Ep 68: Battle Masters Board Game Review (Milton Bradley 1992) + How To Play

[@happyhammer1]

Wow, this is a blast from the past. I was watching a video where they casually mentioned this game and it flooded back memories of playing this. My dad and I would play this game all of the time.

[@nealg6810]

I remember being so stoked getting this for Xmas the year it came out. I remember setting up all the pieces and all the time it took. Then l realized my Dad accidentally threw away the directions in the trash.

[@nealg6810]

Not a happy day for Neal.

[@brokenhomepod]

Ouch! That's rough! I wish I would had kept this game. I was too young when I got this and hero quest and all the expansion sets. One game i did play a lot was siege. That was a fun game.

[@anjetto1]

That's like, the worst thing I've ever heard.

[@nealg6810]

Yes. I was a rather bummed kid foe awhile.

[@anjetto1]

@@nealg6810 I'm bummed noe

[@dmatthews7423]

This game was awesome! I hand-painted everyone of the pieces. Man i wish i still had it

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Oh wow! I bet they looked great

[@CaptainColdyron222]

This was so fun. I remember my one buddy would get so annoyed because it seemed like every time he tried to use the might cannon it would blow up.

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Lol

[@mascisken]

Bought these back in 93 as I was just getting into warhammer fantasy and this game was basically WHFB lite.

[@JulianusMaximianus]

Wow, nostalgic game! I had this back in 1992, used to take up me entire bedroom floor. Used to love the Chaos guys. EDIT: Your over all review is fair I guess in regards to the strategy and so on. One thing I feel I ought to mention is that this game is really for kids. Nothing wrong with adults playing it though, but this game was/is the entry level to old Warhammer Fantasy (R.I.P.) and as kids, we used to love it, as it wasn't very complicated.

[@jtpeterson4452]

Aos is better

[@vitoskrjanc9036]

But the only problem is you still play on the luck at moments

[@jlsteelcrafts8378]

I still have this game x4 on an 8x8 foot map under glass. All pieces are hand painted. I also added D&D pieces for wizards, dragons and griffons... with added cards and rules. Luff this game. Best ever. Also...when you have 4 games on a super huge map... there is a ton of strategy to be played out and can take up to 12 hours to play. Good job. Thanks for showing it.

[@kevinconley5076]

I love how any time I think about a random vintage game, I know I can search it and find one of your reviews for it. I don't have any friends or family into the hobby so it is very nice to hear you go over your thoughts on presentation gameplay build quality etc. Thanks for all the work you put into this great KZbin channel.

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Thanks Kevin! Glad to do it.

[@pizzaguy07]

I loved this game so much as a kid but I was too young to take good care of it. Parts broke off. I lost all of the walls for the tower and I think the box was obliterated in less than a week. Pretty sure I almost never played it right but man did I love it. What a great review. Thanks for sharing!

[@robins5314]

Fantastic game, still great to play today!!

[@gedweyaiedail]

Omg I finally found it! I have been trying to remember the name of this game! Such nostalgia!

[@mikebe2597]

This was my favorite board game ever! I wish I still had it!

[@paulchabot9689]

Oh my god this review is like taking the time machine. I just remembered I owned this game 30 years ago, I was 7. Thank you so much for this deep emotional moment 🎉😢😊

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Oh you're welcome!

[@josephjohnston2243]

I was trying to remember what this game was. Linked from a video by Board James for Weapons and Warriors. Thanks for jogging my memory.

[@gamerhalim4717]

This my favorite miniature warhammer

[@stogieguy8760]

This game was epic!

[@Wolfogre]

The peals of real world-thunder as you narrate just makes the game seem even more dramatic and awesome!

[@Kroniee]

Great game I remember playing this as a kid, my friend got it as a gift.

