Tell me some games that you love! I wanted to add a couple more things, but I felt like the video was getting a little too long: 7. The models are comparatively cheap. Every single box in the game is designed to be come with a playable unit size (4 cav, 12 infantry, etc.) and they're all $35. The boxes that come with heroes come with ~5 heroes and they're also $35. 8. Heroes don't have their own attack profile or dice to role. When you add an "attachment" to a combat unit, it gives the unit extra abilities, special rules, etc. which I LOVE. It makes list building so much fun because depending on what attachment you have in a unit, the unit can function very differently.

@AzraelThanatos

2 жыл бұрын

I've looked at the game and some of the people painting armies on the LAF, but it's something that I'm still not sure about. I have been playing a lot of Dragon Rampant (Mixed with Lion Rampant stuff) and some Oathmark...Oathmark tends to fill the rank and flank itch for me there and both games are open for using whatever minis I want in the force.

@putinthanus124

2 жыл бұрын

Your outro needs more cowbell

@oxboy777

2 жыл бұрын

one of my favorites to play is the OnePageRules fantasy/grimdark games. The basic rules are free, and if you have a 3d printer, you can either join their patreon and get their models there, or get the files off of myminifactory, so you can create your own army from scratch.

@gabrielmarquez4029

2 жыл бұрын

Age of Fantasy and Grimdark Future are my favorites. Excellent ruleset.

@Willandheart

2 жыл бұрын

I, personally, love Frostgrave :)

Thanks for the thoughtful, honest take on this game Scott! I always love to hear this kind of "personal perspective" on these sorts of games! I've heard whispers about ASOIAF for awhile now and this might just have been the push I needed to go and pick it up myself! Great vid!

@Miniac

2 жыл бұрын

If you come to Adepticon, let's get a game in!

@DanaHowl

2 жыл бұрын

@Miniac Sounds fun!!!!

Good to see you having fun with a new game! I keep eying these up everytime I'm at my local store... someday, someday.... Also HI CURTIS!!!

@schfiftyfive6571

2 жыл бұрын

it is really fun.

@shanmtek12000

2 жыл бұрын

Buy it goobsies. I'm looking at the starter collection!!!

@sands201

2 жыл бұрын

Stick to your half naked Barbarians surrounding the miniature of you that you painted.

I think the MESBG community would love to see you do a video on the game since it was what brought you into the hobby!

@AndurzTalksHobbies

2 жыл бұрын

100% mesbg has always been my main game/hobby love, so always love seeing the bigger hobby voices show it some love!

Really fond of the idea of alternating activation in a wargame. More immersive and tactically engaging than "all my units do all their things, then all your units do their things.

@matthiuskoenig3378

2 жыл бұрын

Personality I find it less immersive, "oh yeah my whole army sits and does nothing as 1 unit moves forward by itself and the enemy gets to counter it however they want, with 1 unit... Then suddenly the side that has left over units gets to move a bunch of stuff in coordination..."

@TheKingofAverage

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthiuskoenig3378 It's that last part that I dislike, though I don't dislike it any more than alpha striking which comes from all going at once. Both are a meta tactic caused by the turn order mechanism, neither one really fun to experience or IMO, play.

@gsresener

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthiuskoenig3378 there are ways to balance it, but for me makes much more sense than "look, the whole enemy army is moving and firing, let's just stay put and wait for our turn, boys... if we are alive" - i'm realy fond of bolt action random activation method

@-Markus-

2 жыл бұрын

​@@matthiuskoenig3378 Still far better than "yeah, my whole army sits around doing nothing while the enemy does everything and kills us". IGOUGO is a dated mechanic that luckily most developers are moving away from.

@dblevins343

2 ай бұрын

I vastly prefer alternating over watching literally everything move before me. My favorite method is what X-Wing utilizes though. It's a bit more complicated than just alternating actions but it helps account for pilots having more or less skill than other pilots.

Excited to have you as part of our community !!! Love the channel, and look forward to more ASOIAF !!

My major concern about this game: CMON itself. They’re not known for loyalty to their own products.

