How many players can play Axis & Allies?

Axis & Allies supports 2 to 5 players.

How long does a game of Axis & Allies take?

A typical game of Axis & Allies takes approximately 180 minutes.

What are the best video reviews of Axis & Allies?

MindForge has curated 19 video reviews of Axis & Allies from top board game content creators.

Axis & Allies - Board Game

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Anticipated

Pros

Represents a 'deep end' dive into complex games

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Global conflict simulation
World War II (implied)

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Global strategy — Implied by the name and context of war games.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

to me that was a very simple game easy to learn but kind of recreated what really happened during that time
if y'all ever seen a GMT rule book They're they're not pretty books with glossy pages and big images and very few words per page they're double column they're they're numbered almost like a contract a legal document that's just how they're formatted
it's basically the conflict between uh uh basically the US and and that region of the world between China and us trying to influence and control that area
this is coming from somebody who complained I did a 45 minute history lesson on Cuba Libra when I taught it to you
I knew nothing about how Castro took over CU I I knew he did it how he did it and why I don't know but playing that game three or four times now I have a I'm not a master by any means but I have a much better understanding of what really happened during that time
I am learning about stuff that happened during the Vietnam war knew nothing about super excited as I play through this game learning about that
you do learn as you're playing the game how the forces had to build towards that final battle of waterl you learn the players that took place
yes I have that one I've never play amazing historical game from Marton Wallace yes I had some Muro stuff in it but I actually learned a lot about that from Lincoln
we got access and allies coming up talking about jumping to the deep end we'll jump straight into that

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I think we did it. We've started on time. That never happens.
The words are on both sides. No, but for them, they're going to be seeing this side.
This was not a sponsored segment. They didn't ask me to like feature this on their content.
I think that's why I go half elf cuz I I do like role playing.
Well, technically you could do this. Um, we just don't feel it creates an optimal playing experience.
They're not going to make money off of all the board gamers who are suddenly going to jump to League of Legends because of this board game.
My brain like blew out the back of my head.
It's not a fake word. It might not be a common word to some of our listeners.
The puns definitely got worse.
I'm still above Daredevil. But again, I just in general just so impressed with how they're bringing those characters to life.

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Video 1vE6V0ZdB8o 3 Minute Board Games Top List at 32:30 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Nostalgic Positive

Pros

Played entirely too much when younger
First big purchase made with earned money
Captivated by plastic pieces and possibilities
Occupies a special place in the host's heart

Cons

Original copy was stolen

Thematic elements

Global Strategy
World War II

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Control — Implied by global strategy and moving units.
Dice rolling combat — Implied by the nature of wargames.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Hunter is another one of those games we ended up playing a lot at University mostly while drinking
Hunter has several problems it takes a lot longer to play than it should for what it is especially when you're doing the coup those can drag on quite a long time and also fundamentally it's pretty racist
I think the hunter idea of a Banana Republic itself is pretty dated but the idea of a corrupt government where players of different office members competing for positions and stockpiling money definitely has potential just there's got to be a better way to interpret it
Cosmic Encounter is still going strong and that is an achievement and a half
it's core idea of a simple gameplay element Modified by a whole bunch of variable Powers has had a profound influence on all of gaming and unlike a lot of designs from this period it still holds up pretty well today
so happy birthday to me for 42 years old today here's to 42 more
if you want to do the same thing yourself just go to board game geek click on advanced search and search by year published range and just fill in the year and feel free to post your list Below in the comments

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

global conflict with two teams
World War II grand scale

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

first published around a thousand years ago in 1981 axis and allies depicts World War II at a grand scale full Global level up to five players can play on two different teams
the Cheshire Cat when you drink the Hatter's Mercurial tea
multi-stage campaigns varying from short three-stage tours all the way up to 21 stage grand Tours

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Engaging strategic depth
Immersive historical setting
Satisfying progression of turns

Cons

Can be time-consuming
Steep learning curve for new players

Thematic elements

global conflict
World War II

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Control — The mention of territories and moving units between them indicates an area control mechanic.
Dice Rolling — While not explicitly stated, the context of combat and strategic movement in a wargame heavily implies dice rolling for combat resolution.
Resource Management — The discussion about 'spending your income' suggests a resource management component where players allocate funds to build units or take actions.
Set Collection — The idea of controlling certain combinations of territories or units could imply a set collection element, although not explicitly detailed.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

