on the outer edges of the board. Now you're fighting in a rural setting but the addition of the pylons gives it a modern touch so it doesn't look like some Abrams/T72/Leopard got lost and wandered into a FoW table.

[@mattliguori2745]

Real great video with a lot of great ideas. the one that has me most excited is the half-built cityscape. Large roads and buildings mixed with half built structures and machinery. Seems like a pleasant change to fighting in crumbling cities.

[@sulun1658]

With the new Germany addition it seems like a great time to start Team Yankee! Played regular FOW and this just looks really cool!

[@box2battle]

Still amazes me this book has turned into a mini war game. So cool.

[@malusignatius]

I'd be tempted to do a map based off of some of the maps in Wargame: European Escalation, say a small village with surrounding fields and forests.

[@CosplayingHistoryNerd]

I haven't played that one yet, is as good as AirLand Battle and Red Dragon

[@malusignatius]

It's the first in the series, so it's missing some of the features of the other games. Still fun though.

[@ashercroy4982]

Great vid, I hope team Yankee brings infantry combat into the ruleset though

[@TheRealSonBae]

Great addition to the forces! Look forward to more.

[@Steelguard327]

This game has so much possibilities. You guys are doing great please keep rolling out new Nato and Warsaw Pact forces. American Bradly IFV both M2/M3 would be great. I'd also like to see BTR 70/80 for the Russians. Thanks.

[@ethan5354]

incredible another thing i want will it ever end?

[@richardh66]

Another good discussion of terrain for the tabletop.

[@thislostendevour]

I don't know why but the terrain pieces on the table make me think of Danger 5.

[@wkehrman]

That's the Brandenburg Gate, isn't it at 8:37?

[@davecrater878]

Great video to get a visual perspective for modern battlefield war games.

[@drooooo1]

Doing industrial look with a small village off to the side

[@KaminStalker]

the silo really needs the factory building next to it to look good! alone = big blop of greyness > together = awesome factory area :O

[@alanwhyte1348]

this game looks great never played it but would love to have a go

[@Hail_the_Snail]

Well done terrain. Hope to see more in the future.

[@lorcannagle]

As nice as the GF9 resin buildings are, they're kinda pricey! Would the Dropzone cityscape be too small for Team Yankee at 10mm scale?

[@gavingarner2802]

Loving the team Yankee coverage, looking forward to trying some of these battlefields for myself.

[@Nineyen]

The Berlin Wall idea is a brilliant idea. My buddy and I will have to make this happen.

[@Syniroken]

Curious if it would be worth stringing some wire along the pylons.

[@blkjet117]

I like the new modern buildings. Keep them coming.

[@ww2wargaming938]

Really interesting, but can't believe you didn't recognise the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin! When I went there in the Cold War that was very much the front line for the Brits in Berlin.

[@steveb1196]

Well, terrain looks gorgeous! I guess it's going to be more money leaving my wallet! Thanks to Beasts of War for throwing these videos together. I just recently found you guys. Going to subscribe!

[@Tareezo]

Buildings are great and such, and very interesting, but I do think that most of the fighting would happen in fields and between forests.

[@gaspainsify]

That fast food restaurant would look golden under an arch.

[@thelittlestmig3394]

Isn't "arch" arse in German?

[@gaspainsify]

I think arsch is but that would be funny too.

[@acareatti]

I would like to make a Berlin Wall/Checkpoint Charlie where one side is attacking the other or one side has a spy they have to extract.

[@leaf0nthewind625]

I love all the new German models, and the terrain is just as beautiful!

[@leaf0nthewind625]

Also that monument was Checkpoint Charlie.

[@dmcriticalfail7263]

The "Monument" being the arch structure they couldn't name? I thought it looked like the Brandenburg Gate. Unless I am looking at the wrong picture you are referring to (or option 2: I am wrong which is a possibility as well :) )

[@leaf0nthewind625]

+DM CriticalFail No no, you're right it is the Brandenburg gate. Thanks for correcting me.

[@peacemaker00]

love to get my hands on that bundle, would make getting my friends in easy.

