Guys - a tremendous campaign with a thoughtful framing. I love V&B as the rules set for this campaign as it allows you the ability to game the largest battles. At the same time the map board and the drama of the Allied discussions was the best. Ed's request for a cigarette made me lol on an airplane! Well done crew. Congrats Greg. What you guys do matters!
As a solo wargamer, campaigns like this with multiple generals is something sadly missing from my games. This campaign was truly enjoyable, with the different commanders arguing over the plans. Also, the loss of support from Saxony due to the politics of Spring added a great deal to this game. This was my favorite of season 4. I would love to see a continuation of this into 1814; my personal favorite campaign of the Napoleonic Wars.
Spring 1813 had the most going on. Don't shy away from loonger episdes like that one, it's worth it to get the greater detail. For that matter, these long campaigns like this one and the Pyrrhus campaign are the best. Do more of them!
Absolutely Riveting! I just finished watching the entire 1813 campaign series, and I'm blown away! The production quality is top-notch, the narration is engaging, and the battles are incredibly well-recreated. I was completely immersed in the story and felt like I was right there on the battlefield alongside the soldiers. I especially appreciate the attention to detail that went into this campaign. Bravo!
This was great. As Carl noted, the friction amongst the players as commanders actually made this more realistic. I was especially impressed by the hauling out of the 6 x 8 table, and I totally get the problem of maneuver that Miles mentioned. Not enough sheets of plywood!
My vote goes to the 1813 series. Loved the way you mixed hex-and-counter with figures to create a synergy of both strategic and tactical perspectives on the conflict. Keep up the good work! 44:37
This was extremely fun to take part in! I felt extremely bad at the time about all of Tony’s Austrians getting blown away; I was unaware just how powerful defense was. That said, I’ll take wins when I can get them!
At least Tony demonstrated that the Austrians had martial virtue and that they simply weren't going to let the Corsican ogre take Prague without a fight. Both he and Dieter had very unenviable positions in this wargame. It seems that all they could do was take the best fight they could and hope for a French failure to concentrate. Sometimes the best move isn't necessarily always going to win. I do wonder whether the Coalition forces could have had a better result if they had all advanced rapidly on a central location after they got initial clues about Napoléon's advance across the Erzgebirge. However, that's just being an armchair general.
I feel like that was a rules issue mixed with board size one (the latter only fixable by somehow using smaller models or corps sized units), but I don't know just *how* much it was without seeing the nitty gritty behind what the rules say on defense math wise because it seems the French genuinely had some decent positions.
Let's go. Bring on the Austrians. This series has rekindled my love for the era and wargaming. Ordered blucher and some cards this week. A bit intimidated by the painting aspect though at 55. Old eyes and all.
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Edd cracked me up, as he’s standing against the brick wall, “no need for a blind fold, I’ll just have a cigarrette!” Lol😂 Firstly I enjoy all your episodes, I’m still shocked you guys invaded England, I’ll pick your Hastings battle. Love the historical background you add to the game! All the best!
Great experience! When the tabletop game is just a part of the overall story, it makes for a memorable event!! It’s honestly one of your groups main strengths. You make a historical game come alive. I love historicals but find refights to be a little bland, especially if the rules demand special abilities for those who were the original victors. These kind of history based games with variations and decisions, are the highest form of the art. Well done! Thank you for sharing! Left my comment before the end, so I say chosin reservoir was my favorite. Spring campaign was awesome, but I could feel for the marines and army trying desperately to get away! It was so emotional!
I enjoyed all of them. You gents are a highlight of the Wargame world. I enjoyed the Hastings episode (living in the UK), and the club v club marathon battle. But your 1813 campaign has taken the win for me. It is good to see the camaderie shown on the screen you guys have and that for me is what tabletop is all about 🎉
Wow, what a finale to end the season! The 1813 Campaign trilogy is easily my favorite game/video from season 4. I’m a huge fan of any and all fog of war implementation-the flags were an elegant device. Well done players and GM, and hats off to your editor! I had never given much thought to the Napoleonic Wars before, but all of your great Napoleonic games over the years really have me itching to dive in!
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@@LittleWarsTVBest Friday news I could have possibly gotten (next to a surprise teaser trailer for a new LittleWarsTV battle/campaign)! I’m going to be singing select lines from “Boney Was a Warrior” the rest of the weekend! 😂 Boney fought the Prussians Away ay-yah And Boney fought the Russians Jean-François
I like the flags and the FOW, however I do think that, if I remember correctly, that there should be some kind of idea about the size of the flags as you had in the spring episode. There were spies all over the place after all. I also think that even in a tactical battle there should be some kind of operational movement. Waterloo for instance is after all a tactical battle but the Prussians add an operational element to it. I really liked the Leipzig campaign and the mix of tactical and operational feel to it. But I also have to give a shout out to the Vicksberg campaign that was very entertaining.
I think that the Hastings episode was the greatest of this season. I was, in my humble opinion, always inevitable for Ravenfeast to go grand at one point or the other, and this has now spawned my favorite Dark Ages ruleset to date. Thank you for all you do for wargaming!
1813 campaign was my favorite. These longer form campaigns are the best. I really like the heated discussions which gave us buy-in to the stakes the allies were dealing with.
What an epic campaign. And how could the start of this campaign not be the best of the season. Such a well rounded display of excellent strategies, deception, and intense field battles
I think the best video of the season was Peleliu. While I may be biased, having played the scenario at Historicon, I think the beautiful board, grand scale of it all, and scenario design, all rolled into one episode, made for a cinematic, but epic scale video.
My vote goes to the 1813 campaign! The production quality and the amount of players along with the historic background given by the experts just blew my mind and kept me so engaged!!!
The Spring 1813 campaign by far is my favorite. As much as I love the clash of dice and the confusing smoke of cotton balls, the drama of arguing for the reckless attack versus the sane pleas for retreat was really fun to watch!
