Silent Victory Unboxing / GMT Games - Historical Game - World War 2 - Greg Smith - Submarine

We unbox, examine, and give an overview of Silent Victory (GMT Games) WW2 (World War 2) combat game (wargame historical game war game board game) of submarine warfare in the Pacific between the United States and Japan

This unboxing produced by Zilla Blitz.

#wargaming #silentvictory #gmtgames

Gregory Smith

Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:27 Gameplay features
02:40 Rulebook
04:43 Counters
06:28 Player Aids
11:49 Famous Commanders
12:50 Wrap Up

World War 2 submarine game
solitaire game
historical game

Silent Victory Unboxing / GMT Games - Historical Game - World War 2 - Greg Smith - Submarine

[thecustardprophet]

Loved the Hunters, so pleased to see this game being reviewed. Some nice additional features - I like the idea of being able to challenge yourself to go up against the career of a famous captain.

[uwebech]

Great review, thanks Zilla. I found the major diff from The Med/Hunted to be 2 month patrols vice 1 month (unless you abort early), China Sea with deadly mines and shallow waters you cant exceed test depth in and help the enemy air, dud torpedoes are prevalent early war, lots of tech increases, new subs, and even sub refits throughout the campaign. They cleared up a lot of the earlier rules and fixed some mechanics as well IMO. Enjoy.

[coyi]

Excellent review. The dud issue at the start can be really infuriating, even though it is historically correct. I found sinking ships became easier as you progressed through 44 & 45, but still had a couple of close calls with the escorts.

[ParkeraNZ]

Still catching up on the Hunters and enjoying that series very much, so looking forward to seeing this with the US side. Feel as there is rule/game similarities in this series of games it makes it easy for the viewer to also follow along. I am also happy to hear they have increased the dud torpedo role to match with the huge historical dud issues the US had with their torpedoes. Nice video as always, hoping to see this soon. Merry Christmas to you and your family mate!

[DragonsAteOurName]

more submarine action! Maybe I make it on the roster this time! 😁

[davet]

Nice summary of the game there, Zilla. I've now done 3 patrols of SV, and thus far it's not quite as good as The Hunters for me. There is a lot of crossover, as you mention, but I think there's a fair bit of chrome added which does not enhance the gameplay that much. The rules around starting position seem slightly confused, the rules around attacking escorts could do with being clearer, and there are a fair amount of errors in the rule book - perhaps most importantly for a career the fact that each patrol is actually TWO months, rather than one.

It just seemed to me like the designers went down the 'more is better' route in some cases. There are a plethora of unnecessary counters (not sure why we needed so many ship markers when they could have made them have different values on the other side, and the fact that we have one marker for each value of Battle Stars awarded is just bizarre). We now have vast charts for ship names which all appear to be variations on about 6 different ones, and the medals/commendations are particularly fiddly - I downloaded a chart from BGG to summarise the awards, but the fact that this was needed at all is instructive. I also gave up using the counters for them at all after 2 patrols (even though my commander had picked up a Navy Cross for sinking the Kaga, a Japanese CV).

You are right about the dud rate - I think if I do a second campaign, I'll definitely go for an August '42 start, where you at least have a 50% chance.

Oh, and whoever decided that the loadout information at the top of the ship mats should be in black on blue background needs to go back to design school.

[charleslatora]

Also picked up a used copy of Raiders of the Deep from Compass World War I German Austrian submarines have not played that yet.
And whoever had it before went off the deep end with all sorts of revisions additions all laminated to where the box wouldn't even close I need a 3-in box to get all the stuff in it now. Lol

[nordicmaelstrom]

I just ordered The Hunted yesterday. Looking forward to that challenge of the late war.

[mathewkelly]

I vote for you running a campaign out of Brisbane, your crew can take part in the Battle of Brisbane while on leave if your in Port dec 1942 lol

[jeromyfisher]

Thank god, I need a patrol to get away from the in-laws!