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Sep 11, 2023·Review·12:42·433·Watch on YouTube

Coffee with Kilroy - SOE: Lysander (Historic Wings)

KilroyWasHere

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Watch “Coffee with Kilroy - SOE: Lysander (Historic Wings),” a board game review for SOE: Lysander from KilroyWasHere on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by KilroyWasHere on YouTube:

"SOE: Lysander is a book-based wargame where you play the part of a pilot in Britain's most secret air unit, "A" Flight of RAF No. 161 Squadron (Special Duties). Your mission is to fly Special Intelligence Service (SIS) and Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents, wireless operators, saboteurs, assassins, escape line directors, diplomats, political figures, heads of the French Resistance, and others into German-occupied France during World War II. You deliver caches of weapons, explosives, and radio electronics to assist the French Resistance, known as the “Maquis”. The mission is to “set Europe ablaze”, as Prime Minister Winston Churchill famously ordered. Flying by moonlight, you navigate in your Westland Lysander Mk. IIIA (SCW) aircraft across the English Channel and into occupied France, where you land on improvised, often muddy farm fields and meadows that are behind enemy lines. Once on the ground, you drop off the agents and cargo, then pick up others for the return flight to England. While there, you risk discovery by German patrols, the Gestapo, and even French gendarmes who collaborate with the enemy. As you fly, you are harassed by flak and small arms fire. You are hunted relentlessly by Luftwaffe nightfighters. Your aircraft may suffer from engine trouble or other malfunctions. If all goes well, you will return to England in one piece. SOE: Lysander is a solitaire game in the narrative style. It features easy-to-learn rules and a small tabletop footprint. Gameplay involves both cards and dice. The challenges are extensive. Your career as a Lysander pilot flying special operations begins in June 1943 and continues until France is liberated in August 1944. Multiplayer Group play allows you to fly your solitaire missions in conjunction with others." -- Promotional Historic Wings - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmY-JH-M5G3BRXYT8wbFF7wpzWUr9Hecn Tally-Ho! A Solitaire Air War Game - https://youtu.be/u3vyzB8pxgU?si=kSjnqCihcaRuhdB2 MAG-23 Guadalcanal, A Solitaire Air War Game - https://youtu.be/-UVXdO9bWIs?si=n0N5LcvkI0N2olg7

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SOE: Lysander

SOE: Lysander

2023·Thomas Van Hare

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Mainly unboxings. SOE: Lysander is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 1 recorded sessions, and 3 unboxings.

1 - 6 players
15 - 60 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach

About SOE: Lysander, from BoardGameGeek:

SOE: Lysander is the first of a new set of low-cost, book-based games in the "Special Missions" series that put you directly into the cockpit. Your mission is as a pilot in Great Britain's most secret aviation unit, "A" Flight of RAF 161 Squadron (Special Duties). You will fly Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents, wireless operators, saboteurs, assassins, political figures, heads of the French Resistance, and others into and out of German-occupied France during the darkest times of the Second World War. By moonlight, you will navigate your Westland Lysander Mk. IIIA (SD) aircraft across the Channel and over occupied France to find a distant landing zone deep behind enemy lines. You will encounter flak, German patrols, small arms fire, night fighters, and the constant threat of being discovered by the Gestapo. SOE: Lysander is in the solitaire narrative style and with a small table footprint and easy-to-learn rules. While the gameplay is designed to be straightforward, the challenges you will face are extensive. Your goal is to keep your assigned Circuits supplied -- these are underground partisan cells in the French Resistance. Your operations begin in April 1943 and your mission continues until just before D-Day. The odds of survival are slim. Do you have what it takes? Available through Amazon (worldwide): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C9SLG2ND/ The boxed set of game maps and assets (game counters and chits) is also available from Blue Panther! https://www.bluepantherllc.com/products/soe-lysander -description from designer

Designer

Thomas Van Hare

Artist

Thomas Van Hare

Publisher

Historic Wings

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