Seas of Thunder - GMT Game - Box opening and first impressions

Seas of Thunder - GMT Game - Box opening and first impressions
This is my newest game fresh off the P-500 list. Here is the box opening of my GMT Seas of Thunder. This is a two player game depicting The entire naval war during WWII. Both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of war are in this one game. Game design by Jeff Horger, Charles Maher and Neal Cebulskie. hope you enjoy my box opening.
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[@robertmoffitt1336]

Early bird sneak peek! Alright! This is one that I've had my eye on, but I didn't think it was close to being out yet! Excellent!🍻

[@NerdWorkshop1]

It is coming really soon, they are in the warehouse and I think they will be shipping this coming week.

[@AnthonyPerzia]

Good video. I love this game. Total reminds me of War at Sea by Avalon Hill. With alot more ships. Map is occward but reason would be the Mediterranean would be so small for gameplay, with all the counters. South America is messed up. Ok maps are poor! But the game itself is alot of fun. Thanks for the cool video!

[@NerdWorkshop1]

Thanks Anthony, I agree, the game is a lot of fun.

[@buckospiffle594]

Really appreciate this box opening. I've been playing "The War at Sea" and "Victory in the Pacific" since the 1970's, and have tried several versions of a "combined game" to create a global ww2 navy game, hence I have been intrigued by this design. I thought the original artwork of the world map for the game was hideous, but I confess feeling that the final product isn't too bad. The small ship counters are a bit of a "turn off" after the nice large (chunky?) counters of the old games mentioned. I will probably never be able to afford the postage costs from the U.S. to buy the game, but I would love to watch a video of the game being played. Excellent work as always. Cheers.

[@marchanna]

I don't know where you live but you can get it at second chance games for less than 60 pounds. So it's not super expensive.

[@buckospiffle594]

@Marc Hanna Thanks Marc. I reside in the antipodes, so you can probably add another 30-50 (or more) pound for postage if I want it before 2030 (seems a "hefty" box). It's the cost of postage (and weak Australian dollar) that make a purchase prohibitive. Still, I'll look into your tip, thakyou. At least the U.K. postage is a lot cheaper than the U.S. Cheers.

[@NerdWorkshop1]

I agree Bucko's Piffle, I am not a big fan of the small counter, and as I get older, even less of a fan. Hopefully, this will be soon be available at some of your retailers over there.

[@StukaJoe]

Nice presentation! Seems like Victory in the Pacific on steroids!

[@NerdWorkshop1]

That is exactly what it is, at least to me.

[@robertmoffitt1336]

​@@NerdWorkshop1 I'm hoping it is just that too! Can't wait to catch a review on this one!

[@StukaJoe]

@@NerdWorkshop1 I placed my order after I took a look at the rules (10 pages only). I love the detail of the port mats and the map, plus the fact that it is a one-mapper and you can play out the whole war. There are also variants (e.g. Spain entering the Axis side). Looking forward to it. Thanks, Nerd, for peaking my interest in the game! Cheers!

[@przemekbozek]

Thanks for the opening / first impressions, it's actually a single most anticipated game this year. I'm really hoping this will be an ultimate "playable monster" covering full WW2 at sea...

[@NerdWorkshop1]

It seems like a good playable monster, I am clipping all the counters now.

[@przemekbozek]

@@NerdWorkshop1 Nice :) I've got a charge confirmation but suspect it will take a while before it makes it across the pond.

[@user-ow8kq4vg2s]

thanks for video. It was useful

[@NerdWorkshop1]

Thank you for watching.

[@JoshOBryan]

wow, i dismissed this one right away based on the topic, but after seeing the map I'm sold.

[@NerdWorkshop1]

The game play is a lot of fun and a good amount of "fog of War" in this game.

[@nordicmaelstrom4714]

Thank you for the unboxing! I am very interested in adding this game to my collection. I just got in my holy grail game in Three Days of Gettysburg. Looking forward to getting that on the table asap but definitely will have my eye on Seas of Thunder and see how it plays.

[@NerdWorkshop1]

I read the rules and I am liking the way things play.

[@nordicmaelstrom4714]

@@NerdWorkshop1 Any chance of doing a video on how the game plays?

[@Jackdaw5]

I appreciate the glimpse into the box. To my eye, though, that map is certainly more functional than pretty - the oversized Mediterranean (half of Europe is inundated!) and the Black Sea in the middle of Asia are rather off-putting.

[@NerdWorkshop1]

The map looks is definitely not for everybody. But the construction and function are very good. Thanks for watching.

[@HissyCat]

how lucky are you? nice unboxing.

[@NerdWorkshop1]

I did luck out on this one. Should be a really fun game, looking forward to play it.

[@marchanna]

I'm sorry, this is not 'a really nice looking map' you exaggerate :) -- it does look functional -- but quite an eyesore to examine all those odd pointy Zone of Influence areas. I don't like it when maps arbitrarily divide zones into odd shapes -- always a problem with area movement games -- but why does zone 64 look like a funky-shaped 'Nevada' while zone 101 is 50% bigger than the zone north of it (zone 108 I think). Look at sea area 75, Persian gulf -- is there any justification for not just rolling it into Sea zone 74? and so on? Here is my answer -- it's entirely arbitrary but perhaps based on historical outcomes otherwise not being possible if such borders were not created. That's a stretch to toss the designers a bone and perhaps unjust, I don't know if I want to pay for the game to read the designers notes to find out what they were thinking. I don't know if there is a way to get around this odd mechanism of area-based sea games. All of them have it. Also, of course, is that the land war (on the larger scale) cannot be influenced by the sea war except by the mechanism of Victory Point totals and maybe landings on places like Guadalcanal. I'm sure it's cool for naval fights ala War at Sea and Victory in the Pacific in key areas, which is the reason to buy this game, not for the horrid map. One can't imagine much fighting around the tip of Africa, Madagascar, South America, the Great Australian Blight and so on, so it's all wasted space on this map. PS if you are going to give a lovey-dovey thumb to stuka joe for his minor reply you should probably give one to every single person who bothers to comment, because stuka joe didn't say much of anything to gain that thumb, you know! lol

[@robertmoffitt1336]

I think the map looks good.

[@marchanna]

@Rob You don't even say why it looks good to you. The brilliant color scheme? The amazing lines all over the place? I've elaborated why it doesn't. Do tell?

[@robertmoffitt1336]

@@marchanna Because of the brilliant color scheme and the amazing lines all over the place. It's supposed to be a wargame, not candy land.

[@marchanna]

@@robertmoffitt1336 I must be brilliant! [ I see you added a comment about wargame map vs candy land look, but I never came close to projecting I expected that. I did say it was functional for a wargame map, although the map has a lot of useless area. still waiting for a meaningful explanation but I think I've got all I will get ]

[@rogerbartels5690]

Your PS makes you sound butthurt.

[@desktopgrenadiers4321]

Unfortunately the map was worse than I thought. It’s not for everyone granted but for me it’s one of the worst maps I have ever seen and maybe the worst in my collection of 400 odd games. It’s a real shame

[@NerdWorkshop1]

I am not going to disagree with that, it is a shame.