Non board game related comment, sorry: Hi all, we are massive Taylor Swift fans, and were due to see her perform two nights in Vienna, which was cancelled due to a planned terrorist attack. There are only a few dates left on the tour in North America and second hand tickets cost thousands of dollars. If you, or anyone you know ends up having to sell their tickets, please consider directing them our way as it would mean the world to us. Happy to pay over face value! Sorry for the interruption to your board game content!
When I first tried "Undaunted Normandy", my first thought was: "This is a clever little game". It's only gotten better since then. David Thompson has really made a game where which can re-introduce wargaming to the masses. Undaunted has completely replaced Memoir-44 as the goto game to play with my son. This is refreshing in a sea of low-player-interaction publications.
Couldn't agree more. I also think it gets extra points for being scenario based, so you can pick a short, snappy game or an epic encounter based on mood. That, and the fact you can swap sides and play all the scenarios again...but different.
Just found your channel recently and am really enjoying your content. It was a pleasant morning drinking a cup of coffee and watching this video. Keep up the great work. BTW - Just listened to the first episode of your podcast and hope you do more of them. Best from Arkansas, US.
Really amazing to hear, thank you so much for the kind words. Sadly the podcast is likely on hold for a while. We run this channel mainly to help people, so we don't have a patreon or aim to generate cash. It turned out that unlike RUclips, podcasting cost a lot to do and we got a lot less listens than expected so it would cost us a lot of money to keep it up with no chance of recuperation through ads or something. Maybe in the future we will do a patreon or something and use that to do the podcast, as we really enjoyed doing it.
Thanks so much for the kind words! We really enjoyed the podcast and want to explore it more, but we're currently having to evaluate it. It ended up costing a decent amount of money for the hosting site/editing software per month, and we got a lot less listens than we expected based on our 6.5K subscribers here. Maybe in the future if we do a Patreon we'll use that money to offer the Podcast, or look into alternate free/cheaper options.
I like the style of your reviews. Concise and informative. In your opinion, does it make sense to dive into this Undaunted series if I am a totally solo player. Thanks!
Thanks, that's what we try to be! Well, you can only play solo if you buy Reinforcements & Normandy or North Africa (or both), so you do have a little up front cost there. However, I did try out the solo for the video and was really impressed by how it works and how tense it felt. That said, I only dabble in solo so I don't have the greatest reference library to compare.
Thanks for the review. I have Normandy and will probably get the others. Love that the campaign do not tell you to destroy the game. I watched in horror back in 2011~2012 as companies found a way to make board games disposable, and the community though it was a great idea. After 10 years I still find "legacy" games grotesque and insulting, and are the only games I refuse to play (let alone buy)
I get what you mean, it is such a shame to just throw out all those components, although we have tried legacy games from time to time. However, this format of replayability is much superior. Glad the review helped!
Great review and explanation of the different games. I only have Battle of Britain. I may have to look at the ground games 😊. Thanks again for a great review
Fantastic, this was just what I was looking for. Also have you played Spirit Island and if so, would a "Buyers guide to Spirit Island" be something you are interested in making?
Glad to hear it helped! We have indeed, but Spirit Island is one of those games we really enjoy, but haven't played in dog's years. I think it doesn't help it is cooperative, which we don't play too much. That said, Spirit Island is a terrific idea for this series, thanks for the suggestion! We hadn't considered it but it's such a perfect fit. If it's something you'd like to see (and to anyone else reading) please reach out to marketing@greaterthangames.com to say that you love our Buyer's Guides and would like to see one for Spirit Island and hopefully they will see the support and want to work with us :). As a fun update, I can tell you our next Buyer's Guide will be for Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition as the publisher just sent us all the expansions.
Your buyer's guides ae so useful. Looking at this set of games as something to play with my husband. We both love history but I do tend to buy a lot of plant/animal/nature style games and struggle to find good history based ones.
Glad you are giving sone extra coverage to these brilliant, clever, elegant, thrilling games. They've been a hit with everyone ive showed them to. Glad you liked BoB I found it a blast, you pay for mistakes, initiative is more critical than ever and the constantly shifting battlefield really makes you think about your deck (bombing the moving ships with slow, clunky bombers... stressful in a good way).
Yea we weren't necessarily sure at first, but we did realize we'd got a rule wrong which when we played properly really elevated it for us. I just love how much more strategic/tactical it feels, although I think Stalingrad is still my favourite.
I have watched many playthroughs of all the games and, to be honest, it just doesn't grip me. I don't like the box art or the art style in general either, unfortunately. Hard pass for me.
