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great catch!! Thank you!

Thanks for watching and taking time to comment! Always a tough balance between brevity and game explanations; glad to hear you found it helpful. Yes, GoA is an amazing team vs team game 🎉🎉🎉

Of course! Really enjoy the cube tower and action selection systems. Very impressive components, artwork, and overall production.

Definitely understand your point! These baggies happened to come with the game hence why I used them. I totally agree counter trays are “better” but unfortunately they are not free, and when you have dozens of board games that could use them I just personally don’t feel the need to invest in the $100s of dollars it would take to have trays for them all. But for video presentation I could definitely move baggies off cam and have the counters laid out in an organized fashion to make things look nicer!

@@nickfromtalkingcardboard I hope this did not get taken as a criticism as I meant it to be helpful in improving the sound. I really enjoy your energy and clear rules explanations. Something else I have found to use to store counters during play are the round side item containers from KFC. They make retrieving the chits much easier as the side are sloped. Again, I did really enjoy your video.

No worries Dave! I appreciate your comment and definitely found it constructive!

You definitely always seem to do a threat roll when you do the move action. Then if you move into an event space, you simply do the event, NOT an encounter, EVEN if you rolled a yellow or red on the threat die, which otherwise would cause you to resolve an encounter. Frankly I dont think the rules made this super clear, but the reference guide flow chart definitely makes it seem it is either/or. Not sure if this is what you were asking?

Harmonies was a recommendation from a viewer of the channel, so I gave it a shot. Would not have normally picked it up to play, but so glad I did! Don’t sleep on this one folks!

I feel your pain; free time is so valuable and difficult to come by. Harmonies is a great choice for lack of free time - easy to remember rules, and plays quickly.

Ooo thanks for the rule clarification! That actually makes it a little more difficult and interesting - I like it. 👍 As far as discovering my love for this game, I took a shot in the dark and glad I did! For many years, wasn’t convinced I needed another deck-builder, but man this game shreds. I gave ‘Sentinels of the Multiverse’ a couple tries thinking it would scratch the itch I yearned for, but ‘Aeon’s End’ hit the spot that Sentinels couldn’t reach.

You can actually play Relic but not use his ability as well so you can get rid of it. But you cannot just discard Spells. AE is very cool game but is not easy to play is really serious challenge special for true solo. I love it! Hope to see more from you. You have not bad luck my friend, you just start to play you have no clue how to play it but don't worry slowly you get it

Thanks for the comment!! 100% agree the close ups were too dark

Heyy I appreciate it! Yes, Aeon’s End has really hit the mark for me. I am so excited to continue exploring the system, and I agree, the gameplay is fun enough win or lose! 👍👍

That’s a good comparison. I’ll have to give Farshore a closer look… wasn’t much a fan of base Everdell. Thanks! -Cory

Glad to hear it was helpful! We’ve got plans to start a series doing more of these in the near future 👍

I still am unclear why the missions are all separate booklets. It’s definitely a minor complaint. I still was very impressed by everything in the box though

It's for three reasons. 1) it makes flicking between different story events easier. 2) it allows us to put the special Mission rules on the back cover for much easier in game reference. 3) it allows us to really personalise each Mission with the front cover art, setting the scene for that mission up front.

I have finished mission one and havestarted mission two. This game is excellent and what value for the money. I’m still waiting for Born to Kill but I know you’ll get it here which gives me in essence six games. Counters and maps are excellent.

I realized after the fact the rulebook does clearly list the miniature as the squad token. Thanks for pointing it out!

Yeah of course the one event I read… crazy how something like that doesn’t get caught during editing

Just decided to make a collective list, 5 each.

I didn’t have as high of expectations for Ankh as I have had for other games. Ankh fell a little flat, but I still think it’s a decent game. I was expecting a good game and received ‘decent’. The games on this list I had hopes and expectations for that were ‘through the roof!’ but then gameplay felt ‘meh’.

I owned Tzolkin for many years, played it a few times, and it never landed. I wasn’t a fan of ‘hurry up and wait’. Claim a worker placement spot and then wait multiple rounds until it’s powerful enough to collect what you needed. It’s a highly regarded game though. 👍

@@TalkingCardboard well good that you gave it a try. No problem, I like it a lot.

When I typed "nayway", I meant "anyway"

Couldn’t have said it better myself. 😁

Same. I REALLY wanted to like it! The mechanisms and actions were boring.

That’s why you make the big bucks 😉

​@@TalkingCardboardI am willing to bet that you both headline the top 10 most disappointing attempts at a person wherever you are. Keep up the sub par effort 👍

Unfortunately not… no solo mode for Godtear.

I’d agree it’s much easier to table! …and plays 3x faster. Ark Nova, still the better game 😉

@ agreed! Ark nova is a little overwhelming for some people in our game group though.

