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Don't HQ units create a detrainable hex on their location? You can draw supply from detrainable hexes, if I recall corretly.

the Bryansk region. You can reach Orel on the first turn.

how do you move the pieces in the center map ? my arms will not be long enough

Boyz, buy poker chips. They shorten this game ( and many others too ) by 1/4. It's impossible to play with flimsy paper money like that......

The fact that you played 4 on this table is amazing!

Tell us about the game not your set up issues

I like all the videos, you did a great job. However, you did not play the Germans opening move very good. On the first turn I am already attacking Bel'yy in hex B24.34 which will open the road for the mobile forces to go in either direction on the tracks leading NE and E.

Yo why the hell are you shitting on ASL's rulebook?

Spit V would be a Supermarine Spitfire Mk V, one of the worst variants of the type.

Magnificent undertaking!

Absolutely epic layout. I would have to convert my living room to a games room to do this.

I've notice lately that most games that cover case Blue/Edelweiss don't actually show Baku on the map. Europa does, but Simonitch's games don't and several other I glanced at, and neither does this. Bizarre.

Crazy man.

I don't know what's more impressive... the size of this game or all the plexiglass you have on hand!

Did you finish the game?

The OCS rules are actually not that big of a challenge - precisely because they are well written and not too much minutia. The only part of the rules which can be hard to parse is the Naval stuff - especially landing crafts. Probably because those rules hasn't been subject to as much editorial refinement.

what size are those wooden cubes and where did you get them?

178 turns??!! Lol

Really appreciate the perspective here. Thanks for sharing. I think it does something important in showing some things board games are doing relative to video games, and the reasons that may be the case. It also features a game that's way, way out on the complexity scale compared to a lot of entry level games. That's a nice touch because it illustrates perfectly how far a board game can go in terms of asymmetrical strategy, historical context, and just plain multi-level depth of play. I haven't played this one but I'd love too if I can ever form the bubble in space-time to accomplish it. However, I can totally see why some folks would want to avoid this or (even if they'd love to play it), would never be able to get it to the table. If you're willing (and actually able) to put in the time, and can manage to hook up with people that can see the beauty in this kind of thing, board games like this can offer some truly epic experiences. But yeah, this game is definitely not for everybody.

Are there any tutorials for mere mortals anywhere?

Good channel. Try this on a "smaller" scale (i.e. 2-players first, it's "easier" to find players). Play Labyrinth, a COIN game, heck even ROOT. There are some good examples of asymmetry in game play before arriving at a game like Virgin Queen.

Trynant made 2 mistake in this video: First at 44:28 The Russians do not need to take their option as there are no more Germans who attacked the are still adjacent. Second at 54:41 The Russians would lose his loss first. The Germans do not have any Russians adjacent to them so the rest of the options loss are ignored. The Germans take the hex and may continue move if they have any movement points left.

Noice

I have played GB2, you have to play the Germans very aggresively to have any chance of getting around Moscow, even then I only got a pyrric victory. Great game, and GB2 I think uses the action rating system really well for the germans, making exploitation and surrounding enjoyable to play. Bad points are counter density (though I like it for that reason) took me a full day just to set up.

Will you be my friend and invite me over for several months so I can play this game with you? I’ll bring beer.

During the combat phase the defending units have the option to defend at 1/4 their defensive strength without expending any SP points correct? In which case the defender can rely on column shifts due to surprise to exhaust the attacker. Just curious.

Bravo u high?

Really enjoyed watching your play through! Kicking myself for not buying Case Blue when it came out. Have GBII and would love to have both to try and run the campaign.

Awesome! Really want these games....

... had to stop watching bc. of the music.

There are *plenty* of board games with this kind of asymmetry. Both 2-player and multi-player. And I don't believe Virgin Queen is an especially complex game. My World in Flames rule book is 86 pages. These games are not for people who need convincing to be taught the games. It's for players who already them selves in advance have accepted that they are interested in playing this game and willing to do the work to learn it.

OCS is a fun game system, however it does have a few drawbacks. HQ's acting as engineers, is problematic, and one supply marker representing both fuel and ammo is problematic because everything gets used as fuel as all the ammo deprived artillery tags along.

Another enjoyable video. With virtually no Zone of Control, it's vital to garrison your critical rear areas.

Love your topic and video. I see you printed out the Mech Division Breakdown cards I created. Awesome game combo map layout. Great individual Off Map Airfield Holding Boxes.

Please hire another cameraman, with les ADD. End of game at 8:10, is a bit misleading, each game lasted like forever.

come to the dark side....give in

How far down the rabbit hole are you now?

You sound almost exactly like the old reviewer Spoony and it's freaking me out

Case Blue is the Culmination of 80s wargaming .... it is GOD

Looking forward to watching all your videos in this series. OCS is a great game system.

This is awesome - I’m getting ready to play Sicily ii

Try Europa Universalis IV.

Put your channel on my list for Roads & Boats, Amerigo, and so on - stayed for the wargaming. Then, after a couple of years of silence, you come back showcasing this game? Talk about coming back big - this should be interesting!

Great video!

Europa Universalis: www.europauniversalis4.com/ If you're looking dor video game equivalent.

Spain. Spain everywhere. LOL

Happy to see other VQ fans! We play this in the Philippines too. We got a six player game sometime around Christmas. i also got to play this at Consimworld Expo in Tempe, Arizona last June.