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I am in a very Memoir '44 mood. If you would like to challenge me to a game this weekend I would likely be all over it. I have the basic set and the Pacific Theater expansion, the latter of which I haven't explored nearly enough of.
I have been playing it again via![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
classicaljunkie. After much bugging I finally got her to play BattleLore with me. She didn't like it, but it moved her to counterpropose Memoir, which neither of us have played in a long time. So a little later I blew the dust off the box and opened it and my friends it looks positively empty compared to BattleLore's monster box. It's like there's nothing inside.
And yet the game is so much fun! The rules are much simpler, and it moves a lot faster than BL, since there are fewer factors to keep in mind and check against every turn. I'm not ready to say that I like it more, but... let me say that Memoir has definitely earned its place in my Top Five, and BL hasn't gotten there yet.
It reminds me of the difference between vanilla Settlers and Cities and Knights, and the reasons folks have for preferring one over the other. It's not a perfect analogy becuase BL isn't Memoir '44 With More Stuff; the tactical strategies for moving units around is entirely different, which is part of the coolness (BL forces you to keep units clumped together or else their morale shatters, while Memoir units are better off hanging loose until it's time to gang up on an enemy). But, yes.
I have been playing it again via
classicaljunkie. After much bugging I finally got her to play BattleLore with me. She didn't like it, but it moved her to counterpropose Memoir, which neither of us have played in a long time. So a little later I blew the dust off the box and opened it and my friends it looks positively empty compared to BattleLore's monster box. It's like there's nothing inside. And yet the game is so much fun! The rules are much simpler, and it moves a lot faster than BL, since there are fewer factors to keep in mind and check against every turn. I'm not ready to say that I like it more, but... let me say that Memoir has definitely earned its place in my Top Five, and BL hasn't gotten there yet.
It reminds me of the difference between vanilla Settlers and Cities and Knights, and the reasons folks have for preferring one over the other. It's not a perfect analogy becuase BL isn't Memoir '44 With More Stuff; the tactical strategies for moving units around is entirely different, which is part of the coolness (BL forces you to keep units clumped together or else their morale shatters, while Memoir units are better off hanging loose until it's time to gang up on an enemy). But, yes.
