Liberty or Death Review

Liberty or Death Review
Intro (00:00); game overview (01:58); final thoughts and review (21:46);
Liberty or Death www.gmtgames.com/p-518-liberty...
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[@daboomer4602]

Joel, thank you so much for taking the time to do this review. It's always nice to see a top notch reviewer that has not fallen prey to the Cult of the Unpublished. I was on the fence with this game but, considering the theme and your outlook on the two player experience and your overall praise for the game, I think I will give this one a go as my first COIN game. Kudos to Drive Thru Review for the steady stream of first class reviews!

[@DriveThruReview]

+Da Boomer Thank you sir. I appreciate it.

[@scottder]

+Da Boomer Now the hard part for you will be finding a copy. GMT is out of stock, hopefully your FLGS has one

[@eviola11]

How do you find the two player experience?

[@piotrpan7862]

What is your opinion after 4 years?

[@JoachimErdtman]

The game looks stunning, both graphically and gameplay wise. Great review Joel.

[@brofski]

Nice review, can't wait to play it. Also, nice use of Fugazi at the end :)

[@griffoncs6431]

This looks like the most interesting coin game to me because the combat looks really fun!

[@Josephus_da_Killer]

This makes we want to boot up Empire: Total War. If only because I dont have the cash to buy this game now and I would have to play Solo.

[@jazzeejax5816]

Cheers for the overview and review.... I've been asked to go play this today and this overview is a life saver :)

[@DriveThruReview]

Good luck. I left a bit out

[@ianotoolevideo]

Nice overview Joel, I'm playing my first game next week.

[@piotrpan7862]

What is your opinion after 4 years?

[@Dre2Dee2]

YEAH, more COIN game reviews! These games are so awesome There's even MORE coming out, which is pretty insane ;)

[@GhostKingGeorge]

Thanks for such an in depth review. I just started to get into this series, and started with this one... I'm looking at Pendragon and Cuba libre... Do you have a favorite? Any idea which is best for 2 players?

[@DriveThruReview]

Jonathan George Haven’t tried Pendragon but Cuba Libre is my favorite and love it with two as well.

[@piotrpan7862]

What is now your opinion about Liberty or Death?

[@GhostKingGeorge]

@@piotrpan7862 if you haven't played any COIN style games, the rules and system can be overwhelming to new players. Set up is also a chore... But it's strange... I ended up enjoying the set up because the art and the tokens are so nice. Everything pulls you in. I personally liked Liberty or Death(LoD) a lot better than Cuba Libre, even though Cuba Libre is probably easier to play. To me, LoD it's a must own if the theme captures you at all. The game play is solid and the card play and tactics in the game allows for a life time of replayability. Not to mention you can play 4 different factions, and each has an AI if you can't find a full compliment of players. It plays best with 1,2, and 4 I'd say. There is also a 2 player only variance you can try to hunt down that condense the game down. It's not a perfect game.. but it's a damn fine one. It will never leave my collection. Even if I only end up playing in once every year or two. It just has a certain quality about it.

[@Deaven42]

Joel thanks for this review. I found it via another one of your videos. I have never played any of the Coin games but the theme for this just blows me away. Would you say this game is a good one for someone that is not familiar with the Coin games?

[@DriveThruReview]

Sean Woods This one is a bit cumbersome. I would recommend Cuba Libre for your first COIN.

[@Deaven42]

Thank you so much I will check it out. I am always trying to expand our gaming groups horizons. .

[@drg1470]

Are you going to do a review (or play through ) of Falling Sky?

[@DriveThruReview]

I will. It's in the queue.

[@eddydelrio1303]

Not sure if this was made before Pendragon, but I think that is the most complex and richest of the COIN games.

[@DriveThruReview]

Yes. I believe this was before Pendragon :)

[@AlexNguyen]

Wow, lovely production values

[@rode8173]

Great Job. Just purchased it. Hoping soon to have the first eight COIN games. Love these games. COIN Forever!

[@CardboardJungle]

Excellent review Joel

[@DriveThruReview]

+CardboardJungle Thanks Anthony.

[@EclecticCamel]

I see Norfolk!

[@veerchasm1]

"Flying Aircraft carriers" I want to play the SHIELD faction!👍🏻😊😉

[@DriveThruReview]

:)

[@veerchasm1]

Drive Thru Review Did you ever try the solo mode Joel? If so, any good? Fugazi for end credit win!

[@DriveThruReview]

I did yes. Very very good. Maybe the best solo mode of the COIN series I think. This one or Cuba Libre.

[@veerchasm1]

Drive Thru Review That's good to know! I really love the theme of this one and I've just started to crack the rule(s) book 📚 Your overview helps me understand the basic concepts because reading the rules dry is a bit much for my first COIN game.

[@DriveThruReview]

Ya it's typically best to read... and then struggle through a couple of turns. The solo AI helps learn the game as well. "Oh... it's best to do X when Y is going on..." etc...

[@WatchItPlayed]

Great review. I was intimidated by this title, but you’ve got me excited now!

[@franciscasey5510]

sorry to be off topic but does anybody know a method to get back into an Instagram account?? I was stupid lost the account password. I would appreciate any tricks you can offer me!

[@derekrodney5744]

@Francis Casey Instablaster :)

[@franciscasey5510]

@Derek Rodney thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site on google and im trying it out now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

[@franciscasey5510]

@Derek Rodney it did the trick and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy! Thank you so much, you really help me out :D

[@derekrodney5744]

@Francis Casey happy to help :D

[@RaduGaston1]

This does look friggin awesome. I can't wait to play my copy.

[@piotrpan7862]

What is your opinion after 4 years?

[@nathanaronsohn8665]

@@piotrpan7862 the bot system is not that hard you just have to work at it

[@nathanaronsohn8665]

@@piotrpan7862 I really liked it but the battles seem to be sluggish a bit sometimes and i wish there was more depth to the political element of the game

[@nathanaronsohn8665]

@@piotrpan7862 the rules are very lengthy and sometimes unclear but it’s so fun really

[@jonathonfreeman9233]

So this is a tricky thing = the theme appeals to me, the mechanics seem cool = but I still don't know what a "coin game" is. What's the first in this series of games? I think if I watch some videos on that I'll be able to make more sense of this.

[@DriveThruReview]

I did an overview of some COIN games here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnmbYpZpptuEa6c The first one was Andean Abyss.... video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYumiK2npbp3gMk

[@A.L.E.X.42]

That's not at all where Quebec is ;)

[@Apophis150]

Alex M look at a map from 1775. Quebec went all the way to the Mississippi.

[@kublakhan1334]

Best to learn the system and game mechanics by playing Cuba Libre before you move on to this beast.

[@A._J_.]

It's a 2-player game that was forced into 4-player standard COIN format. Indians and French should be NPCs supporting PC British and Patriots (and eliminate Indian/French victory conditions). Allowing the British and Patriot players some flexibility in choosing the NPC action from the Indian and French flowcharts would reduce counterproductive bot play.