Little Wars TV gang, this is perhaps the most in-depth war gaming experience I have seen. When I began watching the channel around October 2022, I began to find the enthusiasm I had for historical war gaming I had when I was much younger. I have never played a Napoleonic-type game but this series has allowed me to see the possibilities. With the inclusion of the historical experts, along with adding the intrigue of diplomacy and allowing the Patreon community, which I joined, to offer strategic decisions, I felt like I was part of the gaming experience. While I know things will be different in the near future as far at the ability to deliver content; for me you have a dedicated follower. Cheers and good luck to all.
The Operation Compass video. North Africa is such a cool period in ww2 to read about and I’ve played games in that theater in 28mm. The video was really funny with its Italian players lucky rolls and humor. Hope to see you guys do more campaigns in that theater. Great season overall and a cool napoleonic setting to end on.
I think that this actually (and I never thought I'd say this) is better than your Marengo campaign video from Season 1. It's always hard to top the first great campaign video, but this does it. While the Pyrrhic War campaign was awesome and informative, this was better put together and more fascinating in turning history completely on its head. Thanks for the quality content as always.
What an awesome campaign! Good job Napoleon in reversing history. Sometimes aggression pays off! While the 1813 is the best highlight of season 4, the Alamo is honestly my favorite. I just really love the heroic last stand.
Watching this for sure after work later today, can't wait! You guys always expand my knowledge of the events covered and you do it in a very fun informative way. Regarding my favorite episode. Oh gosh, too many to choose from! Riachuelo, and Alamo were great. But by far my favorite from Season 4 was Vicksburg Saga. Love the what if and the amount of detail that was covered about the campaign and the views from both sides.
Really like this format with the multiplayer, it adds a element of uncertainty, because you don't have full control by one player either side, my favourite moment has to be the capture of Berlin!
As someone who is new to wargaming (and your channel) and a longtime fan of the Napoleonic wars, it was an amazing experience to see your epic 1813 campaing, so Spring 1813 has to be my favourite episode. In this final part of the campaing it was cool to see the fun engangements on and off the battlefield as the allies tried to unite their forces in the limited time and as Napoleon once again surprised them with his aggresive attack! Keep up the great work and thanks for the amazing videos!
Fantastic wrap up of this campaign, bravo! Very exciting to see the resolution after the unconventional decision to cross the alps in force. I believe the operational scale is where your wargaming videos shine the most, since the more zoomed out perspective compared to the battlefield scale allows for more space to maneuver and more interesting decisions. It is also often at this scale where interesting historical strategic dilemmas exist which you are very good at presenting and then test counterfactually. The Vicksburg episode from this season was a good example of a very good operational scale gaming video, but my favorite is of course your napoleonics 1813 campaign, which was also operational but grander in scale. All the feigns on the map and the debating between the coalition generals was very entertaining.
As much as I like the age of the musket and that era of fighting. My favorite has got to be the Chosin Reservoir. The task of surviving and escaping brings a lot of hard decisions a commander has to make in order to have a chance of fighting another day.
What a great campaign! While I have a soft spot for the Chosin Reservoir game, I can't deny these last three episodes have been incredible! Truly a titanic effort that must be applauded. I really like the input of actual historians on the summer truce and the implications of the result of the campaign. I must have said this a dozen times, but I love this channel a lot!
This is the only channel that can keep me engaged for four seasons! This last one has been the best so many good games! But my favourite one has to be the chosin reservoir. The Korean war is what got me interested in history. And the episode is just phenomenal! The desperate fight for survival of this battle just clicks with. Hope you guys continue the good work.
This 1813 campaign was absolutely stellar. A fantastic amalgamation of personal interactions, strategic maneuver, and tactical action on the tabletop. Bravo gents. Well played.
This season was awesome guys! Fantastic finale series, you guys made this a very easy watch! That said, Peleliu is absolutely my favorite yall have ever done. The beautiful map, the narrative that arose over the game, and the concept of future island hopping narratives all made it a compelling watch! Thank yall for your hard work, see you in Seaspn 5 :)
Fantastic series, as usual. The finale probably takes the crown for me but what is most remarkable for me is: there is no downer in this season (nor do I remember any in the previous season). Looking forward to the next one!
A phenomenal series. From quality of summary, expanse of scope, down to the editing. Genuinely some of the best content out there. As a brit, it's nice to see someone looking out for our interests 😂 I have to say that the 1813 has been my favourite of the content you guys have created, but genuinely, each one is masterfully made, and inspiring. Thanks for the content. Here's to more to come
What a great season. Some of my very favorite fights and wars, were taken to the board here. Think if forced to choose one the Vicksburg scenario, edges out a few of the others for me. Just rewatched Spring- up to winter 1813 campaign and the end of the video, has encouraged me to go back and watch most if not the entire season. You guys are awesome and inner cooperation/fights with Mark's Game room and his top warriors are sweet to see. Excited to see what more you guys bring to the board in this season. Think a huge campaign for 7 years war may be amazing if fought as you did the 1813 part series. Huge fan of your group, videos, and most important the men doing the fighting. Props to both groups for bringing in young gamers. Thanks for your work, and your experts put your videos over the top, and have added to my understanding of many of the wars and time periods that you have dug into.
The cap on a truly amazing season! My favorite video was definitely the Alamo, which I think was just all around one of your most entertaining videos ever! Close second being Peleliu and then this one. Also, I see you have proven true that "the easiest enemy to defeat is a coalition"
While I'm a big fan of all your content, if I could only pick one, it would be the Alamo episode. It inspired me to dust off my 28mm Alamo collection and give the Alamo Ruleser a try. But thanks for everything you make and share - it's keeping my inspiration level up!
I think there are other episodes that are perhaps better quality in many ways, but the passion that Ed clearly put into the Compass game and the historical videos around that really showed to me. I really have to rate that as my favourite of the season.
