That was a pleasure to meet you in person. I'm looking forward for that 4x games :) btw. SETI was the best game i've played on Essen Spiele. In case what about games which you haven't played yet, i think they shouldn't count to the limit
Tomas!! 🤩🤩🤩 It was super awesome to talk to you.. Before the end of the year I will have a cool video about 4X games, I promise! And I'm very glad to hear you liked SETI! It's very reassuring 😊 Thank you for the advice.. I'm glad that you say it because it's what I feel aswell haha Thanks for commenting and I hope we'll have more opportunities to meet 😊
I suggest having a buffer. That way you can segment your games in either 1) your collection of X games and then 2) your buffer with Y games to try. Then you could estimate how many game you want to play just for joy from your collection, the time available in your year and that should guide you to how much is X... 100 maybe? Finally doing some similar math you could estimate how big can the buffer be for you to keep enyoing your collection and also being able to add new games and cull any from the collection if aplicable :) I also want to thank you for trusting me regarding Horus Heresy suggestion. I think that some FFG games were a little ahead of its time and some games suffered the consequences... HH, Middle Earth Quest and Gears of War are some examples. Greatings from Argentina my friend!
Ohhhh thank you so much Juan!! Thank you for your suggestion! And yes, I think I agree and I should have a different shelf for games I haven't tried yet. And my core collection will never pass 100 games :) that's the rule 😉
Horus Heresy was my fist Board game, hehe. Chaos In The Old World and MEQ I got a little later. Painting all HH minis was my introduction into the world of table top games & painting hobby. Unfortunately I'm not playing it that much as I want, because my wife doesn't like it as much as our other FFG games, of whom I am some kind of a fanboy and I'm completely with you that they were ahead of its time... Sometimes I look at their games and I can't believe even by the way they look that they are that old... And interestingly a lot of their games feel unique even nowadays when it looks like there is everything out there in the market! Even today I got a pack for WH Conquest LCG from eBay :). If I can suggest something to try, that LCG is maybe their best 1vs1 LCG, except Netrunner, which is my N1 game of All Time! I'm not suggesting it for your channel coverage, it just deserves to be seen. Great design by E. Lang!
@@alexdanev I also agree with you on Conquest, I hope you could complete your collection! I remember when the split was announced and I rushed to collect all my missing packs. I love Conquest, Netrunner and also Invasion :)
First of all, thank you for sharing this with me 😊 If I'm totally honest, Blood Rage, Ankh and Rising Sun were not for me. But I still want to try Chaos in the Old World. I'll definitely take a look at Netrunner! Thank you the advice
Gratz on your 2k Subscribers. I'm very excited to see those expansions for The War of the Ring! I've been looking for some solo games and that's one I haven't heard about.
Always look forward to these collection updates! I hope you stick with the perfect 100 games schtick, but do whatever makes you happy, obviously. The “different section” idea makes perfect sense though, don’t sweat it 👍
Take your time and get settled after the move, we will still be here for whenever new content comes! Also, don't apologize for a bigger video. I for one love the longer videos and it gives more insight in to how you are curating and your thought process. As far as your question regarding the 100. I think it is totally alright to have a review shelf. It is unfair to yourself to get rid of things you know you like for something you haven't played yet. I want those 100 games to be a true representation of what you love playing. I have recently found with my collection that I have to be ruthless about games that overlap. I am constantly comparing games to see if they actually justify a spot on my shelf. Just my thoughts though! Excited to hear how the move goes and what new board game communities you can find in Switzerland!
Thank you for the patience, kind words and for the advice! Between us, that's a bit what I hoped to hear haha I think that you're doing good by comparing all the time between games, and I think I should do the same. I know that even that will lead me to some tough decisions, but I must have them. I really don't want to be a 'collector' (not that there's something wrong with that of course!)
I am still buthurt that I sold my copy of starcraft and brood wars the board games for like 80 euros back in 2017. It is to this day one of the best if not the best strategy board games ever. every single game was always soooo tight till the very last turn. it just was hard to get onto the table without hardcore gamers.
Ohhh ouch... that is painful indeed. And I agree 100% that this game is for the fans out there.. the 'casual' gamer probably won't get into this game. But it is SSSSOOOOO good!!!
Congratz on the channel growth! Starcraft is really one of those holy grail games and wish they reprinted it or made a new version for Starcraft 2. I'm sad I passed on it when I had the chance to buy it in retail ages ago
The amount if games you want at home depends how large your "Top x" games is. If you have a review shelf, you have your Top 100 and rotate games out when you find something better. If not, you effectively have a Top 90 or Top 95, depending on how much games to review you have. It's also not that bad, because you are trimming the worst of your Top 100, you will still have 90 or 95 games that you like more and the game that entered and you don't like will be the first to leave. So it's personal preference: Do as you wish ;)
I appreciate your input Michael, thank you! And yeah, I think I'll just have my 'top 100' and next to it the games I need to play but didn't get to it yet..
Congrats on the channel,and nice shopping spree I was unable to make it this year. Maybe better already too many unplayed games on the shelves. You did get lucky with the exodus expansion its hard to get. Joined the channel so i look forward to the content.
Merci beaucoup et bienvenue 🤩 Or do you prefer English? I'm just guessing with your name :) Yeah to be honest I didn't expect to buy 3 games there, but it happened.. Thank you so much for subscribing and commenting on the video. Welcome aboard 😊
@@ezbgames the name is a problem when in France ;) A bonjour monsieur dupuis.and then a lot of rapid french and i am lost. As a dutch guy i do speak more languages then most people,but my french isn’t very good. As a gamer i luv youtube its such a good source of information. Will i like this game? How do you play the game. Things are much easier now i don’t have to read 30 pages of rules but just watch a video. Have a nice evening and good luck on the moving.
Hahahaha that made me laugh.. Yes I see the problem here 🤣 We're neighbors! I hope one day we csn meet and play something together :) Yeah for sure with TH-cam everything is easier in that sense. Thank you very much sir 😉
Congrats to the 2k! I also don‘t count the unplayed games to my collection. I don‘t know if I like them, yet. So a big yes to keeping a pile of opportunity/shame outside of the collection. Keep on the good work. I really like your channel😊
Great update, interesting to hear about your Essen experience - a bit far for me in Australia to go in person, so I like watching other people's videos. Love Voidfall, so would really like to hear your thoughts on Revenant. Artwork is obviously still incredible, but I'd like to know more about what the game is like (seems very different to Voidfall)? Good luck with the house move and new job!
Thank you very much Chris 😊 So basically Revenant is a worker placement game where you can upgrade your ship and your crew and your actions can affect other players to some degree.. you are all fighting the Voidborn but also very individually trying to score more points. I wouldn't say it's semi-coop game even though it has a bit of this element.
StarCraft (video game) is one of my favourite games of all time and would love to try the board game version! I really liked your WotR vs Dune: WfA comparison, in fact you made me buy Dune after watching it. Congratulations reaching 2k subs and keep up the great work! :)
G'day mate, thanks for the great content and congratulations 🎉 on reaching this milestone. Very keen for the Quartermaster General content (when it comes)! Cheers and hooroo from Australia!
Hey there! Wonderful channel and I’m glad to see that you’re growing. Looks like you had a great time at Essen. Cool that you featured two of the games I’m waiting for: Rome and Dying Light. Rome was one of my son’s favorite games years ago and I can’t wait for it to arrive on his doorstep. Looking forward to more content on your channel. Thanks for the contest and best of luck to all!
I played Starcraft for many many years. As life got busier, I started to prefer the slower pace of board games :) I would love to play Starcraft the board game, but I am also happy for everyone who gets it! And thank you very much for sharing your experiences from Spiel Essen! Still waiting patiently for my copy of the Arcs base game. Cheers!
Star Craft is one heck of a giveaway. As for cons, it has been too long for us since we've been to one, and I've always wanted to go to Essen. Pretty cool.
It's never too late my friend ;) I wanted to do something special, and I figured it will be nicer to receive a game that is OOP than a game that is on the hot list. You know what I mean?