@kaibe5241

2 жыл бұрын

The exact same reason why I stopped purchasing Fantasy Flight games - been burnt too many times.

@kaibe5241

2 жыл бұрын

But they seem to be supporting this one rather well - and tbh, it appears to have landed quite well, as well. Ie. There's good reason to support its longevity.

@chaoticflanagan

2 жыл бұрын

True. *cries in Dark Age*

@14Flamefish

2 жыл бұрын

@@chaoticflanagan Went way before its' time... Hell, can't even find 'em anywhere, even to just collect them, that's not E-bay.

@kaibe5241

2 жыл бұрын

@@14Flamefish they may be suffering from the too successful problem. Combine with covid challenges and you can have a real clusterfuck.

I feel you. The best I have played in a long time. Nothing new, nothing especially innovative but a Lot of good stuff packed into a small rulebook

YES! I recently picked up the game and I wished bigger names would talk about it because its sooo good!

I love listening to people passionately talking about things they love. It's a nice change from the negativity that thrives on the internet. Don't know if I'll ever play ASoIaF, but still enjoyed the video!

I finally was able to show this game off to a couple of friends. The next day they both bought starter sets and now we play it weekly. It's a lot of fun. Glad you're enjoying it.

Great video and welcome to ASOIAF TMG!

Woo Hoo 6th Ed WFB making an appearance, the best edition ever!

@Kobylad

2 жыл бұрын

God it was good….

@Ed-xo9pc

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kobylad I regularly play, part of a revival scene here in the UK. And me and my mate are also going full nostalgia with 3/4 ed 40k

@Kobylad

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ed-xo9pc WHEREEEEE i live near manchester!

@Kobylad

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ed-xo9pc yeh i played alot of 4th as well, vogan campaign and all that jazz. Forgeworld was taboo and you just needed one book for your army 😂

@Ed-xo9pc

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kobylad I'm in the Midlands mate, play in my flgs black dragon miniatures. Quite a few players here and around. There's a great FB group, Warhammer fantasy 6th edition (imaginative name) where folks chat and advertise events like Warhammer resurrection

It really is great when your enthusiasm is shown in the video making. I'm glad you are enjoying a game! I will check it out too!

I’m so excited to see you getting into a game that isn’t from GW! I appreciated the part of this video about rules because that is personally my favorite part about non-GW games, they have genuinely good and interesting rules!!!

Really great video Scott! It is incredible to see how those of our generation of the 90s go through a similar stage. I remember that I started with the hobby with the miniatures of the Lord of the Rings, moving on to Warhammer and Confrontation. And to return to the hobby during 2017 with the new editions, I remember that since that year I discovered your channel as well. Pure and living nostalgia. I have not yet been able to catch a game that really "catches" me but I am already looking at the end of the pandemic to be able to try some games such as Monsterapocalypse, AT-43 among others that I have always wanted to play. On the other hand, it's good to know Scott that you're doing a project for yourself, and not just because of the channel. It is important for your emotional and mental health. I'm glad that you can share that with those of us who have followed you for so many years, and I hope you can find more moments like this!

Loved that little dutch angle at 3:08. good work. Loving the production quality and frequent uploads :]

Glad to see this game getting promoted. It's been a hidden gem

Love the passion man! I'm so excited to be exploring this game with you

Wow well done! Really liked the video especially the editing and the effects you put into this one!

Glad to see this game finally getting some recognition! It's a ton of fun and I'm super happy you're into it.

Greatness!! Can't wait to see you painting the different houses

Great video, this is one of my favourite videos that you have released recently, you can really tell you enjoyed making it.

Going through the same thing. Rediscovering my love of miniature games and hobbying again. Finally got play in person games at my LGS and can't wait to play more again.

This game is awesome, I play it on Thursdays with my local group and we grow all the time

Conquest by Para Bellum. You want a modern rank and file game? Boom! You want a Skirmish game? Boom! You can use the same miniatures! Also all rules free on their website.

