Okinawa: the Last Battle of World War II preview play and impressions

Mike plays this upcoming rondel and dice action war game from Gabe Barrett.
Crowdfunding page - gamefound.com/projects/gabe-barrett/okinawa-the-last-battle-of-world-war-2-solo-game-of-the-month?refcode=SCKDjFE0AUWBB0JP7VIc6Q
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Patreon - www.patreon.com/onestop
Podcast - soundcloud.com/onestopcoopshop
Discord - discord.gg/p4jX8AF
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0:00 - Introduction
0:33 - Game overview
2:25 - Hacksaw ridge
17:34 - Kakazu ridge
26:34 - Shuri castle
34:46 - Hill 89
44:50 - Impressions
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"Music from Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com)"

[@chrisc1625]

Really loving these solo games of the month. I ordered one and will probably get this as it's unlike any other small solo games I have. Thanks for the preview and glad you enjoyed it.

[@orangetoucan148]

Needed to see a playthrough, Thanks. Just backed it, this will be fun.

[@zdelorean]

Small footprint, nice art, dice...sold!

[@gregabrams9946]

This looks really cool! Seems like it could benefit from a board or playmat to help displsy the layout of the cards.

[@CamObscura88]

Wow this looks absolutely great. What a neat decision space, although agree that the game seems very dependent on the dice rolls with limited mitigation. Still a lot of neat stuff going on. Will have to check this one out.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

I enjoyed it a lot, more than I expected.

[@WhereTheSkyRuns]

Hi Mike. Where does this rank for you in the Solo Game of the Month series so far? Great playthrough, thank you!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

I was asking myself the same question (I’m making my June best of list). This is probably 1st or 2nd, competing with Rome and Dieson,

[@pencilpauli9442]

The Sherman has two gun barrels? Have mentioned it on the Gamefound page but they may have noticed it anyway. Appreciate this is a prototype. Must admit the first mission had me disappointed in the gameplay. But as the game went on and I got my poor old brain attuned to what was going one I really started to dig it. Thanks Mike, great playthrough. It's so reasonably priced I will probably back Okinawa. I've already started to think about getting a mini GI for the pawn and got frustrated cos I couldn't find a not too expensive GI suitable for the Pacific Theatre.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Oh that would be awesome as an upgrade!!

[@pencilpauli9442]

@@OneStopCoopShop Sure would. Gabe replied and pointed out there was a twin barrelled Sherman, the extra barrel being a flamethrower. AFAIK it was intended for the invasion of mainland Japan, and so never got as far as Hawaii. They were used, however in the Korean War. I've also found out that 1/72 scale plastic kits exist of these things and so now I need one lol

[@joelcole161]

This is an automatic back for me! So ... did I hear some Suzanne Vega at around 20:00? 😂