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Ambush!

Ambush!

1983·John H. Butterfield, Eric Lee Smith

Videos
20
Creators
3

Mostly playthroughs. Ambush! is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 how-to-play guides, 16 recorded sessions, and 1 unboxings.

1 players
180 - 240 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

From BoardGameGeek

from the back of the box: Ambush! is the solitaire wargame of combat, adventure, and heroism in World War Two France. Using a ground-breaking development of the programmed paragraph solitaire system, Ambush! gives the player control of an American squad, faced with a variety of missions against an ever-changing, hidden German foe. The variable events, innumerable tactical options, and wealth of unexpected occurrences make Ambush! a solitaire gaming experience unlike any that has gone before. The easily learned rules are specially designed to get the player into the action within minutes. The player selects and arms his squad, providing each soldier with command and initiative ratings, perception, weapons skill, driving skill, and movement capability. After selecting one of the eight missions provided, the player sends his squad into a mission map to conduct operations called for in the mission. Soldiers move freely, as far as the player wishes, checking for events each time they move...until the sequenced action rounds are triggered by the whine of German bullets!

Ambush!

Watch first

Learn to play

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 1.1 Rules Deep Dive A48:14

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 1.1 Rules Deep Dive A

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Watch it played

Ambush: A Cold Morning in Belgium (1983)3:57:25

Ambush: A Cold Morning in Belgium (1983)

Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games

Which Ambush! video should I watch?

Ambush! has 20 videos from 3 creators: 3 how-to-play guides, 16 playthroughs and 1 unboxing. They date from 2023 to September 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 1.1 Rules Deep Dive A" by Aaron Plays, which runs 48 min.

To see it played, watch "Ambush: A Cold Morning in Belgium (1983)" by Hopeless Games, one of 16 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Enemy Action: Kharkov, RAF: The Battle of Britain 1940, Conflict of Heroes: Eastern Front – Solo Expansion and SpaceCorp: 2025-2300AD, also by John H. Butterfield.

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AMBUSH! | Campaign 2 | Dash for the Sambre | Episode 1 - CAUTIOUS ADVANCEPlaythrough28:21

AMBUSH! | Campaign 2 | Dash for the Sambre | Episode 1 - CAUTIOUS ADVANCE

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Ambush: Pleasure Boating To the West Wall (1983)Playthrough2:28:03

Ambush: Pleasure Boating To the West Wall (1983)

Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games

Ambush: A Cold Morning in Belgium (1983)Playthrough3:57:25

Ambush: A Cold Morning in Belgium (1983)

Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games

Mission 1 Redux Part 1 We're hunting wabbitsPlaythrough41:30

Mission 1 Redux Part 1 We're hunting wabbits

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

Mission 1 Part 4 Did someone say 'Ouch'Playthrough35:09

Mission 1 Part 4 Did someone say 'Ouch'

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

Mission 1 Part 3 Things get Blood(ier)Playthrough37:56

Mission 1 Part 3 Things get Blood(ier)

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

Mission 1 Part 2 First ContactPlaythrough48:11

Mission 1 Part 2 First Contact

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

Mission 1 Part 1 Squad GenerationPlaythrough31:43

Mission 1 Part 1 Squad Generation

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

AMBUSH: Mission 7 - Bait for the Trap - 8th August 1944 - Episode 1 - Setup and Victory ConditionsPlaythrough19:03

AMBUSH: Mission 7 - Bait for the Trap - 8th August 1944 - Episode 1 - Setup and Victory Conditions

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 8 - ACROSS THE STREAM, FIRST BUILDING CAPTURED!Playthrough49:53

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 8 - ACROSS THE STREAM, FIRST BUILDING CAPTURED!