First of all, what a season!?! Thank you Greg for all you do on editing and congrats to you and your wife on a new baby boy! It’s a huge blessing and you both deserve the best. Miles and the French Team, you did me proud! I’m not even sure I could have pulled such an amazing victory off so kudos to a great ride to victory. Even though my dear friends Zack and Alex do not believe it will buy the 1st Empire much time, the what if scenario questions are flying off the charts. Greg and the Allied Team, equal thanks for keeping it intense. My favorite episode next to the 1813 Campaign is the Alamo for both the realism and the history. I thought it was really well done and it made my kids interested in doing some research which is partially what we are all about. Happy New Year and thank you for a wonderful 2023! I look forward to what 2024 has to offer and hope to see you at Historicon.
OH. MY. GOODNESS. When I saw the Spring 1813 campaign video and subsequent videos of the series, my inner self sprang to life! Thanks for providing Napoleonic era wargaming content, I remember when I watched the Austerlitz video and loved your content. Overall, this campaign has to take the cake for best episode but great work as always!
Gentlemen thank you for sparking mine and my son’s interest in wargaming. I enjoyed the Alamo episode because I went to the Alamo just after the episode and it made the visit more enjoyable.
While the 1813 Campaign had me more excited for an episode than ever before, I have to hand it to the Operation Compass episode. It is an area of WW2 that doesn't get covered enough and I would love to see how you guys develop the campaign in the Western Desert further.
Well, this was an amazing campaign to witness. And paraphrasing one of Hannibal's commanders "Napoleon knew how to obtain victory, but now how to capitalise on it." This has been one of my favourite videos of this season, alongside Peleliu. I really like the historical scenarios where players can change the script just a little, positioning troops differently, and telling a different story altogether.
I recently became intrigued by Wellesley's campaign in Spain. Just an idea for whenever you decide to revisit Napoleonic wars. In the meantime, I'll enjoy the glorious finale. I'm kinda rooting for coalition, to punish Napoleon for betraying Poland >:)
A great end to the season! These campaign matches are great though I'll say my favorite is the Vicksburg Campaign! It had layers of everything, battles, operational movements and random events. This campaign played out like Napoleon's first Italian campaign in 1796, echoing it with decisive moves that spilt his opponents. Unfortunately Emperor Napoleon didn't have the same political freedoms that General Napoleon enjoyed! Though the allies are still committed, I feel that 1814 will be a much bloodier struggle than it was historically. The French played extremely well in capturing Napoleon's style of operational warfare, using speed and singular command to unhinge a spread out opponent united under a war council. I do think the allies played well in trying for a late game victory, it's just that they needed the threat 2 turns earlier. Love your club's work, as a French player fighting the Peninsular war this system would be great to refight the 1810 Invasion of Portugal! See what happens if Soult maybe lends a hand to Massena this time (he won't).
Fantastic ending! Really enjoyed the the ambiguous way the scenario ended. Napoleon still had a lot of work cut out for him. This series was probably my favorite. Seeing operational warfare pre-industrial revolution is always a treat. Especially with how players deal with concentrating their forces and supply. The fog of war element was a great move to increase the uncertainty and overall confusion of a Napoleonic campaign.
This is a great series! I also love these long campaigns, they really change choices on the battlefield and set up asymmetrical battles which is much more historical. My vote for best episode would be the three episodes of this series, if I have to vote for one episode I'm split between the first in the series and this one, but I will choose the spring campaign. Great job guys keep it up!
Just found you guys after spring 1813 released and have made me solidify the thought that I want to get into miniature wargaming. The Campaign of Nations game is absolutely stunning and my favorite from this season
Has to be the Alamo for me, the detail of the modelling and the work put into painting the figure collection was outstanding and the game was so enjoyable. Brilliant!
This has been an amazing season. So much fun to follow and watch. It's so hard to pick a favorite from this season, but put to it, I have to say, the High Plains Drifter game. I really enjoy Ruthless and this video demonstrates that Hollywood has provided a nearly inexhaustible vein of scenario concepts to mine for the game. Thanks for being awesome.
Today was my birthday and I was excited to see the final video. I have to say I love the scope that was tackled in the last 3 videos with spring 1813 being my favorite
It's really nice to see how a hex base wargame enhances the experience on tabletop by adding just two more layers to the mix. Logistics and its effect on morale were always huge in how an army performs in the field, this is alas not often seen in the games I normally play. Very well done guys, many moving parts came together and left me wanting for more.
It is a hard choice because so many of these campaigns and/or battles were so great. If I had to choose, although it was extremely campy at times, it would have to be the club vs. club take on the Persian invasion of Greece in 480. That may be just because I am a bit of a nut on the Greeks and Romans. I also loved the campaign of Pyrrhus against Rome and in Sicily. These are just fantastic. I can think of dozens of multiplayer ancient wargame campaigns I would like to see you guys tackle.
I Really like this video, the outcome is interesting and hoodie Miles is now Iconic, but my favorite episode this season is the Alamo as that episode was how I learned wargaming existed. Thank you for the great videos and hopefully you continue with the masterpiece parade next season!
my favorite episode was the spring 1813 campaign, tremendous production quality, full of drama, and very educational about an era I don't know as much about
Spring 1813 was my favourite video this season. I’ve been playing Grossbeeren and Bautzen by OSG the last months and it’s great to see where those battles come in to view in this campaign.
A great finale, ive got to say I had my doubts when the Emperor spearhead into Bohemia, but it worked surprisingly well. Spring 1813 and Fall1813 definitely my favourite episodes from this season, great work guys :)
Fall of 1813 was probably my favorite but I really liked Compass as well. The whole season was good, I appreciate the videos. Great work and great season. Thanks!
The 1813 series was my favorite. Combining hex and counter and miniature wargaming gives you the best of both at the different scales. Loved the fog of war concepts and how that played out in the decision making!
I think my favorite moment has to be here in episode 3, seeing the Allied forces look at the incoming French in horror. I love the campaign map and rules, I will be looking at this for other wargames. Well done guys!
