The BEST Skirmish Game of The Year is Here

[@mordecaitoth6703]

Flashpoint is phenomenal. Every part of it works so well and the value of the boxes is unmatched. The first thing we did after opening the Spartan Edition was play a 4 player free-for-all on the two game mats included in the box. Absolutely the best first game experience I've had in all my years table top wargaming haha Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@garethnichols3555]

They let me pick. Did I ever tell you that? Choose which ever KZbin video I wanted. You know me. I did my research, watched as you became the tuber and editor we needed you to be.

[@MSPaints]

I’m not crying, I swear

[@garethnichols3555]

@MSPaints The editing at the start gave me the chills and instantly made me 16 again. I'm sold, seems anything you can make work in forge you could make work on flashpoint. I feel some tabletop griffball incoming.

[@VideoFromJake]

£65?! Well I'm sold, that's incredible value.

[@theextrabeardedpug7229]

I think that was by far the best intro I've ever seen that was so smooth and so well done and honestly really well edited and voiced really well done!

[@SurfaceDweller]

How does this channel not have at least 500K subs?!

[@kcaudle52]

I think this has to be the best gateway mini game in a long time. Also, best Christmas Day box set ever made. Open the box, punch the terrain and play in 15 minutes.

[@marcjohnson5991]

Loved the intro. The original halo came around at a very meaningful point in my life, it became a really important game to me. I didn’t care that it was considered dumb and casual, I thoroughly enjoyed the story and the soundtrack was huge The rest of the video was the usual gold. The measuring segment was pure gold and I enjoyed the rest of the review, particularly the weaponry aspects

[@rosspalmer5171]

Was, indeed, on the fence. Will definitely pick this up, thanks Dave.

[@basstedson]

It's based on deadzone, so it was always going to fantastic. The grid based movement is such a great idea, makes games fast and furious.

[@AndrewMcColl]

And a perfect entry point for people familiar with the video game, but not with wargaming.

[@Spark_Chaser]

"Beer and pretzels" game. Quick to learn. Easy and quick to play.

[@BrianSurratt]

Glad to hear there are oddball rules,one of my favorite game types

[@SirJamesIGamerfuzion]

Plus the Spartan Edition got the best bang for its price with 16 Spartans 8 for each side and elites included Least early next year we got 8 more Spartans and soon another enemy faction

[@darkjak565]

It's almost surreal how many emotions a single piano sting can make me feel, holy moly. Halo's how I met and connected with arguably most of my friends growing up, and Mantic never cease to amaze. Gonna be picking this one up here soon, I'm really happy this game turned out so good.

[@Sammo212]

Went to see Creed, Finger Eleven, and Tonic earlier this year (great show). Finger Eleven started the show...wasn't a big fan of their music but they were pretty good live. They started their set with the Halo theme and that just perfectly set the night for me.

[@screwball69]

Even as someone who isn't a Halo fan that piano sting still gives me goosebumps

[@NobodysHero23]

This. Times a million.

[@SvartElric9]

What's a "piano sting"?

[@darkjak565]

@SvartElric9 I don't know the official music definition, but a musical sting is usually a loud, singular note or chord to accentuate something. In this case, the beginning beat of the Halo theme in the intro. It's iconic, recognizable, and reminds me a lot of many days on Xbox Live as a teen.

[@NewSquallor]

Artistic mastery and comedic timing. Priceless.

[@nealbarton7434]

Great video! I missed the halo computer game era but jumping into this alongside Deadzone. Our local Mantic Pathfinder is mad keen on creating a community and events for HFP

[@_tensketch]

Although the thumbnail wasn't too vague for me to guess what game you're talking about, that opening piano note told me EVERYTHING. I'm 9 seconds in and I'm excited to see what this video has to offer.

[@Christian_from_Copenhagen]

Thanks for an amazing year of inspiration, Dave! So many banger videos, it's been very impressive. I've always been a Playstation kid, but this is one impressive box! The Deadzone starter set with the Veer-myn space skaven is definitely on my wish list.

[@Bugsy58]

As usual, a very entertaining and professional presentation. But, I need to have words with you Sir! On the basis of your 'recommendation', I have just this minute purchased a copy of the Spartan set. In all seriousness, a great presentation, thank you for the work you put into your contributions to our hobby. 😉👍🍻

[@Dstinct]

Tape measures may be an issue, but I bet you play a mean slide whistle and jazz trombone. Great vid mate. Also, in both the Flashpoint discord and fb group there are some cheat sheets players have made that are pretty decent.

[@81hewp]

Thank you for the review. You have helped me pick a game for my friend.

[@samsowden]

wow that was... glowing.

