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Ah, I think you've got all of them, Rob. I made up Peleliu with generic mission cards from the core set, but as far as I'm aware they have not made an expansion for it. Mainly me wanting to fit the poor Marines into whatever they were doing 80 years ago! 🙂

@@andrewchoong2895 Oh man! That is super awesome!

Thanks very much, Kevan, glad you liked it and I think you're absolutely right about the commander. His Cover rating of 5 and ability to use his subordinates as human shields while making them more efficient is just nasty....Better luck next time, eh? 🤣

Thanks very much! We love our classic 1970s build :)

If you get a chance, I'd recommend giving the PTO a whirl. I have the Australian expansions and they include some very tough troops. The Brits are a mixed bag and there are no Indians or Nationalist Chinese yet, as far as I know. Also, I was foolishly playing against the Japanese 'Elite' deck. The regular troops give you a little more of a break.

Yeah, to be honest I had no notion that things would spiral out of control so quickly, especially as I thought I was doing rather well at first. Welcome to warfare, I suppose 😅 No, there is no suppression cap, which does make getting pinned down in this game deadly. The pressure will stay on until they either get a lucky shot or overwhelm you with reinforcements....

Glad you liked it, and thanks very much! Like you and a couple of others I do actually refer 'Up Front' and that will always be the 'top' infantry combat game for me. I plan to do more UF missions next year once I've cleared the 'to do' list a bit 😀

Thanks so much for your kind comments, and I'm really glad you enjoyed the video. I will do more on this game in the future, but at the moment I do not have the North Africa expansion. I may get that as I want to use the British troops in a 'Singapore' scenario. Very best wishes to you from here in the UK :)

Thanks! Thought it would be a good bit of fun, and really glad you've enjoyed these videos :)

Yes U think this game covers up Vietnam, it's very comprehensive,,,, but, I will not be getting into it as ionly U have time space for Up Front at this scale , it's not bcoz I diss this game cuz I don't,,,, I will miss the expensive expansions which are quite affordable,sadly that's why too much good stuff 🥳👍

Yes, this game system is hugely adaptable, to the point where storage actually becomes a bit of a problem if you buy too many of the expansions. I quite like the Pacific one, and you can play as the Commonwealth and Japanese too. That said, I do not have all of the expansions, mainly the aforementioned space issues!! :)

Hi Doug, Lovely to see you a few days ago, and thanks very much, as always very glad you liked this one. Yes, secondary armament in particular could be very tricky, and by WWII we'd all mostly realised the best thing was to give the secondaries their own gunhouses in elevated positions. Took us all a while, though! All Best, Andrew

I'm afraid it has not made it into production. One of the designers very sadly passed away earlier this year, and I need to get back in touch with the other gentleman who was involved with it. Fingers crossed it will get out there one day :)

It looks very comprehensive (and quite beautiful). The completist in me wants it, and I am familiar with the basics of the system having played Greene's older 'Tsushima' design. Jutland would be one monstrous battle, to be sure!!

Front not frony 🙄

Really glad to be back, thanks, and hope you've had a good summer/autumn! Yes, I do plan to revisit Up Front (I knew what you meant 😁), but I'll spend the rest of this year catching up on bad debts on the 'to do' list. 🙂

@@andrewchoong2895 great news😁👍

Thanks very much indeed! Yes, you're absolutely right. By the time Jutland was fought the practical gunnery ranges had made battleship guns far more potent than torpedoes (at least those launched from big ships). It condemned all the poor torpedo boys to a very boring and scary war...

Thanks so much! Just need to try 'righting the ship' with this one now 🤣

My pleasure, and the shoutout was long overdue!! I see you've been busy, which is great as I'm looking forward to catching up on watching :)

Thanks so much! It's lovely to see you all again :)

Ah, thanks so much for that, I had no idea. I do know of his other one, the painting titled 'Kearsarge At Boulogne', but never put two-and-two together between that one and this. Much appreciate the information :)

Yep, 45-degree list lol

Thanks so much! Oscar is an absolute star, although he seems to prefer 'commenting' off screen more these days. Shame :)

My pleasure, and I'm very glad you enjoyed it despite the 45-degree list. Still trying to see if I can correct that...

Thanks very much, really glad you enjoyed it :)

Thanks so much! It's really good to 'see' you all again :)

Thanks very much! Still trying to find a workaround to my 'flipped' video, though 🤣

I'm so sorry for the ignorance on my part, it's lost me 😅

What's next? Poop deck jokes? ; )

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@@andrewchoong2895 its an expression meaning big but can also be use to denote 12 dozens, like explained by Tolkien in the second chapter of Lord Of The Rings, the numbers invited by Bilbo at his private birthday dinner was a grosse, 144 matching both his age and Frodo together. Alright i am explaining too much i will just shut up now 😀

@@patrickols Thanks, I get it now, and apologies for being slow on the uptake there. Facepalm moment for me 🤣

That's an excellent question, and thanks very much for the kind comments :) Yes, the Kaiser class could employ all ten of their guns on each broadside. The blast would do a certain amount of damage to unarmoured parts of the ship in the vicinity, but this would be largely cosmetic in nature and wouldn't impair the ship's fighting ability.

