Sam Healey VS Quackalope - Memoir 44 - The World's Best War-Ish Game?

[@christopherfriend7402]

At 16:00 it's not "suggested" you move everyone first before battling. It's required. Move all ordered units first, then battle with eligible ordered units in any order the attacking player chooses.

[@Gameturners2016]

M44 is my most played game of all time. I love it. A lot of people don’t get it and complain about the card restrictions but to me that just simulates the broken communication lines, incompetent officers etc etc. The skill is in planning several moves in advance to make the best use of the cards you have.

[@White__Wolf97]

i agree its one of my favorite games ever its easy to pick up and fun to play

[@PMMagro]

The Borg-system is fun. Sure it is is frustrating but it easy to fix the luck of the draw or rather "I never draw left" issue need be. We tried just allwing to pass your turn and draw two cards discarding one (either fo teh two or from your hand and draw). It convinced sceptics.

[@cfosburg]

LOVE this game! I played the every scenario in the base game while I was in training, learning what we call ‘Air Force doctrine’. It is basically a history with lessons learned to develop an air superiority strategy. Each war, the ‘doctrine’ is reassessed, amended, and added to. I started to apply those same principles to my playthroughs of Memoir ‘44, and the results were remarkable. There was way less ‘luck’ than I had originally surmised, and I lot more tactics and strategy. When you realize it roughly takes 8 dice to defeat 1 infantry unit, you stop making brash and risky decisions, and start playing with the odds by taking advantage of cover and limiting the amount of risks you take and mitigating your dependency on ‘lucky’ dice rolls. On average: 8 die to kill one unit 9 dice to kill one armor unit 12 dice to kill one artillery unit You realize if you are patient, you can save your cards for a multiple turn campaign. This becomes a game of strategic hand management and well executed tactics and maneuvers. Once you learn this, it opens your mind to a whole new level of playing. I would love to see you okay more Memoir ‘44! I have been holding out hope there would be a mega Kickstarter for this time tested masterpiece.

[@robertmoffitt1336]

Sam Healey! Wow, I sure miss you with the ole' gang at the Dice tower! I'm a board war gamer, but before there were any KZbin videos or channels for those of us in that niche, there was the Dice tower! I loved to watch you, Tom and Zee doing your top ten vids! Memoir 44 is my top rated "war game" of all time. USAF Dad...I'm an old Desert Storm USAF Security Forces troop, my middle son joined the Marines in 2012, so my household went from USAF to USMC. I hope and pray all is well with your child, I think I remember hearing it was your son who joined. Memoir is such a great game! 👍 I still have a player aid ⛑️ of a diagram of a firing hex and the lines of sight drawn to all hexes out to a range of, I think 5 hexes. It shows which hexes the lines of sight pass through. Originally it was made for BattleCry, but it is always a great help in Memoir games. Memoir Tactics & Strategy Guide is a great read...

[@DazzaManOfWar]

Still my Favourite War Game after all these years. I'm still carrying out a project swapping out the mini's though. With 1/144 tanks on base's to represent the 3 tanks, with tanks country die for damage. Soldiers sun dropped Italeri 1/72 on bases as well. The game is amazing with all expansions. Minis not the best (hence project) wish the New flight plan came painted. Other than that, the game itself, and expansions are brilliant. I find the game plays well at 1,2, 4 players. Glad playthroughs keep popping up for this great game.

[@GaNSiNaTeR]

Great to see Sam in another Memoir video! Thanks for getting me into the game from your videos on the Dice Tower, just managed to snag the remaining battle maps that recently restocked and praying they consider reprinting those elusive campaign books next!

[@dragonzord6615]

This was fantastic. Anything with Sam is so much fun to watch

[@aldotolino3700]

Great playthrough. Fun watch. Thanks all!

[@paulkeene8391]

Sam Healey was the best thing about Dice Tower. Big fan! Uncompromising and true to his beliefs. Glad to see you championing this awesome game.

[@hendrikd2113]

also: The Japanese and Russian expansion bring each 8 scenarios with them.

[@greyknightsrealm8251]

31:54, this isn't allowed, the unit is adjacent to an enemy, so is forced to attack the adjacent unit.

[@zeppert8853]

Where is the rulebook is that a rule?

[@crosscutgames]

Ha! I played that very scenario just this past weekend! Still love '44. Great game.

[@goncalogodinho5272]

This will never leave my collection, all the expansions etc. I love the game. There are a ton of scenarios that are very nice, love the Russian box and all the snow scenarios !!!!! SAM keep the game alive in the net, the newbies who arrive still need to be remembered/presented to this game, and then they will love it !!! stay well Sand and Quack (keep your hair short, much better :) !!) Hi Shira !