[@stupidfrog2205]

33 year old 40k player here. We found a copy of this in my parents attic recently, it's something we thought had been lost to time. All the cards/tiles were missing but I have the miniatures and the vinyl mat. I've ordered replacements from ebay and I'm excited to play this. I'm big on painting and smashed out the ogre champion this wèek. I can't wait to play this game. I dropped a like. Thanks for the review.

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

I enjoy this game. We found our copy of the thrift store and it was almost complete. I wish I could find someone to paint the miniatures. Enjoy the game :-)

[@stevko4215]

I just purchased two copies from ebay! I can't wait to start painting and I intend to integrate the rules of battlelore(first edition) into the game. I think that should work.

[@stupidfrog2205]

@stevko4215 awesome! I haven't even played a game yet I've been busy painting 40k Leviathan. Hope you have fun!

[@terryyancer4098]

i remember this xmas morning...i was pissed i had to go to my grandmas and couldnt play it

[@nandezification]

This game looks pretty awesome, wish I was into boardgames back then instead of the crappy commercial ones like Monopoly and Clue!

[@marcoceccarelli6415]

I still have mine since I was a kid

[@SC-mp1lh]

I loved this game. The game mat was so huge we had to move furniture around everytime we played

[@jamesschecter2149]

A fun game. I still play it a lot. During the recording, all units have 3 health. The oger champion losses cards when hit. If there are no cards remaining. It dies. You must plot the cannon tiles to the target. During the plot, if there is a bounce, the unit and cannon takes one damage in the space. If it is an explosion at the next space from the cannon it is a misfire and caught in the explosion.

[@ThomasK96]

Board James brought me here.

[@ThomasK96]

Board Game Museum: Home Of Classic Board Games. Have you ever played mystery of the Abbey or Ghost Castle? I highly recommend them.

[@espathis]

Same

[@pixelasm]

Loved this as a kid, especially due to the scale. Shortly after this I was introduced to Warhammer 40k, which I played until way after high school :D

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

I love it :)

[@stevko4215]

Which scale are the miniatures? Are they 28mm?

[@pixelasm]

@@stevko4215 maybe even 32mm I think they were a bit bigger than the Games Workshop models which are at 28mm

[@stevko4215]

@@pixelasm - That is a good thing in my opinion because my fine motor skills are quite poor! My dream scale is actually 15mm but i just can't work with that scale because it causes pain in my fingers! First i tried "Demonworld" and then i started to recreate "Halo Ground Command" by 3d-printing! Painting the miniatures from Halo was extra horrible for my fingers! Now i learned my lesson and won't touch any thing beneath 28mm! I purchased 2 copies of this game on ebay and i want to combine it with rules of "Battlelore" or "Commands and Colours Ancients"!

[@pixelasm]

@@stevko4215 Have fun then :) would love to have some spare time to get into miniature painting again :P

[@CollectionTHX1138]

very nice! that was a good find.

[@nunyobidnezz707]

I loved this game as a kid!

[@erwinekkel9676]

I still have this game. With some pieces painted. You forgot to mention the quality. Especially the horses they tend to fall out of the bases pretty easily.

[@flauze]

this game provided me and my friends hours of fun and great memories

[@pj3679]

My friend and I bought this game, one for each of us, we were in our early 20s' so it is not just for kids. We like games with lots of peices like this, and risk, and axis and alies, and such. The game does indeed take a while to set up and to resolve all the moves to a victory but that is just fine. I remember the Ogre being very random and chaotic in its moves and attacks while the cannon was devastating. I usually played chaos while my friend played the empire, and his cannon fire was deadly to my troops. I really liked the game. Over the years we stopped playing these kinds of games, and he gave me his set, so now I have both. Yay for me. ,,, it sits in my closet, but it is a great game, I bought it from Toys R Us back in 1992 or 93, it was on sale for 20 bucks. I remember because I also bought Hero Quest about the same time and for the same price at Toys R Us, he bought Space Crusade.

