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Glad to be an inspiration! Indeed, system is great - just need some experience to be fluent with it :)

@@mk20336 After getting the hang of EFS with AGC (Barbarossa) I'm looking forward to these now I know a little about how the 'hex and counter' games work! Icing-0n-the-cake ----- they both arrived brand-new in their cellophane about 10 minutes ago! Going to be a busy evening I think! Thanks again for your help and indeed inspiration, please keep-up the good work.

Indeed, a lot of content and material inside. So hopefully also hours of fun playing!

My humble opinion? (I know not everybody will agree). While Stalingrad has elements of "legacy" and Callisto had all scenarios independent, the former is sometimes so much imbalanced and not fun to play. I would go for Callisto!

Indeed, great system which by many is treated as too overwhelming; I hope I was able to present it does not have to be treated that way :)

I am so glad we get this expansion in the end; and definitely will be working on materials to present this in action!

This is my feeling too - aside from straightforward rules, they are also very attractive from components / graphics perspective and easily grab attention of players.

A lot will happen then :)

You can get it from NAC Wargames site: nacwargames.com/shop/ They have shops both in Europe and US/Canada.

That game reminds of title like "Mafia" or similar. Nobody is good in them, there are no positive characters. Still, one tries to understand how such organization could work, survive and sometimes even thrive.

@@mk20336 I guess it comes down to subjective notions of what constitutes bad taste. This game does, in my view. The culture obviously supports it, so I think it’s only a matter of time before a game company like this one (most likely European because you wouldn’t see a US publisher caught dead publishing a game with this subject matter - nothing to do with “woke”) sees fit to put out a game like “The Other Side of the Tunnel” where players can choose between playing as an IDF commander tasked with demolishing and ethnically-cleansing Gaza, or as a Hamas militant carrying out the Oct. 7 massacres. No doubt such a title would be “gaming goodness” for many eager roleplayer types in the community who really enjoy “inhabiting the role” of mass murderers

@@mk20336 I guess it comes down to subjective notions of what constitutes bad taste. This game does, in my view. The culture obviously supports it, so I think it’s only a matter of time before a game company like this one (most likely European because you wouldn’t see a US publisher caught dead publishing a game with this subject matter - nothing to do with “woke”) sees fit to put out a game like “The Other Side of the Tunnel” where players can choose between playing as an IDF commander tasked with demolishing and ethnically-cleansing Gaza, or as a Hamas militant carrying out the Oct. 7 massacres. No doubt such a title would be “gaming goodness” for many eager roleplayer types in the community who really enjoy “inhabiting the role” of mass murderers

Thank y9ou - my pleasure!

Thanks; hope you enjoy the game!

Very difficult for them; even without Caesar Rome has decent advantage. Still, very good as a training scenario.

Cube4Me sets: cube4me.com/product/triomphe-a-marengo/

Thank you so much for kind words; as for your observations - I do not have rules / scenario set-up handy but let me try to answer from top of my head: 1) for Line Command, I definitely should roll the TQ check in momentum to see if I can do it; in the heat of the battle such things happen, and when you play solo, there is no opponent to point that out to you 2) as for the Line Command composition, it depends on units; sometimes there might be interval of 1-2 hexes between the units (oftentimes skirmishers) and still count as the line. As said, I do not have scenario details but please check what does it say about line command eligibility and then cross check the rules how it would work for particular type of the unit.

Great news - this is fantastic title! There will be Part 2, when I am going to actually play this game :)

No errata here. Please look at the description of the set-up. It says -for barbarian cavalry (BC) - that it can be placed up to 2 hexes from 1100. I preferred to have them grouped in one place, rather than split.

Yes, I observed that new approach to graphics sparked a lot of discussion. I have not had occasion to play earlier version to be able to fully compare those.

oh yes, you are completely right. let us assume, for the sake of the gameplay, that they did not react on time :)

It is great evolution with regards to the rules and quality of components; you will have a lot of fun with it!

Soon it is there. Wish you a lot of fun😊

Definitely try it; system is not complicated and some smaller scenarios are easily manageable! Good luck!

Lol, you are 100% right! Sorry, when you play two handed, in heat of the battle, mistakes occur. Still, I hope you enjoyed the video!

Well, that was definitely not my intention :) Can you please explain more?

My impression too! Soon I will bring it to the table and be able to share more info about it.

