The Longest Day: Board Game Madness

Take on the Normandy Invasion in the "relatively simple" monster board game The Longest Day. Featuring 7 different maps and more pieces than The Campaign For North Africa, I'm sure this one will be a quick pick up for you to enjoy with pals.
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Rules for your reading pleasure: boardgamegeek.com/filepage/93...
Thumbnail is an edited version of the front of the box
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[@Cosplaybuddygiraffes]

Cursed DM statement of the day: “Roll to convince Hitler”

[@anyaguilar1595]

"Hitler, it doesn't have to be like this"

[@yuichikita6018]

@@anyaguilar1595 NAT 20: Convinced Hitler to go back to Art School.

[@Materialist39]

An entire game where you’re just trying to convince Kietel that you need to meet with Hitler to get reinforcements, and then have to go through conversation phases to successfully make your case at the meeting. There is no combat and somehow 1200 pieces in game.

[@blackvulture6818]

Each piece is a braincell in Kietel's brain

[@silentdrew7636]

That sounds like a weird variant of diplomacy

[@Materialist39]

@@silentdrew7636 welcome to the OKW, congrats on your promotion

[@BongoTurtles]

I’d rather deal with rules-exempt crocodiles than pasta points any day…. Also with this one I get to go home to my family BEFORE my spouse can finish filing for divorce, attending all the court dates, moving to Canada,and having four children with a new lover

[@eliezercohen750]

The Crocodile Unit thing is not that weird once you realize that the Crocodile was just the most common flamethrower tank in use with the British.

[@unconcernedsalad2]

everything is “relatively simple” compared to the war for north africa

[@PoshBeard]

How this beautiful man can get me invested in the rules if an obscure board game is incredible. If you started doing science and history we’d have to call you Kam o’Nella. Your writing and delivery is absolutely on point

[@TaterTT1023]

Saw this being played at a board game shop once. All the players were old balding men who probably were in college when the game came out. I was interested and asked how the game worked since I had never seen a game so large and complex before. They mercifully did not explain the rules, simply saying that the game had too many to list. They were playing the D-day only portion of the game and said based on their current rate of play they covered 30min of actual combat for every 1 hour of time spent playing the game. I think the 12 hour completion time is a bit optimistic

[@chemsburger1821]

4:18 this is casue Churchill crocodile tank were used with American troops

[@thelygis911]

While both The Longest Day and the Campaign for North Africa are quite absurd in scope and size, there's one wargame that might overshadow these two: War in the Pacific (the 2006 Decision Games version). It features: 9000(!) counters, representing, among other units, almost every named ship of each combatant of the Pacific theater, 7 large strategic maps, over 100 smaller, A3 paper-sized double-sided tactical maps for nearly all Pacific islands, close to 100 different logs and cards to fill out during gameplay, such as plotting air strike missions, naval missions, repairs, placing intrinsic garrisons, etc. There are also two rulebooks containing a combined total of 186 pages of rules, 2 chartbooks, each about 80 pages giving charts as detailed as each plane's given combat characteristics BY YEAR, one scenario books featuring 5 training scenarios, 1 mini campaign and 1 grand campaign and finally a separate booklet for examples of play and designer notes, in which the designer of the game states, that the full campaign, if played by a team of dedicated players, may be accomplished within the reasonable timeframe of... 3 or so YEARS

[@leejefferson5373]

This appeals to 3 types of people. Wargame Fanatics Historians Cartographers that REALLY want a stupid level of detail map

[@davea136]

Yeah, but I can attest taht _The Longest Day_ is very playable. But you need a place to leave it safely between turns while playing it.

[@davidjames4890]

Saying "The Orphan Menace" makes me wish for a Star Wars parody, complete with a lengthy discussion about distributing charity funds.

[@randomknight2585]

To provide some context to the crocodiles units, the Churchill ‘crocodile’ was a modification of the British Churchill heavy-tank that was basically the Churchill but with a flamethrower installed on it.

[@rafadylewski7190]

It also got a dinky small-arms bulletproof fuel cistern attached to it's backside, because apparently there was no place inside the tank's hull to store any fuel for the flamethrower - unlike how a simmillar modification of the USSR's KV-1 tank operated.

