Pacific War 1942 Solitaire Travel Game | Full Playthrough | Worthington Publishing | Solo Wargame

[@thecustardprophet8434]

This is so simple, but such fun to watch. Really impressed with this one, and the other similar game from the same developers which you played through previously on the channel.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Glad to hear it's fun to watch! I suspect simpler ones like this are probably a lot easier for people who haven't played the game to grasp and watch. Probably something I can think of when I'm picking games for future playthroughs.

[@housecaldwell]

Thank you for playing this! I enjoyed 1812 as it fit right in with A Glorious Chance. And I backed the kickstarter so I also have 1942 but I haven't cracked the shrinkwrap because I was afraid it would be too similiar to Pacific War 1942. I think 1942 is going to go to a new home and I will keep 1812 just because I have so many other WW2 games. They're good little games but they don't quite engage me enough to keep both.

[@ZillaBlitz]

My pleasure! Glad it helped you figure out a path forward. Sounds like good decisions for you. :)

[@TheGreat2]

Love the small size! It means I can bring even MORE games on vacation😂

[@ZillaBlitz]

Haha! You could bring six of these and play all six games at once! ;)

[@richardkingston794]

Ignored this game before, but like the fast play. As said before, good for vacation or a quiet evening after all have gone to bed!! Love all the play throughs.

[@ZillaBlitz]

For what it's aiming for, I think it does a solid job as well. And thanks, glad you're enjoying them. :)

[@coyi51]

A nice play through. Both games would have been handy when I was working on the road end of the 90's and the NM. Should be a must for any gamer working away from home. Many Thanks

[@ZillaBlitz]

It's definitely nice to be able to toss something this small in a travel bag and go. And thanks, glad you liked the playthrough. :)

[@easy.pickens]

I'm so torn on this one. It's looks good, the price is good. Been waiting for your playthrough. Thank you, watching now.

[@ZillaBlitz]

I hope the playthrough will give you the information to help you decide. :)

[@easy.pickens]

@@ZillaBlitz Video was as usual great. I almost bought both but decided against because the price went from $25 to $35 each. At this point I have a fair number of different size Pacific theater games and I already have many of the 'States of Siege' games.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Makes sense! :)

[@jumpmaster82nd.]

Same here. I figured for 48.00 I'd get 2 quick games to keep at my cabin for rainy nights. I know what the games are and what they aren't and a 20 dollar difference takes them out of the "Worth it" Category for me. Oh well...

[@ZillaBlitz]

I'd bet they go on sale at some point again, and there is a new one going on Kickstarter (I think) this month. :)

[@michaelkoznarsky7911]

Dude, you should go on vacation more often. You’re cranking through the play throughs!

[@ZillaBlitz]

Ha! Thanks. A big part of it is that I've simplified my life a fair bit, dropping out of side quests I was on to focus on work, the channel, and family. :)

[@dansmith7617]

Brutal! Reminds me of WG's Tarawa. I've NEVER won that one. Nice job! -Dan

[@ZillaBlitz]

Definitely more likely to lose, but I feel like this won't be as hard as I've heard Tarawa is to win, and I can spot a couple of places where I could have saved actions. Sacrificing one front (the China one in particular) seems like a decent tactic that can make a difference. We'll see, I'll be back at it again. :)

[@lenp.eriepa.6472]

Great playthrough! I Think there should be a VP rule if you occupy Japan and have a unused reserve token you get a VP point. ( At the end of the game). I have this game but have not played this yet, Still trying to win the 1812 game, But can't wait to get this to the table.

[@ZillaBlitz]

I think a nice thing about a game like this is that it'd be pretty easy to tweak and adjust the rules to see how you like it. :)

[@KevinA2112]

Awesome review and play through. I only have one criticism. It cost me $40 because I immediately ordered a copy of the game. 😅😂 Thanks from the bottom of my empty wallet 😊.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Whoops! Sorry about the wallet hit, but I hope you enjoy the game. May you naval invasions always roll 6's. :)

[@KevinA2112]

@@ZillaBlitz well given what tropical storm Deby is doing to my part Virginia I may need a naval rescue ship to help me. The Shenandoah valley is getting a massive amount of rain 🌧️ in very short period of time. I may have to build a raft out of my game boxes. 😱

[@ZillaBlitz]

Oh, no! Hang tight, and I hope all goes okay for you. :)

[@scotwilliams803]

Great gameplay, thanks! I’ve never seen so many 1’s rolled. You were doomed from the start.

