Game Info
Year
2023
Players
1-2
Age
14+
Playtime
180 min
Complexity
3.8/5
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Description
Tactical chit-pull wargame simulating the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg
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Zilla Blitz Review at 0:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Streamlined system with depth.
- Chitpool system adds unpredictability and strategy.
- Good leadership and morale system.
- Clean and refined rulebook layout.
- Revolution's attention to detail is evident.
- Fantastic solitaire play.
- Scenarios are varied in length and focus.
- 528 large counters, easy to read and use.
- Crisp counter design.
- Helpful player aids.
- Good variety, narrative, and unpredictness from the event system.
- Smaller maps provided for smaller scenarios.
- Clear map design and art style.
- Victory conditions are traditional and clear.
- Accessible Civil War series with a good balance of authenticity and playability.
Cons
- Series rules are very light on graphics.
- More exclusive rules than other games in the series might increase complexity slightly.
- Paper maps may require plexiglass for durability.
Thematic elements
- Combat on July 1st, 1863, the first day of the American Civil War battle.
- The Battle of Gettysburg
Comparison games
- Shiloh: The First Day
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Chitpull system — Mixes events and unit activations in a blend of unpredictability and strategy.
- Combat — Units can attack. Includes fire combat, artillery fire, close combat, and opportunity fire.
- Event chits — Integrated into the chitpull system, adding variety and unpredictability. Can spawn further unexpected events (e.g., fog of war).
- Leadership and Morale system — Includes cohesion, rallying, and scadaddling, with degrees of unit decomposition (battleworn, wrecked, shaken).
- Movement — Units can maneuver.
- scenario-based objectives — Victory conditions vary by scenario, including geographical objectives, victory points, and enemy casualties inflicted.
- Unit Activation — Used in conjunction with events via the chitpull system.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This game has all the hallmarks of detail one would expect in a civil war game, but the uniqueness of the blind sword system is highlighted by its chitpool system which mixes events and unit activations in a blend of unpredictability and strategy.
- One of the series greatest accomplishments, I think, is achieving a depth of gameplay in a system that's still streamlined for play.
- The chitpole system with its events built into it make it a fantastic solitire play for a two-player game, as they force you to react to shifting tides of war, and we're going to throttle your bestlaid plans.
- All in all, I like the way I've always liked the crisp design of the counters in this series. They're easy to read, large, and they just work really well in gameplay.
- The event system in these games is one of my favorite elements as it adds a good variety narrative and unpredictness to each scenario, but it's never really felt too overpowering or unbalancing.
- This is most definitely an accessible Civil War series with the rule set and gameplay combination that have a great balance of authenticity and playability.
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Zilla Blitz Other at 18:17 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Miraculous and brilliant system
- Fantastic balance of gameplay, complexity, and decisions
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- First day of the Battle of Gettysburg
- Gettysburg
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- blind sword system — Volume 12 in the Blind Sword system.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Got it. Off the line. Another man-to-man combat game. Each counter is a single man, just like in combat 3, but uh combat is a solo game. This is uh it's got solo guidance for it, but it's designed as a two-player game, although it's I think it's going to be very solo friendly.
- I feel like that sort of it's easy for me to sit down when I've got 20 minutes and just cruise through my phone and look at social media, but instead I can play a whole game. And so I think these games offer me an opportunity to do something more interesting than Doomcroll
- when talk about companies that have high production values with their stuff, I mean, of course, we've got the big ones, you know, GMT, Compass Games, and things. Worthington Publishing is right up there with Bua Sims in terms of the quality of their content. The boxes are good, the counters are good, materials are good, the cards are all vinyl. I mean, just really they don't they they make good stuff, too, which is always really nice to see some durability.
- It's going to be something different, right? I mean, it's always good to throw different things in the channel. Something a little bit different, but I think there's enough overlap with it with Wargaming that and and I know there's a lot of football fans on the channel as well.
- 49% no, 51% yes. So roughly 50% half of the people watching this video play miniatures wargaming as well as tabletop board gaming or or play and don't play anything else which was I thought it's more than I thought.
- Miniatures games for me represent the extension of a childhood hobby of mine, which was building and painting model airplane kits. Totally can see that. So you're building the miniatures, painting the miniatures, playing the games. These can all go together into one big hobby.
