Game Info
Year
2026
Players
2
Age
11+
Playtime
75 min
Complexity
3/5
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Description
Card-driven wargame recreating the Mexican-American War where players compete to control Mexico
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Going Analog Interview at 14:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- expands Shores of Tripoli universe
- ties to Marine Corps heritage
Cons
- early in development; shipping timing noted as Q2 2026
Thematic elements
- Marine and military history
- Mexican-American War; congressional debates on treaties and troops
- historical strategy with abstracted Congress mechanics
Comparison games
- The Shores of Tripoli
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- abstracted legislative process — represents Congressional debate and passage in simplified form
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Quotes (from this video)
- Votes for Women was accepted by the American Library Association's Hall of Fame
- History is amazing; truth is sometimes stranger than fiction
- For every game that we publish, we always include an educational booklet that a noted scholar on the topic writes
- we wanted to make games that have a little bit more of an evergreen nature by tying that something in history
- Earth Express is a condensed quick version of Earth
- the big brain puzzle to solve in Behind the Lens
- Swing Spelling is something we joke about as a reach for popularity
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 11:47 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- rich two-player experience with varied victory paths
- strong production and design pedigree from Fort Circle
Cons
- not ideal for solo play
- potential learning curve for new players
Thematic elements
- two-player, operational-level wargame with political influence
- Mexican-American War, 1846-1848
- two-player duel with multiple strategic avenues
Comparison games
- The Shores of Tripoli
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card-driven gameplay — cards drive political influence and strategic options
- fog of war on a two-player scale — hidden information about opponent strength
- Hidden Deployment — hidden information about opponent strength
- multi-path victory — several routes to victory, increasing replayability
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's an amazingly massive system
- Stuka leader is much more than just a leader of stukas
- the heart of this is the story of you as the individual pilot
- space-based operational level war game
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