In regards to the hard limit to 100 games, I really like the "format". I like it because makes you much more "relatable" and close to a common player who cannot really afford to have 500 games around. Having said so, i think it is fair to allow some buffer shelf for the games yet to play, which eventually can enter or leave your house/collection according to the experience you had whilst trying them
I hear you and I find it very interesting. So some sort of a limited shelf (maybe like 10 games?) that can wait to be played before actually taking a decision about it. Oh and I absolutely agree that I am someone who CAN NOT afford to have 500 games 😅
@@ezbgames something like that. And having this "waiting room shelf" will make a "game entering officially the collection" a sort of seal of approval of your channel. A sort of living top 100 games. If you get rid of another game only for the sake of trying another, it is a bit of risky move.
Congrats to 2k subs! Lets go 5k! I like your idea with a separate shelf of shame/possibilites! You should probably put a limit on how many games or how much space is allowed to make it managable.
2K subs! *archon voice* Power Overwhelming. Good luck to you. Hope your channel keeps growing. Been enjoying your content since your Voidfall videos, which helped me gain confidence to table that beast of a game!
Concratz on your 2k subscribers. Best games played in Essen were Rebirth & The Bad Karmas. Best buy was Legacy Kingdoms. I hope that Tom Vasels law "If a game is that good their will be a reprint" will also aply on Starcraft. I love the IP and that is my grail game, especially with the Brood war expansion.
Thank you so much!! Oh my God if Starcraft will be reprinted I'm all-in deluxe collectors edition lol I've heard mixed opinions of Rebirth.. What did you like in it?
congrats for tge growing channel. New subscriber here. I like that you consider time management for chosing what to do with the games, and although I would not give recommendations, I'd probably have a mix of 50 games to keep, 10 as buffer and the rest recycle through the community. Also huge fan of Starcraft PC game. I hope I'm lucky :-). Cheers from Romania.
Thank you for commenting and welcome aboard! I've been to Romania not a long time ago near Cluj.. I spent some time trekking in the region of Transilvania. Beautiful country and very nice people 🤩 50 games to keep is a true challenge but I might try to do it :) Crossing fingers for you regarding Starcraft! Love the PC game 😊
2012 I bought Duels of the Planeswalkers on the Xbox Arcade and it came with a free "Grave Titan" promo card. Went to the nearest game shop in the mall that participated to get my free card and I saw the Starcraft board game with the expansion that my mom said would be my birthday present. I said no because I wanted something else instead and I don't even remember what it was lol. Now that I'm into board gaming more seriously I always regret that day since the game is so hard to come by now 🤣
I am so happy and excited for you! Please continue to make content and I just appreciate you and the friendship you have extended to me! I hope we can come to Paris someday to spend some time with you. Your bit coming to the US for PAX unplugged are you?
I'm very grateful for the relationships this channel helped me create.. it is simply amazing! Soon I'm moving to Geneva, but I promise you and your wife good time if you come visit ❤️ US for now, unfortunately, is not on the table.. but things can change of course 😊
Hi greeting from NZ, I just stumble upon your channel while watching starcraft games. I looked at your other videos and see how we like the same genre of games. I'm new to boardgaming after being too old to play startcraft. I would love to have the boardgame added to my growing collections. have you done a review/ playthrough of Dune imperium uprising?
@ezbgames IMHO you should, the dune uprising has a better dynamics than the OG. Hope you find time to play it if you can't review it... expansion Bloodlines coming next year.
It was actually your “perfect board game collection” videos that had me first subscribe to the channel! I found your approach to maintaining a 100-game collection really interesting compared to a lot of other channels. I do think it’s fair for you to keep an incoming pile of unplayed games separate from your collection though, since selling off a game just to buy it back again seems more wasteful than having a few extra boxes around that you’re yet to play. The StarCraft board game looks super interesting. Whenever I see StarCraft I’m reminded of when my brother came across me playing his old copy of the original game, and he ended up buying me StarCraft II for Christmas later that year so I wouldn’t be stuck in 1998 -- it was still a great game but the upgrade was certainly a welcome addition. Congrats on 2K, keep it up!
First of all, thank you for sticking around, I appreciate it. I think I will do exactly that but I have to keep a small buffer shelf of unplayed games. I don't want to have a huge shelf of shame because, as you said, it kind of misses the point. Thank you for weighing in on the matter :) Regarding Starcraft- I love the IP so much!!! The PC game was amazing and the board game is great. Crossing fingers for you 😊🤞🏽🤞🏽
Glad to see you found Quartermaster General BTW. It’s best with the highest play count. Does a great job of summarizing a conflict via a card playing mechanism. Not so much a “war game” as it is about keeping your troops in supply. Also best to play with others who have played the game and know how each country plays. Might be a downside considering your moving. Good luck with the move.
@@vloche11 those are some good points. I understood it's a war game from the description, but thank you for fine tuning this haha Not sure I'll always find 5 more players for this, so I hooe it works also with a lower player count
I find it totaly cool to put all the new, unplayed games to an inbox pile and only when you've played them they go to your 100 games no more no less collection. But think of limiting the inbox, otherwise you'll have 200 games (and more) ;-) Great to.see "Shogun" in your pile. I love the game, but safly it won't come to the table that often
Really looking forward about your experience with Proxima. I was looking into it for a faster 4x game... Where eventually I landed on March if the Ants instead, which is really a faster one. I was concerned proxima would have been too long anyway, despite being shorter than other heavy 4Xs
I am super interested in the Rome total war game. Haven't backed it, but it was one of my favorite games growing up :) Regarding having buffer of games outside of 100 can be tricky. Personally i find limitations of 100 games super interesting and neat. Having more games kinda defeats your purpose of 100 games challenge. Its always going to be a moving thing, but having more games then 100 would kinda defeat whole challenge. Though it was me, i would have buffer just because of the reasons you mentioned :D
Hahaha I see your point and I'm struggling with the decision. Maybe I'll let this one slide just because it was Essen, and then back to the routine. We'll see.. I already opened Rome Total War and starting to learn the rules 🤩
Exactly that! You got a good eye.. The game is very good, very streamlined. I did a review of it so feel free to watch it. I also compared between Dune and War of the Ring so it's another not bad video. In general, I enjoy this game but if I have the time I'll prefer to play WotR
One of the best channels out there! ❤ Great content, I would recommend just having "owned games that have not yet really entered the collection" By the way, I would love to help you get rid of some games ;)
Congrats on the 2k subscriber milestone! 100 games is already too many. Keep it strict. For context, even if you played every single day, you would play each game at most 3-4 times per year. I personally like to play my games multiple times so I’m aiming for 25 games.
Glad you had a great time at Essen man. Honestly, me and a friend went for the first time ever and thought that it was a real slog. We had a few super weird interactions, rude staff, most demos fell really flat (the few we could even get to play), and super crowded. I anticipated it to be crowded but it felt like they hadn’t planned for it enough. Why the hell did GW have the queue to submit golden demon entries also block one entire wall of the display cabinets?! Weird decisions. On top of insanely unreliable travel to and from the con, it was a bit of a nightmare. Obviously not the universal experience and I would guess we had some bad luck but still sucked. Same we didn’t see you, I would have said high! So cool you have Defence of Procyon III. I bought it way after the crowdfunding and I have yet to get it to the table but it looks super unique and interesting. Going to paint it and get it to the table soon.
Wow I'm so sorry this was your experience.. but I can definitely understand it. People do tend to be less patient, especially after the 2nd day.. I hope your next experience (if it will happen) will be a better one. And I hope that till you bring Defence of Procyon III to the table, I'll already have a video explaining it 😇
I see that the packing is going along well. How stressful is it to move with such a collection of big games? I hope to see some content for Arcs. Super excited for it. Completely missed the campaign and waiting on retail. Glad to see you found a copy of defence of procyon III. Still haven't tried my copy but it looks awesome. Kind of the back-up buy I made when I couldn't find starcraft the board game. It looks like a starcraft mission from the original game. I just don't know how to even beginning to learn it and then teach it to my group xD. Let me know if you have any tip when you master it edit : I think it is fair to have a ''content creator'' shelf and eventually games can go into the ''permanent'' collection. The only challenge is to stop the ''content creator'' shelf to get out of control and take over the house.
