Game Info
Year
2023
Players
1-2
Age
14+
Playtime
45 min
Complexity
3.1/5
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Description
A two-player card-driven wargame depicting the French Resistance against Nazi occupation from 1943 to 1944
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Heavy Cardboard Analysis at 1:48:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Light and accessible gameplay
- Interesting WWII theme
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- French Resistance
- World War II
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- CDG — Identified as a Card Driven Game.
- two-player — Designed for two players.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Oh my God this sounds fantastic
- don't get killed oh my God I am all in
- Jeremy's coming up with some wicked cool ideas ain't he
- this is a wicked way that the coin system is being stretched
- this is really really pretty clever
- Man I love the themes that we're going with
- this is the game that's putting NB on the map
- super super into that game
- this is not really my jam
- dude has an encyclopedic amount of knowledge when it comes to designing War Games marks one of the Titans
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The Discriminating Gamer Top 10 List at 3:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great card-play and thematic feel
- quick to learn and plays in under an hour
- immersive setting
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- occupation, resistance, clandestine activity
- French Resistance, 1942–43
- card play with a rondel-style action economy and underground elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — cards drive actions and events
- multipath routing — units/agents travel routes across a map to simulate supply lines
- Rondel — resistance player has a rondel of actions to choose from
- rondel actions — resistance player has a rondel of actions to choose from
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a very quick game under an hour
- bribe kind of neutral kingdoms, and you can try to bribe the Vikings
- it's solitary, but I really prefer it as a two-player game
- this is Valkyrie, absolutely fantastic
- hidden movement solitaire game
- innovative and fun
- very fun solitaire experience
- I would actually like to see this system adapted to a war game
- Silver Frost is a riff on Everdell
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Review at 0:26 sentiment: positive
video_pk 74377 · mention_pk 179211
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Solo and two-player modes feel like distinct games while sharing core mechanics.
- The resolution deck's probabilities dynamically change based on the board state, making gameplay interesting.
- The personas in the solo mode add replayability and unique challenges.
- The game mechanics and theme are well integrated.
- The two-player experience offers a fun cat-and-mouse bluffing element.
Cons
- The rulebook is dense and can be confusing to parse initially.
- The bot in the solo mode, while quick, lacks the nuanced cat-and-mouse feel of the two-player game.
- The rulebooks are split into two separate booklets (one for two-player, one for single-player), which can be frustrating.
Thematic elements
- Resistance movement against German occupiers
- Occupied France during World War II
Comparison games
- Robin Hood
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players have a set number of action points to spend on various actions each turn.
- Area Control — Players take actions in different regions on the board, which have associated suits.
- Card Drafting — Players reveal event cards from their hand, with the highest action points determining turn order.
- Deck Building — There are event decks and a resolution deck that drives gameplay, with a reshuffle card to prevent simple card counting.
- Hidden Movement / Hidden Roles — Informant pieces are double-sided and their true allegiance is hidden, and resistance units can be uncovered.
- Set Collection — Suits on cards match regions on the board, influencing action point costs.
- Variable player powers — The solo game features four different 'personas' that give the resistance player a special ability and an extra win condition.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a game that came out recently from GMT Games.
- It's almost like you're playing the same game in a solo versus two-player, but you does this really cool thing, a very smart thing, I think, with those four personas.
- I really recommend it. The rule book's a little bit of uh like it's good. All the rules are there. The all the rules are there. It's just like uh it's a lot to kind of parse and at first I was like I am not going to like this game and but once we got into and played it a bit I was like oh no this is fantastic.
- I definitely recommend In the Shadows, single player or two-player. They like they both have their benefits.
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One Stop Co-op Shop Discussion at 2:32 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- varied modes (solo and competitive)
- balanced competitive mode
- quick, accessible play
Cons
- solo mode feels exploitable or hampered by card order randomness
Thematic elements
- war game with hidden info tension and card-driven mechanics
- kaart-driven warfare with solo and competitive modes
- thinly veiled conflict with modular cards
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card-driven mechanics — Cards drive actions and outcomes; variability between solo and competitive modes
- solo vs competitive balance — Competitive mode adds missing mechanics and balance considerations
- Stacking and Balancing — Competitive mode adds missing mechanics and balance considerations
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I love more roleplayer adventures.
- it's so much fun and they've made some upgrades to the playability of the system and all kinds of stuff.
- this is a great JRPG inspired boss battler in general.
- it just incredibly increases replay and variety for the game and it's just a lot of fun.
- I might get the chance to do another preview of this one before things are finished.
- I am cautiously optimistic about Battle Forge Berserker.
- Unlock Kids is a keep for now.
- the core experience is a ton of fun.
- not a keep for me
- open-world wander around like yes, you do have missions and stuff, but often you're just kind of wandering.
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