Finally a battle report worthy of watching. Love your storytelling.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Right on, thanks! Super glad you enjoyed it🍻

This was so fun! You did a great job mixing the dramatic elements with minis and the actual gameplay! It also felt very satisfying seeing the culmination of your hard work getting ready for the game 😊

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Nice, glad it worked! I definitely felt like I wanted to play another game with the crew - or rather, go on another adventure!

@grandgab

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy Definitely need other battle report like this. The narration make all the difference. I'm invested now to what happen to the Chasseur de Cauchemars.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

All right! Me too, I felt like I wanted to play the next scenario right away lol! More to come at some point for sure.🍻

@BanditoStu

Жыл бұрын

THIS. WAS. FANTASTIC. The best battle report I’ve seen! Loved how narrative it was. The opening with the script setting the scene was a favorite touch of mine. I know it probably takes a lot of work to get a video like this done and thanks for this. But please make another one I’m really invested now. Like will Felice twitch now be too much of a hindrance for future missions!? Will Ottilie give Claude high praise for his marksmanship!? I do have one question, how did you enjoy the solo play of a tabletop game. I’ve been thinking about it more of doing myself & just wanted to get your thoughts.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

I actually really enjoyed the solo gameplay! To be honest, it's pretty difficult for me to find anyone in my area that wants to play something that isn't Warhammer or Warhammer 40k (not that I dislike those games, it just seems to be the only thing being played). And also ... lol, I don't really know that many gamers either, at least that are nearby. But I think the simple monster AI as written in the books works well and all in all, I had a great time both playing the scenario and making the video. Lots of work as you mentioned to make the video, but I'll be doing more battle reports in the future, guaranteed.

I'll be honest, I really enjoyed this entire series. Seeing the process of engaging with the rules, getting and painting the minis, making the terrain and then finally playing the scenario has been fascinating and mirrors my own journey of getting into Turnip28. I actually really liked this narrative style of battle report and would happily watch more!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Very cool, glad you enjoyed it! I’ve been thinking about Turnip28, I’m only peripherally aware of it but I feel like I should check it out soon in detail. 🍻

@chuckfrench2365

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy I find T28 to have some very intriguing ideas. It seems to encourage kit bashing and... organic farming.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

lol, I shop organic ... all the time ... 😈

@j.r.r.martin3089

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy Turnip28 as a game has a delightfully core rule set that has layers of very interesting flavour through exploring cults and special units. But what sets it apart for me is the aesthetic and its miniature agnostic nature, which opens up a lot of opportunities for kitbashing and a lot more freedom than I feel with my Warhammer army. As a result my enjoyment of the game is both from gameplay and the ever growing art project that my units have become.

That was a lot of fun to watch! Your narration was so cinematic, and the POV camera angles we're great! Not even a miniatures gamer (tried X-Wing but am terrible at it) but I'd happily watch more of these!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

All right very cool - pretty sure I want to do some more lol! Also, being terrible is the first step in every journey 😂🍻

Perfect bat-rep, because you told the story as well as played out and adjusted to the probabilities of RNG's, even when they were not in your favor. Bat-reps can often become boring because they only speak to the numbers involved, rather than scenario or story involved, and you avoided that trap.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I don’t really watch battle reports, that said, Play On Tabletop’s sports center style editing for Warhammer 40k works pretty well lol. But narrative is what beckons me lol 🍻

Enjoyed this battle report immensely. Your narration brought the game alive. I would recommend some kind of punishment for those terrible dice. They need to be taught a lesson.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Lol - the dice gods are fickle, to say the least. (But made for great fun - a life lesson in there somewhere? 😂) 🍻

Really loved this. Egaging naration and a great intro to the game mechanics. I also realy appreciate that you left in your trials and errors giving it a true "first playthrough" experience. No better way to learn a game. Cheers!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! 🍻

Amazing! This dramatic battle report was so entertaining and will probably inspire my future solo games. Great job!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks! And I wish your warbands the best of luck out there ⚔️🍻

Your narration was amazing! I felt like I was perched in the trees watching the events unfold, I definitely want more of these!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! More to come down the road! 🍻

