Salerno '43 Unboxing | GMT Games | Wargame Historical Board Game | Mark Simonitch

We unbox, examine, and give an overview of Salerno '43, published by GMT Games, designed by Mark Simonitch. Historical Game unboxing - Wargaming

Salerno 43

Italy World War 2 operational level game historical game wargame Germany United States Britain England

This unboxing produced by Zilla Blitz.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:26 Overview
03:35 Rulebook
07:49 Player Aids
10:09 Counters
12:10 Map
15:00 Wrap Up

Salerno '43 Unboxing | GMT Games | Wargame Historical Board Game | Mark Simonitch

[HissyCat]

Another awesome unboxing, well done sir.

[Nangwaya]

I am precisely doing what you are, in that I also have Leningrad '42 but waited until I could get Salerno '43 and start learning the game system with it and go from there. Looks good and manageable. Great unboxing!

[RobertO-lytb]

Thanks for the video. In regard to the mounted maps, GMT halted their sale until all P500 orders are filled. There was a greater demand for the mounted maps than they anticipated. Therefore, they halted their sale until all P500 purchasers are satisfied with their maps (i.e. no damaged maps). Once GMT has an accurate count of how many mounted maps remain, they will put them back on the website. One per customer! First come; first served! This could be as early as this Friday (18th). Keep an eye on their website! Hope this helps. Cheers.

[thecustardprophet]

Really like the look of the map. Looks like the terrain probably plays an important part in this game.

[campsawyer]

Thanks for the preview, like others mine will be arriving with other games later this week. I note your comment on the map and I agree, mounted map is the way to go. I was lucky to get in on the p500 of the mounted map. Given the discussion there will probably be another print at some point.

[coyi]

Another excellent unboxing. I have Holland 44 which is a really enjoyable game and just waiting for Salerno to arrive. The affordable price seems to make this series very popular as well as the challenging nature of the games.

[ThymeKeeper]

The counters punch REALLY easily and cleanly. They don't need clipping IMO.

[charleslatora]

I have almost everything. I need a copy of France 40. I've got that on the p500 reprint list ordered and I also have the Stalingrad 42 expansion also ordered.
For true non solo war games, specifically WW2, Mark Simonitch is my favorite designer. Dean Essig, MMP, the SCS series is a close second.

[ThymeKeeper]

They have added a second printing of the mounted map to P500!

[ThymeKeeper]

Supposed to be getting this delivered tomorrow. The weight of the box implies they didn't ship either this or Army Group Center, so we'll see. My table space is all taken up right now with Winged Victory and the vintage Rise and Decline of the Third Reich, but that gives me plenty of time to learn. I do have another table that is currently my "junk table" but I could probably fit Salerno on there if I got things squared away. I missed out on the mounted map. I'm not a huge mounted map maven, but it wasn't terribly expensive. I'm guessing some will show up on the secondary market at some point.

[A._J_.]

Come on, GMT. Just use a separate reference card with all the counter stats on them and leave the counters with minimal information that is easy to read.

[lastburning]

It's very telling about the bad state of wargame design when it's a feature to be playable in a single sitting. If a game is not playable in a single setting it's an automatic fail F. Other board games don't have this problem! I mean come on! Wargame design got into a very bad path decades ago and it has not been course corrected since.