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This will be interesting to watch!

This seems to be a large scenario, Alan. Lots of open ground. No Arty, ouch.

I can’t believe I bought this game. I don’t know what I was thinking. I’m overwhelmed just listening to you walk us thru the set up🤦

Thanks for the video! I’m looking forward to your playthrough. This scenario looks like a beast and should be a lot of fun; so many different unit types. I’m a fan of the Panzer system, but I don’t get to play it much. I’m so pathetic I haven’t even removed the shrink from my copy of PNA. So, I enjoy watching others play. That being said, I was looking forward to the second installment of your Panzer playthrough with Rough and Tony yesterday. I hope you guys didn’t decide to call it quits. Thanks, again. Cheers.

Great stuff. Really enjoy how you are doing this!

The sights on those Panzerjägers must have been malfunctioning! And quite a few Panzerfausts flying wild into the surrounding walls...

I think when the game starts, all the enemy hidden units should have OW Commands by default. Also, according to the hidden units rules, a hidden unit is auto revealed if it does Direct Fire - but it's unclear whether the solo rules change this.

Cool! Thank you for posting this!

Just stumbled on this video.. I was like. i have this game, somewhere, i just saw it last week.. I ran down to the war room and sure enough. right there near sniper, and others.. opened it up and there are still pieces that are connected together.. never got to play it much... was traveling the world in the Navy. so not much room on a carrier to play this one. even though D&D was the game on the chow decks in off hours... my my my, how we have progressed in gaming.. I started in the 1968 time frame, with chess as the prep, then I moved into games.. now I get games by worthington. GMT, Compass games ETC, ETC, ETC, (picture the King and I).. I guess they, [modern designers] listened to my prayers and wishes for more detailed games... come on drones.. come on drones.. I thought of that crap in the 70's and 80s with remote controlled airplanes.. I even hit commercial and military targets with my games back in the 70's... how about hyper-sonic rods from space hitting cities. political leaders.. etc... scary world we have come from , when only chess was what we learned, and risk... LOL good luck world. only one way out...Guess..

This series is going to get this on my table

Are your charts available somewhere? Thanks for breaking out an old favorite

Comprehensive playthrough, very cool.

Was there anything that SPI wouldn’t attempt? Oh, my youth!

Interesting developments! A bit risky for the Soviets, but they were often urged by commissars to rush into the enemy, so not unheard of 😊 We shall see the engagements in Turn 8!

Watching a year later, to get back to Panzer a bit :) Great content!

Such a cool solo system. I hope they implement it for MBT one day. I did see someone post a way to convert panzer scenarios into solo ones so maybe it could be done for MBT as well somehow.

Thank you for dropping by our play through.

Good Sunday evening sir. Going to play the old Avalon Hill-Battle of the Bulge. Still need to set it up.

An engaging vid. Play-throughs are always welcome!

This system is really fun. The flow feels very historical, and the activation adds some historically accurate chaos. The plodding Union advance against Perryville and the arrival of severely delayed reinforcements at the Crossroads just too late to be decisive feel accurate to Perryville, but it's not only luck; I do feel like you weren't aggressive enough in the south with the activations you did have, which adds even more to the flavor of how plodding the advance was. The random events are delightful with the little narratives they create, especially when they string together. The one place where historical flavor fell short is that it didn't feel like there was enough attrition. It really felt like recovering units was too easy. Historically, the fighting at the Bald Knob and Starkweather Hill inflicted 40% casualties on both sides. With those kinds of losses, morale is almost irrelevant; Starkweather isn't going to be able to rally and hold off assaults by fresh troops, Maney and Stewart won't be able to keep up their assaults. It really feels like rallying units over and over should be much harder. Other than that one thing, this looks awesome! Thanks for presenting it so completely here.

I must admit, despite the victory point counts, this feels like even less of a Confederate success then Perryville historically did. Confederate achievements aren't practically very much greater than they were historically. I Corps is even more battered but still unbroken, more ground has been taken. But ultimately, Bragg has failed to deliver the knockout blow to I Corps that he needed. Even worse, night falls with Union forces already in Perryville. They might not hold the victory hex, but that still leaves Perryville unsafe for resupply or even retreat. Bragg is going to have to abandon the field as he did historically, but he'll have to do it along back roads, and with even heavier losses then the historic battle. This isn't a complaint against the scoring system overall; a traditional victory at Perryville was going to be almost impossible for Bragg to pull off. That said, "decisive victory" does seem an overstatement; maybe Perryville should be worth 20 VPs, with any hex in the town counting. Union occupation of Perryville, even just at the edge, makes it much harder to claim even a tactical victory; it's certainly more valuable than either VP hex on the north of the field.

As night falls, the Dixville Crossroads are a scene of utter horror; assault and counterassault, with canister shot from both north and south sweeping across. The Crossroads are littered with countless bodies, testament to the ferocity and desperation of the fighting.

I can't think of a better climax than a final desperate Confederate charge at the Crossroads, being driven back by heroic Union resistance. My headcanon is that the regiment of Webster's Brigade that's isolated out further ahead delivered a flanking fire that broke Stewart's charge. Starkweather's men have fought even more heroically here than their historic fight.

Are the Crossroads more valuable in VPs then the other VP hex by the cavalry? If not, wouldn't it be a safer bet to go after that hex? It seems like that would have much better odds of succeeding.

That attack by Harris and counterattack by Johnson felt so very Civil War. A brigade surges forward due to chaos, drives the enemy back some distance, but is driven back in turn. Awesome system.

