There is a particular kind of satisfaction in clicking a magnetic cannon onto a wooden tank before sending it across the board, and that click is the whole pitch for Gruntz, a two-player tactics game from Allplay.
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Set up your group for freeGruntz is a dice-free duel that runs about 20 minutes. You command a small force of infantry, tanks and aircraft, with the classic catch that each beats one type and folds to another, so positioning matters more than luck. The twist is the kit. Little wooden vehicles take magnetic attachments, so you can bolt a cannon onto a truck for firepower, swap it for an anti-air gun when planes threaten, or clip on a cargo hold to shuttle infantry to an objective. Rebuilding your army mid-game is half the fun, and with no dice anywhere, wins and losses land squarely on your decisions.
Allplay is a fitting home for it. The publisher, formerly BoardGameTables.com, made its name on premium gaming tables and on reissuing hard-to-find favourites like the economic game Container, and it tends to sweat component quality. Gruntz keeps things light despite the wartime dressing, with enough cartoonish charm to feel like a toy rather than a history lesson, and rules simple enough to teach from a single diagram-led sheet.
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See how it worksListed at around $19 for the base game, it is an easy shelf addition for anyone who likes their strategy quick and their pieces fiddly in the best way. Check Allplay's webstore for availability. If a snappy two-player filler is what your table is missing, this one earns its 20 minutes.
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