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Brains On Games
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Welcome to Brains On Games, where we dive into board games that challenge the mind and build cognitive skills! This channel is all about exploring the strategic, educational, and skill-building aspects of board games for all ages, from family-friendly games to complex strategy titles.
Join us for in-depth reviews, previews, and breakdowns of game mechanics, where we highlight how games develop critical thinking, problem-solving, and adaptability. If you’re passionate about games that are both fun and brain-boosting, Brains On Games is the place for you!
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Survive Until Daylight Review: Can you defeat the zombie hordes?
Get ready to unleash the zombies and test your survival skills in this thrilling cooperative card game, Survive Until Daylight! In this review, Dr. Brian dives into the asymmetric player abilities, where each character has unique skills to bring to the table. Will you be able to work together to fend off the undead hordes and make it until daylight? If you're a fan of cooperative survival games, you won't want to miss this! So, gather your friends, grab your gear, and let's see if you have what it takes to survive until daylight.
00:00 Intro
00:49 Play Count & Complexity
01:19 Victory Conditions & Gameplay
11:25 Skills
14:32 Final Thoughts
20:55 Contact & Socials
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00:00 Intro
00:49 Play Count & Complexity
01:19 Victory Conditions & Gameplay
11:25 Skills
14:32 Final Thoughts
20:55 Contact & Socials
#surviveuntildaylight #boardgames #brainsongames
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Is Fromage the BIGGEST Gaming Surprise of 2024?
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Discover the hidden gem of gaming with FROMAGE! In this video, Dr. Brian dives into the underrated world of FROMAGE to explore whether it's worth your precious gaming time. With its unique mechanics and engaging gameplay, FROMAGE has the potential to captivate gamers of all kinds. But is it truly deserving of your attention? Join Dr. Brian to uncover the pros and cons of FROMAGE and help you de...
Mythic Mischief, Vol. II: Tactical Mayhem for 1-4 Players!
มุมมอง 4314 วันที่ผ่านมา
Explore the strategic chaos of Mythic Mischief, Vol. II by IV Games! This tactical game for 1-4 players offers asymmetrical factions, clever mechanics, and solo play options. Will you master the mischief or fall to the chaos? Watch now! 00:00 Intro 00:55 Play Count & Complexity 01:51 Victory Conditions & Gameplay 08:34 Skills 09:38 Final Thoughts 15:02 Contact & Socials #MythicMischief #BoardGa...
Ludicon 2024 Day 3 Recap | Previews of Gems of Iridescia & Broken Fate
มุมมอง 3021 วันที่ผ่านมา
In this Ludicon 2024 Day 3 recap, I dive into previews of two exciting games: Gems of Iridescia by Rockstone and Dice, and Broken Fate by Our Own Games. Join me as I explore the unique mechanics, themes, and gameplay elements of these anticipated titles. Whether you’re into strategy, fantasy, or innovative board game design, these previews showcase why these games made an impact at Ludicon. Tun...
Ludicon 2024 Day 2 Recap | Marvel Crisis Protocol & Interview with Co-Owner Alain Fragman
มุมมอง 10421 วันที่ผ่านมา
In this Ludicon 2024 Day 2 recap, I chat with co-owner Alain Fragman about the convention experience and explore the games we enjoyed, including Marvel Crisis Protocol, Goblin Vaults, and Survive Until Daylight. We dive into what makes these games stand out, from mechanics to theme, and share behind-the-scenes insights into how Ludicon is organized and what makes it a must-attend event for boar...
Ludicon Day 1 Recap | Chat with Board Game Designer Chris Munro
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In this Ludicon Day 1 recap, I chat with board game designer Chris Munro about our experiences, the games he’s working on, and the exciting titles we played at the convention. From exploring new mechanics to sharing highlights of the games we tried, including Star Wars Unlimited, Harmonies, and Vampire: The Masquerade: Chapters, we dive into what makes each game unique and the creative process ...
Grand Tourney Board Game Preview | Worker Placement & Combat Strategy
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In this video, we explore Grand Tourney, the epic worker placement and combat strategy board game by Grinning Demon Games. Step into the world of the Soulshards universe, where you play as a character preparing for a grand battle tournament in the city of Enviro. With a blend of resource management, card drafting, and tactical combat, Grand Tourney challenges players to balance training, gather...
Lairs Preview | Build a Dungeon in a Board Game by KTBG!
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Join me as we explore Lairs, the new 2-player dungeon-building and exploration board game from KTBG! In this preview, I dive into the mechanics, strategy, and gameplay of Lairs, where players construct trap-laden dungeons for their rivals to navigate. With a mix of strategic lair-building, resource management, and dungeon-exploring adventure, Lairs offers an evolving experience as new rules and...