Thank you so much for this comment 😊 It's definitely not an easy job moving everything, but luckily I have good people around me that help a lot.. Arcs will be for sure covered on the channel. 100% And love the story behind buying Defence for Procyon III. I'll try to make a playthrough for it as well 😊 I appreciate the advice and will probably go to that direction. Thank you ❤️
It really was a pleasure to meet you! Your vibe in the videos it's already awesome and it's greater in person! Thank you 😊 Ohhh maaaaaan be prepare for Arcs! I love that game, but! It's not a game for everyone. It's a weird brutal game, but damn I really like it... Even when I get demolished (most of the time 😂😂) Great pickups from Essen! I didn't try out many games but my favorite was Mordred by CMON (although it was a small demo keep me interested in the game), my least favorite was Altay too simple/streamline for me. Finally you got Exodus PC! 😮😮 For me it's the 2nd best 4X (ti4 on top) I really like that game. I have it with all the expansions, but the Edge of Extinction is mandatory (gives asymmetric power/factions). And for that price it was a steal! Amazing deal! About your collection: A game that isn't played, it's not part of a collection, it's one extra bedside table 😂😂 so doesn't count for the collection Thank you for your content! Thank you for the warm welcoming! See you soon my friend!
Vitooooorrrr!!! ❤️😍❤️😍❤️ My brother from Portugal!! It was no less than amazing meeting you in person ❤️ I didn't get to check out CMON so I'll have to check it out.. For Arcs- played it 2 times on TTS and really liked it. But yeah- a brutal game indeed, I agree. I had a feeling you'd be proud of me with Exodus 😎 I just need to get the last expansion now haha I appreciate your take on my collection (and agree with it haha), I appreciate you continue watching my content and I can't wait to meet you in Portugal and play together.. For sure we'll have an awesome time!! ❤️❤️
I'm proud of your Exodus acquisition 😎 ahhahahahahh No need to rush to the last expansion, it only brings new modules. Its fun but they are just add-ons to the main game that it's awesome! I will be waiting for you where in Portugal to eat francesinhas and play some boardgames 😁 Thank you my friend! Good luck in your new home at Genebra!
A wise man once said: When they are bad games, those you buy; selling them off, not hurt the heart so much. 🥴 But seriously, the 100 mark is a good point of orientation but shouldn't be carved in stone. That doesn't mean a green flag to go up to 200, but if there is a seasonal bloat so be it. As long you even it out later on. This is much easier to do when you play daily than just once a week or so. I massively culled a couple months ago, just to find myself with more than before atm, due to a massive fulfillment wave.
Congratulations on 2k subscribers, I subscribed to your channel after I watched your Europa Universalis review. I still come back and watch that video occasionally, it always cheers me up! Jealous your moving to Switzerland, a beautiful country great part of Europe. I have been trying to move to Europe but it is hard to get to get a start. I think you should stay to 100 games, otherwise you will end up having 1000s of games and it becomes a burden. But I think new and unplayed games should be temporarily outside of the 100 games. Then you need to limit these temporary games to say 10 games so you are incentivised to play them and put them into your collection or sell them. So your collection is really 100+10 at most.
I'm so happy you liked the Europa Universalis video hahahaha I received a lot of mixed feedback for it ;) Where are you from, if I may ask? I think 100+10 is totally reasonable so that's probably the direction that I will take. Thank you for commenting and for the kind words 😊
All good, no worries. I enjoy your thoughts and content. I live and was born in Australia. I spent about a year in Europe in 2022-2023. I have a European passport through my family but finding it difficult to find a job that will pay enough to live. I have tried to learn a language but I am not good enough to get a decent job yet. Oh well, that is life I suppose! One of my favourite countries is Austria but haven’t spent much time in France or Switzerland. Hope to see them one day so I can imagine your life in Geneva will be sweet! Best of luck!
Thank you so much.. I love Austria! Beautiful country, I was there about 10 times give or take haha If you're ever around, please let me know- you have where to stay 😊
Supp mate! In commenting just to say I really love the passion you put in the same games i love (like starcraft!). Like a month a ago you told me about Heroes 3 board game and how you "dislike" it. At the end i take the All-in (with all expansions from this last week KS), i will just sell if its not what i expect to be... but nostalgia... is nostalgia my friend. Just to mention I really take in consideration everything you said (in fact I openned a full thread in BGG just commenting what you told me). Continue this way with the channel, not beeing sold by "I-give-you-a-free-copy-of-my-game-and-you-give-me-a-good-review". I wish we could try that company of Heroes sometime, its one of my tops game to try. Maybe in another life! And thats all. Go for it dude! (PS: Just in case, dont count with me for the Starcraft copy, i already have it, with the expansion, in an honorific place at home)
Your comment really made me smile.. thank you for that ❤️ I totally get taking the All-In for HoMM3, it makes sense and even if someone would have told me what I already know, I would have taken it anyway.. because sometimes you just need to check things on your own. I'm glad you're doing it because I'm the same as you, and if we weren't like this, we would have ended only with games that are ranked super high on BGG because that's what the majority likes. So.. keep on this road my friend :) If there is one thing I can promise you, is that I will NEVER do a review for a game I have received for free. NEVER EVER. I will only review games that I bought myself. I'd love to play Company of Heroes, and we should not wait for another life. I believe that everything is possible just depends on when and where. Lets keep each other updated when we travel, yes? ;) May I please ask (and apologies if I've asked before) where are you from? P.s. how good is Starcraft??? And you got the expansion aswell... super mega cool 😎
@@ezbgames I completely agree with you. We are country neighbours, im spanish (Madrid). So if it happens that you have to come here anytime, you can count with a Starcraft Brood War with a beer, so dont hesitate to mention it. Starcraft is in my top 3. Actually i discovered your channel looking for a gameplay of it, and then the expansion magically got to me which (in my opinion) hugely improve the base game mechanics.
You're from Spain?? Then 100% we will meet and play!! 🤩🤩 I appreciate the invitation my friend. The expansion for sure adds to the game. Like all of FFG games in the past hahaha
Hi, since you mentioned your "shift" towards wargames a little, have you tried any of the Axis&Allies games? I am really tempted, but still hesitant. And since we have kinda same taste in games (except Voidfall 😵💫), I wonder what is your opinion on the A&A series. Btw. did u manage to table Cthulhu Wars? Awesome game. Lots of fun. Congratulations on achieving that number of subscribers.
So A&A is something that I tried a long time ago but didn't get back to it. I remember it was super long, but I should definitely try and get this again to have a more solid point of view. Thank you for this! Didn't table Cthulhu Wars yet.. it will take me a bit more time because of the move but I'm really curious to see this one on the table 🤩 Thank you very much 😊😊
@@ezbgames actually I like and own many Euro games. In the end a lot of 4X games are euro games in the core, or at least with euro mechanism. In Voidfall I dislike the core - having several cards on hand, with three actions, single actions could be on two different cards, you choosing which card to play, which actions , etc. It is just too much, and I don't have good feeling afterward. I love simple action-selection. Like in Eclipse or CW.
I backed Rome, I fear it's not really a good game, but I was okay with that when I backed it, because it definitely has potential and I loved the PC Game. I think everything comes down on how good the game flow is, because they carried a lot of complexity from the PC game over to the board game adaptation and because of this there is always the risk that it is too much of a slow burner for my taste. But I hope for the best.
I'm so happy you wrote thos comment. Unfortunately, the rulebook(s) are not so clear. I'm already on my way of learning the game but it's pretty harsh. Especially the combat. And when and rulebook is not clear- the game feels a bit stuck. I'll try to produce a video of a playthrough as quickly as possible, but this is a tough mission :/
@@ezbgames you definitely should, because you are one of the few who has the chance to do that at the moment... no but seriously I would be happy if you can do that. The developer has a few videos out at the moment, but the pacing was ultra slow and sadly they were a bit confused by the rules themselves (at least in the first showcase of that game, but maybe the guy who presented the game was just not so well prepared). So a preview/review or some thoughts on that game would be very welcome for a lot of people who backed that game.
