Game Info
Year
2024
Players
2
Age
13+
Playtime
60 min
Complexity
1.8/5
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Description
A fast-playing WWII card game where two German squads face off against two Russian squads in tight tactical combat
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Zilla Blitz Other at 14:26 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Quick playing
- Inexpensive
- Appealing card art
Cons
- Likely requires two players
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card-driven — Card-driven gameplay for equipping squads and moving them.
- Dice combat — 10-sided dice are involved in combat.
- event cards — Event cards play a factor.
- Tactical squad-based — Squad-based tactical combat.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's checking off a lot of boxes for me and that it's solitire, individual man, campaign, strong narrative elements, events.
- I love to see new games, new companies popping up and see newcomers into the field. It only helps us have more creativity, more innovation, and more people pushing the edge of the design envelope.
- This is a new and interesting direction for them.
- This is a lot of fun. I think it's going to spin great narratives.
- My understanding of World War I combat of course listening to him went up through the roof.
- And this game focuses on the reconnaissance at Verdon as the part of the combat.
- Warfare traditionally was a situation especially as you go farther back in time where you didn't have anywhere close to full information and getting that information and what you did with that information and analyzing that information and making decisions on incomplete information was such a huge part of warfare that really hasn't been captured in a lot of our modern wargaming experience.
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Zilla Blitz Discussion at 19:03:08 sentiment: positive
video_pk 83773 · mention_pk 211748
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fits inside a stocking
- playable in under half an hour
- two-player option
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Squad dueling squads
- World War II
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Two-player card game — Specifically mentioned as the only two-player game in the Worthington Publishing set that fits in a stocking.
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 Review at 0:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast and furious gameplay
- Quick game length (15-20 minutes per game)
- Accessible and easy to learn
- Good for introducing new players to wargaming
- Good blend of luck and strategy
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- tactical combat
Comparison games
- Upfront
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — Players play cards to improve squad positions, add weapons, or initiate attacks.
- Card-based — The game is entirely played using cards, with no map.
- combat resolution — Combat involves adding offensive firepower, subtracting defensive modifiers, and rolling a die against the target number.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are used to resolve combat, with specific numbers needed to hit an opponent's squad.
- Hand Management — Players typically have five cards in hand and play one card per turn, with options to discard and draw.
- Modifiers — Cards and positions can add or subtract from attack and defense values.
- special abilities — Cards like medics, snipers, mines, and flank allow for unique actions and effects.
- Squad Building — Players can add defensive positions, weapons, and leaders to their squads to improve their capabilities.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Recently, a friend came over for dinner when we played a couple of games of Take Cover, the new tactical combat card game from Warthingington Publishing.
- This game, Fast and Furious, it goes so quick.
- Literally 15 minutes after starting up, we were playing the game.
- If you're looking for another accessible fastplaying tactical war game, you might check out Battles of the American Revolution.
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The Discriminating Gamer Top 30 List at 0:46 sentiment: positive
video_pk 81879 · mention_pk 204777
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun game with engaging dice-based combat
- Attachment mechanics add strategic depth
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Array
- World War II
- N/A
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Attachment of equipment and leaders — Players attach leaders, weapons, or cover to cards to modify positive/negative totals.
- Dice Rolling — Roll-under mechanic to determine success using a die pool/total built up by cards.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's really really a fun game.
- I was delightful. I really enjoyed it.
- it's a hoot.
- I really enjoyed it.
- This is a great solitaire game.
- I would read it to her and she'd make all the decisions.
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Zilla Blitz Other at 9:35:40 sentiment: positive
video_pk 81619 · mention_pk 203555
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really enjoying that game for that type of purpose
- Just quick-playing game with some fun, you know, rolling and just some good strategy involved
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Squad battles
- World War II
Comparison games
- Up Front
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — The game involves rolling dice.
- Squad Combat — Focuses on squad battles at a simple level.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- There's a lot of designers and company representatives that are there, like GMT Games is there, uh Uwe from Sound of Drums was there coming in from Europe.
- So, if you're looking at a chance to play up-and-coming games with some of the designers that are designing on them, it's quite an experience.
- You really get some insight into the design process, into how historical board games are created as you're playing them and giving feedback to the designers.
- In this game, you take on the role of companies that are trying to win military contracts uh from the US
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