Lard TV. Taking the Gembloux Gap, Part Three

[@Mdhneo007]

Poor Rich, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him win lol

[@steveg7322]

Just discovered Lard TV so a bit late to the comments, this is great I normally play fantasy war games but I am looking forward to the first game of CoC with my grandson very soon. I love the look of the patrol phase and may even incorporate it to some of our other games. The only hopefully constructive criticism I have and this could be applied to other You Tubers too is that the table and figures look great right up to the point that the troops are bombarded with dice the size of cars, sheets of paper the size of fields and tape measures the size of tanks, when we play we insist this stuff is kept on a side table. But have to emphasise this isa minor point, overall fantastic stuff. Thanks Guys!

[@voidvoid4066]

Love the dice throw! We have all been there 😛

[@mjinoz1677]

Loving this series and early war - I would definitely love some more PSCs for this period! I wonder how much difference the rules for casualties for a rout would have made - poor Rich might’ve not had quite as much luck with even fewer men! Looking forward to watching the rest of the campaign :)

[@steveholmes11]

This is a superb way to learn the game. Reading the rules gets you so far, but watching experts play ties all the different mechanisms together for a proper learning experience.

[@theenigmaticgamer]

Fantastic video guys and a great game. I'm new to CoC having bought my rules etc a week or so ago...thanks for the fast delivery! The videos are an excellent way of taking the viewer through the rules and you have provided a few good laughs on the way. I am most certainly a convert and have already ordered my Early French Army. Looking forward to seeing more of the campaign. Thanks again. Cheers Keith

[@roderickrobertson8223]

Well, that was a series of three hard fights to open the gap. Carnage in the early war on a late war scale. Well done on the first three videos in this series and I'm looking forward to watching Pt. #4 during tomorrow's holiday. Thank you for taking the time and making the effort to make, edit and post these great videos. I love early war battles and am looking forward to seeing some Pz I's and Pz II's in the mix. Cheers and please keep posting these cracking battle vignettes. Salut et merci a tous les Gras Lardies!

[@housecaldwell]

Also - wow, the turn-around at 1:38! Nick's defense in depth is classic -- he must have read Richard Clarke's famous "CoC Infantry Tactics Primer"!

[@johnmccabe3836]

Fantastic game gents, hope you guys film some more, very entertaining.

[@dougsscalemodels]

I really enjoy the videos you have been posting on this channel. The quality and format are great. I like the long game videos opposed too short synopsis types.

[@fedjagalperin9565]

Such a perfect way to Check one's understanding of the rules by watching the two grandmasters themselves! On this beautiful table and with really nice miniatures - what else could you ask for? Cheers Fedja

[@dancingpotplant]

Really enjoyed this and the previous videos. Would really like to see you guys carrying on through the campaign. Farewell Papa, you died heroically!

[@Blitz9H]

Love these videos! Beautiful table, excellent looking structures as well. Informative and inspiring. Thank you

[@Nigel296]

Great fun, thanks for taking the time to create this content. I have been waiting with eager anticipation for part 3; now the wait begins for part 4.

[@trailape1]

Fantastic video guys! Poor Xavier won’t ever return to the Blue Oyster Bar,... Keep up the good work.

[@MadMonk_]

What a great game - and just goes to show that things do always go as planned in a campaign.... Interested to see what the French delaying action will have on the overall outcome of the campaign... Keep up the good work Richard and Nick .....

[@iblack585]

Laugh out loud when Rich threw those dice! He was lucky with some early Bad things happen rolls.

[@joc7956]

Great game fellas. The LMG team with the Senior Leader that pulled the cross country across the board, to heroically take the Jump off point, then to get over ambitious and get utterly wiped out was rough. Really showed Reinhardt to be an overambitious young Officer, trying to impress the platoon. Also.. Papa Menage should not be dead, he never rolled for what happened he was just assumed dead. Possible options for narrative. In regards to camera angles, I like the beast of war angle of looking down the board with a guy either side, means less camera work for you guys that way.

[@blpx7595]

These Videos are awesome 👍 Thanks for the great entertainment.

[@daringdare5078]

I can't wait to play in the Can-Con Early War Chain of Command Tournament next Australia Day!

[@toofatlardies]

Bonzer!

[@VisoDatsun710]

I'm a huge fan of early-war CoC so I am enjoying these very much! Our group played a 1940 version of the Old Hickory campaign that was a huge success, going right down to the final game. Question: For the newly minted German senior leader and junior leader, had they already spent one battle operating at reduced CI before rolling to see if the men accept them?

[@groggyorangutan]

Brutal series of games. It’s really good the way the action ebbs and flows. I’d be very interested in some Dux Brit videos personally, there aren’t too many battle reports for it on KZbin.

[@johnwayneeverett6263]

glad you guys are still doing this .....way great guys.....