It's a really cool game and I got to play my first ever game of Axis and Allies.
It's World War II. You've got Germany, you've got the Soviet Union, you've got the UK, you've got the USA, you've got Japan.
You know, you're moving your pieces around, you're building units, you're spending your income.
It's a great game, I really enjoyed it.
We ended up having to pack it in because it was getting late, but that's typical of Axis and Allies, it's a long game.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

The more it's played, the more liked it becomes.
Good game.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

Axis & Allies 1941

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

the early 1990s saw a temporary craze with the release of the Super Soaker
I went racing out the garage door the garage door had one of those doors that like you know the the The Swinging like door with the spring and everything like that and I was so excited and I was I was leaving the door sland and broke the barrel off one and I was so mad
Sour grapes is a comedy about things that aren't funny
Sour grapes however is tone deaf
I lost a bet and had to go to that movie it was horrible
Shot glass is correct
Spice Girls is correct
Sugar Hill G
Suicide Girls nice
I like it better I think than Clash Royale it's it's good worth a try
The Escapist team put their heart into every piece of work we put out and the talent brought in was UNM the kind of talent isn't cheap and my mission with The Escapist was to not be driven primarily by views but by direct funding through premium memberships and live streams
he went on some show and went did an interview that basically probably added like 20 years to his sence
Elizabeth Holmes finally went to jail right did
you know all of them are going to be it's with AI art now like none of these people that are like you know just they're not going to pay for they're just going to AI art all of their
if you plead guilty you going to jail for 40 to 50 years you might as well try to have the trial you might get off right
Seven years of college down the drain I might as well go join the peace score
the bench isn't wasn't actually there though they moved it
he was a comedian from Houston
they basically just have it listen to every single thing that he sung or said and you just take the sounds that's all it is
The Smoking Gun that was a website
It's got $225,000 Canadian though
he said he was let go for not achieving goals that were never properly set for us
we were given unattainable goals in a very short amount of time
I won't be taking Zero Punctuation name with me but fans would hear my voice again soon in a new place
my mission with The Escapist was to not be driven primarily by views but by direct funding through premium memberships and live streams
I'm pretty hyped for the next yatsi drop not gonna lie
it's always good like you know you fall down internet rabbit hole and like watch his videos
it's like it's like him I really like Norm Mitch Hedberg always made me laugh
it's like they said um we have that audio to play here they say the audio you're listening for you have to listen carefully it's after the third shot and you hear this cow and then no no no it's like kapow then it's like and it's like now here it's right for the third shot and you hear this kapow
yippe Jerry Ruben died oh I'm sorry that should be yippi Jerry Ruben died
The curse of the doors
it's like a slice a life thing you know
Seven years of college down the drain I might as well go join the peace corps
the fingers are mostly they're not completely fixed but they're they're a lot better
he didn't listen to anybody he didn't listen to his lawyers
turns out turns out it was he
she's in prison for serving an 11 year three month sentence for the wire fraud
the victims of the fraud were like giant companies
when she's making license plates you know that's a lot of license plates
The actor strike oh yeah
you guys are going to do for parking
it's a 30 foot tall realistically rendered fiberglass sculpture of a human eyeball
I don't think there's anything about I mean it's part of the the lore
I must told you yeah basically we sat in a room for two three hours and then left done nothing
The judge that came in and swore us all in threaten to throw somebody in jail
you basically lied I was I was unknowingly
so when the cop pulled you over um there were open beers in your car he said yeah he's like but I was he's like and you were outside a bar he's like yeah he's like and you're 19 I was like yeah he's like were you in the bar he's like no I got a call my friends had been drinking and they said they needed to ride home so I went to go pick him up and I should have checked him
the thing that John balushi does in that scene was not in the script
Everything is within walking distance if you have enough time

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Fun little game
Good times

Cons

Rules are rough
Rulebook not updated since the 80s/90s
No player aid or index
Difficult for new players to learn

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Control — Players control territories on a map, with Russia buying infantry to build up on its border.
Combat — Combat involves rolling dice, with specific rules for different units like infantry, submarines, and bombers.
economic management — Players spend money to buy units and potentially invest in super technologies.
technology — The game featured 'Super Technologies' that could be purchased with money and provided significant advantages.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

