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Thanks for the clarification!

Excellent point. In a similar fashion, I was surprised the card titled Heroism and Medics didn’t use the proper terminology of Corpsmen. Thanks Joe!

@@jameshiers9679 All Marines respect their Doc! My FIL was a Fleet Marine Corpsman in Vietnam.

Less than a week. It was quick.

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Nice! Good luck.

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I don't know. Good place to check would be Board Game Geek. A lot of game publishers don't let the Vassal creators put the charts in to make sure people own the game. I've played a few like that and do what you mentioned, use the hard copies that came with the game.

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I messed that up. Zombies that kill units do spawn more zombies and the type of zombie (the game has several) depends on what they killed. They can come from civilians, lycans, and various military units. I completely forgot about that when I did the playthrough.

Found it by luck!

Glad to hear you found it.

Looking forward to playing this one (and Tarawa too).

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Looks like it'll be good and not overly complex or time-consuming. Hope you enjoy!

Yes I'm looking forward to see your playthrough . I enjoy playing Tarawa 1943 haven't won yet lol

Thanks for watching!

Just a combination of Kickstarters arriving at the same time and holiday sales. Have a few more crowdfunding games I should be receiving soon. And yeah, my backlog is getting ridiculous.

@@HexedAndCountered i've ordered 3 games in the past year. Joe is way outpacing me.

Looking forward to trying it out. The Tarawa game received some decent reviews (I got that one as an add-on with the Kickstarter for Iwo). I've looked at the S&T game too, but haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. Please let me know how it is after you've tried it.

That's a good question. The first thing I would say I like is the importance of leaders and how they effect the game. Second would be the volume/variety of content - there's a lot available and it seems like they've always got something in the pipeline and most of their games have relatively inexpensive expansions. Finally, the way the games provide a lot of content (generally around 40 scenarios per game), and the way the playbook provides a ton of historical context that ties all the scenarios together. On the flipside, as you probably know, there have been some issues with preorders taking a very long time to come to fruition. The components are sometimes a mix of old versions and new (this is true of Fire & Sword) and the new counters, while I like the feel of them, have center nibs rather than corner nibs (the older counters have corner nibs and are clipper-friendly).

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great! Enjoy the game.

Yes, the art is great in this series. I also enjoy LnL Tactical. I'd say that BoB is more streamlined and probably slightly easier to learn than LnLT. The morale system is very nicely integrated in BoB and it focuses heavily on promoting the realistic "4F" type of tactics. The major thing that BoB lacks in comparison to LnLT is the latter's leaders and heroes which give LnLT a more narrative feel and more of a sense of heavy individual contributions. The combat system is more complex in LnLT but I still feel it's approachable. BoB is also solely WWII (for now at least - I have no idea if the plan is to expand further) while LnLT goes into other eras like Vietnam, alt-history WWIII, etc., and LnLT has the solo assistant while BoB does not. BoB absolutely can be played solo, but you have to make some accommodations.

Thanks Ray!

That's a challenging decision, as I genuinely enjoy playing both games. Each offers a solid approach to promoting realistic tactics, albeit in slightly different ways. LHY leans towards being slightly more complex, yet it remains accessible. In terms of components, BoB has an edge with features like pre-rounded counters, sturdy maps, and excellent artwork-though I must emphasize that GMT’s production values are already high, and these differences are largely aesthetic, with no real impact on gameplay. If I were absolutely forced to choose, I would likely favor LHY for its outstanding combat model. However, the margin is very narrow, and I’m grateful to have the opportunity to enjoy both!

The maps are definitely more details on Band Of Brothers but I find the counters just too busy if not borderline clownish. For me LHY is closer to playing SL or ASL however they are both fun to play

@@patrickols I wish the counters were a top down view like Old School Tactical, but I like the art in this game.

Agreed!

I enjoy the system, especially the way it uses leadership. It balances complexity vs. "realistic feel" quite well. The module itself is interesting too. I've played games on the fighting around Budapest before, but never at the tactical platoon-level scale.

Haha, that sounds about right! On both counts.

Scans of the census data are online. They're harder to read, at least for me, but you're right about AI often being wrong. When I started Figment six or so years ago, I used the census data and it was slower but more accurate. ChatGPT has gotten better. It now crawls the web and cites its sources. But as with anything, we can all do this whatever way we think is best. Thanks!

Thanks - playthrough coming soon!

Thanks for the clarifications!

Thanks!

No arguments here. FHM could be the best, but... that's a topic for an entire dissertation.

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Agreed! I have Fields of Fire (and FoF2) and plan on doing videos for them in '25.

@HexedAndCountered - smashing! I sure look forward to these future videos.

Thanks Tom, glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! Hope you enjoy the game.

Thanks - first gameplay video should be this weekend.

Glad you enjoyed it.

Fixed with errata or rules Q&A? Looks great.

@@RommelsAsparagus I don’t know, we gave up.

I haven't delved too deeply into the rules. Had a work trip and just got back so will be reading them soon.

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It's been a while, but yes, that's likely what I meant.

Awesome! Yes, this is my favorite Warhammer 40k game too. And yes, I did forget to use the Empower Surge!

@@HexedAndCountered Don't worry - I forget sometimes too ... that's why I noticed! 😆 I still buy all those HQ special powers and always forget to use those!

Thanks, I agree! It's written in a way that makes the system very approachable, which is great!

@HexedAndCountered People now talk about the "Jerry White format" of rules because of this game.

That's what I've doing with really large games. I just don't have the tabletop space for some games.

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The subtitles are automatically generated by UA-cam but this one seems to have stuck in "processing."

Well, I don't know if you finally did anything to make them appear (there they are!), but thanks, at the very least, for your attention (and for the video!)