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on: March 07, 2020, 02:35:43 PM
What are some good low complexity WW1 games?


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Reply #1 on: March 07, 2020, 02:38:49 PM
There's a decent point to point game that's pretty low complexity from phalanx games called, shockingly, The First World War


https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11202/first-world-war

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Reply #2 on: March 07, 2020, 02:43:45 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 07, 2020, 02:38:49 PM
There's a decent point to point game that's pretty low complexity from phalanx games called, shockingly, The First World War


https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11202/first-world-war

Can't go wrong with Racier. Looks like a simpler version of Paths of Glory.

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Reply #3 on: March 07, 2020, 03:00:12 PM
Maybe...it’s actually why I was on the Columbia website but surprisingly they have no block games covering the war.


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Reply #4 on: March 07, 2020, 03:01:38 PM
This thread reminds me- I still need to sticker Fields of Despair.

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Reply #5 on: March 07, 2020, 03:26:19 PM
This series is hard to beat, and its not at all complex.

https://shop.decisiongames.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=29

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Reply #6 on: March 07, 2020, 03:29:59 PM
Quote from: bbmike on March 07, 2020, 03:01:38 PM
This thread reminds me- I still need to sticker Fields of Despair.
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Reply #7 on: March 07, 2020, 05:05:02 PM
Quote from: mirth on March 07, 2020, 02:43:45 PM
Quote from: bayonetbrant on March 07, 2020, 02:38:49 PM
There's a decent point to point game that's pretty low complexity from phalanx games called, shockingly, The First World War


https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/11202/first-world-war

Can't go wrong with Racier. Looks like a simpler version of Paths of Glory.


Kind of.  No cards, but there are some event counters.  The various fronts make it easy to play multiplayer.  Can easily finish in one sitting.  Analysis paralysis sets in if you've got a player that over-obsesses over the possibility of dummy units / counterintel in front of him, but otherwise pretty streamlined.


You kind of need to house-rule the Russians leaving the fight tho, or it can be a little to easy for them to bail on the war, even if they're doing really well.

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Reply #8 on: March 08, 2020, 11:09:51 AM
If you like Axis & Allies, there's a version of WW1 for that, and it's rated fairly high.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/133956/axis-allies-wwi-1914

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Reply #9 on: March 08, 2020, 12:34:00 PM
Quote from: bob48 on March 07, 2020, 03:26:19 PM
This series is hard to beat, and its not at all complex.

https://shop.decisiongames.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=29

Is that considered low complexity.

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Reply #10 on: March 08, 2020, 12:36:35 PM
Oh yes, without doubt.

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Reply #11 on: March 08, 2020, 03:32:40 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on March 08, 2020, 11:09:51 AM
If you like Axis & Allies, there's a version of WW1 for that, and it's rated fairly high.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/133956/axis-allies-wwi-1914

I have a long standing aversion to anything axis and allies...I understand why some people really enjoy the game but it’s not for me.


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Reply #12 on: March 08, 2020, 03:41:48 PM
Quote from: Bison on March 08, 2020, 03:32:40 PM
Quote from: BanzaiCat on March 08, 2020, 11:09:51 AM
If you like Axis & Allies, there's a version of WW1 for that, and it's rated fairly high.

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/133956/axis-allies-wwi-1914

I have a long standing aversion to anything axis and allies...I understand why some people really enjoy the game but it’s not for me.

It's not a bad way to introduce people to the hobby. It was my gateway game to groggier things.

The problem with A&A is that once you know the game, you pretty much always make the same series of moves and it becomes a dice off. With the original game, it got to the point that after 1-2 turns we knew who was going to win based on the outcome of a few key battles.

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Reply #13 on: March 08, 2020, 04:15:04 PM
Wings of Glory WWI.


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Reply #14 on: March 08, 2020, 04:23:42 PM
I wish the quartermaster general series played better with lower player counts.

Or The Lamps are Going Out was in print.


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