Sometimes I feel like I am more of a collector of games than an actual gamer....

@jackstalica7732

Жыл бұрын

You’re a “Hunter and Collector” NOT a wargamer then….

My draw dropped when you pulled out "Paths of Glory." Best.Game.Ever....and this coming from a long time gamer (over 30 years) who thought nothing could ever replace VG "The Civil War."

I have a bookshelf of games, haven't played any! But there so cool, I Can't stop buying them.

@jeremyboughtono2

5 жыл бұрын

Robert Goodin I have over a hundred that I have never played. I am an obsessive collector.

@nyanates

5 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one. My video game collection is 40 years old. I’ll never play all of them in my lifetime. Boardgame’s are new passion to me.

@charleslatora5750

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeremyboughtono2 got 46 unplayed. I will get through them plus the dozen I've got on pre-order all this century I mean this year.! (Probably not-lol).

At 12:50..."The guy who smokes the pipe"...very funny!😄 You guys are awesome! Loved the video, very entertaining as always!👍👍

Cheer up! I sold 150 unplayed games last month...

@thomaskaplan4898

3 жыл бұрын

Why would you sell them?!

thanks for another great video guys!

I love your videos. Keep making them!

When it comes to libraries of unplayed games, I'm going to apply Nassim Nicholas Taleb's quote on libraries that "Read books are far less valuable than unread ones." In many ways, a collection of games is very much a library, full of possibilities, themes yet to be explored and excavated. If not, there's always eBay and BGG ;)

Hi guys! Liked the video. I'm behind in playing soooo many games by now. After i unbox, I dig out my Plano boxes and labels and get about organizing the "bits". Then I sit about and read the rules. What I should be ashamed of is that I've KSed WAY too many games in the past two years and haven't even begun to catch up... THEN... I go out and get all crazy about an old edition of "Title Bout" or 'sky Galleons of Mars', and make my life that much more complicated. Recently, I searched EBAY and found Shenandoah, Sam Grant and Bobby Lee (from Columbia Games) at a great price... see?... backed myself up yet again. The good news is that I have the rest of the year to lighten the mountain. Keep up the great work... you guys are clearly Way more productive than I am.

Oh no..... I just counted 86 unplayed (most in shrink) that are not in my trade pile... which has a few dozen others in it. Such a great hobby. I have solid cross-over with you two (big GMT fan) but several from Sierra Madre, Hollandspiele, and Compass as well. Happy gaming, guys.

Great video, glad to see I'm not the only one with some great ones in the unplayed stack.

@apostateant

5 жыл бұрын

Alright, here's the short list: Fire in the Lake, Empire of the Sun, Sekigahara, Blood in the Fog, Supply Lines: Southern Strategy. Should have a couple played by the end of the month. Of your list, would love to see SPQR and US Civil War. (in part because my SPQR arrives Wed ;) )

I've been trying to catch up on my solo games. Got Skies above the Reich played this weekend, and Fields of Fire is sitting on the shelf daring me to play it. Although I've got Corsair Leader and Empire of the Sun on their way to me, so FoF might have to wait a little longer..

I like out of print and older games, I own Fire Team Modern Squad Level Command, and firepower, still haven't played either

1066 Tears to Many Mothers is the only one I haven't got around to yet. I had even ordered the playmat too :D

Your list is also on my list of to play and many more. I have barely gotten into my little collection of great games. Only so much a solo player can do...

My top game of shame (not played) is War Stories: Liberty Road. Can't really play it solo bc of the fog of war mechanisms that make it so interesting. Once again - no opponents at the moment. Thanks for sharing guys.

Pax Romana. Set it up a few times. Then just sat there and stared at it for while. And finally just boxed it up. Love Berg games but just can't pull the trigger on this one.

Stack of shame: Doolittle Raid, Next War: India Pakistan, Cold Start - The Coming India Pakistan War, Asia Crossroads, Plan Orange.... Just ordered GBoH Chandragupta (it's out of print! I had to!), and eying Paths of Glory. These games multiply, even when you don't intend them to. And I have a terrible habit of telling myself "A magazine/ziplock game only half-counts." As if the box means anything. Hahahahaha

Great Battles Of Alexander also had a deluxe reprint a year or two ago. Not sure how available that version still is. We all know how quickly the popular oldies go out-of-print again. Even on the sixth or seventh reprinting. I think the reason GBoH Alexander is so popular is due to the wide variety of troop types available, even for one side. Some serious combined arms action to be had, especially compared to something like playing the Roman side in SPQR where so many of your units are the same.