Yes I completely align with your tastes in not enjoying an overload of points, etc. Just doesn’t open itself to any sensation of ‘payoff’ or ‘can’t believe I managed to pull off that strategy!’ Thanks for your comment and support!

Got it updated 👍

@@TalkingCardboard no you did not. but i did them for you.

Check in the video description.

I can understand your views on both those games. Blood Rage’s ‘gain points if you lose a battle’ concept has been and is still an interesting gameplay/strategic dynamic for me that I enjoy. My only complaint is the Quest Card that doubles points earned during that Age of the game… I feel the player who wins every time has found a way to exploit that card in a way that breaks the game. Also, for Root, the anti-king maker dynamic is a major part of the strategies that all players must be aware of. Good choices though. Thanks for commenting!

My complaint about the game is it lacked theme. I saw no connection between the historical factions involved in the board game and how they function mechanically. Obviously that is a personal preference thing, some clearly dont mind that at all and enjoy the mechanics of the game as it seems you do, but to me I really wanted to feel each faction played different immediately, and not that my faction developed different just because I wanted it to and not because of how it historically behaved. I did not say it is a BAD game, I simply am saying I am disappointed in it, and I know playing it wouldn't have changed my thoughts

I found the games to be underhyped. But I waited for reviews and knew exactly what to expect. It is a combat simulator. You fight, that's it. The real important part is the mechanics. The double use cards, having to uses a top and bottom each turn AND using it for initiative as well is quite different. Your deck is also a timer, run out of cards and you are down and out for that scenario. Having someone in your crew say "I made my personal goals, I'm leaving, good luck" is also quite different. Having those neat envelopes for enemies with a grid to keep track of how much damage to who is also a really nice. Also not your standard Elf, orc, dwarf, human species a nice change of pace. This is all great stuff., quite unique and interesting.

But he never actually played it? It's actually a very good game with a lot of freedom of strategy.

What about the cards?? 😄😄

I feel the inverse of you. Great western trail bores. Maracaibo is a top 25 game for me. I love the decisions with the cards, moving up the various tracks feels good. The manipulation of the cow cards was uninteresting to me. I have no interest in playing GWT again. Have you tried Boon Lake? I really enjoyed that one too

@@MCJesse-hu4ru i agree,, love them both that if u ask me only to pick one i cannot answer it yet XD

I personally stand by the board game colloquialism "dudes on a map" as that description immediately evokes a certain kind of wargame such as "risk" or "axis and allies" whereas just saying "wargame" could really mean almost anything, including something as abstract as chess. You could argue that "area control" works better, but when I hear "area control" I dont necessarily think it means "army units on a board" whereas that is what "dudes on a map" implies to me. Anyway, one of those things that is to each their own

I see your point, but on the flip side, that is actually the premise to the reason behind making this video. Most of these games are loved and well respected by the vast majority of board gamers; that is what lead to such disappointment when we finally got around to playing these games and (for us) didn’t live up to our expectations. There are probably hundreds of games I LOVE to play that others dislike for various reasons. That doesn’t invalidate other people’s opinions. I’d like these kinds of videos to resonate with people who have not yet tried the games on the list… they can listen to the reasons why we didn’t like the game, and then compare it to other videos where reviewers explain their reasoning behind why they DO enjoy the game. From that point, the viewer should have all the information they need to make an educated decision on whether or not the game will resonate with them. I personally have not played big box Gloomhaven or Frosthaven, but for me, if Jaws of the Lion was proper indication as to how the system plays… I have no interest in trying either of them. Thanks for commenting!

It's an interesting tightrope they have to walk. I watched a different youtuber doing the same topic recently, who was just a little more colorful in his complaints about the games, and a couple viewers got salty about his takes (He was not rude or anything, he was just having fun). I often watch board game vids early in the morning, before eating anything, and I could see myself getting cranky and defensive over games I've invested in getting mocked. I think this is why most repeat the caveat "If you like it, that's great!". I honestly appreciate how most board game content is sort of overly polite.

You’re using circular logic based on the premise that everyone should strive to have Gloomhaven. Then you somehow seem to think that Bgg has any authority at all on their ranking, while you don’t actually know how this ranking actually works.

The video is for information and entertainment. We talked about games we were excited to play but gameplay did not meet our expectations. For me it’s an interesting topic, so I decided to make a video about it.

@talkingcardboard lol, did an ai write that?

Ankh was a tricky one for me… I enjoy it more now than the first couple plays, but yes, it definitely has its flaws. I distain the merging gods mechanism. -Cory

@talkingcardboard The merging is not my problem with the game. Not by far. My problem is that the ankh Powers are definatly not balanced, and there are clearly good and bad ones. And its really Common for someone to get ahead in the first events, and end up winning without anyone having a chance to catch UP (Merge or no Merge). And the battle resolution is VERRY unsatisfying. The way the cards work and the way people score in the battles gets repetitive really fast.