[@vonSchwartzwolfe]

I think you guys are doing a fine job with these videos. I'm really enjoying them. Please keep them coming.

[@NetherworldStudio]

I love these chain of command battle reports. I have actually been looking for more since your games with the beasts of war boys.

[@toofatlardies]

Let's hope these fill that gap. Don't forget to subscribe (it's free and will remain so!) so you get the updates when we post new stuff.

[@Kili121416]

Ripping Yarn ! Can't wait for next week's exciting episode !

[@jonpalmer8172]

excellent video, just reinforces to me the rules around shock and their effect on leaders after a unit has been destroyed

[@chipbrenner9981]

Loving the videos guys. Keep up the good work. I know Nick will come back in the next game. Vive la France!

[@Oldschool-RPG]

Great batrep, thanks for sharing the campaign with us!

[@mikeblake8925]

Great game! Nail biting stuff. Reminds me of my second game at Lardy day. Right down to the end. I think your games are just as good as the Beasts battle reports. So thank you for taking the time and effort to make such good and fun content for us who are still learning and getting into gaming.

[@toofatlardies]

Thanks Mike. I hope we are getting better. We now have more cameras and a better idea of how to use them. We have bought a new wireless microphone system but at present are too thick to work out how to use it.

[@DuxBrit-66]

Another excellent narrative chaps. I love what Lard TV is doing. One question: At 1:17:20 Rich ended the turn. Should Nick not have removed & thrown for a routing unit ?

[@toofatlardies]

You're right. I've just watched that bit again. That cheating git should have routed the MMG from the table, taking with it ALL of those attached Leaders. The resulting collapse in morale would have ended the game there and then. Now he is EXPOSED for what he is!

[@toofatlardies]

@@andrewjohnson4598 That would be nothing to celebrate. Fat bastard! He caused me no end of trouble.

[@fafhrdofnehwon6626]

@@toofatlardies Also could Nick not of ended the turn when you had 2 teams broken on the road and you would then have to have removed both of them? He had a CoC dice 1:49:37. Not sure if i'm missing something as new to the rules.

[@fsultana8232]

Great video Lardies! These videos are excellent learning tutorials - please keep them up. If I could make a suggestion it would be nice to have the camera spend more time focused on the figures and the game table, which I understand is probably easier said than done. Lastly could somebody please tell me the manufacturer of the "big house" that Nick removes the roof off of at 1:27:21.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Died in a ditch? More like died in the wide open. Some fairly rash advances on both sides. I suppose the option was to have the game bog down into a static firefight as per parts 1 & 2. Looking forward to the next vid with new terrain!

[@frankmartin2503]

When Rich ended the turn with the Chain of Command die, the French Machine Gun team will Rout, along with the Inferior Senior Leader, further reducing Nick’s Force Morale.

[@trailape1]

Frank Martin Correct! And having the Snr Leader ROUT would hurt badly.

[@tompullen470]

So entertaining as always.

[@Arachn4]

Good stuff. Keep it coming. I certainly am tempted to get into the game now 😊

[@pyttroll]

"Hercules Merde", as a french guy I have to say I love it.

[@garycarter2522]

Brutal game great to watch...

[@ioannispavlidis1146]

Exciting action! I loved it.

[@BloodDawn8]

Finally! Cant get enough

[@adrianbenson2521]

Love these videos, no apologies needed...trying to put some video content together myself...it's rough to say the least. Agree about early war. I wish I could convince my group to go that way, but everybody wants the big tanks and stuff from late war :(

[@Sumabus]

I was beginning to feel sorry for Rich.

[@sheepmanification]

Crap dice thrown across the room - we've all been there mate, trouble is that's me every bloody week!

[@13thLegio]

What happens if you activate a section to fire, but only one team in the section has a target? Came up the other day. I ruled that that I would need a 1 to activate team fire. Was I right?

[@frankmartin2503]

The roll of 4 sixes also gives Rich a full Chain of Command die.

[@anthonylittle9512]

Great videos guys, but what is the story with yellow die?

[@ODST6262]

1:43. VAB team fires into what looks like a section in the open and Rich gets to choose teams as targets? Shouldn't it be the section with the shock split evenly and the French choosing where team gets the odd shock? If I have two 1 is moving two teams within 4 inches of each other on using the two 1 the same as adding them together to move the section? I yes when fired on are they treated, still with 4" of each other, as separate teams if I use the 1's to move them, and as a section if I use the 2? This is really confusing. If within 4" they can be moved separately using two 1's but if fired on they share the hits evenly?

[@georgeanderson6349]

New convert to the game eventually, love the unscripted chat and the novel change of dice.

[@toofatlardies]

Welcome aboard George. Everything we do is unscripted, and it shows. We get so much wrong, but I hope that just confirms the fun we are having...