Great video, very funny:)

Now this is a relevant video for me lol. Its far too many games for me, but it's hard to find people to play with some times.

Its fun to look through your unplayed games and imagine what it would be like if you played it 20 times and understood all the rules, developed advanced strategies. But only so much time. I recently started playing Paths of Glory after having played the learning scenarios years ago- its a deep game that has you agonizing over all of your choices. You can enjoy it at all skill levels.

Sometimes life just gets in the way. I've had 'Empire of the Sun', among a few others, sitting on my shelf for five years without seeing it hit the table. The problem is all the new games that keep coming out also compete for your liesure time.

To me, the 'Shelf of Shame' consists not of games you haven't played, but games you are desperate to play... and they remain unplayed. "Paths of Glory" is on my list, along with "Gato Leader" and "Pendragon". "Washington's War" and "Gladiator: Quest For The Rudis" round out my Top 5. There are others such as "Combat Commander" that I've played solo, but would love to play 2-player. Good topic & list!

@NefariousKoel

5 жыл бұрын

Gladiator: Quest For The Rudis is a sad story from what I've gathered. The primary author died not long after it was released, didn't he? There are also numerous card revisions. Fortunately they're available for download, I just gotta get around to printing them off and getting that one to the table.

@michaelmelen9062

5 жыл бұрын

@@NefariousKoel I'm not sure. The primary author, Jim Trunzo, just released Title Bout 2 but perhaps that was posthumously.

I look forward to the "new to me wargames" post where you say you've played these! :)

US Civil War I have played original several times but I have never played my copy of this version. Paths of Glory got a second hand copy of it but I never even opened the box. Got SPQR, out of the shrink wrap otherwise unused. Genesis, Here I stand I have got them both unplayed. The one I really should play is the Devils Cauldron and Hells Highway combined. I even have a pristine un punched copy of Case Blue and a shrink wrapped copy of Blood Reef these are more like investments than games. Most epic games ever played to completion The Next War SPI The Longest Day Avalon Hill War in the Pacific Victory Games.

Really enjoy your videos. My game collection is fairly modest, although my wife would dispute that! Here’s 3 games I should confess to owning for some time now but not yet played (from ’newest to oldest’): Liberty or Death, Empire of The Sun, Russia Besieged. Alas there are more games than I have time to play….

@ThePlayersAid

5 жыл бұрын

EotS can be forgiven, I think there's plenty of unplayed copies out there. Liberty or Death is an absolute blinder though, one of Grant's absolute favourites.

@scratchhead127

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePlayersAid No, no, EotS can't be forgiven, no way!!! ;) bwt very fun vid about the dark secrets of the hobby :)))

@Secretwargamer

5 жыл бұрын

I have taken the game off the shelf and started to flick through the rules. Hope to have a play through in a few months as it’s now on the must play list!

I think I've reached a point where the remaining games on my wish list are out-of-print. So, hopefully, now I'll start catching up.

The only thing I own that I haven't played fully is Day of Heroes. I got it and Heroes of the Motherland (which I played quickly) in a Christmas giveaway a couple years ago. I've since picked up and played Heroes of Normandy, so I definitely enjoy LnL Tactical. I'm beginning to wonder if the square grid is putting me off playing Day of Heroes, even though looking at the map, it makes perfect sense to use that sort of grid.

Maybe my biggest shame. Anzio. By Avalon Hill. 1.map ugly 2. Counters a. Ugly. Old n small print. b. Colors. Same color for guys on both sides. c. Multiple counters for multiple steps for one bloody unit. Have an idea to fix 2c, n use just one counter.

I would play at least one battle from SPQR and then jump to Civil War which is huge and then back to Ardennes.

Kingdom of Heaven, definetly a Medieval game Grant ;) I suppose with a country so young, many things seem ancient......