I'm hella into Middle Earth SBG at the moment. It's just such a great system with models that are so simple yet fun to paint. It's really got me into LOTR lore etc. in a way that 5 years ago would seem laughable. Edit: while it's not alternating actions, it's alternating phases, your hero characters have resources that they can spend to act out of sequence etc. It adds a great deal of tactics/strategy. I feel like it'd make a good contrast to ASOIAF as it's very skirmish and almost roleplay heavy so like the polar opposite of block infantry.

@flameofudun8447

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the huge fantasy world and close to 100 playable armies (including legendary legions) SBG looks amazing on the table.

@alastairtivy-harris8129

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve been thinking of getting back into Middle-earth SBG. I used to play it around The Two Towers edition, but I don’t think I played it as efficiently as it’s meant to be played.

@Jorfik

2 жыл бұрын

I love the SBG system, be nice if they update some of the troop kits eventually (although I enjoy the simplicity of the fairly bad plastic moulds for painting goblin hordes lol). Just comparing it to the Warhammer systems it's amazing how much better it feels having fixed charge ranges and the ability to react to your opponents movement before the combat begins. And having heroes be properly heroic is pretty great.

@markhanson9508

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jorfik yeah for me 40k/AoS tends to boil down to, if I have a great turn my opponent has a shit one, if I have a shit turn my opponent rejoices at my sadness. It just doesn't feel interactive at times.

@markhanson9508

2 жыл бұрын

@@alastairtivy-harris8129 definitely, the big downside now is that so much of the line is OOP.

What a great review for a great game. I bought into this game a couple months ago myself. I have found a lot of joy in painting the models and playing. I am glad to see someone with such a large following tell people about it.

This makes me excited for Old World. Can't wait to see GW to finally get back into regiment movement block tabletop.

I played the game a couple of years ago after backing the KS and it was a lovely experience. I hope to play it more in the future. :)

First time watching one of your videos and I love it! Dabbling a little in video production myself, I have to say your channel is refreshing and makes me want to film my first model painting after 20 years of not painting or playing. Great channel!!! Now I'm off to watch more...

Back this on kickstarter and have played a grand total of once. Really heed to get it on the table again!

Been away for a minute, thank you for continuing to make excellent content.

Its good that you're excited for something new, keeps the creative juices flowing.

This was such an entertaining video to watch, the way you put this together and edited the video really stood out to me! Especially for the type of video this was. Major upgrade in the quality of your content lately Scott, keep it up!

Glad you're giving this game some exposure! It's hella fun with the right amount of malarkey and tactics.

YES! I'm in love with these miniatures! This game deserves more love!

Cool to hear that you're enjoying a game that captures the feeling of when you started wargaming. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about it and hope you continue to have an awesome time with it :)

I'm happy you found a game that has sparked the hobby love again Scott! 😎 I can imagine that's an awesome feeling

Yes! Finally this game is getting some recognition. Hopefully it will become more popular and I will actually find someone to play with!

Dude this game is epic. Soo glad someone on KZread is shining some light on it

Had my first game yesterday with my Baratheons against my friend Lannister’s and it was soooo great ! I agree on 1000% on everything you say 🥳

Always good to see ya upload Matt, you are looking great and love to hear you talk about what you are into and love! 🤙

Dude I started reading the first book days ago and then you show up this amazing game that I didnt know it exists. Thanks miniac!

We're happy that you are happy!!!

At the moment my favorite is Test of Honor: fast paced, cinematic, and super easy to teach, plus you can play Samurai, and who doesn't like Samurai?

Honestly it's one of my favorite games of all time. Sorta Picked it up at the beginning of the pandemic on a whim. I had heard D6 generation waxing about how cool the game was. I think one of the biggest Pro's... is it is ready to go out of the box. Everything is built and each faction color coded. The starter box and a few other boxes sets you up to have a lot of fun right out the gate. Dark Sword Miniatures sculpts are also getting better each faction, each unit. Really glad to hear you like it. Loved the painting video of the Reapers showing 10min vs 1 hour vs 10 hours. It made me rethink painting of this rank and file and spend most time on what models I wanted to be in front and spending less time on the ones in the back. Thanks for your content and welcome.

Good to see the Source is still alive and kicking! I got into D&D, Magic, and have supplied my 40K hobbying there!

Great to see you getting passionate about the hobby one again, by the way. Here's hoping this trend will hold direction!

