Your shooting in the middle was critical there, nice work! A possible good thing is that I think the starting set up I used this time might actually be a good set up for the next wave.
Thanks, nick! As a leader, it seems to make sense to save your command ability to revitalize, so not a heck of a lot of action for you and Rae, but you're providing key leadership out there! :)
Fantastic turn. I really enjoy your enthusiasm. I have this game and have just punched it and prepared it for play once I am done with my current session of American Tank Ace.
Yes, that went pretty well for us, with the help of some incompetent German mortars and machine guns. I'm very curious to see what the final wave has in store for us. Onward, and I hope you enjoy the game! :)
One of the game's research books that's available on Audible (free if you have an active account) is called "The Longest Winter The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon" by Alex Kershaw. I'm going to start listening to it tomorrow.
This is my favorite game playthrough yet! Has me just waiting for the next episode. I bought the game but have yet to open the box! Can't wait! Keep up the great commetary ZB.
Unfortunately RUclips doesn‘t allow gif replies but you can imagine what I would have posted here. That was nail biting! I cannot wait for the last episode!!!!
15:05 Parkera can inspire just Harth as he is from A platoon and Parkera is commander of A platoon. Barney is from C platoon so he can be inspired on platoon level just with Springer.
I haven't played for a while, but I thought that inspiration isn't bound by squad, and I thought I recall the designer posting that in a comment here somewhere. I'd have to go back and check, and it's possible I might be wrong. I know the other functions are bound by squad, but I think I have it right here.
Look at the rules at 21st of Page of Rules paragraph 4.3.2 Inspire. E.g. Bouck and Slape can Inspire all defenders except those that also have Inspire attribute. Dustman (BTW leader of A squad) can Inspire defenders from A Squad, etc.@@ZillaBlitz
After realizing that you can predict the what will happen during each wave, I wonder if it would be a good idea to have about 9 extra cards per wave, then remove 9, so it's harder to predict. That way there may be 3 machine gun attacks, or maybe only 1.
Yes, that's a good idea. They do that with the optional Verteran and Elite decks, there are always a few cards not included, so you don't know what's coming. I do think you could do something similar with the basic decks, yes. I suspect that wasn't done because there is a certain concentration of force that happens with each deck (attack the flanks on the last wave, for example). It might make the German attack weaker if some of the key cards didn't mass. It would reduce the smoothness of the play a good bit, but I was thinking a table-system for determining German actions would be a good way to get at the same thing. And different tables for determining different flavors of German attack waves. Or wave cards where you release the information in a partially hidden format. In the end, though, I do think the Veteran level cards get at this sort of variability in attacks, and add a reasonable level of unpredictability to deal with as the human. I feel like that level is the sweet spot for me.
@@ZillaBlitz I wasn't sure what you meant by Veteran and Elite decks, but checking the back of the rulebook made me realize I need to look into the Variants of the game. Thanks for the suggestion! And thanks for making entertaining and informative videos!
All going really well and Germans performing poorly with machine guns & mortars, nice one dice Gods. One final hurrah to go and victory will be yours. Excellent entertainment. Thank you.
I think I have snagged a copy of this. 🤞Your engaging videos cost me again 💸😎Looking forward to the finale. One question regarding MG-42 - it seems sometimes you claim two kills: is there a '2' on the reverse of the counter? Makes me wonder if it takes two hits to take 'em out 🤔
Glad you're enjoying it, Peter! The number of kills is just a flavor thing I'm tracking. I figure the machine gun crews are at least 2 people, so I'm assuming we're taking out the loader as well.
Getting rid of all the machine guns will be huge going into the last round. Was awesome to see I was in position to get one of them. I think going in blind was fun. Looking forward to the final round
I love this series. I had just been watching the Operations Room documentary on the Battle of the Bulge and it mentioned Lanzerath Ridge and how they held out. I'd be very tempted to pick this one up!
Thanks, Dan, I'm glad you're enjoying it. I'd be curious to hear how you like it if you do end up getting the game. One more wave to go, I hope we can hang on. :)
About halfway through it was looking a little worrying. But then the Germans started to miss everything, and some marksman shooting turned the tide. On to the final push!
We really did get lucky with both the German targeting and shooting. That could have been a lot worse. I'm not sure it would have lost us the game, but certainly would have cost us some actions at the end to take out German machine guns. On to the Final Wave! :)
Another great turn, Zilla! We were helped by the ineffectiveness of the German mortars and their lousy MG shooting. But targeting those MGs for destruction at the end was inspired, and the dice rolling was very lucky. Only one more wave of attackers, but I’m really afraid the dice will turn against us. Fingers crossed.
