Memoir 44 in about 3 minutes

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Memoir 44 in about 3 minutes
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Designer,Richard Borg,
Artist,Cyrille Daujean, Julien Delval, Don Perrin, Claude Rica,
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@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Memoir 44 is just the best little 2 player war game on the market, and has been for a long time. Pretty much the only other acceptable arguments in this niche are the other games in the series and you can find just about any setting to fit. From space battles and Fantasty warfare to the US Civil War and Ancients. The Command and colors series has a wargame for everyone vaguely interested in wargames.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

For a link to all the other games in the series, see the video description.

@verdicktrobin 2 ай бұрын

@@3MBG Unfortunately, Battlelore Second Edition is not seeing reprints and is near-impossible to find at good prices here. :(

@jerryf196 2 ай бұрын

Comparable to Undaunted!

@whoeveriam0iam14222 2 ай бұрын

this game looks like my imagination when I was placing plastic armies all over the kitchen tiles at home as a kid.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

100%

@deiseach02 2 ай бұрын

"Clausewitz for kids!" You buried that nugget. It is a great game for kids. Take out the special cards and even a 7-year-old can understand what is going on. And they really do understand. My son preferred the grey models at first, which my (English) wife found a little irksome. Gradually her history lessons sank in and he now prefers to play as the Allies. Learning can be fun!

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Fantastic

@angioman64 2 ай бұрын

And the large pre-printed maps make set up really easy. Such a masterpiece of a game that will give you lots of great memories.

@musculusiv4172 2 ай бұрын

This was the game that really got me into baord games. True classic! And with the various expansions it's one of the best WW2 games out there

@dominicseibert3048 2 ай бұрын

I wrote to the designer about adapting this to the Star Wars IP. Would be a gold mine, I think. He seemed intrigued by the idea.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

They did do a sci-fi space one a while back. But yes, it could work for just about anything. And i'm thinking of using a system heavily inspired by Memoir 44 in a light wargame i'm designing. The tweak with mine, is you build your own draw decks based on capabilities you are deploying. And its not, left, middle. right, It's different sectors on the board. But Memoir 44 is the clearest big inspiration for it.

@jmobley6 2 ай бұрын

I’ve seen this around for ages but never looking into it, and I have to say I’m interested now. You do a wonderful job of summing up and displaying things simply, thank you!

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Much appreciated.

@sebastianraducu7850 2 ай бұрын

One of my favorite boardgames, such a classic, and i have made a small version for on the go

@lukejw11 2 ай бұрын

Love M44. Such amazing longevity as well.

@tomsule 2 ай бұрын

Oh, thank you for review. I love this one!

@joesolo1836 2 ай бұрын

I played Battlecry growing up and LOVED it!!! This looks great and all the expansions, hot damn thats awesome!!!

@BobLee-df4zh 12 күн бұрын

This looks is much more random than Undaunted. Undaunted uses dice for attacks but it's much more streamlined and can be mitigated.

@3MBG 12 күн бұрын

Undaunted is also about 20 years newer ;)

@cyclemadness 2 ай бұрын

We played this tournament style in my game group one time. The last two were determined to finishing the evening with a winner despite not much time left for the evening. They finished the game in 8 minutes. I mean really, pick an order, do it, draw a new card.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

hot damn that's some speed M44. I can see it though, two veteran players who agree to make the game go as fast as practicable. Still, very impressive.

@catherinetaylor556 2 ай бұрын

“For something more tankey” 😂 brilliant

@Christian_from_Copenhagen 2 ай бұрын

I've heard of this game before but haven't considered it since I got into 40K (mainly playing with One Page Rules). This might be a wiser choice than Bolt Action in terms of storage and gameplay variety, thanks for the review! PS. I heard recently that there are plans for adapting Bolt Action into a board game this year, could be interesting.

@cardboardconflicts 2 ай бұрын

Love it, but I think some of the OG box are a bit bland. The expansion have some neat scenarios and interesting unit types. It might stretch the wargame definition but don’t sleep on War Chest. My younger son prefers that now for 2 player we play but it’s surprisingly deep with drafted units.😊

@EclecticCamel 2 ай бұрын

I like Memoir 44 a lot, but I think Undaunted edges it out for top spot. This is a very close 2nd tho.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

I keep bugging David for a copy of undaunted.

