War with a Mate
Join Andy and James as they finish an unfinishable board game and whine about it.
War with a Mate
Join Andy and James as they finish an unfinishable board game and whine about it.
About War With A Mate
What are we doing ?
SPI’s The Campaign For North Africa is a comically complicated board game that feels like a practical joke. It was published in 1978, and to this day it remains unfinished. For some reason (perhaps masochism), Andy and James will be playing the 1,500 hour board game to completion - no matter the toll on their minds.
To make things worse, they’ll be recording a companion podcast after they play each week, to maintain the social pressure to not wimp out.
About War With A Mate
The Game
The Grumbling
The Game
The Campaign for North Africa is an insanely granular and detailed WWII board game, which chronicles the North African campaign across 1940-1943. The game has gained infamy for being too drawn out and tedious to play, and for its myriad of complicated rules. A 10ft map. 1,600 game pieces. Five rulebooks. 1,500 hours playtime. Recommended 10 players (or two idiots if you’re running short)
The Guys
The Grumbling
The Game
After being friends for about 10 years, it’s hard to come up with new topics of conversation, so we thought there’s no better way to bond than in the sweet catharsis of boredom. We have absolutely no right to think we can do this - don’t let our moxie fool you otherwise.
The Grumbling
The Grumbling
The Grumbling
The way we plan on beating this game is being fuelled by the most powerful force to grace our species; stubbornness. By recording a weekly companion podcast, quitting simply isn’t an option - we couldn’t bare the ridicule. So, forgive us if we use you as an accountability tool.