TDG: I, Napoleon

Where did Napoleon go to the bathroom? The water loo. Join Cody and Ray as they explore this card and dice game that covers the entire career of the French Emperor from GMT Games. Will it conquer your tabletop? Or should you just retreat as soon as possible? Let's watch! (Apologies for audio issues).

[RayPhay]

So after hearing from the designer that we played the administrator track wrong I have to change my rating to a 8. The administrator track should reset every turn and this would have changed a few things that we did during this play.

[jpotter]

The first thing you said that really prompted me to take a second look at this one was, "This is a game ..." Music to my ears!
Interesting seeing it on a table. The board is surprisingly large! (to me, anyway)

[RolandoRatas]

After Napoleon's actual surrender I do wonder why he still carried out battles defending certain French cities

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I guess he thought he didn't have much Toulouse..

[dotista]

I like long solitaire game, so I think this one is for me. I wonder why I did not subscibed to this channel earlier. I only watched the Player's Aid, but your content is a bit different. For those who don't know, "Le chant du départ" was the Imperial hymn

[charlespitti-wk]

Can't wait to get my copy .Just a beautiful looking game ;-)

[Socialdogma]

As a lawyer, I applaud the opening bit.

[callsign_scooter]

Welp, you guys sold me on the game HAHAHAHA

It was on my peripheral for a while and I had reservations on if the player had meaningful choices. Now the playtime isn't too much of a negative, or the setup or cleanup. Mostly because Mr. President is a BEAST to get going and it stays on the table for weeks, so I consider I, Napoleon as a sort Mr. President. Hopefully I can get my copy this upcoming week.

[vietbtran]

I quite enjoy this game! While the game is a little long I will say that once you get a couple games in the playtime lowers SIGNIFICANTLY. You really get the hang of the board state and what triggers are happening.

There really needs to be a cheat sheet that is a little matrix that shows which card triggers which as I also missed many cards that were supposed to be removed.

In the end, I don’t think it changes the game in a significant way but it does feel bad when you aren’t playing correctly because of minor oversights.

Really enjoying it and making me want to learn more about Napoleon for sure!

[stevendolges]

Once i got used to the game i found I could bang my way through a full campaign in about 2 hours.

[timothysmith]

Looks good thanks for the video. I ordered it this morning. I am not sure that "If you play the game wrong it will cause you problems later in the game" is exactly something you can blame on game design. Maybe I misunderstood what he was getting at. As far as length that just makes it better. Its gonna cost me 15 bucks an hour to go to a movie if ya count the popcorn and if i pay 70 dollars for a game that takes 5 hours to play I am ahead even if I never play it again.

[talkingshelfspace]

Could it be that you played administration incorrectly? During each clean up phase, A & D are reset to zero. I only started going into EMD, but I haven't seen any A higher than 5-6 per turn and your marker is at 30+

[timoseppa]

Dedication to go straight from doing yardwork to shooting the video

[robertthurman]

A retro version of GMT's Mr. President?

[sawwas]

different games i know but how would you compare it to tarawa 1943 which you seemed to like a lot

[ybhandari]

If I can only pick one, would you recommend this, Prime Minister, or Mr. President?

[kaisercito]

Un juego muy interesante en solitario que acaba de salir es The Planet King, sobre el reinado de Felipe IV de España entre 1621 y 1665. No sólo tiene en cuenta las guerras y la diplomacia... también contempla la vida privada del rey con sus amantes e intentos de tener descendencia... os recomiendo que le echéis un vistazo 😮

[Socialdogma]

A 33 minute video? Was this released in both English and French?

[mikolajwitkowski]

Is Cody's mic off in this one? The difference in volume is huge.