The Deadly Woods - Turn 1

[@briansmolinski5154]

The poker chips as a mnemonic aid are a great idea - I'll use something similar since this game has quite a few little exceptions to remember.

[@freakyzed8467]

Again, thank you so much for doing this series. Playing Mechwarrior 5 and having a cold adult beverage while listening to your playthrough. Have The Deadly Woods set up on the dining room table waiting for me. My old man (late 40s) brain gets overheated looking at all the turn one special rules. Your breakdown makes it seem a LOT less intimidating. Talk about every thought. Take the pauses when you need to analyze. Thank you!

[@strelnikoff1632]

I enjoy your programs. Right pacing, smooth voice over, analysis at just the right level

[@coverbeck]

Nice video and very helpful! One nit, at around 1:56 you have a US armor reinforcement using road movement moving into Bastogne where this is already another unit; I don’t think you can do that because you can’t use road movement into a hex with unit(s). Unless I’m missing something…

[@ludwigvan2932]

Thanks for this video. Very helpful

[@CurmudgeonswithDice]

Great playthru, Steven. Really enjoying it!

[@TSimo113]

I'm going to pass on this for a few reasons, but thanks for showing it and helping me to make a decision.

[@xtovxtov8921]

Very enjoyable playthrough, Steven. On the pronounciation of the towns: as the region is French and German speaking, there are different correct pronounciations. Houffalize is pronounced roughly as ‘who fall ease’.

[@stevendolges8372]

Thank you Xtov, I appreciate the assistance on that one!

[@mikerichardson1549]

Great video Steven; very useful and entertaining, just a couple of points:- I don't understand your choice of retreat by 314th/99 Inf Div at 1:09:20. Why not move two hexes directly due south and block the main road to Bullingen for 6th Pz Army? I think the GE player would be better off converting the DR to a BL1 as done in the example playthrough to avoid precisely this kind of retreat. Your placement of the traffic marker in 3114 (at 1:26:00) serves no purpose as it only affects units using road movement (see 12.8)

[@stevendolges8372]

I suppose I can only say that I make mistakes from time to time. Thank you for the feedback though.

[@meenki347]

There are words that are so well known that the incorrect pronunciation is perfectly acceptable and even preferable, such as Paris. Who the the heck wants to say, Pa-ree in America? I certainly don't. I lived in France for a few years in the 80's. And the kids used a slang called Verlan and Paris was Reepa in Verlan. However, It's so old, nobody uses Reepa anymore except for me (I'm an old guy). LoL And of course, nobody called Paris , Reepa, during WWII. However, another word where the incorrect pronunciation is perfectly acceptable is, Panzer in English. But in German it's more like "pansa", which I think is pretty cool. Oh well, not trying to get you to change your pronunciation. Just spreading some trivia, wargamers might appreciate.

[@meenki347]

So, Panzerdivision (one word) is Pansadivizion. division is the same but s pronounced as a "z". yep, z is s and s is z. :D