@EclecticCamel 2 ай бұрын

@@3MBG I would love to introduce you to it. Just a quick jump over the pond! lol

@Drumox 2 ай бұрын

Have you played any of the expansion content? My father in law loves this game. I think it can last a bit long, but for a war game, it's reasonably short

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

For a wargame, its very short. I have just the 3 main unit packs, Pacific, Eastern and Med. They're fine, slightly more rules in each one than the core box but only a little. It's just more good stuff really, but play the core out first unless one of those fronts is of huge interest to you

@matyasspevacek286 2 ай бұрын

So much nostalgia

@KirbyMD 2 ай бұрын

Got this for my father-in-law and we played it for a whole day straight, absolutely loved it! Only criticism i had was not being able to burn a turn to swap out your whole hand of cards. Getting stuck with 4 cards that do nothing on repeat is just annoying

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

See, to me that's the core of the game, that you have to manage that. You only get into that position by overfocusing on one flank. A trick i do is use those off cards to move units into the flank i need them, or better still, use another card to get units into that flank so i can clear those cards by chaining action and action with some units doing a breakthrough. I think thats part of expert play of this game.

@Emsworth377 2 ай бұрын

There's a house rule that you can burn any card to move only one unit in any one section. Seems to work well.

@KirbyMD 2 ай бұрын

@@3MBG Definitely fair! It was an edge case that only happened in 1-2 games where one of us would annihilate one flank and leave it sad, but that's part of playing well!

@KirbyMD 2 ай бұрын

@@Emsworth377 duly noted, will have to try that!

@Martin-lp4eu 2 ай бұрын

I am surprised you have not mentioned Undaunted. For me it is a candidate for the best light wargame.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

I still haven't played it.

@iansutton7416 2 ай бұрын

Whilst it may look like a wargame, the gameplay can feel more like a variant on the deckbuilding theme - Sabotage your opponent's deck by removing cards (kills) or clogging it up (fog of war) - race to the objective or play the longer game by curating the deck (as in many deckbuilders), but also with the added complexity of the deckbuilding also driving positioning (defensive, offensive, preparatory) I could absolutely see someone who likes deckbuilding, also enjoying this series of games, even if the theme washes over them. The spatial element and ability to directly hamper your opponent's deck adding additional intrigue to normal deckbuilding. That also allows for a surprisingly wide range of approaches.

@SurvivorsQuest1 2 ай бұрын

Such a great game. BGA has a great online implementation of it that is certainly worth checking out!

@Zilong09 2 ай бұрын

Immediately knew that this is a GMG

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Well, yeah, it hits a lot of notes that make for a great game for me. And it's also a near universal pick for best in its category. Tis a worthy game

@halforange1 2 ай бұрын

Owned it, sold it, it just didn’t make it to the table often.

@andrewme2245 2 ай бұрын

Can you give the list of alternate games you showed at the end? they went by fast

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

I've added a link in the video description above. That will go through to a list that has even more of them, there's a bunch

@nialls1048 2 ай бұрын

The Napoleonics one is my favourite, it has a bit more complexity as there are different types of infantry, cavalry and artillery that all fight differently and then this is different by each nation, but the reference sheets are clear. A key difference between Memoir ‘44 and Napoleonics is that the number of dice you can role reduces as your units take damage. Both are fantastic games and I’m sure the others in the list will be too.

@ShineOnYouCD 2 ай бұрын

I have only played this on BGA and I’m so bad at it. lol Definitely not hating on it, I just think bad at strategic combat.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

I find the key is juggling units over the lines. So got a lot of right cards make sure that when you are about to run out you move some of your right units into the center to use them there with center cards.

@ShineOnYouCD 2 ай бұрын

@@3MBG thats smart

@wmarclocher 2 ай бұрын

3:43 So that's the name of your avatar

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Indeed, Carl von Clausewitz, Prussian military theorist and the father of modern strategic studies. I've been using him as an avatar for decades as I did a Masters Degree in Strategic Studies.

@IF040020 2 ай бұрын

The second edition with modern armies NATO vs Russia would be so cool.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Too soon maybe? A lot of wargames get more easier to manage once they pass from living memory.

@gera9576 2 ай бұрын

Please Review Company of heroes next!

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Would love to, just haven't played it. The next war game coming up on the channel is an odd one, Churchill.

@gera9576 2 ай бұрын

@@3MBG it is currently on the pledge manager state on gamefound for the 2nd version and it looks quite good!

@joshtino5321 2 ай бұрын

I would have bought this game but tried online on steam and it seemed too luck based with the dice rolls.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Trust me, like a lot of wargames with dice, the more skilled player will still win every single time.

@sinistersharkfish 2 ай бұрын

it really bothers me that one team is dark green and one team is blue idk it feels like theres not enough contrast. one team should be black or red or something

@dave0754 2 ай бұрын

They went for historical accuracy over visibility

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

Its probably the colour correction on my photos, in person they are easy enough to tell apart.

@3MBG 2 ай бұрын

The green on the board is right at some point where my camera freaks out with it white balancing. So some photos look super green, and others don't and i had to manually correct them to be somewhat in-between. Very frustrating.