I have played Undaunted: North Africa and in general I like the system. I have not played Undaunted: Normandy, but based on the rule book I've noticed the following: all the tokens and cards are symmetric. The asymmetry is determined by (a) which cards are in your starting decks and supplies; and (b) the shape of the scenario tiles and starting locations. This means you can easily design your own scenarios which are 100% guaranteed to be balanced: lay out the terrain tiles in a symmetric way, with symmetric starting locations. Give both players the same starting deck and supply. Randomly decide who starts with the initiative. This option is not available in Undaunted: North Africa, as the pieces are asymmetric. You cannot give both players the same starting decks or the same supplies. Or, if you can, your design space is _very_ limited. This is my analysis from first principles. I don't have any experience suggesting what the value and relevance is. I'd be curious to hear if anyone has designed their own scenarios for Normandy and anything else, respectively. Was the balance an issue? Was it more relaxing to design your own scenarios for Normandy, with balance worries out of the way? Of course, one expects the scenarios in the book to be reasonably balanced through extensive play testing. For one-off home designs, play testing resources are somewhat limited; hence there's a premium on inherent symmetry.
@@BoardOfItReviews does the later ones still have paper thin and see trough cards, with bad finish? Does later ones still have glossy tokens, which mark easly? Or have they stepped up their game
@@ergolindt7299 I'm not sure we are talking about the same game as Osprey are known for their great productions. Sounds like you may have bought a knockoff version? I've never seen see through cards in any game, let alone Undaunted.
@@BoardOfItReviews its a Nice board game shop, dont want to believe that they got fakes. And anyway i dont see a point for this game to make fakes... Dont want to believe that US and EU use different production companies also. If i Google or listen some reveiws they say that cards are thin. But i find it is not the only problem
Non board game related comment, sorry: Hi all, we are massive Taylor Swift fans, and were due to see her perform two nights in Vienna, which was cancelled due to a planned terrorist attack. There are only a few dates left on the tour in North America and second hand tickets cost thousands of dollars. If you, or anyone you know ends up having to sell their tickets, please consider directing them our way as it would mean the world to us. Happy to pay over face value! Sorry for the interruption to your board game content!
I dont have tickets, but I hope it works out for you!
Absolutely fantastic! Thanks so much for this. So happy that you two enjoy the games so much!
Thanks so much for all the fun...and arguments! Really looking forward to seeing what General Orders has to offer.
Pumped for Callisto !
When I first tried "Undaunted Normandy", my first thought was: "This is a clever little game".
It's only gotten better since then. David Thompson has really made a game where which can re-introduce wargaming to the masses. Undaunted has completely replaced Memoir-44 as the goto game to play with my son.
This is refreshing in a sea of low-player-interaction publications.
Couldn't agree more. I also think it gets extra points for being scenario based, so you can pick a short, snappy game or an epic encounter based on mood. That, and the fact you can swap sides and play all the scenarios again...but different.
Played Battle of Britain last night. I think it’s the best of the series.
Hard choice, but I do love how tactical it is!
Just found your channel recently and am really enjoying your content. It was a pleasant morning drinking a cup of coffee and watching this video. Keep up the great work. BTW - Just listened to the first episode of your podcast and hope you do more of them. Best from Arkansas, US.
Really amazing to hear, thank you so much for the kind words.
Sadly the podcast is likely on hold for a while. We run this channel mainly to help people, so we don't have a patreon or aim to generate cash. It turned out that unlike RUclips, podcasting cost a lot to do and we got a lot less listens than expected so it would cost us a lot of money to keep it up with no chance of recuperation through ads or something. Maybe in the future we will do a patreon or something and use that to do the podcast, as we really enjoyed doing it.
Tali's "bloody brilliant" was wonderful. I like this new review style 😂
Hi guys, love the channel, but really love the podcast! Looking forward to new episodes!
Thanks so much for the kind words! We really enjoyed the podcast and want to explore it more, but we're currently having to evaluate it. It ended up costing a decent amount of money for the hosting site/editing software per month, and we got a lot less listens than we expected based on our 6.5K subscribers here.
Maybe in the future if we do a Patreon we'll use that money to offer the Podcast, or look into alternate free/cheaper options.
Didnt know the podcast... I'm going to listen t the available episodes
I like the style of your reviews. Concise and informative. In your opinion, does it make sense to dive into this Undaunted series if I am a totally solo player. Thanks!
Thanks, that's what we try to be! Well, you can only play solo if you buy Reinforcements & Normandy or North Africa (or both), so you do have a little up front cost there. However, I did try out the solo for the video and was really impressed by how it works and how tense it felt. That said, I only dabble in solo so I don't have the greatest reference library to compare.
Thanks for the review. I have Normandy and will probably get the others. Love that the campaign do not tell you to destroy the game. I watched in horror back in 2011~2012 as companies found a way to make board games disposable, and the community though it was a great idea. After 10 years I still find "legacy" games grotesque and insulting, and are the only games I refuse to play (let alone buy)
I get what you mean, it is such a shame to just throw out all those components, although we have tried legacy games from time to time. However, this format of replayability is much superior. Glad the review helped!
Great review and explanation of the different games. I only have Battle of Britain. I may have to look at the ground games 😊. Thanks again for a great review
Thanks for watching, glad it was helpful.
Fantastic, this was just what I was looking for. Also have you played Spirit Island and if so, would a "Buyers guide to Spirit Island" be something you are interested in making?
