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Description
Command a squadron of the U.S. Navy’s elite F/A-18 Hornet Strike Fighters! You select the pilots and arm the aircraft based on real-world mission briefings. Once you reach your objective, you evaluate threats, and do what needs to be done to destroy the target!
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Zilla Blitz Top List at 26:08 sentiment: other
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Mentioned as a potential candidate
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
- Sherman Leader
- B-17 Leader
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Quotes (from this video)
- 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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Zilla Blitz Top 7 List at 21:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- accessible entry point for solo players
- strong narrative and emergent storytelling potential
- replayable with multiple missions and campaigns
Cons
- solely oriented toward solitaire play; may not suit all group styles
Thematic elements
- pilot-centered aerial missions and aircraft management
- World War II air combat, carrier operations
- solitaire-friendly with emergent storytelling
Comparison games
- Yubot Leader
- Sherman Leader
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combat: Deck/Hand — Pilots and aircraft represented on cards; players carry out missions.
- emergent storytelling — Player choices and outcomes drive a narrative experience.
- Mission progression — A campaign of scenarios with escalating objectives and stakes.
- solitaire-friendly deck-based action — Pilots and aircraft represented on cards; players carry out missions.
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- "the four player model of it as Via Kong, NVA, Arvin and the United States"
- "the coin series... is um very asymmetrical in nature"
- "it hasn't made as big of a splash as deck building, you know, with Donald X. VaGano, but it is the kind of thing where you see a designer that does something bonkers"
- "I love the interplay of the asymmetry in Fire in the Lake"
- "Emergence storytelling is when you don't even there's it's not emergent storytelling if you're reading from a book"
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