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Year
2024
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Description
Cobra has established a base at the North Pole and threatens the world with its Weather Dominator! Only G.I. Joe is ready and able to defeat these forces without drawing the entire world into a larger conflict. Admiral Keel-Haul and Snow Job lead the Joes against the aggressive forces of Cobra, led by Cobra Commander and Destro!
In G.I. JOE: Battle for the Arctic Circle, you play as the G.I. JOE or Cobra in a fight for control of the Arctic Circle.
The game features more than 110 figures, including the Snow Cat, W.O.L.F., Skystriker, and Rattler, and it introduces new strategic options that commanders may employ, such as using the Weather Dominator to freeze the sea to block pathways or create strategic land bridges. The air, land, and sea of the Arctic Circle is the battlefield. Are you ready for a fight?
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The Discriminating Gamer Top List at 10:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Very fun
- Great IP integration
- Fun G.I. Joe twists
Cons
- Only played two-player, wants to try four-player
Thematic elements
- G.I. Joe vs. Cobra conflict
- Arctic Circle
Comparison games
- Axis & Allies
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric powers — You have some characters. You got Admiral Kehal and Snow Job and Cobra Commander and Destro. And they bring kind of unique special powers to the game
- Hex and counter — This is kind of a hex and and hex and mini fig uh mini figure uh game, not counters
- miniatures — This is kind of a hex and and hex and mini fig uh mini figure uh game, not counters
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Quotes (from this video)
- I have never had, with the exception of this game, I've never had a game where I literally felt like I was going to have a heart attack while I was playing it.
- This game is just dice chucking carnage.
- It's a deeply thematic Lord of the Rings game in which you and your friends, it's cooperative game.
- This is Tide of Iron.
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The Discriminating Gamer Top List at 6:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Great fun
- Tremendous amount of fun
Cons
- Only played two-player
Thematic elements
- G.I. Joe vs. Cobra
- Arctic Circle
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- factions — You've got four factions. You've kind of got Cobra Commander, Adestro, and then you've got um uh oh, the admiral, was it Killh Hall and Snow Job and there. So you've got, you know, each side has two different factions.
- Vehicle Abilities — some of your vehicles have certain um abilities like some of the Cobra tanks have like the first strike thing and and I think the Rattlers have vertical takeoff and land.
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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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The Discriminating Gamer Top List at 2:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really fun game
- Infuses G.I. Joe with Axis and Allies
- Interesting use of hexes for movement
- Match made in heaven for fans of both IPs
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- G.I. Joe characters fighting Cobra
- Arctic Circle, based on G.I. Joe IP
Comparison games
- Axis and Allies
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- asymmetrical units — Some of the units function a little bit differently.
- Axis and Allies system — Takes G.I. Joe and infuses it with Axis and Allies. Movement determined by hexes.
- Hex grid movement — This is the first time I've ever played an Access and Allies game where kind of movement was determined by hex's.
- special character abilities — Some of the characters have special abilities that they can bring to it.
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Quotes (from this video)
- These are intellectual property war games. These are war games based on books, movies, IPs, right?
- It's really fun to kind of visit that battle with this game.
- I love G.I. Joe and I love access and allies. This is a match made in heaven.
- It's just a beautiful game. It's such a cool production here.
- No longer in print. It's one of those kind of grill games that hopefully one day it'll come back.
- This is Star Wars X-Wing. That is my number six and that is from Fantasy Flight Games.
- This is Star Trek Fleet Captains. That is my number five. That was from Whiz Kids.
- Star Wars Armada is like X-wing but heightened because this is the capital ship battles.
- Probably my favorite miniatures game.
- This one is Star Wars in a box. It's like you're playing the original trilogy, but all sorts of funky things could happen.
- This is essentially fantasy Axis and Allies.
- As a war game, I really like Dune, War for Arachus better. I like its combat system better.
- It's got that great hard coverver complete rules book I'm really excited about.
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