Just watched the whole thing, imagine Miles having the support of the Poles and being able to defend Leipzig better and maybe even Berlin. I think this was a clear French victory in regards to tactical battles and a draw in regards to the strategic situation of 1813. Prague could be used as a staging area for future French campaigns or as a bargaining chip to the half-hearted Austrians. The Emperor could send Murat to Dresden and Eugene with Saint Cyr to Leipzig to defend it. Overall a great video series, congratsulations to all of you et Vive la France 🇫🇷
Outstanding campaign guys. Spring 1813 was by far my favourite. Taking on such a massive campaign that was always going to culminate in the biggest battle of the 19th Century. Thank you so much.
With the greatest respect, the best way to attack and make use of superior numbers in V&B, is to close to musketry range and then the enemy either has to attack, losing his stationary advantage or sit there and enter into a shooting match between stationary units when one's own side can pull units out and replace them with fresh. Close artillery support, particularly horse artillery, can help by inflicting disorder through morale throws.
Loved the Spring 1813 session the most. Very creative to adjust the rules and play out a hypothetical spring scenario not covered in the original game. Was great fun to watch. Please do more.
I have to say you guys really shine brightest when you pull out all the stops on the big campaigns. So I have to choose the 1813 series as favorite of the season.
Little Wars TV just keeps getting better and better. Congrats on a great season. Hard to pick a favorite, but I personally loved the 'What If...Vicksburg' wargame.
I absolutely love the inclusion of input from historians in this series. Ots one thing to play these games and dream about the effect your actions would have on history, it's another to have actual historians contextualize your games. The peace talks rocked!! Love your guy's videos and hope to see another multi-part campaign soon!
I've enjoyed all the videos this season from Hollywood gunfights, Civil War campaigns and Korean battles, to the fight at Peleliu. My favorite though has been this campaign for 1813. I like the multiple episodes, the audience participation, and the hilarious mayhem resolution that ensues when your club starts each project. You have a good time, do great work and I can't wait for the next adventure!
SPRING 1813, really captured the scale of the campaign and its always great seeing the internal politics of multiplayer battles. Although covering campaigns that don't often get covered is always encouraged. I found Chosin very informative. Thanks again for some great content gentlemen!
What!? 4 seasons already...shut the front door! Awesome...so awesome :D All the episodes in this season are very good, wouldn't expect anything less from the gang of LWTV. So which one do I choose then? Well, that's a tough one...it's either going to be Operation Compass...as I'm a WWII gamer and always enjoyed gaming in North Africa, or the Spring 1813 Campaign as I do also enjoy the Napoleonic era gaming. But, in the end...Operation Compass takes this one. Again, awesome stuff :D
I would say the Spring 1813 was my favourite, and what made me find the channel. While I definitely enjoyed this episode, the first episode had more back and forth with the initial Allied aggressiveness and the manoeuvring by the French to take Berlin and rescue Davout's army. The fog of war mechanic was great, the different personalities of the generals really added to it, and the mix of hex board and miniatures was amazing and has made me think of how I can incorporate hex boards into my own games.
I really enjoyed this 1813 campaign. Not only is Napoleonic era really well represented by a tabletop game using hex maps, but the multi-player and campaign scale nature of it added so much over a single battle. Really fantastic content!
I usually watch your napoleonic and modern/ww2 settings, but another favorite of mine was the battles of Fulford, Stamford bridge, and Hastings! They threw me back into medieval history for a while, which was great. I learned a lot of new things with you guys, and keep the wargames coming! Great content.
Gotta say Vicksburg was my favourite episode. Operational level focus can never be done enough, and I loved the ruleset where one side was secretly tracking game duration while the other secretly tracked victory points. Anything in a ruleset that can efficiently reduce gamey-ness is great. Cheers!
Love this little series, inspired me to setup and run a similar style campaign with my friends digitally over the Russian Invasion. I will say the clashing of ideas on strategy and the interesting and meaningful integration of fan ideas from patreon really made this one the most fun to watch series this season! Would love more camera time of gameplay to show off more of the games in future videos!
This series has been amazing, especially the transition from Campaign of Nations to the tabletop battle to resolve the decisive battle! This is definitely my favorite from this season!
Definitely the Spring 1813 episode has to be my favorite. The setting up of the tactics and how the battles played out, all to lead to the final result here…the anticipation was amazing.
My favourite show was Vicksburg. I thought the 3 season campaign was very well executed and loved fog of war aspect. Particularly of interest was the historical analysis, with post mortem of the game play.
As much as I love the epic 1813 campaign, for me the battle of Hastings campaign takes the cake. The way you made a simple ladder campaign with small forces and custom boards was wonderful. It really showed how even beginners can have a few epic battles.
The Alamo was definitely one of the coolest battles you guys ran. I really enjoyed the “hero” mechanics and how they really helped or didn’t matter at all. But I do love the “alternate” history that happened with this video. Keep up the great work!
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Nappy throwing up the hood for maximum drip before battle goes hard
Haha gangsta Napoleon!
They couldn't decide if he was jedi or hobbit. I thought he looked like Igor from young Frankenstein
it's always a compliment to be compared to the great Marty Feldmam - thank you!
In the UK they are called hoodies
Guys - a tremendous campaign with a thoughtful framing. I love V&B as the rules set for this campaign as it allows you the ability to game the largest battles. At the same time the map board and the drama of the Allied discussions was the best. Ed's request for a cigarette made me lol on an airplane! Well done crew. Congrats Greg. What you guys do matters!
"No blindfold, but a cigarette please."
That killed me! That was the funniest bit I've heard in a long time!
Timestamp?
Nevermind 😂
The Spring of 1813 may have been the best of this season’s content, but the entire season of videos deserves an award all its own
I completely agree
I love these longer, multi-part campaigns. Watching things slowly develop really brings us along for the ride.
Agreed.
I completely agree.
100 percent agree
yes do more plz :)
As a solo wargamer, campaigns like this with multiple generals is something sadly missing from my games. This campaign was truly enjoyable, with the different commanders arguing over the plans. Also, the loss of support from Saxony due to the politics of Spring added a great deal to this game. This was my favorite of season 4. I would love to see a continuation of this into 1814; my personal favorite campaign of the Napoleonic Wars.
