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Great pair of videos...thank you very much!

Oh no I am 3 years late

What strategy game would recommend for the pacific war. It should be fun, easy rules, soloable, not too long. Can be on the lighter side. Thx

Hi. Are you sure that you can perform two explotation with the same stack.... (8.1.12 There is no subsequent EA following any EC)...?

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Tim, I really want to get into wargames that aren't too complex. Total newbie, I only will play solo, and Pacific theater is an area I'm heavily interested in. Would you start with the Worthington ones or is there another ?

excellent vid. yea getting this game.

There is currently a funding campaign on Gamefound for a slightly revised version, but the proposed single-player mode leaves something to be desired, as you actually take turns managing both sides...

I really enjoyed this playthrough, looks like a fun game

Still watching this video but I can't help but ask about the glass-looking screen you have over the boards. What is that? I think I may need one. Thanks.

Did you ever play the combined game?

Probably my best memory from childhood. Circa 1990 aged 12, I picked this up at a flea market in Canberra (Trash n Treasure) for cheap. Me and a friend would set this up for entire weekends around then. I remember Loading invididual bombers with their torps and bombs and I didn't appreciate how good the spotting rules were. I wasn't distracted by the internet, I didn't have brain damage from alcohol and I could fully understand the rules at age 12. Now I have trouble understanding or focusing on monopoly at 46 : (....I'm resolving to give up alcohol and the internet this year. I already gave up my mobile bone...gotta return to clean living and focus.. I also remember being dissapointed at age 12 that I could't land Marines or Army troops to take over those islands!

Dont you do the small groups first ? This creates hold orders, that moves the counter up four places. So when it gets to the bigger groups they are more aggressive. At least that whats happens in the playthrough i watched.

I sure wish you showed the dice throwing, because i had no idea how many dice you were throwing, so it was not clear how that combat resolution occurred. otherwise it was a great informative video.

I understand the concept of siege combat in an unoccupied city, but what is the process if there is a defending unit inside the fortress?

Best pirate game is Merchants & Marauders. Pyrates! from White Dog looks decent, too.

It's called a propoerganda victory bud , I feel Ur pain 👍

It's called a propoerganda victory bud , I feel Ur pain 👍

Good to see you back Tim!

Glad to see you still here.

Bim Bim Boom Baby, I liked your energy !! :D Best playthrough tutorial I've seen about this game. Thanks.

Hey, I agree Task Force is a really good game. The only minor issue I have with it is that the Fog of war is perhaps not as strong as it should and it is a bit too easy to locate the actual enemy taskforce. But it is a minor issue, all else works fine and the production quality from VUCA is amazing. The fog of war is always difficult to represent in a hex&counter boardgame without having 2 maps and hidden movement etc.

La Belle Epoch Rang a bell. Nice list was always tempted by the Pacific but... Eh? Is there a Card based Pacific / Japanese game any one rates? Or best solo?

Thanks Tim, great video as always - you are making me spend money as usual! Have bought Pyrates - have you tried David's other solitaire games? I particularly like ReConquista, but Irish Freedom, Solitaire Caesar, Vietnam Solitaire are all very good, and The MOG is awesome!

I had the EXACT same experience with Fighters of the Pacific. Your reaction made me feel better.

Any publisher for And the War Came?

I have Mr. President too and have not played it either. A bit intimidated by it all.

About And Then the War Came. Has the designer pitched it to the well known publishers? Are they even aware of it? Do you know the story on this? It would be crazy to hear that they said hard pass and moved on.

Thank you, Tim. Your video instantly cost me 60€. I've ordered La Bellle Époque. It is probably the game I've been looking for without knowing it. I had no clue that game even existed. All the best to you for 2024.

I've been a big fan of Worthington games for a long time now. Games you can play in an evening or afternoon, great components, and some really fun and well designed games. Love their two rulebooks in the games now.

Thank you for your update on 2023!

For shackled to a corpse, it will be 1 pp per turn to negate this. This event stays for the rest of the game. Since AH got 1 pp from Germany, didn't they negate it for that turn?

Played twice now. Pulling only three cards at random for the germans and it works perfectly. There's also a card for the Russians were it makes it very hard for the Germans to take Leningrad. Moscow did fall temporarily until the Russian winter offensive at the end of 41. From 42 onwards the Russians get more cards, their discards are also cheaper to buy than the German ones. I find it's quite a good game with tons of replayability. You may want to revisit this one.

Wow I actually saw this on there site and thought I should get it but I got kaiserreich instead 😂

Thanks, that map made me think it would be a more simplistic game, but now that you shown how it works... it looks much better!

Looks cool and interesting!

Takes me back to the 80's when I bought all of these from Hamely's toy store on Regents Street. If I remember rightly the boxed adult games were on the top floor!

Well done, I always liked playing the Squad Leader better than ASL

I'd love to get Squad Leader. 😀

This is cool. I got my first vintage Avalon Hill game a couple weeks ago. I just went ahead and got the original Stonewall Jackson's Way. It was still in shrink, way cheaper than buying a copy of the MMP updated reprint. So it was really neat for me to look in one of these old boxes. I think the parts list in mine says 1995 as well. So maybe there was a whole bunch of NOS copies of these games from that year floating around. Edit: nope, I just checked again and the parts list says December 1992. So I must have an original printing. Nice!

I played "Advanced Squad Leader" for decades back in college....then sold them all off (right before MMP reprint thank you!) and repurchased this game and the expansions. IMHO they are a better game as they are MUCH more playable. There are a few other alternatives that hit-the-same sweet spot of ease of play vs. "realism" but this is a good one regardless of the game's age.

Ardwulf always mentions a game store in Cleveland called The Warzone Matrix. I had to go to Cleveland for a business meeting this past summer, and as a perk of driving up from Columbus, I checked out that shop on the way back, and found a shrink wrapped copy of this game, which I happily grabbed!

Late to the show here, Tim, but I just enjoyed your Dice of Decision video as I've explored a possible TK/DS run. I love your narrative voice on these--such a sense of humor, and those cultural allusions I get since I'm about your age and not so far from you regionally. Anyhow, I hope 2023 has treated you well. I'm not gaming much either, but it's been fun watching along while you shake those dice.

Just picked this one up, nice look at Campaign Case Blue, I mean Fall Blau. Thanks Tim!

I have been debating getting this game, as it is right up my alley. The price has kept me hemming and hawing...

must say that is one interesting setup for a wargame - germany is a pretty sugar coated treat for france and the soviets... would have been awesome to see kick off ^^,

David Stahel s book is my favourite.

"I have the most powerful army in the world", proceeds to roll 7 combined on three dice lol.

Ta m8 ,✍️👍

How solo friendly is the game? Rules for it?