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Year
2013
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Description
From the game cover:
"A World War One solitaire and 2-player game.
Fly against...or as...one of the MONSTERS OF THE AIR!"
This game is a promotional insert in World War One Illustrated, Number 1, a publication of the World War One Historical Association. It was produced by Lombardy Studios, then a part of 1A Games publishing.
The games uses a simple, rock-paper-scissors chit-draw mechanic to simulate a World War One aerial duel between a British BE2c fighter, and a Zeppelin raider that is bombing England. It can be played solitaire, where the player draws randomly for the German Zeppelin, or as a two-player game.
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 5:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Great narrative spinner
- Enhanced second edition
- Aggressively priced
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Imperial German Navy zeppelin operations over England
- World War I
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign play — Missions are flown 'as part of a campaign'.
- Zeppelin combat simulation — Take charge of a zeppelin and fly missions over England.
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- Europe and Turmoil one takes it to the years before World War I where one player will play a more authoritarian political ideology and the other player plays a more liberal political ideology.
- Europe and Turmoil 2 takes us to uses the same system, same type of gameplay, same type of map and card-driven gameplay, except this time you're playing the game, the period between World War I and World War II, where one player takes a more right-wing political ideology, the other player takes a more left-wing political ideology, too.
- This game allows you to take in charge of a German yubot, not in World War II, but in World War I, taking the system from the hunters and the the hunted games of World War II yubot combat and applying that to World War I.
- If you like soliter games, submarine games, World War I, this one would be a fantastic one to check check out.
- Air and Armor Warsburg, is on sale for $62. It's operational level companyiz combat in a cold war gone hot in Europe.
- A two-player strategic level game about World War I. Play the entire World War I in a single sitting.
- This is a semi monster game is what I It's got three maps, almost 1,000 counters, but I think one of its defining features is that it's a very playable monster game.
- If you want to get into a monster game, a bigger game of Eastfront Combat, Eastfront Combat, this might be one to check out.
- 20 outstanding deals on the Compass Games website winter sale going now until the end of January or until a game a particular game sells out.
- Those are ones that caught my attention as very highly reviewed and highly regarded games, games that a number of people have recommended to me and games that I have played and feel comfortable recommending.
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 9:42 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- beautiful counter sheets and maps
- depth and re-playability via multiple sorties
Cons
- solo-focused design may limit multi-player appeal
Thematic elements
- Zeppelin aerial warfare with career/solo progression
- World War I airship bombing over England
- solitaire-focused with bomber crew flavor
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- campaign/crew progression — progression and mission-based challenges across sorties
- solitaire-led play — single-player/control of airship missions with challenges
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Quotes (from this video)
- We’re sponsored by Noble Knight Games
- there’ll be a first look, deep dive next month
- this is a solitaire travel game
- the Band of Brothers series is known for its tactical depth
- Target for Today and Target for Tonight are stellar selling titles
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