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Imperial Elegy: The Road to the Great War 1850-1920

Game ID: GID0453438
Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-6
Age
12+
Playtime
180 min
Complexity
3.2/5
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Description

Strategic card-driven wargame where players control major powers through the industrial era to either prevent or win the Great War

Description

Strategic card-driven wargame where players control major powers through the industrial era to either prevent or win the Great War

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Video hZh5QTHm1Wg Zilla Blitz Analysis at 6:58 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Incredibly popular
  • Robust solitaire mode
  • Big hit at conferences
  • Publisher provides update packs for errata and improvements
Cons
  • Original version had some issues due to game size and complexity
Thematic elements
  • 1850-1920, potentially including WWI
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Campaign play — They mean the campaign mode takes a full day to play
  • Robust solitaire mode — It also has a very robust solitire mode.
  • Strategic level multiplayer — Strategic level multiplayer game
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Quotes (from this video)
  • This is jaw-dropping.
  • I've not seen a production like this. This is just absolutely jaw-dropping in terms of taking the monster game if you want it, but then a full exploration of this historical campaign. Poland 1939 in force to heaven.
  • This looks like a pretty cool hexen counter game that is a solo solo recreation of the battle of Arnham.
  • These strike me as games that are going to be very accessible, player friendly games that you can probably get to the table and play in a relatively, you know, reasonable amount of time, too.
  • And I think the theme here is very enticing for me.
  • Really fun. I mean this is such such novel and smooth gameplay for Civil War gaming.
  • So, this looks like another fine addition to the series and what is really becoming a fantastic Civil War series.
  • All of the answers to the survey can be found in this video. To enter into the drawing for the $100 store gift certificate, hunt for those answers, fill out the survey, send it in.
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Video PfuJVwW7TP8 Zilla Blitz Discussion at 20:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • grand strategy with multiple factions
  • European politics 1850-1920
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Quotes (from this video)
  • I cannot wait for Pacific Chase.
  • This is part of his recon series.
  • If SD Histcon is probably two-thirds historical games and maybe one-third other games, Circle DC is probably half and half.
  • Thank you to everybody who supports the channel.
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