Really impressed with your videos. Do you have any suggestion for how a newb can learn to play? I have a good amount of experience with board games but now war games.
I was in similar situation about 3 or 4 year ago, when i started playing USE. First is good to know basic concept, about moving, combat and zones of control, you don't have to know them precisely, only some simplest thinks. I think it is good to play some basic scenarios (Poland 39', France 40', Rus 41' and Med 40-42 in this order). Also in the best scenario with somebody, who known the game(to help you). After it you can play full scenario. The most important think is to have a fun, so don't bother about not knowing everything. If you watch Robert's videos i think you should know most basics. And if you have any questions, you can ask me, i will be happy to help.
I would strongly recommend Board Game Arena. Play the Poland 1939 scenario solo to get used to the basic rules (if you have some patience play some of the other scenarios solo), try to read the rules. Find an opponent and play the USSR 1941 scenario a few times. Play turn based and look up rules as you go. After USSR 1941 you should play Main Event 1944. You can try other scenarios but those will give you enough to tackle the full game. There are active players on BGG boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/61487/unconditional-surrender-world-war-2-in-europe who will help or offer games if you want.
In addition to what others have said, the Playbook has a Training Scenarios method for learning the game. You start with small scenarios and each one tells you which rules to read and play with. It allows you to ingest the rules in small chunks.
@@lordvasta I did quite a bit of solo play with the BGA module - the North Africa scenario is particularly useful for understanding the naval supply rules. But, while it is very useful it is very much down to your individual patience, some people want to leap in and get playing.
Again very good video and i have some thoughs to share about it. 1) What means procent, we can see in Leauge Standing? 2) There is another major chance in diplomacy, if you active vichy countries, by diplomacy, they won't collapse. This seem to be secondary change, but it allows, to have an strategy of gaining vichy France very interesting(they have two armies and surface action, and what more important, that not open new front. 3) I think popularity of historic opening in first round of new diplomacy rules is simple, it is because there are also changing in soviet collapse rules and people want to play something with almost only diplomacy changing and something they played, the most times. But i thing in potential next round will be more eastern first games. (Mabay do you want to play with me soviet first opening(me as axis)?). 4) I think, now conquering Poland in first round is not so valuable. Firstly, toy can wait to time of Yugoslavia joing axis. I believe, after it you can gain axis marker on Romania. Secondary you can gain Poland as Axis allied. It was very rarely, but i see same potential in it after changes. 5) Hungary are not good allied in my opinion. Yugoslavia is far better. I like conquering Hungary in first turn, even on cost, of not conquering Poland. 6) About air in the west. I think you can move air from Aalborg to Dusseldorf or one hex above it. After it air units are out of the range of British air and France air is not enough to make problems to Germans. 7) I like your approach to defense France. I use it too. The most important think about France defense is not to defense France, but to not allow German to prepare see Lion on Great Britain. 8) When i get politic success, by western, I prefer giving politic success on Spain not on Italy. It is some very interesting trick, if you get two politic success on Spain, you can declare war on Portugal and gain Spain in any moment of war, by conquering Portugal. This is one of the reasons, why i will lose my game with CornetHorse in League. Sorry, for any possible language mistakes, feel free to correct me. One more time thank you for your job. wksp
1) That is the percentage of wins IF you pretend the player also lost one game, so number of wins/number of games+1. The reason for the +1 is so that winning consistently matters more if you have played more games 2) I have not seen a Vichy activation yet so that change had not really registered with me, yes, a potentially interesting idea. 3) I think you might be right. My schedule is a little full at the moment but I will take you up on that offer at some point. I found our games very fruitful for developing opening strategy with the previous version. 4) I played going for a Poland activation under the old rules but have not tried under the new ones. I think it definitely has potential. 5) Agreed. 6) Yes, as long as Belgium is neutral withdrawing a little to Dusseldorf will usually protect the Luftwaffe units. 7) I've not had an opponent execute a successful Sealion against me. I don't think it has much chance unless the Allied player diverts units to another theatre (like North Africa). 8) That is a really clever idea I had not considered. The change allowing conquests to activate countries has turned out to quite significant in subtle ways.
You can also place the marker from Poland conquest in Lithuania
Yes, I've never seen much utility to it though because activation would trigger East Invaded if you deployed the unit.