Can you win some award for battle reports? If so you'll be up on the stage thanking all the fans and your cat. Saying things like " you couldn't have won without their support." Well done. You now need to make this a recurring aspect of your channel.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Lol thanks! Noted, more to come for sure. 🍻

That was a phenomenal piece of story telling and world building. As far as I'm concerned please keep 'em coming. And I hope you give Jolanda a cool scar. A reminder to always check her back

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I def want to do more, the warband is chomping at the gills to get back out there! 🍻

I usually don't watch battle reports but yours had the perfect casual pace, plus it has a focus on the narrative, which I am all about as a RPG gamer. I really enjoyed it, especially after a re-watch of the Napoleon movie trailer. Keep up the good work mon ami!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks! Yeah, the Napoleon trailer, how ‘bout that camouflaged ice lol?

@Nolinquisitor

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy What can we say, the guy was tactical genius and a mad man. Vive la Révolution!

I like the attack roll is also damage mechanic, that's really nifty also this style of narrative driven skirmish game works for me.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the single die roll to calculate an entire combat definitely streamlines the game. All of Joe’s games seem to operate that way, the others use d20 is only difference.

This was fantastic fun. Really enjoyed. Looking forward to more of these.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Very cool, I’m looking forward to doing more!

Enjoy your beer, you earned it! Your narration was very entertaining. It felt like listening to an audio book rather than watching a game. Most battle reports focus on the game play mechanics and tactics, and provide a bare bones narrative if they have any narrative at all. Hope to see more battle reports on your channel.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad you enjoyed it! Definitely planning to do more 🍻

Not a huge fan of batreps, but you knocked this one out the park. Look forward to the next one.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Right on, thanks! 🍻

This was very well done and highly entertaining. Please do more, and I also look forward to other players joining in (is that a thing?).

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Super cool! Yes the game is ostensibly for player vs player with the solo rules set up as a secondary inclusion. I’ll be looking for an opponent lol🍻

Really fun video, cheers! 🍻

I want this to be a tv show or a film. Exciting recap, this video makes me want to give this game a try. Im already a Frostgrave fan

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Nice! If you like Frostgrave and the aesthetic of this Napoleonic era, I can’t imagine you wouldn’t have fun with this one. 🍻

This was a FANTASTIC battle report format. I was engaged the entire time. If you do more of these I’ll certainly be watching.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, really happy to hear you enjoyed it. I’ll definitely be doing more, they just take a little time to make so won’t be every month lol. But folks seem to dig it so I might start thinking about a mini series or something of that nature. We shall see! 🍻

Came here quite randomly and loved the narration, so thank you very much for doing it this way.

@tabletopalchemy

2 ай бұрын

Awesome, glad u enjoyed it! 🤙🍻

Loved it. I usually find most battle reports tedious. You made this very fun to watch. Highly enjoyable. As a side note, I bet you could drill out the barrels a little to insert tiny magnets, and glue the cotton to tiny magnets to attach to the guns. I could see a world where moving the cotton along with the mini could get tricky.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Ah this is a cool idea! 🤙 Glad u enjoyed it!

Easily the best Battle Report ever made. Incredible work. Also makes the game look fun as heck.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Well, thanks lol, much appreciated. I think it is pretty fun, obviously, but I think all of Joe's games are high on the fun scale!

Curse you #3! Wonderful format...loved the opening you did of the scenario. Looking forward to more adventures from the band.

@tabletopalchemy

8 ай бұрын

Awesome! Chapter two just dropped and I have an interesting idea for chapter three, so we’ll see! 🍻

Absolutely fantastic! I love it!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Right on! 🍻

This is a great format: the narration over the play thru makes for almost like a DND session with the detailed character descriptions.May this not be the last one my good human.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Right on, glad u enjoyed it! Yep there will be more to come

Man, this is some of the best game narration I’ve ever heard. Really appreciate what you’re doing. Was so enamored by your game that I bought the book. Thanks

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Wow super cool! And thank you, much appreciated (for the kind words, Joe can thank you for book purchase lol). 🍻

This was great. Please make more. :)

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Will do, thanks! 🍻

Great story telling and very entertaining. Look forward to another interposed with your usual entertaining content.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it! More to come for sure🍻

Battle reports are a dime a dozen (and I watch them obsessively) but your narration with this one made it special. I was all in and rooting for every toy soldier on the board. Nice work!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, much appreciated. Them toy soldiers salute you, lol! 🍻

This is my first time here and I got to say that was a FANTASTIC battle report! Love the storytelling. I have yet to check but I'm crossing my fingers there are a hundred more on your channel that I can binge.