I'll do my best as quickly as possible. I was counting a bit on these videos to give me a kickstart, but if you're saying there might be rule confusion over there, I'm alone in the battlefield 🤣 My plan is to have this video on line before the end of the month
You should only have a game enter your collection once you play it and if you find out that you like it. I would not consider a game I bought but not yet played to have entered my collection. Then, like you said, you run the risk of getting rid of something you like more and the game entering your collection is a dud. For me, once I play a game and decide I want to keep, I then do my analysis of the collection to see what gets removed.
show me the money have always been interested in a big convention like Essen, but cost and time commitment make it hard (esp given my unplayed game collection lol}
I agree with you when it comes to FFG, but some games are still here. About a year ago I did a video about my top picks for such adaptations. I think that games like Frostpunk, This War of Mine, Comoany of Heroes and Darkest Dungeon are very good!
What did I miss ? You're giving Starcraft away but why ? XD Not the gift in itself I mean that's great ^^' But why Starcraft ? Don't you like the game ? I find it really awesome (even better than Forbidden Star, but I guess that depends on personnal tastes). Did you do a video where you said you didn't like it that much ? Didn't see it if it is the case ^^ I'm dying to put my hands on complete copies. I can quite easily find a base game copy (but it is quite expensive) but I can't, for the sake of mine, find a copy of the Broodwar expansion -_-
Ohhh no no.. I love this game a lot!! I just bought another copy so I can do a giveaway of a game that I really like and still keep my copy 😊 And yeah the expansions is almost not possible to trace unless you're paying a really high price, I agree
Total War??? Haha. There is an old game called Ikusa, its actually a newer Version of an even older game called Shogun (and some other Name too) Anyway this Shogun/Ikusa was the Inspiration for the very first Total War PC game Shogun
A friend of mine has it. We stopped playing it when we found Runewars some 10y ago. I Kind of still like Ikusa, although maybe more the idea of it;))) It can be really horrible being on the other side of an upleveled Shogun. I remeber they can move 3 but not 1 or something. And it is a great game to be a betrayer and end friendship haha... Anyway as I also played some TW, especially Medivial 2, I later found out that those games are connected. I mean it was just the Inspiration for Total war. I wonder what you will say, please make a WotR Style rules Video!!!!:) Yeah I will tell you about Seti, I think I will like it having red the rules. I like the theme, I love CGE, and I sometimes really enjoy euros. All the best for your move!!
Runewars is such a great game!! Oh my God TW Medieval II is my favorite of the whole series!!! 😍 love it.. I did not a long time ago and explanatory playthrough for WotR. I basically explain 95% of the rules there.. check it out- people seem to like this a lot.
That was a pleasure to meet you in person. I'm looking forward for that 4x games :)
btw. SETI was the best game i've played on Essen Spiele.
In case what about games which you haven't played yet, i think they shouldn't count to the limit
Tomas!! 🤩🤩🤩
It was super awesome to talk to you..
Before the end of the year I will have a cool video about 4X games, I promise!
And I'm very glad to hear you liked SETI! It's very reassuring 😊
Thank you for the advice.. I'm glad that you say it because it's what I feel aswell haha
Thanks for commenting and I hope we'll have more opportunities to meet 😊
I suggest having a buffer. That way you can segment your games in either 1) your collection of X games and then 2) your buffer with Y games to try. Then you could estimate how many game you want to play just for joy from your collection, the time available in your year and that should guide you to how much is X... 100 maybe? Finally doing some similar math you could estimate how big can the buffer be for you to keep enyoing your collection and also being able to add new games and cull any from the collection if aplicable :) I also want to thank you for trusting me regarding Horus Heresy suggestion. I think that some FFG games were a little ahead of its time and some games suffered the consequences... HH, Middle Earth Quest and Gears of War are some examples. Greatings from Argentina my friend!
Ohhhh thank you so much Juan!!
Thank you for your suggestion!
And yes, I think I agree and I should have a different shelf for games I haven't tried yet.
And my core collection will never pass 100 games :) that's the rule 😉
Horus Heresy was my fist Board game, hehe. Chaos In The Old World and MEQ I got a little later. Painting all HH minis was my introduction into the world of table top games & painting hobby. Unfortunately I'm not playing it that much as I want, because my wife doesn't like it as much as our other FFG games, of whom I am some kind of a fanboy and I'm completely with you that they were ahead of its time... Sometimes I look at their games and I can't believe even by the way they look that they are that old... And interestingly a lot of their games feel unique even nowadays when it looks like there is everything out there in the market! Even today I got a pack for WH Conquest LCG from eBay :). If I can suggest something to try, that LCG is maybe their best 1vs1 LCG, except Netrunner, which is my N1 game of All Time! I'm not suggesting it for your channel coverage, it just deserves to be seen. Great design by E. Lang!
@@alexdanev I also agree with you on Conquest, I hope you could complete your collection! I remember when the split was announced and I rushed to collect all my missing packs. I love Conquest, Netrunner and also Invasion :)
First of all, thank you for sharing this with me 😊
If I'm totally honest, Blood Rage, Ankh and Rising Sun were not for me. But I still want to try Chaos in the Old World. I'll definitely take a look at Netrunner!
Thank you the advice
Congrats on 2K we love your energy and passion for Board Games!
❤️❤️ thank you so much 😊
Gratz on your 2k Subscribers. I'm very excited to see those expansions for The War of the Ring! I've been looking for some solo games and that's one I haven't heard about.
Thank you so much 😊😊😊
I'll try to cover it ASAP
Wow starcraft board game! I used to play starcraft semi professionally back in 2001-2004 what a amazing game!
🤯🤯🤯 that's so cool!!
Never tried the board game..?
where is starcraft?
Congratz on the 2k. Only recently discovered the channel, but loving it. Great job with the videos
Thank you!
Welcome aboard 😊
Great content. I found the channel a month ago but started binge watching your videos. Keep going!
Super nice of you, thank you!!
Let me know if there are games you'd like me to cover on the channel.
I appreciate the support and patience 😊
Essen was great!!! Thanks for your channel and honest opinion.
The pleasure is all mine and I'm glad you enjoyed Essen! 🤩🤩
Congrats to the 2k subscribers and reaching this milestone. Wish you the best and an even larger and quicker extension of the channel!
Thank you very much! I appreciate it 😊
Gz to 2k! Starcraft Board Game!!! Looking forward to SETI. Kind regards from Croatia.
Croatia!! 🤩🤩🤩🤩
I was in Dubrovnik once.. so beautiful.
I'll try to do it ASAP
Really enjoying the content and love the talking videos while just looking at games. Excited to see this channel grow!
I appreciate it Nathan 😊
Thank you very much
Congrats and here's to 2k more! The Red Alert packs look great!
Thank you 😊😊
Yeah I'm excited to bring it to the table!
Your how-to videos have helped alot in understanding various games with rules. Also gratz on the 2k! :)
Thank you so much and I'm glad you found the videos helpful 😍
Always look forward to these collection updates! I hope you stick with the perfect 100 games schtick, but do whatever makes you happy, obviously. The “different section” idea makes perfect sense though, don’t sweat it 👍
I appreciate it..
Thank you! 😊
I hope to stay as strict as possible with my cillection
It was a pleasure meeting you at Essen brother! Keep up the good work
Thank you so much!! ❤️
I hope that next year we'll get to play something together 🤩
Hi there, I was not in Essen, but like your videos.
Thank you Eric!
I appreciate it 😊😊
Take your time and get settled after the move, we will still be here for whenever new content comes! Also, don't apologize for a bigger video. I for one love the longer videos and it gives more insight in to how you are curating and your thought process.
