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Flashback Friday - Wiz-War - Love It Or Hate It? Do You Still Play It?
Wiz-War was first published in...
Capture the flag with wizards and spells.
Wiz-War was first published in 1985 by Jolly Games. The first edition of the game had photocopied chits and rules and the board tiles were silk screened by hand by Tom Jolly. Game materials were inproved over the next serveral editions. It went out of print after it's 7th edition which was published in 1997. Fantasy Flight Games published the 8th edition in 2012.
It is considered a "beer & pretzels" game. Do you agree? What do you think of Wiz-Wars? Do you have a favorite edition? Do you love it or hate it? Do you still play it?
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It's so fun because of all the crazy cards and the way the game gives you license to use your creativity when playing those cards. A solid block of stone can block a passage, sure, but it can also trap a treasure or a wizard in a dead-end. And rotating one of the boards is always good for a surprise move (even a win!)
It's one of those games that is not only crazy fun while you play it but also sticks in your memory as you love to be able to say "Remember that time when...?"
I remember that time. It was so much fun!
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Do you ever regret trading away your old copy. I kind of get a hankering for it's simplicity sometimes. We still have ours, but no one wants to play it,
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I do think it's a bit hard to teach. It seems like it should be really simple but there are actually a lot of rules. Some of the cards have a lot of text on them that can overwhelm a new player.
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The FFG Edition is fine, complete, and has some decent revisions. But it’s somehow lacking because it’s not cheap and crude. It’s like an HD remaster of a low budget film- it loses the grit and grain that made it unique.
Such a volatile game...I’ve had sessions where I was ready to burn the game in a fire and then others that were incredible.
It’s a masterpiece.
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An amazing game when it's at it's best. Really frustrating at it's worst.
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"Masterpiece" is a good word for it. It's the game that brought me back into gaming after a long time away.
This thread does remind me that we haven't seen Colorcrayons around in a while. Another victim of site drama, I guess.
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And I find it easy enough to teach. We just throw in new players. Sometimes they're hesitant to play cards but they usually get into it by the end of the game. Then you have to play again.
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It’s not a game to get into arguments over.
Is winning a wacky, chaotic game of dueling wizards so important to you?
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LONG LIVE WIZ-WAR
It's epic, and randy, and absurd, and shaking up a can of beer and cracking it open beside the face of a sleeping toddler.
The only thing I can complain about Wiz-War is FFG's stupid decision to stop short with their expansions. God damn did I want that sixth board, sixth Wizard, and a few more monster minis. Stag! Stag! Stag!
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Vysetron wrote: Then again, do I really need it when I have Zimby Mojo?
I think there are similarities, but they still vary quite a bit. The pacing is completely different as Wiz-War is fast and brutal while Zimby Mojo is more strategic and lengthy.
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