I try and watch wargames on youtube, but they don't ever seem to click for me, though some have.
A lot of this is lack of understanding of whats going on and why should I care?
If I ever did a wargame video:
- Start with the name of the game - is it FOGN, Black Powder, Rangers of Shadowdeep etc
- State the war we are fighting - give some background. Make if up if needed, but give some setting
- What are the 2 army lists we are using?
- What is the size of the battle- is it a squad, platoon, company, battalion, brigade, division, corps, army?
- State the scale - 6mm/15mm/28mm etc
PUT ALL THIS IN THE VIDEO TITLE!
- Introduce what the battle is about. What war, what battle, why are we fighting today? Why is this battle occurring?
- More detail on the 2 armies fighting- who are they?
- What are the stakes for both sides? Why are they here?
- Go through each army, with close ups of each unit. Display on the screen the army list so it can be paused and read.
- Explain what and why each unit is here. What is it's purpose or what is is supposed to do in the battle? What is in the army list?
- Show the commanders and state the name and rank.
- Look at the battlefield in a wide shot from other armies perspectives. What is likely to be the key terrain that each army can see may be important for them? Why? Show with a graphic highlight and arrows of likely axis of movement and fire.
- Show initial unit positions and add graphics to highlight them with their unit names. Show sub units if needed if they take orders from single commander
- If doing an interview of the commander, don't show the player, show the figure on the table - we should be focused on them!
- Chapter title for each turn for each side
Things not to do that I never care about:
- Show the faces of the players.
- Show ANY dice rolling!
- Long intros by the players to camera beforehand.
- No talking heads! I am not the focus of the video, the battle is!
