The War Room LIVE - How Do You Learn a New Wargame?

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The War Room LIVE - How Do You Learn a New Wargame?

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Ай бұрын

We all have our favourite ways of learning a new Wargame, so why not share your knowledge (it might help someone who struggles)!

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@RoughSwordsmanWargamer Ай бұрын

Hello everyone, thank you for watching. If you like what I do, please support the channel by subscribing, 'pushing the bell' and liking the video - it helps a lot! 😊

@davidwhitehouse615 Ай бұрын

Can’t watch live too often unfortunately now, but still watch them during the week. Enjoyable as always! Thank you!

@RoughSwordsmanWargamer Ай бұрын

Thanks David 👍

@WouterSchoutteten Ай бұрын

Cool show, thanks. I like Nate's books, but now I will have to buy both games and books. Oh-o!

@clipsolo Ай бұрын

Thanks for the great content guys! One tiny request, could you mention the names of the games out loud when you bring them up? I for one listen while jogging so I need to play guess the game once in a while 😄

@Dangerous27Dave Ай бұрын

Enjoyed the show - just caught up with the rest. I find youtube videos indispensable when learning a new game. I will watch a play through (or part thereof) as well as reading the rules (this takes several sessions and I can't do it in one sit down) and then set the game up. Most of the time, whilst I am pushing stuff around, I will hit a block which the rulebook doesn't answer (or is not referenced easily). Then it is to BGG, Consimworld or a youtube video to try to and crack the code. Once I have (hopefully) found a solution I will go back to the rulebook to see if I have been an idiot or to exclaim "why isn't that explained?" (or similar). This happens so often that it seems to me that a lot of games are not properly tested with new players. A big frustration is (for example) that the rules for set up, for example, state "place chaos counters in zone 1"...... my response is "what is a chaos counter?"..... the rulebook may have this explained on page 17 with no index cross reference........... Hardly any rulebooks have a section upfront which explain all the components with their function (most have some explained but leave other components to be explained somewhere later in the book)

@RoughSwordsmanWargamer Ай бұрын

Hi Dave, my frustration is that I find some rule book's sequence of play rattle on without me having any idea what they are talking about. Only becomes clearer when I read the rest of the rules and go back and re-read the SOP!

@Dangerous27Dave Ай бұрын

@@RoughSwordsmanWargamer Yeah - the general principle should be that any term, component or phrase should be explained before it is used or referenced in the rules; I don't want to go looking for an explanation later in the rules. The explanation doesn't have to be full and complete but it should be enough to explain what is being referenced in the rules at that point.