[@moonblaze2713]

The Longest Day: How to Play. The rules are the same as regular chess with the following exceptions.

[@leemarlin9415]

I played this back in the 80s when I had a house with a spare bedroom. Stayed set up for the better part of the year. With friends coming by when they can get away and do A move or two. It helped considerably that I had a mini fridge full of beer and a pizza Poler a block away to get people to play.

[@hrunchtayt1587]

Ok so from what I’m gathering from the victory conditions part of the book for the Allies is that they essentially need to rush 1 division HQ accompanied by several units as described in sections B & C off map as soon as Caen and Cherbourg fall.

[@ciscogaming1009]

The crocodile is a nickname for a tank the British had that was mounted with a flamethrower.

[@GamersHolyArmy]

"Should be avoided like a care package from Tehran" is an incredible one liner.

[@fluffynator6222]

What does that even mean? Do they have low quality cqre packages? And if yes, why?

[@GamersHolyArmy]

@@fluffynator6222 I'm pretty sure it's just that Iran usually employs a lot of underhanded tactics to try to kill people, like disguising weapons as innocuous things like care packages.

[@professorhaystacks6606]

2:00: The ally victory conditions amount to 'get troops into the French heartland.' The rest of it are specific restrictions on HOW you have to do that.

[@fritzophrenia3146]

Boomers were so bitter about missing out on participating in WW2 that they made wargames so grueling that you'd rather storm the beaches of Normandy than keep playing

[@carlwilkerson9722]

I remember when this game was released by A-H. They were damn proud of it, and they made it clear in their catalog. But at the time, A-H wargames were $10 apiece with few exceptions, while this bad boy was $54. The "practical problems" of Panzer Blitz and (even more so) Squad Leader were at least limited to ten bucks' worth of practical problems. Longest Day combined a monstrous rulebook and setup complexity with a D & D budget level. I don't even think A-H expected anyone to buy or play the game. I think they just wanted to be able to say they had built it, like a flashy but uncommercial concept car.

[@shikitohnogaming]

I’m gonna be completely honest, I’ve given the rules a skim through and it may be because I’ve been a huge ww2 nerd or because im just an autist but the rules aren’t that bad.definitely not as bad as North Africa and while I can understand it this seems like one of those games where my parents will acuse me of making stuff up because they didn’t bother to read them

[@stylo2344]

4:18 the crocodile units are referring to the Churchill crocodile tanks, which were Churchill tank fitted with a flamethrower

[@10n8tp.]

Can’t wait for Axis and Allies 1940: Global

[@smugwendigo5123]

My father has literally thousands of dollars in games like this

[@West_Coast_Gang]

4:04 It’s funnier when you know what crocodile flamethrowers are

[@Spooglecraft]

if i had a nickel for each time i saw a video on this channel featuring flaming anthropomorpic crocodiles, i'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice

[@item459]

I've been watching every vid since I found ur channel in the campaign for north Africa vid, you really are a hidden gem and each upload is just a great look into fun obscure boardgames!

[@elijahingram6477]

The Krocodile units are given that buff because of how the Crocodile tanks from Hobart's Funnies worked. Worth a google ;)

[@OrthodoxPriest69]

You sir are truly underrated, I don't even play board games and I still await you videos like a christmas present

[@getoffmypage123]

You should check out Empires in Arms. I love it and I hate it

[@Raum2901]

This game makes you have the longest day of your life

[@SirFancy]

Underrated channel, keep it up Kam!

[@roll3062]

Love your videos hope you get big

[@uselessDM]

I feel like if you want to play this game you probably know all the positions of German troops on June 6th by heart anyway... But compared to the African Campaign this game sounds downright reasonable, so that's something I guess...

[@EthansPlace]

Good shit man, keep it up

[@sheltershowcase]

the crocodile flamethrowers is a type of tank😆

[@ethanking6454]

Great video!

[@daviddavidson7747]

Educational, uplifting, family friendly video.

