Ju 87 Stuka Ace | Gameplay 1 | Lock 'N Load Publishing | Board Game Wargame | WW2 | Mission 1
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- Опубликовано: 18 фев 2023
- We fly the first mission of Leutnant Shultz with Ju 87 Stuka Ace, the World War 2 wargame (historical game board game) from Lock 'N Load Publishing, designed by Gottardo Zancani. In this game you play as a German Stuka pilot in World War 2, and can fly in an entire campaign for the length of World War 2.
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Known Errors
1 - On the "TO HIT" Sequence, I pulled a new card to check for a hit on the railroad, but I should have used the same number from the Bomb Release section. The bomb release result was an 8, should have been a 9, so there would have been no difference in the result: railroad destroyed.
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Ju 87 Stuka Ace | Gameplay 1 | Lock 'N Load Publishing | Board Game Wargame | WW2 | Mission 1 
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After Action Report:
Written by Hauptman Krieger
Target for today was mid-distance railroad, goals being to interdict local redeployment by Polish forces to prevent a breakthrough. Gruppe performance overall was lackluster, dense clouds forced our planes to fly low to avoid missing target. This led most pilots to glide more than dive, leading most bombs to miss their mark. However, one pilot, Leutnant Schultz of Staffel 2 Kette 3 conducted himself with vigor, holding himself until near altitude before releasing, thus achieving success with his payload. His Kette Leader reported his success to me, I have since used his example to inspire the rest of the Gruppe to be more daring. If he continues to acquit himself admirably, I recommend he be given his own Kette so that they may learn from his example.
Oh, that's too awesome! Thanks for doing that. Pinning to the top. :)
Nicely done, great AAR follow up.
Really liking the Career element - going to be tough to make it through in a Stuka
Yes, I like all the options for advancing your pilot too. Some of the skills in particular seem very helpful. And yes, I bet making it through Russia will be hard. Hopefully by then the pilot has piled up a lot of VP and skills.
This game looks great! Eagerly awaiting the next episode, although as a person of Polish background I kind of hope Leutnant Schultz doesn’t do too well in this campaign.😉
One small pronunciation note: leutnant is pronounced loyt-nant.
Thanks, Stephen. I really like this one, yes. Second mission upcoming soon. And thanks for the correction. A couple of other people have mentioned it as well. Unfortunately, I screw it up on the next mission too, but I'll work to get it right in the future. Thanks for pointing it out. :)
OMG, love the art on the front, but especially the card backs. Really interesting game.
Schultz was my grandmothers maiden name.
My grandmothers first name was Hildagard. How about naming the plane Hilda.
Hilda it is! ... Although I already shot the second mission. Noted for the future though. :)
She's the one who married the Overlord Market Garden Bastogne vet. My grampa.
Sounds like there is a lot of story in there! :)
I would totally have re-done that play of the dive card. :-) I admire you for persevering and blaming it on Schultz's inexperience.
Thanks! I generally only will undo something if it's a rules mistake that's easily fixable. Part of that is related to how much more time it would take if I re-recorded every mistake in judgement or rules. :) The other part is that I'm not super concerned about playing well/winning so much as learning as I play, if that makes sense. I feel like mistakes like that are learnable moments, for both myself and people watching, perhaps. :)
Well presented.
Thanks, Charles! I hope all is well with you. :)
Three Stuka games coming!!!! Glorious!!
Yes! This one seems to be the only one where you more or less are in charge of a single pilot's career, but one can never have enough Stuka games. :)
Great video!
Thanks! Fun to make, too. :)
Great preview, thanks!
One tip from a German: our pronounciation for "Leutnant" comes close to "Loitnant". 🙂
Thanks, Juan! And yep, I think you're the 4th person now to point out the pronunciation. :) Unfortunately, I filmed the next episodes already, so I'll make the same mistake there too. But in the future, I should be better, thanks!
@@ZillaBlitz i see. No worries. The pronounciation is just a trivial sidestep. The core is ur excellent presentation of the content. 👍
Thanks so much! And thanks as well for pointing out the pronunciation. It helps me improve. :)
Awesome channel. This looks good.
Thanks, Ken! I'm really liking this one, yes.
This looks great!
Yes, it was a lot of fun to sample. The full career looks amazing, too. :)
looks really good
It's been a blast to play. :)
Very exciting gameplay, please show us some of the more advanced missions! It was great!