@66morningview

5 жыл бұрын

*apologies if this sounds condescending, its not meant to be

Great video .... But for me I no longer count them ..... More like ROOMS of games. I just recently started playing Panzer... WoW. I avoided it since 1980, really. Until now they launched a France 1940 expansion with ... SOLO RULES. Top 10 material. If you EVER wanted to know the exact difference between a Panzer IVD and a PanzerVG... this game will blow your mind... frankly. Easy to play even (at least for wargamers)... :) I guess a few dozen others are hiding in my closets (RAF, Dauntless the battles of Fornay something, Nightfighter Ace, well around 100 extra boardgames frankly)... :)

I also vote for Ardennes 44, I got it when the last printing was fresh, but can not find a time to sit down to read the rules (too small a brain, to many other rules)

Again this is my second time watching this video It was 41 now it's time that makes it's now 46 games as of right today cuz five more came in I'm pulling my hair out over Colonial Twilight. I'm more embarrassed about games that I tried to play solo but for whatever reason just it couldn't get done. Avalon Hill's Midway, Anzio, Dauntless (Battleline) SPI: Kaisers Battles(what no crt), TIS/Poland: rule translation for their Afrika Korps---map is gorgeous!!! Was out of wargaming 30+ years(work -family-divorce-work). Had sold some games(like CNA😭).retired 3 yrs n 3 months ago. Had

Paths of Glory on the shelf of shame? Damn...get that on the table asap.

I literally gasped out loud when I saw that Path of Glory box come out. If this isnt played by the end of 2019 I'm gona have to accuse you guys of hating fun. Lol! Grab the deluxe board while you can! Cheers, super entertaining video.

@PMMagro

5 жыл бұрын

Paths of Glory is a splendid game.

@Brerrabbit1965

3 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more. I am 56 and have played 100s of games. Paths of Glory is the GOAT

Guys!!! Stop whining about table space!!! VASSAL!!! VASSAL! VASSAL!!! You can even play in the same room with it. Don't feel so bad; we all have our shelf of shame. Mine includes the Downtown series (including Elusive Victory and the new Red Storm), Empire of the Sun (and all its variants which I also own), the old SPI Battles for the Ardennes, and Wellington's Victory (which I came **this close** to breaking my duck on over the holiday break!!)

Starkweather took Eric Lee Smith’s brilliant command system and turned it into several Monster series - the only manageable one of which is No Question of Surrender. Why? Because publishers (MMP and Compass) make more money per game the heavier the box. Simple as that. Never mind the wargaming axiom that: the larger the game, the less it has been playtested.

Fantastic video, thanks👍 Have you played Red Strom: The Air war over central Germany?

@ThePlayersAid

3 жыл бұрын

Have not played. It would fully be on my shelf of shame now.

Hannibal and Hamilcar looks great in action. Plenty to get your teeth into too. Get it played and enjoy.....👍

I forgot one: "Up Front". I have the DriveThruRPG reprint, and have played it solo, but I need help. Would it be possible to film a 2-person play-through, but over the shoulder of one player? The 'featured' player would discuss & make choices, both would be trying to win (not just teach). That would really help!

When you took out paths of glory I thought it was going to be a joke. I Thought there’s no way…

@charleslatora5750

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. I thought the same...

Pacific War Classics Vol I I am ashamed to own it.

well its almost the end of the year... lets get an update on how well you did after this video of playing your games of shame... would love to hear about the ones you did or didn't play and the reason why... thanks.

@ThePlayersAid

4 жыл бұрын

We will absolutely make this. And will be even more ashamed, if anything.. Hahaha.

@idjester

4 жыл бұрын

Oh for shame for shame... LOL.. Looking Forward to hearing it...

If you haven't played Paths of Glory or Hannibal by WBC I'll teach you. You are correct, you cannot do a CDG video without playing the 2nd and 3rd CDGs.

@relvar3158

5 жыл бұрын

Mark Herman gentlemen, in case you missed that “ ... I’ll teach you.”

Have you guys reviewed band of brothers? I've seen quite a lot of people mention that game and would like to know your thoughts on it and how it compares to other systems.

@ThePlayersAid

5 жыл бұрын

I have Ghost Panzer in that series, It's also part of my shelf of shame!

Very cool video. My wall is more like a giant Great Wall of Shame! I'd like to see Hannibal vs Hamilcar then Ardennes '44 played/reviewed first.

@NefariousKoel

5 жыл бұрын

Would also like to see Hannibal vs Hamilcar. Picked it up recently, but something about it intimidated me after opening it up. Probably those gorgeous minis which will inevitably drive me to spending far too much time painting them if I look upon them too long.

