Do you have an opinion yet how this compares to Bobby Lee? Most people who have played both seem to think that BL is by far the better game. I can't really comment, as I haven't played Sam Grant yet.

I own and have played both games. The rules are the same so why should one game be better than the other?

Many people who have commented in the rating section claim that the conflict is not interesting to play at the strategic level, or that the map scale is wrong, leading to a congested board. So it would be strictly a problem with the scenario, not the underlying system.

I'm a bit concerned that the more detailed sea and air systems will make this one overwrought...but I preordered anyway. They kept the rules to 24 pages, I believe, so hopefully it won't be much more than complex than EE.

Really an excellent game, though the whole flip-flopping of the nobles was very off-putting at first.

I've said this before, but what I like best about this game and the game above (in theory) is that the entire nature of the conflicts is naturally ideally suited to the block system--especially this one. It's as if instead of saying "how can this game be a block game?" these campaigns instead couldn't be done accurately by anything but a block game.

Bah, neither do I but combine this one with the one below and add a bit of Eurofront and you will get the big picture (...guilty of a shameless lie 'bout the Russian Front). :-)