Axis & Allies: Europe

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Really fun game
Enjoyed it

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Pacific

Comparison games

Europe (Original Edition)

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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Quotes (from this video)

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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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Really enjoy it
A lot of fun

Cons

none

Thematic elements

European theater of World War II
Europe, Atlantic, North and South America, Africa

Comparison games

Pacific 1940
Global game

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Strategic Movement — I like the spaces in Russia that Germany has to go through to get there and the Russians desperately trying to trade space for time uh waiting for the Western Allies to come in and save its bacon.

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Quotes (from this video)

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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Video zK8xijLyadU The Discriminating Gamer Top List at 11:30 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Germans are strong and tough at the beginning
Allies are scattered and weaker initially
Physically moving the front line marker
Excellent supply management
Fun and different combat system with combat strips
Great abstraction of the actual battle
A lot of fun

Cons

none

Thematic elements

The Battle of the Bulge
World War II

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Combat Strips — 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.
hex grid — It's hex not hexen counter hex and figure, right? But it's hex's which is something new.
Line Marker — You're actually physically moving this line marker. You're actually moving your uh uh line or front line forward as the Germans.
supply management — 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.

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Quotes (from this video)

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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Video zK8xijLyadU The Discriminating Gamer Top List at 13:12 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Primarily naval-based gameplay
Fun to have naval battles
Taking islands with infantry
Artillery can fire in naval battles
Unique and enjoyable combat resolution system

Cons

Dice box sometimes doesn't work as well as advertised

Thematic elements

The Battle of Guadalcanal
World War II

Comparison games

Original Axis and Allies

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Artillery Supporting Naval Battles — Artillery on the islands can fire in the naval battles.
Dice Box — Now you do have the the the box, the dice box, which sometimes doesn't work as well as advertised
island conquest — although you are taking the islands with with infantry, what have you.
Naval combat — It's so much fun to to have this kind of naval game, primarily naval game.
Unique Combat Resolution — I actually came to really enjoy it. It's something new and something different, and I kind of like the way combat is resolved in Guad Canal.

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Quotes (from this video)

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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Video zK8xijLyadU The Discriminating Gamer Top List at 14:18 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Love the naval focus and big naval battles
Includes carriers, battleships, cruisers, subs, destroyers, and air power
Great scope that utilizes the whole board
Feel like the whole board is being used and potentially threatened
ANZAC troops are their own thing

Cons

none

Thematic elements

The Pacific Theater
World War II

Comparison games

Axis & Allies Europe 1940

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

ANZAC Units — You've got the whole Pacific Ocean here. You know, you've got kind of the ANZAC troops are their own thing
Carrier and Air Power — You got the air power there.
Naval combat — 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. You got the air power there. I just love these big naval battles.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

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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Video 33ZRSDG6xog The Dice Tower Discussion at 1:19 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

One of his favorite versions of Axis & Allies.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Secrets. This is a Bruno Faidutti Eric Lang game. It's kind of like a social deduction game where each It has some of these nice poker chips. You're on different things, taking things. It works well. It's not great, but I think it was a solid little game.
Tapple's one of these games that I'm always I'm It's just It still sold very well. It's mass market, but it works incredibly well.
I just really didn't like it at all. And I like Isle of Cats. I think it's fun. I didn't I this was a great follow up.
Wow, I love the look of this game. So many neat things you're going through and as the the the character here and just rolling dice up, it's just very lucky. It's a big choose your own adventure game that's very lucky. I wish I liked it more.
FunkoVerse Strategy Game. Eight out of 10 for me. I really like the FunkoVerse Strategy Game.
This is basically just giant sandworms coming and you're jumping cars and shooting them. It has all the silliness of the series of movies and I think it's it's one of those movies that could have been an IP, but but isn't.
Manhattan Project 2. No, I thought the newest one was okay. But this one I actively disliked.
Curse Court's a great game. I've played Curse Court I think two or three times this year already, which is a lot considering I have to I play lots of new games.
Well, it's kind of weird. I I mean, on one hand, my favorite is Curse Court, the one I just mentioned. But, also Kids Chronicles: Quest for the Moonstones is a pretty fantastic kids game. So, I have a lot of respect for that.

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Video mnD6vzywOLQ The Discriminating Gamer Review at 0:14 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Smaller, shorter games are preferred by the host.
Map looks really good.
Dice feel good.
Cards change things up and add replayability.
Components are laid out nicely.

Cons

Rectangular boxes are hard to store; wishes for square boxes.
Box is bigger than it needs to be.
Limited piece types without chips (ships are missing).
No player aid for unit abilities, requiring opening the rulebook.

Thematic elements

World War II
June 4th, 1944

Comparison games

Axis & Allies Stalingrad
Axis & Allies Battle of the Bulge
Axis & Allies Guadalcanal
Axis & Allies Battle of the Deep
Axis & Allies GI Joe

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Combat Board — Discussed as a standard combat board with attacker and defender sides and order cards.
Fortune cards — Mentioned as part of the game components that add variety.
miniatures — Various troop and vehicle miniatures are shown and discussed, including planes, tanks, artillery, and fortifications.
order cards — Used for actions and discussed as part of the battle board setup.
Reinforcement Charts — Charts are provided for the US/allies, Germany/Axis, and the UK.
tactics cards — Mentioned as part of the game components that add variety.