How much of this has been rectified up to now?

Top 5: 5. Devil's horsemen (GMT GBOH volume) 4. At any cost (GMT games) 3. Dresden (Clash of Arms Bataille dans l'age Napoleon) 2. Space Corp (GMT) 1. Target for today (Legion wargames).

You need to make a list of those you have shown and go down the list and play them.

Could you please arrange your playlists for Wargame reviews in order of date when reviewed?? The newer ones on top and older ones at bottom??

@ThePlayersAid

5 жыл бұрын

I'll look into it, I had assumed that was already the case. Thanks for the heads up.

@ThePlayersAid

5 жыл бұрын

Try it now, I changed it to the most recent uploads!

at 4:53 the box top is The Pacific War and the bottom of the box is A Wing and A Prayer: Bombing the Reich...Double shame?

@ThePlayersAid

5 жыл бұрын

Lol, it for sure looks that way. That's just LnL's printing/advertising. I have played and reviewed A Wing and a Prayer, which was fun!

Never mind these games, they can wait. What about Reluctant Enemies? The unboxing was seven months ago. Get it played!

@ThePlayersAid

5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I agree. This list could easily be three times as long.

My problem is getting people to play against and agreeing on the game. Couple decades ago got rid of a bunch of SPI and older AH games but like Spartacus: it’s great but needs at least 3-4 players. Except at WBuC I hardly ever get to play multiplayer games.

AH The Longest Day...never played, sold; and wish the sale had never happened.

I'm constantly learning and playing new games. BUT, I have such a backlog of games that I'll never play them all - and more just keep coming in. There's just too many to list.

SPQR is on its 2nd printing. with ten games of shame you should make a vow to stop buying games until you have played all the ones you have at least once.

@ThePlayersAid

5 жыл бұрын

"should" XD

@vinylrabbit7295

5 жыл бұрын

The games I am ashamed about not playing are, Open Fire and Ambush, I have un-punched versions of both games that I have been meaning to get to the table for 30 years now. :)

I find the endless presentation of new games a bit numbing after awhile. It's just no way one can find the time to really delve into all the new games. I've had to (painfully) begin to cut down on new game purchases and conduct deliberate (excruciating) Sophie Choice decisions where my money will go next. In order to assuage the pain of not buying every new game that comes out, I've begun writing down a list - of "Want-To-Buy" but not actually buying the games. Seems to help a bit. Meanwhile, I'm making a redoubled effort to play the games I've already bought. Is this too much to ask?

@johnc.4871

5 жыл бұрын

same here. I see games finally being reprinted, so I decided to say no to many new games and focus on what I have. Other wise its an endless conveyor belt of new games and dont have the time, money, or space for all that I like.

But I thought you liked being “besties”! 😘

Try playing Paths of Glory via Vassal PBEM

Have: 135games. 28 never played (or even opened). Got one of the unplayed on the table. Compass Games, Blood on the Ohio. Only barely started reading rules. I can blame the Termites n busted water heater....try n start rules again today. I hope.

You owe it to yourselves to play Paths of Glory, it is a really, really good game. I will say it is not often that the Americans come in to play. But you should play it.

So a year later what are your thoughts on GBoH, Hannibal, and Paths of Glory?

@ThePlayersAid

3 жыл бұрын

GBoH, we've only played the Simple GBoH so far, and I love it. Hannibal wasn't a hit with us, and still not played Paths of Glory.

@johnrogers8876

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePlayersAid I have GBoH for Alexander. Man that’s a step up in length and complexity from C&C Ancients. Not sure if I’ll take the plunge with it yet. Why didn’t you care for Hannibal? I owned it many years ago but never got it to the table.

@ThePlayersAid

3 жыл бұрын

​@@johnrogers8876 Hannibal is a very lopsided game, which just saps fun out of it for one player. The new Casear Rome vs Gaul is better in my opinion. For what it's worth the Simple GBoH ruleset is quite accessible (it's basically idential to the Men of Iron Series).

@johnrogers8876

3 жыл бұрын

@@ThePlayersAid Thanks. I have a buddy who picked up the new Caesar title. I look into Simple GBoH sometime. Never played Men or Iron.

Give them to me. I will play them.

