From: brodemir
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hahhaahahaha i only hope for them to reprint every module at some point. The more I read about it, the more I want to play. It seems to be so detailed and so realistic somehow... I think I'm gonna end up spending a fortune on this game. Thanks for the fast responses Joe.
Cheers!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Hey,
My ASL came today. I've opened it. In process of reading the rules so I can play it. Thanks again for the wonderful idea.
Kay
My ASL came today. I've opened it. In process of reading the rules so I can play it. Thanks again for the wonderful idea.
Kay
Hello Mr.Steadman:
I've always been interested in WW2 and so I started to play Memoir'44 last year. It turns out that as much as I like it, I was starting to find it too dry for my taste. Therefore I bought Combat Commander by the end of last year, and although I find it interesting, I feel like I would like to be able to have more control and more choices. I know you are an ASL hardcore and you will probably recommend me to try it, but I feel like I would like to play other less challenging games before I go for SK's or full ASL.
So I started to watch your video reviews and checked for the Dice Tower ratings and it seems to be that you favorite WW2 tactical games are:
1.Full ASL 10
2.Conflict of Heroes 9.0
3.Lock n' Load 8.5
4.Combat Commander 8.0
I wonder if it will be ok to have all of those in my collection in the near future or maybe it will be redundant. I've only mentioned those because I'm only interested in series with a wide scope. Maybe I'm overlooking some other great series, please enlighten me.
Thank you in advance.
I've always been interested in WW2 and so I started to play Memoir'44 last year. It turns out that as much as I like it, I was starting to find it too dry for my taste. Therefore I bought Combat Commander by the end of last year, and although I find it interesting, I feel like I would like to be able to have more control and more choices. I know you are an ASL hardcore and you will probably recommend me to try it, but I feel like I would like to play other less challenging games before I go for SK's or full ASL.
So I started to watch your video reviews and checked for the Dice Tower ratings and it seems to be that you favorite WW2 tactical games are:
1.Full ASL 10
2.Conflict of Heroes 9.0
3.Lock n' Load 8.5
4.Combat Commander 8.0
I wonder if it will be ok to have all of those in my collection in the near future or maybe it will be redundant. I've only mentioned those because I'm only interested in series with a wide scope. Maybe I'm overlooking some other great series, please enlighten me.
Thank you in advance.
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Thank you!
I would like to thank you for helping me learn ASL. For so long I wanted to play ASL with my dad (he is a big old board game fan) but i really didn't understand how to play and the big rule book he game me didn't make it any better it just made me more confused but with your ASL primer videos i can now understand the basics of playing and now play such an awesome game i plan on watching the rest of your ASL videos to truly understand ASL so that i can play with the best of my ability and me and my dad can play at a tournament like he always wanted to. and i could also be there with him helping win or beating him lol :) but whatever it may be that i would do i could not have learned it at such a great level if it was not for your videos and i know i could just read the handbook or online reading but i don't want to fall asleep here :) so anyway thanks Joe for helping me out you just don't know what it means to me thank you and keep up the good work!
Walter13200
Walter13200
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Merry Christmas Joe, Monica, and the kids! I am a friend of hms_indefatigable, he and I have watched almost all of your reviews.
Thanks to Monica I am a big fan of Twilight Struggle, thanks Monica! I got Russ it for xmas so I look forward to whooping his butt! Anyways just wanted to say Merry Christmas (again)
Kayla
Thanks to Monica I am a big fan of Twilight Struggle, thanks Monica! I got Russ it for xmas so I look forward to whooping his butt! Anyways just wanted to say Merry Christmas (again)
Kayla
Hi,Thanks for the kind words...
I would recommend the following games:
Diplomacy (top ten games of all time. Only play this with 6 or 7 and only if you guys don't take things personal)
History of the World (I prefer the older AH version)
The combined new version of Axis and Allies (this is the one with the new Europe and Pacific versions pushed together)
Twilight Struggle
Cosmic Encounter w/ expansion
How deep/complicated do you want to get? Those are all pretty light. I can recommend some great more complex games:
Here I Stand
Sword of Rome
and there are dozens of ww2 games that can be divided into teams with each player taking X amount units.
Joe
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Chris Rufener wrote:
Hi Joe! My name is Chris Rufener and I live in State College, Pennsylvania. I really enjoy watching your videos on the Dice Tower and have come to respect your opinions when it comes to wargaming. I have a gaming group that meets twice a month and we play a lot of euro games. I want to get into wargaming with the group, but need something that 4 to 6 players can play in 3 hours or less. The only game I have that fits these criteria is Memoir 44, which the guys like, but we would like something a little bit deeper. I was wondering if you could recommend a couple games for us, especially (but not limited to) WWII games?
Also, could you recommend a couple hybrids - that way we can continue to appeal to the strict euro gamers in the group?
And thanks again for your work with the Dice Tower!
Blessings,
Chris
I would recommend the following games:
Diplomacy (top ten games of all time. Only play this with 6 or 7 and only if you guys don't take things personal)
History of the World (I prefer the older AH version)
The combined new version of Axis and Allies (this is the one with the new Europe and Pacific versions pushed together)
Twilight Struggle
Cosmic Encounter w/ expansion
How deep/complicated do you want to get? Those are all pretty light. I can recommend some great more complex games:
Here I Stand
Sword of Rome
and there are dozens of ww2 games that can be divided into teams with each player taking X amount units.
Joe
On Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Chris Rufener
Hi Joe! My name is Chris Rufener and I live in State College, Pennsylvania. I really enjoy watching your videos on the Dice Tower and have come to respect your opinions when it comes to wargaming. I have a gaming group that meets twice a month and we play a lot of euro games. I want to get into wargaming with the group, but need something that 4 to 6 players can play in 3 hours or less. The only game I have that fits these criteria is Memoir 44, which the guys like, but we would like something a little bit deeper. I was wondering if you could recommend a couple games for us, especially (but not limited to) WWII games?
Also, could you recommend a couple hybrids - that way we can continue to appeal to the strict euro gamers in the group?
And thanks again for your work with the Dice Tower!
Blessings,
Chris
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
ASL Primer series
I hadn't found a player (or the time) to try this out and instead played Conflict of Heroes with a buddy. That's a great wargame -- much more streamlined but has some of the same feel. That buddy agreed to try ASL and we played the first scenario out of the starter kit. He's hooked (and he has more time -- damn single guys) on wargames now and he's played it a couple more times. We are scheduling our next session so he can walk me through stuff a bit more.
The dice mechanics are a bit wonky for me -- sometimes you roll over, sometimes you roll under, sometime you divide by two and round, sometimes you round down... I was feeling pretty awkward with all of that. BUT, having said that, I enjoyed it, and I look forward to trying it again.
Adan
I hadn't found a player (or the time) to try this out and instead played Conflict of Heroes with a buddy. That's a great wargame -- much more streamlined but has some of the same feel. That buddy agreed to try ASL and we played the first scenario out of the starter kit. He's hooked (and he has more time -- damn single guys) on wargames now and he's played it a couple more times. We are scheduling our next session so he can walk me through stuff a bit more.
The dice mechanics are a bit wonky for me -- sometimes you roll over, sometimes you roll under, sometime you divide by two and round, sometimes you round down... I was feeling pretty awkward with all of that. BUT, having said that, I enjoyed it, and I look forward to trying it again.
Adan
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