(06-05-2012, 12:24 PM)awdougherty Wrote: How did Axis Empires - Totaler Krieg go? I sort of jumped in and go step by step extremely slowly, but it hasn't been too rough in the very early stages.
The game and storyboard are relatively difficult to become ingrained. Certain cards need to be played at specific times for a maximum effort and each side needs a maximum effort. I needed to play it several times to get the card sequence and the game play in my head. Much of what was possible historically is still possible but the sequence of play was very important and each phase has a particular reason for being in the order it is.
I enjoyed the game of it as it was tense and exciting and the end game has value throughout but it was fiddly to me. Lots of rules and you can't play without the rule book in hand as there is just too much that needs to be understood at a very detailed level.
When I play PG or the CWB I rarely have to look at the rule book as the games are relatively intuitive to play. I cannot say that about AE-TK, however it is still a lot more playable than World in Flames and keeps closer to an historical result than John Prados Third Reich. And it can be played within a lifetime, unlike War in Europe