Paths of Glory is great. You are missing out. ALSO HANNIBAL???? Sorry but what do you play instead... I am an Punic wars freak. But I did not play the new Hannibal myself. I drewl if I open the box but.. I am an idiot.

@showmicr

5 жыл бұрын

Lol this cracked me up. Pretty surprised to find a soccer fan in a wargaming list video.

lol, wall of shame? #METOO

Well I definitely will make you feel better when I uncloak my shame.... 1. Panzer and all the expansions 2. Band of Brothers and all the expansions 3. Cuba Libre and other COIN games that I have but not cracked a single one. 4. D Day at Omaha 5. D Day at Tarawa 6. Field of Despair 7. Navajo Wars 8. At Any Cost: Metz 1870 9. Field Commander Nimitz 10. Codename Cromwell Well, there you have it.....

The shirt & sweater are fine Alexander. But that tie!!! It's horrid!!

Too many games, not enough time. I would wager many in this hobby (myself included) have this problem. I have the same problem with rpg's I want to run.

@ThePlayersAid

4 жыл бұрын

I had to sell Shadow Run, Call of Cthulhu and Victoriana because I knew it was never going to happen. Still have Fate Core unplayed sat on my shelf.

@TheBlommel76

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThePlayersAid I haven't played Shadowrun in forever. I'll stare at the rulebook in my local game store, fighting the urge to buy it. But, I have too many games as it is, and my group doesn't like to play anything that doesn't have an online character builder.

As Grant said.....quit your jobs and live in a van down by the river, spending your days playing wargames and eating government cheese. What could be better?!? As for games I have not played - since the end of December I have set up Skies of the Reich twice, looked at it for a few days, and put it away again. I almost get there, but not quite.....

SHAEF is apparently completely broken?

@ThePlayersAid

3 жыл бұрын

No idea, sadly, still not played XD

@normmacdonuts9420

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePlayersAid Don't bother. It belongs in the bin.

@ThePlayersAid

2 жыл бұрын

@@normmacdonuts9420 reasons why? Not fun, or bad rules?

@normmacdonuts9420

2 жыл бұрын

This was a vanity project by the designer. A half-baked game that he designed a few years ago and wanted to see in print. PSC, who published it don't appear to have exercised any control over it. There is certainly very little evidence of development. For example, battles in an area involve dozens of dice rolls, (I'm not exaggerating), and having the information on the cards for the units is a pain as you are having to dig them out and refer to them during the game. The rules are poorly worded but - the unforgiveable sin - it just isn't fun. The best thing about it are the potted histories on the cards which was done by a mate of the designer. I'd challenge you to play it and still publish the video on your website. In fact, I'd happily bet you $20 donation to your website you aren't going to complete the game. It isn't worth it.

People seem pretty upset about SHAEF.

@ThePlayersAid

4 жыл бұрын

Unplayed or not very good?

@MrElliptific

4 жыл бұрын

@@ThePlayersAid Not very good, rules are a huge let down apparently.

Stop making videos and go play paths of glory guys. Now! As for my shelf of shame, I have No Retreat: French and Polish Front, Ariovistus,Pendragon and Hellenes.

Play spqr already.

@ThePlayersAid

4 жыл бұрын

I appreciate this.

this is SO WEIRD. Are you guys into history or games?

Don’t bother with tedious Berg crap, head straight for C&C Ancients. You’ll thank me later.

awww come on guys, "walk of shame" ????? how bout you talk about the Top 5 games you regret buying because they turned out to be krap / sub-par ???? :) that said, I'm guilty as charged. I'm a WG collector Wish I had time to play them all; but I just don't have the time. Cheers - Mike

@ThePlayersAid

5 жыл бұрын

Hitler's Reich, Fortunate Sons, MBT. Those off the top of my head were either bad games, or just super not for me/disappointing.

@derMikester

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThePlayersAid Totally agree re/ HR. It's one of those unfortunate efforts that suffers from poor rules review and editing. Kind of a shame. But as I stated and you guys at least allude to as well. Wargaming is a time intensive hobby at some level. And do I or you have time to invest invest in reading rules and understanding a game that has poorly written rules and/or poor game / simulation mechanics. NO, we don't . So we buy our games and take our chances we'll have a "few dude grenades." such is the life of the wargamer.