Marshall, What do you find is the best way to teach the game to new players? My opinion is that it is best to let them play the British, as attacking is more straight forward and feels like “doing something.” To defend is a little more subtle. It also lets you “let” the new guy
John and I had a very interesting game of Pub Battles –Brandywine last week. We played it Kriegspiel style with formal written orders. What??! How can you have a 2 player Kriegspiel game? With our Umpire-less format and mixed commands. It actually worked really well. We randomly rolled to see who commanded which side.
I like playing Japan. They are a very fun and dynamic power to control. These are my thoughts and insights on playing them. Do you have another take on this or strategies that you like? Let us know! For every advantage, there seems to be an inherent disadvantage. A unique feature of Japan is
We had several fun games last week. One moment in particular sticks out in my mind. I was Russia. Gabe was China. Sarah was Japan. Em was the US. (unusual for her, Sarah beat her to Japan). Sarah (Japan) was all belligerent and aggressive. I had a big oil company in Sumatra. She invaded there and seized
Psychologists have done numerous studies of inmates in prison. Do you know what key attribute that they overwhelmingly have in common? They didn’t play board games as children. We tend to dismiss games as idle entertainment. Actually, games are how we learn. They are teaching devices. Here are just a few of the things we learn from board games in general as
When facing the uncertainty of learning a new game, the tendency is to hesitate. Well, I’m not really sure what to expect here. I don’t want to make a foolish mistake and blow the game right off the bat. I think I’ll just sit back and watch and see what happens…. In Supremacy 2020, that
We play tested the new terrorist rules last night too. Everyone hated them. Hated the new expansion. Hated the rules. I’ve never heard so much bellyaching. They thought it was unfair. The terrorists were too powerful. Too strong. There was no way to stop them. No way to defeat them. It was too expensive to
We have several new videos out on Pub Battles, if you haven’t seen them yet. We’ve been very hesitant to do any because making good videos is very hard. Most wargame videos are like watching paint dry! We’ve tried to keep most of these really short and to the point. Let us know how we
Command Post Games is giving away 1 FREE Pub Battle game (your choice either Brandywine, Little Bighorn or Marengo) to 3 wise and lucky contestants. You can find a copy of the Quickstart Rules and Tutorials on how to play on the Brandywine pages but you do NOT need to know the game to participate or answer
I taught a group of high school kids to play Brandywine last night. Upon seeing it, one of them immediately asked, “Do you have Total War Shogun?” Very interesting that he made this connection. Total War Shogun was one of our source inspirations for this design. In many ways, Pub Battles is like the board game