@@andrewchoong2895 Thank you for your answer! I did not consider the blast damage that would occur from the opposite side guns firing across the ship! You reminded me of what I read years ago about how on the Yamato exposed crew members on deck might be knocked unconscious by the firing of the main guns. It really helps one to appreciate the extreme power of the main guns on a battle ship. Thanks, again!

Hello Brian! Hope you're well, Mate! No, I never did get anything back...but you say Heroes of the Pacific is up again??? I shall go and take a look!

HELLO JEFF!!!! Lovely to be back in touch with you too, and I hope you've had a brilliant summer. The project was brilliant but sadly I had to leave the girls behind when I was out and about. We did manage to get some time in last month, which was something, but I owe them a decent holiday next year. Agreed, Warfighter does not come close to Up Front in terms of being a good simulation of individual infantrymen in WWII. It is fun to play, but it does also have some unusual mechanics which I think Up Front handles a bit more realistically. Not to say it's a bad game, but when you compare it to UF.....On the subject, I'm very sorry to hear of what befell your boys from the 101st. All credit to them for doing their best against heavy odds. I really must rouse Sgt Choong and the boys to head out and settle the score - not to mention there's still a lot of the planet that needs liberating in late 1944! I've not really touched UF much this summer, much to my regret. I'm going to have to remedy this sooner...

@@andrewchoong2895 Cheers on all counts!!! FYI - currently engaged with 2 Facebook group campaigns - one for B-17 Queen of the Skies and the other for Western Front Ace - and enjoying them immensely, especially the narrative aspects AND challenges of just surviving.

@@jeffprincevalle1301 Good luck with those! I've still to try Western Front Ace but have always adored B-17! Personal best at the moment is sixteen missions before the inevitable happened.....

Hello Russ! Thanks so much for your lovely message, and please pass our warmest best wishes to your lovely family too. I've forwarded your greetings to Ian as well. I'll aim to choose a good mission on Warfighter. I only own Pacific and its expansions although I have played Europe in the past. I must confess to not having played any titles by Flying Pig Games, but I have been eyeballing their American Civil War titles and Old School Tactical - Vol 3 in particular with my great love of all things Pacific. Might put that on my Christmas list. Hope you're all doing well and having a good autumn. All Best, Andrew, Claire & Anna xxx

Hi Chris! Thanks very much indeed, and I hope you and your folks are well. There is in fact a slot for another Heroes of Normandie effort on the list - I'll try and chop my way towards it pronto. It does deserve another play, and I have missed it!

Great to see you too, Alan, and always a pleasure. I'm hoping to do more WWI naval stuff in the near future :)

Thanks very much indeed! All being well, I'll be recording it on Friday night :)

Hi Mark! Thanks so much, it's great to be back and I'm looking forward to making up for lost time! :)

Unfortunately not, but one of my friends is getting it. I'm really looking forward to hearing what he makes of it.

Thanks very much! That's really kind of you 😊

Thanks so much, and congratulations on what sounds like a good haul of games - it certainly has been a great year for tempting new titles 😀 The project was great fun, thanks, but I think I am ready to get back to normal life now...and more gaming!

Hi Doug, Thank you, and I hope you're well too. Very much looking forward to seeing you in a week and a bit! I'm hoping to record the next 'Ships of War' on Friday, so look out for it on the weekend :) All the best, Andrew

Thanks very much! :)

Thanks so much! It's great to be back :) Really glad to hear you've had an enjoyable summer, and sounds like you've been having a nice load of sub-surface warfare to keep you busy. Funnily enough, I met someone at a conference in Holland who a) lives quite close to me and b) has the original 'Silent Victory' and 'Gato Leader'. I've been invited over to his to have a bash at both sometime :)

@@andrewchoong2895 ah, that’s very cool. You mentioned in your video you’d be playing sub games, I love that it includes Silent Victory. I’ll look forward to your thoughts.

Thanks so much! Just working on it now and all being well I'll be recording Friday night! :)

Thanks so much, and it's great to be back in touch! Yes, I am a very fortunate fellow. It's been an awesome project, but I have been looking forward to getting back to this :)

Thanks so much, Jane, and equally glad to see you're putting up splendid content on yours too ♥. Please feel free to keep and use "overjoy" - I shall be using it more often in conversation! xx

Thanks so much! It's lovely to be back 😀

Hello, and thanks very much for your message! Glad you've managed to secure this excellent game and the expansions. I have it out on loan to a friend at the moment, but he is visiting me next month, and it is on my 'to do' list to do the full playthrough with everything :). It may take me a while to work my way to get to it as I've let said list get a little long, but it will happen :)

@@andrewchoong2895 No worries, take your time. There are almost nothing on YT about this game, I'm just happy that you are going to do it eventually :)