Where The Grizzled packed the entirety of the First World War into a tense and punishing half-hour card game, this deluxe and expanded version threads an even stronger sense of the camaraderie and suffering of those who served on the frontline through an impressive new campaign that allows it to examine each beat of the conflict more intimately.
The co-op gameplay is relatively untouched from the original game and its only expansion At Your Orders!, but has been remixed here into a series of chapters that progressively roll out new mechanics inspired by the major events of the war. The Grizzled was never the most complicated game to understand to begin with, so the benefit is all tone: the relief of the Christmas truce and the terror of the arrival of gas are that much more pronounced when they arrive at their rough historical markers accompanied by affecting licks of narrative.