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Year
2023
Players
1
Age
18+
Playtime
120 min
Complexity
3/5
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Description
A solitaire wargame where players design build and operate submarines during the American Civil War
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 12:49 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- really liking this one
- can't wait till I get to the company part of it
Cons
- missions are brutal
Thematic elements
- Building early submarines to sink ships
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Company building — you're hiring the people that are actually going to be in your submarine and you're actually building the submarine that you're going to send out on the missions.
- Scenario-based learning — the game teaches it, it leads you through a number of scenarios about certain aspects of the game.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The community in this hobby and the support and just the the people that reach out and just enjoy the love of playing games together has been the biggest surprise for me in this journey.
- All things considered, what level of complexity do you prefer in your games?
- medium complexity games are by far the most preferred games among viewer amongst viewers on the channel.
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Heavy Cardboard Analysis at 1:29:23 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Extremely positive
Pros
- Fascinating theme
- Exciting concept
- Unique historical setting for submarine warfare
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Inventing and building submarines for the American Civil War
- Mid-19th century America
Comparison games
- Mr. President
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign — Offers a scenario or campaign mode.
- Resource Management — Players 'recruit' and manage resources to build the machine shop.
- Solitaire — Described as a solitaire board game.
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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Rob's Tabletop World Discussion at 6:55 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really, really good.
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)
- I think my... I got to clean off that thing.
- Number one, I have no talent.
- All right? I cannot create art or anything like that.
- So it was it was like burning $400.
- But now, at least... and just looking here, you know, I got new covers and stuff like that. And I've been putting new covers to the video and it actually helped. I've gotten more subscribers.
- I did a follow-up with Sam that did 2,000.
- So, I'm doing better things. Yeah. 10,000 for Sam.
- The thing that kills me though, I'm going to tell I'm going to tell you this. Like you're going to see uh LA 1 tomorrow, okay? I take a look at it, all right? It says review, huh? Uh Riftbound, League of Legends. I I take a look at that game. Really, really nice uh um um thing.
- And with the help of AI, I'm able to create things that make sense.
- I don't see the problem why people are crying about this.
- Um and the problem is is that everybody thinks their art is the greatest art in the world. So, they really charge people a lot of money.
- Well, I get that, okay? I get that.
- Um is AI perfect? No, but for somebody that has no talent, all right, and really can't afford to spend the money, if I can put something in there and make my channel look decent.
- Yeah, it's AI, but I have the ability to compete.
- I don't have the time to learn how to do all this other crazy editing and video stuff. I just want to put something in, get something that catches my eye and spice up the channel a bit and it seems to be working and I'm I'm very happy about it.
- I mean, who has time for a lot of stuff? I mean, really, honest to God.
- Canfire is at 150.
- Kingdom Death Monster 475
- video game lot which is really good because it it it's worth about 700 800 bucks.
- I love this game. This is such a good game.
- I mean, I started listing them out of all all the the the people that cheat and are dirty and are scummy, um, and do sleazy things. And I came up with 25.
- I think these people crying over AI are the same people trying to hold us down. They're scared because they're losing their grip around our necks.
- Um Yeah, you'd rather pay a person. You know, you hate taking money out of somebody's mouth, but there comes a point where hey, you want to know something? I'm taking money out of my family's mouth and if I can save money, I'm going to do it.
- Each person for themselves.
- They got killed.
- And we had to sit there. We had to sit there while all the the the Tampa fans losing their minds.
- So, I don't think we have much of a chance. I think we're done.
- We're going to mail it in.
- So, let me see. It would be the top five here, which would be 71 cuz they're top three 69. Yeah, 71. Uh, we are eight points out. There's no way.
- This is This is horrible. This is heartbreaking.
- And if we play anything like we played there's no chance. No chance.
- Oh, this team this team is horrible. Probably maybe the worst team in in in in hockey.
- Month and a half left of hockey.
- Giant comic lot, zero. No bids.
- Uh lot number two, the war game lot. Uh huge lot of stuff that that'll go out. No bids.
- Uh and the Neuroshima Hex, the Lord of the Rings, the Cor- Corolius is at 250.
- No love. No love. None. Godzilla has no love for anyone. Amazing.
- My teams have not been good over the last couple years, but hey.
- You you follow them through thick and thin. That's what That's the beauty of sports, isn't it?
- All right, my dear friends. I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.
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Rob's Tabletop World Review at 0:33 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- GMT is one of the greatest companies.