The Grudge and Spaceballs yes Kabuki that one five oh uh Bill pman Bill pman yes you got there that is correct nice PA I could see his face but pton came to so as as side sleepest in Seattle fine whatever romcom whatever like Bill pulman is Melanie Griffith's like fiance or whatever and they have this whole thing where it's like and and but she's like like with Bill fulman and and everything like that and then they have like their their meal or whatever and then then they've got the moment where the lights turn on at the whatever place and she realized she needs to go to the skyscraper to meet Tom Han because and like like literally like she's been with this bill pulman guy for years get married and then then he she's just like I have to go and and and and meet this guy that i' I've never met in real life or whatever or anything like that and then she like they have like a long like weren't they emailing or something no that was that was you got mail he was reading her his books or something I don't know I forget why but I was always just like bill fman got hosed in that movie he's just like he was he wasn't a jerk he wasn't an a-hole he he had like some things about him that were kind of maybe a little bit annoying like he was a hyper condra or I remember he had like a stuffy nose or something and like you know she was always handed him Kleen X I think was one scene but it was like also and then and then like he was just a nice guy and then she's like I'm sorry I can't marry you or whatever I have to go meet this complete stranger on a skyscraper and he's just like are you okay with this and he's like yeah it's fine you go I don't remember like thanks for wasting years of my life I really I really just I Really they had to move the plot along
The horrible thing the horrible thing about Hollywood is that if an actress gets old she doesn't get movies anymore but men do it's it's just it's it's an incredibly like weird misogynistic sexist thing that happens in Hollywood
I worked security for a concert where Marilyn Manson was the opening opening act for White Zombie I'm trying to remember what the second band was it'll come to me in a second I can picture them the Melvin no
He was such an unknown he was just wandering around in the crowd and people didn't recognize him and like and he was just sign people were walking up and they're like oh my gosh are you Mary Manson and he was like so out of his gour like either either he was out of his gour on drugs or he was acting like it or he was just really weird and he was just kind of Mechanical Animals was the one I was thinking oh yeah and people were like people were like are you m he was like yeah
It's tough to explain but that movie is like reading Japanese fiction how like everything's just got everything's got a backstory and everything's got something else behind it and surprising things happening all constantly and stuff like that bull tree really really good movie yeah it's one of those movies that like you think oh I can just kind of half pay attention to this and no but like it it kind of grabs you and you start I don't know it's highly enjoyable
The Scandinavian version of Let the Right One In is way better than the American have you ever watched that
I mean you kind of want your kids to watch it but like not at that age you're at now okay I think it's R date night movie got it yeah it's it's the 1985 version oh nice love what yeah it's just like Strangers in the Night just ah he he um the guy played the vampire is just so good and uh Peter Vincent Fearless Vampire killer Yes Rod McDow yep yeah yeah he's good he's great
The whole concert was good but man body count was for real man they were just okay I didn't even know now I'm excited you see you never you never you know go go listen to body counts album is I mean they I think they have two or three and they they were they were good freaking albums
I'm planning on making a Spotify list of all bands that I've seen and then going through it like because I've a lot of them I love but some of them I don't know
It's just like you know I mean that was the thing that annoyed you know why was that like that was like what I liked you know and so it was like it was annoying to my my parents that it was like something that I was like all about you know so maybe it's different though you know this it's been you know 10 15 year social experiment is basically what social media is I mean this has affected people in ways that they did not understand or predict back when it was built you know it's arcade games that's different in my opinion it's that didn't change the way people think like this does it doesn't make sheep out of people like social media does
I got a grievance I got a grievance all right forgot defly Tred to be pretty happy but good lucky uh I follow for a handyman filled out a form online to have a local haing man come uh actually yeah I got a damn I got a double [ __ ] grievance that both connect
I am crushed it right now I'm feeling good this email feels good some of them feel not so good this one feels good

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

strategic depth
complex gameplay

Cons

overwhelming for new players
long playtime
difficult to grasp overall strategy

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

Risk

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

army management — trying to play all five at once
Wargame — I played access and all with my brother this weekend

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

it's the simplest design and it's so freaking great
it's freaking so much fun because it's simple
it's easy to teach it's fun it's it's silly it's stupid
oh that sounds ridiculous it is really oh it sounds ridiculous
the suit of the boss eliminates that power for that round
was overwhelmed and I I understand that that's part of the reason I want to play with cuz I was overwhelmed trying to play all five at once
I couldn't see the overall strategy
I like frost punk
the Minis they have for the the the player pieces like the characters you play are awesome looking sculpts but I really don't like them because they have other characters on the thing with them
it's parkour it's zombies with parkour
capitalism is the worst idea ever but it's the best idea that we have now
art is art only sounds like a product it isn't because I have discussions with artists a lot
we are very picky and choosy when it comes to what bothers us and what doesn't
it's like we all seem to we all want to say oh well you know it's like we need to nobody nobody complains that they're getting a t-shirt for $10 because it's being made in a sweat shop in Malaysia

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Looking forward to playing it.