Thanks! This was an advanced prototype that was passed around to a number of content creators, so I no longer have the game. I hope to revisit the game when the final version comes out. It's really fun. :)
Hey! Shultz was a Sergeant last time I checked ZB! :)
Yes, this was before his demotion to Sergeant and reassignment to POW camps. 😉
Really love the pictures on the cards and the art on the card backs. Seems to flow easy. Hopefully they will add a landing event as well which can be made dependent on the state of the aircraft at the end of the mission. It would round up the mission.
That'd be a nice touch, actually, a landing event at the end. With as you mention a few die roll modifiers due to wounds/aircraft damage/weather.
Loit...not Loot...great playthrough...gonna pre-order this
Whoops! Thanks for pointing that out. Unfortunately, I just flew the second mission and make the same mistake in that one too. But I'll make note of it for my future self. Thanks. :)
Nice work Herr Schultz although I suspect It'll get more difficult than that as the missions progress.
Absolutely, I think you're right. Poland, I think, is designed to be pretty easy. :)
Hans Ulrich Rudel gives a big thumbs up.
The man who wrote the book. :)
Looks like such a fun game. =)
So much fun. :)
That would have been Protozoa if you named your pilot Stuka Joe...!
Haha! Maybe we could name the plane Joe? Maybe that would be even more fitting? Or perhaps he can be the gunner. :)
If it's not too late to get back to the devs, I noticed that they misspelled "PULL-UP" on the Bomb Attack Sequence at 17:21. Also, they should be more consistent with their terminology. On that Bomb Attack card, not all of the sequences specify the die roll type (AA Fire and AA Damage do but Dive doesn't) and that card uses "D6" whereas the weather cards use "1D6". Not a big deal but makes the game seem a bit less polished.
I can forward this on, thanks!
A lot going on in mission 1, but it looks comfortable to play. I would suspect a lot more difficult once you get to the eastern front. Looking forward to another play through.
Yes, I think Poland is very much a training ground. Not that we couldn't run into trouble, but in general it should be some straightforward missions. I've got the next one ready to go, should go up on Thursday. :)
Looking forward to the next mission, hoping to see some of the things that haven't arisen yet (AA, Enemy Fighters etc) I see there is no need to mention LOOtnant vs LOItnant now 😁
With Poland we probably won't see dogfighting/evasion or formation control, but we could very well see aircraft damage and AA fire, for sure. A lot depends on the unpredictable nature of ... stuff happening. :)
And yep, I got the message loud and clear on the pronunciation. 😀 I think at one point my life I actually knew that, too, I just didn't make the connection here.
Loved the playthrough. This has just shot to the top of the Games I've seen Zilla play and now really want along with Bitter Harvest and Aces of Valor. I'm also intending to get Stuka Leader for a more squadron based experience but I love the Hunter series and the Ju87 is one of favourite birds of ww2.
Please continue the campaign of Schultz, I definitely want to see more. I vote you call your plane Helga, there's a classic comedy called Allo Allo in the UK and the main German female character shares that name and I think it suits a Stuka.
+1 for the bird's name
Thanks! This has been so much fun to play, I can't wait for the full release. I do have to send along the prototype so this series will just be a quick two-mission look at the game. I am looking forward to doing a full campaign with the game when the official final release comes out, though. So probably sometime in the back half of this year.
Oh, that's an interesting suggestion for the plane's name. A couple people suggested Hilda as well, but I tend to like the sound of Helga. Might have to do a vote when the official release comes out, for the full campaign. :)
I don’t have enough money of all these good games coming out; Stuka Ace, Aces of Valor, A Wing and a Prayer 2nd Ed., and that’s just the aerial games on my watch list.
Curious to see gameplay of Storm of Steel: JU-87 Stuka Eastern Front and how it compares to this one.
Yes, it is humorous that so many Stuka games are on the horizon now. :) I think Storm of Steel will be more of a squadron focus? At least that's what I recall from their website.
@@ZillaBlitz oh my .. there is a few I wasnt aware of there. May have to put a padlock on my wallet. So many good looking games. I will look forward to that campaign when it's banshee scream initiates.
POTENTIAL SPOILER RE: UNDAUNTED STALINGRAD SO DO NOT READ BEYOND ON THIS COMMENT IF YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW WHATS BEYOND INITIAL BATTLE. ITS NOT MAJOR BUT IF YOU ARE ZERO TOLERANCE SPOILER ITS NOT FOR YOU :)
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I have been playing an Undaunted Stalingrad campaign. My friend is the Soviets and I am the Wehrmacht. He was most unhappy contrary to myself to find out I gained Ju87's for a battle over 9th January Square. I promptly used them to flatten the two buildings they were using as defensive bases one of which was Pavlov's House. The way the campaign works those two buildings will remain rubble for the remainder of the campaign. Its a great game and campaign but alas not Solo and unlikely to be seen on your channel. If you have a regular rl opponent though Zilla I heartily recommend.
