Battle Masters Battle Report

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7 жыл бұрын

The Esoteric Order of Gamers (www.orderofgamers.com) release their inner nine year olds to play Battle Masters by Games Workshop and Milton Bradley. Hold on to your stomachs, there's a lot of hand-held camera work in this one!
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@michaeljones7582 7 жыл бұрын

I played this with a nephew when the game first came out and he mentioned it recently. He wondered why I didn't keep it (I gave it to him actually when he was still very young, lol.). Just received a complete copy from Amazon, purchased at a premium price. We will be playing it together again the next time we get together.

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

That's very cool. One of the things I love about tabletop games: they bring people together.

@ricky5227 4 жыл бұрын

Man, I was a kid when I was playing this game with my bro. Good old memories...

@barretmusselman9977 7 жыл бұрын

Worked for me, Half my first empire army was made of from my Battlemaster minis and after a 10 year brake I'm still collecting GW today. I don't know if its because I live in the states and actually grew up in a town with a Milton BRadley factory but it was pretty common when I was a kid.

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

They probably secretly seeded their games throughout the town in the dead of night ...

@pizzaguy07 2 жыл бұрын

As simple as the game is, it seems like you guys were having quite a bit of fun and that made this great to watch. Thanks for sharing!

@EsotericOrderGamers 2 жыл бұрын

It's all about the fun. 👍

@niederman 7 жыл бұрын

Loved this Your battle reports are by far the best I've come across!

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

Thankyou, we try to keep it fun!

@Jordan-tu4ki 6 жыл бұрын

i effing love battle msters

@ludomancersvault5518 6 жыл бұрын

You guys are hilarious. I just love the Aussie sense of humor. Sarcastic yet cheerful.

@EsotericOrderGamers 6 жыл бұрын

... and lubricated by a beer or two. ;)

@deepred6041 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Loved it. Please do more of this game

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

I' not sure if I could subject anyone to watching another half hour of dice rolling!

@deepred6041 7 жыл бұрын

Yes you could old son, admit it, that was pure unadulterated joy playing that. You could swap sides to make sure it's a balanced game

@danevertt3210 2 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers I got this game for Xmas in 92 or 93…… Never played a game of it, ever Because I was 9 or 10

@stonehorsegaming 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing this is a blast from the past, not the best game ever made... but one that offers lots of laughs. Great video!

@armag3ddon 7 жыл бұрын

Man, this game rocks. Even made it to Germany. A friend of mine had this and we had great fun playing. I was SO happy when I found this at a flea market, two years or so ago. I glued everything in and bought some magnets to magnetise the banners, so they don't break off (but haven't done all banners yet). I remembered how the flags were the one thing always breaking off and my copy is still in perfect condition. Want to keep it that way. I also got the expansions. I implore you guys to make another battle report! Pleeaase :D And with expansions this time. That's 3 (THREE) ogres and two cannons! I had great fun watching this.

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, mine was in perfect condition too before WILL BROKE THE FLAG OFF! Well, people are crying out for another battle report for this game - if we do one, I'll definitely put in the expansions.

@stylemer 7 жыл бұрын

Now it's a unique set, 20 years from now it'll go on Ebay: "Look! This is the set that Will broke the flag off! It's been missing for decades!"

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

You're going to have to get a damn sight more famous for that gambit to pay off Will! :)

@marnea1 3 жыл бұрын

I believe there was a bit of a misplay in the start. Okay so the thing about the Ogre, from what I recall playing this as a kid with my dad. Is that he's this unruly beast you don't really control that well. When a Move card comes up he has to move you can't not move him. And if an attack card comes up and there's anything next to them him he has to attack it, that includes your own units. Kind of like how the cannon can hurt your own units too whenever it shoots over them. 3:26 So he should have slapped both your guys hitting your Wolfriders twice and kept moving at the crossroads.

@EsotericOrderGamers 3 жыл бұрын

Can't believe we made so many mistakes with such a simple game! Oh well we had fun anyway.

@wombatwad 6 жыл бұрын

just picked up two complete boxes fully painted for a song. stoked to play again.

@EsotericOrderGamers 6 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was a score!

