The June 2023 Monthly Debrief Video saw us discussing Card Driven Games, including what the genre is, some of its different types of mechanics and then a list of our top 3 CDG’s.
Also as usual, we covered the games we played in June and also discussed what we are planning to play and cover during July, which will include our attendance at the World Boardgaming Championships held July 25th through July 30th.
We will remind you here that we are fortunate to be continuing our relationship with Noble Knight Games as the sponsor for our Monthly Debrief Video series. In case you don’t know, they specialize in hard to find games but also carry all the new releases. But what makes them truly unique is that you can find some of the rarest games, out of print games, hand made games, imported games from overseas, etc. Thanks to them for their sponsorship and we hope that you will consider them first when looking for the games we cover.
-Grant
The Players' Aid 
People power – please try it again Grant. COIN greatness has been distilled but it’s there. 😎
Great discussion. One of the most influential CDG’s for me personally was Mark Herman’s “Churchill”. Each conference your advisors (cards) are getting your agenda done. And if Churchill has a heart attack, his ability sits it out the next conference. Or for Soviets an advisor is killed … so that card never appears again. 😉
This totally immersed the history and theme into the story narrative…
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Oh we will give it another try for sure. We have not made our final judgement.
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Having grown up on hex and counter wargames, I remember the first CDG I played, Hannibal- Rome vs Carthage (Avalon Hill 1996). I still remember the wow feeling it generated. It was followed by Successors (Avalon Hill 1997) and I still have both games on the shelf. Although both were good games, it was Paths of Glory that blew my mind. I regard it as my No 1 CDG, but there’s so much to choose from now!!
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