Undaunted: Battle of Britain

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I have seen these available from a 3rd party, built on special stands that hold the tear-shaped markers. Command the pilots of the battle-tested Luftwaffe who are looking to extinguish all resistance and pave the way to invasion, or the resourceful and determined RAF opposing them at every turn. Gents, we’re ready to show you the core gameplay concept we’ve developed for Undaunted: Battle of Britain. Undaunted diehards might be disappointed in how there’s not much variety in what planes can do – they can move, and turn, shoot, or bomb – but that’s okay with me, because the inherent unpredictability gives you plenty to think about. Osprey Games is the dedicated games division of Osprey Publishing (part of Bloomsbury Publishing plc) and publishes a wide range of wargames, card games, and board games and roleplaying games.

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The play goes along at a tidy pace and the duels can get quite intense with much focus on manoeuvring. The origin for Undaunted: Battle of Britain can be traced back to April 2021, when Trevor and I were finalizing the details of Undaunted: Stalingrad with Osprey.He began designing games in 2014, after moving to England and meeting the Cambridge-based chapter of Playtest UK. Most of the aircraft differ only in speed, guns, and manoeuvrability rather than the plethora of different units you might see on the ground.

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Osprey sent them over right away and Trevor and I pored over them, trying to identify the right time period, regional focus, and scale for our game.

Luckily, the forced movement of aircraft forcing you to plan ahead as best you can keeps it firing on (almost) all cylinders. You can see find out more about our process with this guide to how we test board games and tabletop RPGs. But other than minor tweaking, from a gameplay perspective nothing significantly changed between the design Trevor and I delivered and the final game. Sure, there’s a pilot with a name protecting our coastlines (or trying to burn them down), but every success in combat whittles away at health rather than sees a specific person you’ve grown attached to become a casualty. This design allows aircraft to maneuver by adjusting the front of their plane to a new edge of the hex.