Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
A simple solitaire dice based game where the player takes on the role of the Anti Air coordinator on board the battleship Bismarck, while under attack by the British Swordfish aircraft. Player tries to predict path of incoming aircraft and place gunfire into its path.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Paper-and-Pencil
Record choices and results directly on a personal sheet.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Hexagon Grid
Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Secret Unit Deployment
Place or assign units secretly before their positions are revealed.
Simulation
Model a real or imagined system through detailed cause-and-effect rules.
Read the full game description
A simple solitaire dice based game where the player takes on the role of the Anti Air coordinator on board the battleship Bismarck, while under attack by the British Swordfish aircraft. Player tries to predict path of incoming aircraft and place gunfire into its path. Counters indicating imcoming aircraft are placed and moved down the board while the player uses anti aircraft dice to indicate anti aircriaft gun fire. The game is freely web published under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license. http://blackdogofdoom.blogspot.com/2010/09/sink-bismarck.html