Undaunted: Battle of Britain Review: Do a Barrel Roll!

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Tom and Joey take a look at Undaunted: Battle of Britain!
0:00 Intro
1:13 Overview
7:55 Final Thoughts
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@davidthompson7233 Жыл бұрын

Woot! So glad you guys dug it!

@wishmeheaven Жыл бұрын

David, you are a very gifted person, but if beside the talent - you also have some influence on the publisher you cooperate with - May you please take care of making Undaunted Reinforcement approachable to order in Amazon USA, exactly like its siblings? They keep publishing games, but doesn't the purpose is taking care that they will remain in stock so the community will be able to enjoy them? If all the operation and materials to make this games is functioning - I really don't understand this publisher's logic. I guess I should be thankful for the fact that you're working with other publishers as well..

@iainstanford3563 Жыл бұрын

That 'target' symbol is the symbol of the RAF. There's different styles to it that denote the type of aircraft, and it's designed that way to be easily seen and recognised from the ground + air

@diecycling Жыл бұрын

Except I believe that roundel belongs to Latvia, not the RAF. Was Osprey trying to save money with their printing?

@robertcavanna789 Жыл бұрын

Tom also complained that the LRDG scorpion symbol in Undaunted:North Africa seemed too "bad guy". lol. It's like nah, they're just badass! History, y'all.

@bearhustler Жыл бұрын

I thought it was something to do with the RAF symbol being trade marked or something.

@bighamster2 7 ай бұрын

@@diecyclingAll their card backs are monochrome (white on colour background). If you apply that to the RAF roundel then this is what you get, but it definitely works less well than other symbols (like the iron cross)

@peterkarlsson1825 Жыл бұрын

Running, scrambling, flying Rolling, turning, diving, going in again Running, scrambling, flying Rolling, turning, diving Run, live to fly Fly to live, do or die Won't you run, live to fly Fly to live, aces high

@DamianSix66 Жыл бұрын

🤟

@eddieharr Жыл бұрын

preordered, and cannot wait! My grandmother would watch dog fights from her house during the battle of Britain. Her house was hit my a bomb too, amazingly not injuring her or her family.

@drew8235 Жыл бұрын

I've only played Undaunted Normandy so far, but absolutely loving it. Happy I got into it late, because there's so much to look forward to and it's all already out.

@digitaloracle3079 Жыл бұрын

For games like this, I often resort to using mini's from the Axis and Allies Miniatures game, assuming you can get the correct pieces that relate to the in-game unit it's standing in for.

@dio1122able Жыл бұрын

Does this have solo rules to go with the reinforcement rules?

@buryitdeep Жыл бұрын

I hope they do release minis for the undaunted series.

@jumpmaster82nd. Жыл бұрын

Arriving in June for me. I saw a playthrough somewhere and it looks like it could get tense. Lots of opportunity for deception and trickery!

@inttruders Жыл бұрын

This looks good. I will add to my Undaunted collection. Another pretty simple but fun dogfighting game is Fighters of the Pacific.

@merovekh Жыл бұрын

Fighters of the Pacific looks amazing, but almost impossible to get in Europe.

@danacoleman4007 9 ай бұрын

@@merovekhThat's because it's in the Pacific

@yankeehill10 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see Tom's thoughts on Fighters of the Pacific and/or Fighters of Europe.

@bearhustler Жыл бұрын

Just got my copy, it really is fantastic...I couldn't stop adding sound effects.

@markbeaulieu411 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been debating on this or North Africa. I think I’ll get North Africa but I do like the planes theme. Thank you for reviewing this

@robertcavanna789 Жыл бұрын

don't debate. buy them all.

@garfi97 Жыл бұрын

Solid review, and nice explanation of the new things in the Undaunted series, but why just 8.5 points? I didn't see any kind of critism that would lower the score

@aprilw2287 Жыл бұрын

I need this game yesterday.

@edwindrood2816 Жыл бұрын

Very cool

@andrewhopkins5755 Жыл бұрын

It seems like an update of Richthofen's War!

@TerrierHalo Жыл бұрын

Oh this is good, I really like Undaunted so had my hopes up for this game, glad it does seem to live up to my expectations.

@TheBlakeWhitaker Жыл бұрын

Really enjoying Mr. Evan’s reviews on games. Seems to have some nice perspective that i find valuable.

@sporadic08 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this review! Will you all be reviewing Stalingrad?

@VeeeeryyyFaaaastSlooooth Жыл бұрын

Bryan already reviewed it.

@robertcavanna789 Жыл бұрын

TBH, so jealous they get to play this already! Though i'm loving the Stalingrad campaign. and eyeballs deep.

@usaghy1O Жыл бұрын

Can we play in solo?

