Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
It's miniature wargaming without the miniatures! Battlegraound Fantasy Warfare is a miniatures style wargame without the miniatures. Everything is card based and the cards are dry erase, so each unit's stats, health, and informaiton is recorded directly on the card! In this video we'll teach you eveyrthing you need to know to get started in a game of Battleground. This is a basic tutoriol, going through the Battleground Fantasy Warfare quick start guide. Once you are comfortable with these basic rules you can explore the more advanced rules yourself.
This video was sponsored by Your Move Games
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00:00 Introduction
00:47 Game Overview
01:44 Setup
02:44 Building your Army
03:11 Battlefield Setup
03:52 Game Flow and Turn Phases
04:16 Standing Orders
05:03 Command Actions
05:46 Movement
07:20 Rotation
08:14 Maneuvers
09:29 Final Rush and Becoming Engaged
11:51 Combat Overview
12:32 Resolving an Attack
14:50 Ranged Attack
15:14 Combat Modifiers
16:41 Courage Phase and Rout Checks
19:05 Wrap Up
From the Publisher:
Battleground: Fantasy Warfare is a point-based table-top tactical wargame in which units are represented by cards instead of a collection of figures or models. We bring you all the charging, flanking and intricate maneuvering of a great wargame in a convenient package for a fraction of the cost.
As the general of a fantasy army of Men, Orcs, Elves or whatever faction you choose, you will muster your forces and command them in battle. You will have an agreed-upon number of points to spend on your army, which will determine the size of the battle. You and your opponent will then take turns deploying your forces on the battlefield. Finally you will give them their orders and the battle begins.
During play you will have a limited number of Command Actions each turn – one for every 500 points available for building your army. These Command Actions represent what you can do as a general. You can spend them to change a unit’s orders or take direct control of a unit for a turn, rally routed units, draw cards that can provide small combat bonuses or to use your special army ability.
Unlike most tabletop wargames where you have complete control over every soldier’s actions, Battleground puts you in the role of a true general. Your troops are loyal and will obey your orders but you can’t be everywhere so you have to spend your resources carefully!
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Play the Game HQ a youtube channel dedicated to sharing our love of boardgames. Our flagship series, Play the Game, is a high quality multi-camera board game play through series featuring a bunch of friends gathered around the table playing board games. Play the Game takes its inspiration from other shows like Tabletop. Our Mission with Play the Game is to highlight the joy that comes when you gather around the table with friends and play a board game.
Play the Game features a dedicated board game playthrough studio with 7 cameras, a custom board game table, an awesome custom made back-lit logo on the wall, and tons of easter eggs sprinked through the studio space.
Play the Game is also the home of the Kidsplaining tutorial series, where Jarred (12) and Peyton (9) teach some of our favorite games in high quality, scripted board game tutorial videos. Kidsplaining started as a way to share our love of board games and help those who were intimidated by more complicated modern board games take a chance on new ones - because if a kid can teach it, how hard can it be?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18985/battleground
It's miniature wargaming without the miniatures! Battlegraound Fantasy Warfare is a miniatures style wargame without the miniatures. Everything is card based and the cards are dry erase, so each unit's stats, health, and informaiton is recorded directly on the card! In this video we'll teach you eveyrthing you need to know to get started in a game of Battleground. This is a basic tutoriol, going through the Battleground Fantasy Warfare quick start guide. Once you are comfortable with these basic rules you can explore the more advanced rules yourself.
This video was sponsored by Your Move Games
#battleground #BattlegroundFantasyWarfare #Tutorial #miniatures #wargames #boardgames #playthegame #PlaytheGameHQ #PlaytheGameChannel #Tabletop #TaletopGames #FamilyGames #Kidsplaining #bestboardgames #bestfamilygames #hottestboardgames
00:00 Introduction
00:47 Game Overview
01:44 Setup
02:44 Building your Army
03:11 Battlefield Setup
03:52 Game Flow and Turn Phases
04:16 Standing Orders
05:03 Command Actions
05:46 Movement
07:20 Rotation
08:14 Maneuvers
09:29 Final Rush and Becoming Engaged
11:51 Combat Overview
12:32 Resolving an Attack
14:50 Ranged Attack
15:14 Combat Modifiers
16:41 Courage Phase and Rout Checks
19:05 Wrap Up
From the Publisher:
Battleground: Fantasy Warfare is a point-based table-top tactical wargame in which units are represented by cards instead of a collection of figures or models. We bring you all the charging, flanking and intricate maneuvering of a great wargame in a convenient package for a fraction of the cost.
As the general of a fantasy army of Men, Orcs, Elves or whatever faction you choose, you will muster your forces and command them in battle. You will have an agreed-upon number of points to spend on your army, which will determine the size of the battle. You and your opponent will then take turns deploying your forces on the battlefield. Finally you will give them their orders and the battle begins.
During play you will have a limited number of Command Actions each turn – one for every 500 points available for building your army. These Command Actions represent what you can do as a general. You can spend them to change a unit’s orders or take direct control of a unit for a turn, rally routed units, draw cards that can provide small combat bonuses or to use your special army ability.
Unlike most tabletop wargames where you have complete control over every soldier’s actions, Battleground puts you in the role of a true general. Your troops are loyal and will obey your orders but you can’t be everywhere so you have to spend your resources carefully!
_____________________
Play the Game HQ a youtube channel dedicated to sharing our love of boardgames. Our flagship series, Play the Game, is a high quality multi-camera board game play through series featuring a bunch of friends gathered around the table playing board games. Play the Game takes its inspiration from other shows like Tabletop. Our Mission with Play the Game is to highlight the joy that comes when you gather around the table with friends and play a board game.
Play the Game features a dedicated board game playthrough studio with 7 cameras, a custom board game table, an awesome custom made back-lit logo on the wall, and tons of easter eggs sprinked through the studio space.
Play the Game is also the home of the Kidsplaining tutorial series, where Jarred (12) and Peyton (9) teach some of our favorite games in high quality, scripted board game tutorial videos. Kidsplaining started as a way to share our love of board games and help those who were intimidated by more complicated modern board games take a chance on new ones - because if a kid can teach it, how hard can it be?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/18985/battleground
