Skies Above Britain playthrough (review copy provided)

[@OneStopCoopShop]

0:00 - Introduction 2:52 - Escort interception and dogfighting 14:58 - Start the bombing run! 23:58 - Finishing round 1 30:18 - Rest of the scenario

[@jordanburnette3947]

Woohoo! Love seeing more wargames.

[@FireFr0ggy]

Thanks Mike. I've been looking to get into solo war games. 👍

[@OneStopCoopShop]

There’s a ton of great games that won’t take you 5 hours to play, this being one of them :)

[@dayoltay]

Great game!

[@browe]

Love this game! Thanks for covering it!

[@normstewart546]

Nice playthrough; I've been wanting to see how it plays.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@hannahmonteiro9229]

While Skies above Britain is a good game, I'd say Skies above the Reich is better overall (mainly because you don't have to piece together your own bomber formation). There is only one aspect that this game handles much better that SatR: escorts. In SatR, escorts are way too strong and almost always have both advantages (altitude and numbers) on their side, forcing you into the worst possible table row, where you the best possible result is a Break Off (return to base). Here, the facing the escorts is much more fair and surviveable.

[@Allen-P]

This is super cool, but i feel like this should be a computer program, than a board game with all these tables and charts. I guess that's a comment on all games like these!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Yeah, sounds like old school tabletop war games might just not be ideal for you ;)

[@Allen-P]

@@OneStopCoopShop I'd like to try it out though...but man, at $99 it's not in my budget to experiment!

[@OneStopCoopShop]

@Allen-P that’s a great point. If this was a video game it would probably be $10-20!

[@andipandi2011]

Good game, but played it only once. The game „atlantic chase“ is much better. I think its from the same Designer (jeremy white?) Atlantic chase almost playes intuitive like a euro game and very immersive with a good solo mode

[@OneStopCoopShop]

I already covered Atlantic Chase, and I agree it's an excellent game too. I think it'll depend on the type of war gamer you are. Atlantic is better for strategizing and tactical play, Skies is better for emergent narrative and exciting quick combat. In any case, the designer is doing great work, and I love that both include a series of scenarios to learn to play the full game.

[@HeaterCalhoun44]

Atlantic Chase is a fantastic game. But I will wholeheartedly disagree that it is better than Skies Above Britain. Skies Above Britain is an absolute masterpiece of a game

[@OneStopCoopShop]

They said they only played it once, so maybe they didn’t get to the full good stuff 😅