“Mediterranean Theatre of Operations”. You may see this term being used to refer collectively to the Warfighter North Africa and Mediterranean core boxes and the expansions.

Last updated: October 26, 2021 15:39

The quick answer is that Southern Europe / Italy and the Sahara Desert are uniquely different settings, in terms of weather, geography, and their history and the types of battles which were fought there, just as Western Europe has already been covered in its own box and expansions. By having a core set for each region, we can represent each area’s terrain and setting with the right thematic elements to tell its story. It also allows us to build expansions and battlepacks on top of the matching base set with the right ingredients.

Last updated: October 26, 2021 15:39

The North Africa and Mediterranean sets will have a very different feel from the European and Pacific sets, as well as each other. The Mission, Locations and Objectives have been designed to reflect the terrain and weather of each setting, and the Action Decks have been designed in the same way for squad actions as well. Squad management will also be different because in North Africa, as the British forces, your squad will need to adapt to the challenges of the terrain, and in Mediterranean, as the Italian army, your squad will be up against different kinds of command, supply, and equipment issues.

Last updated: October 26, 2021 15:39

The priority of the design work was creating the North Africa and Meditteranean core boxes. Alongside this, we made a longlist of national forces, campaigns and battles, from the well-known to the obscure - whichever nation, battle or campaign you’re thinking of, chances are they’re covered on the longlist.

We narrowed these into a shortlist of 18 titles which were (i) thematically interesting, (ii) would readily fit what was being done in the core boxes, and (iii) represented the diversity of forces which participated in the Mediterranean. Within these expansions, the forces which you can play include the British, New Zealanders, Australians, Free French, Greeks, Germans (Afrika Korps and Airborne) and of course, Italians (Royal Army, Airborne and Partisans.)

For large-scale campaigns like Sicily, Tobruk and Kasserine Pass, we decided to defer them to the next design phase because these were too epic to be represented by just one or two decks of battle packs. Warfighter is, at heart, a squad-level game about Soldiers, and these campaigns serve as a sweeping background against which their stories are told, and daring missions executed.

To do these justice, we are considering using either a new “campaign pack” system, or as a series of interlinked decks, in order to capture the breadth and depth of these stories. If a single expansion or battle pack is like a “movie”, doing these as a campaign pack or linked decks would be a “mini-series”, with expanded storylines and character progression over a longer timeline.

Last updated: November 01, 2021 01:30

There are no American forces in this release, as they are already very well represented in the existing Warfighter WW2 series being present in two core boxes, in addition to multiple expansion sets and battle packs. We do have plans for future expansions with American forces in the MTO setting.

Last updated: October 26, 2021 15:39

The Soldiers and/or Hostiles for each set are:

• Warfighter North Africa Core Box - British Soldiers vs German Hostiles

• Warfighter Mediterranean Core Box - Italian Soldiers vs British Hostiles

• WWII Exp #67 Long Range Desert Group - British Soldiers vs German Anti-Vehicle Hostiles (and German Hostiles from North Africa core)

• WWII Exp #68 Afrika Korps - German Soldiers (including Light Vehicle) and Hostiles

• WWII Exp #69 Royal Italian Army - Italian Soldiers (including Light Vehicle) and Hostiles

• WWII Exp #70 Battle of Bardia - Australian Soldiers vs Italian Hostiles

• WWII Exp #71 Battle of Bir Hakeim - Free French Soldiers (vs German Hostiles from North Africa core)

• WWII Exp #72 Battle of Damascus - Free French Soldiers vs Vichy French Hostiles

• WWII Exp #73 Operation Tombola - British SAS vs German Hostiles

• WWII Exp #74 Battle of Crete #1 - New Zealand Soldiers vs German Hostiles

• WWII Exp #75 Battle of Crete #2 - German Airborne Soldiers and Airborne Missions (vs British Hostiles from Mediterranean core)

• WWII Exp #76 Battle of Rimini - Greek Mountain Soldiers vs German Hostiles

• WWII Exp #77 Fortifications: Gothic Line - Fortification Missions and German Alpine Hostiles

• WWII Exp #78 Italian Partisans - Italian Partisans vs Italian Fascist Hostiles

• WWII Exp #79 Italian Airborne “Folgore” - Italian Airborne Soldiers and Airborne Missions

• WWII Exp #80 Raid on Saint-Nazaire - British Royal Marine Commandos vs German Hostiles

• WWII Exp #81 Charge of the Savoia Cavelleria - Italian Cavalry Soldiers vs Soviet Hostiles

• WWII Exp #82 Vehicles: Afrika Korps - German Vehicles and Anti-Vehicle Hostiles

• WWII Exp #83 Vehicles: Desert Rats - British Vehicles and Anti-Vehicle Hostiles

• WWII Exp #84 Vehicles: Italian Army - Italian Vehicles and Anti-Vehicle Hostiles

• WWII Exp #85 Gurkhas - British Gurkha Soldiers and Hostiles

• WWII Exp #86 Desert Rats - British Gear, Skills and Hostiles

Last updated: November 11, 2021 16:03

The MTO core box and expansions will not affect anything in the existing rules or cards. They will introduce Situation cards (also known as SitRep in Warfighter Modern) and Service Record Cards into a core box for the first time, which are already in the current rules. Most of the changes to the rules will be rule clarifications, and rewording some text for clarity.

Last updated: October 26, 2021 15:39

Yes, it will fit comfortably. There are approximately about 1600 cards in total (possibly more, depending stretch goals) from the core and expansion sets. A deck of 100 cards has a storage length of 1.5 in, so 1600 cards will come to 24 in.

Allowing for premium sleeves (90 microns), 1600 sleeves will come to approx 6 in. The total storage requirement will be 24 + 6 = 30 in. As an Ammo Box / Card Crate has a capacity of approx. 46 in, there is more than enough sufficient storage for the MTO cards, as well as future expansions. (A sleeved, standard deck of 56 cards would be about 1 in.)

Last updated: October 29, 2021 20:49

This is still being discussed internally, depending on progress of the Kickstarter as well as backer interest.

Last updated: October 29, 2021 20:49