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Valkyrie

Game ID: GID0452376
Game Info
Year
2012
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
90 min
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Description

Fast-paced miniatures solitaire board game played on a map supporting collaborative and competitive modes

Description

Fast-paced miniatures solitaire board game played on a map supporting collaborative and competitive modes

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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.
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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.
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