Pacific War - Rules Teach and Play with Mark Herman - Featuring Ardwulf Lair

[@lesliedavis775]

Ardwulf, thanks for executing the Vassal clicks in this video and for being an insightful wargame historian/reviewer, and one of the hobby's most beloved drinking companions. Hope we get a chance to meet at Compass Expo so we can fight face-to-face over the Wellington's Victory game map.

[@HomoLudens1871]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@lesliedavis775]

Thanks again Mark for both of your Pacific wargames, which are not only the best games ever published on the Pacific war, they're two of the best games ever published on any war! And thanks also for your expert briefing about the South Pacific theater in this video. Gamers have never really understood the sparsity of carrier battles - and the almost goose egg history of big gun battles in the Pacific. In my opinion, the Pacific War is the greatest simulation game in history. It's a monster cardboard history lesson, not a game of triple-turret bumper boats.

[@HomoLudens1871]

I must say the game was very different then what I expected. Really excited to get on that journey of learning it.

[@lesliedavis775]

@@HomoLudens1871 Fred, thank you for coordinating this playthrough with two of the best wargame commentator/tutors in the hobby. Having Mark's curated tutorial is invaluable to the community and having Gary there to help run Vassal is a terrific bonus. Last, but not least, YOUR you tube wargame designer interviews and teaching videos are intelligent and extremely helpful, even to grognard gamers like me. You are the best beginner wargamer in the world, and I mean that as a compliment!

[@HomoLudens1871]

haha, I'll take it as one.

[@hendrikd2113]

Hearing Mark yell at flat-earthers was a treat.

[@HomoLudens1871]

For once he wasn't yelling at me!

[@jtsjc1]

Thanks guys I'm ready for another one. Its great having Mark on the stream.

[@HomoLudens1871]

Our pleasure! Not sure I'm ready yet for another stream though... 😓

[@sentient02970]

This is a great walkthrough of a huge game. Thanks guys for pulling this together.

[@HomoLudens1871]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@georgedrever]

Great video, and what a privilege to be taught the game by Mark himself. I'd definitely love to see this format repeated with a campaign scenario, where the game becomes even more rich and deep in strategy and choices.

[@HomoLudens1871]

Glad you enjoyed it! And we should have new videos coming next year.

[@thomasbandy]

Wonderful video, great discussion and an expert maître des cérémonies with Fred. Looking forward to more!

[@HomoLudens1871]

thanks Thomas, glad you enjoyed it. Looking forward to episode 2!

[@dutchww]

Thanks, can't wait for the next one!

[@HomoLudens1871]

I'm also excited about it. It should be on Ardwulf's Lair in November. I just need to get more practice until then.

[@warrenbruhn5888]

What I took away from this is that Mark Herman has a summer ☀️ house 🏠! Looks like possibly a fun game. I used to play Gary Grigsby's old DOS Pacific War computer 🖥 game.

[@HomoLudens1871]

And one day I will get there!

[@philb4944]

Good stuff. Looking forward to the other videos in this series.

[@HomoLudens1871]

Glad to hear it! Episode 2 should be on the Ardwulf's Lair channel next month so stay tuned.

[@clarkcommando1983]

Great video kudos to all. Mark if you see this I love your designs

[@HomoLudens1871]

Thank you very much!

[@aaronsibley39]

At 1:25:26 Mark says that L1 gets a +1 modifier for every three steps. Thats incorrect L2 get +1 per three. L1 +1 per 6 steps. L0 +1 per 12 steps. This means that the allied cap actually misses…😮

[@scottrowland2989]

Have you done anymore Pacific War videos?

[@HomoLudens1871]

Mark and I are still waiting for Ardy to make time for us 😢

[@jamenta2]

Great interview and fascinating. Thanks! ps: It took me 5 days to clip Pacific War. There's no way Gary could have done it in 3 days. Come on.

[@HomoLudens1871]

Haha, he is a professional clipper though

[@edackley8595]

You gotta WANT IT!

[@clarkcommando1983]

I always say if a player has interest they will stick with it and learn it. Meaning yes it’s ok for beginners. I base this on introducing many players to wargaming. The simplest game doesn’t work if the player has no interest. I have taught A world at war to a complete newbie.

[@HomoLudens1871]

I agree with that to a large extent.