@tabletopalchemy

Ай бұрын

Well thanks, I’m super glad you enjoyed it! But I have to bum you out and let you know that while I’ve got 3 reports in the series plus a few extras (which should all be in a playlist), you’ll find out in the more recent videos why I haven’t been able to produce more (yet). There’s a big project happening that hopefully you’ll kick out of but isn’t in the battle report arena. Maybe you could call it kind of related lol 🤙🏴‍☠️⚔️🍻

Loved the narration in the battle report. Nice change to the clinical reports I usually come across.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad you enjoyed it! 🍻

Very well produced. I would actually watch Battle Reports if they were made like this!

@tabletopalchemy

Ай бұрын

Thanks, that’s very encouraging, glad u enjoyed it! 🍻🏴‍☠️

I enjoyed this so much I had to watch it again, and roped my Potter-head wife into watching as well and she too really enjoyed it. Yes, again, to more videos like this one. Excited to see more adventures from the hunters.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

All right then, that’s a vote of confidence if I ever heard one! 🍻

Your cat friend was very interested in what you were up to 😁

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

The real question is “when is Rowan Witchbane NOT interested in what you’re doing?” Lol.

This video was incredible! The narration was spot on and truly had me on the edge of my seat the entire time. Never before has a battle report so fully captured and held my attention, nor have I felt such a strong investment in the characters on the table. Your video is the standard I will now test all other narrative battle reports against. Thanks so much for creating this! I hope to see more like it in the future.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Well thank you very much! Really glad you enjoyed it! I’m pretty amped to see what the warband does in the next scenario (but it’ll take some time to get that ready, just wanna manage expectations lol). 🍻

i really enjoyed your battle report- it was really fun! i also really like the single roll for both the 'to hit' and the 'damage' result mechanic that the silver bayonet uses. it's such an elegant way to streamline the game.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Yeah, and that mechanic is in Joe’s other games too, very slick.

That was a blast. Very similar to my favorite tabletop game, the Battle Companies expansion for GW’s Middle-Earth game. Your narration mixed the best parts of tabletop gaming and RPGs. Keep it up!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! 🍻

THIS was really enjoyable. The narrative character totally engages. Thanks!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Glad you dug it! ⚔️🍻

@blutaxt777

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy What I liked about the aftermath was your relaxed "I play for myself, I change what I think is okay"-attitude. Suits a game like this very well.

I really love this. The only thing I’d like to see is a bit more footage of of the miniatures close up. They’re painted so well and it’s so immersive. A balance of the narration and the overhead and the dice box there are a lot of factors to balance and I think you did an amazing job. The minis really bring me into it though, so personally a touch more from that miniature pov. What a great video though. Hats off mate.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! And I agree with you - this being my first attempt I wasn’t really sure how the footage was going to balance out. But now I’ve got some “xp” so to speak I’ll have a better idea for how to get shots next time. Well, one can hope anyway lol. (One issue I have is working alone, so I can’t operate camera and move minis at the same time, which makes the macro shots kinda static - I need a robot ai assistant 😂)

@noxiousbones

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy tripods are your friend! lol

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Indeed lol!

Great fun, very immersive battle report

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! 🍻

Great job, I was all in on the story.