[@owencook9729]

Terrain looks awesome, really like the fast food building.

[@owencook9729]

Also, I'd love to have a table that was set between two villages, with a wide open space in the middle and some buildings clustered around two sides.

[@Ben-mp3yh]

That would be cool especially with some fields with some depressions from tanks and a few tree clumps.

[@SpenserClark]

Those look pretty sturdy, that's nice.

[@matthewsnow7117]

TY coverage is great ! Keep it up . Want to do a countryside table with a couple of villages :-)

[@Dussellus]

Having a battlefield like Checkpoint Charlie in Berlin, would be one hell of a sight really.

[@graycap44]

The West German forces offer some very interesting force options for Team Yankee.

[@stevelewis2658]

Nice prize bundle! Really liking the look of the Germans.

[@jasonhopkins6180]

Everything looks so good

[@TheKordhel]

Looks great guys planning on doing a small town with a airport

[@stoney997]

A table based around a power station I think would be an interesting one.

[@connorcolton868]

This game seems really cool and it would be great if you covered it on a semi regular basis.

[@nandalf12]

Love the Lloydislavia buildings!

[@Chugosh]

Neat looking battlefield props.

[@hankkaufman1900]

may have to pick some up

[@kylehemeyer2763]

construction site is a good idea but it would be cool to see a large strip mine table where you have multiple levels and the tanks are dwarfed by some of the machinery

[@OnTableTop]

Great idea, what's the story though? Why are they in a quarry? :O

[@kylehemeyer2763]

A uranium mine in a small country capable of producing weapon's grade uranium. Especially if the ruler of that country is unstable.

[@armyjacky96]

So good. I would love to get into this.

[@peterclarke1535]

Fast food restraunt, its a sch nell embiss, where they sell brockies.

[@ODST576]

Where do you get the card buildings?

[@MrCspell]

thanks for the tips

[@dcal12]

Great video. Love the terrain

[@johnsellars2692]

Some really good ideas given.

[@rjletourneau]

This game looks awesome!

[@Togen2063]

Nice work again guys

[@IronBear0023]

TY coverage is great !

[@VapianGames]

Modern has never appealed to me, more of a historical gamer. But thematically fighting over this kind of terrain is stirring things inside me. I would like to see or use some house rules for blowing buildings up mid game so that by the end you are fighting through the rubble. This is all out war!

[@wraith1339]

Cool, Team Yankee!

[@andrewmcgrath7035]

This game looks awesome

[@briansmith9319]

Terrain appears to be fairly accurate.

[@trennefelt]

This game looks really interesting.

[@inhumanbookworm]

It's nice that Justin doesn't mistake Czech Rep with Czechoslovakia :)

[@Ragnarclaw]

Looking good mate!

[@waltterholm1999]

Need also set of 1/100 Trabant to put into city! ;)

[@Debriefgames]

Need this game in my life

[@michaelgoodwin1239]

Would be cool to have wrecked tanks as a terrain piece

[@jackel1490]

Awesome terrain would love to see city fights( oh that monument is the brandenburg gate ;p

[@darthmisable]

this game look awesome

[@angelsainz3021]

I'm so tempted by team yankee....

[@retroalias]

Excellent stuff!

[@JockevanHelgen]

In the German 80s, the 4Ground Pylons are a must have for the Battlefield.

[@markfrancis8978]

definitely want to build a destroyed bridge on the autobahn since that was the plan to stop easy movement for soviet forces

[@CwenUK]

Looks good chaps!

[@Iceeagle85]

Nice terrain.

[@Colonelkrazykenny]

great video very informative. tanks

[@Tsuthoggua]

Excellent stuff! Cheers!

[@tigerstein]

These terrains look great. On another note I wish the americans would have the M60 tank besides the Abrams. It is one of my favorites of that period.

[@castillocaden]

Agreed, I think having a lower cost option for the Americans would be a great addition

[@CosplayingHistoryNerd]

One thing you could do is take componants of Vietnam to do late 60's and 70's

[@Breland1976]

awesome ideas

[@iwillfloryou1863]

Looks cool

[@ChancellorLott06]

Love them leopards