As far as your question regarding the 100. I think it is totally alright to have a review shelf. It is unfair to yourself to get rid of things you know you like for something you haven't played yet. I want those 100 games to be a true representation of what you love playing. I have recently found with my collection that I have to be ruthless about games that overlap. I am constantly comparing games to see if they actually justify a spot on my shelf.
Just my thoughts though! Excited to hear how the move goes and what new board game communities you can find in Switzerland!
Thank you for the patience, kind words and for the advice!
Between us, that's a bit what I hoped to hear haha
I think that you're doing good by comparing all the time between games, and I think I should do the same. I know that even that will lead me to some tough decisions, but I must have them. I really don't want to be a 'collector' (not that there's something wrong with that of course!)
Good luck with the move and glad to see your channel grow.
Thank you so much 😊😊
I hope to make it as quickly as possible!!
man, arcs looks amazing! can't wait for you to try it out!
Only tried ot on TTS, so pretty excited to bring it to the table 🤩
Sounds like you had a great trip, well deserved!
Thank you Markus 🥰
I am still buthurt that I sold my copy of starcraft and brood wars the board games for like 80 euros back in 2017. It is to this day one of the best if not the best strategy board games ever. every single game was always soooo tight till the very last turn. it just was hard to get onto the table without hardcore gamers.
Ohhh ouch... that is painful indeed.
And I agree 100% that this game is for the fans out there.. the 'casual' gamer probably won't get into this game.
But it is SSSSOOOOO good!!!
Congratz on the channel growth! Starcraft is really one of those holy grail games and wish they reprinted it or made a new version for Starcraft 2. I'm sad I passed on it when I had the chance to buy it in retail ages ago
Yeah I hear you..
Unfortunately, I guess there are some IP legal issues so I don't see a reprint or a new game anytime in the future.. 😔
The amount if games you want at home depends how large your "Top x" games is. If you have a review shelf, you have your Top 100 and rotate games out when you find something better. If not, you effectively have a Top 90 or Top 95, depending on how much games to review you have. It's also not that bad, because you are trimming the worst of your Top 100, you will still have 90 or 95 games that you like more and the game that entered and you don't like will be the first to leave.
So it's personal preference: Do as you wish ;)
I appreciate your input Michael, thank you!
And yeah, I think I'll just have my 'top 100' and next to it the games I need to play but didn't get to it yet..
Just got a new subscriber. Awesome video.
Thank you so much.. I appreciate it!
Welcome aboard 😊😊
Congrats on the channel,and nice shopping spree
I was unable to make it this year.
Maybe better already too many unplayed games on the shelves.
You did get lucky with the exodus expansion its hard to get.
Joined the channel so i look forward to the content.
Merci beaucoup et bienvenue 🤩
Or do you prefer English? I'm just guessing with your name :)
Yeah to be honest I didn't expect to buy 3 games there, but it happened..
Thank you so much for subscribing and commenting on the video.
Welcome aboard 😊
@@ezbgames the name is a problem when in France ;)
A bonjour monsieur dupuis.and then a lot of rapid french and i am lost.
As a dutch guy i do speak more languages then most people,but my french isn’t very good.
As a gamer i luv youtube its such a good source of information.
Will i like this game? How do you play the game.
Things are much easier now i don’t have to read 30 pages of rules but just watch a video.
Have a nice evening and good luck on the moving.
Hahahaha that made me laugh..
Yes I see the problem here 🤣
We're neighbors! I hope one day we csn meet and play something together :)
Yeah for sure with TH-cam everything is easier in that sense.
Thank you very much sir 😉
Congrats to the 2k! I also don‘t count the unplayed games to my collection. I don‘t know if I like them, yet. So a big yes to keeping a pile of opportunity/shame outside of the collection. Keep on the good work. I really like your channel😊
Thank you so much ❤️
Yeah, I think this is what I'm going to do.. thanks for weighing in 😊
Great update, interesting to hear about your Essen experience - a bit far for me in Australia to go in person, so I like watching other people's videos.
Love Voidfall, so would really like to hear your thoughts on Revenant. Artwork is obviously still incredible, but I'd like to know more about what the game is like (seems very different to Voidfall)?
Good luck with the house move and new job!
Thank you very much Chris 😊
So basically Revenant is a worker placement game where you can upgrade your ship and your crew and your actions can affect other players to some degree.. you are all fighting the Voidborn but also very individually trying to score more points. I wouldn't say it's semi-coop game even though it has a bit of this element.
Couldn't make it to Essen, so a copy of Starcraft could make my day 🥳
Crossing fingers 🤞🏽🤩
StarCraft (video game) is one of my favourite games of all time and would love to try the board game version!
I really liked your WotR vs Dune: WfA comparison, in fact you made me buy Dune after watching it.
Congratulations reaching 2k subs and keep up the great work! :)
Thank you so much for your kind words 😊
I'm glad and humbled that you like the content on the channel..
Crossing fingers for you 🤞🏽🤞🏽
G'day mate, thanks for the great content and congratulations 🎉 on reaching this milestone.
Very keen for the Quartermaster General content (when it comes)!
Cheers and hooroo from Australia!
Hey there!
Thank you so much.. 😊
I'm working now on Rome Total War, but I'll try to get Quartermaster ASAP 😎
Cheers!
Awesome, looking forward to that one too. Oh man Soo many games, so little time! Red Alert looks to be some good fun also
I'm pretty excited for that one aswell!
Yeah.. so many games and I just want to play them all 🤣
Hey there! Wonderful channel and I’m glad to see that you’re growing. Looks like you had a great time at Essen. Cool that you featured two of the games I’m waiting for: Rome and Dying Light. Rome was one of my son’s favorite games years ago and I can’t wait for it to arrive on his doorstep. Looking forward to more content on your channel. Thanks for the contest and best of luck to all!
Ohh you pledged for both?? I think you did good :)
Dying Light is for sure a cool game. Need to check Total War 😅
Thank you for your kind words 😊
I played Starcraft for many many years. As life got busier, I started to prefer the slower pace of board games :) I would love to play Starcraft the board game, but I am also happy for everyone who gets it! And thank you very much for sharing your experiences from Spiel Essen! Still waiting patiently for my copy of the Arcs base game. Cheers!
Thank you for commenting!
I'm happy I can have this opportunity of giving this game to someone.. it's a cool give away 😎
@@ezbgames Very cool! :D
Star Craft is one heck of a giveaway.
As for cons, it has been too long for us since we've been to one, and I've always wanted to go to Essen. Pretty cool.
It's never too late my friend ;)
I wanted to do something special, and I figured it will be nicer to receive a game that is OOP than a game that is on the hot list.
You know what I mean?
In regards to the hard limit to 100 games, I really like the "format".
I like it because makes you much more "relatable" and close to a common player who cannot really afford to have 500 games around.
Having said so, i think it is fair to allow some buffer shelf for the games yet to play, which eventually can enter or leave your house/collection according to the experience you had whilst trying them
I hear you and I find it very interesting. So some sort of a limited shelf (maybe like 10 games?) that can wait to be played before actually taking a decision about it.
Oh and I absolutely agree that I am someone who CAN NOT afford to have 500 games 😅
@@ezbgames something like that. And having this "waiting room shelf" will make a "game entering officially the collection" a sort of seal of approval of your channel.
A sort of living top 100 games.
If you get rid of another game only for the sake of trying another, it is a bit of risky move.
Absolutely agree!!
Thank you for this ❤️
You have a great haul of games 👍
Thank you very much 😊😊
Congrats to 2k subs! Lets go 5k! I like your idea with a separate shelf of shame/possibilites! You should probably put a limit on how many games or how much space is allowed to make it managable.
Thank you! 🤩
Yeah I totally agree. After I move to the new place I'll try to take some decisions
2K subs! *archon voice* Power Overwhelming. Good luck to you. Hope your channel keeps growing. Been enjoying your content since your Voidfall videos, which helped me gain confidence to table that beast of a game!