@oscarsiri2763 Жыл бұрын

An epic game. I have everything except the box (I'm still sad about that). I have played with the oirginal instructions many times during the years, mostly with children, but in many games we changed the instuctions, turn based dividing the armies in segments of units (orcs, cavalry, archers, etc), also adding units and other features. One time 15 people played the game, In truth, 14 children plus me coordinating and moving the evil army (with only two assistants), with Little Ponny toys for the girls characters and fisher price giants for kids generals. The versatility of ths game is wonderful. Your battle was fantastic, fast pased and with emotion. Incredible how you lost the tower, I didn't see that coming!

@EsotericOrderGamers Жыл бұрын

It really is the perfect kind of playbox for that kind of modification and mucking about.I must get it out again!

@needmorebrain 4 жыл бұрын

We changed the rules a bit. Every unit (without ranged units, here standard rules apply) could do up to two actions (move and/or attack, no moving after attacking, exception: wolf rider and cavalry special cards) and movement cards were split each player hold 3 cards in hand of which he could play one per turn and would draw another one on finishing the turn. Turn wise movement was guaranteed.

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like good ideas.

@PMMagro 7 жыл бұрын

Why did I not get this as a kid, my brother and me whould have LOVED it!

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, me too. Though I was 27 when it came out!

@skeletorrobo 5 жыл бұрын

"You know what? This is better than Warhammer Fantasy Battle!" Now I think I know why support for this game was discontinued. I'd like to play it myself too, one day...

@EsotericOrderGamers 5 жыл бұрын

Well, it's got less dice rolling, and that's a good thing. :)

@skeletorrobo 5 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers I like my dice, but even aficionados can come down with roll fatigue ☺️

@gamerhalim4717 4 жыл бұрын

Better then take space

@heyo49 4 жыл бұрын

I have this game and I think what hurt it was the size of the board. You either needed a really big table or a floor to play on.

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

I think it was probably designed for kids to play on the floor. Our old-ish backs can't take that though!

@stevovondivo2326 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great video, well done gents!

@EsotericOrderGamers 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Stevo!

@picton101 3 жыл бұрын

Fix we used years ago to counter the random activations. Deal 3 cards to each player from the shared deck. Players then alternate playing one from their hand. Means there are options to pick own or opponent units to activate and when. Also, ogre cards MUST be played if 2 or more were in hand and artillery performance is improved if several played at once. At least that's how we played it before - I vaguely remember. Alternatively, split the deck by faction and reshuffle every 10 rounds or so. Then play cards from hand alternating impulses. Thats the great thing about physical boardgames, don't like something... Change it!!

@EsotericOrderGamers 3 жыл бұрын

Nice idea!

@mangoman9290 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome gameplay, laughed the whole time.

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@SlicerJen 4 жыл бұрын

Going to repaint my figures, give them a more realistic less plastic look.

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@franciscoguerra5439 2 жыл бұрын

Man, this took me back. My friends and I played the hell out of this game, and eventually - sadly - it got cannibalised as we moved into Warhammer and repurposed all the minis for the tabletop. And yes, that tower made a hell of a terrain piece, too.

@EsotericOrderGamers 2 жыл бұрын

One day I'll get around to painting it!

@guitarpop 2 ай бұрын

FYI, crossbows have longer range than bows in real life as well

@EsotericOrderGamers 2 ай бұрын

Another useless tidbit of information to force into my brain! 🤣

@jvorg 4 жыл бұрын

Please do a series on this game and do the campaign. This was awesome and great fun.

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

Campaign? I don't think there's a campaign for Battle Masters.

@leonchervez5969 4 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers of course there is, but you don't even seem to grasp the basic strategies of the game :D

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

Leon Chervez are you serious? This is Battle Masters, not some grand strategy game!

@leonchervez5969 4 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers Dude... i was totally wrecking my entire neighbourhood at this game when i was a teen :D . But seriously there was a Campaign booklet and it has more strategy elements than you give it credit for. The amount of activations in the deck is not random and you can seriously play around that. Think, first half of the stack careful positioning, second half (as the possible combination of cards get smaller) aggressive/defensive play. Also just sticking the cannon in front was just rookie play for example :D . It's defo not Warmachine but it had strategy ;) .

@jvorg 4 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers Alot of people have some deep rooted memories of Battle Masters. Seeing it play out in all its cumbersome glory was entertaining.

