TDG: Coral Sea Solitaire

Wildcats and Devastators and Zeros, Oh My! Join Cody as he sails into this WWII book wargame from Worthington Games. Will it strike a blow for freedom on your tabletop? Or will it just sink on game night? Let's watch!
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[@dansmith7617]

I just got this game (mostly due to your rec) and holy cow...it was so much fun. I too like the stories it tells. Really gives you an idea of some of the fog of war and the decisions they needed to make. CAP but not too much...can I converge on the convoy? Searching the correct grid and...BAM! Bad weather and my scouts see nothing and the convoy slips away from a "sure" sinking. So much fun. Thanks for the review. Would love to take classes from you! Keep it up. -Dan

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

Thank you, sir. Much appreciated.

[@thegamesninja3119]

There was that one time when Cody got into a fight with Ariel in the Coral Sea. Silly Ariel brought a Dinglehopper to a sub hunt.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

It happens.

[@dhmcarver]

This definitely looks interesting. Watching the review I kept wondering whether it would work to find a couple of old copies of Battleship, cut the prongs off the the bottom of the carriers, and use them to represent the Yorktown, Lexington, etc. to give it a bit more pop. :)

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

Those models might be a bit too big for the squares, I'm afraid

[@dhmcarver]

@@TheDiscriminatingGamer Ah, it was worth a shot!

[@wartable]

Want to play more solo games but get distracted when sit down to play. Most success with Tarawa 1942.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

It’s a different way to play games for sure. You’ve got to keep yourself honest.

[@davedogge2280]

Coral reminds me of how I personally cope with the mother in law.... .. ... ... .. because she makes me feel like an empty shell of a man and I sneak outside when in her presence and smoke a coral reefer.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

That won’t fly in the Navy, son!

[@christopherwilson2606]

Wife just showed up with this game, On To Moscow, and Guadalcanal. Have you done a review of the other two by chance?

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

I’ve done On To Moscow, but haven’t had a chance to do Guadalcanal yet.

[@tonybowers9490]

Thanks for sharing. I've heard the same about the rulebook from other players. Is there an errata or some such for it?

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

There might be on BGG, but I haven't checked

[@varovaro1967]

i like board games that are board games….

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

Have you tried a book game?

[@varovaro1967]

@@TheDiscriminatingGamer not really, i see that Bismarck is coming out as a real board game.

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

@@varovaro1967 “Real”. LOL.

[@mikejonesnoreally]

@@TheDiscriminatingGamer i know, it's like the word "Canon." Uh, so you want *me* to decide what's real about what's not real? i'm sorry but *what??* o.0

[@cwcsquared]

Why is the movement using squares instead of hexes?

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

Not everything needs to be hexes. Instead of searching the four cardinal points, you'd be searching six directions - longer game.

[@mikejonesnoreally]

Wow! Another great game reviewed by you and your channel that i will *not find* in our "Friendly Local Ga......No. You know what i just can't. The ol' "F.L.G.S." hasn't been a "F.L.G.S." for almost a "decade" on now an just no. i haven't bought a game there in "eight years!" It only exists for Euros, Wine tasting, an' givin' uppity folk a reason to use their favorite word: "Ameritrash." i don't like buying *everything* off Amazon, but i'm not supporting *that* kind of talk! What's happened to the "F.L.G.S." Cody? Now it's Amazon or the U..L.G.S. (Y'know where they sell all the WarHammer stuff and don't even *pretend* to be "Friendly." However, they are *damned* good at their jobs!) xD

[@TheDiscriminatingGamer]

Where are you located. Lotta great FLGSs by near me.