The system sells itself it for sure. Very clever use of the multipurpose dice: turn counter and weather indicator, strength counter and position. I see them putting out some massive battles for more bucks if this catches on. And it probably will. D-Day? 😅 Fun thing is that we can all try out the “starter” scenario you demoed by just playing on a screenshot of your video! 😂.
Generally speaking the depth of play will increase with each game in the series. The complexity won't massively scale, though, because the rules will always be contained in a 5" x 7" area of the page you print out.
Am I missing something or is there almost no meaningful decisions to be made in this game? I feel like "Always keep at least 1 advantage in each lane" is essentially the one and only possible strategy. The other comments seem rather positive so there must be something I missed somewhere?
I’d say you’re pretty much right. Same sort of thing with the other one I played. The other 3 are all supposed to be more complex and have more going on, but I don’t think any of them will compare for strategy to “full” war games. But they are also $1 each, so I’m not complaining 😅
I agree with you. I like wargames, and David Thompson designs, but this just feels like rolling a dice and resolving the random result, hardly a game but more a 'look what happens'. Hopefully the other maps have some more decision space.
Paused at the end of the first round. Hey Mike, never mind the game, where did you get that die. I could do with lots of those. Rolling like Colin lol Edit: and the crazy dice rolling continued...I really need to know where you got that die from! lol
It is now enshrined in a place of honor on my table (but if you actually want to know, all the dice are from Roll Player Adventures. Good place to grab random dice of varied colors)
@@OneStopCoopShop It deserves it's own special die holder! lol Thanks Mike. I reckon the Allies would have liked to have such luck especially with the weather in the push north up Italy. Wonder if there will be a Monte Casino card in the set. Also the system is so well set up for expansions and campaigns. And for a fiver has to be worth a punt.
@@OneStopCoopShop Hi Mike, Just watched Liz Davidson play the Singapore card from the SEAC theatre campaign series 1. Another TH-cam notification I got around the same time was for an up coming video on the WW2 TV channel about the Canadians in Italy* Thought you may be interested in watching if you have the time. FWIW I was unable to complete my pledge due to a problem receiving a confirmation code. Have Japanese soldiers cut my communication lines? 🤔 *The Royal Canadian Regiment in Italy - September 1943, Side-stepping South of Salerno So just before the Moro campaign
0:00 - Introduction
1:11 - Overview of Play
3:33 - Playthrough
11:23 - Impressions
Love this. Thanks, Mike!
Boo David Thompson. Stop designing so many good games. BOOOOO 😅
A fun, inexpensive filler war-game. It checks a lot of boxes if you're looking for this sort of game. Thanks, Mike!
The system sells itself it for sure. Very clever use of the multipurpose dice: turn counter and weather indicator, strength counter and position. I see them putting out some massive battles for more bucks if this catches on. And it probably will. D-Day? 😅 Fun thing is that we can all try out the “starter” scenario you demoed by just playing on a screenshot of your video! 😂.
HAHAHA, didn’t think of that, that’s awesome 😅
I agree on seeing a more complex version, maybe even a 2 player version.
Like you said Mike, it looks good for the price, and even better if the others are more complex. Thanks
They do look more strategically involved, but can’t say for sure. I’ve only played the more basic first 2
Generally speaking the depth of play will increase with each game in the series. The complexity won't massively scale, though, because the rules will always be contained in a 5" x 7" area of the page you print out.
@davidthompson7233 Great, thank you David.
Am I missing something or is there almost no meaningful decisions to be made in this game? I feel like "Always keep at least 1 advantage in each lane" is essentially the one and only possible strategy. The other comments seem rather positive so there must be something I missed somewhere?
I’d say you’re pretty much right. Same sort of thing with the other one I played. The other 3 are all supposed to be more complex and have more going on, but I don’t think any of them will compare for strategy to “full” war games.
But they are also $1 each, so I’m not complaining 😅
@@OneStopCoopShop Well i'll keep an eye out for your playthroughs of the more complex scenarios then :)
@francisd8650 they aren’t getting “revealed” until later in the campaign. I’m curious to see them too
@@OneStopCoopShop Ah gotcha, patience it is then :P
I agree with you. I like wargames, and David Thompson designs, but this just feels like rolling a dice and resolving the random result, hardly a game but more a 'look what happens'. Hopefully the other maps have some more decision space.
Paused at the end of the first round.
Hey Mike, never mind the game, where did you get that die. I could do with lots of those.
Rolling like Colin lol
Edit: and the crazy dice rolling continued...I really need to know where you got that die from! lol
It is now enshrined in a place of honor on my table
(but if you actually want to know, all the dice are from Roll Player Adventures. Good place to grab random dice of varied colors)
@@OneStopCoopShop
It deserves it's own special die holder! lol
Thanks Mike. I reckon the Allies would have liked to have such luck especially with the weather in the push north up Italy.
Wonder if there will be a Monte Casino card in the set.
Also the system is so well set up for expansions and campaigns.
And for a fiver has to be worth a punt.
@@pencilpauli9442 yeah, you can't beat this price.
@@OneStopCoopShop
Hi Mike, Just watched Liz Davidson play the Singapore card from the SEAC theatre campaign series 1.
Another TH-cam notification I got around the same time was for an up coming video on the WW2 TV channel about the Canadians in Italy*
Thought you may be interested in watching if you have the time.
FWIW I was unable to complete my pledge due to a problem receiving a confirmation code.
Have Japanese soldiers cut my communication lines? 🤔
*The Royal Canadian Regiment in Italy - September 1943, Side-stepping South of Salerno
So just before the Moro campaign
Good morning : ]
Morning! 😅