This was my third COIN game purchased and and the second one I played after Cuba Libre. Easy to learn, but can seem very swingy until you have played it several times. I really like how the different insurgent guerillas have there own shaped and embossed symbol and on their revealed sided. Main reason I got it was to explore how the non violent insurgents work and where Gandhi is out of print and this was available. Thanks for introducing it. Look forward to Cody's review. 9:38 Those are the cards for the solo bot. cards. After volume VII (Pendragon) GMT ditched the flow charts for the easier to use cards. 12:55 The British Way is a good two player to start with, or Gest of Robin Hood (ICS though and not COIN)
Thank you for this unboxing/brief preview. I think PP is a solid choice for players not familiar with COIN games because of the ease of set-up and a minimal teaching burden. I was a little nervous about trying this title with my wife, who is neither a war-gamer or frequent gamer of any type, but I had a particular hook to spark her interest. Like many Pinays, she participated in the EDSA Revolution of ’86, and playing a game based on a pivotal moment in her former country’s history (and one that was largely representative and accurate regarding the events) was an opportunity she couldn’t pass up. Our game took twice as long as what you mentioned, but only because we would frequently pause as she shared details about her experience and some of the events that shaped it. It’s not often that I get to play a game and receive a personal lesson in history. Does this mean my wife has become a convert and I can enroll her in my TI group? I wish, but the important thing is that she had a great time, wasn’t intimidated by this interation of the COIN system and would be willing to try other games of similar complexity next time. Mission accomplished. Best moment: she looked through the personality deck during set-up and asked me “Where’s Sotelo?”. Antonio Sotelo was a Philippine Air Force officer who was ordered to strike Camp Crame where Enrile and Ramos had sought protection. Instead, Sotelo had his gunships land near the camp itself as he and his crews defected to the Reformer side (an event that Filipinos called the “Sotelo Landing” and have remembered as an important moment when the military began to abandon Marcos). Not-so-best moment: my wife reflecting on the fact that after all the hope and promise of the EDSA revolution, the Philippines is now lead by another Marcos (Ferdinand’s son, Bong Bong), who was democratically elected (insert ‘cough, cough’ sound here). Many thanks for sharing your thoughts about the game! 🖖
@@thomasromanelli2561 Thank you. That is a great story, and God bless your wife for efforts. What a great way to play a game! We’re playing this one tonight and I’m really looking forward to it.
This was my third COIN game purchased and and the second one I played after Cuba Libre. Easy to learn, but can seem very swingy until you have played it several times. I really like how the different insurgent guerillas have there own shaped and embossed symbol and on their revealed sided. Main reason I got it was to explore how the non violent insurgents work and where Gandhi is out of print and this was available.
Thanks for introducing it. Look forward to Cody's review.
9:38 Those are the cards for the solo bot. cards. After volume VII (Pendragon) GMT ditched the flow charts for the easier to use cards.
12:55 The British Way is a good two player to start with, or Gest of Robin Hood (ICS though and not COIN)
@@wmarclocher Thanks. We’re playing it tonight for the first time. Looking forward to it.
Thank you. I loved the British way and Geist of Robin Hood. I am sure that this one will rank right up there.
The last book you looked at, Bonifacio, covers the solo bot and how to use the non-player cards. Very good game.
@@andreford3197 Thanks!
Thank you.
Thank you for this unboxing/brief preview. I think PP is a solid choice for players not familiar with COIN games because of the ease of set-up and a minimal teaching burden. I was a little nervous about trying this title with my wife, who is neither a war-gamer or frequent gamer of any type, but I had a particular hook to spark her interest.
Like many Pinays, she participated in the EDSA Revolution of ’86, and playing a game based on a pivotal moment in her former country’s history (and one that was largely representative and accurate regarding the events) was an opportunity she couldn’t pass up. Our game took twice as long as what you mentioned, but only because we would frequently pause as she shared details about her experience and some of the events that shaped it. It’s not often that I get to play a game and receive a personal lesson in history.
Does this mean my wife has become a convert and I can enroll her in my TI group? I wish, but the important thing is that she had a great time, wasn’t intimidated by this interation of the COIN system and would be willing to try other games of similar complexity next time. Mission accomplished.
Best moment: she looked through the personality deck during set-up and asked me “Where’s Sotelo?”. Antonio Sotelo was a Philippine Air Force officer who was ordered to strike Camp Crame where Enrile and Ramos had sought protection. Instead, Sotelo had his gunships land near the camp itself as he and his crews defected to the Reformer side (an event that Filipinos called the “Sotelo Landing” and have remembered as an important moment when the military began to abandon Marcos).
Not-so-best moment: my wife reflecting on the fact that after all the hope and promise of the EDSA revolution, the Philippines is now lead by another Marcos (Ferdinand’s son, Bong Bong), who was democratically elected (insert ‘cough, cough’ sound here).
Many thanks for sharing your thoughts about the game! 🖖
@@thomasromanelli2561 Thank you. That is a great story, and God bless your wife for efforts. What a great way to play a game! We’re playing this one tonight and I’m really looking forward to it.
Thanks for the great story. Played this one last night and learned some history in the process. One of the great things about coin games.