General Orders: World War II - How To Play

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  • Опубліковано 6 сер 2024
  • In this video, we're going to learn how to play General Orders: World War II - How To Play! If you have any comments or questions, please do not hesitate to post them in the UA-cam comments below, ensuring you abide by our Code of Conduct: watchitplayed.tv/code-of-conduct.
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    00:00 - Introduction
    00:33 - Setup
    02:44 - Game Play Overview
    02:56 - Controlling Spaces
    03:05 - Controlling Victory Stars
    03:15 - Losing Your Headquarters
    03:37 - Deploying Generals
    04:10 - Passing
    04:40 - Being In Supply
    05:30 - Action: Advance
    06:40 - Resolving A Conflict
    08:02 - Troop Space Limits
    08:38 - Action: Paradrop
    09:42 - Action: Barrage
    10:27 - Action: Reinforcing
    11:04 - Running Out Of Troops
    11:25 - Action: Planning
    12:20 - Bonuses
    12:45 - The Signal Unit Bonus
    13:31 - Playing Operation Cards
    15:25 - Deploying Commanders/Passing
    15:50 - Ending A Round
    16:16 - Ending The Game
    16:33 - Determining A Winner
    17:00 - The Island Side Of The Map
    17:42 - Planes
    17:50 - Air Zones
    18:10 - In Supply Planes
    19:14 - Action: Flying
    19:54 - Action: Bomb
    20:33 - Action: Take Off
    21:24 - Conflicts With Planes Overhead
    21:45 - Conclusion
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  • @Lordjunon
    @Lordjunon 11 місяців тому +29

    Only Rodney smith can say something like "Bring in a Bomber" with such cheer and joy.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +6

      You're a veteran of the show, so you've seen a lot of cheerful declarations :)

  • @OspreygamesUk
    @OspreygamesUk 11 місяців тому +15

    Here for 0:10
    100% delivered. Thanks Rodney!

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +2

      A pleasure to feature this title!

  • @velderak1458
    @velderak1458 11 місяців тому +8

    YES! I was HOPING Rodney would cover this one!!

  • @rpm381
    @rpm381 8 місяців тому +4

    Thank you Rodney I really needed this video to get playing, you’re the best at what you do and I appreciate you

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  8 місяців тому +1

      So glad to know this was helpful!

  • @henriwhitehead
    @henriwhitehead 11 місяців тому +5

    Great video! This is a must buy for me. I’ve played it and it was a winner.

  • @Panamaniac3D
    @Panamaniac3D 10 місяців тому +2

    Ospery did a good job choosing to have you make this video. I love the Undaunted Series with all my heart, but wasn’t planning on getting this one, despite knowing it was David and Trevor, mostly because of how simple it looks, but I am now sold.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  10 місяців тому +1

      Very glad you enjoyed what you saw - have a great time playing!

  • @MS32816
    @MS32816 11 місяців тому +7

    Rodney does the best walkthroughs - was looking for one for Ark Nova yesterday and was hoping to find it here - hopefully with the expansion dropping soon that calls for a walkthrough of the base game 😊

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +1

      That's a game I haven't had a chance to play yet. So many games, so little time!

    • @MS32816
      @MS32816 11 місяців тому

      @@WatchItPlayed Make some time for that one - there are A TON of symbols on the cards and boards and the scoring is not exactly intuitive making it a bit daunting up front - but it’s juicy enough that there’s a ton of replay value and variety - anyone picking up that game would benefit from a Rodney How To Play on it

  • @MrFrostyankles
    @MrFrostyankles 8 місяців тому

    Excellent as always Rodney.
    I would to see you cover Wilderness War. I saw it on your shelf. That's a good one!

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  8 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! Haven’t played yet, but I actually have it set up as I was in the process of learning.

  • @teejleague3838
    @teejleague3838 11 місяців тому +1

    You are one of the most diverse gamers I know, Rodney! I think you can learn how to play any game in the whole world: classic, war, abstract, RPG, racing, deck-building...whatever! Thanks for representing our hobby so well! :)

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +1

      So kind of you to say - I feel fortunate that I have broad taste in games :)

  • @elife55
    @elife55 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for another great walkthrough Rodney!

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  5 місяців тому +1

      You’re very welcome - glad you enjoyed!

  • @peterkarlsson1825
    @peterkarlsson1825 11 місяців тому +1

    I´m so hyped for this one.

  • @davidthompson7233
    @davidthompson7233 11 місяців тому +1

    Amazing - thanks, Rodney!

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +1

      A real pleasure to get to feature another of your designs David!

  • @ClaudeAndTaylor
    @ClaudeAndTaylor 11 місяців тому

    Catching a new shaped box is always impressive!

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому

      It was a new challenge I had to rise too!

