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I want the beast: Session reports & reviews of heavy wargames
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Stumbled across a few great walk-thrus, session reports & reviews of various "heavy" wargames recently on BGG.

I mean some truly high quality reviews and discussions of game sgtrategy, etc, : just check out the one on For the People. Wow.

Anyways, after I read the reviews/AARs/etc, I really wanted to play the game again (if I owned it) or immediately purchase the game if I didn't own it. Some of these high quality reviews/AARs are "negative" on the game, but, they still made me want the beast. Go figure.

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1. Board Game: For the People [Average Rating:7.53 Overall Rank:330]
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Got to start with this one:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/503423/for-the-people-a-...

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/53506/for-the-people-a...

Truly impressive.
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2. Board Game: 1914: Twilight in the East [Average Rating:7.90 Overall Rank:1851]
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I really like this "negative" review; it inspired me to buy the game.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/432997/a-negative-review...
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Funny. This very review made me want this game after I read it.....how are you finding this game?
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Still sitting on myself unplayed. cry Cracked the game open, looked at the rules, but, that's about it. On my to play list.
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Herr Dr wrote:
Still sitting on myself unplayed. cry Cracked the game open, looked at the rules, but, that's about it. On my to play list.


Ditto. To be honest, this one has made me hesitate to play it like no other game. Not sure why, but one day I will give it a try since I am so curious about the subject.
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3. Board Game: Triumph of Chaos [Average Rating:7.73 Overall Rank:789]
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I'm biased, but, Steve M did a great job on this AAR:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/313784/illustrated-trium...

...and this review

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/335692/recommendation-co...

...and the podcast

http://thenoisebeforedefeat.podbean.com/2009/04/02/the-noise...
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Yes, great fun here!
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It was this review and AAR that helped sell the game to me, along with the general buzz here on BGG.

I am looking forward to getting to play this at some point!
 
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4. Board Game: Paths of Glory [Average Rating:8.07 Overall Rank:20]
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5. Board Game: Case Blue [Average Rating:8.42 Overall Rank:728]
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http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/309832/user-review
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8. Board Game: Empire of the Sun [Average Rating:7.52 Overall Rank:542]
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http://www.gmtgames.com/t-GMTVentrilo.aspx

Podcast for playing EotS. Very good. Moderator does a great job.
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I've played this game three or four times. Wonderful game, and always on my "if you could only keep x games for the rest of your life" list.
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Good review:

http://www.theboardgaminglife.com/ArticlePages/eots_rv1.aspx...
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9. Board Game: Carthage: The First Punic War [Average Rating:7.36 Overall Rank:1212]
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This game and it's sibling The Rise of the Roman Republic: The Ancient World, Vol. 1 may be the next "monster" that I play.

The subject is of great interest and I enjoyed reading the rules. I suspect a campaign scenario would be a very, very consuming experience which sounds like a lot of fun.
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It's not really a monster. Well, not in the smaller scenarios at least.

It is really good though. Highly recommended as a way of getting the feel of ancient armies marching and countermarching. I plan on playing the First Punic War itself soon (already delayed due to illness), so I'll be able to report on that soon.
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10. Board Game: The Siege of Jerusalem [Average Rating:7.02 Overall Rank:991]
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Review:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/438805/the-iudeans-are-r...

Good Session report; with a bunch of pics

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/444541/assault-of-gallus...
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11. Board Game: The Civil War [Average Rating:7.61 Overall Rank:334]
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Wow:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/498647/the-civil-war-a-f...
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Wonder if this one will get reprinted; it always seems to get a lot of thumbs.
 
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I suspect that reprinting this gem of a game is either in the designer's or Hasboro's hands depending on who has the rights

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Another good AAR posted recently:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/article/7322237#7322237
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Official 3rd version rules

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/filepage/52068/unofficial-rules...

a review of those new rules by mr.bruhn

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/646409/guide-to-the-wga-...

...and another AAR

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/677232/pete-w-csa-v-dave...
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12. Board Game: Europa Universalis [Average Rating:6.70 Overall Rank:2012]
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I suppose any "beast" list must contain something about Europa Universalis

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/67839/europa-universalis...
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13. Board Game: The Republic of Rome [Average Rating:7.62 Overall Rank:124]
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Game has been out 20 years and this impressive review was just posted about a month ago:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/494087/0-0-0-the-republi...
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A sentimental favourite of mine, the first proper boardgame I ever bought. Played it a few weeks ago... I still love it
 
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14. Board Game: DAK2 [Average Rating:8.28 Overall Rank:803]
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15. Board Game: Here I Stand [Average Rating:8.09 Overall Rank:35]
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Another outstanding one from Steve M:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/306789/illustrated-here-...
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Great and useful list......thanks for taking the time with this.
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Surprising how many of the beasts (ex: Empire in Arms, World in Flames, etc) lack a comprehensive and compelling review/AAR/session report.
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I would expect with games that long that people would have a lot of play notes to keep things straight from week to week and that it wouldn't be too bad to try and translate those into a report. Maybe there's just too much to be able to wrap your head around and try to format at once?
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I am new at this game and presently in Turn #1 of a PBEM game.

So far I am really enjoying it. In particular, I like the narrative of the game. I think that might be one of it's strongest appeals, at least for me, and reminds my of the great "story" Terrible Swift Sword: The Battle of Gettysburg would generate. Playing via PBEM only enhances this since there is plenty of time to follow what is going on.