Indeed i reiterate the above
Yes, thus is very much the sort of dream type game to play, a campign game with lots of cool battles
Spring 1813 had the most going on. Don't shy away from loonger episdes like that one, it's worth it to get the greater detail.
For that matter, these long campaigns like this one and the Pyrrhus campaign are the best. Do more of them!
Absolutely Riveting! I just finished watching the entire 1813 campaign series, and I'm blown away! The production quality is top-notch, the narration is engaging, and the battles are incredibly well-recreated. I was completely immersed in the story and felt like I was right there on the battlefield alongside the soldiers.
I especially appreciate the attention to detail that went into this campaign. Bravo!
Thank you! Great to hear. It was a lot of work to film and edit this series!
This was great. As Carl noted, the friction amongst the players as commanders actually made this more realistic. I was especially impressed by the hauling out of the 6 x 8 table, and I totally get the problem of maneuver that Miles mentioned. Not enough sheets of plywood!
My vote goes to the 1813 series. Loved the way you mixed hex-and-counter with figures to create a synergy of both strategic and tactical perspectives on the conflict. Keep up the good work! 44:37
This was extremely fun to take part in! I felt extremely bad at the time about all of Tony’s Austrians getting blown away; I was unaware just how powerful defense was. That said, I’ll take wins when I can get them!
At least Tony demonstrated that the Austrians had martial virtue and that they simply weren't going to let the Corsican ogre take Prague without a fight. Both he and Dieter had very unenviable positions in this wargame. It seems that all they could do was take the best fight they could and hope for a French failure to concentrate. Sometimes the best move isn't necessarily always going to win.
I do wonder whether the Coalition forces could have had a better result if they had all advanced rapidly on a central location after they got initial clues about Napoléon's advance across the Erzgebirge. However, that's just being an armchair general.
I feel like that was a rules issue mixed with board size one (the latter only fixable by somehow using smaller models or corps sized units), but I don't know just *how* much it was without seeing the nitty gritty behind what the rules say on defense math wise because it seems the French genuinely had some decent positions.
Let's go. Bring on the Austrians. This series has rekindled my love for the era and wargaming. Ordered blucher and some cards this week. A bit intimidated by the painting aspect though at 55. Old eyes and all.
Blucher is an excellent game! We really have enjoyed it
Sad for my Austrians. Great show. 1813 was my favorite of the season. Votng for an 1809 Danube campaign series at some point. Cheers gang keep it up.
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Edd cracked me up, as he’s standing against the brick wall, “no need for a blind fold, I’ll just have a cigarrette!” Lol😂
Firstly I enjoy all your episodes, I’m still shocked you guys invaded England, I’ll pick your Hastings battle. Love the historical background you add to the game!
All the best!
Great experience! When the tabletop game is just a part of the overall story, it makes for a memorable event!! It’s honestly one of your groups main strengths. You make a historical game come alive. I love historicals but find refights to be a little bland, especially if the rules demand special abilities for those who were the original victors. These kind of history based games with variations and decisions, are the highest form of the art. Well done! Thank you for sharing! Left my comment before the end, so I say chosin reservoir was my favorite. Spring campaign was awesome, but I could feel for the marines and army trying desperately to get away! It was so emotional!
I enjoyed all of them. You gents are a highlight of the Wargame world.
I enjoyed the Hastings episode (living in the UK), and the club v club marathon battle.
But your 1813 campaign has taken the win for me. It is good to see the camaderie shown on the screen you guys have and that for me is what tabletop is all about 🎉
Wow, what a finale to end the season! The 1813 Campaign trilogy is easily my favorite game/video from season 4. I’m a huge fan of any and all fog of war implementation-the flags were an elegant device. Well done players and GM, and hats off to your editor!
I had never given much thought to the Napoleonic Wars before, but all of your great Napoleonic games over the years really have me itching to dive in!
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@@LittleWarsTVBest Friday news I could have possibly gotten (next to a surprise teaser trailer for a new LittleWarsTV battle/campaign)! I’m going to be singing select lines from “Boney Was a Warrior” the rest of the weekend! 😂
Boney fought the Prussians
Away ay-yah
And Boney fought the Russians
Jean-François
I like the flags and the FOW, however I do think that, if I remember correctly, that there should be some kind of idea about the size of the flags as you had in the spring episode. There were spies all over the place after all. I also think that even in a tactical battle there should be some kind of operational movement. Waterloo for instance is after all a tactical battle but the Prussians add an operational element to it. I really liked the Leipzig campaign and the mix of tactical and operational feel to it. But I also have to give a shout out to the Vicksberg campaign that was very entertaining.
I think that the Hastings episode was the greatest of this season. I was, in my humble opinion, always inevitable for Ravenfeast to go grand at one point or the other, and this has now spawned my favorite Dark Ages ruleset to date. Thank you for all you do for wargaming!
1813 campaign was my favorite. These longer form campaigns are the best. I really like the heated discussions which gave us buy-in to the stakes the allies were dealing with.
What an epic campaign. And how could the start of this campaign not be the best of the season. Such a well rounded display of excellent strategies, deception, and intense field battles
My favourite episode of this season is this 1813 campaign right here! But close second and third are the Vicksburg one and Peleliu.
I think the best video of the season was Peleliu. While I may be biased, having played the scenario at Historicon, I think the beautiful board, grand scale of it all, and scenario design, all rolled into one episode, made for a cinematic, but epic scale video.
This trilogy has been just outstanding. By far my choice for this year, if not outright the best you guys have made.
My vote goes to the 1813 campaign! The production quality and the amount of players along with the historic background given by the experts just blew my mind and kept me so engaged!!!
The Spring 1813 campaign by far is my favorite. As much as I love the clash of dice and the confusing smoke of cotton balls, the drama of arguing for the reckless attack versus the sane pleas for retreat was really fun to watch!