Great video! Really shows how fun and exciting the game can be. I tend not to enjoy Solitaire games because the "challenge" is often simply tough die rolls. Luck not skill. A great way to mitigate this is to make most successes automatic IF you plan and play smart. This makes those occasional die rolls that could fail, very tense and exciting.
This game does that!
When I play Nemo's War, I call all die rolls (2d6) a 7, which makes most rolls automatic IF you get your mods right or select safer options. If a seven isn't good enough, then you have to roll. That gets very tense! So, you can always call an automatic seven, unless you need more, then you have to roll.
Sure, bad luck happens, but this is a game, and to have all your time invested just to lose on a routine check is kind of anti-climactic. I got Real Life for that! 🤪
Oh, that's an interesting mechanic in Nemo. I have to get that game to the table soon. :) But yes, that's one thing that I think is clear from this game, that you want to stack the odds in your favor to make things like the pull up automatic. You won't last long if every pull up is a 1/6 chance of crashing. :)
@@ZillaBlitz My point exactly! If you're making numerous rolls per turn, any chance of failure is too much when failure any failure is catastrophic.
Well, to be fair, most of the attack rolls impact your chances of hitting the target, but you're balancing that with that final pull up. The pull up is the one catastrophic part. Although, the AA fire can create issues as well, especially if it hits your plane. :)
He's flying "Heidi".
You missed some easy puns in there--like: "His career is off to a flying start!", and then he was obviously a very nervous pilot on his 1st flight! Glad your card misplays had no ill effect and I'm sure he'll treat that as a lesson learned!
Yes, all things considered I think we'll take this for a first mission. 6 VP and a destroyed railroad is a great start. And yep, I think he'll learn from his mistakes. The diving runs are actually a fun little mini-puzzle, where you're trying to think about how to use the cards you have to get the best odds for success. I imagine they'll get trickier as the campaign progresses. And Heidi is a great name! We do have a Hilda too.
great review as always! An excellent look at the game mechanics! Glad you are enjoying! You have discovered the importance of hand management in playing your cards =). And I have to love your initial AP draws..I never get that good a draw! and great decision on not going for the late release. I did that on my first mission and ended up crashing on the pull up =(
Thanks, Devin, glad you liked it! This game is so much fun. :) And yes, we were so lucky on that initial AP hand. It made for plenty of good options in the attack run, but I was a touch nervous about that pull up there. A 1/6 chance of a crash doesn't seem like a viable long-life strategy in this game. :) Anyway, Mission 2 awaits! :)
@@ZillaBlitz well.. remember that if you fail the Pull-up roll it is then a roll on the Crash table which is a D12...I just happened to pull a 1 on that which is crash and instant death-all the other results are further checks to see what happens-emergency landing..a crash check to see if you die...make it back to base ok...so failing that Pull-up roll doesn't mean you are going to instantly die...but it will make your life interesting =)
Yes, those are important points, and good to realize. In general though, I'm thinking it's best to avoid contact with the ground. :)
@@ZillaBlitz always a good idea when flying a plane!
Ain't that the truth! :)
I'm curious about the bomb load for the run. It shows on that card that no bombs are supposed to be on the wing. Not sure if there is something in the rules or text on the card that we don't know about to allow those bombs. Either way I enjoyed the play through and have had this game on pre-order for a bit. Hopefully they get it to the point they are happy with and release soon. After watching the video again I think I understand what is happening with the bomb load. The * symbol is on the 500kg bomb, so it can't be wing mounted. Makes perfect sense to me, could you imagine how that would turn out?
For the bomb thing, it's more that if you put the 500kg bomb under the fuselage, you can't put any other bombs on the wings because you're at the 500kg limit. :) But yeah, you can't put the 500kg bomb on the wing either. :)
Sturzkampfgeschwader ("dive bombing squadron") has GOT to be on a master-class pronunciation test, somewhere - lol.
The first syllable is pronounced "sHtu-ehts" (remember to pronounce leading S's as if they were "sh" if they proceed a hard consonant like "t", and go "soft on your German "r's").
The "a" in kampf is soft, "almost" like the vowel sound of the English word "straw".
Both the "soft r" and the "soft a" apply in geschwader, as well.
And remember to pronounce the "w" in geschwader as if it were your English "v".
