Game Info
Year
2012
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
90 min
Collection
Mechanic profile
Not enough video data yet
Vibe profile
Not enough video data yet
Description
Fast-paced miniatures solitaire board game played on a map supporting collaborative and competitive modes
Featured Videos
Ask a Rules Question
Images
GID0452376.jpg
GID0452376_thumb.jpg
All mentions
Browse transcript mentions, sentiments, pros/cons, mechanics, topics, quotes, and references.
Total mentions: 1
This page: 1
Sentiment:
pos 1 ·
mix 0 ·
neu 0 ·
neg 0
Showing 1–1 of 1
Video 8XGK8sLWCxc
Review at 0:15 sentiment: positive
video_pk 67970 · mention_pk 164282
Click to watch at 0:15 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Thematic co-op experience similar to Black Orchestra.
- Streamlined and fast gameplay.
- Quick turns make for efficient gameplay.
- Strategic importance of recruiting and using allies.
- Tough choices presented during interrogations.
- Short playtime is preferred over long games.
- Creates a story through its gameplay.
Cons
- Can be too fast, ending almost too soon.
- Luck plays a big part, with dice rolls significantly impacting outcomes.
- Can be frustrating to lose due to bad dice rolls after doing everything right.
- Outcome can be swingy, with potential for very quick wins or losses.
Thematic elements
- Enacting a plot to kill Hitler
- Germany, World War II
Comparison games
- Black Orchestra
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players take actions such as moving, searching, collecting items, sharing items, and conducting a plot.
- card drafting — Allies can be drafted and placed on the board when certain conditions are met.
- cooperative play — Players work together as characters with special abilities to achieve a common goal.
- Dice rolling — Dice are rolled for actions, interrogations, and to attempt the plot to kill Hitler. Dice can be re-rolled in some circumstances.
- Press Your Luck — The 'C' option in interrogations involves rolling a die with potential for no effect or resolving multiple negative outcomes, creating pressure.
- set collection — Players gather items like explosives and detonators, as well as access cards, to enact the plot.
- Variable player powers — Each player is a character with special abilities.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Valkyrie is a cooperative game where each player will be a character with special abilities and you're going to be gathering items to use to try to create a plot to kill Hitler.
- This is definitely a streamlined version of the original game for sure.
- The quick turns is great.
- I love that there's tough choices in the interrogation most of the time.
- It's almost too fast. It's almost like whoa, it's over already.
- Luck plays a big part of this game.
- It's a swingy game. You got to know that going into it.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Transcript Navigation
Showing 1–1 of 1