Wish it could have some how made more solo friendly. That map looks gorgeous

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

I mean, this is most definitely a 2-player game, and I'm playing solo mainly to create the videos (which would be super hard to do while playing 2-player), but I'm actually surprised at how enjoyable the single-player experience has been.

As expected, all 3 of your playthrough videos are excellent!! (thus, I'm copying this to all 3...saves me a little time😁) They really shortened the learning curve for this game!! Keep up the good work!

@ZillaBlitz

5 ай бұрын

I'm happy to hear that they helped, happy hunting! :)

The way this game mechanics work make’s solitary play very difficult I would say, this is a game really made for two players. The FOW aspect of this game really make’s it interesting and just like the real Bismarck chase, the German player really need’s the weather to be in it’s favour to have any hope of getting a win. I’ve read a few books on this battle and this game truly help’s understand just how much of a underdog the Kriegsmarine was during this operation. Yes they did sink the Hood but they really could not afford the trading loses of BB against the British. Sure the sinking of the Hood was a moral issue for the British but in reality what was the lost of one BB to them? What was the true advantage were the two CV and the air power the British had. A full game would be fun to see with the weather favouring the German player and some luck to see just how much damage could be done but overall it’s probably a very hard game to win for any German player :-)

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I'll comment a bit on the the experience of playing it solo in the upcoming video, but I'm doing this solo in order to make the videos. It's most definitely a 2-player game. But making a good video to show this game while playing it 2-player would be brutally hard and take forever. :)

Such a lovely map and counters. you did a wonderful job, fun watch, thank you boss.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Really is gorgeous, thanks!

Great Video, Thanks! I bought this game last October based on your review. I've been waiting for this playthrough video to actually attempt a go at playing. It makes a lot more sense now that I've seen it. I can't wait for part two. Keep up the fantastic content...👍

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Boomer, I'm glad you've enjoyed it! Once I dug into playing the game it turned out to be a lot easier than I imagined it was going to be. It looked complex, but at heart it's pretty straightforward, and the good rules help a lot. Part 2 should be up this weekend, I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out too. (I haven't played/recorded it yet.)

Played my first game of this today as the Germans. Scooted north along the Norwegian coast and across to the fog-laden banks off of northeastern Iceland to rendezvous with a tanker. Weather was keeping visibility nailed down and all looked good. Then, as Bismarck and Prinz Eugen were heading west across the top of Iceland an Allied submarine appeared and pumped three torpedoes into the battleship, slowing her and worst of all, jamming her rudder. Then the seas became smooth as glass and the fog burned off. For much of the following day she hammered away at the wayward rudder and actually got it fixed! But it was too late. The Royal Navy had closed in. Still, Bismarck had a lot of fight in her, or so I thought. Only the Prince of Wales, untroubled by any fire control issues, had other plans and laid 5 criticals into Bismarck in one turn, blowing her hull apart in the process!

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Wow, that sounds like a fun game and a great AAR! Clear weather is soooo deadly for the Germans if the British are anywhere remotely close to being in the right locations. Fun times, thanks for sharing!

Loved this and seems defo a 2 player game but great work in showcasing it. Love the 2 maps as well.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope to produce the naval combat video this weekend, but I'm running a bit behind. Really curious to see how the naval battle works out. :)

This seems a really cool cat and mouse type wargame. Love the requirement to search for the enemy, rather than just being able to see it.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Yes, in this particular run the Germans got such bad luck with the perfect weather on the first afternoon. Otherwise it's much harder to find stuff. :)

I have never been that interested in Bismarck games, despite finding the topic and the story VERY interesting. This looks intriguing though. Vuca has really come on strong over the last year.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Such a brilliant and bold game, I thinketh. Design is just insanely good. I'm also finding it much easier to play than I initially imagined. With the exception of some minor edge cases, I'm finding the rules pretty easy to execute.

Always thought that Captain had to be frustrated as heck with a jammed rudder.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Yes, there is a damaged rudder hit feature in the game, and my god, it's just deadly.

Tankers are not eligible for random spotting turn 11.1 here's a quote from Patrick to designer on BGG ":Random spotting is rolled for every turn (not for tankers however!"

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Aha! Good to know. Thanks, Mike. That must have been added post release? Because there is even an example of a tanker rolling for random spotting in the rulebook on page 21. :) That's hugely influential, as I was wondering how the Germans would ever manage to keep them alive long enough to use them. I'll add this to a Known Errors section and make note of it at the beginning of the next episode. Thanks!

You played this alone? It looks really really good. All the graphics and tables are very well designed. I really would like to play it, but alone.....i doubt that that can work.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

I'll comment a bit on the the experience of playing it solo in the upcoming video, but I'm playing it solo in order to make the videos. It's most definitely a 2-player game. Making a good video to show this game while playing it 2-player would be brutally hard and take forever. :)

The British can sacrifice capital ships whereas the Germans cannot. Id avoid engaging with their heavies. You are setting the stage for the epic showdown opposite where it happened. I am typing this before knowing the results but I am wagering the Hood isn't surviving. Well you're sending everything but the kitchen sink! You left us with a cliff hangar... damn you Zilla! lol. I was looking forward to the naval combat!

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

If I weren't making a video on the game where I wanted to show naval combat, I might have been tempted to keep running northwest with the Germans, but to be honest those tankers are key and likely going to get wiped out. Apparently there has been a rule modification about the tankers post-release, which I think makes a German hunting strategy more feasible. I'll talk about it in the next video. I'm looking forward to the epic battle, hope to play on Wednesday and post on Thursday/Friday.

