Silver

I am suprised with people thinking this is a depth strategy game.

For me its easy to learn, with fast action from turn 1, lots of dice rolling, playing as part of a team: the game is very fun for a “soft” wargaming day. Once you learn the basics you go straight to fighting since every turn is a repetition of the actions of the previous one.

However what you chose to build/move/attack in a map of such scale clearly gives you many options, although the orders and the units are the same. In fact your actions influence the entire map more than it does with other games, since this is a 2-team game: No diplomacy to make up for failure in the field: Whatever you gain, the enemy team loses, and the other way round. You need to be a team player and a rational thinker, but not really a general; the game is simple in its basic rules, but harder to excel in practice.

Still its a board game with rules that can be explained in 15 minutes, not a strategy game with 200 pages manual. So it can appeal to both wargamers, and softer board gamers, definately worth a try.

On the minus side: A lot of dice that plays very important role especially in “expensive” naval and air battles, and that it indeed takes a bit ‘too long’ for what it offers.