More Hollandspiele! I know solitaire games aren’t usually your thing, but Hollandspiele has some excellent ones. I just played Wars of Marcus Aurelius yesterday. I’m looking forward to trying Stilicho and Aurelian.
I'll never say never, but I would be very surprised if I ever got into solo gaming at this point. I've tried many times and they just don't do anything for me unfortunately.
After YEARS of enjoying your video and finally securing a decent job, it was high time I became a Patreon supporter ! I love your style and your tutorials, and can't wait to vote and suggest for your videos to come !
While this and the other Hollandspiele games you have covered recently don't really appeal to me from a gameplay perspective, I have to say that I'm very intrigued by using relatively obscure historical events as themes. I remember hearing about the board game Versailles 1919 last year, thinking, "How do you make a game about a treaty?" and then Amabel just turns things up to 11 with this game as well as the Witches and Toledo. Very nifty!
I agree regarding the themes. Very interesting stuff, I've enjoyed learning about things I had no idea about either. I'd never heard of The Field of the Cloth of Gold as an event for example, or the Toledo War.
Great showcase of an interesting-looking game. This looks like one where sometimes the counter-intuitive move is best, always a great thing. Meaty choices for a 20-minute game. Thanks, Jon!
It's a nice game, and if the box is small enough, it can be one you'll able to bring in a bag somewhere. It's nice seeing these smaller size games on the channel. My favorite of it was that when you are thinking about what to do, you also have to take into considerable what tile you're gifting to your opponent, and how that might affect future actions. Even with your best efforts to not give your opponent points, sometimes the random events give the player good things, such as your hand with 3 gold tiles in it by the end of the game, and being able to get them out on your very last turn of the game. Overall, nice tutorial, and I hope to see more smaller games like this one with tutorials on your channel in the future.
This feels like a game that you have to play or watch a playthrough of to really understand. That being said, I feel like I understand it now! Great video.
Doesn't seem like a bad game. I like the creative design. That said, despite the fact that I am interested in history themes, the history here is pretty abstract. I'd play if someone asked me to, but I'm not running out to get it. Enjoyed watching the playthrough!
This feels more like a meaty game mechanic than a game unto itself. Maybe a 'Queenie'- or 'Chronicle' type of expansion to some more substantial euro-game?
I see it as a great distillation of an interesting mechanic. It certainly could be filled out into something bigger but I think it stands well on it's own as a 20m game.
More Hollandspiele!
I know solitaire games aren’t usually your thing, but Hollandspiele has some excellent ones. I just played Wars of Marcus Aurelius yesterday. I’m looking forward to trying Stilicho and Aurelian.
I'll never say never, but I would be very surprised if I ever got into solo gaming at this point. I've tried many times and they just don't do anything for me unfortunately.
After YEARS of enjoying your video and finally securing a decent job, it was high time I became a Patreon supporter ! I love your style and your tutorials, and can't wait to vote and suggest for your videos to come !
Thanks again Yann, I really appreciate it :)
Hollandspiele owes you a beer because after hearing your last Good Games Blog, I bought this and Reign of Witches / Toledo War
Really interesting point system in the game. Enjoyed the play-through.
Wow, someone could block a space I want the whole game. I might flip the table! Good job at showing the "if I go here they might go there" options.
It's a funky mechanic, but I think it works well considering the game only takes 20 or so minutes in person.
While this and the other Hollandspiele games you have covered recently don't really appeal to me from a gameplay perspective, I have to say that I'm very intrigued by using relatively obscure historical events as themes. I remember hearing about the board game Versailles 1919 last year, thinking, "How do you make a game about a treaty?" and then Amabel just turns things up to 11 with this game as well as the Witches and Toledo. Very nifty!
I agree regarding the themes. Very interesting stuff, I've enjoyed learning about things I had no idea about either. I'd never heard of The Field of the Cloth of Gold as an event for example, or the Toledo War.
Great showcase of an interesting-looking game. This looks like one where sometimes the counter-intuitive move is best, always a great thing. Meaty choices for a 20-minute game. Thanks, Jon!
It's a nice game, and if the box is small enough, it can be one you'll able to bring in a bag somewhere. It's nice seeing these smaller size games on the channel.
My favorite of it was that when you are thinking about what to do, you also have to take into considerable what tile you're gifting to your opponent, and how that might affect future actions. Even with your best efforts to not give your opponent points, sometimes the random events give the player good things, such as your hand with 3 gold tiles in it by the end of the game, and being able to get them out on your very last turn of the game.
Overall, nice tutorial, and I hope to see more smaller games like this one with tutorials on your channel in the future.
Really good job on the video. Thank you for working so hard.
This feels like a game that you have to play or watch a playthrough of to really understand. That being said, I feel like I understand it now! Great video.
Lovely runthrough Jon !
This was extremely helpful.
Doesn't seem like a bad game. I like the creative design. That said, despite the fact that I am interested in history themes, the history here is pretty abstract. I'd play if someone asked me to, but I'm not running out to get it. Enjoyed watching the playthrough!
So good
Looks like an innocent game but you can see all the agonizing decisions you have to make. Very interesting head to head game
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This design has a great sense of humor. We need a little more satire, especially about historical events, in this industry.
An interesting 2 player game but locking down the gold with the dragon for the whole game seemed annoying to me. I would just get frustrated I think.
Ive seen this happen, or other actions get locked out. I think it’s an intentional part of the design since the game is so short.
Oops I was redundant.
At first I was like "Oh, cool, old school game!", but then I checked BGG, and oh my god! - the release date was in 2020 :D
Hehe, yeah it has an old school feel for sure.
This feels more like a meaty game mechanic than a game unto itself. Maybe a 'Queenie'- or 'Chronicle' type of expansion to some more substantial euro-game?
I see it as a great distillation of an interesting mechanic. It certainly could be filled out into something bigger but I think it stands well on it's own as a 20m game.