Great looking series from GMT. The maps are absolutely gorgeous.

Great job, thanks for the video. Looking forward to watching the rest !

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UPS gets my deliveries wrong about 1/4 of the time. They photograph the package when delivered and its usually so blurry most human beings would never be able to tell what they are showing. I've been lucky enough to know what my neighbor's front door color is so sometimes I can tell they dropped it there. My address number I post at my front area are each 8" tall numbers so you really need to make an effort to misdeliver to a house on my same block. So I always select USPS or FedEx over UPS if I can. In my area sometimes USPS drops off UPS packages and so far so good when they do that. Which brings up a point---check with your post office with the tracking number to see if they were the ones that "delivered" it.

I don't know what this is, I don't have time to watch 2h of this, I don't want to, but I really respect it, so I'm gonna leave a comment, a like, a sub and yea, good luck^^

Also the house rule Artillery movement is sort of like the Optional rules in the Napoleon Overruns Piedmont study folder (V1.62) but maybe not as punishing as the OSG optional text if arty can't retreat. This Piedmont Study folder also seems to give the best rules (most complete to me) for Roadblocks. All previous study folder versions for roadblocks either didn't lay out the rules well enough for my taste so those are the ones I apply for this series regardless of the game if roadblocks are in play.

Back in the day, making an orderly tactical withdrawal while under fire without disordering was very unlikely. Reserve units had to move up and take the withdrawing unit's place in the line. The units falling back would naturally be disordered as they made way for the reserve units which were to replace them. Source: Internet search and some of my own Napoleonic books. By the way, really enjoying the play-throughs! Now I want to track down a copy of Talavera!

Well..because of your videos I've pulled out my OSG Quagmire copy, clipped the counters and have set up Talavera Approach to Battle scenario. I'll play it followed by the Day of Battle scenario. Thanks again for the nudge to play this. I really like this game system. I really like how Zucker's website is so open to people being able to access the latest rules and study folders, errata, and Order of Battle charts.

11.7.1 Disordre: A unit in Disordre has all-around facing (6 front hexes). Units in Disorder subtract three from the dice whenever they check morale. The printed fire, melee, and movement values of units in Disorder are halved. Units in Disorder are marked with a Disordre informational marker. During the Reorganization segment of the Chronology of Battle a unit in Disordre must attempt to recover good morale. Exception: Units that are adjacent to enemy units. These units remain in Disorder and do not check morale. A unit in Disordre that fails to recover good morale automatically becomes Plus Grand Disordre and conducts rout movement. The moment a unit becomes Disordered it moves away from the disordering event at half its movement rate (round fractions down. See Retreat After Combat). 5th Edition of Regulations

Nice collection. All you're missing is the Talavera from the Nap20 system published by VPG.

I love the thin and rectangular CoA counters.

Like you, I do see the Confederate Initiative Special Scenario Rule (automatic initiative) for the Hornet's Nest 16.5 as a bit confusing. It is unclear to me also if it lasts the whole game. In another Scenario 16.6 Grant's Last Stand, it has a similar rule but for THAT one it has slightly different wording. I am interpreting 16.6's scenario to be just the first turn versus the whole game and 16.5 to be the whole game.

I just noticed that they've added a new order type: "Fall Back" to the series for this game. Another option instead of just Limited Activation for a failed activation roll. Hmmm. I need to get this one on the table!

One of my favorites. Line of Battle will work with the Regimental Sub Series, but not the Brigade Series.

I thought after seeing the Rev Game Shiloh Hornets Nest set up all this would be is a slug fest between two adjacent lines with its only purpose being getting some practice at learning combat rules. i see now with some lines opening up and brigades being wrecked that there is the possibility for maneuvering even on this small map allowing for some interesting decisions.

Keep fighting the good fight! I appreciate your comments on these game playthroughs about books and history as well as your comments on other videos. I have read several Vonnegut books. The one I REALLY like is Player Piano. Kind of a 1984 type satire where a company in Schenectady NY (hello General Electric!) runs the world.

I haven’t been doing the casualties correctly. On the chart when you have a half result, you have to roll a dag to determine whether or not that round up or down. Then if you do have any kind of loss, numerical loss, then you have to roll for stragglers and that’s based on the units morale level. The final thing that you have to do anytime that you take a loss is you have to have a morale check. I’m glad I caught this early so that you know from here on out I can get it correct.

If this is the Rebels Ambush scenario, Union units should be already deployed on the edge of the map and participate in the artillery phase right?

Glad to see they have made a game about Eylau. Not so happy about another set of games about the 100 days.

I can’t pretend I watched them all but congratulations on an epic series of videos. I’m only in the foothills of exploring this fine game and your videos made for interesting and helpful viewing.

Loss results listed in the description.

Very few play through videos on these games available on KZbin. I’m just having fun and providing an opportunity for other gronards to see a game played. Thanks for your comments and support. Some games get more attention than others.