Little Wars TV gang, this is perhaps the most in-depth war gaming experience I have seen. When I began watching the channel around October 2022, I began to find the enthusiasm I had for historical war gaming I had when I was much younger. I have never played a Napoleonic-type game but this series has allowed me to see the possibilities. With the inclusion of the historical experts, along with adding the intrigue of diplomacy and allowing the Patreon community, which I joined, to offer strategic decisions, I felt like I was part of the gaming experience. While I know things will be different in the near future as far at the ability to deliver content; for me you have a dedicated follower. Cheers and good luck to all.
The Operation Compass video. North Africa is such a cool period in ww2 to read about and I’ve played games in that theater in 28mm. The video was really funny with its Italian players lucky rolls and humor. Hope to see you guys do more campaigns in that theater. Great season overall and a cool napoleonic setting to end on.
I think that this actually (and I never thought I'd say this) is better than your Marengo campaign video from Season 1. It's always hard to top the first great campaign video, but this does it. While the Pyrrhic War campaign was awesome and informative, this was better put together and more fascinating in turning history completely on its head. Thanks for the quality content as always.
Pyrrhic War and this is peak little wars TV
What an awesome campaign! Good job Napoleon in reversing history. Sometimes aggression pays off! While the 1813 is the best highlight of season 4, the Alamo is honestly my favorite. I just really love the heroic last stand.
Watching this for sure after work later today, can't wait! You guys always expand my knowledge of the events covered and you do it in a very fun informative way.
Regarding my favorite episode.
Oh gosh, too many to choose from! Riachuelo, and Alamo were great. But by far my favorite from Season 4 was Vicksburg Saga. Love the what if and the amount of detail that was covered about the campaign and the views from both sides.
Really like this format with the multiplayer, it adds a element of uncertainty, because you don't have full control by one player either side, my favourite moment has to be the capture of Berlin!
As someone who is new to wargaming (and your channel) and a longtime fan of the Napoleonic wars, it was an amazing experience to see your epic 1813 campaing, so Spring 1813 has to be my favourite episode. In this final part of the campaing it was cool to see the fun engangements on and off the battlefield as the allies tried to unite their forces in the limited time and as Napoleon once again surprised them with his aggresive attack! Keep up the great work and thanks for the amazing videos!
Fantastic wrap up of this campaign, bravo! Very exciting to see the resolution after the unconventional decision to cross the alps in force.
I believe the operational scale is where your wargaming videos shine the most, since the more zoomed out perspective compared to the battlefield scale allows for more space to maneuver and more interesting decisions. It is also often at this scale where interesting historical strategic dilemmas exist which you are very good at presenting and then test counterfactually.
The Vicksburg episode from this season was a good example of a very good operational scale gaming video, but my favorite is of course your napoleonics 1813 campaign, which was also operational but grander in scale. All the feigns on the map and the debating between the coalition generals was very entertaining.
As much as I like the age of the musket and that era of fighting. My favorite has got to be the Chosin Reservoir. The task of surviving and escaping brings a lot of hard decisions a commander has to make in order to have a chance of fighting another day.
What a great campaign! While I have a soft spot for the Chosin Reservoir game, I can't deny these last three episodes have been incredible! Truly a titanic effort that must be applauded. I really like the input of actual historians on the summer truce and the implications of the result of the campaign. I must have said this a dozen times, but I love this channel a lot!
This is the only channel that can keep me engaged for four seasons! This last one has been the best so many good games! But my favourite one has to be the chosin reservoir. The Korean war is what got me interested in history. And the episode is just phenomenal! The desperate fight for survival of this battle just clicks with. Hope you guys continue the good work.
This 1813 campaign was absolutely stellar. A fantastic amalgamation of personal interactions, strategic maneuver, and tactical action on the tabletop.
Bravo gents. Well played.
This season was awesome guys! Fantastic finale series, you guys made this a very easy watch!
That said, Peleliu is absolutely my favorite yall have ever done. The beautiful map, the narrative that arose over the game, and the concept of future island hopping narratives all made it a compelling watch!
Thank yall for your hard work, see you in Seaspn 5 :)
Fantastic series, as usual. The finale probably takes the crown for me but what is most remarkable for me is: there is no downer in this season (nor do I remember any in the previous season). Looking forward to the next one!
A phenomenal series. From quality of summary, expanse of scope, down to the editing. Genuinely some of the best content out there.
As a brit, it's nice to see someone looking out for our interests 😂
I have to say that the 1813 has been my favourite of the content you guys have created, but genuinely, each one is masterfully made, and inspiring.
Thanks for the content. Here's to more to come
What a great season. Some of my very favorite fights and wars, were taken to the board here. Think if forced to choose one the Vicksburg scenario, edges out a few of the others for me. Just rewatched Spring- up to winter 1813 campaign and the end of the video, has encouraged me to go back and watch most if not the entire season. You guys are awesome and inner cooperation/fights with Mark's Game room and his top warriors are sweet to see. Excited to see what more you guys bring to the board in this season. Think a huge campaign for 7 years war may be amazing if fought as you did the 1813 part series. Huge fan of your group, videos, and most important the men doing the fighting. Props to both groups for bringing in young gamers. Thanks for your work, and your experts put your videos over the top, and have added to my understanding of many of the wars and time periods that you have dug into.
The cap on a truly amazing season! My favorite video was definitely the Alamo, which I think was just all around one of your most entertaining videos ever! Close second being Peleliu and then this one.
Also, I see you have proven true that "the easiest enemy to defeat is a coalition"
While I'm a big fan of all your content, if I could only pick one, it would be the Alamo episode. It inspired me to dust off my 28mm Alamo collection and give the Alamo Ruleser a try. But thanks for everything you make and share - it's keeping my inspiration level up!
All the episodes of course are terrific but I especially like the Chosin Reservoir fight. Just keep making these excellent shows please!!!
I think there are other episodes that are perhaps better quality in many ways, but the passion that Ed clearly put into the Compass game and the historical videos around that really showed to me. I really have to rate that as my favourite of the season.
