My congratulations to Melody for garnering an interest in the wargaming genre. It is interesting for all sorts of reasons, and the historical context of many of them only adds to the benefits of playing. We really enjoy the Columbia Block games in our home, and Julius Caesar is indeed one of the best. I am glad you both ventured into this area. Oh!...great review too. :)
Hello can you tell me what happens when it's the winter time supply, there is a fight ongoing in a city and each player has more than 3 blocks in the city because the fight is not finished. Who takes out blocks and how many of them ?
Good for Melody, she is trying new things. I wish my daughter liked war games like me. But that's o.k. I enjoy just playing games with her, that's all that really matters. Game night always brings families closer.
the card taking units from your opponent is totally historically supported where legions WOULD actually switch sides....just look at the first few days Caesar was marching into Italy with ONE legion and (I think) ended up with 4 before he got to Rome
nice review Vasel's. i agree with some of the things pointed out. i just recently got Hammer of The Scots instead of this one. i think i liked the theme better, but also, some of the annoyances seemed to missing from it as well.
You should review Sekigahara when the reprint hits in a couple of months. There's no dice so there is no randomness and there's additional bluffing going on since you don't know what blocks the other player can activate or not. It is on the longer side, but it is still a low complexity game. There shouldn't really be any issues with the board as well.
Wow. I know I'm not experient in war games(Since I just played Here I Stand from GMT), but many rules of this game look like the same as Here I Stand!Is there any reason for it?
I hate how in so many games theres no MORAL....like in this one....mass casualties in these battles were often inflicted after one side's Moral Broke and NONE of that is reflected in these battle rules....
If dice and cards are to much based on luck for a war game , try a game of thrones the board game second edition, i found almost no luck there, except for global luck about events. Also when you win it the reward is so much better after you make your way up the throne :) and conquer westeros.
You are down to 300 games, but it still looks like you have thousands of them :) As for the game, somehow i'm not very fond of the block games, when stickers face your belly and you have to lean to see them. I would probably sacrifice the fog of war to have more comfortable play like Memoir '44.
and another thing....LEADERS....I Assume they're in battles inflicting casualties as a representation of their Military Abilities? So HOW could That be "wounded" in battle and go down in value?? seems dumb to me....
Oh poor Tom ... soon he'll have to seed his main diner table to Melody and her friends playing World in Flames.
My congratulations to Melody for garnering an interest in the wargaming genre. It is interesting for all sorts of reasons, and the historical context of many of them only adds to the benefits of playing. We really enjoy the Columbia Block games in our home, and Julius Caesar is indeed one of the best. I am glad you both ventured into this area. Oh!...great review too. :)
Hello can you tell me what happens when it's the winter time supply, there is a fight ongoing in a city and each player has more than 3 blocks in the city because the fight is not finished. Who takes out blocks and how many of them ?
A2, Brutus? A2?
You guys must always have something to play if it's a rainy day.
Good for Melody, she is trying new things. I wish my daughter liked war games like me. But that's o.k. I enjoy just playing games with her, that's all that really matters. Game night always brings families closer.
the card taking units from your opponent is totally historically supported where legions WOULD actually switch sides....just look at the first few days Caesar was marching into Italy with ONE legion and (I think) ended up with 4 before he got to Rome
nice review Vasel's. i agree with some of the things pointed out. i just recently got Hammer of The Scots instead of this one. i think i liked the theme better, but also, some of the annoyances seemed to missing from it as well.
"I hope I'm not fathering a war gamer." Hah! It's OK Tom. Neither of my sons will step foot near a Euro game :)
Will coolstuffinc get this in stock any time soon? :)
You should review Sekigahara when the reprint hits in a couple of months. There's no dice so there is no randomness and there's additional bluffing going on since you don't know what blocks the other player can activate or not. It is on the longer side, but it is still a low complexity game. There shouldn't really be any issues with the board as well.
Wow. I know I'm not experient in war games(Since I just played Here I Stand from GMT), but many rules of this game look like the same as Here I Stand!Is there any reason for it?
Wow, a war game with Melody ? Interesting.
Aculy its hoever controls aleksandria that has Cleopatra
Sekigahara is truly a magnificent game, but I wouldn't go so far as to say there is no luck. It is just 'transferred' over to card drawn instead.
I hate how in so many games theres no MORAL....like in this one....mass casualties in these battles were often inflicted after one side's Moral Broke
and NONE of that is reflected in these battle rules....
Yeah! Melody the grognard! Suck it up, Vassel. Better brush up on your command radius and supply line rules.
If dice and cards are to much based on luck for a war game , try a game of thrones the board game second edition, i found almost no luck there, except for global luck about events. Also when you win it the reward is so much better after you make your way up the throne :) and conquer westeros.
You are down to 300 games, but it still looks like you have thousands of them :) As for the game, somehow i'm not very fond of the block games, when stickers face your belly and you have to lean to see them. I would probably sacrifice the fog of war to have more comfortable play like Memoir '44.
She's so Sweet! a BIG bonus to the video
and another thing....LEADERS....I Assume they're in battles inflicting casualties as a representation of their Military Abilities?
So HOW could That be "wounded" in battle and go down in value??
seems dumb to me....
I think Quebec 1759 is a much better introductory Wargame.