Hahahahaha I literally had the Protoss voice in my head 🤣
Thank you for your kind words and I'm very happy you found the Voidfall videos helpful ❤️
Concratz on your 2k subscribers. Best games played in Essen were Rebirth & The Bad Karmas. Best buy was Legacy Kingdoms. I hope that Tom Vasels law "If a game is that good their will be a reprint" will also aply on Starcraft. I love the IP and that is my grail game, especially with the Brood war expansion.
Thank you so much!!
Oh my God if Starcraft will be reprinted I'm all-in deluxe collectors edition lol
I've heard mixed opinions of Rebirth..
What did you like in it?
congrats for tge growing channel. New subscriber here. I like that you consider time management for chosing what to do with the games, and although I would not give recommendations, I'd probably have a mix of 50 games to keep, 10 as buffer and the rest recycle through the community.
Also huge fan of Starcraft PC game. I hope I'm lucky :-). Cheers from Romania.
Thank you for commenting and welcome aboard!
I've been to Romania not a long time ago near Cluj.. I spent some time trekking in the region of Transilvania. Beautiful country and very nice people 🤩
50 games to keep is a true challenge but I might try to do it :)
Crossing fingers for you regarding Starcraft! Love the PC game 😊
@@ezbgames nice, thanks for the feedback and wishes
2012 I bought Duels of the Planeswalkers on the Xbox Arcade and it came with a free "Grave Titan" promo card.
Went to the nearest game shop in the mall that participated to get my free card and I saw the Starcraft board game with the expansion that my mom said would be my birthday present.
I said no because I wanted something else instead and I don't even remember what it was lol.
Now that I'm into board gaming more seriously I always regret that day since the game is so hard to come by now 🤣
Oh mannnnn.... so sorry to hear that!
But sort of a good story none the less..
Crossing fingers for you! 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
Loving the background with Shogun and Dune's neoprene playmat :)
You have a very good eye 😉
Keep up the good work, mate! =)
Thank you so much 😊
I am so happy and excited for you! Please continue to make content and I just appreciate you and the friendship you have extended to me! I hope we can come to Paris someday to spend some time with you.
Your bit coming to the US for PAX unplugged are you?
I'm very grateful for the relationships this channel helped me create.. it is simply amazing!
Soon I'm moving to Geneva, but I promise you and your wife good time if you come visit ❤️
US for now, unfortunately, is not on the table.. but things can change of course 😊
Hi greeting from NZ, I just stumble upon your channel while watching starcraft games. I looked at your other videos and see how we like the same genre of games. I'm new to boardgaming after being too old to play startcraft. I would love to have the boardgame added to my growing collections. have you done a review/ playthrough of Dune imperium uprising?
I haven't done any content for Dune Imperium to be honest.. but Intotally should.
Crossing fingers for you 🤞🏽🤞🏽
Hope you'll get a copy of Starcraft 😊
@ezbgames IMHO you should, the dune uprising has a better dynamics than the OG. Hope you find time to play it if you can't review it... expansion Bloodlines coming next year.
Thanks for the tip! I'll try to locate a copy 😎
It was actually your “perfect board game collection” videos that had me first subscribe to the channel! I found your approach to maintaining a 100-game collection really interesting compared to a lot of other channels. I do think it’s fair for you to keep an incoming pile of unplayed games separate from your collection though, since selling off a game just to buy it back again seems more wasteful than having a few extra boxes around that you’re yet to play.
The StarCraft board game looks super interesting. Whenever I see StarCraft I’m reminded of when my brother came across me playing his old copy of the original game, and he ended up buying me StarCraft II for Christmas later that year so I wouldn’t be stuck in 1998 -- it was still a great game but the upgrade was certainly a welcome addition.
Congrats on 2K, keep it up!
First of all, thank you for sticking around, I appreciate it.
I think I will do exactly that but I have to keep a small buffer shelf of unplayed games.
I don't want to have a huge shelf of shame because, as you said, it kind of misses the point. Thank you for weighing in on the matter :)
Regarding Starcraft- I love the IP so much!!! The PC game was amazing and the board game is great.
Crossing fingers for you 😊🤞🏽🤞🏽
Nice, can't wait to see more of total war and quarter master general! =)
It's the two titles I'm dying to get to the table
Raffle aside - congratulations on 2k. Your content is refreshing, that’s what keeps me coming back.
I appreciate this so much ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! These type of comments is really giving me a boost and push me to create more content..
❤️
Glad to see you found Quartermaster General BTW. It’s best with the highest play count. Does a great job of summarizing a conflict via a card playing mechanism. Not so much a “war game” as it is about keeping your troops in supply. Also best to play with others who have played the game and know how each country plays. Might be a downside considering your moving. Good luck with the move.
@@vloche11 those are some good points. I understood it's a war game from the description, but thank you for fine tuning this haha
Not sure I'll always find 5 more players for this, so I hooe it works also with a lower player count
Hey! I wish I saw you at Essen, but it didn't happen. Tho Starcraft would still be nice. 😅
Hahaha next time we can definitely meet 😊😊
What a great idea - combining a map of the world with actual photos of different places :)
How did you see this??
You're the first one to pay attention!!
Yeah, it's really a cool idea and I'm happy I did it.
Wow, thanks for noticing ❤️
I find it totaly cool to put all the new, unplayed games to an inbox pile and only when you've played them they go to your 100 games no more no less collection.
But think of limiting the inbox, otherwise you'll have 200 games (and more) ;-)
Great to.see "Shogun" in your pile. I love the game, but safly it won't come to the table that often
Yes, this is the direction I'm going to I think 😊
I'm glad you liked Shogun! It motivates me to bring it to the table 🤩
Gz for 2k!! Where are you from?
Thank you so much!
I'm located in Paris, France but moving soon to Geneva Switzerland 😊
What about you? :)
@@ezbgames Greek!! Wish you the best for this new start
Ohhhh I LOVE Greece!! 😍😍😍😍
I hope we'll get to meet one day and play together..
Thank you so much and welcome aboard 🤩
Really looking forward about your experience with Proxima.
I was looking into it for a faster 4x game... Where eventually I landed on March if the Ants instead, which is really a faster one. I was concerned proxima would have been too long anyway, despite being shorter than other heavy 4Xs
I'll have to check it out and report back 😉
By the way, I met Tim Eisner in Essen.. such a nice positive guy! He's really awesome
I am super interested in the Rome total war game. Haven't backed it, but it was one of my favorite games growing up :) Regarding having buffer of games outside of 100 can be tricky. Personally i find limitations of 100 games super interesting and neat. Having more games kinda defeats your purpose of 100 games challenge. Its always going to be a moving thing, but having more games then 100 would kinda defeat whole challenge. Though it was me, i would have buffer just because of the reasons you mentioned :D
Hahaha I see your point and I'm struggling with the decision.
Maybe I'll let this one slide just because it was Essen, and then back to the routine. We'll see..
I already opened Rome Total War and starting to learn the rules 🤩
Is this a playmat of Dune war for arrakis in the background? What do you think about the game?
Exactly that! You got a good eye..
The game is very good, very streamlined.
I did a review of it so feel free to watch it.
I also compared between Dune and War of the Ring so it's another not bad video.
In general, I enjoy this game but if I have the time I'll prefer to play WotR
I have just discovered your channel... came here for Starcraft review... and turned out it is a giveaway?!?! What a hell is going on here? +1 sub 😃
Hahahaha thank you and welcome aboard!
My review for Starcraft in short: pain in the ass to learn, awesome game and I love it! 🤩🤣
One of the best channels out there! ❤
Great content, I would recommend just having "owned games that have not yet really entered the collection"
By the way, I would love to help you get rid of some games ;)
Thank you so very much!! ❤️❤️
For the support, kind words and sticking around 🥰
Which games you would take off my hands? 🤩
Congrats on the 2k subscriber milestone! 100 games is already too many. Keep it strict. For context, even if you played every single day, you would play each game at most 3-4 times per year. I personally like to play my games multiple times so I’m aiming for 25 games.
Totally understandable..
I might stay on the 100 limit, we'll see how it goes :)
Thank you for commenting 😊
Congratulations ok 2k
Thank you very much 😊
So many games 😮 I’m curious about SETI and Arcs, but I prefer waiting those games in Italian.
