Review: Mrs Thatcher's War from White Dog Games - The Players' Aid

[@donatist59]

Thanks for reviewing my game! This is one I'm very proud of. Too many bad Falklands 🇫🇰 games out there and I wanted to change that.

[@rockhopper01]

Jeff Davis and The Mission are excellent, might have to add this one.

[@kenx8176]

The picture of Maggie on the map is even scarier than the big ghostly head on the Nevsky box cover ...

[@jobu88]

Great review. I got Don't Tread On Me last summer and found it a very enjoyable game with very novel mechanics. And first-rate components. Even though you have to play as the Brits which was surprising. It uses a similar gauge of public sentiment as you go along. I've been looking at picking up this one too.

[@mj846]

Looks good, I have my eye on this and would like to get it......but lots of games on the shelf need playing first. White Dog make some very interesting games on some rare topics and deserve support. Thanks Alexander, you and Grant work so hard.

[@molotovtiel]

This looks so fun. I might have to pull it down from my shelf sooner than planned.

[@chrisc1625]

My wallet says curse you and your channel. Another game I'm going to order another because of you guys. Keep up the great work! You two are my go-to for war games and have been for years.

[@billsimoni]

Kindle version of that book is $0.99 right now on Amazon. Buying it now

[@ThePlayersAid]

It's the December edition of From Cover to Cover!

[@ChrisAnderson-tl3rf]

I have the 2017 rules with the errata. Just wondering if there are updated rules. My rules say you roll a die for each side in ground combat and add it to the strength. Highest wins. And helicopter troops can move as far as you want until you hit a block. Just looking for a clarification. This is my favorite game.

[@donatist59]

Correct! Each side in a land battle adds 1d6 to its strength.

[@epone3488]

I love it. I looks like a great sim of the Falklands. Much better than I thought it would be.

[@tommloye4626]

And, another one in my collection I haven’t played yet. It’s on the list though…like 10th or 11th down…but it’s on the list.

[@danddjacko]

If you could only have one, between Mrs Thatcher's War or Where there is Discord. Which one would you get?

[@ezzler]

I have Discord. A great game. But a very long game.

[@ThePlayersAid]

This is better for $50 than Discord for $250.

[@donatist59]

29:35 Each side should add 1d6 to its strength in ground combat.

[@exeterjedi6730]

No KLF?

[@phd_angel4192]

"The Iron Lady's War" would have been a catchier title for the game, wouldn't it?... Anyways, would this be among the best solitaire wargames for you? Any other recommendations please? Many thanks.

[@ThePlayersAid]

It's very, very good. Lots of choices, lots of unpredictability, and very challenging, without seeming to be unnecessarily punishing. I want the game to disguise how difficult it is, instead of seeing obviously the arbitrarily high numbers I have to overcome, for example.

[@aaronstark5060]

Your game shelf is taunting me with several games I’ve been trying to acquire but are out of stock.

[@sgtNUKEtroop]

your game reviews are ok , wonder why you do not show any game play / play through videos , you play the games so why not just run the camera while doing so

[@grantkleinhenz6789]

Just have to ask. Did you actually watch the whole video? Alexander plays an entire turn on this very video. Did you not see that?

[@chadvader974]

I just cant play a game with Thatcher's mug on it. Horrible Witch!

[@ThePlayersAid]

You're not wrong!

[@evildrganymede]

I don't think she was actually much worse than any other tory leader really, but the sheer level of vile, nasty, vitriolic, gutteral, visceral hatred she (still) gets from people is frankly astonishing. People were literally celebrating when she died, which I thought was appalling. I can understand people not liking her or what she did, but that sort of utter hatred and loathing is completely over the top and shameful (and for them to still not even be over it by now is utterly ridiculous).

[@chadvader974]

@@evildrganymede no mate. I lived in Liverpool in the 80s. Her policies were literally the cause of many deaths due to poverty and riots occurred because of them. She oversaw a catastrophic, ideological crusade to transfer wealth from domestic industry to create the financial sector in London. It was a systematic dismantling driven by Keynesian economic nonsense. People in the north of the UK suffered great hardship on her watch and she was proud of it. Was I happy when she died? No..because she got to live a long happy life when she should have been punished for the chaos she wrought upon our city .. amongst others. She was by far the most vile Tory leader to have ever held office.

[@evildrganymede]

​@@chadvader974 But that's kinda my point - you'd still write a tirade about her and can't let go of the hatred, even after she's dead. Heck, I'm not sure even the leaders of the WWII Axis powers get as much vocal hatred as Thatcher does from some quarters, and she caused far less death and misery than they did. And also frankly I think it's really bloody tiresome to see someone inevitably come along and loudly curse her name every time she's mentioned anywhere. Yes, the game has her "mug" on it - if you loathe her that much, don't look at it and don't play it, we don't need to hear a constant reminder of how much some people despise her.

[@chadvader974]

@@evildrganymede so much hyperbole there it's difficult to rationalise what you are trying to say. The woman was despicable and will never be forgiven. Never. That's why you keep seeing 'tirades about her years later'. Its completely justified. I'm also perfectly entitled to have an opinion and express my feelings on whatever I want and don't need the likes of you to go censoring my speech because you seem to have a hard on for Thatcher. I can't stand her smug, cantankerous grid and I will take every opportunity I can to inform the internet of that.