Yes! The intro is back. I love that sound

Ice and fire is an amazing game, its also given me that enthusiasm for gaming again since the days of the old world.

Awesome game is awesome. Good to see you covering song, hope to see more stuff

Love those tasty tracking shots of the board!

Damn I love this game. Honestly I feel like it’s more approachable to new players

This makes me happy I have the starter set and I want to paint it eventually and play with it.

So in a massive coincidence, I got into this game last week after seeing you paint one of the miniatures last week.

Great vid man, thanks!

i've just been indulging in my over 20 years of love for Star Wars with Legion models arent as good as warhammer but i get to paint 501st clones and recreate scences from RotJ

@shuwan4games

2 жыл бұрын

Hey that's awesome not a fan of star wars but those models s are great

@RaVNeFLoK

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I have a friend that wants to try sw legion as well. Problem for me is I’m not really feeling the Star Wars universe anymore. No miniature game beats warhammer lore for me yet but I do hope I’ll find one as well.

@M3RUL3Z

2 жыл бұрын

I think the models, post sprue adoption match warhammer, it's just not as bombastic imo. my Mandalorians had plenty of details i had to paint when i did them, and their nature let me paint each of them with unique colors+decals, whereas with my sisters of battle 40k army, i know it'd be goofy if i did that.

@christopherpeery7436

2 жыл бұрын

The older sculpts of legion arent perfect but the newer ones are outstanding

@FeliPeltier

Жыл бұрын

I play Song of Ice & Fire for rank and flank and Legion for skirmish.

Battletech. Been a fan for years. Scalable down to a tabletop RPG, scalable up to planetary and system operations which have reach all throughout. The lore is more fleshed out, less cheese, the IP has less drama (lookin' at you, GW), and who doesn't love giant freakin' stompy robots?!

@StingrayP226

2 жыл бұрын

Battletech is where I started... I am loving (from a distance) their new miniatures which was a huge issue with the game in the past. Part of that is too many Mech designs out there and often the don't look cohesive at all (a Gauss on a Hollander vs a Gauss on a Ceasar) and you cannot tell what belongs to who or what weapon is what on a mech... many times it's hard to tell Mechs are from the same game! The depth in the game itself is both great and meh. I do however love the fact all damage is resolved at the end of that phase so "dead" units still get to shoot that turn. However there is an issue with too much complexity to the game that can make them drag on too long... or the extreme luck ruining a good game with a headshot.

I've just started playing this game a week ago. And I have to say it's one of the best games I've played my friend got me and 10 ppl Starter box's

Best part of the vid @5:42 Classic Scot tongue action. You passion really shows in this video dude

Great video dude!

THE INTRO IS BACK!!! This made me happier than it should. lol

I’m really liking games with alternating activations lately. Feels fresh!

Good work Scott. It's refreshing to see something different other than the latest GW hotness behemoth . As a non GW gamer it's really appreciated and I hope more YTubers do the same.

I have recently gotten into Moonstone. The game barely uses dice and is a lot of fun to be able to pick what you want in a faction and have them work well together.

Good for you man! I’m glad you’re having fun with this game. Now, we have hope you’ll finish painting an army someday !! Lol

Nice man. Cool to see the excitement. Im in a similar boat right now excitement wise with Frostgrave. Having a blast with it.

The minis look good, and people seem to be loving the game. I'm not feeling faction based rank and flank games anymore, though. I like games like Dragon Rampant and Oathmark where I choose the minis I like to be part of the army I envision. I'm glad ASOIAF is out there though, people deserve to have all these great options!

ASOIAF is actually what got me into wargaming! Really happy to see it get more traction recently, it's a fun system that deserves more players. Something I would have mentioned is that there is a fantastic, free Tabletop Simulator mod for the game so you can completely try the game before you buy anything. My biggest gripe is more with the publishers, and that's how poor the worldwide distribution is (even precovid/brexit). Might not be as big of an issue in the US, but the UK has had year long delays on new stuff, which kills a lot of the hype. It's frustrating to see half the world playing with new toys while you have to proxy/pretend it doesn't exist.

best rank and flank game in production at the moment imo

It’s really great!! Welcome to the fold man!

