Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
This is the most fun I’ve had running a business in a board game! Cola Wars is a cola company simulator in the American 80s, to get the most market share by competing over head space and shelf space via placing bottles or caps. Throughout the game, you’ll hire (and fire) differing employees with their own abilities, even using interns that might fail! This Ameritrash game has a tense die roll at the end of a year to see how the American public responds to all of the cola marketing, and some marketing will even decay over time. Don’t worry, you can use the excellent mechanic of the jingle cap to ensure that your caps will stay a round! You can also upgrade your company HQ, including your vice president asymmetric card. Though there is some incomplete art and maybe some weirdness with the projects… is this game an appropriate substitute to the popular Food Chain Magnate, or something else entirely?
Play Cola Wars: gamefound.com/projects/onemoreturngames/cola-wars?refcode=O0bnRE9HC0-vVSv2PhxGCA
Other games mentioned: Lords of Waterdeep, Dune Imperium, Drillers, Dune Imperium Immortality, Ticket to Ride, Skyrise
Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (1:29)
Pros - (3:33)
Cons - (19:11)
Tentative Score - (24:11)
Ashton's Personal Score - (28:52)
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This is the most fun I’ve had running a business in a board game! Cola Wars is a cola company simulator in the American 80s, to get the most market share by competing over head space and shelf space via placing bottles or caps. Throughout the game, you’ll hire (and fire) differing employees with their own abilities, even using interns that might fail! This Ameritrash game has a tense die roll at the end of a year to see how the American public responds to all of the cola marketing, and some marketing will even decay over time. Don’t worry, you can use the excellent mechanic of the jingle cap to ensure that your caps will stay a round! You can also upgrade your company HQ, including your vice president asymmetric card. Though there is some incomplete art and maybe some weirdness with the projects… is this game an appropriate substitute to the popular Food Chain Magnate, or something else entirely?
Play Cola Wars: gamefound.com/projects/onemoreturngames/cola-wars?refcode=O0bnRE9HC0-vVSv2PhxGCA
Other games mentioned: Lords of Waterdeep, Dune Imperium, Drillers, Dune Imperium Immortality, Ticket to Ride, Skyrise
Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
How to Play - (1:29)
Pros - (3:33)
Cons - (19:11)
Tentative Score - (24:11)
Ashton's Personal Score - (28:52)
Support us:
patreon.com/shelfside
ko-fi.com/shelfside
Our Website!
shelfside.co
Purchase Games We’ve Reviewed! (Paid Link)
amazon.com/shop/shelfside
Shelfside Social Media:
twitter.com/ShelfSideYT
instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames
facebook.com/ShelfsideYT
discord.gg/U7QQKqYT62
Links to our other stuff:
Ashton's Channel: youtube.com/ashtonwu
Daniel's Channel: youtube.com/user/doyduh2
#boardgames #tabletop #review