- The other thing would be PC Hex Encounters kind of like we did with the Panzer Core 2. The nice thing about that is that it's very easy to play in a live stream format because the rules are all managed for you in the background.
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 7:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Enjoying it
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Battle of Gettysburg
- American Civil War
Comparison games
- Blind Sword series
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This reminds me of Coin Light. And the game that comes to my mind is Root. And not that this is the same thing or a spin-off, but it's got a Root type feel.
- I've read through the rules looks very accessible and pretty easy to jump into.
- Production values on this one are really high.
- I really appreciate I think Fal has a nice touch on accessibility, depth of gameplay, quality of components, just really putting things together in a nice package that builds some very interesting things with good gameplay and a lot of accessibility.
- 42% tactical, 30% operational, 29% strategic.
- My favorite game of all time is Combat Commander, which is a tactical level game.
- I'm split between the different scales. Given the time I'd play them all, I love the idea of grand tactical, but don't have the space they generally acquire.
- Wow, it's taking a while here. Oh, we've got Arvin Runstein5707.
- New to these games. So, still learning, but strategic seems like my jam.
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 20:46:56
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Everything that you'll see in this video, by the way, is linked down below in the video description.
- A lot of board wargames have chits, basically counters that you put in a cup and you're kind of closing your eyes and you're picking one of them out of the cup as you're playing.
- The solution? Bingo chips.
- The Oregon counter clippers, the tool to clip counters and make them nice and beautiful and rounded.
- So, I'm going to just show and mention the two that I can that you can get right now.
- This is admittedly a little bit big for a stocking stuffer. It might have to go below the stocking.
- So, you get from a magazine where everything's flying all over the place to a perfect game box with the storage tray for counters inside it.
- Be amazed how handy it is to have a big pile of dice that you can pull into the games that you're playing.
- Which were your favorite ones that you saw? I'd love to hear down in the comments below.
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Zilla Blitz Top List at 0:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Captures Civil War combat in an exciting and creative way (Blind Sword system)
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Civil War combat
- Civil War
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- blind sword system — Captures Civil War combat in a very exciting and creative way.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- My criteria for this particular list is enjoyment. The games that pulled me in and captured my attention, had some sort of an emotional rush, or just created great memories.
- Gettsburg, A Time for Heroes from Worthington Publishing, a fantastic Gettysburg game.
- Old School Tactical Volume 5. If by the way, if you are curious about this one, there are four volumes before this. They're all, I imagine, very good, but this has just been my experience with the system so far.
- Combat Commander is number three on the list, and it might be one of the games I'm most excited to continue playing in 2026.
- This game, I I think part of the reason why I liked it so high and why I put it so high is that it has opened up my eyes to the potential of the Cold War Modern Combat series and families of games, which to be fair, I haven't really explored yet.
- I could probably rank these games in almost any order and be happy with it. So, I wouldn't take the rankings of the games so seriously.
- Traces of Victory. Uh my top game for 2025 and just I can't say more about this game. You should check it out if you like operational World War II level combat games.
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 6:55 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- accessible civilian war combat system
- clear thematic focus
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- classic battle tactical reimagining
- Civil War, Gettysburg, first day
- blindsword system to capture civil war combat
Comparison games
- Fields of Fire Deluxe
- Upfront
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- blind sword system — combat resolution through a hidden mechanic
- Combat: Blind Bet — combat resolution through a hidden mechanic
- two-player historical engagement — focused on the opening day actions
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this sounds like a lot of fun
- this is going to be marvelous
- I can't wait to get a group of people over to play the whole Mediterranean theater
- this looks really, really good
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Video 2qAjuVXSTZY
Zilla Blitz Discussion at 1:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- mature rule set in the Blind Sword lineage
- dense, researched scenarios
- beautiful map and counters
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Civil War tactical/operational conflict
- Gettysburg during the first day of the 1863 Civil War
- historical simulation with mature rule set
Comparison games
- Rock of Chikamaga
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- map-based counters — counters on a map to represent units and maneuvers; scenario-driven play
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's the 12th game in the Blind Sword series, which means you have a very mature rule set
- the rules are crystal clear. It's so nice to read a mature rule set that's been around for so long
- this is a ton of fun
- I couldn't be more excited to dig into this one
- easy to learn, hard to master
- this looks like a ton of fun and a fantastic idea
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