The February 2022 Debrief Video sees us discussing our thoughts on the Too Big to Play wargames. What does this mean? It doesn’t mean they don’t have playable options or smaller scenarios but the campaign games would take about 6 months to get through with 4-6 hours each Saturday to play. They just have too many maps (some mentioned have 4-5 maps), too many counters (my hands hurt just thinking about clipping them), or too many hours to play.
Also as usual, we covered the games we played in February and laid out our slate of games to be played in March 2022.
We also talked about our support of the Ukrainian people in their ongoing struggle and placed a nifty looking Ukrainian flag in the lower left hand corner of the video.
Finally, we announced that we have attracted a high quality sponsor for our Monthly Debrief Video Series in Noble Knight Games. The folks at NKG have provided us with the discount code PLAYAID to give users 5% off any purchase.
-Grant
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Hi Guys, Just finished watching and have 2 stories and a comment. Story: I recently attended the Big Game Con in Phoenix. I got there early and a guy was setting up A Time for Trumpets. The following exchange occurred… Me: Have you played it? Man: PLAYED it????? I MADE it!!!Thus, I met Bruno… Comment: Bruno had set up the game before the con started, and when I showed up for the start, there were TWO games set up, side by side. When I left on the closing day, neither game had finished, though it was clear what the outcomes would be. In Bruno’s game, the Germans were terribly stymied in their advance. I the other game, the Germans were romping on to a clear victory. The important things to me were 1-the game can be played and enjoyed in a weekend (if you have the space) and 2-skillful play can change history, something I’ve rarely seen in Bulge games. Love what you guys do. I’m heading to GMT West in April and was hoping to see you there; unfortunately, you announced in the video that you’ll miss it this time around. It will be my second time and I’m really looking forward to it. My plans at the moment are as much Atlantic Chase as possible and a go at Holland ’44. Eat your heart out; I’m going early to do some fly fishing in the Sierras first. Final story: When SPI’s Pacific War came out, I was attending a con in LA, and they were running a Strike Force One tournament, with Pacific War being the grand prize. I took second because I failed a die roll, and lost out on the game. I still have SF1…
Jeff
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Hey fellas, so what you lack is space and time. As to time you may be in that stage of life where work, children and wife are more important. Eventually the kids will grow and leave, you’ll retire, but hopefully you keep the wife, then you’ll have the time. Start planning now for that extra space, either renovate the existing house or buy your next house based on it having a big room for gaming. Then you can ‘sup’, as Grant puts it, from the monster game fine vintage. I enjoy a 1 to 8 hour game like everyone else, but there is something special about the big ones.
Sam
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