[@ODST6262]

1:30 14. The end run by the single German LMG team was epic. Right now I don't know they died. By the way, is the soldier in that team with the French helmet a spy?

[@seanhillman1016]

I enjoy these battles. Lots of nail biting action. The video itself is fine; don't need a lot of fancy bits to make it watchable. I am curious as to why the tactic is not to get all of your teams on the board as soon as possible? I see what is happening, but the thinking behind the choices is what I am after.

[@toofatlardies]

Well, because, as in real life, it is better to find out where your enemy is located by recceing his positions before you decide where to attack. When you know where he is you can then get overwhelming superiority at the point of your choosing. So, in game terms you want to only deploy as much as you need to to protect your territory, but keep sufficient troops in reserve to then deploy them at the key point where the battle will be decided.

[@seanhillman1016]

@@toofatlardies That makes sense. Thanks!

[@jonson1961]

Sorry if this has been asked before, what models did you use for the French and German forces? These videos have inspired me to jump in and buy the CoC rules and supplements.

[@toofatlardies]

Please don't apologise. Crusader Miniatures from North Star. They are absolutely lovely models and with lots of variety of poses.

[@ODST6262]

Killed the Hero. Not. As a fellow judge it is good to see you making errors during play and just moving on. Not that you noticed them at the time. By the way, over here we use the infamous quote when buildings move, or other terrain: Dale Bley "Terrain adjustment Phase!" Keep it up. So good.

[@raikitsune]

Thanks for doing these videos. They're an absolutely cracking way to spend a couple of hours! Definitely pushing me into getting into Chain of command!

[@gerryjamesedwards1227]

Does anybody know who makes buildings like they use in this game? With the separate floors?

[@redmist1122]

Another great game...and the table looks awesome as well! So I notice in your games for early war, none of the cool stuff was used; Franc Tireurs or a Shabby Nazi Trick. For a 1 point, these little things really bring the flavor of the game to light. Watching this a second time...yes, a second time this morning, I notice subtitles are in use. These were not seen last night when you first posted the vid. Is this gonna be a new feature of your vids? Finally, with Rich's crappy die rolls, I see a new set of CoC die being made for attack and defend. We gamers are superstitious with our dice. Looking forward to the next game. Take care.

[@JMACCSArmiesOfMiddleEarth]

Love the vids guys, thank you for the time it takes you to make them. How do you create the effect on the the houses? Is it some kind of Filler?

[@donavis724]

If you watch Rich's Blacksmiths Build part 2 on Lard TV you'll see how how Rich does it using quick drying Polyfiller applied with a palette knife and smoothed with a wet finger!!!

[@JMACCSArmiesOfMiddleEarth]

@@donavis724 Brilliant thank you!

[@steveholmes11]

Did Nick forget about his troops in the big house?

[@artourious6346]

Another 2 hours 16 mins, oh sir we are spoilt!!

[@unpaintedleadsyndrome]

38:50 Did you use your yellowish red die to up your CoC dice? You cheeky little Boche :-)

[@toofatlardies]

In short, yes. The voices told me to do it...

[@magicroundabout5076]

it would be great to see more if the table during the game, rather than the players.

[@sirrathersplendid4825]

Yes, most definitively, yes! Perhaps the answer is a split screen of some kind? Nice to see the players’ reactions but more important, I feel, to see the troops themselves.

[@venusboys3]

Very enjoyable watch... even though I was rooting for the French. I'm glad your vids aren't like Beasts of War... they're too slick and commercial, yours are more relatably human and feel like a hobby, not an advert.

[@georgegouldman6176]

Can't tell you how many times I've thrown them out window. Lol I'll find them when I mow the grass.

[@gwggamingwgaravaglia]

lol. . . we watch just to observe Richard's meltdowns .Worth the price of admission forsue

[@housecaldwell]

The narrator deserves a raise: "I give up..." (referencing the Inferior Senior Leader talk)

[@StaGusGbg]

Richard needs to replace the light 7.5cm infantry Gun with a heavy 15cm one...

[@johnmumford9731]

Definitely 👍

[@christophernelson4624]

Well it appears that the spirit of Marshal Davout was absent and thus the French were being crushed by Richard's agressive Germans. Look like the third time might be the charm

[@kimjongil4497]

Hey TFL. You ever gonna cover kiss me hardy on KZbin channel?

[@philipbarber5636]

Je salue Papa Ménage! C’est la cause, pas la mort qui fait le martyr. Jeter les dés contre le mur.

[@garycarter2522]

Those "1s"

[@pyttroll]

Vas-y Papa Ménage!

[@unpaintedleadsyndrome]

1:03:30 Always let the Wookie win :-)

[@unpaintedleadsyndrome]

starting the video: here's my wild guess, Richard loses again...