@jgreys 7 жыл бұрын

I would like to try this game using the BattleLore rules

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

Yes, that certainly went through our minds.

@shotou 7 жыл бұрын

I had this as a kid, was a great game.

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

I was really surprised how fun it was, and why it wasn't a bigger hit.

@shotou 7 жыл бұрын

I might try and find a copy, might be fun to paint. I love what you did with the tower, wish I had kept mine.

@BarryBigBazookas 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic battle report guys, tho it has made me want the game myself now so I'm not sure if I should thank you or not!

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

Ebay resellers should be giving me a cut!

@comack669 3 жыл бұрын

Did your archers in the castle have a bonus die? If I recall, ranged units in the castle have an advantage.

@EsotericOrderGamers 3 жыл бұрын

This being 4 years or so ago, I can't quite seem to remember ... 🤪 But I checked the rules and you're right.

@Robbostrong 4 жыл бұрын

Did you ever finish painting these? I would like to see a video of that!

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

No, it's low on the priority list I must admit. :)

@Robbostrong 4 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers That is a shame.

@goldbug371 Жыл бұрын

Those hearts token I feel like I owned them once which game are they originally from?

@EsotericOrderGamers Жыл бұрын

They're from CMON, originally made for Wrath of Kings, but they then appeared in some of their other games along with the little tentacle markers.

@goldbug371 Жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers thanks!

@JohnSmith-un9fy 4 жыл бұрын

The real reason that GW had this pulled was that Warhammer players where buying this to fill up their armies. Still today the value here is stupid. I have four or five sets. Can't get enough. Soon my plans of world domination will be complete. Muhuhahaha!

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

4 or 5 sets! What?! Why would you possibly want so many 80s-era GW minis?

@JohnSmith-un9fy 4 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers They are a good basic mini. Easy to identify and not in a ridiculous pose. They work for many games and i gave up on GW chamging the rules to make more money years ago. Lol. A goog game does not go bad over time because they say so. And who don't want to load the field with hords of chaos? These are a cheap way to army build for anyone. And if i want to introduce someone new to the game i already have an army for them and their friends to play. So many reasons for owning several sets. Ever try to survive a Hero Quest level with 24 or more chaos warriors? Total carnage.

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-un9fy Fair nuff!

@vandanum 4 жыл бұрын

Funny video))) So what about number of cards for empire and chaos?

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

sorry, what was the question?

@vandanum 4 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers in video ur comraden said that the Chaos cards was more often then Empiries, and he wanted to count both sides to reveal is it any difference and maybe some side got more pro's.

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

@@vandanum I checked - Chaos 33 to Empire 26!

@vandanum 4 жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers Thank you very much))) Greetings from Russia))

@doombunnybomb 7 жыл бұрын

Will is the worst dice roller.

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

He is. I don't know how gets through life. :)

@stylemer 7 жыл бұрын

I have to rely on my natural talent and charm to make up for my lousy luck!

@johntailby74 7 жыл бұрын

this looks like Kings of War with the added element of a command and control deck.

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

Well, a little simpler. :)

@jimjim292 7 жыл бұрын

Australia rules.

@EsotericOrderGamers 7 жыл бұрын

Personally I prefer to leave the flag waving to the little miniatures game. :)

@jeremyfield4148 6 жыл бұрын

Cmon a song of ice and fire ripped off this game

@EsotericOrderGamers 6 жыл бұрын

Holey moley, that's a stretch!

@aerouge4492 Жыл бұрын

First card "Wolfriders move 2 times" ... moves 1 rider once ... while joking the complexity of the ruleset 🤣😅🤣

@EsotericOrderGamers Жыл бұрын

You try gaming and filming at the same time!! 🤣🤣🤣

@aerouge4492 Жыл бұрын

@@EsotericOrderGamers couldnt do it as well as you ;-) been enjoying your vids thoroughly as of lately!

@EsotericOrderGamers Жыл бұрын

@@aerouge4492 Excellent!

@leonchervez5969 4 жыл бұрын

you don't seem to understand that part of the strategy is to know how many cards are in the deck, ya n00bs :P

@EsotericOrderGamers 4 жыл бұрын

When it comes to Battle Masters, we are most definitely noobs. And will probably remain so considering how often it hits the table! :)