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Ah the memories. We found our copy at a thrift store. It was incomplete but we found the parts. Love the game..just larger than life. I would love to get a copy of Space Crusade one day

[@josephskiles]

My younger brother got this when it came out , unfortunately most of it's now missing but he had a lot of the minis left which he gave to me because I've gotten back into painting. I always loved the Orks, goblins, and chaos warriors ( not to mention the extremely cool ogre and canon!). Anyhow thanks for the video, LoL I'm still painting some of the minis in between my other projects!

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Id love to be able to paint minis!

[@josephskiles]

@@BoardGameMuseumer what's stopping you? That games a awesome way to start, it took me forever to pick up a brush because I haven't got an artistic bone in my body and I figured I would just screw them up, and guess what? I did make mistakes , but each time I learned from them and developed new techniques. Painting is wonderful for your mental health, it's really an awesome hobby to get into! if anyone has any questions I'll do my best to help

[@hooligan9068]

I remember buying this game about 15 years ago in a swap meet from mexico it cost me like 2 dollars and I can't remember what happened to it

[@davidborchers3309]

Cool story bro

[@testshietchannel]

What happens in Mexico, stays in Mexico 🤷‍♀️

[@garethv1554]

Spent many afternoons playing this game. I always targeted the canon early if on chaos side. But think chaos was a lot harder to play. Brings back fond memories though.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I've never heard of Battle Masters. It's like Heroquest which I own.

[@justreallybored6014]

I still have this.

[@LatherFace]

Best game ever!

[@jodiemew7532]

I bought this for 50 cents at a thrift shop today. Counting peices right now

[@jodiemew7532]

@Lord Inquisitor Shadowlord amazingly it had all its pieces, but we love it, thanks!

[@pj3679]

wow, I paid 20 bucks at toys r us when it was on sale in early 90's, and I still have it in the closet

[@Racelympics]

Another request: Stratego 1970s please?

[@drachenoger7635]

My version got green bases for both armys. Its the german version of the game maybe thats the reason?

[@garyr898]

I bought my boys four of them and made a huge battlefield

[@KennethWhiteakaruckusbringa]

cool review man

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Thank you!

[@TheLordcenzin]

So many afternoons spent playing battle master. Unfortunately i think the game is really unbalanced in favour of the good. Never able to win with the chaos, always won with imperium. Cards allow knights to act too often and they are very strong, while chaos units are quite weak (even though they are few more) Not clear what the empty face on the die means. Good review!

[@pj3679]

My Ogre very often would go the wrong direction attacking randomly sometimes my own units, while the cannon was devastating to my troops.

[@ZangaroZen]

+Board Game Museum, thumbs up. Would you consider selling your copy of "Battle Masters" for $90 (average of $80-$100)? Assuming it's complete.

[@canadianturfsandwich1258]

Got to git this

[@randomrickreviewsrrr4662]

Seems decent but the size is a little bit of a drawback. Plus not a fan of it being mat instead of a board of some sort

[@anarcan2895]

Actually had mine out a few weeks ago to flex on my 4 year old 😅

[@Racelympics]

Question: Is your board game collection organized? If yes, tell me where everything is. If not, go to amazon and go to the Toys & Games section and click games, and then go to the left and you see how they organize the games.

[@Racelympics]

Well, name the 3 player games, the smaller games, the handheld card games, and the rest, please. Because the owned games, I saw that original Battleship was missing, when you owned battleship.

[@Racelympics]

again: Error 404.

[@Racelympics]

I dont see you selling it.

[@reptile1687]

does this game remind anyone else of heroscape?

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

I love both of those games. It doesn't away, though I think Magic the Gathering Planeswalkers is more like heroescape

[@reptile1687]

@@BoardGameMuseumer it deifnetly has similarirtes, like hexagon shaped spaces, and battle being done with skulls and dice to represent attack and defense

[@BoardGameMuseumer]

Lol yes, Milton Bradley liked skills on dice for sure