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Great review thanks a million

I could be totally wrong, but I think the tiebreaker might mean just the person with the lowest card. Seems like a whole lot of math otherwise.

I've found that "building a collection" isn't the best thing to do. At least for my board gaming habits. My group has its select few we like to play. And foundations of Rome is one of them! Don't get me wrong, I have a pretty large collection, but I keep thinking about down sizing lately. And this game would stay.

Noticed the other day its on BGA in beta, excited to try it out!

Look at that MULLET

Disagree about the verdict on 2 players. Been having multiple games with just me and my wife and we love it, even considering we have the option to play games like duel and azul, we are still coming back to 2 player scout when we want a quick game. Sure, it's quite different from the 3-5 player variants, but still very enjoyable!

Good Video again. Waterloo will take me a bit, but it's fun

Looks fun. Learning to play Waterloo Solitaire

Wow! Thank you fellas so much for ranking our game Chemical Overload so high on the list, #2 and #1. I am genuinely shocked, but in a great way. Thank you so much. I don't know who this Mike guy in your video is, but I like him already :) I sincerely thank you for adding Chemical Overload to this list. What a great New Year's surprise. I'd like to address some things you guy said. Insert- Sad to hear you don't like the insert. But let me explain. We spent a lot of time on this insert. Initially we also wanted individual slots for each and every potion, but it just wasn't realistic. If we had individual slots for all the potions, flasks, chemicals and other cards, it would be around 60 slots, which wouldn't be possible without making the box much larger than it already is. And we wanted to keep the standard 12x12x4ish size box that most games are now-a-days. Dominion can get away with it because they have a little less market cards and overall types of cards than we do. Sleeved Cards - This also ties into another point you made. We did design the insert with enough room to fit the entire game unsleeved OR sleeved. So we sleeved our whole game and it fits back into the box very nice and snug. I've hear people tell us then they use thick Dragon Shield or some other sleeves, and while it does still all fit, its a little tight. But yes, the insert was designed with that in mind :) Action Tokens - You guys had mentioned that sometimes you forget how many actions you've taken. Well when playtesting the game, it didn't really seem like a problem. But we have gotten numerous people with the same "problem" of how many actions they've used. This becomes an issue mainly late in the game when all the potions are free to play and you have a ton of cool combos going. So, we decided to address this and are happy to say that we will be adding action tokens in the first expansion Chemical Overload: Entropy. So we listened, and we fixed it. Randomizers - We had originally had these in the game, but the size, weight, and cost of the game was getting to high. We needed to slim it down somehow. So we removed a few potions, and some card quantities and unfortunately the randomizer cards. We wanted to keep the consumer price as low and possible for the amount of value you're getting with this game. Over 550 cards in this, plus the boards and gems and metal coins. We feel we delivered the best value we could without making the game super expensive/ heavy. BUT with that said, we are releasing an expansion soon and another one planned at a later time, so maybe once all the games are out, we will release some kind of randomizer deck that spans across all the games. Expansions - Speaking of expansions. My new friend Mike mentioned that this game would be great for expansions. We couldn't agree more! :) In addition to the current game, we already have 2 mini expansions. One was when we Kickstarted it, not on our website though. The other is the Adventurer's Promo Pack which is available on our website. We also have promo cards we give out for free at conventions we attend. In additional to that, we are gearing up for a (Hopefully) 2025 release of our first full expansion called Chemical Overload: Entropy. Which you can follow on Kickstarter now, we hope to launch this year or at the latest Q1 2026. There is also one more expansion planned that I have not announced or mentioned anywhere yet, but here. So I highly doubt you read all that, but thank you again so much for not only reviewing our game in your previous video, but then having it on a top 10 list for 2024. It means a lot to us. We are glad that you really understand the game and get the thematics of it and the mechanics and strategy. It feels good seeing someone who really gets a game you made and plays it well and enjoys it. Also you were mentioning a little at the end, Yes this is our first game., We designed and published it ourselves. It IS in a few stores local to us in the PA area. Hoping to branch out to other stores also. But it will always be available on our website and well ship them out. I don't want to say the website here cause it might delete this comment which I just spent 30 minutes writing. Just search our company name, Rebirth Games or Chemical Overload :) Thanks Eric (and MIke)

There are going to be a lot of crossovers on your lists that will be on my wife and my lists in a few weeks on our channel. Especially with some that I feel are a bit more under the radar (Donut Shop, MLEM, Stonespine Architects, Cities). I don't think they get the coverage of a lot of other games and definitely haven't seen them on many end of year lists.