I should note that a game with a strong narrative ranks high on my list of favourites and monster games are generally very good at delivering that very characteristic.
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16. Board Game: Totaler Krieg! [Average Rating:7.57 Overall Rank:937]
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17. Board Game: Asia Engulfed [Average Rating:7.67 Overall Rank:829]
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And yet another quality review from Steve M

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/312011/asia-engulfed-fai...
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18. Board Game: The Third World War [Average Rating:7.71 Overall Rank:831]
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I played all four Third World War modules linked together; a great gaming experience.

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/334199/monster-gaming-at...

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/334230/monster-gaming-at...
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Oh man, I just missed buying all four in an eBay auction. I have been kicking myself for not trying $35 more...
 
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It truly is the best pure wargame con, I wouldn't miss it

Also looks like I am playing Third World War this year there too!
 
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Just curious as to what happens at Monstercon regarding Third World - do you guys play with all 4 modules linked together? Teams or 2 player?
 
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The more people join, the more modules we will play. With three persons i would say we play Germany and Balkan, two player on the Pakt side and one player on the Nato side. With six player we can play all modules linked.

Will see some of You there,

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I had all 4, most of them "enhanced" with player aids (wasn't called pimping your game yet), and our group played this with 4-6 players at least a dozen times. Ping-pong table for Europe, side table for PG, played once a week so could leave set up, and typically took us a month to 6 weeks to play a full game.

Sidebar, but we discovered the game was "broken" (since that seems to be such an issue these days) as the Warsaw Pact had a turn 1 move, focusing their air to get Air Superiority, they could do a para/helo move through a gap in NATO lines that allowed at least 1/3, usually 1/2, of the NATO forces to be cut off and placed out of supply. Usually produced a WP win in 2-3 turns. We "adjusted" the starting hex of 1 2nd line NATO unit by 1 hex to prevent this and played many more games after that.

Great set, sold mine with all the bells/whistles when unemployed a few years ago, got a good price and had groceries for another month.

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19. Board Game: Burma [Average Rating:7.92 Overall Rank:899]
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Another heavyweight with a great review from Colin H...

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/452698/understanding-bur...

...and another game begging to be played that is sadly sitting on my shelf. I always hear great things about this game and a couple of grognards play at WBC.
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20. Board Game: The Burning Blue [Average Rating:7.80 Overall Rank:841]
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21. Board Game: Pax Romana [Average Rating:7.38 Overall Rank:720]
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Three good ones on da Pax...

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/347903/rewriting-history...

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/347461/from-complete-fai...

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/204827/pax-a-biased-subj...

Comprehensive series of session reports starting here:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/629246/carthago-delenda-...

...and a newer shorter AAR of the 3P and 4P by yours truly

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/663093/pax-3p-and-4p-fir...
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23. Board Game: 1776 [Average Rating:6.33 Overall Rank:1591]
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A brief review, but a good one of a great game:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/291651/1776-the-revoluti...
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25. Board Game: The Campaign for North Africa [Average Rating:5.07 Overall Rank:7216]
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Hairy Arsed Grognards (HAGs) rejoice:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/580214/cna-during-a-holi...

"We got Hot weather but, thanks to the spreadsheet macros I had programmed, evaporation & spillage calculations were just a matter of a few mouse clicks."

If that doesn't warm your heart, you are not a wargamer.

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Some candidates to consider:

Imperium Romanum II(West End): Few scenarios are truly balanced, but the scale is epic.

Pacific War (VG): It's big, it's hopeless(for the Japanese) and it will take over your life.The campaign game ultimately doesn't work because the war just wasn't balanced. But the scenarios are very good and the system is an excellent simulation.

Someone already mentioned Empires in Arms, I would add War and Peace(AH) .Again it had a flawed campaign game, probably best with 4 players to offset the 'diplomacy' rules - but austria is going to take a beating every time.

Freedom in the Galaxy(SPI./AH) - an amazing and very ambitious game, albeit with a fatal balance flaw in the campaign game. Combination of personalities with military events is very unusual.

Empires of the Middle ages (SPI/Decision) - this is only a beast if you take on the epic scenario, which is 700 years of history in 5 year steps! It is probably the best example of risk control out there in that random events can easily wreck your position if you don't mitigate against it. And sometimes even if you do. Features a high degree of leader mortality. Europa Universalis is spiritually the continuation of this game into the age of exploration, with extra complexity.
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wifwendell wrote:
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700 years of history in 5 year steps!


Is that to say that the epic scenario has 240 turns?


No, "only" 140 turns.


Doh! Nice math skills! No wonder my friend Jay always trashes me at Caylus.
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There is a reason we call Wendell a "walking calculator"...

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fatgreta wrote:
wifwendell wrote:
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700 years of history in 5 year steps!


Is that to say that the epic scenario has 240 turns?


No, "only" 140 turns.


Doh! Nice math skills! No wonder my friend Jay always trashes me at Caylus.
 
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Feel free to add to whenever someone stumbles across a beefy review/session report on a big honkin wargame; would be cool to keep this list current.
 
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azrael86 wrote:
Some candidates to consider:

Empires of the Middle ages (SPI/Decision) - this is only a beast if you take on the epic scenario, which is 700 years of history in 5 year steps! It is probably the best example of risk control out there in that random events can easily wreck your position if you don't mitigate against it. And sometimes even if you do. Features a high degree of leader mortality. Europa Universalis is spiritually the continuation of this game into the age of exploration, with extra complexity.


BGG User Calandale has a video series on BGG on the campaign of this game, Empires of the Middle Ages. It is the SPI version. Truly amazing.
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  • Posted Sat May 28, 2011 1:14 pm
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