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Previews, reviews, and playthroughs of soloable board games both new and old (though to be honest, mostly new...)
Purple Moose Plays...Escape Mail (episodes 1 & 2) - Review Copy
Join me for an overview of Escape Mail, from Mobile Escape, with a peak at the contents of the envelope from the first episode, and then stick around to the end to hear what I thought of the first two episodes!
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Purple Moose Plays...Minecart Town - Kickstarter Preview (no playthrough)
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Join me for some brief thoughts on Minecart Town, the upcoming reworking of My Trolley Town (マイトロッコタウン), from designers Shun & Aya and Jelly Jelly Games. Jelly Jelly Games was nice enough to bring me in to their offices to play a game of the new version, so that I can show the changes and share my thoughts. This was my first time filming on the road, and was a bit of a last minute idea to film ...
Purple Moose Plays...A Nice Cuppa - Kickstarter Preview
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Join me for a playthrough of the newest game in the Button Shy Simply Solo line from designer Scott Almes, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! Check out the Kickstarter campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/a-nice-cuppa Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the ...
Purple Moose (+Wyatt) Plays...Flashback Zombie Kidz
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Join me for an overview of Flashback: Zombie Kidz, the family weight detective/puzzle style game set in the Zombie Kidz universe, from designers Baptiste Derrez and Marc-Antoine Doyon and publisher Scorpion Masqué, and then stick around to the end to hear what I (and my nephew Wyatt) think about the game! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking ...
Purple Moose's Parcels with Noble Knight Games - July 2024
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Check out my newest haul of games from Noble Knight (gracious sponsor of my channel)! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, shop at Noble Knight, using my affiliate link!: www.nobleknight.com/?awid=1461
Purple Moose Plays...LOK - Review Copy
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Join me for an overview and playthrough of the first chapter of LOK, a puzzle book from designer Blaž Urban Gracar, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, shop at Noble Knight, using my affiliate link!: www.nobleknight.com/?awid=1...
Purple Moose Plays...Final Girl (Happy Trails Horror with Reiko vs Hans)
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Join me for a playthrough of the Final Girl Happy Trails Horror scenario, from designers Evan Derrick and A. J. Porfirio and Van Ryder Games, facing off against Hans the Butcher with Reiko, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, s...
Purple Moose Plays...Guild Academies of Valeria (solo) - Review Copy
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Join me for a solo playthrough of Guild Academies of Valeria, from designer Stan Kordonskiy and publisher Daily Magic Games, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, shop at Noble Knight, using my affiliate link!: www.nobleknight.co...
Purple Moose Plays...Dawn of Ulos (solo) - Review Copy
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Join me for a solo playthrough of Dawn of Ulos, from designer Jason Lentz and publisher Thunderworks Games, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, shop at Noble Knight, using my affiliate link!: www.nobleknight.com/?awid=1461 Intr...
Purple Moose Plays...Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig (solo) - Review Copy
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Join me for a solo playthrough of Blueprints of Mad King Ludwig, from designer Ted Alspach and publisher Bezier Games, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, shop at Noble Knight, using my affiliate link!: www.nobleknight.com/?awi...
Purple Moose's Parcels with Noble Knight Games - June 2024
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Check out my newest haul of games from Noble Knight (gracious sponsor of my channel)! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, shop at Noble Knight, using my affiliate link!: www.nobleknight.com/?awid=1461
Purple Moose Plays...Escape from the Moon
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Join me for a playthrough of the core rules of Escape from the Moon, another game in the Pocket series from Jugame Studio and designer Hiroshi Kawamura, an evolution on the solo deck building mechanism in Last Dungeon Pocket, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! DISCLAIMER: I have been hired to provide the English translation of this game for the upcoming localization from Sal...
Purple Moose Plays...The Walking Dead: Surrounded - Review Copy
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Join me for two playthroughs of The Walking Dead:Surrounded, from designer Jason Tagmire and Button Shy Games, once with the core rules and once playing scenario 8, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, shop at Noble Knight, usin...
Purple Moose Plays...The Princes of Florence (solo) - Review Copy
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Join me for a playthrough of the new solo mode for The Princes of Florence, from designers Wolfgang Kramer, Richard Ulrich, Jens Christopher Ulrich and published by WizKids, and then stick around to hear what I think! Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to buy a game and want to support my channel in the process, shop at Noble Knight, using ...