Buell seems to be reacting a lot quicker than he did historically. And it seems like I Corps is going to badly need that earlier support to hold on.

For my part (at least with this rules set; other rules sets might have different feels), I would have preferred if each turn was played out in full like the last one. The nice thing about watching on UA-cam as opposed to TV is that I can go through the less interesting phases with increased video speed, and then slow down to get the detail when it happens.

Historically ferocious fighting at the Bottom House and Starkweather Hill. The back-and-forth fighting really brings out the Civil War feeling, especially at Perryville.

This is excellent, love it when people put games together, like this!

And three missions I believe got home with nothing to show of it. Probably got home and barely made it across. No man's land to friendly lines before crashing. Lots of fun

My last time playing a couple months back I was flying as a Prussian pilot and managed to score 19 kills and making it into the middle of 1917 before my luck ran out. Got jumped by a much faster French plane that just had me dead to rights and there was nothing I could do at at that point but get shot up and down I went. Really fun game Alan!

Bravo Alan for your creativity in combining the WFA format with the old tactical map and biplanes from the classic Dogfight game. I’m a big fan of WFA and currently participating in the same FB campaign (as Lt. JP La Valle in C Flight). Per that, I have been enhancing the tactical level aspects of flight and combat by employing the Aces of Valor map board for the former and actual miniatures of the various planes from GHQ for the latter. I hope you continue to post vids for the campaign of Marcel Hugus and that they will include our very challenging missions of Balloon Busting and Ground Attacks. In addition, I feel it would be a nice touch to showcase this exceptional game format by featuring a bit more (visual) detail on actual mechanics of at least combat by showing the dice rolls for initiative and damage along with the actual damage table as a point of reference. Regardless, keep up the good work and bonne chance to Marcel Hugus along with all the brave pilots of Escadrille N 350…!

As a kid, I had that game in the 1970s. Sadly, it is long gone. I am currently playing Western Front Ace, but I'm not involved in the campaign you mentioned. Using the plastic models and going through each round was very instructional. Thanks for the video.

Excellent run through of the infantry shock combat procedure.

Thanks for running through the mechanics of the cavalry charge. I didn't realize how effective they can be in the GBACW system. I always tend to shy away from charges (especially frontal assaults). Now, I will consider using them in the right situation.

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Nice video, though I prefer a play-by-play roll-by-roll rendition rather than the turn recap. Just FYI. Rules clarification: Since no Corps Leaders are on the map, wouldn't all the command chit draws be at least -1? I'll have to go back through the rules and see. To me, this is the most convoluted aspect of the rules, never fails to confuse me. Hope to see more vids from you.

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Woohoo! Sorry I’ll be missing the reenactment this year. 😩

Good stuff. Thank you.🎖️

I have a question about Direct Fire step. When CHECK CMD AT1, you rolled d100 "1". I'm not sure what the roll means.

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Thanks so much for doing this video! A terrific overview and I appreciate the kind comments. Your idea to include an abandoned artillery mechanic is excellent and I agree. We'll add one in to future editions of the series and maybe even some extra counters that can be used in this game. My first shot at this new engine and design was to not make things too complex or crunchy. So I opted out of a detailed sequence for artillery - they are just flat eliminated if they lose and I did that to show that if they are engaged in close combat, artillerists had almost no chance historically but also as a game mechanic to make players more careful with their guns. But adding an Abandoned Guns marker (that would score VP) and a withdraw option for the artillerists should work. Thanks!

Very nicely done! Artillery can withdraw by fire, and it was used pretty commonly. They would fire the guns and let them roll as far backwards as they would, reload them while pushing them backwards and then fire and roll back again. And no infantry wants to charge artillery, frontally and uphill, at 50 yards or less either so the 15th GA just got intimidated and resorted to firing instead of outright charging! Also, the 15th should have gotten a confident marker as Smith's battery withdrew which means the 15th wins the combat even though there wasn't any. Seeing those guns pull back from their advance and giving them the top of the hill gives those boys a big morale boost! One final thing about artillery in close combat. There is an overrun for artillery: Close Combat section, number 13, c) If the losing unit is an Artillery unit and it fought at least one Round of Bayonet Combat, it is immediately eliminated, regardless of condition and Morale Test result. I am really loving this game!

nice job; this begs for add-on maps and units for the entire Sickles position

Hi, good video. I am also just learning the game. The artillery is eliminated if it loses the melee. Check page 27 rule 13 C.

Me: an intro. I think this game is above my weight class. If you will. I'm quite comfortable with Worthington's new ACW games. I keep hearing the word crunchy used with GBACW and GCACW. I have a couple of both but I don't think they're going to be something I can work out. I'll try them out, probably next year. Just like Hannut/Goss. After kind of figuring everything else out (couple of Hours), I looked at the CRT, and I'm thinking this is nuts and I put it away. I understand that supposedly OSG Napoleonic series is complex, but i find the rules very neat & clean. Readable. Hex2hex is someone who i watch all his videos. An enjoyable view. I am going to try n watch as many of your videos as possible Great content. Most excellent video Hex does challenges us, doesn't he? I enjoy Simonitch's 194x games. I also mess around with miniatures, skirmish games. Playing Compass Schutztruppe right now with Worthington's Franklin 1864 & possibly Legion's Nemesis Burma coming soon. Hexy put me on the spot with his one video. I am the support unit. Good Lord, I'm rambling... got to go got dice to throw 🎲

Great intro Play Alan.

Evening Sir. Tea time?

What is the title of the book you are using?