Worthington games have been putting out some really solid games for quite some time now, I'm a big fan of them.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@denroy32 жыл бұрын
Worthington is on a roll lately, just producing some nice games. 'In Magnificent Style' is another great one.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
I haven't played that one, but I've heard great things.
@denroy32 жыл бұрын
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer falls into the category of "fun", not simulation. Ha...it's another of Worthington's reprint of games that got discontinued by another company.
@varovaro19672 жыл бұрын
Great production for these games. Aesthetics matters too.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Indeed.
@petem41222 жыл бұрын
Love this list! Worthington has become one of my favorite publishers. Maybe my favorite for the depth to complexity ratio you get. So many of their games have such a low rules overhead but still provide good depth. For someone who enjoys the lighter to moderate wargaming fair Worthington hits the sweet spot. I think I might have had Chancellorsville coming in just ahead of Freeman’s Farm but it’s close. Wilderness Empires is another of my favorites by them you did not mention. Thanks again, keep up the good work.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@rsedan Жыл бұрын
Thank you - I like the solitaire games as well, but have not tried any of the others. Will definitely pick one or two up based on your recommendations. Cheers!
@TheDiscriminatingGamer Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Best of luck!
@leonardnicosia65112 жыл бұрын
Good Stuff. Love Worthington games...Tarawa is my favorite, but I just ordered Chancellorsville 1863 today, waiting for Freemans Farm to come out again soon.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Excellent. Great games.
@befirmbefair66742 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Cody. Just wish that Worthington had as aggressive a reprint system as GMT.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
That would be good.
@BacktotheTable2 жыл бұрын
Love the list. I'm currently like Custer's Last Stand and In Magnificent Style
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. I haven't played those. Thanks.
@carrickrichards2457 Жыл бұрын
UK is more expensive than US: The Worthingotn price point is above Columbia block games. The games look intriguing. One day I hope to be able to try either Tarawa or 1944.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer Жыл бұрын
Hope you get a chance
@jimsmith74452 жыл бұрын
Hey Cody, Just took a re-look at your Worthington list. Just got my copy of Shiloh from KSer and it looks great... brigade series. Really quality production! I've been intrigued by the book-games... Bismarck, Waterloo, and the civil war game... I'm really going to look into at least one of these game. In the civil war game with hidden movement...have you attempted to play it solo? Really like the idea of it. Can't wait for "keep up the fire" and (cross fingers) "Zulu's on the Wire"... thanks for the review.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
I haven’t played Chancellorsville solo. That’s one I need to hit at some point. Thanks!
@3rdmillenniumfuture6072 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another fun list. The number 1 makes me think of an idea for a top 10 I cannot recall seeing which is something like "top 10 (adversarial) games that are equally good multiplayer or solo". The "adversarial" caveat is there to exclude Euro type games where players do not interact much and co-op so the list is, to an extent, a reflection of how "realistic" the AI is at creating an enjoyable "PvP" feel. So the solo experience is as fun as multiplayer either because it replicates the multiplayer feel or is an equally rich though different challenge. Dune Imperium would not, I think be on the list because it is better multiplayer than solo and Mage Knight not for the reverse reason. Another factor would be how elegant/easy to use the AI is. Solo options, and their AIs, have come a long way over recent years and I think apart from being interesting in itself such a list would be an interesting point to return to in the future to see if there is future progression. An interesting speculation would be if board game AIs will ever get to pass the "Turing Test" so to a player or third party observer they are indistinguishable from a "real" player. I can imagine that app enabled ones may well do, indeed I think they would probably surpass "real" players in terms given the precedent of Deep Blue and Alphago. I think it would be especially interesting to hear your take on this given your span includes both "wargames" and "boardgames" so another interesting comparison would be to compare the two "genres". One final riff on this theme would be a "reigning champ" AI, that is the AI that, taking all factors into consideration, that provides the most challenging and entertaining solo game.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Good points ans and an interesting idea. Maybe somewhere down the line.
@douglasgearhart482 жыл бұрын
Good show! For my Worthington list, I really like Dunkirk, Custer's Last Stand, Holdfast Russia, Hold the Line Revolutionary War, Shiloh, Antietam, and Gettysburg 150...I thought Napoleon Returns was a bit too boiled down to where I think it lacks personality (at least Napoleonic personality). Thanks!
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I’ll have to hit those!
@ChocoCyberHeart3 ай бұрын
That's it, the imagination and board gaming. The most simple games are the ones I return to. We're still just little kids playing after all.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer3 ай бұрын
Indeed.
