Join Cody as he looks at his Top Ten Fantastical Wargames of all time.
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Good thing I'm putting up new shelves for games since you keep finding new ones for me to buy.
Very interesting! I was surprised no mention of Twilight Imperium on the list. Not a fan?
I love Red Alert by Richard Borg.
"It's got this 'nordic' faction-"
Those are Dwarves. Nord Dwarves.
Nworves.
Thanks for introducing these games! I have a party of 5 , looking to get Axis & Allies , or Burning Banners, because I'm missing competitive war board game genre in my collection :). Thank you and Happy New Year ahead!
What are the Honorable mentions couldnt get those names, except RDR
Undaunted Callisto 2200 is mentioned as #5 on video but the text shows as #4.
I've very fond of Wizard Kings published by Columbia Games. Fun video.
Just a few of my favorite SF&F boardgames:
Outreach, SPI
Albion: Land of Faerie, SPI Ares Magazine
Starfire, Task Force Games (et al.), specifically the campaign versions in Starfire III, Imperial Starfire, and others.
Sky Galleons of Mars, GDW
Wizard Kings, Columbia Games
Ogre/GEV, Microgaming/Steve Jackson Games
Divine Right, TSR
Borderlands, Eon Games
And a couple of miniatures games (there are many others, but these came immediately to mind):
Full Thrust, Ground Zero
Horizon Wars, Osprey (notably better than Battletech, IMO)
Fantasy Rules!, Chipco
I really think you should try ironwood as light 1v1 wargame.. Have you tried talon's expansions?
Great list! As you say Burning Banners is just so, so beautiful. Really want to play it at some point just to enjoy how gorgeous it is first hand. Happy New Years!
😂. Err , no Shadows over Normandy ? 🐒
I bought BB couple months ago, still not played, as i have no group up to this.
Great list!! but you should take a look at Eclipse the second dawn for the galaxy, think you may enjoy!
Have you reviewed world in flames? I haven't seen any videos on that but if you did please let me know! Or please review that game!
Star Wars Rebellion? TI4? War of the Ring?
Tallon sounds like it was based on Star Fleet battles
Awesome list added a few to mine to check out. Love your material.
FYI – Space Empires 4x is having a third expansion soon. There is also talk of a Burning Banners expansion.
Burning Banners looks like Dominions (the video game), one of my favorites.
Greatest Fantasy Wargame of all-time? Dragon Pass, hands down.
I feel like the number 1 should be warhammer 40k by sheer scope and popularity alone
Nice impressions. Will look at some of your games closer especially your number one.
No love for War of the Ring?