Keep'em Rolling: Race to the Rhine First Look | World War 2 Wargame | Boardgame

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Keep'em Rolling: Race to the Rhine First Look | World War 2 Wargame | Boardgame | Phalanx Games

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We do a deep dive first look at Keep'Em Rolling Race to the Rhine, the expanded and updated edition of the original Race to the Rhine wargame (boardgame). In this 1- to 4-player game of logistics and combat in 1944 France from Phalanx games, each player controls one Allied leader and attempts to be the first player to get their forces across the Rhine River. We also look at These Are My Credentials, which is a new solitaire game added to the game in this edition.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:54 Overview
04:54 Rulebooks
07:27 Counters
08:58 Player Aids
10:44 Blocks
11:48 Cards
16:59 Maps
21:26 Giveaway
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Keep'em Rolling: Race to the Rhine First Look | World War 2 Wargame | Boardgame | Phalanx Games

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@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Enter the drawing to win a free Copy of Keep'Em Rolling: forms.gle/NTCDAZvUzaRAkDS57 (Open to people with a mailing address in the lower 48 US states.)

@Stumptonian1 4 ай бұрын

I have Race to Moscow on my Shelf of Opportunity ...Thanks for the walkthrough.

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

That sounds like a fun one as well. My playthrough tonight will get delayed by a trip to see Godzilla x King Kong, but I'll be digging in tomorrow. :)

@scotwilliams803 4 ай бұрын

As a primarily solo gamer, this looks really exciting! Looking forward to the gameplay video.

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

The double option (Race to the Rhine & These Are My Credentials) does seem to offer a lot for solo play. I'm playing Race to the Rhine solo now and am riffing off the main idea a bit. So far it's working pretty well.

@DaraTeaches 4 ай бұрын

I love the concept of this game; the rulebook alone feels pretty dense (maybe not so for veteran war-gamers), but still pretty learnable.

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

I'm about halfway through learning it and am finding it pretty straightforward so far. I think a good part of the rulebook is the supporting material (graphics and examples), which actually ends up speeding the learning up. I'm often finding that I half-understand a rule once I read it, then as soon as I look at the example, it all makes sense. But yes, this might be my wargamer angle speaking here. TL:DR, I'm still learning it, but so far it's easier than it looks. :)

@TheGreat2 4 ай бұрын

Looks really interesting! Great video!

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Thanks Nathan! I'm looking forward to exploring gameplay. :)

@thecustardprophet8434 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the playthrough. Cool that there is a separate solo game as well.

@ZillaBlitz Ай бұрын

It's most definitely a fun game, and a fun combination of Euro-style gameplay with a logistics wargame. Thanks for stopping in, Custard!

@coyi51 4 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the first look, currently undecided, looking forward to the play through. Many thanks.

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Thank, Coyi! I've got a learning game set up now and hope to have the next video up over the weekend. :)

@GFlyingAce 4 ай бұрын

Nice work zilla

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! :)

@georgedeppner418 4 ай бұрын

Looks really cool. Good information, great video

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Thanks George!

@mikereiling7 4 ай бұрын

I think that hat is foreshadowing a draft day trade with the Vikings!

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

That'd be cool, for sure! What an exciting draft this promises to me. As a Vikings' fan, fingers crossed we get a QB. :)

@mikereiling7 4 ай бұрын

@@ZillaBlitz I'm just hoping we don't sell the farm to get our guy. My prediction: We don't trade up and we draft Bo Nix.

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

@@mikereiling7 I'm kind of hoping we get Maye by trading up, but I have no idea which of the five possible QBs will work out.

@SoloBattles 4 ай бұрын

Great presentation, Mike! I think logistics games are an interesting Endeavor, and a different way to view a campaign. It becomes not so much, "Where should we attack" but "Where do we have supplies to support an attack?" I have a game called "Supply Lines of the American Revolution" That has a lot of cool supply based mechanics dealing with getting supplies from point A to point B. This is critical because that's what gives you your attack dice! Many times you could wipe your opponent out, but you have nothing to attack them with, just a bunch of hungry naked men with fancy clubs! Ha! That would be a great name for a supply based wargame!🤣

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Hungry Naked Men with Fancy Clubs.