Arcs is really good, played on TTS..
SETI suppose to be a good one too but I haven't tried it yet
No Andromedas Esge? I can highly recommend it 👍
I'm waiting for fulfilment ;)
2000 subscribers will be one of many other milestones to come. I'm sure!
Thank you so much my friend.. 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
Glad you had a great time at Essen man. Honestly, me and a friend went for the first time ever and thought that it was a real slog. We had a few super weird interactions, rude staff, most demos fell really flat (the few we could even get to play), and super crowded. I anticipated it to be crowded but it felt like they hadn’t planned for it enough. Why the hell did GW have the queue to submit golden demon entries also block one entire wall of the display cabinets?! Weird decisions. On top of insanely unreliable travel to and from the con, it was a bit of a nightmare. Obviously not the universal experience and I would guess we had some bad luck but still sucked.
Same we didn’t see you, I would have said high!
So cool you have Defence of Procyon III. I bought it way after the crowdfunding and I have yet to get it to the table but it looks super unique and interesting. Going to paint it and get it to the table soon.
Wow I'm so sorry this was your experience.. but I can definitely understand it.
People do tend to be less patient, especially after the 2nd day..
I hope your next experience (if it will happen) will be a better one.
And I hope that till you bring Defence of Procyon III to the table, I'll already have a video explaining it 😇
I do have SC as you know. But that is a kingly gift;)))
Well, you're in the raffle now whether you like it or not lol 🤣
I see that the packing is going along well. How stressful is it to move with such a collection of big games?
I hope to see some content for Arcs. Super excited for it. Completely missed the campaign and waiting on retail.
Glad to see you found a copy of defence of procyon III. Still haven't tried my copy but it looks awesome. Kind of the back-up buy I made when I couldn't find starcraft the board game. It looks like a starcraft mission from the original game. I just don't know how to even beginning to learn it and then teach it to my group xD. Let me know if you have any tip when you master it
edit : I think it is fair to have a ''content creator'' shelf and eventually games can go into the ''permanent'' collection. The only challenge is to stop the ''content creator'' shelf to get out of control and take over the house.
Thank you so much for this comment 😊
It's definitely not an easy job moving everything, but luckily I have good people around me that help a lot..
Arcs will be for sure covered on the channel. 100%
And love the story behind buying Defence for Procyon III. I'll try to make a playthrough for it as well 😊
I appreciate the advice and will probably go to that direction. Thank you ❤️
I also got a chance to play Arcs at Spiel. I thought it was pretty great!
A great game!
I really enjoyed it 🤩
It really was a pleasure to meet you! Your vibe in the videos it's already awesome and it's greater in person! Thank you 😊
Ohhh maaaaaan be prepare for Arcs! I love that game, but! It's not a game for everyone. It's a weird brutal game, but damn I really like it... Even when I get demolished (most of the time 😂😂)
Great pickups from Essen!
I didn't try out many games but my favorite was Mordred by CMON (although it was a small demo keep me interested in the game), my least favorite was Altay too simple/streamline for me.
Finally you got Exodus PC! 😮😮
For me it's the 2nd best 4X (ti4 on top) I really like that game. I have it with all the expansions, but the Edge of Extinction is mandatory (gives asymmetric power/factions). And for that price it was a steal! Amazing deal!
About your collection: A game that isn't played, it's not part of a collection, it's one extra bedside table 😂😂 so doesn't count for the collection
Thank you for your content!
Thank you for the warm welcoming!
See you soon my friend!
And congratulations for the 2k! Keep moving forward! 🎉🎉
Vitooooorrrr!!! ❤️😍❤️😍❤️
My brother from Portugal!!
It was no less than amazing meeting you in person ❤️
I didn't get to check out CMON so I'll have to check it out..
For Arcs- played it 2 times on TTS and really liked it. But yeah- a brutal game indeed, I agree.
I had a feeling you'd be proud of me with Exodus 😎 I just need to get the last expansion now haha
I appreciate your take on my collection (and agree with it haha), I appreciate you continue watching my content and I can't wait to meet you in Portugal and play together..
For sure we'll have an awesome time!! ❤️❤️
I'm proud of your Exodus acquisition 😎 ahhahahahahh
No need to rush to the last expansion, it only brings new modules. Its fun but they are just add-ons to the main game that it's awesome!
I will be waiting for you where in Portugal to eat francesinhas and play some boardgames 😁
Thank you my friend!
Good luck in your new home at Genebra!
My advise: don't give in to the buying dopamine and keep it strict to 100, no more, no less ;-)
Congrats on the 2K subscribers!
I was afraid of these comments hahaha
I totally see your point.
Thank you for sticking around my friend 😊
A wise man once said: When they are bad games, those you buy; selling them off, not hurt the heart so much. 🥴
But seriously, the 100 mark is a good point of orientation but shouldn't be carved in stone. That doesn't mean a green flag to go up to 200, but if there is a seasonal bloat so be it. As long you even it out later on. This is much easier to do when you play daily than just once a week or so.
I massively culled a couple months ago, just to find myself with more than before atm, due to a massive fulfillment wave.
Did I already say that I missed you?? 😍😍
Yes, I agree with you. I need to be a bit easier on the 100 games.
Thanks buddy..
Good to have you back again
@@ezbgames It's great to be back. 🤗
Moving as a nerd is hard;))) good luck
Hahahaha absolutely!!
Thanks buddy 😅
Congratulations on 2k subscribers, I subscribed to your channel after I watched your Europa Universalis review. I still come back and watch that video occasionally, it always cheers me up!
Jealous your moving to Switzerland, a beautiful country great part of Europe. I have been trying to move to Europe but it is hard to get to get a start.
I think you should stay to 100 games, otherwise you will end up having 1000s of games and it becomes a burden. But I think new and unplayed games should be temporarily outside of the 100 games. Then you need to limit these temporary games to say 10 games so you are incentivised to play them and put them into your collection or sell them. So your collection is really 100+10 at most.
I'm so happy you liked the Europa Universalis video hahahaha
I received a lot of mixed feedback for it ;)
Where are you from, if I may ask?
I think 100+10 is totally reasonable so that's probably the direction that I will take.
Thank you for commenting and for the kind words 😊
All good, no worries. I enjoy your thoughts and content.
I live and was born in Australia. I spent about a year in Europe in 2022-2023. I have a European passport through my family but finding it difficult to find a job that will pay enough to live. I have tried to learn a language but I am not good enough to get a decent job yet. Oh well, that is life I suppose! One of my favourite countries is Austria but haven’t spent much time in France or Switzerland. Hope to see them one day so I can imagine your life in Geneva will be sweet! Best of luck!
Thank you so much..
I love Austria! Beautiful country, I was there about 10 times give or take haha
If you're ever around, please let me know- you have where to stay 😊
Thank you my friend, will do
Supp mate!
In commenting just to say I really love the passion you put in the same games i love (like starcraft!).
Like a month a ago you told me about Heroes 3 board game and how you "dislike" it. At the end i take the All-in (with all expansions from this last week KS), i will just sell if its not what i expect to be... but nostalgia... is nostalgia my friend. Just to mention I really take in consideration everything you said (in fact I openned a full thread in BGG just commenting what you told me).
Continue this way with the channel, not beeing sold by "I-give-you-a-free-copy-of-my-game-and-you-give-me-a-good-review".
I wish we could try that company of Heroes sometime, its one of my tops game to try. Maybe in another life!
And thats all. Go for it dude!
(PS: Just in case, dont count with me for the Starcraft copy, i already have it, with the expansion, in an honorific place at home)
Your comment really made me smile.. thank you for that ❤️
I totally get taking the All-In for HoMM3, it makes sense and even if someone would have told me what I already know, I would have taken it anyway.. because sometimes you just need to check things on your own. I'm glad you're doing it because I'm the same as you, and if we weren't like this, we would have ended only with games that are ranked super high on BGG because that's what the majority likes. So.. keep on this road my friend :)
If there is one thing I can promise you, is that I will NEVER do a review for a game I have received for free. NEVER EVER. I will only review games that I bought myself.
