"I'm not fighting a war, I'm playing a game." That should be the subtitle of your channel.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! You are correct, sir!

TY for the review Cody. I appreciate you are always "honest" and you don't only tell your feelings but you try to imagine all kind of players reactions. For us we look for a good WWII light eastern front board game from a long time. Never found it for the moment. We were close with "No Retreat" too but both use many cards and we are not speaking English as native language so it's a little hard. We look for a "kind of" CCN eastern front but more strategic and high scale than M44! - Best regards - Keep the Faith - Guillaume - City of Tours - France

@gillesderais3848

2 жыл бұрын

Maybe you could try 'Ostkrieg: WWII Eastern Front', that's pretty light.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir. Happy to help.

I've watched this review several times. It's a great review. It does look like a different type of game. I also agree, it's about playing a game, not fighting a battle. Thanks for posting.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

The easiest game I ever played on Barbarossa was the old AH game from the early 60s, "Stalingrad." I own Carl Paradis's "No Retreat: The Russian Front," but I didn't see "Absolute War" as all that easier to get into. Having said that, I'd get "Absolute War" if I thought I could find someone who'd play it with me.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the perspective.

@craigclemens986

2 жыл бұрын

Try the AH game: Russian Campaign

I thought this game was supposed to be easier than no retreat russian front but I do not think that is the case. I am having a hard time with the rules but I will try to give it at least one play through before making a final assessment.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

Жыл бұрын

There is complexity here for sure, but I found it easier than a lot of hex and counter games.

Cody Carlson, great video as always!👍👍

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, sir.

Thanks for the review, I was looking at this one on the P500, I haven't tried any of the No Retreat games by the same designer, but always thought they looked like great games. Might have to pick this one up to try out.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

It’s a fun game for sure.

Good review and I'm glad you recommended buying it as I had just bought it about an hour before watching this:)

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help. Thanks!

Thanks for an awesome joke I never heard before and a review! Merry Christmas~! I wish I could play these board games with people.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I agree with your closing statement regarding historical accuracy vs abstraction and playability. I feel if the game imparts the sense of realism with the freedom of choice in game play, you got a winner. I remember debating SPI vs Avalon Hill games, where SPI rules railroaded the game for sake of realism, but left the experience as rather constricted and dry. How do you feel this game compares to your recent review of Russian Campaign 5th?

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

Жыл бұрын

Both good games. Gun to my head I’d go with TRC.

Dice and war games should be synonymous… thank you as always!

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Ha! If you'd said that to me a few years ago, I would have heartily agreed with you.

Another Great and Fair review, Cody! Good thing is, there’s lots of different games (including hardcore sims) for every kind of Gamer (or Wargamer) out there! As a newer “Wargamer” I share more of your sentiments about Wargames being on the lighter side. I don’t want anything too involved. I don’t have the time for Big rules heavy games right now either. And certainly, more complex games are better suited to those that have been playing tougher games for a good while.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Thanks!

Well I DO have a bladder infection! What is this foul sorcery?! It must be the beard - with great facial hair comes great responsibility

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Truth!

5:05 War Status Ponits. Hard to believe that slipped through.

nice vid, what is ur favorite light/Lunchtime solo WW2 Wargame ?

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

As far as wargame, I don't know that I've got one like that exactly. Maybe Tarawa 1943? I really like Maquis, about the French Resistance, although it is not a wargame.

Hey Cody,thanks for the review,did you play solitaire both sides or did you use the solo rules?

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Germans.

Hi Cody, great review. I am an avid board gamer. This game looks really interesting. I love the subject matter. I love games with lots of strategy and depth but still fairly accessible. I like to play these games with my friends and I like games that I can teach to my friends fairly quickly. Do you think this game fits that bill? And can you recommend a wargame for say roman warfare or modern warfare that has a lot of strategy and tactics but is still very accessible? Thanks.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Everybody definition of easy to teach and accessible are always different. Have you looked into the Commands & Colors games? Memoir ‘44, C&C Napoleonics, C&C Ancients. Great light wargames. Might be just what you’re looking for.

