Poker Squadrons

This is a great little game. The basic concept is easy to pick up and it's got just enough strategy to keep it interesting without being too involved. It's really fun to see the variations possible with the basic game of poker. It's a smart design. Getting a full 21 star victory is tough--I haven't got there yet! But doing well isn't anything like impossible. I think my favourite thing about it is that when I'm busy, I can do this game in little bites between other things I'm doing. Full disclosure: I know the developer (as a gaming friend, not a professional colleague)--but I wouldn't have left a review if I didn't think the game was worth playing! I've really enjoyed it!

Admittedly I have an addiction to card games. So this game is probably a bad influence on my life choices. If you are like me, and can play solitaire on your computer for hours, then this is the poker card game for you. Enjoy, and game in safety, as your pets should be let out occasionally.

Some interesting ideas like the bonus cards of the observer corps to reveal the opponent's hands and the ack-ack to destroy some of their cards, along with Stukas removing some of the places you can play cards. But the pace of the game is a bit slow and it's a bit long for what it is. The graphics are a bit odd, having women pilots (for example) during the Battle of Britain. Sure, the RAF had women in WWII, but they weren't front-line fighter pilots in combat. And the person giving the RAF briefing looks like a Gestapo agent. Weird. OK for killing some time but doesn't seem to have long-term legs.

15 Medals! So close. This game is deceptively deep, and more punishing than I first thought. Great casual game that packs a lot of challenge beneath the surface.

This is a great new way to use the mechanics of Poker with lots of variety and tactical thinking needed. The difficulty ramps up nicely so that you can really feel the excitement of victory! Also, there's a nice use of the Wilhelm scream...

Dull, and the only thing "Battle of Britain" about it is (part) of the artwork. You just make poker hands, match them up to beat the other side's poker hands, and then sit and wait for some animations of planes shooting and stuff like that. That's it. Graphics are awful, and feel like someone has grabbed a bunch of resources from various parts of the internet, and cobbled them together, particularly the pilot artwork. One pilot will be an attractive, semi-realistic looking depiction of a woman, and the next might be some terrible cartoony looking person. There's no consistency. (I'm not even going to go into the diversity and feminization going on with that here either) A lot of that would be forgivable if the actual gameplay was more entertaining, but it is not. Refunded.

This is a fun little solitaire game that blends poker hands and a WWII theme. It's very easy to learn even if you've never played poker before. The power up cards add a bit more strategy to the game. I've been playing it between my Zoom meetings and have played through the campaign twice. Definite recommend.