Squad Battles - Is it for me?

[Compass Rose]

The SB series is a very popular and a very enjoyable series. It does not have a very steep learning curve and if you are playing a small enough scenario, it is the only game series I know of where it can actually take less than a minute for you to completely finish up your turn.

I never tried to play ASL before however, it is not uncommon to hear a former ASL player say that they wish they would have found out about the SB series years ago.

As for popularity here are a few links to monthly results that Alan and Abram puts out showing how many games from each titles were reported during that particular month.

Feb results: https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...?tid=61254

Jan results: [url]https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards
/showthread.php?tid=61060[/url]

All of the game titles offer different sized scenarios. There is no complexity scale that increases or decreases depending on the scenario. The complexity level is the same for every scenario.

It is very easy to find answers to your questions when posting them on the forum. There are also several informative articles that are available to help out new players to the series and also help refresh players who have played the series, in the past.

Here is an example of a few:

https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...#pid357518

https://www.theblitz.club/message_boards...#pid337169

(There is a link problem and I can not get the other really good thread to appear in this thread. It is located in the Important Threads section and is titled Squad Battles-Grunt School: SB Tips for newbies)


The best suggestion is to pick a title that interests you the most.

Red Victory (RV) is arguably the best, well put together SB titles to be released, to date. Oz is the master mind behind it and he is very active on the SB forum boards. He is also a super good player of the series, and 99 times out of 100, you will loose to him however, watching the moves that he preforms, are a invaluable learning lesson.

Depending on what you are use to playing, you may find that it may take a few tries to get into the series and start enjoying it. I know for me, it took me three separate tries at starting to play the series before I found the enjoyment in it and how easy it was to play.

Hopefully, you will give the series a try. I feel that you will find it fun and addicting as much of the rest of us have.