I do think on the whole our luck has been positive. We had that one remarkable stretch of bad luck on the machine gun, and haven't been able to get any artillery support since the first wave, but on the whole I think we've hit things at an above average rate and most definitely, the German machine guns and mortars should have wounded more of us. I'm not sure it would have caused us to lose yet, but we probably wouldn't have had the actions to take out the machine guns at the end of the 2nd and 3rd waves.
I do feel like on the whole we were pretty lucky, too, which helped. Those German mortars and machine guns could have done so much more damage. It seemed like every time they had a chance to target a crowded position, they shot at something else. Except for the end, when they missed everything in the crowded position. We'll take it, though, on to Wave 4!
Wow those Germans really need to go back to the range and practise their shooting and Mortar skills, while the US keep on target with good KIAs and I was able to swap my pom poms for the rifle this time ha ha
Yeah, we had some moments of bad luck, but the German machine guns and mortars really struggled this wave. A couple of different rolls and this could have been very different. Although, I think we probably would have survived, but we would have had to spend our energy patching ourselves up instead of taking out those machine guns. Very curious to see how the last wave goes. I hope to play Monday and post on Tuesday. Thanks for stopping in, Parkera!
Woo Hoo! Yeah buddy... I think we are about to get flanked.... This is awesome!! Looking forward to the last turn.
Your shooting in the middle was critical there, nice work! A possible good thing is that I think the starting set up I used this time might actually be a good set up for the next wave.
dam such a good play thru,so engageing and im still alive,awesome as allways mate
Thanks, nick! As a leader, it seems to make sense to save your command ability to revitalize, so not a heck of a lot of action for you and Rae, but you're providing key leadership out there! :)
Fantastic turn. I really enjoy your enthusiasm. I have this game and have just punched it and prepared it for play once I am done with my current session of American Tank Ace.
Yes, that went pretty well for us, with the help of some incompetent German mortars and machine guns. I'm very curious to see what the final wave has in store for us. Onward, and I hope you enjoy the game! :)
One of the game's research books that's available on Audible (free if you have an active account) is called "The Longest Winter
The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of World War II's Most Decorated Platoon" by Alex Kershaw. I'm going to start listening to it tomorrow.
Oh, nice! I've been thinking about a good game-book combination for this one. I'd be curious to hear how you like it. Thanks!
This is my favorite game playthrough yet! Has me just waiting for the next episode. I bought the game but have yet to open the box! Can't wait! Keep up the great commetary ZB.
Thanks, Commander! One more wave to go! Fingers crossed, locked and loaded. :)
Great series of videos. Thanks! Incredible die rolling, you are so talented at making these videos that I almost don’t even have to play the game. 👍👍👍
Thanks! My dice rolling can be all over the place, some of the other series it's been disastrously bad. :)
Medics disguised as forward observers? 1:40
Hahaha! I totally missed that. :)
@@ZillaBlitz littel question. Are you planning to make some Videos on "Victory Roads" in the future or isnt this on your to-do-list
Unfortunately RUclips doesn‘t allow gif replies but you can imagine what I would have posted here.
That was nail biting! I cannot wait for the last episode!!!!
You were so on point, heck of a job! But we need you more in the next round, the defense of the middle will likely fall largely on you and Dento! :)
@@ZillaBlitz I will give it my best, Sir!
@@ZillaBlitz We got this just keep the ammo coming and your Machine Gun team will make em pay!
7 rounds left in the M2, make 'em count! :)
@@ZillaBlitz 🫡
15:05 Parkera can inspire just Harth as he is from A platoon and Parkera is commander of A platoon. Barney is from C platoon so he can be inspired on platoon level just with Springer.
I haven't played for a while, but I thought that inspiration isn't bound by squad, and I thought I recall the designer posting that in a comment here somewhere. I'd have to go back and check, and it's possible I might be wrong. I know the other functions are bound by squad, but I think I have it right here.
Look at the rules at 21st of Page of Rules paragraph 4.3.2 Inspire. E.g. Bouck and Slape can Inspire all defenders except those that also have Inspire attribute. Dustman (BTW leader of A squad) can Inspire defenders from A Squad, etc.@@ZillaBlitz
Aha, yes, you're correct, thanks! I was mis-remembering and getting it confused with the recover action. Thanks!@@RamonAnt
Brilliant, my friend. Extremely effective defense up until this point. You already know it, but watch those flanks!
Thanks! I have no idea how I thought Wave 3 would hit the flanks too, I totally muffed that one. But yeah, Wave 4, flanks, we'll be ready! :)
After realizing that you can predict the what will happen during each wave, I wonder if it would be a good idea to have about 9 extra cards per wave, then remove 9, so it's harder to predict. That way there may be 3 machine gun attacks, or maybe only 1.