@breakupgamingsociety2170 3 ай бұрын

A-1 walkthrough, homie. Watched your videos before. This one made me a subscriber and this title is now on my watchlist.

@ZillaBlitz 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words (and sub) and I'm glad you liked it. :)

@almartin4 4 ай бұрын

This looks like a fun challenge. Maybe they could do an expansion for: Race to New York City! Regards

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Haha! Race the Rush Hour. :)

@douglaspearson4853 4 ай бұрын

Its to bad they don't have an upgrade kit for those who have the original. I used to work with a guy who was a big WW2 buff and he bought a WW2 truck just like the one on the cover of the box. He had to have it shipped over from Belgium. He drove it to work on day it was great. I only wish he gave me a ride in it.

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

I don't have the original but given that they've changed the original map, added a new map, added a lot of cards, redone the components and the rulebooks, and added a fourth player, to upgrade the game it almost feels like they'd have to replace 90% of the stuff from the original. :) That'd be cool to have a truck like that to drive around. I can't imagine it's good on fuel, though. :)

@larryoconnor9160 4 ай бұрын

I presume you were granted a copy of KeRRtR. If you want to buy a copy from Phalanx, their site takes to their Gamefound/Kickstarter PM 🤔. The fact that my three best WW2 grognards and I can all play coop is brilliant. I will be bearing the brunt of Jerry as Monty. Great review, and being a Logstics kinda gamer, I was drawn in like someone yelled "Mail Call"! Looking forward to the other two videos. The Baron of Belgium. Hmm, It's not quite as flashy as Viscount of Alamein, but we serve his HRH as ordered.😂

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

I was a bit confused at first too, but their website store mentions that the Kickstarter system is what they use for direct store orders, so you just "Add to Pledge" and place orders that way. :) I'm thinking for the playthrough I might play both sides in a 2-player Race to the Rhine, Monty vs. Bradley, British vs. Americans. :)

@patrickols 4 ай бұрын

Great video, great review as always. For the game itself that’s not really for me, not the type I am very interested in

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Patrick! :)

@marcrodrigue3355 4 ай бұрын

I bought the 1st edition upon its release and its still in my top 10. It seems « excellent » keeps getting better in that 2nd edition. Thanks for the deep dive :-)

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

It really seems like they've made a strong effort to improve the original, which sounds like it was already quite good. I really appreciate the fact that they've even balanced out the gameplay a bit too.

@konceptum1 4 ай бұрын

Interesting.

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Hope to have the next video up soon. :)

@GFlyingAce 4 ай бұрын

Zilla, you showed the counters for the trucks and food but I don’t think you gave a number for the food. I have watched three times and went outside video and ? The number for question 2

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

I just double checked and can confirm that the answer is indeed in the video. Good luck! :)

@claytonbenignus4688 3 ай бұрын

What happened to General Courtney Hodges, the Commander that actually won that race???

@ZillaBlitz 3 ай бұрын

Looking at the historical order of battle now, it does seem like the game has taken some creative license in how they've organized things.

@claytonbenignus4688 3 ай бұрын

I add that Ike liked him too. He was considered the most reliable and the least attention-getting.

@ZillaBlitz 3 ай бұрын

Seems like a guy who history has largely overlooked. Full confession: I'd not heard of him before.

@claytonbenignus4688 3 ай бұрын

We could expand the game in its next iteration. Put in a Hodges counter or even a Mac Arthur Counter. To add challenge, put in a counter for an incompetent like Stillwell. Hodges was actually supposed to be the Commander for the final battle of Japan, either Olympic or Coronet, but Japan had already surrendered.

@BrianMarcus-nz7cs 4 ай бұрын

Yeh , an I'm gonna gt to the Rhein like goose through shit bro ,,, l just got to let Ike know ,,,🌿 Cheers

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Ha!

@mindbomb9341 4 ай бұрын

I was really interested in this game, but this map is such a disappointment, I had to pass.

@ZillaBlitz 4 ай бұрын

Not every game is for everyone, thanks for sharing! I actually quite like the art style of the maps. I mean, I can't speak to functionality yet, but I like the look of them.