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Great game.

I don't do board games biut this seems so impossibly complex that I am in awe that you have figured all this out. I have no idea how one remotely learns these games.

I played the latest game in the series - Bring out your men, gentlemen - Brawners farm) over the weekend and about half way through a light bulb went on in my head. This might be something that applies just to me or might help others with this system. I had been suffering from information overload, so many choices - I play solo - and the game was a bit of a slog (the same as with the others in the series) and then I realised I was playing the system/rules and not the situation on the board. In effect I was trying to make decisions based on the all the cards rather than looking at what was going on. What it boiled down to is that there is little choice in the random events, you pick a card usually on how agressive you want to be and you get two or three more random ones. However when it comes to leaders, you have to look at the board and the situation, do you need to manouvre, attack or defend/regroup, whichever is the case you pick that card. after that , like golf, you play it as it lies trying to make the best of when it is drawn. About the only other real decision is whether to prolong firefights, but that is reall a straightforward tactical choice. I have found by simplifying my command decisions it frees up the real heart of the game the tactical choices on the map. Hope this helps and maybe persuades people to try out this great system, which has great potential moving forward.

I just finished my first game of Lamps where basically everything that could go wrong for CP did... T1 4 out of 5 attacks into Belgium failed (including re-rolls), then all Allied attacks succeeded and they took Hannover T3 and Berlin T4, with no chance to take it back (7 Fresh armies where GE+AH could only attack with 7 combined on their turns)...

Thank you for putting this together, it is one of those games (now series) that sort of make yopu reread each piece of the rules a couple of times because there a a lot of new concepts. I found this was especially true of the combat charts, with its multi step resolution, but once you have done it a few times it does become more straightforward. There are a lot of decisions to be made in what is a deceptively small game, which cards to add to the deck, when to hold , when to play etc, all of which adds to the immersion and plays really well solo - you cannot predict the draw. Just have to phych up to put A Most fearful sacrifice onto the table.

There are many great victories in Russian history. One of them, the battle of Cahul 1770, when 23 thousand Russian soldiers defeated 150 thousand Turkish army

Stumbled across your video. You know, as a Russian, it saddens me that few people abroad know about Suvorov. He is one of the greatest generals in the history of mankind, only Alexander the Great and Napoleon are his equals

Remember that tanks can never get into a mountain or forest hex.

Thanks for your excellent explanation!

Welcome back! 🙂

One rule we have to change here is that, At the start of your turn you can draw a Room Tile first before deciding which exit to go

44:24 - attacker value is 12 and defender value is 7 so ratio should be 1:1, why 2:1 I dont get it to be honest. When you use Arti support you gain a column shift right, that is the reason?

28:41 - are you sure that vehicle type units can't cross the rivers? Rules below. 5.5 Effects of Rivers on Movement: • Infantry Type units(2.3.3) pay +1 MP to cross an unbridged river hexside. • Vehicle Type units may only cross unbridged River hexsides (during a non-Rain turn-see 22.4) if they start adjacent to the hexside, use Tactical Movement, and their first hex of movement is to cross. Such units are handicapped after crossing-place a ½ Eff marker on the unit or stack (5.7).

Great explanation ! Have you tried other games from this series?

2 player? Where's the second player?

Very informative overview. Many thanks.

Very clear tutorial you have a new subscriber!

Around the 11 minute mark where you are explaining arability I think there's an error. Each territory with a family (including the canyon) has an arability of 3. This is reduced by one per drought marker in the territory. So even with two droughts there is still one arability there

I can’t run this on the gmt site, any idea on it current status? Usually gmt will still have unavailable games listed on the site

You might want to check out Two Hour Wargames. They are solo designed rules sets with an emphasis in narrative campaign wargaming and adventures.

Good vid, mate! I struggle to get much out of soloing 2-player games but maybe I will find one that works for me one day.

I ordered the new Atlantic Sentinels from Compass Games and got a bonus discounted copy of Pacific Tide. Waiting for them to ship this month. I'm looking forward to playing this one with my brother. We've been gaming since 1974 with our first boardgame, PanzerBlitz. Thanks for your video; it was helpful.

Excellent video! I like the careful explanation of play.

Appreciate the play through but seems like you are whispering for some reason. Would be nice if you talked a little louder.

Sorry, keep coming to this video in pieces. Everything is starting to click and make sense. Things like crossing the streams (despite the naming, which I don't mind but I understand could be named better) abstract a lot of bookkeeping minutiae out of the game. Its looking like a solid balance between the logistical game of OCS and its various complexities, and the ease of the SCS series.

Thank you for your support explanation. I don't think the rules explain the disparate pieces of support and the importance very well. I think its something that the rules makes you intuit more than just understand off the rip. Or hey, maybe I am just dense. Haha

fun little game played it a few times

18:40 Germany is at Civilian Commitment. You need 2 offensives (1 drawn, 1 in reserve) to get a single build action. And you can't build with offensives unless you are belligerent. Also, in the latest living rules, you can't put units build by offensives into reserve.

I ordered this game today! I allready own Crossing the line so i know exactly what i will get into. A good game mechanic with outstanding components.

20:40 When rolling dice (except for crisis rolls) you only take the highest value. You do not sum them. See 2.8 Dice.

Regarding Abyssinian Adventure (2022 living rules): You must use Political Action(s), not Military, and France/UK are only provoked if it's successful.

The Japanese army that attacked with the first offensive could retreat rather than being destroyed.

The USA should consider putting an offense in reserve so that they can place aid into any civil war that occurs.

What do you think went wrong with your resolution of the Chinese Civil War?

Thanks, helpful!

Looking forward to this. Thank you.

Excited for this series!

let's play it!

Great game. Yes things can get quite crazy for the Russians in 1941 however they do have a card that can be played that avoids the fall of Leningrad. Also once past that initial 1941 German offensive things even up quite a bit and the struggle begins in earnest. Game flows quite well and play is very interesting even solo. Would recommend.

very nicely done!

I am confused at around 39:00 minutes in. You are in combat with a damaged enemy plane, and you draw an enemy flak. You then chose to rally, but the rules indicate you do not get to attack when you rally, so the enemy gets to attack, once by air and once from the flak, during the turn that you rallied in. The enemy gets the +2 focus during that turn. And then the next turn occurs, with the usual determination of initiative. Am I correct in that you seemed to combine two turns into one, missing one of the opportunities for the enemy attack to take place? In either event, I enjoyed watching your video! Thank you for providing it.

Neil I just wanted to say that you are one of my absolute favorite wargame RUclipsrs. I watch a ton of your stuff, and highly value your opinion on potential purchases. Thank you for all you do sir.

Brilliant👍

This is very helpful. I've had this game for about 6 months and experienced the same problems you discussed in the beginning of the video. Would love to see more BCS content--seems like a great game and extremely unique.

Nice jumping right in to the deep end

Very, Very Nice. A really great introduction; the best I've seen.

This is a great series and the components are outstanding.I just wish Uwe would come out with a new one