Final installment of our Zeppelin Raider videos - Target London! Mechanical problems, fighter encounter and flak guns! Please Comment below, I hope you enjoy the video :)
Thanks for putting up this game. I can hardly wait until Compass Games publish the 2nd printing. Was great fun watching your mission playthrough. Yep, rain and strong winds can make your mission really difficult. May I share a bit of historical info as a little give back for your effort (unless you know already): 1) There is an interesting background if one rolls before lift-off resulting in taking a passenger along being Peter Strasser, the Commander in Chief of the German Naval Airship operations. As rule 9.3 mentions that if Strasser is killed or severely wounded during the mission, the mission counts as failed. In real life Strasser pushed for strategic bombing strikes which resulted in high casualty rates of airships and crew members. Ironically Strasser himself became a vicim of his own ideology, being killed during a bombing raid. 2) As a matter of interesrt, in ther year 1915 the Zeppelins flew 350 scouting missions, and only 38 (!) bombing/attack missions. Cheers. Take care.
Wow, some great info there, thank you. I guess the majority of those scouting missions would be over the North Sea providing fleet intelligence? Such cutting edge tech back in those days and very skilled crews!
Absolutely lovely start of vid with the sound effects ! ( good sound work makes things more immersive !!! ). Okay, let's watch it... After mission - what a ride ! Does certainly have a bit more decisions to be made, especially on the three dimensional travel options.
@@soloboardgaming was just wondering how hard was it for them to keep the ship's crewed once someone made the first voyage across and back...or was espirit de corps Not something they had to worry about?
@@charleslatora5750 Interesting question. These were Imperial Navy guys with an immense discipline and sense of duty. Peter Strasser, head of the Airships Division, did always have difficulty funding the growth of his service in both men and material. Priority was always given to the surface fleet and eventually, the fixed wing bombers. But heck, so many crew perished and even if they survived, the conditions were really hostile. Think I'd take my chances almost anywhere else rather than risk plunging from 10,000 feet without a chute!
Hey great to hear from you again, thanks for popping over! You are correct I did miss the -1 DRM which would have given a very dfferent result. But I also mssed the +1 DRM for having an engine out! Just didn't 'see' the DRMs at all but, as luck would have it, the result would still have been a 6 :) Phew! I was correct by accident not design :)
As a french it was pretty difficulte for me to find info about the game, I bought it several years ago, translate the rule book myself but your video is so much more easy to understand !! Thanks for your gameplay it was instructive, you may have already respond to this question in your previous videos : are the cards you are using in game or did you make theme ? I am asking because they are not into my box ! Cheers
Hi Thibault, thank you for your kind feedback 👍 The cards are printed at home. You can find them as a file on the boardgamegeek webpage for Zeppelin Raider
@@soloboardgaming oh sweet thanks !! I found them they are si usefull. Many thanks again for your help and pleasure to see again some gameplay from you !
Thanks again. It was very nice to watch.
And now, on to the WWII equivalent: B-29 (Legion Wargames)!
Thanks Eliane, I'm pleased you lked it :)
Final installment of our Zeppelin Raider videos - Target London! Mechanical problems, fighter encounter and flak guns! Please Comment below, I hope you enjoy the video :)
Thanks for putting up this game. I can hardly wait until Compass Games publish the 2nd printing. Was great fun watching your mission playthrough. Yep, rain and strong winds can make your mission really difficult. May I share a bit of historical info as a little give back for your effort (unless you know already): 1) There is an interesting background if one rolls before lift-off resulting in taking a passenger along being Peter Strasser, the Commander in Chief of the German Naval Airship operations. As rule 9.3 mentions that if Strasser is killed or severely wounded during the mission, the mission counts as failed. In real life Strasser pushed for strategic bombing strikes which resulted in high casualty rates of airships and crew members. Ironically Strasser himself became a vicim of his own ideology, being killed during a bombing raid. 2) As a matter of interesrt, in ther year 1915 the Zeppelins flew 350 scouting missions, and only 38 (!) bombing/attack missions. Cheers. Take care.
Wow, some great info there, thank you. I guess the majority of those scouting missions would be over the North Sea providing fleet intelligence? Such cutting edge tech back in those days and very skilled crews!
@@soloboardgaming Correct. Also the majority were flown by the German Navy Zeppelin's.
my new fav gaming guy !
That's very kind of you, thanks for the feedback! And thank you for visiting! :)
Been fun watching this with my breakfast n coffee.
Thank you Charles, enjoy the rest of your day sir!
Absolutely lovely start of vid with the sound effects ! ( good sound work makes things more immersive !!! ). Okay, let's watch it...
After mission - what a ride ! Does certainly have a bit more decisions to be made, especially on the three dimensional travel options.
Great, glad you liked it - and I enjoyed doing that opening it was a bit of fun!
Well done on getting home!
Thanks Charles, it was a close run thing! We were left with just fumes in the tank! :)
@@soloboardgaming was just wondering how hard was it for them to keep the ship's crewed once someone made the first voyage across and back...or was espirit de corps Not something they had to worry about?
@@charleslatora5750 Interesting question. These were Imperial Navy guys with an immense discipline and sense of duty. Peter Strasser, head of the Airships Division, did always have difficulty funding the growth of his service in both men and material. Priority was always given to the surface fleet and eventually, the fixed wing bombers. But heck, so many crew perished and even if they survived, the conditions were really hostile. Think I'd take my chances almost anywhere else rather than risk plunging from 10,000 feet without a chute!
10:16 Errata again...."Chart A4 (omission) - There should be a red asterisk for the Short 184 floatplane - it was a seaplane."
16:55 "This is not funny anymore" best line of the video....hahahaha
Yes, taking my ball in, not playing anymore! Haha! Must admit I did enjoy myself. I appreciate you stopping by again, thank you!
@@soloboardgaming I enjoy your content a lot, so thank you.
I think you missed a DRM on the encounter with the Short 184. There's a DRM at the bottom of the chart for Short 184, -1. Good video!
Hey great to hear from you again, thanks for popping over! You are correct I did miss the -1 DRM which would have given a very dfferent result. But I also mssed the +1 DRM for having an engine out! Just didn't 'see' the DRMs at all but, as luck would have it, the result would still have been a 6 :) Phew! I was correct by accident not design :)
As a french it was pretty difficulte for me to find info about the game, I bought it several years ago, translate the rule book myself but your video is so much more easy to understand !! Thanks for your gameplay it was instructive, you may have already respond to this question in your previous videos : are the cards you are using in game or did you make theme ? I am asking because they are not into my box !
Cheers
Hi Thibault, thank you for your kind feedback 👍 The cards are printed at home. You can find them as a file on the boardgamegeek webpage for Zeppelin Raider
@@soloboardgaming oh sweet thanks !! I found them they are si usefull. Many thanks again for your help and pleasure to see again some gameplay from you !
@@Discoslelge Thanks very much 👍