Cons

Can be a significant time commitment.

Thematic elements

Global conflict
World War II

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

we're gonna play access and Al for the first time together
1942 um and that's where I'm drawing a line you know after that it's going to get it's a big time sync that I don't think anybody will really put into it
so I picked it up and it became like a staple diet every weekend with me and my mates
it had some like event things that would happen and you would read a paragraph and then you would populate the rim with monsters
everything else is basically if you can see on their outline in the thing if it's not gray you can hit it
the heroscape big thing is you can learn like the synergies of like oh okay if I use this units and this units together then this enhances this and then this enhances that
Nexus out was a good one Nexus Ops was good
Vegas Showdown we played Nexus Ops a lot we played Vegas Showdown a lot I loved Vegas Showdown but that was like that game should still be around
man I I bought three copies of Queens Gambit at Toys R Us
risk Shadow forces in 2002
the lady who was checking me out was Hispanic and she said to the other tyer in Spanish and I knew what she said it's like oh my God this big game is only $1.99 I'm gonna get one
the Red Dot you would you could hit it yeah you just had to put your eye line behind the characters and if you could see to the other any part of them yeah
you can change the rules of the terrain pieces and it just makes the game interesting
hot lava death

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

It's a game we devoured and enjoyed a great deal
they're really really good games
they're really really fun
it's a good investment in my op ah investments in games

Cons

you rarely finished a game
especially if you were like losing you lost interest pretty quickly

Thematic elements

World War II

Comparison games

Risk

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Control — Implied by the description of moving pieces around a board and engaging in combat.
Dice Rolling — The rules are described as 'move this stuff to here roll the dice see how much damage you do take those things off the board'.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

the games that made us or whatever
leave me a comment about something you would like me to talk about
it comes down to two games uh and those would be access and allies and survive
this looks super cool
I don't know how you play I don't know how it works I don't know anything about it but I got to own that game
there's all kinds of mechanisms in in survive that are evident in the games that I enjoy now
what's the game that made you what's the game that you played when you were uh young that you still play today

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Pros

Provided a significant introduction to more complex board games for the host.

Cons

The host admits they likely did not play by the correct rules.

Thematic elements

War games

Comparison games

Magic: The Gathering

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

finding someone to sit down for that period of time and commit to it is difficult
how can we make this accessible to people who don't know what wins above replacement are or who you know who don't care about launch angle and you know things like that
The storage though like that I love that little piece of paper it's like here's how you store everything here's all the pictures even a spot to tuck it in the box like so clever so clever
Mary cury has a cube Tower which I don't like Cube Tower
When I look at YouTube shorts I don't even look at the money I look at the subscribers
The whole river was these this kind of paisley pattern type fill texture in the river gold foil
it's a good set collecting game
it was fun it was really cool
it's really light
very thematic
it's a neat game but it's just not it's family weight right you can't take it seriously
Darwin's cool I like Darwin quite a lot it's a set collecting game that's cool
it's cute
bat flip just did it for me and b flip Dynasty did it for me it was just it's a game that like that was fun
My how to play War of the Card Game is my second most popular short and that's made $15.59 with 212,000 views and 287 subscribers
Short-form video strategy gained more subscribers.
Potential evergreen content.
Long-form video yielded higher monetary return but lower subscriber growth.
It was fun it was really cool.
Halo 3 and it's a spectacular video I went back and rewatched it but it is the worst [expletive] video quality you've ever seen in your life it looks like I filmed it on a [expletive] no keia end gaug but if you just close your eyes it is a brilliant video
I know I have the potential to do all these things because I've failed so many times and I've learned so many little things it's just I'm getting there I'm trying to put everything together
you are you are so fortunate yep that your wife Saint saintly will let you just do what you do
I'm going to get everything right for the next secretary and like I did for the te di the eyes then I handed everything off and I was like all right I'm just gonna take a week from hero time like check my email I check my email only once it's like I'm done
Bow's game corner is the path because it's like my daughter is gonna go to preschool next year in like August and then there's going to be this huge chunk of time that I have every day where I can put it specifically to B's game corner
after seeing all my numbers I was like oh [expletive] it is totally more value to work for myself
the bottom line is I keep seeing that whatever Lane I I'm trying to widen into except for wrestling I haven't broke into that one and sports has worked out pretty well the coffee those ones the my coffee videos those are ones I 100% need to do those are all Evergreens
I told my wife was like I'm gonna spend $200 on games I'm just gonna buy all the cheapest games I'm just gonna I'm going to pump out probably 40 how to playay videos in the next month before Thanksgiving
soon as Thanksgiving happens all those numbers just Spike Spike and I'm sure you've seen it too Lance just Spike Spike Spike
I'm hoping to revive My Weekend Update segment that I did like four or five years ago where I used to just say the [expletive] snarky jokes and I got a teleprompter now and now that I don't give a [expletive] about anything they're really going to be I'm gonna just I'm gonna go
there is no way to cut off your pipelines there will always be more pipelines with Kickstarter and game found it will never stop
I can't help but think with all this this energy that you have for this and I realize that if if for with you if it isn't something that you uh like if the energy is not there you don't want to do it
my wife was like I [expletive] hate you but you're really good at it because like the first week she was like I would be upset with how you coached because I'm incredibly loud I'm incredibly vocal everyone could hear everything I say to all the kids because I'm just screaming as loud as I can
I took down the super overly competitive trick play [expletive] coach that likes do all the [expletive] run up the plays like Rite him up on the field like yell at like he made one of his kids cry on ACD like like for missing a like he missed a flag and he got like upset
I am so glad that I ruined his day because he looked like an absolute [expletive] prick of a head coach
cocaine and Aderall oh you are a [expletive] superhero
every single thing they're saying every single it's them saying you're [expletive] awesome Yeahs [expletive] awesome like you don't want to stop doing anything

