Review: Versailles 1919 from GMT Games - The Players' Aid

[BenClemenceau]

A game that lets me play as my great-great grandfather! I'm very new to GMT games (started with FAB Sicily but just grabbed Vietnam 1965-1975 and A Time for Trumpets) but this seems like a must-buy. What a world of games I was never aware of! I've put so many hours into D&D, lots of miniatures games, and plenty of more common board games (from Twilight Imperium and John Company to 7 Wonders and Ticket to Ride), but this GMT stuff--and by extension, Avalon Hill, DvG, and others--is so great! Subbing to this channel. You guys seem like the best way to stay up to speed on this genre.

[bibleboardgames]

The politics and influence in this game looks very interesting. Thank you!

[lemons]

This is such a wholesome channel just two men chat about games I love it 👍

[gordonpueschner]

Love this game. Negotiation is a huge part of this, if you're not wheeling and dealing then you're missing out on a big part of the game.

[HeavyH]

Great review as always. Just finished solo games. Very enjoyable experience- a thrilling end as I lost to the Bot. Solitaire play: USA, UK & France are present- you pick country to play & Bot for 2 other countries w/ an Uprising country switch function.

[chrisridley]

🎄🎅🎁 thanks for all the videos this year
Hope you both and all of your family Have a very merry Christmas 🎄🎅🎁

[francoismailly]

Normally i find negotiation game tedious and overly long in the later stage of a game, but this game is something else! The negotiation always was fluid and snappy. And even better the game itself is mechanically fun, even if you win a issue without negotiate, you still have the influence economy, the happiness track and you army/instability to balance! That's a very rare feat!

[horrido]

A Euro is a game where a clever mechanic has a theme painted on it, which differentiates it from Ameritrash and wargames, which are typically a subject with mechanics built around it. Sounds subtle, but has huge implications. A typical Euro will seem deep gameplay wise, but shallow as a simulation and historical teaching device. This is why, for example, COIN is a wargame even though it feels a little like a Euro. The designer was looking for a mechanic to model counter insurgencies, and he developed a new wargame paradigm (actually a progression of CDGs). The old paradigms were lacking on the subject. It may seem like a distinction with little difference, but the end effect is profound. The three genres have entirely different feels, largely for this one reason. I'd wouldn't' consider Versailles 1919 a Euro game, more like a wargame w/o a war in the vein of 1960 Making of a President, AH's Gunslinger and Blackbeard and even Pax Pamir.

[chobindue]

The two player variant plays without Italy. The US are controlled alternatively by the two players.
The solo variant is really interesting. You always control the country that’s currently losing and to score a point you have to keep control of it for a complete round. If that get too powerful you change the country you control. Seems convoluted, but it works.

[garybraddick]

I really like this game. Learned it as a two player and had a fun time. Then a four player game and that was a blast.

[TBK]

just played this for the first time and loved it!

[barker]

Have just bought this. Nicely timed review. Give us a play through now so I don’t have to do anything.

[mokkori]

Thanks for the review! It definitely looks like a fun game. I just would feel bad for someone having to play as the worst US president. I suppose as long as it wasn't me.

[ironman]

Ordered this game last week - just starting the review, hoping its good!

[TheJoaninhaMendes]

My group played this game yesterday for the first time. At first we were rather skeptical... but it is the sort of game that is greater than the sum of its parts.

The only complaint I have is that I wish the cards had some more info about issues/events it portrayed. Maybe something like the cards from Pax Emancipation. I know it would remove some "cleaness"of the overall graphic desig (which is quite neat, I would say)... but man, really missing some more flavour.

Apart of that, great game.

[NapoleonsTriumph]

Haven't played this multi-player yet, but it fell completely flat as a solo game. Purely card manipulation. My pre multiplayer impressions are this is not in the same class as Churchill and Pericles. The theme does not emerge in this iteration of the series at all.

[e-airman]

thanks I ordered this on your recommendation😃

[bgm-]

The war map in Churchill was nothing but a dynamic scoreboard to resolve the outcome of the conferences. Which is why Churchill was always a political game, not a wargame. And 1919 is beyond doubt, a 100% political game. Not even sure why anyone would consider it a wargame.

[varovaro]

I dont know if i prefer this shirt or the Polaroid one 😅. Anyway merry xmas u two!

[briancampbell]

I purchased this game 3 days ago and am eagerly awaiting it's arrival in the mail. This was a great review and it brings up a question for me: would someone be able to tell me what cards have mistakes on them? This would go a long way in taking care of any problems concerning this issue when I play it for the first time. Thanks in advance!! Cheers. Looks like a fantastic game.