TDG: Bismarck Solitaire

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Who knew that all that was required to take on the Royal Navy was a pair of dice and pencil! Join Cody as he looks at this solo book wargame from Worthington. Will it cause a splash on your tabletop? Or will it just sink your good times? Let's watch!
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  • @scottpalmer829
    @scottpalmer8292 жыл бұрын

    The only suggestion I would make to the publisher is to make the book spiral bound. That would make it easier to keep it open during play.

  • @bahasainggeris7884

    @bahasainggeris7884

    2 жыл бұрын

    I put a sheet of acrylic over the book. This keeps the book flat and it also allows me to use cubes and mark the Plexiglas with a grease pencil. I think making it spiral-bound would increase costs (and the printer they used would need to be able to bind this way).

  • @BNeffDC
    @BNeffDC2 жыл бұрын

    This and Waterloo Solitaire have been a blast!

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to playing Waterloo!

  • @worab1
    @worab12 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoyed your review. Ordered it and am looking at Waterloo and Gettysburg they look good as well! Thanks for sharing. Subscribed!

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Waterloo is great. I haven't hit Gettysburg yet!

  • @3rdmillenniumfuture607
    @3rdmillenniumfuture6072 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this, once again you have come up trumps by letting us know about a game I didn't know existed. I'm interested in trying out different game mechanisms and this has one I haven't tried before so will defintely give it go.

  • @3rdmillenniumfuture607

    @3rdmillenniumfuture607

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just ordered it + Waterloo. Also another game I had not heard of "The Fields of Normandy" by Mike Lambo, not sure if you have tried this yourself

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@3rdmillenniumfuture607 Happy to help. Haven't head of FoN. I will look into it. Thanks.

  • @christopherwilson2606
    @christopherwilson26062 жыл бұрын

    Dang it! Now I got to buy this. Intrigued with the Bismarck's story. And I love playing solo.

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great game. You’ll have fun.

  • @natester2342
    @natester23422 жыл бұрын

    Loved the review I've been looking at picking both of those solitaire books up and I hope they make more for an easy to use and play game is always nice

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I hope there will be more in this series.

  • @jl3311
    @jl33112 жыл бұрын

    Great game

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indeed!

  • @vegasgamedude4379
    @vegasgamedude43792 жыл бұрын

    Waterloo Solitaire is also great!

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to trying that one as well.

  • @Tombonzo
    @Tombonzo2 жыл бұрын

    I was in the fence…. Just fell on the side of Buy it!

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Happy to help!

  • @Coyotehello
    @Coyotehello2 жыл бұрын

    You gotta love Cody. After watching one of his video you get all pumped-up for a new game (or not!). But he also takes away the guessing as in, should I buy this one or that one. After most of his reviews you have a sense of what the game is and if it will be the one for your taste. Thank you Cody. Now I have to buy that book and the Napoleon one of course.

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ha. Thanks. Happy to help.

  • @Coyotehello

    @Coyotehello

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheDiscriminatingGamer . Ha! He also reads our comments ! LOL

  • @GGdeTOURS37
    @GGdeTOURS372 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting!

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is.

  • @stanleyblazeraznik6047
    @stanleyblazeraznik60472 жыл бұрын

    It seems to be selling well on Amazon for Worthington so good for them.

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indeed.

  • @g4340
    @g43402 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the review! I know there isn't many, but can you please do more reviews for 1 player war games?

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've been playing more and more solo games over the last few months, so stay tuned.

  • @derekrledr5955
    @derekrledr59552 жыл бұрын

    I'm glad that you enjoyed the game. I bought it... but plague (Covid) and washed out roads caused Amazon to give up on delivery and refund my money. I definitely need to try again.

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes you doz

  • @lauriea2971
    @lauriea29712 жыл бұрын

    Hi Cody This game sounds fun. I might have to get it

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    You’ll enjoy it.

  • @varovaro1967
    @varovaro19672 жыл бұрын

    Interesting. I don’t know why they didn’t make a board game with some nice miniatures of the different ships. Thank you.

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think that would defeat the purpose. This is meant to be simple, elegant, and quick. It’s a hecka lota fun, with virtually no setup and take down.

  • @bahasainggeris7884

    @bahasainggeris7884

    2 жыл бұрын

    They wanted to produce a game that was readily accessible to players because of Covid and the shipping delays. If they made miniatures, the game would be subject to shipping delays (or if made in the US the cost would be much more). The product they have is made in the US so there are no delays in waiting for a container. In addition, it's basically a print-on-demand, so Worthington doesn't need to store the booklets until they sell. When you place an order, the printer creates the book and then ships it to you. :)

  • @varovaro1967

    @varovaro1967

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bahasainggeris7884 thank you, I just would love to play with a Bismarck mini!

  • @bahasainggeris7884

    @bahasainggeris7884

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@varovaro1967 Yeah, I wouldn't say 'no' to minis. *grins* There aren't a lot of games with ship minis and it seems when there are, they are cost-prohibitive to me. :(

  • @elizabethlestrad5282
    @elizabethlestrad52822 жыл бұрын

    Definitely want to get this now. On a side note, I think it's interesting that they refer to U-556 as just "the U-Boat". It's almost like they didn't know about the Patenschaftsurkunde (Certificate of Sponsorship).

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Weirdos!

  • @Statalyzer

    @Statalyzer

    Жыл бұрын

    The rulebook says the single u-boat in the game actually represents multiple boats but to keep the game simple they just included one in the game.

  • @john-lenin
    @john-lenin2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been looking for something to generate battles for miniatures - such as General Quarters 3.

  • @A._J_.
    @A._J_.2 жыл бұрын

    Cody "Hercule Poirot" Carlson. Ha!

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ha!

  • @joseluisenriquez2851
    @joseluisenriquez28512 жыл бұрын

    How you write in the board?

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    With a pencil.

  • @elizabethlestrad5282

    @elizabethlestrad5282

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheDiscriminatingGamer Now that's what we call a critical hit! Well played sir!

  • @scottpalmer829

    @scottpalmer829

    2 жыл бұрын

    I use a transparency or sheet protector and ultrafine sharpie. I can play over and over agin.

  • @bahasainggeris7884

    @bahasainggeris7884

    2 жыл бұрын

    I put a sheet of acrylic (Plexiglas) over it and use a grease pencil. They I can wipe it clean afterwards.

  • @juhlius
    @juhlius2 жыл бұрын

    I 1 😂😂😂

  • @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    @TheDiscriminatingGamer

    2 жыл бұрын

    (Shrugs)

  • @craigclemens986
    @craigclemens9862 жыл бұрын

    Should be hexagons, not squares. Otherwise, moving diagonally on the squares grid artificially speeds up your units.

  • @Statalyzer

    @Statalyzer

    Жыл бұрын

    You can't move diagonally in this game.

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