Purple Moose Plays...Cave of Djinns (with the Mysticana Foundation Deck) - Kickstarter Preview
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Join me for two playthroughs of Cave of Djinns, from designer Roshni Patel, the first solo expansion for the Mysticana Foundation Deck from Button Shy Games, and then stick around to the end to hear what I think! Check out the Kickstarter campaign here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/239309591/mysticana Enjoy what you see on my channel? Show some support at ko-fi.com/purplemooseplays Looking to b...
Purple Moose Plays...Wastelandia: A Co-op & Solo Boss Battler - Kickstarter Preview
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Purple Moose Plays...Wastelandia: A Co-op & Solo Boss Battler - Kickstarter Preview
Purple Moose Plays...Mysticana: A Foundation Deck (Nine Perils solo) - Kickstarter preview
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Purple Moose Plays...Mysticana: A Foundation Deck (Nine Perils solo) - Kickstarter preview
Purple Moose Purges May 2024 (+ 2000 Subscriber Giveaway Winners!)
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Purple Moose Purges May 2024 ( 2000 Subscriber Giveaway Winners!)
Purple Moose Plays...Small Islands (solo) - review copy
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Purple Moose Plays...Small Islands (solo) - review copy
Purple Moose Plays...Hickory Dickory (solo)
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Purple Moose Plays...Hickory Dickory (solo)
Purple Moose Plays...The Shackleton Series (Episode 1) - Kickstarter preview
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Purple Moose Plays...The Shackleton Series (Episode 1) - Kickstarter preview
Puple Moose Plays...Micro Midgard (solo) - Kickstarter preview
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Puple Moose Plays...Micro Midgard (solo) - Kickstarter preview
Purple Moose's Parcels with Noble Knight Games - April 2024
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Purple Moose's Parcels with Noble Knight Games - April 2024
Purple Moose Plays...The Sixth Realm (solo) - Kickstarter preview
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Purple Moose Plays...The Sixth Realm (solo) - Kickstarter preview
Purple Moose Plays...Corps of Discovery (solo) - Kickstarter preview
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Purple Moose Plays...Corps of Discovery (solo) - Kickstarter preview
Purple Moose Plays...Solo Camp Pocket
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Purple Moose Plays...Solo Camp Pocket
Purple Moose Plays...World Wonders (solo) - review copy
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Purple Moose Plays...World Wonders (solo) - review copy
Purple Moose Plays...Aqua ROVE - Kickstarter preview
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Purple Moose Plays...Aqua ROVE - Kickstarter preview
Purple Moose Plays...Power Vacuum (solo) - Kickstarter preview
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Purple Moose Plays...Power Vacuum (solo) - Kickstarter preview
9:50 Were you supposed to move a pair? Another good Button Shy cover video!
Thanks! But sorry, not sure what your question is. You activate left to right, so first I swapped odd and even (the 3 and 4) and then moved a pair (the 4/3 pair) to the right.
LOL! It was a visual issue. I saw you move one card saying "pair" but completely missed the pair you exchanged with it! I figured it was my perception. Thanks again!
Really nicely done playthrough. A nice thing to watch while sleeving Keep the Heroes Out cards (I got the game two days ago). I noticed two pretty big rule errors - warriors may never destroy books. You even mentioned it, but some time later you removed books from the board by the warrior. The second one was, that the term "dungeon" means every single room on the board. The room with the main treasure is called "vault". So the only way, how to open the library was to move all the book tokens to the library and the librarian would remove everything. So it is not enough to move the books to neighboring rooms.
Great review! I feel your pain on Red Raven not doing inserts. Sleeping Gods setup was impossible till I made my own quick setup insert.
Hi Carl, Just got this game as an add-on to the Forage KS. I watched this video when I was deciding whether to get it and now again to remind me how to play. I look forward to gettng it to the table. Thank you for all your great content!!
Thanks for the comment! Just recently got this one back to the table and continue to really enjoy it! Hope you enjoy it as well!
Thanks for a great video. I've been curious about this for a while now, so it's good to get your insights. Particularly, I was wondering how well it would work with my kids (14 and 12), and it sounds like it could be a good fit.
@@ConstantChaosGames Thanks for this, it couldn't have been a better comment. Was worried I came across too negative on this one, as it certainly has an audience that would enjoy it, so I'm glad it was helpful for you!
That looks great! I like the artwork!
