I only played Normandy, but it was a super fun experience. I hope they can Dip into IP crossovers in the future. I would kill for Undaunted: Clone Wars
The theme of the first few games never really appealed to me but I love the idea of aerial combat. I ended up picking up Battle of Britain as my first and only Undaunted game and have been loving it.
I think you'd want to consider price vs complexity. You'd need at least 1 of Normandy/Africa AND reinforcements OR Callisto, but Callisto is a bit more complex.
BI have all the Undaunted so far. Callisto does not appeal, a generic sci fi setting that I have no investment in just doesn't sing for me. Love BoB but it is the most stressful because it's punishing and initiative is SO important. I still haven't got to play Stalingrad, still on my shelf. North Africa is the most swingy in my opinion, it can be amazing but it sometimes just falls flat. I think Reinforcements is needed to round out North Africa. I don't often solo games but I have solo'd Undaunted and enjoyed it but I never use the system in Reinforcements, there is an insanely simple way of soloing just using 2 dice that I really recommend, it's on BGG. At the start of each round roll a dice for each side, highest gets initiative, a draw means it stays as it is. Then the side going first drops one of its 2 highest cards, do not look at the other sides cards. When the second sides turn comes you look at their cards and drop one of the two lowest value cards.
I hated Normandy because of one rule: you hit automatically on a 10, regardless of where you stand or what your modifiers are. I absolutely detested the whole experience of this game because of this one rule. You could stay in place and hit whoever you want if you are lucky. My god, it was horrible.
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Thanks for this guide! It's always more comfy jumping into a big series after watching one of these!
Excellent to hear!
I only played Normandy, but it was a super fun experience. I hope they can Dip into IP crossovers in the future. I would kill for Undaunted: Clone Wars
I don't think you can understand how much I personally want that.
The disneyfication is real thank god there are Things free of IP these dass 🤢
The theme of the first few games never really appealed to me but I love the idea of aerial combat. I ended up picking up Battle of Britain as my first and only Undaunted game and have been loving it.
Great to hear!
Great video. I want this game on my Collection! :)
Thank you!
Great video guys. Does anyone know which would better for a solo player new to the series: Colisto or Reinforcements + one of the WW2 games?
I think you'd want to consider price vs complexity. You'd need at least 1 of Normandy/Africa AND reinforcements OR Callisto, but Callisto is a bit more complex.
BI have all the Undaunted so far. Callisto does not appeal, a generic sci fi setting that I have no investment in just doesn't sing for me. Love BoB but it is the most stressful because it's punishing and initiative is SO important. I still haven't got to play Stalingrad, still on my shelf. North Africa is the most swingy in my opinion, it can be amazing but it sometimes just falls flat. I think Reinforcements is needed to round out North Africa. I don't often solo games but I have solo'd Undaunted and enjoyed it but I never use the system in Reinforcements, there is an insanely simple way of soloing just using 2 dice that I really recommend, it's on BGG. At the start of each round roll a dice for each side, highest gets initiative, a draw means it stays as it is. Then the side going first drops one of its 2 highest cards, do not look at the other sides cards. When the second sides turn comes you look at their cards and drop one of the two lowest value cards.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and the ways you play solo! Super helpful!
I hated Normandy because of one rule: you hit automatically on a 10, regardless of where you stand or what your modifiers are. I absolutely detested the whole experience of this game because of this one rule. You could stay in place and hit whoever you want if you are lucky. My god, it was horrible.
Won't you be glad to know that rule was changed in 2200 callisto!