Thank you Chris - Merry Christmas!

Thankyou so much. Indeed, I had a lot of satisfaction with clearing the island!

Thank you, glad to be of help. Btw, the third installment in the series is already in works: Berlin: The Fall of the Reich, 1945 (talk.consimworld.com/WebX?14@@.1de6fe05/0). And if you would like to see the first game published within the system, here it is: Stalingrad: Advance to the Volga, 1942(th-cam.com/video/V-uIJLImakE/w-d-xo.html)

Thanks! Indeed, the game is fun! You can see some gameplay examples here: th-cam.com/video/wnwpGsTpioE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_8wyQKeBgOJnRHle and here: th-cam.com/video/lPc7Qi5zrqo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=D7LR68mUKPhiuJL9. Enjoy!

Indeed; such mistakes - or simply, overlooking the opportunities - happens from time to time in the heat of the battle!

Indeed, Nils Johansson does his job splendidly!

Regarding differences, two main will be deck building concept in Hand sin the Sea as well as completely different battle resolution. Some things will be similar, however there is a lot of differences.

I would say that while they are the same topic, they are very different games. Hamilcar is a more traditional CDG where you are using cards to move forces around the map, add to those forces or flip allegiance of locations. Hands in the Sea is more abstract in that you are largely trying to deck build to have the right cards in your hand to be able to take certain actions like settling, develop, fortify, or attack a certain location. Forces if I remember are on the cards in your hand and less tangible than the on map pieces in Hamilcar.

Wonder if the darker board was to represent the Mediterranean as Homer described it: " the wine dark sea."

@@Phillybrarian I have a feeling it was rather in connection with Greet art style - do not remember the name now, but the one with mainly back and orange/red colors.

Glad it was helpful! Love the system and you might be sure to get more such materials for future installments.

It is always welcoming when designer / publisher responds to the community suggestions.

@@A._J_. yes. With the publishing of Red Horizon 41. We started to collect feedback... and we learnt a lot of course. So we added a lot i to the v2.0 ruleset... we will bring back Red Horizon 41 as a revised Edition with one of our next projects.

This is certainly not true for GMT's Combat Commander series. 🙂

@@assaultgames167 Definitely interested in the 2nd Edition of Red Horizon 41! 🤩

@@carlparadis6735 That also true cause Chad Jensen was such a wonderful designer, who made sure his games are top quality rules wise!

Thanks for creating great system and bringing it u p to a new level with this new installment!

Oj tak, zawartości jest tutaj na dziesiątki godzin grania :)

@@mk20336 rewelka! Będzie w co grać przy najbliższej okazji 👏

@@kolosm100 Zdecydowanie tak!

I believe you are right; I have not played for some time, but most rules are pretty straightforward.

Thank you! Always great fun playing Arete!

Game looks great! Any chance you will port it to pc?

@@alexy590 Probably question to Bill :)

@@alexy590 Thank you! I'm still on the fence about it because I really designed it for touch screens, but a lot of people have asked so I'm starting to warm up to the idea. Can't promise, but maybe?

Hi Christopher, thank you for kind words. I agree, that might not be strategically optimal example of play (hard to cover everything playing two-hands). Still, my goal was to show mechanics, beauty and tension of that great game. And I hope I succeeded!

⁠You did a beautiful job. Very clear and fun to watch. Bravo!

Glad you enjoy it! I am having fun playing it on all possible configurations - solo, 2 player or 3-4.

My pleasure! The game is simply great, hits the table often and gives a lot of fun!

I explained it so many times to my co-players and succumbed to this very error...

Thanks! Close scenario for both sides!

Indeed, the game looks astonishing. I also agree that designer notes like an insight into what the designer planned - sometimes explain the choices made which might not be so obvious at the onset.

Indeed, my mistake in the heat of the battle!

It is very tough for them; I hope you will see their victory in the future!

Ah, good catch! Indeed, this is basic COIN mechanic which escaped me in the heat of the battle :)

PS. For Robin Hood you can find some of my ideas here: th-cam.com/video/W3LEcFcExnQ/w-d-xo.html

To prawda, świetnie przeniesiona gra wojenna na komputer!

Thank you; asymmetry in this title really forces you to look at and play each side differently.

Hi! This is exactly the situation - the set not only sorts and stores the components; they trays can be used during the game to have all the pieces handy.