Never would have come across this without your video- I love that about this channel!
Thanks! It is exactly this that started the channel, so I'm glad to hear it's working!
This game finally got delivered to me! I'm so excited to play it 🥰
I do like the look of this game and will check out the playthrough. My concern with games from Japan is shipping. I have seen many shipping costs the same as the game. Thanks for your feedback.
Minecart Town will be shipped straight from our factory in China, and we're working hard to get the shipping costs as low as possible. We'll be updating our Kickstarter with shipping estimates so keep an eye out for more information in the future!
This might be the game to get my girlfriend into solo gaming
I really like the look and feel of this game. Kind of reminds me of Habits, a 9 card grid that you use the cards to flip over to their good habit side vs the bad habit. If you've played that one, I'm curious what you think of comparing those games? Thanks for a great video!
I haven't, but will definitely check it out now thanks!
Thank you so much for your review. I love your question about the leftover cards and "cheating". It was 100% a design choice to give you a clue about how much things is left for you to find. I play a lot of exploration video games and I find out, most of the time, that the hint system is lacking...so it's a way physical boardgames can give you hints without pointing directly at something. And yes, I learned to do 3D models with Cinema 4D expressly to design this game. Glad you enjoyed !!
Thanks for stopping by and giving us a look behind the curtain. Glad you enjoyed the video! Very interested to see what's been added/changed in Lucy.
This game intrigues me! It’s so cozy! Is it on kickstarter yet? I tried to find it but don’t see it! Maybe a little later this summer?
Not yet, should hopefully be later this month. I'll add a link to the description as soon as I've got one.
I enjoyed this video with a nice cuppa
Great vid as always - surprised by the upper banner on the tea cards being so similar both sides. Not sure if plan is to have the colours different alongside that icon but would seem to make sense as the number at bottom is a different colour on relaxed/focused?…
Good point. I hadn't really noticed as I played, but more color distinction could be helpful.
Thanks for the video! I was able to playtest this game a good amount and I really enjoyed this one. I can safely say this is my favorite out of all the 7 Simply Solo games. I can't wait to see more people enjoy this game. With your concern about the repetitiveness, 2 expansions were play tested, but we will have to see which of the 2 or both make it to the campaign.
You know I’m excited for it!!!!!!
is this comparable to Last Dungeon Pocket?
In what way? It's also a small solo only game, even smaller actually, but otherwise they are very different games. Last Dungeon Pocket is basically a deck builder, and this one is something like a market/trading game with a bit of a battle aspect to it.
I tried the steam demo to try this system out. I thought it would be a quick and dirty afterthought of an app to see if they could do it. But holy cow is it an excellent very professional app. I will probably buy the full app when released instead of the book. Thanks for bringing such interesting games to light!
@@ZaccoonGames-pn5wl Happy to help find stuff like this! Very excited to try out the Steam version when it's released.
Thank you for your sincere review. I really respect youtubers who do long detailed videos about a game and in the end says it was not one of they favorite games. Subscribed.
@@leobetosouza Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, and thanks again for the subscribe!
Wow, that is a LOT of work to create all of the art that works together, but a really cool idea. A very interesting experience of what different perspectives are like.
Agreed! I wonder if maybe they used 3D modeling software to help.
25:38 that card would have gone to A.I. because again the other card should have been in it’s pile.
22:44 you skip one card and forget to put it into the A.I.’s pile
Thanks for finding the error. I made note of this in my pinned post.
This is very detailed. Thank you.
I would love to see some Root solo!
Any preference of faction you'd like to see me/automa use?
@@PurpleMoosePlays maybe Eyrie vs bots from the 2nd clockwork expansion. How many bots do you plan to play with?
@@renn4585 Gonna be a while before I do anything, but would be at least 2. Might do 3 if I pick a faction that requires more factions involved.
This must in all likelihood be the most crappy, flimsy implementation of a pnp ever. You didn't even bother to sleeve it. oh and I backed both seasons pnp level alright. But the mazes are soo hard.
@@kosterix123 Lol, uh thanks? I guess that’s one thing to focus on. Truthfully, I normally sleeve with a playing card in the center, but when recording, the sleeves give horrible glare, especially in a situation like this where I am moving the card around on camera. And in this case, since it was only a single card and there wasn’t any shuffling or anything, sleeving it for this video really wouldn’t have improved anything.