- Well-explained breakdown of how to do things.
- Fantastic cheat sheets.
- Beautifully illustrated rulebook.
- Doesn't overwhelm with information.
- Must-have for a collection.
- Adds another dynamic to submarine games.
- Interesting and fun.
Cons
- Still trying to absorb a lot.
- Struggling to keep everything in a good flow (host's personal rule reading issue).
Thematic elements
- Submarine warfare
- dawn of the submarine age
Comparison games
- Hunters
- Atlantic Chase
- The Hunted
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign play — The game supports playing through an entire campaign, with rules coming together to build how it's played.
- Component tracking — Blocks are used to mark off things on cards and areas to keep track of certain information.
- Dice Rolling — The game includes three 10-sided dice.
- scenario-based play — The game includes scenarios that help in learning and playing the campaign.
- Sectional learning — The game teaches players through three distinct parts: tactical aspect, mission board, and then the full campaign.
- Sticker application — Components require sticker application, and an extra sticker is provided.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I make no bones about it and you've heard me say it a million times on this channel that GMT GMT is one of the greatest companies on the face of the good Lord's earth. And uh they did it again.
- The rule book you're going to grab me and go, "Oh my god, I'm going to be here for life." Nah, it goes it it really is done very well and beautifully illustrated and while there's a lot of information to take in, it keeps it where you don't get overwhelmed.
- And that, my friend, is is a very big big component.
- this is one that I really think you should have in your collection.
- It's it's it's it's a it's deep.
- A musthave for your collection.
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Rob's Tabletop World Discussion at 4:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really good game
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)
- Undaunted 2200 which is a very good game. Tactics II, very very good.
- I've got all the Killforths.
- Nemo's War, great game.
- Defenders of the Realm, love that game. Love it.
- I got some BattleTech on painting. Going to start painting again.
- Ogre, great game.
- We're going to be back in business, folks. We're going to be back in business.
- We're going to be back to full strength again. Just like the old days.
- People that want to work with me, great. People that don't want to work with me, great. Don't care.
- Getting hacked, man. It was very It took a lot of wind out of my sails.
- I'll get us there. All right, we got the other cable coming within the next month or so. Uh, they're going to be running that up here, so we're going to have fiber.
- I got 10 videos I got to get done. I got more stuff coming.
- We're turning the old game around.
- I don't think I've ever been this busy. And I'm pretty happy about it.
- We'll come back and uh, next week we'll start we'll start doing nice little short live play. Maybe we'll do uh, Val Petra.
- Everything feels better. You know, everything feels good.
- It is your old pal Earl.
- This has been a long time coming and it's showing the subscriptions have gone up.
- It's been a rough 2 days. But don't worry about it. I'll shake it off. I'll come back stronger than ever.
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 1:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- deep, multi-layered design
- strong campaign and teaching structure
Cons
- very complex and large to manage
- heavy weight may deter casual players
Thematic elements
- submarine construction, deployment, and campaign-level combat
- US Civil War dawn of submarine warfare
- campaign-driven with a progressive teaching model
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- campaign system — scenario-based progression with teaching scaffolds
- submarine design and construction — players design and build a submarine before sending it on missions
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It looks absolutely fabulous.
- I'm very curious to see his take and his innovation.
- This is a big, exciting box with a lot of content.
- The maps look fantastic and this is an exciting series.
- No two games will play out alike and they happen on this point-to-point map.
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Zilla Blitz Other at 1:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique game concept
- Amazing concept
- High creativity
- Unique look at history through a war game lens
- Connected to business simulation
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Building submarines and figuring out how to use them in warfare
- Dawn of submarine warfare in the American Civil War
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign play — Host mentions 'you're doing your missions and your operations and building your company.'
- Scenario-based learning — Host explains that players 'learn the game as you play through many scenarios until you get to this full campaign game'.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is looking really, really good. Very interesting topic and a very creative design.
- Baggie games are always fun, too, because they come in my mailbox rather than at my front door. So when they arrive, you're like, "Oh, it's a magazine." And then you open up saying, "Oh, it's a game."
- So, it's the flip side of Silent Victory with all of the implications and fun of that.
- This is a tactical combat game, fantas fantasy combat game set in Greek mythology.
- 46% of viewers said yes to this question.
- I figured most people wouldn't have space. Most people wouldn't have the time and most people Yeah.
- I feel like I'm not in the Grognard club until I do one of these experiences.
- Especially now that half of us have done this, I feel left out.
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