Pride of Ninja Board Game Preview | Strategy, Mechanics, & Gameplay Overview
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In this preview of Pride of Ninja, I’ll explore the game’s strategy, mechanics, and gameplay. Learn about the card-drafting mechanics, scoring with Pride and Temporary Points, and unique Blue and Red decks. Discover how elements like Slain tokens and Secrecy create a tactical experience for ninja and strategy game fans. The Kickstarter campaign begins on October 29. Find more information here: ...
Nekojima vs Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City | Dexterity Board Game Showdown!
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Let’s compare two popular dexterity games: Nekojima and Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City. We’ll break down the core mechanics, complexity, and gameplay experience to help you decide which game is the right fit for your game night. • Nekojima is a fast-paced, tower-building game that’s perfect for families and casual gamers. • Tokyo Highway: Rainbow City adds strategic depth to the classic game with ...
Lunar Skyline: The follow-up to the 2023 GOTY is a Trick-Taker?!
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Lunar Skyline is the follow-up to Lunar Rush, my 2023 Game of the Year. This one’s a trick-taker, with some twists: the cards have two suits, and bidding on the hands you’ll win is strategically “tricky”! More information can be found here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadalivegames/lunar-skyline?ref=2mz74q 00:00 Intro 00:39 Play Count & Complexity 01:20 Victory Conditions & Gameplay 07:48 Ski...
Estate: Raise the Realm - Worker placement, engine building, and tasty combos!
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Estate: Raise the Realm combines worker placement with engine/tableau building in a game where it’s easy to create fun combos. You can find more info here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/grodgames/estate-raise-the-realm?ref=2iwhwm 00:00 Intro 00:46 Play Count & Complexity 01:26 Victory Conditions & Gameplay 08:58 Skills 10:03 Final Thoughts 15:54 Contact & Socials #estateraisetherealm #boardgames...
Mythlords: Classic Monsters is a deck-building treat!
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Mythlords: Classic Monsters combines deck-building with area-control monster battles! Find more info here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/1169263915/mythlords-classic-monsters-deck-building-game-w-figures?ref=a1n9ma 00:00 Intro 00:33 Play Count & Complexity (there ARE solo rules!) 01:28 Victory Conditions & Gameplay 09:32 Skills 11:22 Final Thoughts 16:29 Contact & Socials #mythlordsclassicmonste...
Mischief Preview: A clever card game from the designer of Arboretum.
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Dan Caspar, the designer of Arboretum, presents a clever card game about befriending (or pranking) the king and queen of the Faerie court. More info about the Kickstarter can be found here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dancassar/184207081?ref=bc1enj 00:00 Intro 00:34 Play Count & Complexity 01:31 Victory Conditions & Gameplay 08:36 Skills 09:32 Final Thoughts 12:45 Contact & Socials #Mischief #...
Springsign: Win an election against anarchists!
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Springsign is an upcoming engine-building, resource management game in which players compete to be elected mayor while working together to prevent anarchists from taking over! NOTE: I mention in the video that the game is for folks aged 10 and older, but it’s actually rated for ages 13 . Find more information here: springsign.info/ 00:00 Intro 00:35 Play Count & Complexity 01:33 Victory Conditi...
LUDOS: Africa assembles ancient games and donates games to charity
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LUDOS: Africa assembles ancient games and donates games to charity
Power Hungry Pets: A “Love Letter” party game from Exploding Kittens
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Power Hungry Pets: A “Love Letter” party game from Exploding Kittens
Doomlings: The end of the world has never been sillier!
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Doomlings: The end of the world has never been sillier!
Havoc: Gen Zero is a science fiction TCG
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Havoc: Gen Zero is a science fiction TCG
This is the last stacking game I’ll ever need!
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This is the last stacking game I’ll ever need!
Dice Placement + Engine-Building = Forges of Ravenshire!
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Dice Placement Engine-Building = Forges of Ravenshire!
Sinoda is the best abstract game I’ve played in years!
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Sinoda is the best abstract game I’ve played in years!
Castellans: The latest entry in the Valeria Universe of Games
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Castellans: The latest entry in the Valeria Universe of Games
Darkrose Studios is giving away Winds of Numa Sera!
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Darkrose Studios is giving away Winds of Numa Sera!
A pick-and-pass drafting game for gym rats!
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A pick-and-pass drafting game for gym rats!
Can Courtisans win over a “take that” hater?
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Can Courtisans win over a “take that” hater?
Quick Look: Hole Up is a stacking spelling game!
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Quick Look: Hole Up is a stacking spelling game!
Check out this extremely tense, thematic co-op game!
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Check out this extremely tense, thematic co-op game!
