Victory in Europe

[Old Dwarf]

Over my many Gaming years I played WWII based
Games. D-Day, Third Reich Anzio, Afrika Korps,
Tito, A&A, World in Flames ,Stalingrad, M44, Fall
of France, Global War, War in Europe.

I sold most in the Estate sale a few years ago & only
brought only A&A,M44 & World in Flames with me to
the new house.

Haven't played any of them recently ,I like
Theater Wide Games that cover the entire
War and OoB that are fairly historical
but also have a tactical feel so only World
in Flames meets that criteria ( it covers both
European & Pacific Theaters) but it's a rule
& chart bear. Plus recently I've been more
into Fantasy/Horror Board Games so the
historical war game bug hasn't bitten for awhile.


Then I got an email from Columbia Games that their
Victory Game is being offered at 30% discount for
3 days so I checked it out as I like their Block Games.

It covers the entire War in Europe 1939-1945 & has
only 16 pages of rules. The OoB are Armies & includes
both Major & Minor Powers. Things like diplomancy,
Amph.Assualts,Production ,Para Troopers,Naval,Air
rules are really elegant & mesh together well.

I checked out the Units & found they were fairly close
to historical accuracy.It has separate Cards for each
side which throws Events at you & also sets limits
on the # of battles you can fight in a turn(3 months)

All in all it's a Great coverage of the European War in
a format that lets you play it out Solo & does
so without a massive number of rules.The Block Counters
as always give a real Tactical feel to combat.

The main problem with the Game is that the Map Board
areas are too small for all the Blocks you could have in them.
The Rules were also seen as a problem but
Columbia put a 1.2 Rules Set that solved that Problem.
The Size problem was solved by using Army Group
Blocks & Charts ( a Fan BGG variant )so you need less Blocks
to appear on the Board.

I expect this to arrive in the next few days (Columbia doesn't
notify you of shipping or provide tracking) so I'm looking forward
to this return to my Wargaming roots.

OD

(PS I misspoke just got an email from Columbia Games that my
Game shipped today with a Tracking #)

[ForestRunner]

I've had this one since it first came out... it is yet to hit the table!! Gasp...

I've been involved with Worthington Publishing Block Wargames more recently. They've released a number titles over the last 2 years or so.

[Old Dwarf]

(11-05-2017 12:38 PM)ForestRunner Wrote:  I've had this one since it first came out... it is yet to hit the table!! Gasp...

I've been involved with Worthington Publishing Block Wargames more recently. They've released a number titles over the last 2 years or so.

I have Worthington's "Wilderness Empires" they had a KS for
a Si-Fi Block Game which I backed but they cancelled when
the Pledges began to run backwards.

OD

PS- ViE was delivered yesterday but it won't see the Table for another week or so. The Retail Version
has all Axis Blocks Black (German/Italy) & all Allied Blocks Blue(British/French/US) the KS version Blocks
offered Italy Grey/US Green/ British Brown) so I ordered extra Blocks of those colors from Columbia Games.