I'd love to play Company of Heroes, and we should not wait for another life. I believe that everything is possible just depends on when and where. Lets keep each other updated when we travel, yes? ;)
May I please ask (and apologies if I've asked before) where are you from?
P.s. how good is Starcraft??? And you got the expansion aswell... super mega cool 😎
@@ezbgames I completely agree with you.
We are country neighbours, im spanish (Madrid). So if it happens that you have to come here anytime, you can count with a Starcraft Brood War with a beer, so dont hesitate to mention it.
Starcraft is in my top 3. Actually i discovered your channel looking for a gameplay of it, and then the expansion magically got to me which (in my opinion) hugely improve the base game mechanics.
You're from Spain??
Then 100% we will meet and play!! 🤩🤩 I appreciate the invitation my friend.
The expansion for sure adds to the game. Like all of FFG games in the past hahaha
Hi, since you mentioned your "shift" towards wargames a little, have you tried any of the Axis&Allies games? I am really tempted, but still hesitant. And since we have kinda same taste in games (except Voidfall 😵💫), I wonder what is your opinion on the A&A series.
Btw. did u manage to table Cthulhu Wars? Awesome game. Lots of fun.
Congratulations on achieving that number of subscribers.
So A&A is something that I tried a long time ago but didn't get back to it. I remember it was super long, but I should definitely try and get this again to have a more solid point of view. Thank you for this!
Didn't table Cthulhu Wars yet.. it will take me a bit more time because of the move but I'm really curious to see this one on the table 🤩
Thank you very much 😊😊
Also, what didn't you like in Voidfall? Haha
Too much of euro for you?
@@ezbgames actually I like and own many Euro games. In the end a lot of 4X games are euro games in the core, or at least with euro mechanism. In Voidfall I dislike the core - having several cards on hand, with three actions, single actions could be on two different cards, you choosing which card to play, which actions , etc. It is just too much, and I don't have good feeling afterward. I love simple action-selection. Like in Eclipse or CW.
I totally get it.. it actually raises a very good point
What are your favourite games by genre? Euro game, wargame, german, american?
I would say 4X games. It's my absolute top pick
I backed Rome, I fear it's not really a good game, but I was okay with that when I backed it, because it definitely has potential and I loved the PC Game. I think everything comes down on how good the game flow is, because they carried a lot of complexity from the PC game over to the board game adaptation and because of this there is always the risk that it is too much of a slow burner for my taste. But I hope for the best.
I'm so happy you wrote thos comment.
Unfortunately, the rulebook(s) are not so clear. I'm already on my way of learning the game but it's pretty harsh. Especially the combat.
And when and rulebook is not clear- the game feels a bit stuck.
I'll try to produce a video of a playthrough as quickly as possible, but this is a tough mission :/
@@ezbgames you definitely should, because you are one of the few who has the chance to do that at the moment... no but seriously I would be happy if you can do that.
The developer has a few videos out at the moment, but the pacing was ultra slow and sadly they were a bit confused by the rules themselves (at least in the first showcase of that game, but maybe the guy who presented the game was just not so well prepared).
So a preview/review or some thoughts on that game would be very welcome for a lot of people who backed that game.
I'll do my best as quickly as possible. I was counting a bit on these videos to give me a kickstart, but if you're saying there might be rule confusion over there, I'm alone in the battlefield 🤣
My plan is to have this video on line before the end of the month
You should only have a game enter your collection once you play it and if you find out that you like it. I would not consider a game I bought but not yet played to have entered my collection. Then, like you said, you run the risk of getting rid of something you like more and the game entering your collection is a dud. For me, once I play a game and decide I want to keep, I then do my analysis of the collection to see what gets removed.
Thank you for weighing in on this, and I think this is exactly the direction I'll go for 🤩
Different section in your apartment - yes...
Thanks for the advice and super happy you think that way 😅
I ordered SETI today;)))
You'll probably get to it before I do so please tell me what did you think 😊😊
Looking forward to Total War Rome!
It's already open on my table learning it 😊😊
I'm a little out of the loop, but are you giving away your copy of SC, or is that a different copy?
You understood correctly.
I'm doing a free give away of Starcraft the board game as a 'thank you' for my wonderful viewers 😊
Not so bad, right?
But it's not my copy.
I just bought another one to give it away..
Oh that makes more sense! I had the idea SC was one of your top games and was wondering if you were parting with it. Good to know you're keeping one!
Hahah yeah I have to.. I love this game too much.
And I'm glad I have the opportunity to let someone else enjoy this as well
next year will be my first essen :)
Then I will meet you there 😎🤩
Ha, you'll need an extra Container just for the new games :-)
Hahaha for sure!!!
Woot. StarCraft.
Yessss!! 🤩🤩🤩
show me the money
have always been interested in a big convention like Essen, but cost and time commitment make it hard (esp given my unplayed game collection lol}
Hahaha totally makes sense..
Where are you from?
I hope I win StarCraft - Board Game, as it is a Favorit of one of my favorit TH-cam Channel ;-)
Crossing fingers my friend 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽
My life for Aiur!!
LOVE THIS COMMENT!!!! 😍😍😍
nice
Thanks for the Galactic Era advice brother
@@ezbgames try it yet?
Not yet.. Just received it yesterday
Thanks for the giveaway.
It is very sad that all the video game boardgame adaptations fate is to go out of print indefinitely.
I agree with you when it comes to FFG, but some games are still here.
About a year ago I did a video about my top picks for such adaptations.
I think that games like Frostpunk, This War of Mine, Comoany of Heroes and Darkest Dungeon are very good!
"Games I retrieved from Essen" as if they are dogs in need of adoption 😂😊😊
You know they are 😜😜
@@ezbgames I would have done the same 😂😂
What did I miss ? You're giving Starcraft away but why ? XD Not the gift in itself I mean that's great ^^' But why Starcraft ? Don't you like the game ? I find it really awesome (even better than Forbidden Star, but I guess that depends on personnal tastes). Did you do a video where you said you didn't like it that much ? Didn't see it if it is the case ^^ I'm dying to put my hands on complete copies. I can quite easily find a base game copy (but it is quite expensive) but I can't, for the sake of mine, find a copy of the Broodwar expansion -_-
Ohhh no no.. I love this game a lot!! I just bought another copy so I can do a giveaway of a game that I really like and still keep my copy 😊
And yeah the expansions is almost not possible to trace unless you're paying a really high price, I agree
On this video 😊
🤣🤣🤣🤣 good one 😍
@@ezbgames Can't wait for your SETI review
I'll try to table it ASAP 😊
Total War??? Haha. There is an old game called Ikusa, its actually a newer Version of an even older game called Shogun (and some other Name too)
Anyway this Shogun/Ikusa was the Inspiration for the very first Total War PC game Shogun
I had no idea..
I got Ikusa in my collection 🤩
A friend of mine has it. We stopped playing it when we found Runewars some 10y ago.
I Kind of still like Ikusa, although maybe more the idea of it;)))
It can be really horrible being on the other side of an upleveled Shogun. I remeber they can move 3 but not 1 or something. And it is a great game to be a betrayer and end friendship haha...
Anyway as I also played some TW, especially Medivial 2, I later found out that those games are connected.
I mean it was just the Inspiration for Total war.
I wonder what you will say, please make a WotR Style rules Video!!!!:)
Yeah I will tell you about Seti, I think I will like it having red the rules.
I like the theme, I love CGE, and I sometimes really enjoy euros.
All the best for your move!!
Runewars is such a great game!!
Oh my God TW Medieval II is my favorite of the whole series!!! 😍 love it..
I did not a long time ago and explanatory playthrough for WotR. I basically explain 95% of the rules there.. check it out- people seem to like this a lot.
@@ezbgames yeah I know your Video, we talked there;)
Looking forward how Rome will actually look like😊
Oh my God I'm an idiot 🤦♂️🤦♂️
Sorry!
So you'd like to see a different video that just explains WotR?