We had a blast , really a ton of cooperation in this one . We had to plan out to attack as there was always zombies that attacked us ….. 2 of 4 of us took characters with low health. Love to try again . Must be very difficult if you have a player sabotage stuff . Thanks Dr. For the review 👍
This one came out of nowhere for me - I was totally unfamiliar with the game, but what an underrated gem!
Wow haven’t played this one , looking forward to trying it
It’s definitely worth checking out!
Great explanation of the game. Thanks for playing Brian!
We love it! I’ve set a notification for the expansion already. I didn’t even have time to mention your booklets about the cheese types or cheese-game pairings!
Just got the game. 9:42
How does the golden rule work, eternal battle, if I launched an attack with movement and for the attack to succeed, I must move, even if the opponent played a block (counterattack)?
The block would have to cover the attacker’s position at the time of the attack to block it. So the move and attack would occur, but it could be blocked if the defender is fast enough and facing the correct direction.
Thank you so much for mentioning Gems of Iridescia and for playing at Ludicon. It was a pleasure meeting you and getting to teach you the game!
It was great meeting you, and playing your game was a bonus!
Man of his word! Thanks Doctor!
Thanks for the suggestions!
Broken Fate sounds liken stratego on steroids I’ll love that one , Thanks for the updates Dr.
It’s definitely worth a look
Have played the proto type version at the End Games with my Son. I believe it has been thoughtfully developed, it allows tiers of success, and possibility to have no one actually "win". Pretty unique game play w/ social impact/ group effort aspect.
I think it’s a winner. A great balance of cooperation and competition.
Crokea has been around forever my parents where born in 1940’s and that was there game they played when we go to grandmas house my kids want to play it
Someone brought a very nice board to the convention!
Great interview Dr. Not fimilar with Chris work but that squirrel game looks great . I played Harmonies it looks really easy but you run out of land pretty quickly. Fun game Thanks for the updates
Thanks for watching!
looks like it's gonna be also fun to play with adults too! hope the Kickstarter campaign offer a lot of variety to the game!
I’m very excited about this game!
Got to play this in 2 person mode . We ran into tough monsters right away and there very difficult to kill , even once I got good weapons. So would like to try again we didn’t get enough fame to get some extra characters until round 12 . Not in my top 5 this year , but would like to try again , down the road . Thanks Dr. For the review
Thanks for checking it out!
can you use more than 2 sprint card in one play? like 3 or even 4 or 5
You definitely can, and it can be smart to overpay so the Marshall can’t guess the numbers. But using too many cards could cause you to get stuck without the numbers you need to move forward. It’s a clever balance!
Played this one twice great game it will be a huge hit
Totally agree!
Ok, you sold me Brian! This looks fun!💸
Awesome! I can’t wait to get my final copy!
This was a blast to play at Breakout Con. It’s an auto-back for me when the times comes. So much fun to play.
The upgraded components are fantastic - and the extra rules and parts are going to make it even more special!
Love it Brian!!! Thank you so much for posting. And so excited that you love Lairs so much. Means a lot to us!
I was sad to send the prototype away! Such a fun game.
Great video Dr. Brian!!
Thanks Sean!
We just got the Celtic Animals version of this game. It's mind-bending for us. Thanks for the thoughtful review, especially the examples, they helped us get started.
I still think this game is cool and pull it out for anyone with Celtic heritage. I haven’t tried the Animal version!
I really like your thoughtful and detailed reviews. I would not have otherwise known about the grip pads in the new version. We had the basic version of Tokyo Highway, it's beautiful and everyone wanted to play it but ultimately we traded it. After one road fell, all the players working carefully together to rebuild the system generally resulted in more roads falling. And then more. And then more. At that point the game ended with everyone losing and being somewhat frustrated.
The pads are very helpful. We played with only one minor accident.
Follow up question...do you think this is worth $50 CDN? I have been waiting for this to be available in Canada for a while...but $50?
Good question! It’s completely unique and I’ve enjoyed it every time. Definitely cool to pull out to show dexterity game fans. As a game, though, I preferred Misfits and Nekojima, both of which I played after this one.
@@brainsongames Interesting!! Thanks. I will have to check out reviews for both of those!
I’ll have you watching all of my videos!
@@brainsongames LOL. I see a pattern here! Always enjoy supporting Canadian quality content!
Fun game , it is better with more than 3 people in my opinion Thanks for the review Dr.
Definitely better with more players!
Thanks so much for the awesome preview! I love that you include a "Sklls" section in your videos. :)
Thank you!
Thank you for the preview!
Thanks for sharing a great game!