@tabletopalchemy

Ай бұрын

Awesome, glad u dug it! 🏴‍☠️🍻

Hahaha.. that was great. I thoroughly enjoyed that. I, for one, want to see what becomes of this warband in the future.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Lol you and me both! 🍻

Great battle report. I really like this type of mini series with the battle report as a furios end.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Nice, glad u dug it! 🏴‍☠️

Best battle report I've watched and I've watched many. I would watch anymore that you post

@tabletopalchemy

3 ай бұрын

Well thanks! There’s currently 3 “chapters” on the channel (I think I made a playlist for them) and we’ll get to chapter 4 pretty soon! 🍻🏴‍☠️⚔️

Great storytelling and excellent editing! Cheers 🍻

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you! 🍻

Loved the battle report. Your character narration was excellent. Hope we may see some more in the future.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome - count on it! 🍻

Very well done in my opinion sir. I like that you leaned heavily into the cinematic moments and narrative. Ready to watch the next one.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Very cool, thanks! More to come eventually!

Wonderful! More of this!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

More to come for sure! 🍻

Best battle report ever!! ❤

@tabletopalchemy

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you dig it! 🤙🏴‍☠️🍻

Great video. I'd play any game with you. Incredible imagination.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Well them’s some high kudos lol thanks! 🍻

How fun.... I'm looking to share this whole series with my partner. Also, you have provided even more inspiration I need to begin gamifying my 4'x5' diorama in HO scale. I'm already imagining the epic encounters my merry band of Privateers will have chiseling out their living and standing their ground against the onslaught of eastern Industrialists with their railroaded in capital & labor.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

well, this sounds fantastic! Definitely should be fun!

Great series end to end, and this battle report was the perfect capstone! I hope you do more projects in this style, or at the very least another battle report like this one!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Well, thanks! I am definitely going to do more like this, both mini-series for different games that require warbands and battle reports. Glad you enjoyed it! 🍻

Great end to a great series! More please :)

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Copy that! 🤙

Great job!

Having watched more than a few Warhammer Bat Reps, I can say this one was way more fun and easier to follow. Well done. I look forward to you doing more in the future...if you feel like it that is.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, glad you enjoyed it. Yes, I do plan to do more, and to be perfectly honest, I don't know how else I would do them lol. 🍻

Holy cow- those D10s really were the best friend and worst enemy in equal measure in your battle report! Confession time- I actually groaned when I saw it pop up because I usually don't watch batreps cos they're often... a little dry, boring even? But man! Opening with you reading out from actual (awesome) screenplay was so great, dramatic and hooked me immediately!! My heart was in my mouth several times for your brave soldiers of France 🇫🇷 Your dramatic camera work and fantastic story telling of each clash, each shot, each slip in the muck, every raking claw was amazing! I would love to see more because then I might actually finish up my Silver Bayonet warband & play that scenario too. Awesome job, sir!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, so glad you enjoyed it! I have the same reaction to most battle reports lol so I was like, well, let’s just give it a shot. I def had fun and look forward to doing more! And you should look forward to playing Silver Bayonet too 😃🏴‍☠️

@samprastherabbit

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy Can't wait to see more! This video should be shown as a How To Batrep for aspiring wargames channels lol

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

lol!

Werewolves?! I'm gonna need my brown pants!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Lol well said soldier. 😂

Good stuff!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! 🍻

This was awesome! I have no idea how other battle reports go, but I look forward to watching this series and any others you cook up! I've always avoided wargaming because the expense & work involved in the minis seemed too daunting ... but your videos are making me seriously consider taking the plunge. So, thanks for ruining my life! :P

@tabletopalchemy

5 ай бұрын

Lol - mission accomplished! 🤙🏴‍☠️🍻

Nicely done. The point is to have fun. Sounds like you had a great time playing. Once again, you have provided inspiration. My figures and terrain are progressing, I too, will soon be playing my first game. My first one will be Space Station Zero, followed by a scenario with Stargrave

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Excellent! I can’t see you not having fun with both those games! I’ve got Stargrave on my shelf too, looking forward to getting into that myself. 🍻

@michaeltribou4261

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy I won't be doing a video of my game, as I am not equipped to do so, and my free time is limited. I may, and hope to do is take some notes and some photos, and at least have a decent game narrative and a post game report

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

That’ll be great! Filming made a 1 hr game take approx 5 hrs lol no need for that!

Posting before watching... very excited to see how this goes...

@theredbeardbard

Жыл бұрын

Okay, that opening was dope AF. I wanna see this movie!

