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Me and my partner play this with a variation were you dont have to play the drawn tile and can store it for yourselve at the penality of missing your turn. This opens up playing more favourable tiles later which results in higher scores and a more visually pleasing board which are both fun. Also we do trading of tiles if agreed by both players

I appreciate Cole Wehrle for several reason, and one of them is that he thinks about the box and it is the size it needs to be, no more no less.

Why, or why, didn't I release this closer to Hallowe'en? I'm such an idiot. 😁

I backed the deluxe edtion a week ago. Looking forward to it.

I’ve played Tsuro and it was fine, but there seems to be a little more going on in these 2 games. I think i’m leaning towards picking up Cable Car over Metro. Any thoughts?

Ave Ceasar! *flips the coin into the box*

About Foundations of Rome and its ridiculous box size: have you seen Foundations of Metropolis? It's exactly the same game but with cardboard buildings. The game even comes with an organized player insert! Please check it out and do your slides comparison please!

love old style. new style looks stupid and childish with these faces ...

Great video. I love Roma, i have more them 80 games of Roma I and 3 of Roma II. The game can be played in 20 min and i had some games that takes 1 hour haha. But i still in love with. Meeple hug from Portugal ❤

is Dou Dizhu (Fight the Landlord) popular in the US?

Can you do a review of Helios? I've seen it on your shelf for a while and have been very curious about it.

Great work on your channel. I am not sure if you noted this but there is a reason they tell you to take the tiles out and make a cube which is that you can see any tiles that have the little "bump" on the back side. These tiles have connections out of 3 of the 4 edges of tiles (rather than 2 as the majority do). Of course you can still use the bag but be aware that saying "feel around and decide if you want a 3 exit or 2 exit tile also risks that you can feel the grooves on the tiles, either accidentally or on purpose.

Does your version come with the palm trees variant? If so, are you not a fan? I'm looking at buying the Trefl printing of this and it has a 2player mode and palm trees placed during setup!

I find this video to be a little odd as a Board Gem. I find that people who still think that Ascension is worth playing have some sort of odd connection to it like addicted to the app or this is the game that partner and me fell in love with, etc. It is a lot less deep than the Cerberus Engine Game. The problem with Ascension is that it takes too long live when you play 3 or 4 players, only having one way the game ends is a major problem, no real interaction (almost secondary) and the live fill is also a problem. There is no tension of having to choose between buying a card that helps you a bit or leaving it and buying a Kick instead because the card doesn't help your opponent and leaving them with bad options to buy. No tension between buying that Super Villain or that cool Super Power in the lineup, factoring in that Super Villains are a way to end the game along with line-up deck being depleted, and factoring in that you don't have any defense cards for that next Super Villain Attack. The tension of picking on someone with an Attack card in your deck (Why did you pick me?). The interaction of the Super Villain Attack along with the mounting pressure of those eight cards being depleted which causes the end game. The other players have a way to pull the leader back with the targeted attack card. I also think that the simplified economy of just Power makes for a deeper game when the game is just a deck builder. You don't gain anything in Ascension with the second, third currencies. It works in Tyrants of the Underdark, but in that Power is on par with Webs because of the Area Control. I just don't think that Ascension qualifies as a Board Gem. You have standards and it is neither forgotten, have simple rules or a high degree of interaction. Keep up the good work, though and keep fighting the good fight.

Got those 2 and I love them so much, even got the Back to the Future one with fun Mcfly picture mechanic and Delorean miniature ! (it got some "dungeon crawler in a city" vibes) The BGG community have done A LOT to improve that good Alien game, there's character elimination mode, randomiser alien moves App, even a Jonesy and Ash printed plastic figures done by some. Even without that, the fact Alien and android decks goes hardcore ("calm" cards removed to leave only big "encounters" with 3-4 morale/lose scrap items, Nest card with instant -2 morale; to simulate the end of the movie) is intense. Prospero hall was such a great compagny, such a shame all those capitalists moves cost us a great series of fun and truly dedicated movies boardgames.

Horrified is probably the cooperative game I enjoy more than any ever, but admittedly I’m not much into coop games. Horrified I played over and over when I got it. American Monsters wasn’t very good and while Greek Monsters was better than American, I still think the first one is really all you need.

Horrified is good and definetly the best of the two. Alien is so so. I feel like they lost out quite abit when they didn't design it around character elimination. The movie is a fantastic last woman standing horror movie. Others that come close to Horrified from the same or similar designers are Jaws and Back to the future back in time.

Things went downhill after Prospero hall and Ravensburger end their partnership (for both parties). Horrified and Villainous sequels progressively got worse: they started having glaring typos, rules ambiguities and lack of polish. I would put Alien and Gargoyle game in this camp as well. They tried to replicate the success of Horrified, but they are not good. The designer of Alien: FotM, put out a more challenging variant on BGG called the DIrector's cut, but I quickly realized that the designer was trying to fix/patch his game in real time. Too much of a hassle...