[@ZillaBlitz]

I know, right? Next time I play I'm going to swap out the die. :)

[@The8OJ4N]

This is first time to see someone rolls 1 four times in a row.

[@ZillaBlitz]

I don't know if it's the die or me, but yeah, it certainly seemed like we had a lot of 1s and 2s there for a while. Did we really get four 1s in a row at one point? The odds on that are 1 in 1296. To be fair, we had lots of "four rolls in a row" so the odds are much less than if we just tried once, but still. :)

[@TheDiceMustFlow]

nice video! I've played this 5 times and my best result so far is a draw!

[@ZillaBlitz]

Oh, good luck! I feel like wins will be tricky to get. :)

[@francisjulia499]

I liked this video (as well as the War of 1812 one), however I really think you need to use a square-edged die (and dice when a game uses more than one) as in my view they should be more 'fair'. It seems that if there is a difference in how the corners are rounded it can really effect the game. Look at how many '1 rolls' and also the Japanese had way more '2 rolls' than you would think. This certainly effected some of there turns by limiting their actions. I do find that I agree with some of the comments about the cost of this game (and . . . 1812) compared to what you get. I don't know production costs of course and a manufacturer always makes price trade-offs to encourage business and profits. However, I hope that Worthington might offer a package deal for the two sister games. Finally, what the heck is a 'book game'. I saw this on the Worthington site. Thanks for all you do and keep it up. I would so like to sit down and have a beer with you someday. Maybe on another trip to D.C. as that is near where I live in MD.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Thanks for the comments! I think as odd as the dice rolls can look, in most cases it's just the randomness of small sample sizes. I did, however, perform a Chi-squared test on some dice in our Silent Victory campaign, rolling them in salt water for many hundreds of times, and found that one of them was statistically likely to be "off". And I do have some nicer dice that I often swap out in a game when the dice that come with the game seem particularly low-quality. I don't usually comment much on the price of particular games, because I find that they usually change over time, and different retailers often sell the games at different prices, and then they go on sale, etc. I can see some people pausing at the current prices, for sure, but I imagine there will be sales in the future and other retailers will have them at a different price. The book games they offer are solitaire games on a particular topic, and you can use a pencil to fill in the informational aspects of gameplay as you go along. There are some pretty good gameplay videos out there on them. I have one, the Bismarck one. And thanks for the kind words! I'll try to post updates on conferences I'll be attending. I'm not sure on the next trip to DC, but it's possible! :)

[@brucewachtler9093]

I do like both games; maybe 1942 a bit better. I did take 1812 on a trip recently and it took almost no space in my backpack and played easily on a hotel room desk. They’re fine when you just have an hour or so at home too- you can play two or three games of either in that time.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Yes, I'm more in sync with the WW2 theme here, but I've enjoyed both. They also manage to display with a broad brush some of the history as well.

[@scottodell4371]

@Zilla Blitz: is there a Civil War solitaire game that you recommend? You stated that you should play your interest, and mine is definitely Civil War. Also, I was wondering if you would ever do a retro game video, like with an old SPI or Avalon Hill game?

[@ZillaBlitz]

A Civil War solitaire game is a great question. Off the top of my head I'm having trouble coming up with one. Which is odd, there must be some good ones. I mean, a lot of the chit pull games are really good for solitaire but you're playing both sides. A dedicated Civil War solitaire game is something I can't think of at the moment. And yes, I want to do more older games. It's high on my priority list to start digging into. :)

[@Phalanx11]

If you pulled this out on a plane people would stare at you and children would watch you play.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Probably, yes. Hopefully we can get to a point where playing games like that won't be so odd. ;)

[@Phalanx11]

@@ZillaBlitz wargaming is always odd..thats why so few people do it...

[@ZillaBlitz]

@@Phalanx11 Maybe we are the normal ones and everyone else is odd?