@jefflanzilotta2057 Жыл бұрын

I have the minis for these planes to scale from a game that has very weak rule set. Sounds like I get this game and I can use my mini's, win win !

@Hadrada. 9 ай бұрын

What game is it that you have these minis? Does it have all you need? Thanks

@CrispyMyth Жыл бұрын

OMG! Now the black die is wrong also! You moved it just to bother *me*, I'm sure! Look, guys, on a D6, the 3 and 4 are opposite each other, not adjacent. I know you know this. I'm only partially being facetious about this, being the DICE Tower you really should fix those dice. 😊

@Teachermook Ай бұрын

Do a barrel roll! *did one, because this game rocked.*

@robertcavanna789 Жыл бұрын

*Battle of Thermopylae, Tom.

@nobbynobbs8182 11 ай бұрын

It looks cool but for some reason, my brain has trouble grasping the rulebook of the previous games and Im afraid it'll be the same with this game. Then again, this version looks easier to grasp

@VeeeeryyyFaaaastSlooooth Жыл бұрын

Funny how great this system works, cant wait to see for myself how good it is with airplanes.

@notsaved Жыл бұрын

doesn't look as interesting as other Undaunted boxes tbh. Prefer having thematic connection between cards and soldiers, and lot of interaction with the terrain... this is basically a hex grid

@johannesblank1552 Жыл бұрын

Any chance you'd review the Star Trek: Alliance games? Really loving those.

@SeanUCF Жыл бұрын

For real. Those are some of the best games I've played in years.

@nshaw1299 Жыл бұрын

So after the gradual scenarios you do reach a sense of 'so few vs so many'? or it's not that realistic? Because if it does give you the historical sense - isn't it weird playing the nazi side? (it's always my question in undaunted andmemoir 44, etc. - I mean, I get how we can just look at it as a battle that may be based on something historical but that history doesn't come across except for the initial setup, but still... the more famous the battle is...)

@Warriorking.1963 Жыл бұрын

It's a shame they used an old WW1 warship in that counter you had on the board. No British or German ship had heavy calibre guns in wing turrets in WW2.

@martind2520 8 ай бұрын

Let's be clear, this is the Battle of Britain, therefore they are not airplanes, they are _aeroplanes._

@Bot101101 Жыл бұрын

I don’t like that modular map at all. No sale.

@azizmandar Жыл бұрын

These games sound great. I wish they had a fantasy or sci Fi theme as historical war is not interesting to me and a turn off for many in our group.

@SeanUCF Жыл бұрын

The dice tower needs to review Star Trek Alliance. There are two box sets out now with a third on the way. Those games are too good not to be featured on this channel!

@ganjielong Жыл бұрын

Made up of tiles, the map is flimsy. 4:10

@VeeeeryyyFaaaastSlooooth Жыл бұрын

They have it on a smooth slippery surface, ofc it will move when someone heavyhandedly messes with counters. From the unboxing vid I saw it's decently thick cardboard, on a cloth/felt surface it will be same as any other decently produced game.

@koalabrownie Жыл бұрын

4:08 is where I lost interest. Board falls apart moving one piece.

@dellh5029 Жыл бұрын

Watch the Gaming Rules playthrough - no board movement at all. I think Tom has fat finger syndrome.

@danielrowland663 Жыл бұрын

These wargamers are such jerks. :)

@KissellMissile Жыл бұрын

Undaunted is a cool light wargame system with a really terrible combat system. I was hoping they would finally change it in this iteration, but alas. Wargames have developed a lot better combat resolution systems in the last decade, and its d10 based system is just too random.

@neildoran4681 Жыл бұрын

This game is essentially a deck builder, so not really a war game the same as all Undaunted series. So of course the combat is simple

@ormstunga7878 Жыл бұрын

I dont expect Tom to have any in depth knowledge of the Battle of Britain, but that box cover is just too cringy. Yes diversity is a great thing, but it’s obvious here that it’s done commercially. No Indian pilots flew in the Battle of Britain 🤷‍♂️

@Hadrada. 9 ай бұрын

Yea I’m not going to purchase it for that reason fed up of our history being black washed

@bighamster2 7 ай бұрын

Indian pilots did fight in the Battle of Britain, such as Mohinder Singh Pujji (whom this may be based on). There were also a number of black pilots from the Carribbean who fought, in addition to the more famous Polish, Czechoslovakian etc. volunteers.

@ormstunga7878 7 ай бұрын

@@bighamster2 Mohindet Singh Pujji arrived in Liverpool Oct 1st 1940. Put directly to training and received his wings in April 1941, flying his first active service in June 1941. He did not fly in the Battle of Britain campaign that took place July-October of 1940. No Indians flew in the Battle of Britain. It’s just facts 🤷‍♂️