Top 7 Board Wargames | With Designer Volko Ruhnke | Part 1

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Top Wargame Designer Volko Ruhnke (Fire in the Lake, Nevsky) visits the channel and shares the Top Seven Wargames that he enjoys playing. Volko has designed over 20 war games and is the creator of the COIN series and Levy & Campaign series games. In this video he shares the top wargames that he enjoys playing. Thanks for joining, Volko!

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Links to specific games discussed (in random order)
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:25 Game 7
10:55 Game 6
23:05 Hardest/Easiest Designs
37:34 Game 5

Rally the Troops: https://www.rally-the-troops.com/

Links to specific games discussed (in random order)
The Burning Blue
BGG: https://tinyurl.com/2axpubc7
Noble Knight: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147359982/Burning-Blue-The---The-Battle-of-Britain-1940/?awid=1430

Fire in the Lake
BGG: https://tinyurl.com/2a24cgyv
Noble Knight: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2148013969/Fire-in-the-Lake---Insurgency-in-Vietnam-2022-Edition/?awid=1430
GMT Games: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-903-fire-in-the-lake-3rd-printing.aspx

Downtown - Air War over Hanoi 1965-1972
BGG: https://tinyurl.com/2azmsdx4
Noble Knight: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147343842/Downtown---Air-War-over-Hanoi-1965-1972/?awid=1430

Crusader Rex
BGG: https://tinyurl.com/27p4lmpn
Noble Knight: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147462821/Crusader-Rex-2nd-Edition/?awid=1430

Angola
BGG: https://tinyurl.com/2dz44nan
Noble Knight: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147471282/Angola/?awid=1430

Bomber Command
BGG: https://tinyurl.com/2bjmxafz
Noble Knight: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147467317/Bomber-Command---The-Night-Raids-1943-1945/?awid=1430

Nevsky
BGG: https://tinyurl.com/23fkcj5l
Noble Knight: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147755073/Nevsky/?awid=1430
GMT Games: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1009-nevsky-teutons-and-rus-in-collision-1240-1242-2nd-edition.aspx

Andean Abyss
BGG: https://tinyurl.com/yf9jo82t
Noble Knight: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147739964/Andean-Abyss---Insurgency-and-Counterinsurgency-in-Colombia-2nd-Edition/?awid=1430
GMT Games: https://www.gmtgames.com/p-1082-andean-abyss-3rd-printing.aspx

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Top 7 Board Wargames | With Designer Volko Ruhnke | Part 1




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