So phonetically, " sHtu-EHts kAWmpf ge schVawd EH", and the emphasis is on the next-to-last syllable. See? Super easy. (LOL)
Thanks! I'll paste this into my game notes for the full campaign. I wondered in particular about a v-sound for the w, in the end decided to wing it and "say it fast". Now I am smarter. Thanks again! :)
@@ZillaBlitz Haha - don't worry about pronouncing it right! I was just tickled that you got stuck with such a tongue twister 🤣
Next time I might just go with Dive Bomber Wing. ;)
Thanks for the great video how do you fine the time to do these as well as the trucks and more
Thanks, John, I'm glad you like it! I'm not sure on the time side of things, I just try to set aside some time each day to move things forward, and try if possible to make one video a day. Little by little. :)
Excellent gameplay as usual, this game is certainly one I would consider buying,is it going to available in the UK?. You lost me a bit with the different cards you were using to assess the values of the approach, combat,target etc,hopefully next mission it will come a little clearer. Also no enemy fighters certainly helps the Stuka....
I'm not sure on the UK, but I'd think that Lock 'N Load's games are available there somewhere, right? The next episode doesn't really explain the cards to great detail either, sorry about that. I think I assumed that it was easier to pick up than it likely is. Here's a quick tutorial:
There are a number of different type of events in the game. Many of them are called CHECK events. When you come to a CHECK event, you have the option doing one or both of the following:
- You can play a card from your hand of Action cards. When you do this, you can use either the AP value in the top right of the card as a +Die Roll Modifier (DRM) OR you can use the special action near the bottom of the card (not the text in yellow, the text above that).
- You can also use a stamina to draw an Action Card from the top of the Action deck and add that AP value as a DRM.
That help some?
@@ZillaBlitz many thanks for the reply, I'll definitely check the availability of the game in the UK. Also I'll have to concentrate a bit harder when you play again. One of the best channels on RUclips in my humble opinion, 😀
Dear Sir, I love your vids, and bought so many games because of you👍🙏 So, as you can imagine, my wife is not a big fan of yours 😉😅
Just kidding...
If you want to pronounce LEUTNANT in German, the EU is pronounced like in boy. So, if you say Loytnant you should be safe.
Wish you the best, stay healthy, Björn
Oops, sorry about your wife's anger but glad that you are enjoying the channel! 😀
And thanks regarding the pronunciation! A few other people have mentioned it as well. I get it wrong in the next video too (already recorded it), but I'll work to get it right after that. :)
Looks like an interesting game! All of these solo air war games are getting a bit confusing, though. :)
It's a Stuka Hit Parade! :) I think of the three upcoming Stuka games, this one focuses mainly in the individual pilot's career, while the other two are more squadron-level based.
Hi zilla how are you great video
Thanks, Ateeq! Things here are good, how is everything with you?
@@ZillaBlitz I'm good thanks
Nice looking game Zilla, but can I ask why use cards for the D6 rolls etc? Is the spread of numbers in the deck you use not the same as that of a D6 ? Just seems a bit fiddly for no good reason otherwise.
It seems the cards fill multiple functions, one of which is to generate random numbers. This allows the deck to be cycled through and play differently each time. The same way as AH's Up Front game.
I don't have the game, Zilla can confirm this for me.
Yes, the Flight Deck cards are used for the Approach and Return to Base segments, so you're using them for more than just die rolls. I'd expect that since there are 37 cards in the deck and one of them is a reshuffle card, that the distribution is equal. I'm not sure of the design decision, maybe to cut down on the need to roll?
I suppose you could use a real die if you want. Not sure if there would be any other implications to gameplay... Well, I guess that you'd be less likely to get a reshuffle card and therefore once you pulled a particular event card it would be less likely to show up in the same mission.
@@ZillaBlitz The other advantage to cards over dice is that you tend to get a wider spread. While you can't keep rolling sixes, you also can't keep rolling ones. At least in general.
To be fair, I'm not sure I have a preference one way or the other. I'm fine with dice and fine with cards. I think. I've not really thought about it that much. I do think there needs to be thought given to recycling the deck in a way that doesn't make the deck predictable. I love By Stealth and Sea, but the recycling card doubles as a 12, the worst roll. So when you get late in the deck and that card hasn't come up, you can pretty much know that you're going to get wasted by that card at any moment. It's a small thing, but nice to avoid via design.
I do like cards for recording video, though, because with dice I like to record the dice tower camera. It's faster for me to just slide a card in front of the camera, at least on the editing end of things.
@@ZillaBlitz Probably more to guarantee the spread of results
This game looked outstanding and I really enjoyed your play through. Since I originally watched, I invested in the kick starter for it and have been waiting patiently but things seem to be a bit dodgy now. I was wondering if you heard anything on your end. I've reached out a few months ago, but the response was a bit vague.
