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Jul 25, 2022·Interview·55:15·3·Watch on YouTube

Beyond Solitaire Podcast 81: Reina Pennington and David Thompson on Night Witches

Beyond Solitaire

Beyond Solitaire

Watch “Beyond Solitaire Podcast 81: Reina Pennington and David Thompson on Night Witches,” a board game interview for Night Witches on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Beyond Solitaire on YouTube:

This week involves a discussion of amazing female pilots of WW2—and a major news announcement from David Thompson and me! Season 5 is starting off strong. Beyond Solitaire is now proudly sponsored by Central Michigan University's Center for Learning Through Games and Simulations, where learning can be both playful and compelling. Check them out here: https://www.cmich.edu/colleges/class/Centers/CLGS/Pages/default.aspx BIG NEWS: CLGS is now doing online game design classes that you can take from home, and they will have several new offerings this year. Keep an eye on this page: https://www.cmich.edu/academics/colleges/liberal-arts-social-sciences/centers-institutes/center-for-learning-through-games-and-simulations/certificate-in-applied-game-design All episodes of my podcast are available here: https://beyondsolitaire.buzzsprout.com/ Enjoy my work? Consider supporting me on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/beyondsolitaire or getting me a "coffee" on Ko-fi! https://ko-fi.com/beyondsolitaire Contact Me: Email: beyondsolitaire at gmail.com Twitter: @beyondsolitaire Instagram: @beyondsolitaire Facebook: www.facebook.com/beyondsolitaire Website: www.beyondsolitaire.net

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Night Witches

Night Witches

2026·Liz Davidson, David Thompson (I)

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Some playthroughs. Night Witches is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 recorded sessions and 4 other videos.

1 - 2 players
30 - 45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Night Witches, from BoardGameGeek:

Night Witches is a solitaire or two-player cooperative game in which the Night Witches–female pilots of the Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment–work together to fly harassment missions on the Eastern Front during WWII. Their planes are rickety and minimally equipped, but with their engines whirring quietly and with the dark of night to cloak them, the Night Witches are flying towards promotion to 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment–and towards making aviation history! Night Witches is a light wargame that consists of a ten-mission campaign, during which the pilots try to amass enough victory points to be promoted to form a Guards unit, a great honor in the Soviet military. Each mission lasts roughly 30 minutes, and each can be played on its own, separately from the campaign. On each mission, two planes will venture into unknown territory to complete a specific goal and to earn victory points. As they fly, players will observe the terrain around them by drawing tokens from a bag. Some tokens will merely represent the night, but the players will also need to avoid spotlights, navigate through clouds, respond to attacks from AAA, and more. Each mission is made up of multiple sorties, with brief recovery times between. During sorties, players will evade enemy fire–and bomb targets–by pulling from a bag containing success, failure, and stress tokens. During recovery, they will have to manage their time, fuel supply, and stress levels. As pilots gain experience and complete missions, they will also be able to acquire upgrade cards. (Those victory points are good for something!) Will the Night Witches be able to dodge AAA, do maximum damage to the Nazis, and fly off into the sunrise? -description from publisher

Designers

Liz Davidson, David Thompson (I)

Artist

Ian O'Toole

Publisher

Fort Circle Games

Categories

WargameWorld War II

Mechanics

Cooperative GameDeck Building
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