[@stewartking9653]

Great game with Sam. This game is my favorite game. Thanks for the game

[@Madgaar]

Why is every other headline containing the words "best xyz" followed by a question mark?

[@Quackalope]

5 in 44 videos is certainly not every other. Titles that pose a question often to better on KZbin - this is Sam’s favorite - it’s not necessarily mine or everyone’s. So it’s a question we are asking.

[@Madgaar]

@@Quackalope would be fine if you attempted to answer the question. I get the thing with posing a question 😉

[@spinosaurusiii7027]

OH MY GOD IT'S HAPPENING EVERYBODY STAY CALM

[@moisechemaly5059]

Can someone tell me if i can go from flank to another flank with a troop?

[@BillyTheRealDeal]

I have the Avalon Hill - Battle Cry - Love the game. Similar mechanics. Great game.

[@scottrueter8134]

Battle cry, the civil war version of Rich Borg's command and colors game system, was the first to be picked up by a major publisher (I believe), but was also designed by Rich.

[@BillyTheRealDeal]

@@scottrueter8134 Thank you, I just found out it was from the same designer. May have to check our Memoir 44 soon.

[@scottrueter8134]

@@BillyTheRealDeal not trying to come off as bragging, but the game designer Rich Borg is a friend. He did several games using the same system as a base. There are spaceship, samurai, napoleonic, ww1, mideavel, and other versions each with their own variations to give them the era's feel. I have often said to him how many times you gonna make the same game just to make money? (I have several of them)

[@BillyTheRealDeal]

@@scottrueter8134 LOL - Brag away. This is awesome. I had Battle Cry when is first appeared from Avalon Hill many moons ago. This past year I picked up a used copy on Ebay. I have been slowly painting up the minis to put on the battlefield. Such a fun game. Looking at Operation overlord M44 to get more players on the table. BUT really I need to just get Battle Cry to the table first.

[@sanderhoefsloot6852]

Love this game!

[@Quackalope]

Nice!!

[@Nygaard2]

Others have said it as well, but I'll chip in as well. Memoir 44 and Command&Colors is a wonderful system to simulate the chaos of a battlefield. Anyone who thinks that any game can get even close to the complexity of what happens in a single engagement in a war, has not studied it properly. Any system that doesn't take into account the footwear and locking mechanisms on ammo-boxes, the color of the soldiers pants, for instance, is already failing to come anywhere close to what decides an individual encounter in a war. So for me, it's just a question of how much "realism" do you need to give you a suspension of disbelief and a sense of enjoyment. For me - going into too many details often takes me out of that mood, because I start to think about all the things that is not being simulated.

[@JacobPorterLadder]

Been waiting for this! I actually was able to aquire Memoir 44 after his top 20 video you did! Been looking for it for awhile but it motivated me to really push to find it. Got it to play with my dad since he grew up playing old school war games like Skirmish, dogfight, risk and others.

[@brentboyer79]

Wait! Did Mr. Healey leave Dice Tower? When did that happen?

[@joshuaforrest4135]

It’s been about 2 years I think. He moved across the country and works for Mythic Games now

[@brentboyer79]

@@joshuaforrest4135 I didn't notice. I watch old videos often so I'm not always sure when they were filmed.

[@Bevan1988]

I dont understand how it wouldnt just be a war game

[@tomsule]

This is just basic game and basic components and map? Or are there any addons? Thanks for answer to anyone who will answer.)

[@lucasmatheus7926]

Just basic

[@kristianpettersen3962]

I prefer Advanced Squad Leader. But then, I read rules for fun.

[@GPlewright]

I don’t think you should be shy about calling it a wargame. It only gives power to pretentious gatekeeper types who don’t add to the hobby.

[@1AngelAlita]

It seems there's not much strategy in this game. Otherwise Sam wouldn't loose to a complete newbie. Am I right?

[@cfosburg]

At first glance it may appear that way, but nothing could be further from the truth. It is about hand management and the probability of successes with risk assessment, and practice good defensive tactics. Sam made a couple of grievous errors while playing. i.e. You should never leave 1 unit let alone multiple units in the open, that is just asking to get mowed down. Sam may have been playing lightly since it was Jesse’s first playthrough. Also, you should never just play the cards you draw, you should develop a strategy that you can execute over 2 or 3 rounds, by saving up certain cards. Hope you get a chance to play! You should try their online version.

[@1AngelAlita]

@@cfosburg Thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it.

[@BeansAndDicePodcast]

@@1AngelAlita Check out the 500 page strategy book on Memoir written by Alexis Beuve (famed game strategy book author).

[@laartwork]

Regardless of what everyone said .. yes, because of cards and dice, it is very luck heavy. It ain't chess. But that makes it more accessible to everyone.