@nordicmaelstrom4714

Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitz I get it but dammit cliff hangar lol. I am looking forward to the epic fight as well.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Yes, if I expected the naval fight to be short I'd probably just have driven on, but I think it's going to take a while to play through. :) And ... I LOVE cliff hangers. 😜

Soo good

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

I hope to film the naval combat part this evening, got a bit sidetracked over the weekend. :)

"Imagine"... if humanity put as much effort and resources and human lives into making peace as we do in making war. What a different world we could enjoy.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

It really is amazing when you think of all the effort that went into making things like battleships, and then two nations toss them at each other and destroy them all.

@KnightofAges

Жыл бұрын

We would be living inside caves with clans of 30 people, since there would be no drive to spread our territories or gain more resources.

@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment

Жыл бұрын

@@KnightofAges As skeptical and disillusioned as I am after 72 years of living in this hostile and violent world, even I have more faith and confidence in people than that, Pedro. Life, for me at least, is not solely about material and financial gain. There is so much more to living a fulfilling and rewarding life than having material things and power and more than others.

@KnightofAges

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment Like you said, Humans having a fulfilling life. Content. No want for power or resources. Family near. Therefore, no need to improve. So, why leave the caves in the first place?

@lifeisagift.cherisheverymoment

Жыл бұрын

@@KnightofAges Is there no imagination without war? Why leave the caves in the first place? The quest for comfort, civilization, improving the family's health. Content! Purpose! Humanity! Fire! Education! Imagination!

I love the map, but I am unconscionably amused that the German word for Iceland is "Island" :)

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Haha! :)

Interesting you said Bismarck started with her max fuel. IRL, she neglected to refuel in Bergen (Prinz Eugen did), so Bismarck did not depart full, she was lacking the fuel she had used getting to Bergen. Is there an option in the game that she refuels?

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, it's possible I missed it, but I think the rules stated that the Bismarck starts at its Level 18 max fuel. Maybe that's for gameplay? It'd be easy to adjust to less if a player wanted to. Cool fact that I wasn't aware of, thanks! :)

@davefranklin4136

Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitz It sounds to me that "18" represents the fuel she departed Bergen with historically, so I was wondering if there was an option for her to start with more, not less.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Right, the rules state to start ships at that maximum fuel listed on their fuel markers which is 18 for the Bismarck, and there isn't an optional rule for the Bismarck to start at less or go beyond that. :)

I am now waiting for a campaign with impatience. What do you mean, you are not planning on it? * calling the police

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Haha! I'm guessing that the upcoming naval combat in the next episode might be fairly conclusive. (I've yet to play it, but there is a LOT of firepower assembled to the SE of Iceland.)

Could you please play it with a friend ? (You as germany)

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Hi Julian - Unfortunately, making a good video while two players are playing a game like this would take me forever, and I don't have a friend who would be willing to wait while I stop the game to record. (It usually takes me about 1-2 hours to shoot 30 minutes of gameplay.) Maybe someday I'll have that sort of an opportunity, but at the moment I can't make good 2-player videos efficiently.

@juliansickmann9379

Жыл бұрын

@Zilla Blitz ok :/

Great job of explaining the actions taken and how the game is played. This appears to be an updated version of Avalon Hill’s Bismarck game from 1960-70s.

@ZillaBlitz

9 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it. I've not played that original Bismarck game but I've seen tons of images of it. :)

Hi great video how are you?

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ateeq, good here. I hope you are well. :)

@ZainR997

Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitz I'm good thanks

Bismarck will win 90% of the time because the only reason He was sunk was because of a 1 in a million torpedo rudder hit. Bismarck would have easily made it to Brest without that hit.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Money on the Bismarck, even outhumbered 2-1 or 3-1!? Nice! We'll see what happens. :)

@Phalanx11

Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitz You probably read where Bismarck was called "He" instead of "She" because "He" was the baddest ship in the E.T.O. "He" outgunned every British ship. I know your thinking Nelson and Rodney right?...WRONG...N&R could make only 23 knots at full speed so Bismarck coule easily avoid theyr'e larger gunz.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks! I'm thinking to read up on the conflict after playing this too, it's a fascinating piece of history.

@jameshenderson4876

10 ай бұрын

Wehraboo alert. The Bismarck was a very powerful ship. But not as uber powerful as you fantasise about. She was essentially a modern First World War design. The Germans got lucky with Hood (that battle should have been very close) and unlucky with the rudder. But when it met KGV and Rodney it got absolutely demolished. Didn't even hit any of the British battleships (some light damage to Rodney from near misses and the blast of her own guns). Bismarck was reduced to burning wreckage in return.

@Phalanx11

10 ай бұрын

@@jameshenderson4876 Your opinion is noted, and discarded...

It was Britain that sank the Bismark not ‘the Allies’!

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Yes. The game has options to include other ships from Allied nations, as well as other German ships. So you can play as an Allied force if you add those options.

Ok as an overview - but quite a few mistakes made that will confuse new folks. Might be worth redoing the video once you get the game down better and change the title from Gameplay on this video to something else like - (Initial Learning Play or something that suggests you are playing and learning as you go - expect mistakes). Mistake example not mentioned was the use of Naval Patrol Markers for the +3 search bonus - the "penalty" for doing this is that the TF or Ship many not move.

@ZillaBlitz

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. The video isn't intended as a tutorial. - My understanding is that Task Forces can move when using a Naval Patrol Marker while individual ships cannot. (EDIT: Looks like I was incorrect here, based on some posts on BGG. I'll add this to known errors, thanks for pointing it out.) - Other than the tankers/random spotting issue which has been highlighted in the description, or the movement counter issues which are noted in the video, I'm curious, what mistakes did you see?

@kevinsanders1782

Жыл бұрын

@@ZillaBlitz No worries - will see if anything else comes up. I do like your content and presentation style etc. Good map angles and video, good voice.