  • @MrRubixscube
    @MrRubixscube 11 місяців тому

    the chapter starting at 17:00 is called "the alpine side [..]" but should be called "the island side [..]"
    with that said, great video, and this game looks really fun

  • @leonjoffe6380
    @leonjoffe6380 6 місяців тому

    Excellent review. Thankyou Rodney. (My son and I own most of Thomson and Benjamin's games, love them all, but the General Orders rulebook is the worst, unclear and confusing. Your video solved all our issues)

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  6 місяців тому

      They are a great duo - I'm really glad the video was helpful - have a great time playing!

  • @a.d.samano7873
    @a.d.samano7873 11 місяців тому

    This looks interesting. Can't wait to have it sold in my country.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +1

      Here's hoping you don't have to wait too soon!

  • @daem0nfaust
    @daem0nfaust 11 місяців тому +2

    Maybe it's just me, but the commander component might do well as transparent acrylic (in color, obviously, but you can see the order icon through)

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +2

      Interesting idea! We didn't find that to be an issue in practice, but I can see what you're going for.

    • @daem0nfaust
      @daem0nfaust 11 місяців тому

      @@WatchItPlayed a potential third-party upgrade, then 😁

  • @wyz1324
    @wyz1324 11 місяців тому

    Sounds like an interesting game :D

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for checking it out Wyz!

  • @pasangshows
    @pasangshows 4 місяці тому

    Just bought this game and played yesterday this video helped loads . Can you air drop into your own hq ?

  • @danielschaublin
    @danielschaublin 11 місяців тому +2

    Here's a question: On the island side of the board, why does blue have better take off and reinforce actions like yellow since blue's numbers are always bigger then yellow on both of those action spaces? The only thing I could see is that yellow has a better starting air zone then blue at the beginning of the game, and that having weaker take off and reinforce actions balances out yellow's advantage with having a bigger air zone throughout the game, hence the asymmetric differences between yellow and blue on the island side of the board.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +1

      Interesting question, but I don't tend to weigh in on game design decisions, as that's something more suited for the designer to address. Thanks for checking out the video!

    • @danielschaublin
      @danielschaublin 11 місяців тому

      @@WatchItPlayed Thanks for answering, anyway. Hopefully, if they update the rulebook and/or release a FAQ, they could explain that decision in said document.

    • @davidthompson7233
      @davidthompson7233 11 місяців тому +1

      There is a ton of asymmetry built into the Island map. That’s just one of the elements. But ultimately, as you suspect, it’s about achieving balance in the asymmetry.

    • @stevendufour
      @stevendufour 10 місяців тому

      Here is another question about the island side of the map: why does the blue airplane zone have a ‘bomb’ icon? Your corresponding blue landzone is your HQ and you will never be able to use the ‘bomb’ action as it will be already taken by the adversary and by design, blue will have lost the game before the use of this possible action.. ?

    • @davidthompson7233
      @davidthompson7233 10 місяців тому

      @@stevendufouryou could be in your opponent’s air space (the blue air zone) and bomb their HQ (the blue land space) so that you win the game by removing the land units.

  • @c4arny
    @c4arny 25 днів тому

    town center add one defendinf dice only in that place ? Or where we are attaced , ofc if we controle bonuse twon center.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  25 днів тому

      Sorry, I'm not quite sure what you're asking. Can you time stamp to the situation you are asking about?

  • @vaevin33
    @vaevin33 9 місяців тому

    Same designers as War Chest and Undaunted? These guys are having a lot of hits lately. Good for them.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  9 місяців тому

      Yeah, they've done a lot of great titles!

  • @Easy-there
    @Easy-there 10 місяців тому

    Great video! What happens if you move your ground troops into a space where the enemy has no ground forces but does have planes? Do they still get to roll a defence die against you? And if you move more troops into that space on a subsequent turn could they repeat that defence roll? Thanks

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  10 місяців тому +1

      Planes and ground forces don't directly fight each other.

    • @Easy-there
      @Easy-there 10 місяців тому

      @@WatchItPlayed thanks for the clarification.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  10 місяців тому

      @@Easy-there My pleasure!

  • @dru288
    @dru288 11 місяців тому

    I think plane adjacency needs to be clarified (both in the video and in the rulebook). I believe green air space is adjacent to red air space for "fly" action. If you look at the hexagon map, they share a border. But where the planes sit on the board could imply that green air space is only adjacent to orange and yellow air space. We had an issue with this and decided that the former is correct. You can fly from orange to red for instance if you go with this rule. I was expecting to see a clarification of this.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +2

      Hey Dru, let me see if I can assist! Just to reassure you, the example in the video was being literal. You trace the path through the connected "hex-like-shaped" air zones, not based on their arrangement around the outside edge, so you resolved it exactly right. The Green Zone is adjacent to the Red Zone - so let's say at 18:55 in the video, IF there were blue planes in the red zone, then in that case, the planes in the Green Zone would be "in supply" since they can trace a path from the Green Zone to Red and then to Blue. Hope that helps!

