If he's up there with Greg, then I'm going to dig it. I love Greg's games, and it'll be great to have another designer on par with that covering some different subjects. This is my first game from Steve, so I'm excited to dig into it.
I've really got my eye on this at the moment although I will probably hold fire until the second printing comes around which will hopefully include the corrections/errata.
@@MoesWargames doesn't Hollinspiele have a Ukraine war game on the earlier first incursions into Southern Ukraine by the Russians some years ago? I'm going to have to double check that
Great unboxing as always, Moe. The game board looks very cool. I like how they incorporated the sequence of play right into it. Any chance you'll be doing a playthrough of this one?
Agreed, they do awesome work! Not sure when I'll have a chance to play yet, let alone do a playthrough. lol In the middle of some other game projects right now which are taking priority.
Thanks for watching! There are several games with other aircraft and other years, by both of these designers and others. Check out Target for Today/Target for Tonight, and B-29 Superfortress from Legion Wargames. And of course, you can always find a bunch of various aircraft solo games from Greg Smith over on the Compass Games website as well. WWII era, with a new BIG WWI game coming from him next year. Hope that helps!
Looks good...just a bit broke right now. Maybe in a few weeks...(property taxes, new oven...💲💲💲💲💲). Did you see the new Worthington book game??! Guadalcanal
This is no longer modern era. 1966 is over 50 years ago. Vietnam era maybe. Anyway regardless of era, there are a hundred wargames I'd play before considering this abstraction. Thanks for the video, though. Always well-produced and comprehensive.
Fun game--particularly with the optional squadron rule. With that said, after a few play-throughs I found myself wanting to play something else. While I do recommend the game, its one that I would tell people to wait for it when its discounted on Noble Knight or buy if they can find it used. In my opinion, it doesn't have the legacy appeal as other narrative war games like Phantom Leader, The Hunters, Target For Today or Storm Above The Reich.
Why do you feel it doesn't have the same legacy feel as those other games? I would expect a similar experience as TFT especially, along with the others since they share a similar base feel.
@@MoesWargames To be truthful, it felt Iike I flying missions alone unless I was using the optional squadron rules -- which is just one giant dice chucking fest because you're rolling for ALL of the jets in your squadron. I didn't get that same sense with Target For Today even though it's by the same designers. Again, I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the game, but it's fair to say the fun/legacy factor just wasn't there for me like the games I mentioned above. It'll be a while before I play this game again.
@@p.parker8304 I don't have TfT, so can't speak from any angle on that game, but I take it they don't do the same squadron style of play? Not every game will grab everyone the same way, which is fine, and why we have different games to choose from. We're lucky with the number of varied assortment of wargames coming out today!
Just picked this up from Second Chance in the UK. Love Steve Dixon's narrative games. Up there with Gregory Smith for me in the quality of his games.
Excellent! Keep us posted on your progress, watch out for those SAMs! :)
If he's up there with Greg, then I'm going to dig it. I love Greg's games, and it'll be great to have another designer on par with that covering some different subjects. This is my first game from Steve, so I'm excited to dig into it.
Great looking game looking forward to it!
It's Legion's typical quality, outstanding!
I tested this game and made the VASSAL module. Fun game!
Yea, it does look good!
great video mine is in the mail
Awesome! You should see it very soon!
@@MoesWargames got it and shared your video :)
I've really got my eye on this at the moment although I will probably hold fire until the second printing comes around which will hopefully include the corrections/errata.
If there's any errata, and most wargames have errata, it should be negligible and easily corrected with any notes from the designer/publisher.
Looks like Hunters...in the sky! :) COOL
Hunters in the Vietnam sky! ;)
Recently realized I don't have any games covering anything from our current century. 2000-202x. Yet.
Time to correct that my friend! :)
@@MoesWargames doesn't Hollinspiele have a Ukraine war game on the earlier first incursions into Southern Ukraine by the Russians some years ago? I'm going to have to double check that
@@charleslatora5750 they did have Ukraine and the Little War from Brian Train. Not sure if they still have that one or not.
Great unboxing as always, Moe. The game board looks very cool. I like how they incorporated the sequence of play right into it. Any chance you'll be doing a playthrough of this one?
Agreed, they do awesome work! Not sure when I'll have a chance to play yet, let alone do a playthrough. lol In the middle of some other game projects right now which are taking priority.
Thanks for the post, Moe. Do you see additional games with other aircraft type and other years?
Thanks for watching! There are several games with other aircraft and other years, by both of these designers and others. Check out Target for Today/Target for Tonight, and B-29 Superfortress from Legion Wargames. And of course, you can always find a bunch of various aircraft solo games from Greg Smith over on the Compass Games website as well. WWII era, with a new BIG WWI game coming from him next year. Hope that helps!
Steve Dixon has Thunderchief about to be in preorder. Similar game system but with some different aspects like MigCap
Looks good...just a bit broke right now. Maybe in a few weeks...(property taxes, new oven...💲💲💲💲💲).
Did you see the new Worthington book game??! Guadalcanal
I hear that, tis the season to be broke! :(
I did see that Worthington had a new book game but don't have it.
@@MoesWargames oops. New one is Coral Sea.
@@charleslatora5750 yea, I saw it but haven't taken a close look at it yet.
This is no longer modern era. 1966 is over 50 years ago. Vietnam era maybe. Anyway regardless of era, there are a hundred wargames I'd play before considering this abstraction. Thanks for the video, though. Always well-produced and comprehensive.
Thanks for watching, glad you liked it. Yea, I still consider Vietnam 'modern' era for my interests, the very earliest of modern era. :)
Fun game--particularly with the optional squadron rule. With that said, after a few play-throughs I found myself wanting to play something else. While I do recommend the game, its one that I would tell people to wait for it when its discounted on Noble Knight or buy if they can find it used. In my opinion, it doesn't have the legacy appeal as other narrative war games like Phantom Leader, The Hunters, Target For Today or Storm Above The Reich.
Why do you feel it doesn't have the same legacy feel as those other games? I would expect a similar experience as TFT especially, along with the others since they share a similar base feel.
@@MoesWargames To be truthful, it felt Iike I flying missions alone unless I was using the optional squadron rules -- which is just one giant dice chucking fest because you're rolling for ALL of the jets in your squadron. I didn't get that same sense with Target For Today even though it's by the same designers. Again, I'm not saying I didn't enjoy the game, but it's fair to say the fun/legacy factor just wasn't there for me like the games I mentioned above. It'll be a while before I play this game again.
@@p.parker8304 I don't have TfT, so can't speak from any angle on that game, but I take it they don't do the same squadron style of play? Not every game will grab everyone the same way, which is fine, and why we have different games to choose from. We're lucky with the number of varied assortment of wargames coming out today!
I wouldn’t call Vietnam war era modern.
As I responded in another comment, for me it's the earliest end of modern era which interests me.