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Evoked childhood excitement and imagination.
Good storage solution for its time.
Engaging and lengthy playtime.
More 'grit' than other games played at the time.

Cons

Games often took a very long time and were left set up indefinitely.
Interest could fade, leading to games being abandoned.

Thematic elements

World War Two

Comparison games

Risk
Survive
HeroQuest
Talisman

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Control — Implied by the description of Risk-like gameplay and World War Two setting.
miniatures — Mentioned in the context of little tanks, men, and ships.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

it is food it is laughs it is Brotherhood uh it is it is something that uh uh uh fills a part of my heart and a part of my soul that I can't get anywhere else
to everything there is a first time and that was the first one and so I I'm thankful that it exists and I'm thankful that I got to be a part
I I should just crack that open and play it uh at some point

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Classic wargame
Dedicated community

Cons

none

Thematic elements

World War II combat

Comparison games

Axis and Allies: Stalenrod
Axis and Allies: Battle of the Bulge

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Combat — Axis and Allies Stalenrod. Axis and Allies Battle of the Bulge.
Strategy — We found a user group that that all they played was Axis and Allies.
Wargame — It's a classic.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Maybe, just maybe, no one wants your $200 dice, or knockoff stickers.
Quit trying to tear down conventions when the problem isn't them.
You're controlling titans and there's like this whole Titan thing where you're training them. They're like God of War, the board game.
I mean, it's just uh it's crazy stuff out there, man.
The whole world's on fire. Nobody cares, you know.
It's walking money.
The attendance is like around, isn't it like 20,000 or 30,000?
I feel like the work is worth it, you know?
But people saw the front cover of After the Empire and they were like, "What is this?"
And then they want to buy it.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Was considered awesome by the host.
The host won the game.

Cons

The other players got fed up and stopped playing due to the length.

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global conflict simulation
World War II

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Endeavor Deep Sea is very, very high to the top of the list.
I am 90% sure they would say yes.
My current three favorite games that don't have any kind of space or science fantasy whatever uh element to them is through the ages feast roadin and Maraca.
So, yeah, it's very much a multiplayer solitaire game, but it's very good.
I believe it's a much improve a much better version of Hrien's Wall and I love the way that the combat works against the actual the the puzzle of trying to defend yourself against the different forces that are attacking you. I really like it. So yeah, Anarchy gets a big thumbs up for me.
Flam Rouge, fantastic game. Definitely Flam Rouge.
I personally don't feel it's right for me to do them at the end of the year because most of the games I will have only played once and some of them I won't have even played.
I personally prefer Flam Rouge to heat.
Anything that wins Spiel Dejars will go on to sell way more copies, especially in the family category if it gets that Spiel Dejars award on it, which they have to pay for. They have to pay to have that award put on there, which is how Spiel Dejares makes its money. But it will sell many, many copies of the game.

