Game publisher Adam here. Thank you for such a fresh take on a board game review! Love your thoughtful comments on the reasons many abstract games struggle and that you've landed on the word "Harmony" as a descriptor. That validates our design goals! Glad you liked the game obviously, and I am now a sub too! Also appreciated the mathematical breakdowns in the afterthoughts! We did have a programmer help with large-scale simulations and made some game design decisions to understand the first player move advantage in theory. Also noting the component quality issues you saw on your copy and sorry that happened, but resourceful fix with the utility knife! Feel free to reach out if you need replacement components.
So glad you got a chance to see this. Truly excellent game, and the component issues really were minor. Only a few of the player pieces were affected, and only on corner pegs. I look forward to playing more of your games!
I ordered this game and I am w8ting to arrive! my father is a great chess player but most boardgames turn him off with complicated rules. but this is a game that I am 100% sure he will love it! there is another way to win the game, and is by complete all pegs on one pice. and there is an expansion of this game too, its a bit rare to find, but its about creatures of the pound with really nice illustrations and put rock as obstacles on the board. anyway, This game was greatelly overlooked by many, and feels like an instant classic.
I chose not to mention the secondary win condition. In my experience it was quite rare. I have a copy of Thrive: pond life, and intend to review it soon as well.
I like your review style and I will remain a subscriber. Now, that is saying something because I quickly tired of several of the other popular board game review channels. I felt they they felt obligated to crank out lots of reviews and just seemed to be going through the motions. I like that you give me a good, quick, substantial feel for the game and then some food for thought. The afterthoughts is a good way of adding the more nuance with unnecessary lengthening the review.
Game publisher Adam here. Thank you for such a fresh take on a board game review! Love your thoughtful comments on the reasons many abstract games struggle and that you've landed on the word "Harmony" as a descriptor. That validates our design goals! Glad you liked the game obviously, and I am now a sub too!
Also appreciated the mathematical breakdowns in the afterthoughts! We did have a programmer help with large-scale simulations and made some game design decisions to understand the first player move advantage in theory.
Also noting the component quality issues you saw on your copy and sorry that happened, but resourceful fix with the utility knife! Feel free to reach out if you need replacement components.
So glad you got a chance to see this. Truly excellent game, and the component issues really were minor. Only a few of the player pieces were affected, and only on corner pegs. I look forward to playing more of your games!
Incredibly helpful video, thankyou for this, your presentation style is absolutely spot on. Take care.
I ordered this game and I am w8ting to arrive! my father is a great chess player but most boardgames turn him off with complicated rules. but this is a game that I am 100% sure he will love it!
there is another way to win the game, and is by complete all pegs on one pice. and there is an expansion of this game too, its a bit rare to find, but its about creatures of the pound with really nice illustrations and put rock as obstacles on the board. anyway, This game was greatelly overlooked by many, and feels like an instant classic.
I chose not to mention the secondary win condition. In my experience it was quite rare. I have a copy of Thrive: pond life, and intend to review it soon as well.
I like your review style and I will remain a subscriber. Now, that is saying something because I quickly tired of several of the other popular board game review channels. I felt they they felt obligated to crank out lots of reviews and just seemed to be going through the motions. I like that you give me a good, quick, substantial feel for the game and then some food for thought. The afterthoughts is a good way of adding the more nuance with unnecessary lengthening the review.
That was the goal! glad it worked. Thanks for the feedback.