Sadly, TW, AEG, and Panda are super w0k3

You guys are like the Breaking Bad of board game content and it’s not in the way that Breaking Bad was an Emmy winning series, but in the way that your guys chemistry feels like it would move a lot of product… if you know what I mean. Liked and Subscribed.

heh, I love the Doomlings reference (snub), although technically it would have to be retroactively added to the 2020 list

Wow thanks for including three of our titles in the lineup (well 2.5 with one being an honorable mention). You were right on both, Dracula vs Van Helsing did come out in late 2023 overseas, but not until 2024 in English here in the US.

This game so addictive! Happy New Year from Wisconsin

Shout out ending🎉

This looks like a lot of fun. I'm always on the lookout for easy games to take on trips like this, so thanks for the overview. I'm new to the channel but just gave you a subscribe because so far I like the games you cover and I hope to discover more to play with my family.

This game has made several people at the table go "I didn't realize I had an opinion about *that* until just now". Love it. 10/10.

Excellent overview, and more helpful than the actual instructions. Just to be clear: a player collects, say, 4 of the same number in their tableau, they DON'T necessarily have to be different colors, right?

This is a very fun game

If I have all 4 mermaids THEN WHAT?!!!

10:54 😆🤣😂😅

I love it when you make sound effects when you go up tracks 😆

Nice review. I have all the playmats for mine. I'm going to pull it out and play it this weekend I think. Great video. Subscribed!

P.S. …….. Joke Thief lol

I really enjoy this one! It is a tad fiddly on the first couple of plays but nothing that kept me from wanting to play it over immediately

First of all 4:28 🥰 I am drawn to co-ops lately, and the art I'm seeing here is blowing my mind!

15:47 - You finally saw the light! I like multiplayer just fine, but I love solos. This game is up my alley, so on the wishlist it goes!!

Thank you for the review, Eric! Sounds like you had some pretty fun and memorable experiences with the game. 😊

Hate the beard…but enjoyed the tutorial…I will be teaching kids this at Christmas ….after reading many answers about this game I have decides to make a house rule raising the break number from more than7 to more than 10 for the kids….so they dont get discouraged when they lose too many dice. That should shorten the game also. Thank you.

I disagree heavily with the "you need leaders and cities, but you dont need edifice" Leaders and Cities change the balance of the game BIG BIG time, and the way the game is played BIG TIME and much more randomness (also they both have LOTS AND I MEAN LOTS of iconography) Edifice just adds a little spicy and it doesnt changes the balance as the other expansions, no randomness.(very little iconography)

Great video! Made me finally pull the trigger! What sleeves did you use to keep the game in the box?

A fantastic review. Thank you. The new essential edition sorts out the board... Much more manageable

I feel targeted lol

* Bananas for scale

Love this game. Plays fantastic on BGA but excels in person! - CB

Hmmm. Interesting concept. Thanks for the review!

Man, this game sounds awesome. And the artwork is so cool.

Love your widow's peak at the beginning of the vid 😆

Just paid my pledge today, love the theme. The teamwork aspect is implemented in a great way IMO, and I really wanted to support a local business!

I’m impressed that you can identify snow drops now…lol😂

Great review buddy!

“Take on Holiday with me”? Didn’t know you were British lol

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And now all over again but without the background music. I have a hearing problem and can not understand what you are saying because of the background music

There’s no killing in Scythe

I think I’d like this one

1:40 - You'll never figure it out because it's magic, you silly goose! Everybody knows magnets are a product of sorcery.

My Gnome wants a rematch! 🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄🍄

Sick game!!