BCS vs GTS: Which is the Better Game System?

A side-by-side depth review of two great games systems. The Battalion Combat System (BCS) and the Grand Tactical Series (GTS) let you control divisions and brigade-level formations, with battalions and companies, respectively, as units. They both are outstanding contributions to board wargaming.

Slide Desk: https://tinyurl.com/ywyfhemm

00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Overview of games
01:52 - Chronology of games
02:54 - Game design problems they are trying to solve
07:22 - Verisimilitude Scorecard, how like military history are they?
07:41 - Combat: attack
09:40 - Combat: defence
11:55 - Command of formations and units
13:16 - Control of the battlefield
14:13 - Communications to the rear
15:15 - Logistics
16:50 - Intelligence (or too much intelligence)
19:13 - Engineering capabilities
20:55 - Artillery
22:33 - Attack and counterattack situations
23:43 - Invasion and paradrop situations
24:47 - Randomness
26:11 - Final Scorecard
26:54 - Bonus map comparison
27:52 - Outro

(Thanks to my friends: John, Ross, Ian, Chris, Steve and Errol, for their stimulating, knowledgeable and amusing conversations that prompted making this video)

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