Great video. This looks really cool, adding to my wishlist :)
@@ConstantChaosGames Thanks! It’s definitely a fun bunch of puzzles, hope you enjoy!
I love this book. I wish there were more like it.
He's got another (ABDEC), which is apparently very difficult, and he's working on another right now (Herd) too!
It really looks like you just color pages in the same color I can't see any game here
Not quite sure how to respond here, as it sounds like you didn't really listen to what I was saying. Yes, the goal of each puzzle is to color it all in, but the game/puzzle comes from figuring out how the codes in the grid allow you to color it all in.
Hey Karl, thank you very much for the review! Really enjoyed hearing your thoughts :)
Please make more of these Blaz! I love this puzzle book and there’s really nothing else out there like it.
@@sapien01010 Much appreciated, thank you :)
Great video and quality content. Just discovered the game and ordered my copy. Having read the rulebook I am wondering about one thing though... action of boosting your cards -I think you have to commit your boost cards BEFORE the dice roll, not after?
Yes, you are right. It's been a while since I made this video, did I do differently? Are you taking about how I used some of the cards that say to discard for an ability?
@@PurpleMoosePlays Sorry I'm always late to the party 😂 yes, I think I meant the ability with discard - if a different rule applies and you can in fact make this decision after the roll then there is even more depth in the game mechanics that I thought (almost like playing instants in MTG). Cheers.
Great job on this video. Will be checking out more of your videos.
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
Happy to hear you're planning to get more boxes. The real Final Girl experience begins with the first post-Hans scenario. Here's what I can tell you about the other six I own. 1) The Haunting of Creech Manor. You can't kill a ghost. I'll say no more. Almost a different game altogether. 2) Carnage at the Carnival. The killer here is a puppet master type. Introduces you to minions. Recommended mostly if you like a haunted carnival setting. 3) Frightmare on Maple Lane. This is obviously Final Girl's take on Freddy Krueger. Iconic and well-implemented. 4) Into the Void. This and the following ones are from Series 2, which is generally a step up in complexity. This is the Alien homage, a great scenario, another one that plays very differently from regular Final Girl. It ranks among the favorite of many players. 5) Panic at Station 2891. This is The Thing, borrowing both from the 1982 movie (hence the station's name) and the 2011 reboot, which is the one that has a final girl. Very cool box. 6) Madness in the Dark. My favorite. Haunted asylum, multiple killers and a power-up mechanic through self-medication. What not to love?
@@Kumagoro42 Thanks for the info on those boxes. I'm definitely determined to get a bunch more. Thinking Maple Lane is likely my next one, big fan of the theme, but all of the ones you listed sound great. The Alien and Thing themes I'll likely hold off on, not because I don't like those IPs, but more because I'd rather focus on the more traditional horror themes.
@@PurpleMoosePlays I can see how the sci-fi ones might feel like a big deviation, but they actually fit nicely. In fact, they kind of underline how much Alien and The Thing are just horror movies with a sci-fi setting. Ripley is really one of the earliest final girls.
Some notes on the playthrough. Boy, that setup and first event were tough. You made one crucial mistake to your disadvantage at 29:40, Hans shouldn't have attacked there because the bear trap caused his turn to end immediately. You also forgot to check for maximum hand size all throughout, but I don't think it was ever an issue. Dead victims should go in the DEAD space on the board. Not frequently relevant, but sometimes the number of victim is used (or just to double check or to keep score). General tips (even if you probably already figured it all out by now!). Don't exhaust all your free cards in one turn, only to remain completely without any of them the next turn. The free cards are your main fuel. Not sure if you forgot, but you can trade cards for time before the planning phase, and if you trade zero-cost cards for one time each, you'll create a net gain. Pace yourself in general. A good rule of thumb is to end your turn before going under 3 time, unless strictly necessary. Pass the turn before spending all your time and/or all your cards. This game is less about luck than it looks (of course it's still massively about luck, which fits the theme, but it has a lot of hidden mitigations).
@@Kumagoro42 Thanks for the checks and pointers. You're right, I had completely overlooked the hand size rule as well as the ability to trade cards for time!
Ah, Final Girl at last! It took you a while to get it on the table. :) (Unless you prepare two months of videos ahead of time?) Great presentation. Keep in mind that Hans is a very basic killer, he's essentially used to introduce the game rules. Any other box changes the status quo in some way, sometimes radically. And by the way, you should open those envelopes. :) I put my notes to the playthrough on a different comment, to help your algorithm. :)
@@Kumagoro42 Hah, was prepared pretty far in advance actually. Recorded a bunch of stuff at the end of May just before I went on summer break from work. Thanks for the comments. I'll absolutely keep pushing until I can open those envelopes!