First of all, what a season!?! Thank you Greg for all you do on editing and congrats to you and your wife on a new baby boy! It’s a huge blessing and you both deserve the best. Miles and the French Team, you did me proud! I’m not even sure I could have pulled such an amazing victory off so kudos to a great ride to victory. Even though my dear friends Zack and Alex do not believe it will buy the 1st Empire much time, the what if scenario questions are flying off the charts. Greg and the Allied Team, equal thanks for keeping it intense. My favorite episode next to the 1813 Campaign is the Alamo for both the realism and the history. I thought it was really well done and it made my kids interested in doing some research which is partially what we are all about. Happy New Year and thank you for a wonderful 2023! I look forward to what 2024 has to offer and hope to see you at Historicon.
OH. MY. GOODNESS.
When I saw the Spring 1813 campaign video and subsequent videos of the series, my inner self sprang to life! Thanks for providing Napoleonic era wargaming content, I remember when I watched the Austerlitz video and loved your content. Overall, this campaign has to take the cake for best episode but great work as always!
Man i been waiting for this! Love this series ❤
Gentlemen thank you for sparking mine and my son’s interest in wargaming. I enjoyed the Alamo episode because I went to the Alamo just after the episode and it made the visit more enjoyable.
While the 1813 Campaign had me more excited for an episode than ever before, I have to hand it to the Operation Compass episode. It is an area of WW2 that doesn't get covered enough and I would love to see how you guys develop the campaign in the Western Desert further.
Well, this was an amazing campaign to witness. And paraphrasing one of Hannibal's commanders "Napoleon knew how to obtain victory, but now how to capitalise on it."
This has been one of my favourite videos of this season, alongside Peleliu. I really like the historical scenarios where players can change the script just a little, positioning troops differently, and telling a different story altogether.
I recently became intrigued by Wellesley's campaign in Spain. Just an idea for whenever you decide to revisit Napoleonic wars.
In the meantime, I'll enjoy the glorious finale. I'm kinda rooting for coalition, to punish Napoleon for betraying Poland >:)
A great end to the season! These campaign matches are great though I'll say my favorite is the Vicksburg Campaign! It had layers of everything, battles, operational movements and random events.
This campaign played out like Napoleon's first Italian campaign in 1796, echoing it with decisive moves that spilt his opponents.
Unfortunately Emperor Napoleon didn't have the same political freedoms that General Napoleon enjoyed! Though the allies are still committed, I feel that 1814 will be a much bloodier struggle than it was historically.
The French played extremely well in capturing Napoleon's style of operational warfare, using speed and singular command to unhinge a spread out opponent united under a war council. I do think the allies played well in trying for a late game victory, it's just that they needed the threat 2 turns earlier.
Love your club's work, as a French player fighting the Peninsular war this system would be great to refight the 1810 Invasion of Portugal!
See what happens if Soult maybe lends a hand to Massena this time (he won't).
This was an amazing series, the war council meetings were hilarious! This was mine favourite from the 9 series.
What a great episode! I love these immersive longer episodes. The Spring 1813 episode is probably my favorite from this season.
glad its out
Fantastic ending! Really enjoyed the the ambiguous way the scenario ended. Napoleon still had a lot of work cut out for him. This series was probably my favorite. Seeing operational warfare pre-industrial revolution is always a treat. Especially with how players deal with concentrating their forces and supply. The fog of war element was a great move to increase the uncertainty and overall confusion of a Napoleonic campaign.
This is a great series! I also love these long campaigns, they really change choices on the battlefield and set up asymmetrical battles which is much more historical. My vote for best episode would be the three episodes of this series, if I have to vote for one episode I'm split between the first in the series and this one, but I will choose the spring campaign. Great job guys keep it up!
Just found you guys after spring 1813 released and have made me solidify the thought that I want to get into miniature wargaming. The Campaign of Nations game is absolutely stunning and my favorite from this season
Has to be the Alamo for me, the detail of the modelling and the work put into painting the figure collection was outstanding and the game was so enjoyable. Brilliant!
This has been an amazing season. So much fun to follow and watch. It's so hard to pick a favorite from this season, but put to it, I have to say, the High Plains Drifter game. I really enjoy Ruthless and this video demonstrates that Hollywood has provided a nearly inexhaustible vein of scenario concepts to mine for the game. Thanks for being awesome.
Today was my birthday and I was excited to see the final video. I have to say I love the scope that was tackled in the last 3 videos with spring 1813 being my favorite
I really enjoyed the Peleliu game, it's what introduced me to the channel. I love how you guys get into character!
It's really nice to see how a hex base wargame enhances the experience on tabletop by adding just two more layers to the mix. Logistics and its effect on morale were always huge in how an army performs in the field, this is alas not often seen in the games I normally play. Very well done guys, many moving parts came together and left me wanting for more.
It is a hard choice because so many of these campaigns and/or battles were so great. If I had to choose, although it was extremely campy at times, it would have to be the club vs. club take on the Persian invasion of Greece in 480. That may be just because I am a bit of a nut on the Greeks and Romans. I also loved the campaign of Pyrrhus against Rome and in Sicily. These are just fantastic. I can think of dozens of multiplayer ancient wargame campaigns I would like to see you guys tackle.
Definetely this fall 1813 campaign. Loved how you expanded on the rules of a simple board game to make this great experience
I Really like this video, the outcome is interesting and hoodie Miles is now Iconic, but my favorite episode this season is the Alamo as that episode was how I learned wargaming existed. Thank you for the great videos and hopefully you continue with the masterpiece parade next season!
my favorite episode was the spring 1813 campaign, tremendous production quality, full of drama, and very educational about an era I don't know as much about
Spring 1813 was my favourite video this season. I’ve been playing Grossbeeren and Bautzen by OSG the last months and it’s great to see where those battles come in to view in this campaign.
A great finale, ive got to say I had my doubts when the Emperor spearhead into Bohemia, but it worked surprisingly well.
Spring 1813 and Fall1813 definitely my favourite episodes from this season, great work guys :)
Great video as always!
This is the best video of the season in my opinion! The Napoleonic period is one of my favorite.
It was a awesome finally!
Fall of 1813 was probably my favorite but I really liked Compass as well. The whole season was good, I appreciate the videos. Great work and great season. Thanks!