[@PaulBrown-xr6xd]

That intro, that soundtrack, those memories, my brother you've made my year mate

[@Mikethingsbetter]

Played a couple games now. Slayer and stronghold. Tried out Spartans and elites. I agree the keywords were a bit overwhelming and I don't know if we still have the hang of explosive weapons or AP1 on multiple hits on higher AR. Fantastic game once you get over the initial hill. The discussion element with line of sight has made some memorable moments

[@artistpoet5253]

I like the cube measurement system and dig all the nods to the PvP mode of the game. Pretty sure I'll be playing it soon.

[@marcgemie8574]

I recently played a game of flash point at my FLGS and really enjoyed it. Ronnie and team have done superb with this. I'm not too familiar with the universe but considering picking it up in wave2. Nice touch on the game mat having rules around the edge for demo.

[@DarthBoolean]

If anyone is looking for a good resource to expand their game, the old Halo Ground Command game has a lot of free STL's that fans made to keep the game alive after Spartan Studios shut down. Just going to have to do some scaling to convert them to Flashpoint size.

[@BeepBoopFriendo]

I'm really interested in the idea of a respawn / reinforcement mechanic for tabletop. Too many games, whether skirmish or full wargame, have these huge exchanges of damage in the first few turns and then start to lose their oomph by the start of turn 4. Having forces respawn seems like it would shake things up nicely and keep it tense all the way to the end.

[@dekyras]

Great intro - as usual 🙂 Really enjoyed this and especially the 'lost for words' bit when describing the fact that the cheat sheet is on the reverse of the playmat!!

[@vadersjester]

Great as ever! Had been on the fence about getting the game but seeing it explained has sold me on it. Cheers!

[@MSPaints]

Cheers mate! Yeah for the cost of the Recon edition, it's just a really really nice thing to have and play.

[@ltGargoyle]

Now i can play Red Vs. Blue blood Gulge now. this is awesome.

[@LendorianCord]

Brilliant, thanks for this. My 10 year old is Halo mad and plays 40K so I got him the Spartan set for Christmas. My eldest son has also got us a set for Christmas and it looks like we will have masses of fun with this.

[@SleepySlann]

Reminds me of a mix between skirmish games like dead zone and the boardgame frag, who also goes for the FPS deathmatch gameplay, except it uses older games like doom and quake as inspiration.

[@kevoreilly6557]

You means amazing videos - I’m just lucky enough that it happens to be about hobbies I love

[@jacenchrisbaker]

As one of the nine people still playing Halo Infinite's multiplayer, I am so fucking glad people are enjoying this game.

[@Dark_Burner]

Fun video, it definitely looks like a fun game to try out. When O.G. Halo came out on PC, I played on a server where everyone had a sniper rifle in the game, but the sniper rifle fired tank rounds. That was a ton of fun. Skeleton, the person who modded the server, tweaked a few other weapons too. The pistol fired sniper rounds. It was very difficult to capture a flag when everyone was shooting tank rounds all the time. 😅

[@vilhelm999]

Ahh this video was great and now I’m really tempted to dive into a Halo tabletop game… not how I saw my Sunday shaping out to be honest 😂

[@imnotgeoff]

Oh dam that intro was just an absolute nostalgia hit. best halo flashpoint review I've seen.

[@figureartout]

Love me some Halo , want it, need it, Well sold sir 😁😁😁

[@HeroAntagonist]

That intro was awesome

[@MSPaints]

Cheers mate!

[@interruptor]

The game is based on Deadzone. I'd be interested in knowing where it differs. Also, Deadzone has vehicles, so I assume they could be added to the game.

[@Pork-Pie-Pete81]

Great video.I must have been deep under my own hobby rock, as I had no idea this existed until now. This is going to be a massive nostalgia trip for me. The rules seem pretty decent, and the figures look amazing. Have a great Christmas Dave 🎄.

[@MSPaints]

Yeah it’s drifted under quite a few radars! What I didn’t mention was how it absolutely feels like a tabletop evolution of the dumb fun we had split screening Halo 2 as teenagers.

[@pjsines4705]

I like that cube system of movement and range.

[@slimehousetv]

That halo music gets me EVERY time 🫶

[@kyleprzelenski6196]

Great review man!

[@MSPaints]

Thanks maaaaaate

[@charmedimsure8852]

Pure Millenial nostalgia

[@vinylscratch65]

I’m madly in love with this game! Trying to get all of my friends and family to play it with me lol

[@Goldendragon003]

I really wished they had done a game based around the campaign rather than multiplayer. Where are my miniature grunts, jackals, ODST, Hunters, and the FLOOD? The spartans are cool, but I would have preferred a more diverse game, and have a story to build a campaign around. How is the longevity/replay value of Flashpoint? What is the reason for playing again, just maintaining a winning streak? Wins and loses are kind of meaning less. I'd like to have had the pressure, that if my humans don't win this game the covenant capture the index of a halo.

