2023Joe Fernandez
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Blood of Lions: The Somme – 4th British Amy Sector: July 1916
2025Joe Fernandez
- Videos
- 8
- Creators
- 6
Mainly unboxings. Blood of Lions: The Somme – 4th British Amy Sector: July 1916 is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 4 unboxings.
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Blood of Lions is a WWI solitaire wargame depicting the actions of the British 4th Army during the month of July at the Battle of the Somme. The game uses a combination of dice, cards, generated Command and Leadership points as well as some push your luck mechanics in order to advance on objectives and obtain victory points. Players are allocated Command Points for which they may undertake specific sets of actions each turn. The objective of the game is to gain as many victory points as possible while reaching objectives defended by a German bot activated by player actions, event cards, and automatic defense values. -description from the publisher
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Blood of Lions: The Somme – 4th British Amy Sector: July 1916 has 8 videos from 6 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 4 unboxings. They date from 2025 to July 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Blood of Lions The Somme Wargame Intro and Gameplay" by Joe Fernandez, which runs 14 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "TDG: Blood of Lions: The Somme - 4th British Army Sector: July 1916" by The Discriminating Gamer. To see it played, watch "Blood Of Lions Playthrough - Total Failure" by Cardboard Commander.
If you like it, try Storm of Steel: Ju-87 Stuka – Eastern Front, SPQR: The Battle of Alesia 52 BC, Men of War: Rhodesian Bush War – Forward Together and Men of War: Indochina 1946-1954 – French Foreign Legion, also by Joe Fernandez.
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About Blood of Lions: The Somme – 4th British Amy Sector: July 1916
From BoardGameGeek:
Blood of Lions is a WWI solitaire wargame depicting the actions of the British 4th Army during the month of July at the Battle of the Somme. The game uses a combination of dice, cards, generated Command and Leadership points as well as some push your luck mechanics in order to advance on objectives and obtain victory points. Players are allocated Command Points for which they may undertake specific sets of actions each turn. The objective of the game is to gain as many victory points as possible while reaching objectives defended by a German bot activated by player actions, event cards, and automatic defense values. -description from the publisher