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Positive

Pros

Meets qualifications and criteria for an introductory war game
Could have a very high spot on the list

Cons

Haven't had time to play it yet

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none

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Access and Allies. So, uh, this is this game doesn't really need any introduction, but I've heard so many good things about it. I think it does meet a lot of the qualifications and criteria that we established as a war game and as an introductory war game for this list. Just haven't had time and made time to play it yet. I think it could have a very high spot on the list.
David Thompson has been on the list a lot. He makes fantastically accessible war games. So, anything that he creates, I think is a candidate for this list.
John Butterfield is a fantastic designer and this is a area control.
John Butterfield designed some just amazing stuff.
This is a game that might not fit into the classic war game category, but I've heard a number of war gamers say that it's definitely a war game with a lot of war game aspects and it fits probably in that subgenre of games, get the pun, where you are playing the role of a plane or a tank or a submarine or a ship and going over a campaign.
War at Sea, if you're not familiar with it, it's an area based naval game that dates back to the 1970s, maybe 1980s.
This is a game set in World War II where you take charge of female Russian pilots. This is based in actual history that run various aircraft missions over the German lines during World War II.
Worthington does a great job with their production values with games.
What games did I miss? What games on the list do you like and agree with?

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positive

Pros

Special place in my heart

Cons

Will probably never play it again

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World War II

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I really like this game because you got the the the Germans are really strong and tough at the beginning and the allies are scattered and they're weaker.
And again, this does an absolute great job with uh supply and managing supply because that was such an important part of the Battle of the Bulge.
But I like too combat here's a little different. you have these combat strips you pull out and you roll the dieice and you you kind of put the um dice in the appropriate places on the combat strips.
Axis and Allies Guad Canal. Guad Canal is a great primarily navalbased game, although you are taking the islands with with infantry, what have you.
Artillery on the islands can fire in the naval battles. It's just a lot of fun.
I love the naval focus. Some of my favorite battles are naval battles. I love it when you're bringing in the carriers and the battleships and the cruisers and the subs and the destroyers.
But here in the Pacific, you feel like the whole board is being used and and and potentially threatened and an avenue to victory.
Axis and Allies Anniversary Edition is awesome.
It's got Italy as its own player. This is the first one that introduced uh Italy as its own player. So, it's a sixplayer game.
To me, this is the best the definitive edition certainly of kind of a global game.
I never go back to the paper money or the regular dice again. I love such a quality life of improvement.
If you really enjoy access and allies, you should really look into acquiring uh the the poker chips and the hit dice because they're just fantastic for any game of access and allies.

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We're a little bit like a Swiss Army knife in in many ways.
Juno is very much like a support the arts town and a support the local business town.
Spirit Island Greater Than Games folded.
Spirit Island is one of the most beloved games of all time.
If you want this thing to exist in your community you have to support it.
The clapper.

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positive

Pros

Insane production quality for the time
Defined thematic games with lots of components
Defining series of mirror trash games

Cons

none

Thematic elements

World War II

Comparison games

Broadsides and Boarding Parties

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this list is about the games I played that fundamentally shifted the way I think about gaming and what board games can be about
The concept of having a simple core game that was modified by variable powers was pretty revolutionary at the time
nothing in gaming was quite like the MB game master series when it came out
Arkham Horror along with pandemic pushed cooperative board games to the forefront of the Hobby and there are a massive john rule than the hobby today
no game has done more to improve the idea of figure painting as an art form than Warhammer 40,000
it also got fantasy gaming at the toy stores and on mainstream TV
you cannot understate the influence of Magic the Gathering has had on board game paying costs to play cards tapping them keywords interactions and the countless other card mechanics
it was the first euro game I played and while it really didn't do it for me it introduced me to a world of games
very few things have shaken up the board game hobby like Kickstarter
XCOM was the first app driven game I played where I thought there was no possible way to replicate the experience of that game without the app
what makes board gaming unique is that the experiences reshaped every time it is played
it seemed like a watershed moment of me that we can have games that are not only fun and engaging but also thought-provoking

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It became my thing.
just was like this It just blew my mind.
these games were just so amazing and I liked playing them.
Almost every week I would walk to you know, six or seven blocks to the local thrift store and see if they had any new board games in stock.

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