Not a lot of people enjoy this but I do. Thankyou for your hard work. I appreciate you.

I've seen some question, like you, the +1DRM for infantry when attacking a square. Uwe did respond saying his intent is "Assaulting a square makes it harder for the attacker." He didn't go into detail why but some supposed that being in square would make the troops more resilient to retreat so they get this bonus even when assaulted by infantry. However, they also note that when the square is doing defensive fire they are not as strong as in line so there is a drawback to being in square when defending against infantry. This would prevent game players from always putting their troops into square regardless of who is attacking them. Not sure if you think this will be the case but you have played A LOT more than many.

What is the map footprint for this game?

I really appreciate you doing this. Your step by step approach makes understanding the game much easier. I've got this one, and am starting to play it on Vassal myself.

30:08 stand roll should have included +2 infantry in square. The total die roll modification would have been +0. Die roll was a 3, so the mistake didn’t need correction.

Well done, and thanks for sharing

1:13:22 August Fury was Second Manassas, not Antietam.

I love the map and order of battle! while the Blind Swords system may have limitations, I enjoy the challenge and the speed of play once you are in the routine. I am thrilled at the game designer's addition of Shiloh to the series, and it is going to be very hard not to pick this one up too.

In the initial print of Stonewall's Sword the map didn't include the reference elevation numbers (1,2,3...). You were meant to discern relative elevation by color changes only making it extremely difficult to figure out what was blocking what. In the 2nd release of it they added those elevation numbers to match their other other games and it has helped immensely. I think they blend in well with the map art. I ended up buying another copy of Stonewall's Sword just to get the map updates. That was OK because some of the other info markers on my now duplicate counter sheet are handy to have. I appreciate the improvements the system has made in the maps and rules. I also like that you can purchase extra counter sheets from Revolution Games just to get some extra info counters too and that their website allows you to download rules, scenario books, and errata.

20 minutes of listening and watching you do NOTHING. I give up.

By the way Revolution Games just came out with a Shiloh Game in its Blind Swords Series (on sale now as of Aug 17 2024) . Its a bigger battle for the system with a bigger map so it might be a longer one to do.

I think you are playing it right. There was a FAQ I once saw on retreats in this game and its sister Shiloh game you have. The designer Martin Wallace said that boundary border limits do not affect retreats (we assumed he just meant non-zero numbers because of an explicit rule about "0" borders). So, borders with a 1 or 2 CAN allow 3 or more units to retreat into its area. As you stated the rules did say "you cannot retreat across a 0-border, or into an area with enemy troops, or from your headquarters area. If a unit cannot retreat, take damage instead". So a "0" border means impassable by every one even if it is the shortest path back to its HQ. The interesting thing about retreats is that the retreater needs to take the shortest path (non zero) back to his HQ/center of operations, so you can force him to retreat into your unit areas causing him damage/elimination. This is like more complex hex encounter games when you force a retreat through an EZOC you control.

Great job with this video series. It's interesting to see someone show the game and what the mechanics of the game itself are like.

That is a good question. I don’t think it is addressed in the rules. Most rules in hex and counter games do state that units forced off the map may not return. I’ll need to examine the rules to see if that issue is answered.

I noticed there are several units at the edge of the map. If they are forced to retreat off the map do they get eliminated or can they return?

I often wonder about playing games of this Austerlitz battle solo and, in the US Civil War, Chancellorsville, solo. It seems like a replay of these battles, to get closer to real history, is so dependent on the element of surprise that occurred, that solo won't represent the true feel. No doubt it is a beautiful game and the mechanics and gameplay seems fun though.

Sounds like the card points should penalize you for playing them and/or halve their benefits to make it more evenly matched. Unless the design is meant to significantly favor one side.

24:17 the modifier should only be a plus one when infantry is firing against infantry in column not a +2

Davout’s III corps should have been under a Strategic Movement order. Reinforcements must be under a strategic movement order when entering the map (rule 27).

don't you find the rules too vague and confusing for fire/assault/retreat that you have to make up house rules to move forward? Since counterattacking is not possible in defensive orders, forcing attack orders to be used for defense? The adjustment for cavalry is nice but infantry formations can't "reaction defend/counter attack" from any formation. thanks for the vid.

Your videos convinced me to get a copy. It should arrive in a couple weeks. Looking forward to it!

1:41:16 I missed the heavy artillery drm of +1

1:31:10 I did not include the +2 movement costs for Russian/Prussian units moving adjacent to a French unit, when moving the Right Wing Cavalry.

Game looks great. What size of the units do the counters represent (500 men, 1000 men, ....) ???

Wonderful video! Thank you for your effort!

Thank you for these excellent play throughs. There’s any number of unboxing videos, they’re easy to do . But I want to see the moves.

I’m really enjoying these play throughs . 👍

This was my attempt to using a new camera and a laptop to stream. I guess the microphone was either turned off or not working. Next time, I’ll need to run a test prior to filming.