  • @IainNorman
    @IainNorman 9 місяців тому

    I’m struggling to find the rule that states the 5 troops maximum in an area applies all the time? I can only see it mentioned during the reinforcement action? I’ve see you played it as it’s a fixedI rule all the time but I don’t see that specifically mentioned in the rule book - apart from during the reinforcement support action?

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  9 місяців тому +2

      I don't have the game handy to look up to see if it's specified there. It might also be something I got specific clarification on from the publisher. That said, the designer gave this video a review before it was published, so I'm as confident as I can be, that this is presented correctly. Hope that helps on some level.

  • @gyped
    @gyped 11 місяців тому

    Thanks again Rodney. Just heard about this game. When's the release?

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +1

      Good question! Soooon? I'm not quite sure on the official release date :)

    • @davidthompson7233
      @davidthompson7233 11 місяців тому +2

      24 October! :)

    • @gyped
      @gyped 11 місяців тому

      @@davidthompson7233 thanks!

  • @jaspersiegers
    @jaspersiegers 3 місяці тому

    Great walkthrough! Question: After using the blitz card to take an extra commander, can you keep that extra commander the rest of the game?

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  3 місяці тому

      Would you mind providing a time stamp to the section of the video you are referring to?

    • @jaspersiegers
      @jaspersiegers 3 місяці тому

      @@WatchItPlayed It's at 15:15 ua-cam.com/video/itGDhJQTHO8/v-deo.htmlsi=q2HKewDMRt13j0nG&t=915
      You mentioned that the operation cards allow to get extra commanders. I reckon that's the Blitz card. But it's not simply a matter of taking an extra commander, so that's a bit confusing to me.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  3 місяці тому

      @@jaspersiegers Thanks for the time stamp, I see what you're referring to now. I do my best to answer all rules questions on the games I cover, but I avoid individual card effects, as that's a level of detail beyond what I can manage across all the videos I do. In this case I'd try to assist, but I lent my copy of the game to a friend, so I can't look up that specific card to see what it says, BUT I believe this part of the video addresses your question related to Blitz, right? ua-cam.com/video/itGDhJQTHO8/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared&t=958

    • @jaspersiegers
      @jaspersiegers 3 місяці тому

      @@WatchItPlayed Ah, thank you! I somehow forgot about that. I guess I'm so used to worker placement games where you can gain permanent extra workers, but in this game, it's always temporary.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  3 місяці тому

      @@jaspersiegers A pleasure to assist!

  • @gigagingerjordan
    @gigagingerjordan 9 місяців тому

    I think a rule was missed around the advance action. You can only advance if you have at least 2 or more troops in an adjacent area.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  9 місяців тому +3

      This is covered here: ua-cam.com/video/itGDhJQTHO8/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared&t=388 - I've worded it differently, but it amounts to the same thing: you must always leave 1 unit behind in the space you are advancing from (which means there would have to be at least 2 unit there to begin with).

  • @elainetyger
    @elainetyger 11 місяців тому

    UA-cam decided that the ads for this game, which reminds me of quartermaster general but travel size for two people, should be Reese's pieces, with that banner underneath the video the whole time, so of course I want the blue pieces to be orange or brown instead and played with candy. It would add a whole other level of difficulty, not eating the pieces.

  • @dangergranger1
    @dangergranger1 8 місяців тому

    Does anyone know the size of the cards for this game? If it's going down the pub it's getting sleeved for sure. Cheers!

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  8 місяців тому

      I haven't measured them, but they seemed like standard Magic the Gathering sized cards.

    • @dangergranger1
      @dangergranger1 8 місяців тому

      @@WatchItPlayed Thanks, and thanks for once again for gracing us with your exceptional content.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  8 місяців тому

      @@dangergranger1A pleasure! So glad you're enjoying!

  • @juanroaguilo
    @juanroaguilo 11 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤❤😊

  • @Anaoa_Official
    @Anaoa_Official 11 місяців тому

    I really wanna buy this but it says on BGG that there's "No Listing" of it even on Ebay :(

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому +2

      Glad you enjoyed what you saw - it releases in October.

    • @Anaoa_Official
      @Anaoa_Official 11 місяців тому

      ​@@WatchItPlayedOh nice nice! I can't wait once it's released!

  • @biffybeans
    @biffybeans 11 місяців тому +1

    I need to find people to play this with.

    • @WatchItPlayed
      @WatchItPlayed  11 місяців тому

      I hope you do - I know you've been mastering the solo side of things lately!

  • @EltWilder
    @EltWilder 11 місяців тому

    POW pow pow.