I played this game 4 times and so we had 12 rounds over a couple of days with different players . Only once we were under bid and only once we bid exactly the 11 tricks so we all over estimated our hands 😳😀. Fun game and yes very hard to get rid of a suit . If you don’t get the contracts not a huge issue as sometimes all where not great , sometimes there was 1-2 that where extremely powerful so we would push to get our tricks right away so I would try and get it right away then you get first choice . You are sunk even if you are getting 6-8 points per round if you don’t get those building huge bonus if you can get one per round. And there was a tremendous card that you can take 2 building in a round instead of the normal 1 building. Overall Mori is better in my opinion there is a review on this channel as well on it ( another trick taker) . But I would purchase this game for sure we had fun . Thanks Dr.
Thanks for the detailed play-through comments!
Really glad you enjoyed the game! :)
Came for the Hamster Roll review (it has been on my Wish List for YEARS as a dexterity fan), and stayed for the amazing Crokinole board hanging on the wall. Wow.
Awesome! I love that board. Thanks for checking out the channel. I’ve got a couple of dexterity game reviews coming up!
@@brainsongames Awesome. I pretty much only play dexterity games (including Crokinole!), so I will have to check out your upcoming reviews! Like you, I have wanted Hamster Roll for MANY years (but couldn't get it in Canada), but now I can. I only wish I could get Riff Raff here in Canada!!
Here, Flick of Faith gets played often, and I reviewed Misfits recently, which is beautiful!
@@brainsongames Wow. Haven't heard of either of those games! Will check out both now!
@jsa6261 let me know what you think! I reviewed Flick of Faith too.
Got the opportunity to play this one , would like to try again I got a little mixed up when battling but we worked it out that if we made a little mistake everyone was at the same disadvantage. Again want to give another go . What a Halloween game perfect . Thanks Dr. For taking the time to review 👍
Thanks for watching!
It actually plays solo as well. Thanks for the shout out, Brains On Games.
It’s great for Halloween!
@HassanDervish 0 seconds ago Hi This KS has come to a grinding halt. Do you have anything faith this game will come to fruition? (You might know him personally and can vouch for him).
That’s sad to hear! I don’t personally know the designer but I can shoot an email and post here if I learn anything.
This games looks fun! I'm in Australia. Is there a list of the locations and the abbreviations to make more sense of it?
I don’t recall there being one! I just took a look at the second edition rules and they aren’t included there. It became easier to remember where everything was once we played a few times, though.
I like the game 🙂
It’s a good one!
Do we need to justify our power as the mayor in order to convince the anarchists? 😅
You just need to convince them that you would better than utter chaos 😉
If only slightly.
I'm happy to say I know the shop and the guy behind it well! Both awesome. I also have no problem telling you that I cheated thru my second playthru and helped him figure out some of the bigger issues lol
Haha! Glad the issues got sorted out!
I don’t know about the game. But the beard is awesome. JK, the game is great too!
Haha!
I love that the villagers can just get fed up and nope out of having a mayor. Clever, cathartic.
I got the opportunity to play this twice . We all lost the first time we played . 2nd time we had a winner . It’s a great game
It takes a game to recognize how fast the anarchists can take over!
Can't wait to get my hands on this game!
It’s going to be a fun campaign!
Omg I love this, I'm so glad you liked it!
The tight resources and anarchists made it a fun time!
Thank you so much for your preview, Brian!! We loved hearing your thoughts on the game :)
Thanks for sharing Springsign!
I love the game and it looks fun to me 😁👍
Glad you like it!
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I had a hard time with the Madagascar 🇲🇬 one . But what a great idea 💡. The last 5 years of board games are crazy good so . These won’t be in games of the year . But it was very interesting, and to learn about Ancient games My favourite by far was the 4 th game the Dr. showed us from country Ghana 🇬🇭 Thanks Dr. For sharing these games with us. I hope the campaign goes well
Thanks for watching!
Got the chance to finally play this game . WOW is it ever great we played a 3 person game and i absolutely love it . I found it pretty easy to learn . Sometimes I get intimidated by games that are medium to difficult but this was certainly not difficult . But medium to light to be honest. I only got 34 the winner did get 48 . But I agree with you in my top 10 for 2024 …. not sure if you played the final version but awesome game can’t wait to play again
I’m surprised I’m not playing it right now!
Blah, blah, unknowlegeable blah. Show the thing. End the clip.
Got to play one game . I think it’s great I found the “ Take that “ wasn’t bad as sometimes the “ take that “ would affect everyone . There are some kids games that would have my boys fighting when they were younger . As the take that was a little harsh …. Great game for families. Thanks Dr.
Thanks for watching!
I like the game 😊
I thought you might!
Thanks for reviewing!!! <3
Thanks for sharing your game!
Thank you for this wonderful review, Dr. MacDonald!!!
My pleasure!
Got the opportunity to play this one , I need a lot more practice. But to be fair only played 2 times . I played the basic deck . And wasn’t trading. I’m sure it will be a hit . Thanks for the video
Thanks for watching!