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In Air, Land, & Sea, you serve as the Supreme Commander of your country's military forces, carefully deploying your forces across three theaters of war: air, land, and sea. This fast-paced two-player card game features tactical head-to-head combat where players must strategically play face-up cards to matching theaters or reinforce them with face-down cards while managing victory conditions.

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The Verdict

based on 16 reviews

Positive 0%
Surprising depth from a tiny deck
Clever withdrawal/bluffing mechanic creates tension
Quick, portable, easy to teach
Rewards repeat plays
War/military theme may not appeal to all
Some note first-player imbalance
Minor luck-of-the-draw and take-that gripes
100
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Board Game QuestArticle

“I would suggest people look past the theme of Air, Land, & Sea and discover a super tense, and surprisingly deep hand-management game. The gameplay here is about as much as you can get out of 18 cards and some tokens.”

100
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Roll To Review, facebook.com/rollToReviewArticle

“Air, Land, & Sea is an exhilarating back-and-forth two-player battle. It's quick, it's tense, it's everything I want out of a two-player game. Then you throw in the early forfeit rules and you've got a masterpiece.”

91
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Zatu GamesArticle

“Air, Land & Sea is a head-to-head card game duel in its simplest and purest form. Edited exquisitely to have the minimum inside the box to still offer maximum gameplay.”

90
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Shut Up & Sit Down, Shut Up & Sit DownVideo

“Nothing about this game is complicated and yet literally everything about it is hard there's just no such thing as a dull game of air land and sea”(13:37)

90
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BoardGameCo, BoardGameCoVideo

“Air land and sea is incredibly rewarding both in how it scores points as well as the gameplay itself”(7:19)

90
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Meeple Mountain, Mark IradianArticle

“Otherwise, this is a brilliant lightweight two-player game, and it just demonstrates how much you can do with so little. I will keep this one in my collection.”

90
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Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the BoardVideo

“I would confidently say this is a great villa game and a great two player game i highly recommend this one if you like your clever little card games you like these little interlocking mechanisms and some good tug of war”(11:01)

90
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MarcoOmnigamer, MarcoOmnigamerVideo

“But as a game engine, this one makes for a perfectly enjoyable quick filler. Can play it in 10 minutes, 15 minutes, perfect for a lunch break. Travels very well. So, I'm very pleased with Air, Land, and Sea, an excellent light game.”(9:41)

90
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Space-Biff!, Dan ThurotArticle

“The result is a fiendishly smart game, and deceptive, given how its small format camouflages many of its best aspects. Like the best Schotten-tots, it rewards repeat plays and familiarity with its cards. Even better, it gradually reveals new ways to play.”

90
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Brains On Games, Brains On GamesVideo

“There's not a thing I would change about this game. Honestly, I don't have a knock against it. It's a small box, you can drop in a backpack, you can bring it almost anywhere.”(8:40)

86
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Board Game Review, Nick TArticle

“This is a brilliant two player game. Refined to the minimum yet providing the maximum from the sum of its parts.”

85
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JonGetsGames, Getting GamesVideo

“I was very impressed by air land and c and i'm hoping to play it more in the future”(6:40)

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