Top 5 Block Wargames – With Volko Ruhnke, Candice Harris & Stuart Ellis-Gorman

What are the best block wargames ever made? For this stream, I’m joined by Volko Ruhnke, Candice M. Harris, and Stuart Ellis-Gorman as each of us brings our own personal Top 5 to the table. Rather than trying to establish some definitive ranking, we’ll use our picks to talk about what makes block games such a distinctive corner of wargaming: hidden information, fog of war, uncertainty, elegant representations of unit strength, and the simple tactile pleasure of pushing chunks of wood around a map. Expect classics, personal favorites, a few disagreements, and probably considerably more than twenty recommendations by the time we’re finished. Come along, share your own Top 5 in the chat, and tell us which essential block game we inevitably forgot. Support Homo Ludens and join our Discord community: https://ko-fi.com/homoludens1871 Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 3:15 Candice's number 5 07:56 Volko's number 5 12:10 Stuart's number 5 19:40 Fred's number 5 23:16 Candice's number 4 29:34 Volko's number 4 34:50 Stuart's number 4 39:04 Fred's number 4 44:58 Candice's number 3 51:05 Volko's number 3 57:13 Stuart's number 3 1:03:03 Fred's number 3 1:08:38 Candice's number 2 1:13:07 Volko's number 2 1:19:42 Stuart's number 2 1:22:04 Fred's number 2 1:26:03 Honorable Mentions 1:43:51 Candice's number 1 1:46:40 Volko's number 1 1:52:54 Stuart's number 1 02:04:00 Fred's number 1 02:13:43 Outro chat