[@farpointgamingdirect]

It would be interesting to be able to play the Japanese just to try to complete their objectives in the Pacific War

[@ZillaBlitz]

Time for a variant! :)

[@kenspencer9895]

Strategy to win: Continue using that die for the Japanese; tell your supply chief to use a loaded die.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Haha! Yes, definitely seemed like a "defensive die." :)

[@petethehawk5186]

This looks like a fun, small, fast player, but $35 for what you’re ultimately getting just seems crazy. This is easily $10-$15 overpriced imo. I mean there’s just not much to it. You’d think at this price they’d at least give you a small rules booklet with some WW2 pacific theater notes or something, but just a rules pamphlet, handful of counters and small board has you guessing where $35 is being spent lol. Maybe I’ll grab it used someday. Good video though.

[@ZillaBlitz]

I think in general wargames are kind of pricey. They had it on sale most recently for $25, so I imagine it'll be on sale again at some point if people are willing to wait. Noble Knight had it in stock a little while ago, they often have games discounted too.

[@caomhan84]

You can say the same for all wargames though. They are virtually ALL overpriced for what you get compared to Euros (How often do we begrudgingly pay $70 for counters and a paper map? Wargamer tax). This one... It looks like you're paying for component quality, plus inflation. It would probably be around $22 if it was a small Euro game from a bigger publisher. I bought it myself, mostly because of the size. I paid a little extra too because I'm quite close to where Worthington is based so I had to pay sales tax. I feel better about the purchase though because I think I will get a lot of play out of this. We'll see when it arrives.

[@patrickols]

When I saw your review for 1812 about a month or so ago I was really interested in these games. However Boardgames Bliss up here in Canada selling this for $50 🇨🇦 that is just too much for such a game with really not much into it. If this was at $20-25 I would jump for it but not at the price it’s selling

[@ZillaBlitz]

If you'd just surrender to us, your games would be a lot cheaper. Think about it. ;)

[@patrickols]

@@ZillaBlitz LOL 🤣 hey the chance of making a giant BBQ at the White House was too good to past 😉

[@ZillaBlitz]

Haha!

[@michaelkoznarsky7911]

This and the 1812 game seem very similar: similar strategic options and highly dependent on lucky die rolls. Seems very skewed towards the defender.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Definitely skewed toward the defender, but I see a couple of places where I could have saved actions that might have made a difference. I felt like our luck in this one was probably a little below average, perhaps? We got lucky on defense, on the whole, but I thought action-wise and attack-wise were probably below average.

[@BrianMarcus-nz7cs]

Oh dear, my shelves/wallet,... I can already C this as an expanded CDG whith an earlya start n a possible russian front+ ad nausea,all in a good way , unfriggin believable 🍺🍺👍🐦🐝

[@ZillaBlitz]

Nice ideas! Make it be so. :)

[@YOUPIMatin123]

I stopped watching, because life. Damned I missed your board game playtrhough man. Keep them up.

[@ZillaBlitz]

I hope things are going okay for you! These will be here whenever you want them, no worries. And thanks! I still really enjoy making these. :)

[@CameraBryan]

Was looking forward to a review/replay of this game, but I could really live without the constant background music.

[@ZillaBlitz]

Thanks for the feedback.

[@BrianMarcus-nz7cs]

​@@ZillaBlitz don't listen zill Mike your choice is always entertaining, so long as it's not church or banjo Muzak 🍺👍🐝🐦

[@ZillaBlitz]

Thanks. :) To expand on this a bit... Background music increases retention, which means on the whole that people like these videos better with music than without music, so I'll definitely keep it in. If it's too loud, or the wrong type of music, yes, that's another thing, but the data doesn't lie about music making the videos better on the whole. Having said that, there are viewers who do not like it. What I've found usually works is reducing the volume to a lower level. Because if you do that, you can still hear the audio but the background music, which is at a lower level, is barely audible and much less distracting.

[@BrianMarcus-nz7cs]

🐦🐝 simply love the artwork on this , the box that is , , , it's like the old Airfix model art ,/ or attack ,eagle games. 🦤🐿️🥂

[@ZillaBlitz]

It really is an elegant artistic piece, isn't it?