Great overview and playthrough. I've heard so much about this game but haven't looked into it until now, so this was really helpful for me. I can see why people like it - like you said, it seems to match the theme really well. Feeling helpless sometimes totally makes sense, and there are ways to mitigate die rolls, and ways to still take the action but at a higher cost. Really interesting game, thanks!
@@ConstantChaosGames Thanks! Was a bit worried that this game had been a bit over covered, so I'm glad to hear it was helpful!
Another awesome video..i ordered the game! Thanks for sharing, always enjoyable content..
Thanks for watching! Hope you enjoy the game, it's a lot of fun!
its funny that we have the same name youre the first person to show up when i type purplemoose
Thank you for this playthrough, I was looking forward to it! I bought this game a while ago and can't wait to give it a try. However, I might treat it as a beat-my-own-score because I feel the end of AI game scoring is somewhat unfair (from all the solo playthroughs I've seen, not just yours).
I can see that, but this is the first time the AI beat me as much by as much as it did. So while it's certainly breaking the rules, I feel like it's fairly balanced. I also tend not to love BYOS solos anyway
Great video - as always! Big fan of this game, played it close to 10 times now and always finding the puzzle super-enjoyable!
Thanks! Hoping it gets some expansion love, just to give it a slight bit more variability, but otherwise, I agree, it's a great one!
@@PurpleMoosePlays yeah I am really impressed by this goulash of mechanisms, works so well together - and the solo bot is super duper easy to manage, just like in Nova Roma.
@@boriskirov3953Nova Roma is one I still really want to try. I haven't played any of his self published games.
Karl can always be counted on for a killer playthrough and rules explanation. Thanks, sir!
You're very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.
Those character stickers look really great. Where did you get those?
They actually came already on when I got the game in a trade, but I think they are from LevityGames on Etsy.
We just finished our first coop playthrough of this. Loved it! Great video Moose!
Thanks! This is one I still really enjoy. Need to get it back out to play more of the scenarios and really want to try the new expansion!
Nice video and review. I think you missed a rule. Instead of 2 coins, you can also purchase a card from shipyard by paying 1 coin and discarding 1 card from your hand into the shipyard.
@50:10 32 minus 9 is 13? Must be new math... lol. (New math makes the tough bosses easy.)
Lol, yup, hence the "I don't math so well" subtitle.
I played this one last December when I did my World of Ulos showcase wall last December. While the game play of this one is good, overall as a solo game I felt it fell a bit flat. I felt like you had to force conflict in a solo game and you could go through the game without the conflict and I felt the conflict was a big part of the enjoyment of the game. Ive never played Acquire or knew anything about it really. I actually enjoy the solo mode for Lockup better.
The excessively large box makes me think that it is the same box as the Deluxe Edition which has a lot more components including a play mat, pencils of all players, a custom storage tray, and more paper. It might also have more room cards from the unlocked KS goals.
BTW, nice video. I enjoyed watching it. I haven't played my copy solo yet.
Ah, that could absolutely be why it’s big (aside from looking good on store shelves too of course). And thanks for coming back to leave the appreciative comment, glad you enjoyed the video!
Enjoyed the playthrough! Thanks Karl. It looks interesting for sure.
Thanks for watching!
Looking forward to adventure tactics!
Gonna be a while for me to play through it, but yeah, would love to get a video on the channel!
everyone has to be an ORIGAMI master in modern boardgaming
Sorry, don't understand. In what way?
next is last dungeon dice or northern branch:firm with brownies?
Don't think the new Firm with Brownies has solo this time. Correct me if I'm wrong. Last Dungeon Dice will definitely happen in late summer/early fall, as I'll be picking up my copy when I'm in Japan in August!
@@PurpleMoosePlays do you plan to translate rulebook of Escape from the Moon and Last Dungeon Dice?
@@boeta9778I've already translated the rules for Escape from the Moon, but am not sure if I can share anything because they will be used for an official localization of the game later this year. From what I understand, the Last Dungeon games are not available for localization, but Jugame themselves seems to be thinking about doing their own localization and I've already spoken with them about possibly doing those translations.