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Quotes (from this video)

I really wish they would turn these into square boxes and get rid of these rectangle boxes. Man, that would be the one thing if they could change anything give me a square box.
So, based on the card play, base is going to kind of change up how each game plays time to time to time. So, you do get a lot of replay on these games. A lot of fun.
These dice are Ray approved. These are good dice. They feel good and that that's important to me. The dice feel good.
I do like how the cards kind of change things up a little bit. That's the uh as Cody likes to put it, that is the spice and sugar to this particular game.
I cannot wait to get this one on the table.

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Video nREwzfWIfMY The Dice Tower Analysis at 7:30 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

brought me back into the hobby

Cons

less nuanced than Axis & Allies Pacific
throwing huge amounts of troops at each other

Thematic elements

World War II, land war, submarine warfare
Europe

Comparison games

Axis & Allies Pacific

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

This is a pile of mid games as I take a look at board games on boardgamegeek.com, a repository of all things about board games.
These are games that don't get talked about as much.
it really is a very simple game from Prospero Hall.
This is kind of one of those games I wish I had played back in the day.
This is one of the best fillers out there where you have a bunch of swimmers out there.
I think A Fell is a fine game. I just think it's sort of broken.
It's a classic for a reason.
what a fantastic party game.
Phoenicia Tom Lehmann killed his own game. He eventually came out with Race for the Galaxy, which was a much, much better Phoenicia, which is why this game has kind of disappeared.
one of the longest rule books in history.
It is so complex.
Of all the games I talked about today, I actually I think Lynx City I like Asking for Trouble's a lot, but Lynx City is my favorite.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Interesting ideas
Solid version

Cons

Don't want to play this one all the time

Thematic elements

Battle of the Bulge

Comparison games

Axis & Allies

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Logistics — The game is all about logistics.
Reprint — A reprint of a classic Axis & Allies game.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I tell you what I think about the games now if I think about them at all.
It is that fantastic of a game, No Thanks.
There are some really terrible Princess Bride games out there.
This is one of the bad ones.
It's too little too late, honestly, this this thing.
Mean mean mean mean little game.
Very mechanical game. Very lack of theme almost as you put these tiles in your pot. But it works.
Mama Mia is one of those games that I bring out at conventions and play with people, little memory game which I like a lot.
It's an amazing game.
What a terrible roll and write style game.
It's just awful.
It's not great either. Just misses the mark.
It's all about logistics.
Really impressed with this one. Bright, cheerful, fun, fast.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Enjoyment of the advanced rules with tactics and fortune cards.
The inclusion of chance elements from fortune cards adds fun.
Tactics cards provide interesting one-off choices.
Significant improvement in enjoyment compared to initial impressions.
The game is still a lot of fun despite perceived imbalance.
Enjoyment of the Axis & Allies franchise generally.

Cons

Initial impression was less than impressed.
Lack of IPCs and unit buying felt different from other Axis & Allies games.
Dislike of the way air power was used and its lesser importance.
Missing component in the original purchase.
The reinforcement step relies heavily on luck with dice rolls.
Game is perceived as imbalanced in favor of the Germans.
Would never play without the advanced cards as it would be too vanilla.

Thematic elements

The Allied invasion of Normandy
Normandy, June 1944

Comparison games

Axis & Allies: Europe
Axis & Allies: Pacific
Stalingrad
Dune: War for Arrakis

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Movement — Units move between different zones on the board, with tanks having increased movement.
combat cards — Utilizes a combat card step system with 16 distinct steps, each represented by a card, dictating the actions each round.
Dice Rolling — Used for various phases including naval bombardment, anti-aircraft fire, bomber strikes, and reinforcement calculations.
reinforcements — Allies and Axis receive reinforcements based on dice rolls and their reinforcement schedules.
Set Collection (implied) — The game uses tactics and fortune cards, suggesting a hand management or set collection element, especially with the one-and-done nature of tactic cards.
Variable Player Powers (Implied) — The German and Allied sides have distinct units and objectives, with the Germans having static defenses (blockhouses).

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Quotes (from this video)

My grandfather was a mime in World War II.
Essentially, the game board is divided into a of zones.
This game utilizes a combat card step system.
I was less than impressed.
I am just having a ball. I am having so much fun with this game. This is just great.
The reinforcement step, as I mentioned, probably my biggest criticism of the game is the reinforcement step.
I think the game is kind of imbalanced. I think the Germans probably have the advantage in this game.
On the Cody scale, I'm going to go ahead I'm going to give it a seven out of 10.
My grandfather killed six Germans at Normandy Beach.

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Video H0eg43rDPr8 The Board Gaming Doctor Discussion at 3:55 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

reprint with broader release; potential improvements over original

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Oranianburg Canal

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

route-building / area movement — reprint and expansion of a canal-themed route-building game

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Quotes (from this video)

This year I feel has more of a prominence on expansions, at least for games that I'm interested in rather than standalone games.
I'm excited to play Garden Lake.
It is an interesting year, not very heavy with Rosenberg games as well.

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