[@Yo1297]

Love these videos why isn’t this channel bigger

[@mouthshowers8126]

Cool video thank you so much

[@BlizzardWizzard]

I can't wait for him to do a video on battletech, the rules are both simple enough to learn, and have enough esoteric edge cases and enough source books to contradict what's shown up already to cause confusion (yes I know the rocket sleds exist in mech warrior 1st edition, but I'm not gonna stat them for you if you if you try to use them in a pick up game)

[@kamsandwich]

It does look insane from my quick research on it

[@csmead209]

Battletech is more absurd, not in time investment as we Alpha Strike is a very streamlined version, rather it is more insane in culture, there is no limits on unit use by faction because all factions are masters of battlefield salvage. Some giant robots are so ubiquitous that parts for them are made by everyone, making repairs cheap.

[@coldcallerloopy]

I'm gonna start saying "MEIN GUY" instead of "MY GUY" from now on lol

[@user-ft8wz6mq7i]

You should cover TSWW Barbarossa, 180+ pages of rules, 8000 counters, 20 map segments totaling approximately 10' x 10'. Its a wonderful play

[@kamsandwich]

8000? Fantastic

[@user-ft8wz6mq7i]

Yep, plus there are multiple games in the series ( 16 planned, 11 released) that all combine together for one massive game!@@kamsandwich

[@kickbutt1124gaming]

​@user-ft8wz6mq7i also happy to provide information if needed ( same person, but this is my actual account) , I personally play using a rulebook that I rewrote myself for clarify and fixing many errors so I consider myself pretty knowledgeable

[@dill_weed]

Would love to see you summarize GMT Games’ Vietnam 1965-1975. I imagine it has to be a bit less intense than longest day or North Africa but still very complex, especially in the the political mechanics.

[@LEGOALEX97]

God damn -3 generals!!!

[@emperormajorian112]

Oh gosh man, you gotta do Hellenes now

[@Nagene_User]

I genuinely want to find someone who finds this fun and ask them what went wrong

[@barm9919]

Well, it’s certainly more complicated than Undaunted: Normandy

[@IPODsify]

When games have this much rules i wonder if anyone has ever actually played it outside of the designer

[@JonathanScudder-zx4iu]

i speak wargame, this is badass

[@guslarz]

really cool

[@man.actual]

How many players. Because I might cop if I can convince the boys

[@kamsandwich]

It says up to eight but the rules describe two, so if you want more players each once can command a specific group of soldiers or divvy up territory. I've seen pictures of groups playing it

[@man.actual]

@@kamsandwich thanks dude, def gonna cop

[@mrincognito3802]

you need more subscribers

[@Yo1297]

He really does

[@Davion197]

Its going to hurt me when you get more and more popular, and start uploading less and less...you're hilarious and informative! Great stuff!!

[@Vextonomy]

Nice

[@campbellgraves4547]

Seems simple enough

[@maddoxnoye5344]

On the off chance anyone gives a shit the crocodile flamethrower units refer to Churchill tank variants called crocodiles equipped with flamethrowers

[@kamsandwich]

Finally, an explanation! I thought it was just a name

[@glow2hi]

and people say twlight imperium is long

[@Chico_Julio]

Well, I guess it's not called "The Longest Day" for nothing.

[@Nuclear_Gandhi]

How will this affect Campaign for North Africa's legacy?

[@gejyspa]

Back when I was in college in the 1980s, there were three roommates who were playing this game over a long time period. I saw this laid out, and it made me gag. I'm no stranger to wargames. My brother was a subscriber to SPI's S&T for many years until it folded, and had bought many of their full scale wargames. But this one was something else again. BTW, at the *same time* as they were playing this game, they were also running a 24/7 LARP with several dozen students (me included) with intricate storylines.

[@lukejones0826]

What is Crim & Sons Paving?

[@kamsandwich]

It is the paving company present on the one-of-a-kind hat that I wear. (It is the only blue version of the hat in existence)

[@lukejones0826]

@@kamsandwich ok thanks, couldn’t find anything on google so I figured I’d go straight to the source

[@user-mv2sr4xn9l]

Please do More wargames

[@saron95662]

It may not be that you don’t speak war game. You just may not speak WWII history

[@15sherpinski]

Boomers will invent and play a wargame with a core rule book thicker than the bible and 47 slightly different variable scenario books and then claim that autism didn't exist when they were young

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

As a wise and profound man once said: "get a life"

[@Tooinsecuretousemyrealname]

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