Yeeeeeeeees, another player, and it's the Miniac no less!

A lot of the mechanics you discuss in this game remind me of Oathmark, by the author of Frostgrave rules. A big advantage of Oathmark is you can use low fantasy miniatures already in your collection.

i'm not really into mini painting, but i still watch your videos because they're just so cool! Respect 👊

The production value!!!

There are bunch of games I'd like to play but it's straight up impossible for me to do so since my local gamestore doesn't organize play for anything other than Warhammer and MtG. Like for example OPR's Fantasy game and Vincy V's Reign in hell. Main reason why I like both is because they're miniature agnostic games and ever since I got into 3d printing I've just been building armies based entirely on the models I wanna use but in Age of Sigmar I always struggle with getting it to work thanks to silly rules like requiring 3 battlelines. Most factions just don't have an option for single model,elite battleline so you're usually immediately forced to have like 30 models you don't even want in your army and that is just not fun for me.

Oh oh, Scott coming in... Dying to see you painting those ! 😁

As soon as I find someone who plays it, I'll try it. I'm overjoyed that you produced content about non-GW product. The community needs more of that (I understand why people use it so frequently). Great video. You've got some new camera tricks that I haven't seen before!

I love the ASOIAF [have to check the acronym...] miniatures - they are good quality and the right price for mass battle armies.

Other games with alternating unit activations worth checking out: Conquest, Fallout Wasteland Warfare, Star Wars Legion.

I went straight to my local shop and picked it up after watching this morning.

Loved this. A friend owns it, so I need to get him to show it to me.

Hello dude, I love your channel and can remember being younger and being obSESSED with your channel. Personally I really enjoy another sort of approach, and I prefer flames of war or Great War! 🙃

The game sounds stellar - glad you are enjoying it that much!

I love ASOIAF, glad others are gaining love for this awesome miniature war game! I don’t live too far from you, maybe someday we can play.

Might have to give it a try

I dont play any of these, but I still enjoyed watching the video and seeing how jazzed you are about it. Time to broaden my horizons!

Great game and great video!

We have a lot in common when it comes to sitting on the floor, but not so much when it comes to reading.

An interesting and honest gamer chat, love it! I recently picked up Aftermath, a miniature based adventure book game with mice, cats, scorpions and more - the models area big, nicely cast and totally unlike my usual high fantasy picks. As you said, just sitting down to paint something different for enjoyments sake.

The problem I generally have with CMON is every time I start getting into a game they are pushing, they then stop supporting the product. :(

When you play the ASOIAF miniatures game, you either win or you die.

Really enjoyed this video. I don't venture to far from GW games and it's good to see trusted opinions on other games. Great vid Scott.

Alternating activations is one of the reasons I really like dropzone commander. That and the lore, and the models, and the lack of rules bloat... And each unit gets a transport... and you can play apoc scale games without bankrupting yourself

@putinthanus124

2 жыл бұрын

I also love this game, dropfleet too. I just struggle to get excited about painting the minis

@KillerofGods

2 жыл бұрын

Grimdark future is the same way

@FatherKarl

2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed the lore to DZC.

@deckruler3802

2 жыл бұрын

I also like Dropzone

@Gnabba

2 жыл бұрын

That's a nice profile picture you have there.

I've been playing various miniature wargames for something like 13 years. ASOIAF is by far the most strategic and balanced game I have ever played, I would strongly recommend

Alternating activations is what drew me into Guildball, absolutely love the flow of the game when it's back and forth.

Glad you're having fun Scott. Been watching for quite awhile and this is probably the best video you have put out in awhile. Your content seems way more compelling when we get the happy, silly and excited Scott vs forced content, teacher Scott. Jesus, can you and Jon just get fucking hammered again? Love ya bud

I’m happy he is happy.

Also the ASOIAF minis are so much fun to paint. Have a ton of detail and are much more affordable than GW minis. Not sure theyll ever introduce the Army of the Dead but it would be fun to have a special set of rules for them, or like a Pandemic-style players vs. Game expansion.