The 1813 series was my favorite. Combining hex and counter and miniature wargaming gives you the best of both at the different scales. Loved the fog of war concepts and how that played out in the decision making!
I think my favorite moment has to be here in episode 3, seeing the Allied forces look at the incoming French in horror. I love the campaign map and rules, I will be looking at this for other wargames. Well done guys!
Love every episode but to be honest this whole campaign was my favorite! I love these longer campaigns and seeing what can come of them.
Just watched the whole thing, imagine Miles having the support of the Poles and being able to defend Leipzig better and maybe even Berlin. I think this was a clear French victory in regards to tactical battles and a draw in regards to the strategic situation of 1813. Prague could be used as a staging area for future French campaigns or as a bargaining chip to the half-hearted Austrians. The Emperor could send Murat to Dresden and Eugene with Saint Cyr to Leipzig to defend it. Overall a great video series, congratsulations to all of you et Vive la France 🇫🇷
Love this format of game videos My favorite single video would be the Vicksburg, but the 1813 series was great, Keep it up
The Spring 1813 game was the best this season, but this season was probably the best you've so far! Great job!
The 1813 Campaign introduced me to your channel and I'm here to stay, so it's my favorite thus far but I'm looking forward to whatever comes next.
Outstanding campaign guys. Spring 1813 was by far my favourite. Taking on such a massive campaign that was always going to culminate in the biggest battle of the 19th Century. Thank you so much.
With the greatest respect, the best way to attack and make use of superior numbers in V&B, is to close to musketry range and then the enemy either has to attack, losing his stationary advantage or sit there and enter into a shooting match between stationary units when one's own side can pull units out and replace them with fresh. Close artillery support, particularly horse artillery, can help by inflicting disorder through morale throws.
Loved the Spring 1813 session the most. Very creative to adjust the rules and play out a hypothetical spring scenario not covered in the original game. Was great fun to watch. Please do more.
I have to say you guys really shine brightest when you pull out all the stops on the big campaigns. So I have to choose the 1813 series as favorite of the season.
Little Wars TV just keeps getting better and better. Congrats on a great season. Hard to pick a favorite, but I personally loved the 'What If...Vicksburg' wargame.
I absolutely love the inclusion of input from historians in this series. Ots one thing to play these games and dream about the effect your actions would have on history, it's another to have actual historians contextualize your games. The peace talks rocked!! Love your guy's videos and hope to see another multi-part campaign soon!
I've enjoyed all the videos this season from Hollywood gunfights, Civil War campaigns and Korean battles, to the fight at Peleliu. My favorite though has been this campaign for 1813. I like the multiple episodes, the audience participation, and the hilarious mayhem resolution that ensues when your club starts each project. You have a good time, do great work and I can't wait for the next adventure!
SPRING 1813, really captured the scale of the campaign and its always great seeing the internal politics of multiplayer battles. Although covering campaigns that don't often get covered is always encouraged. I found Chosin very informative. Thanks again for some great content gentlemen!
What!? 4 seasons already...shut the front door! Awesome...so awesome :D
All the episodes in this season are very good, wouldn't expect anything less from the gang of LWTV. So which one do I choose then? Well, that's a tough one...it's either going to be Operation Compass...as I'm a WWII gamer and always enjoyed gaming in North Africa, or the Spring 1813 Campaign as I do also enjoy the Napoleonic era gaming. But, in the end...Operation Compass takes this one.
Again, awesome stuff :D
I would say the Spring 1813 was my favourite, and what made me find the channel. While I definitely enjoyed this episode, the first episode had more back and forth with the initial Allied aggressiveness and the manoeuvring by the French to take Berlin and rescue Davout's army. The fog of war mechanic was great, the different personalities of the generals really added to it, and the mix of hex board and miniatures was amazing and has made me think of how I can incorporate hex boards into my own games.
I really enjoyed this 1813 campaign. Not only is Napoleonic era really well represented by a tabletop game using hex maps, but the multi-player and campaign scale nature of it added so much over a single battle. Really fantastic content!
the 1813 campaign was definitely my favourite episode. More campaigns please. Great work guys.
Hands down i have enjoyed this series of videos on the 1813 campaign and really enjoyed the spring 1813 video, great work guys
I usually watch your napoleonic and modern/ww2 settings, but another favorite of mine was the battles of Fulford, Stamford bridge, and Hastings! They threw me back into medieval history for a while, which was great. I learned a lot of new things with you guys, and keep the wargames coming! Great content.
Gotta say Vicksburg was my favourite episode. Operational level focus can never be done enough, and I loved the ruleset where one side was secretly tracking game duration while the other secretly tracked victory points. Anything in a ruleset that can efficiently reduce gamey-ness is great. Cheers!
Love this little series, inspired me to setup and run a similar style campaign with my friends digitally over the Russian Invasion. I will say the clashing of ideas on strategy and the interesting and meaningful integration of fan ideas from patreon really made this one the most fun to watch series this season! Would love more camera time of gameplay to show off more of the games in future videos!
This series has been amazing, especially the transition from Campaign of Nations to the tabletop battle to resolve the decisive battle! This is definitely my favorite from this season!
Definitely the Spring 1813 episode has to be my favorite. The setting up of the tactics and how the battles played out, all to lead to the final result here…the anticipation was amazing.
My favourite show was Vicksburg. I thought the 3 season campaign was very well executed and loved fog of war aspect. Particularly of interest was the historical analysis, with post mortem of the game play.
As much as I love the epic 1813 campaign, for me the battle of Hastings campaign takes the cake. The way you made a simple ladder campaign with small forces and custom boards was wonderful. It really showed how even beginners can have a few epic battles.
The Alamo was definitely one of the coolest battles you guys ran. I really enjoyed the “hero” mechanics and how they really helped or didn’t matter at all. But I do love the “alternate” history that happened with this video. Keep up the great work!
I love the Napoleonic Era. This 1813 campaign specifically was a joy to watch, and brought me to this channel.