Thanks! I had a ton of fun playing this one and I'm still really looking forward to it, but I don't have any information on where things stand at the moment other than what's been publicly posted. So while I'm optimistic that it'll arrive at some point, I hesitate to speculate when that might be.
@@ZillaBlitz Thanks for the response. It was worth a shot to ask, but I completely understand.
Aah such a great game!
Is the 2nd mission why he was demoted to Sergeant and sent to guard Hogan's Heroes?
Regards LOL
Ha! I was wondering who might catch that reference. Really meant to work in a "I see nothing" when searching for the target. Such a missed opportunity...
I'm sure all of us of a certain age got that! Funny story, I missed lettering in football because I couldn't last all season without watching Hogan's Heroes, I'd skip practice to watch it at 5 0'clock. A man's got to have his priorities!
This was back in the day where the only way to watch was to be in front of the TV at the appropriate time.
Haha! That's a hard choice: football practice or Hogan's Heroes. I can understand why you didn't letter.
@@ZillaBlitz I meant to ask a question. Know you have done runs of various submarine board games. Did you ever do a game of the PC game of 'Uboat?'
Regards
@@almartin4 Funny you should mention that! One of my goals for this year is to add more PC wargaming and PC strategy gaming. I've been creating more videos of that type in January and February, and one of the games I'm looking at is ... Uboat! :) I've played a couple of the tutorial missions, and am thinking of bringing that to the channel in a month or two. Do you like the game?
I have a question Zilla. What are Stuart tanks doing in Poland in 1939? How can you put bombs on the wings when it says no bombs on the wings? Game seems interesting but a lot of card drawing. I think id like this a bit better if it was a dice mechanic and you are rolling on charts.
The "Railroad" target is used for the whole game, so the card could come up in Russia, Crete, North Africa, etc., anywhere there is a railroad target. So I think the expectation is that it represents any old railroad, and the image doesn't matter except for flavor.
The "*no bombs on the wings" has an asterisk before it, which means that it only applies if you selected the 500kg bomb for under the fuselage. It's easy to get when you play, but on the video it might look odd because the bomb counter covers up the "500kg*". :)
@@ZillaBlitz I thought it was amusing and had to ask. Ah! I wasn't sure about that one.
Can only imagine some gun attacks on Russian armor during winter months! Going to be intense!
No kidding, and Britain looks tough too, lots of enemy squadrons! :)
The poor radio-gunner is ignored in the destiny of this team ? Or is there a follow up ?
Haha! Yes, he's a quiet fellow. I think he fell asleep on this mission, nothing for him to do.
good video... can you tell me when this game will be released ?
I think "back half of 2023" is a good bet. :)
I believe it's scheduled to be on Gamefound in March.
To soften my earlier comment on pronunciation, I should pass on that my wife - who grew up in Germany - routinely tells me that *my* pronunciation of the German language is "shockingly awful" 😥 ...
No worries at all, I appreciate the guidance, and I'd be very happy if I could reach Shockingly Awful with my German. That'd be about three levels higher than where I am now. :)
Big Bertha?
Now that's a good name too! Thanks! :)
As for christening your Stuka, I think we have to abandon “Heidi” - as the neutral Swiss have complained bitterly that “Heidi” is a national treasure not to be sullied. Perhaps a more traditional German name, like “Hilda” - which means “maid of battle”?
Oh yes, Hilda is perfect! :) Duncan Rae suggested that as well. Unfortunately, the official christening of the plane will have to wait until the final version comes out, as I'll only have time to make two missions with this campaign. But Leutnant Shultz will return!
Where do we purchase this game ?
I think it's coming to Kickstarter shortly and is expected to ship in the second half of this year. This page on their company website would be the thing to watch:
store.lnlpublishing.com/ju-87-stuka-ace-llp312759
@@ZillaBlitz Thanks, will be watching for it ...
@@ZillaBlitz Have tried setting up an account on their website but have been unable to get a response on an issue. Will watch Kickstarter in order to get on the list to buy! Thanks!
Good luck! :)
Check out Gamefound in March, not KS
The eu inLeutnant is pronounced as a OY sound such as boy. It's not Lootnant.
Yep, you're the third person to point it out now. :) Unfortunately I just recorded the second mission and screwed it up there too, but I've made a note of it for the future. Thanks! :)
@@ZillaBlitz LOL. It's all good. Enjoying your videos. Be glad the Pilot was not named Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff.
Thanks, and haha! Yep, although that's a tempting one for the full version of the game, when we can do a full campaign. Noted! :)