@wtrollkin2 жыл бұрын
I'm quite interested in the Worthington battlefield map games (the ones where the board itself is a battlefield map with very restricted to no movement). Cody will you review the Great Sieges Solitaire Game Trilogy that just delivered? (1759: The Siege of Quebec (Second Edition) , 1565: Siege of Malta, and 414 BC: Siege of Syracuse)
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
We’ll see. Maybe somewhere down the line.
@wtrollkin2 жыл бұрын
Anxiously looking forward to that possibility. I put up a BGG geeklist on this game style looking for others. (named "Battlefield Map Games')
@carlossteffens76592 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video. Do you have one for your top 10 solitaire games?
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, and yup: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gsmZnZt9y8nSYGg.html
@Tombonzo2 жыл бұрын
Awesome list. I completely agree with Freeman’s Farm 1777. 2 player or Solo, works great either way! I just got Bismarck solitaire, it’s good. I need to get Waterloo solitaire and 1944 Battle of the Bulge. Maybe Chancellorsville too?! Oh And definitely looking out for Tarawa. I just feel that Worthington Games are a tad pricey at first release.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
They are all great games, for sure.
@dalerobinson80512 жыл бұрын
The Bismarck game reminded me of SSI's 1980 computer war game, "Computer Bismarck." Wikipedia says, "The first commercially published computer war game, Computer Bismarck sold well and contributed to SSI's success. It is also credited in part for legitimizing war games and computer games. sold well and contributed to SSI's success. It is also credited in part for legitimizing war games and computer games." Guess you could say it "launched" PC wargaming. (Don't you wish you'd thought of that one!)
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Interesting.
@syramento2 жыл бұрын
Nice video. What's your opinion of Worthington's "State of Siege" games?
@TheDiscriminatingGamer Жыл бұрын
I've really enjoyed them. See my reviews of Soviet Dawn and Malta Besieged: 1940-1942.
@syramento Жыл бұрын
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer Okay, thanks.
@jimsmith74452 жыл бұрын
Interesting.... don't own many Worthington Games... fun games. I should be getting KEEP UP THE FIRE and own SOVIET DAWN... love block games.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@wartable2 жыл бұрын
Good list…pass on Napoleon Returns…just didn’t get it. Will try Bismarck👍
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Thanks.
@kennethkloby27262 жыл бұрын
thanks cody
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@gowensbach29982 жыл бұрын
I love the Commands and Colors game, but the one mechanic that makes the game "Fun" is the very mechanic that bothers me as far as simulating an actual battle. "Sorry my man, but you cant move because I don't have a card, and meanwhile that horse is going to trample you down." However, I am a rule breaker, so I don't use the cards when I play the game solo, and the battles are much more realistic and just as fun (to me). Nice collection of titles, there my friend.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
I always felt like the cards represent logistics/supply.
@gowensbach29982 жыл бұрын
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer and command structure too, perhaps. But the scale is too small and short for supply issues. If so, they should have modeled how many arrows and javelins can be used? But try to recreate the battle of Gaugemela using the cards…can it be done? Not bashing the use of the cards with other players, because it is fun.
@jona8262 жыл бұрын
I think of it as modeling "Fog of War". You as the player have an omniscient, overhead view of the battle but the real general was probably sat on a horse somewhere with limited lines of sight to the various components of his army and reliant on dispatch riders going back and forth between himself and his subordinate unit commanders. As the player you see a unit in danger that must be moved but the general whose shoes you are in cannot even see the unit and the last report from it was half an hour ago when the danger wasn't present.
@gowensbach29982 жыл бұрын
@@jona826 interesting way to look at it. Helps make it more sensible then
@jamesellis4664 Жыл бұрын
The brigade series is good, Antietam and Shiloh.
@TheDiscriminatingGamer Жыл бұрын
When were these games published?
@jamesellis4664 Жыл бұрын
@@TheDiscriminatingGamer Both of them came out in 2019. I like Antietam better, in Shiloh your mostly fighting in the woods.
@vince55462 жыл бұрын
"In charge of ..." Nice :oD (Punchline, I don't.)
@MaxwellSchmalzried2 жыл бұрын
Have you played Holdfast: Russia yet?
@TheDiscriminatingGamer2 жыл бұрын
I have not.
@MaxwellSchmalzried2 жыл бұрын
Ok, whenever I hear people talk about Worthington this is the game I would always hear mentioned so I was curious if it had fallen down over the years or if you hadn’t tried it yet. Tarawa sounds awesome by the way, added to the list!