[@YukonJack88]

Question is there hidden Task Force positions used in this Vassal Game?

[@Skyrider68]

So, kind of followed what was happening, I think. Seemed like a pretty fair amount of back and forth off-board with the charts, which broke my concentration a bit. With Gary's big strike at the end, was there anything you could have done differently in that engagement, Fred? Or was it just some well-timed great dice rolls on Gary's part that turned the tide?

[@HomoLudens1871]

Hey Michael, sorry for the late reply! I think I would have played differently how my principal task force moved and would have tried keeping more distance with japanese task forces.

[@Skyrider68]

@@HomoLudens1871 Have you logged any more playtime with the game? I'm always interested in PTO naval games, but Pacific War does seem like a beast at face value.

[@erichchaves]

Merci Fred. Hope you’ve been well my friend. 😊

[@HomoLudens1871]

I have, have you?

[@erichchaves]

@@HomoLudens1871 I have

[@chrisgoddard1855]

Would love to get this but limited space and ability to leave set up - is there a Vassal Option for this?

[@przemekbozek]

Any chance for this getting continued?

[@HomoLudens1871]

You have to ask Gary! He keeps avoiding the question 😭

[@przemekbozek]

@@HomoLudens1871 Will do, once I watch another of his streams 😁 Just noticed "1871" in your id, didn't expect you to be that old 😉

[@HomoLudens1871]

I am, indeed, a grognard vampire. The fact that someone looking so young playing wargames should have gave you a hint...

[@xusafgrunt]

Just got the game for christmas! I love the engagement scenarios but would love to play a campaign with someone, unfortunately, my wife nor my friend base have interest, ill have to figure something out

[@HomoLudens1871]

If you are ready to play on Vassal I am pretty sure you can find people to play on BGG.

[@wsclulin]

I would replay the same scenario

[@HomoLudens1871]

That's what I was saying at the end, planning on playing it another couple of times.

[@wsclulin]

@@HomoLudens1871 looking forward to the next; great video, great channel. Thanks for posting

[@kenmontesano6560]

Isn't the attack on the carrier performed with a L2 fighter? In that case has the +1 modifier added to the attack and the carrier sunk?

[@nouse3771]

Curt Schilling a war gamer? Involved in publishing the PW , wow!!

[@edackley8595]

Just in signing the contract, but didn't get it done.

[@pizzafrenzyman]

in 1985 I was playing computer games on a Commodore 64. Why can't the counter printers pre-clip games for an extra $10 or $20?

[@HomoLudens1871]

Some publishers do, I guess it depends on the counter size and the number of counter sheets.

[@helenaconstantine]

Fred is not a serval, neither is Gary an ardwulf.

[@HomoLudens1871]

How can you be so sure?

[@erichchaves]

Counter trays should be included in the box for the price and size of this game. I mean $125 for a game without trays? Come on GMT don't nickel and dime your costumers. 😁

[@HomoLudens1871]

I am not sure they would have fit inside of it, they should have been outside of the box, hence not practical to ship as whole product I think.

[@erichchaves]

@@HomoLudens1871 Oh I see, Fred. Makes perfect sense now.

[@erichchaves]

@@HomoLudens1871 Really liked this teach and play. Mark is quite the entertainer lol

[@HomoLudens1871]

That being said I would have enjoyed a couple of counter trays, not sure where to get them at a decent prince in the UK.

[@HomoLudens1871]

Yes, Mark is a lot of fun to have on, an ideal guest.

[@MrSomethingdark]

Am I crazy or is the map crazy? Did they make some rando map?

[@HomoLudens1871]

What's crazy about it?

[@MrSomethingdark]

@@HomoLudens1871 OH, I am so sorry about this comment. I discovered Pacific War 4 days ago and some of the first viewings of the map looked like it was a mirror image of S Pacific amalgamated with Australia. It really broke my mind in a few places. I understand it now xD Sorry

[@aaronsibley39]

Why are you using force markers and not Task force markers for your naval moves. At 1:00:26 Fred brings up the Allied display. All units are still in force 16 including the LRA. The naval units should be in a TF. Ardwulf is doing the same, force markers not TF markers. If this is to help teach beginners how to play, this basic mistake should not appear…😮

[@HomoLudens1871]

Hey Aaron, good catch. We've noticed it and corrected it later in the stream.