@TheDiplomat27

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDiscriminatingGamer Thanks. I will check out those games.

I like area based games more than hex based games. With that said, do you prefer Absolute War, to No Retreat, or do you like No Retreat better. I don't own either. Only a Discriminating Gamer can answer that question, Right? I like your comment, "we're playing a game here. Not fighting a battle."

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

I haven’t played NR in a while. But I really like this one.

Can you do a top 10 most complex but still fun to play games?

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Good idea for a list. Maybe down the line.

Cody, if you're not a dad, you should be, because you have an endless supply of dad jokes.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

I’d like to be a dad. Of course, you have to have a date first.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

@@inwyrdn3691 Ha!

You need to check out Black Swan. The best WWII European theater board game. Its Pacific companion Orange Swan will be coming out soon.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard that's good. Maybe one day.

@bergstro

2 жыл бұрын

I kickstarted these.

Hi Cody, Thanks for the review. Maybe you can help me out discriminating between this game and "No Retreat-The eastern front". The latter is clearly a classic hex & counter game but it also has fast and light scenarios. What do you think? If you could only play one, which would it be?

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

I've only played No Retreat the Western Front - the old Victory Point Games version. Of the two, I'd take this one.

@Carlos-ok4rv

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDiscriminatingGamer Spasiba

No Retreat , The Russian Front Lite.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Very good.

The designer offered this game to me for free because I spotted some errors early on. However, once I continued finding more errors he suddenly told me to stop it and delete my posts because it made the game look bad. I refused and decided to decline his free game offer also. I was not a playtester. I just found the game randomly on BGG. (He had already started the printing process so fixing the errors was not free anymore I think.)

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting.

Hey Cody, am really interested on the way you played solo... was it a BOT? tell me... the game looks good, production wise... like the idea you mark the units as ATTACK, DEFEND, etc. ... being a strategic game, what is the stacking limits?*** Just received a new game from DRACO IDEAS (Spanish company) called "Help Arrives", about the Spanish Civil War... production quality fantastic! Counters a little thinner than I might hoped but very serviceable. They also include VERY DEDICATED solo rules. The rule book is full color, and VERY ACCESSIBLE. I think you'd like this game... check it out.

@bobdole8830

2 жыл бұрын

Really interesting, and hardly known conflict - even in Europe

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Help Ideas sounds awesome. I may have to check that out.

It's epic, but not a monster. There is no 'advanced' game, just an extra rule on partisans. Mostly it's just different: no dice, no hex grids with ZOCs, each 'unit' seems, and often is anyway, an individual, seldom do you have two or more identical, they are 'bespoke'! Haven't seen this since Ty Bomba's Fortress Stalingrad, usually every corps or division identical, Dunnigan was first to go beyond that with 'untried' Soviet units in PGG?

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks.

@craigclemens986

2 жыл бұрын

Dunnigan designed games to recreate the historical outcome. Very boring.

When it comes to listening to her, my wife said “you’re an 8 on a scale of 10.” I don’t know why she’d want me to urinate on a skeleton, but whatever.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@bobdole8830

2 жыл бұрын

Don't kinkshame!

Sounds like a good acquisition for the casual wargamer.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Indeed.

My grandfather has a personal letter from Joseph Stalin asking him to fight on the WW2 Russian front .. ... ... .. .. He read it but he didn't go as a loaf of bread and two glasses of vodka for payment were major red flags.

@TheDiscriminatingGamer

2 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@bobdole8830

2 жыл бұрын

My great grandfather received a similar offer. They offered a few grams of plumbum for NOT going though.

@worlddd7777

2 жыл бұрын

I must admit, that makes Soviet victory even more amazing. Probably greatest army in history when u consider what kind of lunatic was at power