Avalon Hill Games - Raid on St Nazaire Solo Games

I managed to get my hands on this classic little number from Avalon Hill, The Raid on St Nazaire, which will become part of an ongoing WWII Commando project (see below, an evocative piece of cover art - not sure if I agree with the spanking "blanko" webbing though!):  

Review from Board Game Geek: 

• https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/1425/raid-st-nazaire

Helpful Tutorials: 

• https://boardgamegeek.com/video/456895/raid-st-nazaire/raid-st-nazaire-part-1
• https://boardgamegeek.com/video/443891/raid-st-nazaire/raid-st-nazaire-french-partisans
• https://boardgamegeek.com/video/365610/raid-st-nazaire/raid-st-nazaire-vassal-content-review-gameplay-dar

Time to push some counters around!

Learning Project: The Last Hundred Yards Boardgame - GMT

The Last Hundred Yards (LHY) - WWII Tactical Wargame Rules.

This (LHY) is my 2023 "Board Game" summer project. I missed the first printing of LHY back in 2019 but I immediately seemed to hear so many good things about it I just had to put my name down on the GMT's P500 queue and wait in stoic silence (as the world seemed to come to a grinding Covid halt). I sat "queue watching" as it slowly ticked up to the GMT P500 reprint threshold leader board (literally waiting through the Pandemic years) and as the then post-pandemic logistical shipping and manufacturing nightmare cleared, saw it finally drop into my lap earlier this year. I also noted that the Airborne Over Europe, LHY Volume II "completed" the system so I bought into LHY system "big time" (as in, when available and at a relatively sensible price - don't hesitate buy or regret at your leisure). I this have all the core rules required. My hope is that it is the Squad Leader (SL) [golden game of my youth] replacement that Advanced Squad Leader (ASL) never was to me. My big hopes rest on its tiny shoulders!

It is highly rated by Board Game Geek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/202721/last-hundred-yards 

Learning all teh new tricks from the youth of today I totally buy into the video jump start, tips and tricks from YouTube (as listed below): 

GMT Games LHY Links:

• https://www.gmtgames.com/c-103-the-last-hundred-yards-series.aspx#[PageNumber(0)|PageSize(50)|PageSort(Name)|DisplayType(Grid)]
• https://www.gmtgames.com/p-901-the-last-hundred-yards-2nd-printing.aspx

Useful Videos: 

Harsh Rules Channel (LHY):

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnj0-5zAgUE
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peWoGg1K-fM
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FA4mYchqG4
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRCB7HVF84c&t=6s
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB7dM2a4gKg
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP2ZobkAfXw

Harsh Rules Channel (AOE):

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcBaqQODlzs

Solo Board Gaming (AOE)

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10IGQ-t8NZY
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HlnGEJQobg
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9yBHfCZIoQ

"Stuka Joe's" Extended Replay:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RImIkBhCe1E

Could this be "the ONE"?