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 7 - GRENADES AND BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLEPlaythrough31:04

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 7 - GRENADES AND BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 6 - ANOTHER BLOODY SNIPERPlaythrough41:09

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 6 - ANOTHER BLOODY SNIPER

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 1.1 Rules Deep Dive A48:14

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 1.1 Rules Deep Dive A

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Victory Games Ambush - Mission 1 Episode 236:14

Victory Games Ambush - Mission 1 Episode 2

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 3.1 Rules Deep Dive C - ACTION ROUNDS 137:12

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 3.1 Rules Deep Dive C - ACTION ROUNDS 1

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Ambush: A Cold Morning in Belgium (1983)3:57:25

Ambush: A Cold Morning in Belgium (1983)

Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games

AMBUSH! | Campaign 2 | Dash for the Sambre | Episode 1 - CAUTIOUS ADVANCE28:21

AMBUSH! | Campaign 2 | Dash for the Sambre | Episode 1 - CAUTIOUS ADVANCE

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Ambush: Pleasure Boating To the West Wall (1983)2:28:03

Ambush: Pleasure Boating To the West Wall (1983)

Hopeless Games

Hopeless Games

AMBUSH: Mission 7 - Bait for the Trap - 8th August 1944 - Episode 1 - Setup and Victory Conditions19:03

AMBUSH: Mission 7 - Bait for the Trap - 8th August 1944 - Episode 1 - Setup and Victory Conditions

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 5 - BEING CAUTIOUS - AND WHATS THAT IN THE WOODS?37:44

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 5 - BEING CAUTIOUS - AND WHATS THAT IN THE WOODS?

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Mission 1 Redux Part 1 We're hunting wabbits41:30

Mission 1 Redux Part 1 We're hunting wabbits

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

Ambush - Mission 1 - Episode 119:23

Ambush - Mission 1 - Episode 1

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Mission 1 Part 1 Squad Generation31:43

Mission 1 Part 1 Squad Generation

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

Mission 1 Part 4 Did someone say 'Ouch'35:09

Mission 1 Part 4 Did someone say 'Ouch'

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 7 - GRENADES AND BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE31:04

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 7 - GRENADES AND BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 6 - ANOTHER BLOODY SNIPER41:09

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 6 - ANOTHER BLOODY SNIPER

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 2 - THE START OF THE MISSION30:11

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 2 - THE START OF THE MISSION

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Mission 1 Part 2 First Contact48:11

Mission 1 Part 2 First Contact

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

Mission 1 Part 3 Things get Blood(ier)37:56

Mission 1 Part 3 Things get Blood(ier)

Dad vs Son

Dad vs Son

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 8 - ACROSS THE STREAM, FIRST BUILDING CAPTURED!49:53

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 8 - ACROSS THE STREAM, FIRST BUILDING CAPTURED!

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 1 - INTRODUCTION35:42

AMBUSH - Mission 2 - Episode 1 - INTRODUCTION

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

Ambush and its three expansions unboxing and preview34:35

Ambush and its three expansions unboxing and preview

Aaron Plays

Aaron Plays

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Aaron Plays
Aaron Plays
13 videos of this game
Dad vs Son
Dad vs Son
5 videos of this game
Hopeless Games
Hopeless Games
2 videos of this game

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About Ambush!

From BoardGameGeek:

from the back of the box: Ambush! is the solitaire wargame of combat, adventure, and heroism in World War Two France. Using a ground-breaking development of the programmed paragraph solitaire system, Ambush! gives the player control of an American squad, faced with a variety of missions against an ever-changing, hidden German foe. The variable events, innumerable tactical options, and wealth of unexpected occurrences make Ambush! a solitaire gaming experience unlike any that has gone before. The easily learned rules are specially designed to get the player into the action within minutes. The player selects and arms his squad, providing each soldier with command and initiative ratings, perception, weapons skill, driving skill, and movement capability. After selecting one of the eight missions provided, the player sends his squad into a mission map to conduct operations called for in the mission. Soldiers move freely, as far as the player wishes, checking for events each time they move...until the sequenced action rounds are triggered by the whine of German bullets!

Designers

John H. Butterfield, Eric Lee Smith

Artists

John H. Butterfield, Ted Koller, James Talbot

Publisher

Victory Games (I)

Categories

WargameWorld War II

Mechanics

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