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Game Info
Year
1983
Players
2-6
Age
14+
Playtime
120 min
Collection
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Description
In the light, beer & pretzels type of game Wiz-War, players are transformed into wizards attempting to collect treasures from a twisted little maze. At the heart of the game is a deck of cards that the players use to cast spells, power-up spells, and augment movement. Each turn, players can move up to three spaces (or more with the use of number cards). However, the goal is to penetrate the other players' sections of the maze, pick up one of their treasures, and bring it back to your home base. The first player to capture two such treasures or kill all the other wizards wins.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Interview at 12:40
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Wargame
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I always kind of think it shouldn't be the rules that are complicated it should be the situation that's complicated
- The key thing was dealing with opportunity fire
- The card system is for me a way of modeling that in that you have to know when to hold back and make sure you've got options at hand
- The figures are just gorgeous really good detail
- it's a game where there is no cardboard in the game at all
- people assume I'm you know some wealthy game designer in a mansion and Brisbane but no it's um yeah definitely needed to royalties
- the world we live in is the result of technological developments nothing to do with politicians nothing to do with generals it's just we a lot of relatively unknown scientists designing stuff you know creating stuff that allows us to shape the wall you know that has a creator the world we live in
- we probably just ruined the chance of him ever coming on the show again but at least now we know what lawn mower he has
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Drive Thru Games Analysis at 19:37 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Still around.
- People really like the fun wizards running around zapping each other aspect.
- There have been other games with a similar vibe released recently.
Cons
- Never played it.
- Suspected to be more chaotic than Mage Wars.
- Random stuff can happen.
Thematic elements
- Mages running around a map casting spells
Comparison games
- Mage Wars
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Spell Casting — Mages use various spells.
- Wizards combat — Players control wizards battling each other.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is definitely one i think folks can skip
- this is basically dune but in the twilight imperium universe
- really neat deck building stuff
- it's gone away it's it's a you know they've sunsetted the game now
- i think i ended up liking the more modern version a little bit better
- this one I felt kind of muddied the waters a little bit
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 3:27:35 sentiment: positive
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Positive
Pros
- Host obtained a first edition copy at the BGG con flea market.
Cons
none
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the White House plumbers with uh Woody Harris it was about Watergate
- that looked good
- it was a pretty funny if all this [ __ ] is like even somewhat true that happened in the series it was pretty wild what the [ __ ] happened
- she's still working man
- she's got like three or four credits every year
- I can't think of a movie I've seen her in in forever and for a while there she was in a ton of stuff
- 99 was a big year
- 97 was a big year
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