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Awesome! You're in, added to the list! Hopefully I can keep you alive. :)

It was really fun to make, I hope you enjoy it! We change a few things about halfway through with regards to the AI movement and decisions. It's a very interesting game, I think. :)

This is the only one I've played, but I have Tiger Leader (same rules now) and U-Boat Leader (haven't played yet). Some of the other ones, like the new Zero Leader, look quite different. ~ Once we get the campaign set up, things get straightforward. It feels like a lot, but after you do it a couple of times it's not hard. :)

Thanks for the kind words, Im ad! I'm glad you're enjoying them. More are on the way. :)

Thanks, David! Im glad you are enjoying them. I’m traveling this week so next episode will be on the weekend I think. :)

Thanks for the kind words, Phillip, I'm glad you found it helpful! Good luck in your campaign! :)

Thanks, jobu! The spending of resource points for units is super important too. :) Good luck with your campaign! I'd consider the first one a learning experience then play a "real" one after that. :)

Thanks, Hex! I'm hopeful we can do better than Rommel in Afrika Korps, for sure. But ... the dice have a lot of influence in this game. I will be sacrificing a few chickens to the Random Dice Gods before our first mission. ~ And awesome on the sign up! Myers it is, and there is still armor available so we'll get you a tank for sure. :)

Thanks! There are so many good solitaire games out there now, it's remarkable how many choices there are. The Leader series from DVG has tons of games in it, so you might want to explore some of the other options if air/sea are more to your liking. :)

Thanks, A Davis! Yes, I just heard that T-34 is in the making, that's great. I have Tiger Leader as well, but haven't played it yet. I think the Russian-German tank battles could make for a good sequel.

I hope you like it, the campaign mode is this game is a ton of fun! And yep, I'd treat the whole first campaign as a learning adventure. The rules will get easier the more you play. Enjoy!

Cool! This was the second playthrough I did, I hope you enjoy it. :)

Thanks, Geoff! I'm hoping to shoot the next episode today. I'm excited for the first battle. :)

Thanks, Jon! :)

Tiger Leader has an upgrade kit for older editions, so although I haven't played Tiger Leader I think it's essentially the same game. If I'm not mistaken, the rules are almost identical. I'd recommend either. :) I hope you enjoy Stuka Leader! It looks like fun, but I don't have that one yet. :)

Thanks, Parkera!

Thanks, Alex!

Hi Mitchell! Thanks for volunteering. We'll generally start a new batch of volunteers for each series (we just took a group for the upcoming Lanzerath Ridge series), so the best thing to do is to keep an eye out for new episodes and volunteer when you see the opportunity come up. There will be more chances. :)

That seems to be a key strategy, yes. :) Those poor expendable infantry squads...

@@ZillaBlitz I enjoying these vids. I just bought SL and haven't played it yet. I think your level of detail in the explanation is just right.

Thanks, Tim! I hope you enjoy it! :)

Hi Oleg! Welcome Ukraine! Glad to have you here, and wishing the best for your incredibly brave people. :) I don't have the rules handy, but if I recall correctly, it's up to the player to decide how many battles to fight per week. So you can concentrate all your forces into one big attack, or split them up into attacks on smaller German forces. But each unit and leader can only fight once per week, so deciding how to split up your troops and what units to attack is a big part of the strategy. Hope this helps!

Thanks, and ha! Yes, I kept making that mistake. I think I must have been hungry when I was playing. :)

Most excellent! Welcome aboard. I'm going to shoot the next episode tomorrow so your timing is perfect. Although you might end up in the week's second battle, so potentially Episode 3. :)

I hear you. With two kids it's challenging. I'd recommend some shorter games that can be played in about an hour. Offhand: Resist! Is a fun wargamey solitaire card game that is challenging and fast to play. Just hitting stores now. Shores of Tripoli has a solid solo mode, is great 2-player, and has a free online option at Rally the Troops. Games are under an hour once you get the rules down. Likewise, Flashpoint: South China Sea is a new game that plays very fast. (I haven't played that one yet but it looks promising.) I'd also recommend checking out Rally the Troops for the other games they have there. (It's generally accepted that if you play the game more than just once or twice there that it's good to pick up the physical copy as well.) It's really easy to arrange 2-player games there, and they have a half dozen games now. Also, Twilight Struggle on Steam is great. The AI is okay, I think, but it's easy to arrange 2-player games there as well.

If you just want to command a tank, I'd suggest the upcoming American Tank Ace, from Compass Games. Should be released in a few months, and it's essentially taking the submarine (The Hunters) type experience to a tank commander in Europe in 1944. There is also the older game called Patton's Best.

@@ZillaBlitz that really sounds like a fun game. =)

I've got American Tank Ace on preorder and it's one of my upcoming contenders for the top solo wargames list. I think it'll make great video content too, because missions are short and link together into a dynamic campaign. It'll be a very different game from Sherman Leader. Both are good, but their focuses are different.

@@ZillaBlitz Cool, I look forward to seeing it. =)

There is a die-roll procedure that you follow to place the enemy units. :)

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Thanks for the quick response

@@mr.whales3600 Sure thing. I'm a bot. ;)

Hard to put a number on it, because everything is replayable because you determine your own force compositions at the start of a campaign. So you can play just one campaign several times trying different combinations of units. But there are, I want to say, about a dozen different campaigns in the game (German and Japanese). I mean, after a while everything comes down to battles on the board, so there is that element that repeats, but just one of the longer campaigns is probably 10+ hours, and that's just playing it once.

@@ZillaBlitz thank you

Ha! No idea what happened here. I think this is the only one without one. :)

Sure thing! Done! Commander Harte, welcome aboard!

Hi Tawanda - Wow, this looks like it's gotten hard to find. It's sold out on the publisher's website, and I don't see any on Amazon either. I see one on Ebay at the moment, but it's not cheap. Might take some hunting around for a deal on Ebay, or maybe the publisher will be reprinting soon.

For sure, and perfect timing! I was just starting to shoot the next episode and our last tank has an open commander spot. You've got our Stuart and will be in the first battle. That's the good news. The bad news is that there just might be a Tiger involved in this battle, so ...um ... good luck! :)

The Germans are attacking us, and it does happen in 1943 in Italy, when the Allied forces would be moving up through Italy. I think the scale is small enough that we can just assume it's some sort of small scale counterattack in the larger advance up Italy.

@@ZillaBlitz wilco , that makes sense

Definitely a different category of game in many ways, I can for sure understand that. I've found the narrative aspects really strong, and the balance seems really tight so lots of close finishes. But thanks for stopping in nevertheless, Charles! :)

Haha! That's perfect! Done! You'll be leading one of those rifle teams. That will be ... a challenge. :)

@@ZillaBlitz it's a dirty job but someone has to do it

I'm already feeling a lot of pressure to keep you alive. _Gulp_

@@ZillaBlitz with how North Africa went I'm expecting to be dead , but it's all good 😅

Haha! Good point! I've played twice already. The first time things went well. The second time, yeah, that was very much like Rommel in North Africa. So 50-50 we're still fighting at the end of Week 2? :)

Yes, I tend to agree. I explained it off as the formations being so small that it was could be just a localized attempt to seize the initiative during a lull in the larger Allied offensive.

I've not seen any yet, no.