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Dec 5, 2023·Interview·10:59·930·Watch on YouTube

Upcoming Wargames | Night Witches - David Thomspon & Liz Davidson | Designer Interview | Fort Circle

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Watch “Upcoming Wargames | Night Witches - David Thomspon & Liz Davidson | Designer Interview | Fort Circle,” a board game interview on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Zilla Blitz on YouTube:

Designers David Thompson & Liz Davidson speak at SDHistCon about their upcoming boardgame (wargame), Night Witches, from Fort Circle games. Night Witches is a solo/co-opeartive game in which players take the roles of pilots in the famous World War 2 Soviet all-women 588th Night Bomber Regiment. The regiment flew harassment missions against the Germans on the Eastern Front. The team is aiming for a release sometime in 2025. Night Witches on Board Game Geek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/388558/night-witches Fort Circle Games: https://www.fortcircle.com/ Beyond Solitaire YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondSolitaire Beyond Solitaire Blog: https://www.beyondsolitaire.net/ If you'd like to support my work, here are some ways: Join the my Patreon community: https://www.patreon.com/zillablitz Make a purchase on Noble Knight Games with this link: https://www.nobleknight.com/?awid=1430 Buy me a coffee via Kofi: https://ko-fi.com/zillablitz This first look produced by Zilla Blitz. Night Witches David Thompson Liz Davidson Fort Circle Games 588th Night Bomber Regiment #wargaming #fortcirclegames #nightwitches —---- My Current Wargaming Tools- • Oregon 2.0mm Counter Clipper: https://amzn.to/3SUyDX7 • Oregon 2.5mm Counter Clipper: https://amzn.to/3SzYJPs • Bent Tip Lighted Tweezers: https://amzn.to/3CqYmAU • Dice Tower #1: https://amzn.to/3EcoQHU • Dice Tower #2: https://amzn.to/3RweSDS • Black Dice: https://amzn.to/3dXLd92 • White Dice: https://amzn.to/3rmQcn1 • Laser Line Sight: (out of stock) Amazon links are affiliate links. If you’d like to help the channel, you can use those to purchase. —---- Upcoming Wargames | Night Witches - David Thomspon & Liz Davidson | Designer Interview | Fort Circle

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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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