Glad to hear it helped! We have indeed, but Spirit Island is one of those games we really enjoy, but haven't played in dog's years. I think it doesn't help it is cooperative, which we don't play too much.
That said, Spirit Island is a terrific idea for this series, thanks for the suggestion! We hadn't considered it but it's such a perfect fit. If it's something you'd like to see (and to anyone else reading) please reach out to marketing@greaterthangames.com to say that you love our Buyer's Guides and would like to see one for Spirit Island and hopefully they will see the support and want to work with us :).
As a fun update, I can tell you our next Buyer's Guide will be for Mansions of Madness 2nd Edition as the publisher just sent us all the expansions.
Very detailed guide! Thanks for the video! Just planning in these days which Undaunted for start... Probably Normandy with Reinfocements.
Hopefully it helps!
@@BoardOfItReviews Already helped! Thanks! (In the years, I'll probably pick all of them...)
How did that go?! I just bought the reinforcements expansion, I already have Normandy :)
I was lost in front of Amazon. Thanks to you guys, now I know what to order 💪🏻🔝
Excellent! That's what we are here for!
These buyer guides are fantastic. - a helpful resource for sure.
We’re super happy to hear that! Thank you!
I absolutely love the 4 player scenarios, my favorite way to play. I wish they’d release more!
I wish we played them more!
Your buyer's guides ae so useful. Looking at this set of games as something to play with my husband. We both love history but I do tend to buy a lot of plant/animal/nature style games and struggle to find good history based ones.
Glad to hear it helps! There are many history games out there, but they do tend to be complex and long so it's nice the Undaunted games exist.
Buy them all; the boxes look fantastic!
That's what we did!
Glad you are giving sone extra coverage to these brilliant, clever, elegant, thrilling games. They've been a hit with everyone ive showed them to.
Glad you liked BoB I found it a blast, you pay for mistakes, initiative is more critical than ever and the constantly shifting battlefield really makes you think about your deck (bombing the moving ships with slow, clunky bombers... stressful in a good way).
Yea we weren't necessarily sure at first, but we did realize we'd got a rule wrong which when we played properly really elevated it for us. I just love how much more strategic/tactical it feels, although I think Stalingrad is still my favourite.
I have Stalingrad, haven't got to play it yet - that's my winter 2023 plan
Awaiting Undaunted 2200:)))))😮😅
Hoping we'll get a review copy!
@@BoardOfItReviews great!!! Fingers crossed. Your Undaunted content is one of yt finest imo;)
Thank you so much!
You really are great at informing about the different games. You speak clearly and really helpful. Plus, you are a nice looking couple!
Thank you for the kind words! Glad it's been helpful!
excellent buyers guide. thank you very much.
You are welcome!
Enjoyed this video. Well done, new sub.
Thanks so much we really appreciate it!
They all good, this give me dillema
A good dilemma to have!
Very helpful!! Thank you!!
We’re happy to help!
I have watched many playthroughs of all the games and, to be honest, it just doesn't grip me. I don't like the box art or the art style in general either, unfortunately. Hard pass for me.
Fair enough!
And yet here you are watching another video about it. 😂
@@JerreMuesli Yes, because I wasn't sure I didn't like it before I watched this video. That ok with you?
Thanks a lot! :)
No problem!
I have played Undaunted: North Africa and in general I like the system.
I have not played Undaunted: Normandy, but based on the rule book I've noticed the following: all the tokens and cards are symmetric. The asymmetry is determined by (a) which cards are in your starting decks and supplies; and (b) the shape of the scenario tiles and starting locations.
This means you can easily design your own scenarios which are 100% guaranteed to be balanced: lay out the terrain tiles in a symmetric way, with symmetric starting locations. Give both players the same starting deck and supply. Randomly decide who starts with the initiative.
This option is not available in Undaunted: North Africa, as the pieces are asymmetric. You cannot give both players the same starting decks or the same supplies. Or, if you can, your design space is _very_ limited.
This is my analysis from first principles. I don't have any experience suggesting what the value and relevance is. I'd be curious to hear if anyone has designed their own scenarios for Normandy and anything else, respectively. Was the balance an issue? Was it more relaxing to design your own scenarios for Normandy, with balance worries out of the way?
Of course, one expects the scenarios in the book to be reasonably balanced through extensive play testing. For one-off home designs, play testing resources are somewhat limited; hence there's a premium on inherent symmetry.
Does the later ones come with better components?
Define better?
@@BoardOfItReviews does the later ones still have paper thin and see trough cards, with bad finish? Does later ones still have glossy tokens, which mark easly? Or have they stepped up their game
@@ergolindt7299 I'm not sure we are talking about the same game as Osprey are known for their great productions. Sounds like you may have bought a knockoff version? I've never seen see through cards in any game, let alone Undaunted.
@@BoardOfItReviews its a Nice board game shop, dont want to believe that they got fakes. And anyway i dont see a point for this game to make fakes... Dont want to believe that US and EU use different production companies also. If i Google or listen some reveiws they say that cards are thin. But i find it is not the only problem
Thanks!
Welcome!