We don't share exactly the same tastes, but I can hear you talk about games forever. It is the perfect thing to have on my second monitor while I do low cognitive load work. Cheers from Brazil!

played this game for the first time this week, with 6 players, and i had a blast. Some of the players there had even played with 7, where one player was just there to mess with the others. definitely not for everyone but i liked the chaos.

Very helpful video!

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Finally got my copy ! Original Ravensburger version ! Yesss !

Thanks for the video

I personally really like the "busy" art on Royal Visit, it has a nice storybook kinda charm to it and I find it nice to just look at the card at sometimes.

A favourite! Thank you

Oh, You are missing the latest version, which people claim it offers the best production 😳

A GEM of a video, very informative. From my experience: The combos in Gift of the Elements feel very crunchy and very satisfying. BUT... the transformed cards are broken as hell, the one that gives you VPs for the cards in the center row is ridiculous and sucks the whole fun out of the game. I have no idea how it went past through playtesting.

Thanks for a great review! :) I agree with only losing 1 die per bid, it makes the bidding a little bit crazier/riskier since the punishment is not gradual/dynamic. I love this game, but some people I've played with have had trouble dealing with only the choice of either RAISING or CHALLENGING the bid, because they agree with the current bid that it's most likely correct so they don't want to either raise or challenge. In this case the "Calza" rule is amazing because it gives them the possibility to simply say "I agree" and take the risk. :)

Your delivery of the closing tagline makes me feel like it's turning into your 'Freebird'. 😂

Recently I discovered Autoscooter! #diy

I don't even own this game but this video is great. I really want to get this game.

Gryphon has a very good bookshelf series. There are 3 or 4 lousy ones but the other ~25 are pretty good to great.

> Big Boss: not good Booooo!

seen too many games of scrabble where somebody never had a chance because of their letter draw - i dont touch the thing

love the laid back mailbag videos.

What the hell does this guy mean to say at 5:46?

Terrific, informative video. Thanks for taking the time. Like you, I've played a ton on the app (iOS & Steam) over many, many years.. Such a quality app! After playing the cardboard version for the first time at BGGCon last November, I decided to keep my eye out for anyone selling a "lot" of expansions w/ base game. I didn't care about what edition it was and I wasn't aware of the crowd-funding version. Got lucky spending ~$87 to a guy in London for his collection. I was in London on vacation, so no shipping :). I brought the collection home and sorted it into 4 sets (Chronicle of Godslayer + Return of the Fallen; Soul of Swords + Immortal Heroes; Rivals of Vigil + Darkness Unleashed; Dreamscape). Each of the 4 sets fits in a 500-count card box (cards are sleeved), so I can quickly grab a set to play w/o board & rule book. And I only need 2 original boxes for the total of 4 sets. I agree w/ you about keeping sets separate for better synergy. Thanks again, Rob

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The blocking mechanism was kind of already in Formula 1 (1960s?) but there you got brake wear if you had to brake suddenly due to the blocking.. in any case, i think I'll buy this one too.

thank you for this! I am not one who wants to spend a lot of time guessing at the optimal way to cram components into a box in order to avoid lid lift so this version is not for me. In fact, I just got over a similar experience on a different board game & after much exasperation & time I finally did stumble onto the right solution & resorted to snapping a pic of it all (which I printed out & stuck in the box for future reference).

i think BiTS is Tetris related as it is taking the whole Tetris mechanic on its head. Much like Dig Dug through Pac Man on its head. If you think about Dig Dug you are creating the maze and the goal is to destroy your tormentors rather than survive the tormentors. BiTS, you are making the shapes rather than surviving the shapes or minimizing damage or the shapes as the come up.

"Games don't stop being good just because new games come out" Great thought...

Hi what Do you Thil about the New édition on gamefound?

ENJOY !!! > (the meaning of life :-)

Mosaic (Continuum Games) for 2 players (more can play) is abstract and perfect information. Try that.

Please talk about Mosaic by Continuum Games.

I did not expect to find an MF DOOM song I've never heard before by watching this video, lol, that is pretty awesome. Maybe you and your son could watch Samurai Champloo, it's one of my favorite short anime series' and features an amazing hip/trip hop score by Nujabes and others.

Toys for Bob did the Spyro remake and its incredible. Going to have to check this game out now!

1) If you ever watch any "anime" movie (and can handle heavy themes), please let it be Perfect Blue by Satoshi Kon. It is one of my favorite movies of all time -- not just within its genre. And if you can make time for it (or prefer much kinder themes), his movie Tokyo Godfathers is also incredible and is my favorite Christmas movie. 2) Less importantly, if you are concerned much about background noise, a dynamic mic will serve far better than a condenser. They receive sound only from a very specific direction.