Yes, that's a good idea. They do that with the optional Verteran and Elite decks, there are always a few cards not included, so you don't know what's coming.
I do think you could do something similar with the basic decks, yes. I suspect that wasn't done because there is a certain concentration of force that happens with each deck (attack the flanks on the last wave, for example). It might make the German attack weaker if some of the key cards didn't mass.
It would reduce the smoothness of the play a good bit, but I was thinking a table-system for determining German actions would be a good way to get at the same thing. And different tables for determining different flavors of German attack waves. Or wave cards where you release the information in a partially hidden format.
In the end, though, I do think the Veteran level cards get at this sort of variability in attacks, and add a reasonable level of unpredictability to deal with as the human. I feel like that level is the sweet spot for me.
@@ZillaBlitz I wasn't sure what you meant by Veteran and Elite decks, but checking the back of the rulebook made me realize I need to look into the Variants of the game. Thanks for the suggestion! And thanks for making entertaining and informative videos!
I'd definitely recommend the Veteran level after a win or two at the regular level. :)
And thanks, my pleasure! The videos are great fun to make.
bought the game after viewing your playthroughs, did you mention the observers in the previous videos ?
Maybe? I don't recall, to be honest, sorry. I think so? But the observers only show up in the 3rd wave. :)
All going really well and Germans performing poorly with machine guns & mortars, nice one dice Gods. One final hurrah to go and victory will be yours. Excellent entertainment. Thank you.
Thanks, coyi! Really looking forward to the 4th wave! :)
I think I have snagged a copy of this. 🤞Your engaging videos cost me again 💸😎Looking forward to the finale. One question regarding MG-42 - it seems sometimes you claim two kills: is there a '2' on the reverse of the counter? Makes me wonder if it takes two hits to take 'em out 🤔
Glad you're enjoying it, Peter! The number of kills is just a flavor thing I'm tracking. I figure the machine gun crews are at least 2 people, so I'm assuming we're taking out the loader as well.
Getting rid of all the machine guns will be huge going into the last round. Was awesome to see I was in position to get one of them. I think going in blind was fun. Looking forward to the final round
I think it will help a lot, especially if there is only 1 round of machine guns firing in the last round. Final round should be interesting! :)
I love this series. I had just been watching the Operations Room documentary on the Battle of the Bulge and it mentioned Lanzerath Ridge and how they held out. I'd be very tempted to pick this one up!
Thanks, Dan, I'm glad you're enjoying it. I'd be curious to hear how you like it if you do end up getting the game. One more wave to go, I hope we can hang on. :)
About halfway through it was looking a little worrying. But then the Germans started to miss everything, and some marksman shooting turned the tide. On to the final push!
We really did get lucky with both the German targeting and shooting. That could have been a lot worse. I'm not sure it would have lost us the game, but certainly would have cost us some actions at the end to take out German machine guns. On to the Final Wave! :)
Another great turn, Zilla! We were helped by the ineffectiveness of the German mortars and their lousy MG shooting. But targeting those MGs for destruction at the end was inspired, and the dice rolling was very lucky. Only one more wave of attackers, but I’m really afraid the dice will turn against us. Fingers crossed.
I do think on the whole our luck has been positive. We had that one remarkable stretch of bad luck on the machine gun, and haven't been able to get any artillery support since the first wave, but on the whole I think we've hit things at an above average rate and most definitely, the German machine guns and mortars should have wounded more of us. I'm not sure it would have caused us to lose yet, but we probably wouldn't have had the actions to take out the machine guns at the end of the 2nd and 3rd waves.
Really great playthrough. You did so well this wave considering it was blind. Good job “Super P” is on your side. 😀
I do feel like on the whole we were pretty lucky, too, which helped. Those German mortars and machine guns could have done so much more damage. It seemed like every time they had a chance to target a crowded position, they shot at something else. Except for the end, when they missed everything in the crowded position. We'll take it, though, on to Wave 4!
Wow those Germans really need to go back to the range and practise their shooting and Mortar skills, while the US keep on target with good KIAs and I was able to swap my pom poms for the rifle this time ha ha
Yeah, we had some moments of bad luck, but the German machine guns and mortars really struggled this wave. A couple of different rolls and this could have been very different. Although, I think we probably would have survived, but we would have had to spend our energy patching ourselves up instead of taking out those machine guns. Very curious to see how the last wave goes. I hope to play Monday and post on Tuesday. Thanks for stopping in, Parkera!