[@patrickk.5357]

I don't know anything about Halo but Mantic just announced a new faction for Wave 3. Vehicles might come either in Q2 or Q3. Mantic is not a large company so they will drop stuff bit by bit depending on the sales. For Deadzone (the engine it's based on) has many factions and it works out great.

[@elqord.1118]

What are you on about?

[@patrickk.5357]

Rules Engine. And I asked 2-3y ago Mantic for an Unreal Tournament version with respawns. Especially Bombing Run. So I am in for the rules and there are some deviations.

[@aroncheek5092]

I'll check it out mate, will have to rewatch but that's good for your stats 😊 ill re watch it now as it happens 😂 merry Christmas or happy holidays

[@philgee486]

Very cool vid pointing me straight in the right direction and telling me why. I'm still having a ton of fun with two ebay copies of Terminator for pennies and a bunch of random original blisterpacks from a car boot! So when Dave says it's really fun I get my shoes on...

[@MitchBridges-cf6gn]

Esotoric order of gamers has ref sheets for print Also with some creative unit card creation, Spartans and Necrons (marionettes) and slap each other around

[@8BitJesus]

Bro, nailed it again!

[@kirkmathes3525]

Great Video! You forgot to mention how easy it is to paint up spartan miniatures. 👍🏻

[@hgrim2773]

I'm sold, now to get the Spartan edition so I can have my elites

[@MSPaints]

Yeeee I got to play with the elites on Thursday. Really added some new flavour to my starter set!

[@colinwiseman]

Offt. The Games Master vibes were strong on this one at the start. Nice!

[@Jes2104]

they got 2 squads, mix and matched parts between them, so maybe multipose, but their reach mark v(b) armour, including the reach shotgun. So we arent stuck with infinite

[@odinson74-o1v]

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 très cool !!! bonne fête de fin d'année a toi Dave !! et gros bisous a Hector 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@Fox01313]

Pretty much ignored this at launch but after seeing it, it definitely looks good if someone puts it in front of me. Nice for some quick little games. Been really hooked recently on the skirmish game 7TV and recommend looking into it to cinematically play out any genre film & you can bring in your own minis (so you can put Roddy Piper in some action TV show if you like). Also I was hoping with the first tape measure death in the video invoked a Wilhelm scream.

[@MSPaints]

7tv on the radar! Played it with my dad a few times! Ah maaaaate I missed a Wilhelm scream!

[@DaThingOnTheDoorstep]

Oh I'd need a full pack of Reach Spartan bits to build ones like what me and my friends used back in the day.

[@leesweeney8879]

I really like the 15mm version from Mongoose. The way they did trading VPs for Special events was nice.

[@MrBenbradford]

Well I broke I wasn’t going to get it but the video pushed me to get it Spartan edition ordered and master chief paint set aswell

[@walksinthedarkness]

Banger of a video! Always loved the idea of dice pool being the big number that changes and target numbers staying the same. If a character is good at something they get lots of dice, if they're not good at something they get fewer dice. Looks refreshingly easy to learn!

[@MSPaints]

Essentially yeah! And more dice to represent opportunity and conditions. Works a treat!

[@Gothxuk]

Due to my vision problems, I'm selling up my GW stuff and only going down the Halo rabbit hole :)

[@KhevaKins]

Fresh new game with only room to grow. 😃

[@dociletoad]

About time someones highlighting This Quar's War

[@Solaaris1]

Eons of Battle have

[@tim9821]

I think you've gotta clean your sensor, there's a smudge, top right during your planning scenes (e.g. 8:09)

[@NafePaints]

We really need a Gears of War miniatures game as well, so many of the classics lend there self so well to a miniature game.

[@capnskustomworks]

Oh, I fondly remember all of my times many, many years ago, playing Halo for about 2 seconds at a time, as my buddy Rayla, a quite manic ex-marine, would snipe me through the skull from on high immediately upon respawn, as she giggled maniacally next to me on the sofa. Every. Single. Goddanged. Time. 😑 For about 10-15 minutes until I would go, “Ok, knock it the fuck off and come smoke another bong, ye ahole.” And yes, very much still fun!!! 😆😆😆 (And I totally had to message her while watching to say this looks freakin’ hilarious, as well!)

[@redcoat259]

Love it, love it, love it!

[@MSPaints]

Thanks babes!

[@ArchaicMegalith]

Never hopped on the Halo Hype as a kid, I always viewed it as a bit generic compared to a lot of other fiction of the time. This looks like a good time with the mates though, thanks for the upload!