@theredbeardbard

Жыл бұрын

Okay, man, that was fantastic. Your narration was so engaging and fun, even with the rules explanation and stuff! 100% would love to see more like this.

@theredbeardbard

Жыл бұрын

Also, the camera shots both overhead and at table level were awesome!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

All right! Glad you enjoyed it, I def want to make more. (I also wanna see this movie lol.) 🍻

Those *are* some good looking cards.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Sure are lol! 🏴‍☠️

@terrencemiltner1005

Жыл бұрын

And of course they are sold out

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s out of print 😐 I paid quite a bit for the only pack I could find on Etsy. BUT that Stockholm17 has quite a few very cool decks!

Well I enjoyed it, for one. Sounds like a fun skirmish system, I would like to get into some skirmish action but no one in my D&D group is interested.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Well, one, glad you enjoyed it, and two, a lot of skirmish games have solo rules. But as far as getting friends into it, maybe you just set up a game and invite one or two friends over for a demo.

@sutekh233

Жыл бұрын

If you can find them, the ORIGINAL rules for Mordheim set up a warband/narrative system as well, and your fantasy players may be more open to that environment. Another really, really cool one is Malifaux if they like a more steampunky, but still warband focussed idea. There is also "Through the breach" which is thier RPG game. Even games like Warhammer quest can be played in this style if that's what floats your boat, even solo as well. It actually AMAZES me that people who play RPG's via VTT's or who need boards or battlemaps would even hesitate to play skirmish games TBH.

I hit the like button first! I claim fame.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

15 minutes at least 😂🍻

Pine, oak and ash live in totally different environments, but that's just the forester in me. Oops.

@samprastherabbit

Жыл бұрын

Not really- they're all found near enough to each other in Ireland, particularly the hills.

@robot7759

Жыл бұрын

@@samprastherabbit Oh, I stand corrected. But then again Ireland is sort of mystical and magical in itself?

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Lol I wondered as soon as I wrote it … but then decided it’s a magic forest 😂🏴‍☠️

@robot7759

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy Apparently located in Ireland. Perhaps you could wriggle in some leprechauns and a pot of (fools) gold? 😄

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

lol, magic magic everywhere! also leprechauns can be pretty dangerous, i've been told ... 😈

Where are those miniatures from? Great video!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

I got em on Etsy, there’s a link to them either in this vid or for sure in the video where I painted them up! 🍻

@MacAttack001

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy Just ordered The Silver Bayonet rulebook and a box of Napoleon's Wars: British Riflemen (Wargames Atlantic). Being a massive fan of Sean Bean's "Sharpe's Rifles" tv series these minis will allow for me to create a detachment of the 95th Rifle Regiment! I will have to go looking for a medic and occultist however "In DuckDuckGo I trust"! Just wanted to take a moment to drill down on your videos. They are incredibly engaging, cleverly thought out and neck n neck with AFK for the top spot out of the 803 channels that I follow! Thank you for all of the work that you put into these and I hope the Hollywood Writer's and SAG strike are resolved quickly!

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Well, this is awesome! Thank you for the kind words as well, much appreciated. I think you're gonna have fun building the 95th and playing some Silver Bayonet. Good luck finding those perfect doctor and occultist minis, lots of cool stuff out there!

Wow this game is very swingy isn’t it? A +1 bonus for accuracy when the dice give you a 2-20. that’s not much 😇 Are there rules for escaping? ^^

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

This is true lol, but makes for great story! To be honest, I think the only reason the warband was able to escape is because “monsters” in solo scenarios do not have the option to “sprint”, so u always have a chance of outrunning them.

@Frederic_S

Жыл бұрын

@@tabletopalchemy that’s actually good design 👍

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

@@Frederic_S yeah, I like all of Joe's games, they are fundamentally similar in mechanics and I think they're great. Just the swingy-ness isn't really suited to "highly competitive play" I guess lol.

...and I hate hack and slash. No thank you.

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Aw bummer (but understandable) 🏴‍☠️

That was great man, by doing your narration after the fact it was tighter than what I usually see on battler reports, if you do one with another player in the future it will be a good chance to riff and edit a good report. Keep up the great work! \

@tabletopalchemy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you dug it! 🍻