Game Info
Year
1994
Players
2
Age
12+
Playtime
480 min
Complexity
3.9/5
Collection
Ratings
Creator Score
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Description
Complex hex wargame simulating the Western Allied campaigns in Italy France and Germany from 1943 to 1945
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Zilla Blitz Top List at 12:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Intriguing PC combat game
- Deep and evolving combat engine
- Gritty turn-based tactical combat
- Extensive scenarios and unit library
- Scenario and campaign editor
- Plans for future development and expansion
Cons
- Simple graphics
Thematic elements
- Squad-based tactical combat
- World War II
Comparison games
- Advanced Squad Leader
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Future Development — Future development plans include adding more gameplay features, as well as expanding the series to the Pacific Theater.
- Morale, Suppression, Flanking Fire, Cover — You'll need to master key elements of tactical combat like morale, suppression, flanking fire, and cover.
- Scenario editor — The full scenario editor allows you to build your own scenarios, and even campaigns with the game.
- Scenarios and Library — Second Front comes with 48 scenarios and a huge library of infantry types, vehicles, and ordinance.
- Squad-based tactical combat — it's squad-based tactical combat in World War II, just like Advanced Squad Leader.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Rebel Fury is a fantastic PC war game with deep board game roots.
- Lock and Load Tactical remains one of my favorite PC war games with deep board game symmetry.
- Pavlov's House is a fantastic PC war game with strong board game roots.
- Mr. President stands as a great example of how to take a complex board game into the PC world while retaining its board game elegance.
- Root is a magical board game experience with a passionate fan base.
- And the PC version of this game and its DLC's is a shining example of how to do a PC adaptation of a board game correctly.
- Scythe remains a classic game in both board and PC format.
- And the PC format is a great example of how to take a board game and bring it to life on the PC.
- But behind all this, you can definitely feel the digital respect at pace to the classic board war game Advanced Squad Leader.
- But at its heart, one of the big reasons why I like Panzer Core 2 so much is that when I'm playing it, I definitely feel so many strong board game elements at play.
- Strategic Command always makes me feel like I'm playing a great board game with all the digital enhancements that a PC environment can provide.
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Rob's Tabletop World Discussion at 41:54
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Pros
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Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
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Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Go look up Europa. You're talking almost $400, $500 a game.
- my first edition Blood Bowl is rare.
- My Warhammer is worth a ton.
- First edition of Space Hulk is worth a lot.
- It's It's literally tasteless [ __ ]
- Tastes like the color white. If white paste had a flavor, like white diarrhea [ __ ]
- I will cut you out of my life without even thinking without even thinking if that's what you want to do
- You either figure it out and see that these people aren't here for you. You're just entertainment for them. Or I'll just take you from this world.
- You get it out of your system or I'm not gonna let you kill your mother, I'm gonna kill you.
- I think the most important thing is is that you never give up on your family, on your children, on your grandchildren, and you give everything that you got.
- All I want written on my damn gravestone is I wish I was up there reading this.
- If in all these years I helped somebody, you want to know something? That's worth more than all the subscriptions, all the views, and all the [ __ ] YouTube YouTuber influencer [ __ ] that you can have.
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Zilla Blitz Top 16 List at 11:44 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- deep, immersive squad tactics
- robust scenario/creator tooling
Cons
- older UI/graphics
- complex for newcomers
Thematic elements
- ASL-inspired depth
- World War II squad-based tactical
- immersive tactical combat
Comparison games
- Advanced Squad Leader
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- large infantry and equipment variety — over 40 infantry types and 200+ ordnance/vehicles
- Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game — 48 official scenarios plus user-created ones
- scenarios and scenario builder — 48 official scenarios plus user-created ones
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is my favorite list of war games based on the experience that I've had with these games and not based on some external data source.
- This list is a work in progress.
- I think you'll like decisive campaigns or dens.
- There is so much terror and tension in the combat missions.
- Crusader Kings 3 is the current number one top PC war game.
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