Nice overview. Ambush was my first wargame back in the 1980s, and I played it endlessly. For sub battles, I also recommend Silent Victory. For anyone interested in the American Civil War, I highly recommend Worthington Games' Antietam or Shiloh.

Thank you! I just bought Ambush! on eBay - have been thinking about it for decades, finally pulled the trigger after watching this. Great video!

Field commander Rommel is an excellent or should I say three games. Easy, but fun. Great bang for your buck.❤💥😃

Thank you and I liked Hidden & Dangerous back in the day also.

Thank you for the video. I just ordered "Long Range Desert Group" based on your recommendation.

Thank you for the video! Try conflict of heroes, awakening the bear with the solo expansion!

Hi. I started with Blitzkrieg and then 1914 by Avalon Hill back in the 1960's! great review thanks

Hey! Nice video! Good to see more informational channels coming up. I'm too a beginning wargamer and have to play mainly solo.

Nice video, see we are in the same boat, new guys to solo wargames.

Thank you for the video, looking to get into wargaming and appreciate your help.

Just come across this, thanks very much for taking the time and trouble to put together such a great list

Great video! My only suggestion is to do the same video for solo wargames for beginners that are currently in print. At least in the US, every one of those six games is OOP.

have been looking at getting into this hobby,and ordered a game last night, similar to the first one you recommended,just to see if its is for me. i have a feeling this is going to be a an interesting way to spend some hours. thanks for the suggestions

Enemy Coast Ahead - Doolittle Raid is also a great Solitaire game.

Thank you! I've been out of the hobby for years, and you just showed me several titles I've never heard of, and AMBUSH, which I used to own... :) Now I'm looking forward to finding a DVG game to play, or one of the others.

great suggestions. the Folio series is great. If only Decisions website was working half the time! The folio suggestion alone makes this one of my fav vids. thanks!

Nice - can also vouch for Ambush. Still have it. Ridiculous level of playability. Wish that had expanded endlessly.

thanks for the tips on where to get games, very helpful!

My first wargame purchase was Target for Today. I do have three P500 games on preorder: Silent Victory, The Hunters, and Beneath the Med.

A long time Avalon Hill player first game was, Guns of August. The Game from Gmt that I love is "Paths of glory".

Great video!!

Enemy Coast Ahead: The Doolittle Raid, and Fields of Fire second edition, both by GMT. Check those out too, they have just been released!

Nice video - interesting selection. I'd have chucked in something from the States of Siege series (probably Zulus On The Ramparts) but it's all down to personal preference...

Try the Leader Series from DVG Games

A couple of others to consider. "Target For Today" is similar to "The Hunters", except you are flying a B-17 or B-26 on daylight bombing runs in WWII. It is in print currently, from Legion Games. I think it's a lot of fun, and creates wonderful narratives. Victory Point Games has the 'state of siege' series which includes "Zulus on the Ramparts" (Rorke's Drift), and "Ottoman Sunset" and "Hapsburg Eclipse" covering WWI. "Silent Victory" is similar to "The Hunters" but is set in the Pacific in WWII. It is currently out of print, but GMT Games will likely reprint it in either 2018 or 2019.

Playing solitaire is the best method for avoiding social interaction with aszholes.

"...I'm going to do a bit of a cheat if I'm honest..." I see what you did there!

Nice tips. I myself have ordered Field Commander Napoleon and Fields of Fire. I am also currently enjoying Thunderbolt Apache Leader from DVG and am looking out for Sherman Leader.

Thank you for the great suggestions, I liked and subscribed.

Could you drop the gun shot sound between games? It is a bit startling for former military. Otherwise this is an excellent series.

I would recommend Tiny Battles Publishing. Rifles in the Pacific.

Great list! Thank you!

Hi and thank you for the video, really enjoy and I am agree with everything except your number one choice...I am owning FC Rommel and I found it too frustrating as I could not see any value in tactics because too much dice dependent. Obviously this is a personal decision, but I've been playing so many time Ghost Division mission in which I barely get close to a victory. Again that's me or probably not too lucky on rolling dice :)

Ambush, it's gamettes and the Pacific theatre game and gamette (Banzai? But I think that was the card game) and played them to death... they're a bit complex for beginners (I think it has a 64 page rulebook, with some pages of scenarios.) It's a great game; it you can find it for $50 or so get it. Don't buy gamettes without the original game(s), but the gamettes stand alone and don't require anything but the original. The only bad thing about them is they don't have much replay value. Other than B-17, those are the only solitaire games (other than Solitaire ASL) I would recommend (and SASL is NOT for beginners.)

ECA. Dam busters. Just got a copy I know I probably paid too much for it used but I just don't want to wait on GMT not getting to that second edition for what another year or two. Also have The Hunters and the other three siblings games.

Very well done!!

I need some help. I'm looking for a micro board game that I used to play 25 years ago. It was like like Squad Leader but much smaller and simpler to play. It was a US vs Germany hex game. Does anyone know the name?

Reading through the posts, many of you state you're beginners and mainly play solo (hence your interest in solitary games.) I recommend to you VASSALdotcom. There are literally 1000 war games available for download covering all eras and games developed from the '60s on to today. Some have rules included, some you can get from publishers like GMT or MMP; most you have to own the particular game for the necessary rules, charts, etc. Using VASSAL and Skype or your favorite messenging system, you can play against online opponents; getting online is just a click available on each game. I feel your frustration; as far as I know there's not another war game player within 50 miles of me and with most of the games I play, even farther. Check it out for yourself.

Thanks, it helped me a lot

Top war games for beginners , look no further than Field Commander Alexander and Field Commander Alexander by DVG games.

Have you tried any of the "State of Siege" games from Victory Point Games? Not sure if they make any WW2 themed games but Zulus on the Ramparts, Ottoman Sunset (WW1) and Cruel Necessity (English Civil war) are worth trying.

Interesting, thank you.

Thanks, really useful.

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Showing the contents would have been nice.

Hi great video: I'm not able to locate "Long Range Desert Group" is there another beginner game like that one you could recommend? Thank you in advance. Greg

have you tried Merrill's Marauders

Hi man 🖐️

Try Mosby's Raiders by Victory Games

Field Commander Rommel.

If you need to say "without further ado" in your video better skip it and everything said before it to move straight to the point :)