@@Lessons_from_the_front The IDea is to activate and not place the unit, you change the "front line" for the Soviet Defense
Really impressed with your videos. Do you have any suggestion for how a newb can learn to play? I have a good amount of experience with board games but now war games.
I was in similar situation about 3 or 4 year ago, when i started playing USE. First is good to know basic concept, about moving, combat and zones of control, you don't have to know them precisely, only some simplest thinks. I think it is good to play some basic scenarios (Poland 39', France 40', Rus 41' and Med 40-42 in this order). Also in the best scenario with somebody, who known the game(to help you). After it you can play full scenario. The most important think is to have a fun, so don't bother about not knowing everything. If you watch Robert's videos i think you should know most basics. And if you have any questions, you can ask me, i will be happy to help.
I would strongly recommend Board Game Arena. Play the Poland 1939 scenario solo to get used to the basic rules (if you have some patience play some of the other scenarios solo), try to read the rules. Find an opponent and play the USSR 1941 scenario a few times. Play turn based and look up rules as you go. After USSR 1941 you should play Main Event 1944. You can try other scenarios but those will give you enough to tackle the full game. There are active players on BGG boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/61487/unconditional-surrender-world-war-2-in-europe who will help or offer games if you want.
In addition to what others have said, the Playbook has a Training Scenarios method for learning the game. You start with small scenarios and each one tells you which rules to read and play with. It allows you to ingest the rules in small chunks.
@@lordvasta I did quite a bit of solo play with the BGA module - the North Africa scenario is particularly useful for understanding the naval supply rules. But, while it is very useful it is very much down to your individual patience, some people want to leap in and get playing.
@@Lessons_from_the_front For those new to the game, that would be the Mediterranean scenario rather than the French North Africa one.
Again very good video and i have some thoughs to share about it.
1) What means procent, we can see in Leauge Standing?
2) There is another major chance in diplomacy, if you active vichy countries, by diplomacy, they won't collapse. This seem to be secondary change, but it allows, to have an strategy of gaining vichy France very interesting(they have two armies and surface action, and what more important, that not open new front.
3) I think popularity of historic opening in first round of new diplomacy rules is simple, it is because there are also changing in soviet collapse rules and people want to play something with almost only diplomacy changing and something they played, the most times. But i thing in potential next round will be more eastern first games. (Mabay do you want to play with me soviet first opening(me as axis)?).
4) I think, now conquering Poland in first round is not so valuable. Firstly, toy can wait to time of Yugoslavia joing axis. I believe, after it you can gain axis marker on Romania. Secondary you can gain Poland as Axis allied. It was very rarely, but i see same potential in it after changes.
5) Hungary are not good allied in my opinion. Yugoslavia is far better. I like conquering Hungary in first turn, even on cost, of not conquering Poland.
6) About air in the west. I think you can move air from Aalborg to Dusseldorf or one hex above it. After it air units are out of the range of British air and France air is not enough to make problems to Germans.
7) I like your approach to defense France. I use it too. The most important think about France defense is not to defense France, but to not allow German to prepare see Lion on Great Britain.
8) When i get politic success, by western, I prefer giving politic success on Spain not on Italy. It is some very interesting trick, if you get two politic success on Spain, you can declare war on Portugal and gain Spain in any moment of war, by conquering Portugal. This is one of the reasons, why i will lose my game with CornetHorse in League.
Sorry, for any possible language mistakes, feel free to correct me.
One more time thank you for your job.
wksp
1) That is the percentage of wins IF you pretend the player also lost one game, so number of wins/number of games+1. The reason for the +1 is so that winning consistently matters more if you have played more games
2) I have not seen a Vichy activation yet so that change had not really registered with me, yes, a potentially interesting idea.
3) I think you might be right. My schedule is a little full at the moment but I will take you up on that offer at some point. I found our games very fruitful for developing opening strategy with the previous version.
4) I played going for a Poland activation under the old rules but have not tried under the new ones. I think it definitely has potential.
5) Agreed.
6) Yes, as long as Belgium is neutral withdrawing a little to Dusseldorf will usually protect the Luftwaffe units.
7) I've not had an opponent execute a successful Sealion against me. I don't think it has much chance unless the Allied player diverts units to another theatre (like North Africa).
8) That is a really clever idea I had not considered. The change allowing conquests to activate countries has turned out to quite significant in subtle ways.