[@JRobb84]

I really shouldn't have been surprised that you're a fan of Consolevania/VideoGaiden 🤣

[@MSPaints]

Hahaha, a distant memory unlocked while I was scripting. Had to put it in!

[@kombatwombat6579]

Uh EX-CU-SE me, are we forgetting about SKIRM - in the Gutterlands? Loved the video as always and that intro brought a tear to my eye.

[@slice1208]

You should give Cyberpunk Combat zone a try.

[@adron1261]

Looks fun. When it comes to FPS inspired tabletop I think I will wait for Quake (which Archon studios have announced but will likely be a long way off still)

[@DJRockford83]

Waiting for an Unreal Tournament version of Deadzone now 😅

[@robertjohnson9187]

Feeling like the Crossbows And Catapults reprint got robbed.

[@jonbauml225]

Sounds like fun

[@k1ngdeth]

Y'know, with how easy it was to pick out the thumbnail and the intro audio... I was really expecting a bait-and-switch to something like Herding 28. Even more so when your intro monologue stated "a game beyond guns" and all that.

[@vladimirpalik6697]

Dis on measure tapes - so, so sweet

[@tamsinm]

I guess you're supposed to play on a glass table, and just crawl underneath to check the reference sheet?

[@chriswendlandt2917]

Funny thing is I am a chef who thinks people should know how good his food is....

[@FranticGamer117]

Landmines, lol. Why not?

[@MSPaints]

**long inhale on cigarette** what if we… replace all the weapons with gravity hammers?

[@paul0132]

Ah perfect, my game for 2025.

[@ludditzthrell]

......Dammit! I'm already broke, stop making me want to spend more money! This does look like a silly blast, though.

[@sophia_comicart]

The Doom board game did the same thing! No. Doom Slayer. Like what?! 😂 Also, ‘not here to put up shelves’ should be the wargaming motto 😅. Great video. Cant wait to pick up the game.

[@Sammo212]

Halo 3, ODST, and Halo: Reach are the peak for me. That campaign for Reach is just amazing. That Halo short for H3 and the ODST games were just amazing. That Halo streaming show is just...its just awful.

[@GatorGlider]

So I bought a bunch of an indie game developer's skirmish game stuff recently. I had hoped to get one of my kids interested in playing it. No one I've talked to has any interest in it. What do you do for/with "dead" games? Would be interested in seeing a video on all the stuff that MS Paints thought was going to be interesting or fun but dissolved into nothingness. Difficulty: Not super into table top gaming; I'm more of a painter.

[@nickrafuse984]

That's as glowing an endorsement as I've seen. I do worry, as you say, that it'll get stale after a few games but really... what game doesn't

[@MSPaints]

For sure, I should have emphasised that after TWENTY GAMES it started to get a bit stale, haha. And most games never get played that much.

[@nickrafuse984]

@ you explained it well. I really liked the idea of doubling up the board and inventing new scenarios

[@alexhamilton6188]

Beer and Greggs 👍👍

[@OldNightTavern]

Do I have to watch it to know it’s the new halo game haha

[@tomlajeunesse8622]

My favorite skirmish game this year is Maladum

[@TheReal_FishFins]

So is it basically Deadzone in a fresh coat of paint?

[@MSPaints]

Ye but Halo, though.

[@TheReal_FishFins]

@@MSPaints NAISU

[@DerfeeUK]

Top tier as per usual. Also, Half-life 2>GoW (2018), but you don't need me agreeing with you to know that!

[@leiagelwasser2168]

This game is good, but is there a place I can clip through the map while carrying the oddball and stay safe from all enemy harm? Or put myself in an unreachable position after getting more points and slayer, making it impossible for the enemy to catch up? If not that is not the true Halo experience

[@plbplb9764]

puppet frog rocks

[@h.j.peters.2891]

I quite like the fuck about feature here, gives me the same vibes of back in the day 😂

[@AF-kj2zl]

Pretty similar to their other game Deadzone. I enjoy that game.

[@evanhughes7609]

May have left their run a bit late. Trench Crusade ate everyone's hobby money for the year.

[@searle_harbour]

so, are we saying that these are the same size as the haloclix minis? tempted to buy the starter but just run my hord of old red and blue halo clix lads

[@Skelebob-sp7pn]

Halo exploded because it was the first game to really nail FPS on console, fps' beforehand had atrocious framerates and controls, it also had a sweet multiplayer with loads of modes and hilarious weapons (especially the brute hammer in 2 and afterwards).

[@euansmith3699]

8:00 2x2: the Noah's Ark Animal Extinction Death Match

[@elstonation]

Zordon can I have the dragon zord? 😂. Looks like I gotta get into another new game 😁