Eruption Review - with Sam Healey

Sam takes a look at this family game about surviving a volcano
00:00 - Introduction
00:55 - Game overview
17:08 - Final thoughts
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[@StratusGames]

Great review, Sam! Thanks for posting and for all your kind words for Eruption.
I have one minor point of clarification to add: when a player places a lava tile next to a village, he draws an Action Card for each lava flow that enters the village. So, in the video when the "Y" tile is placed next to the red village, one card would be drawn.

[@andrewmurphy1290]

Thank you for the review Sam. I will check this game out now.I'm glad to see you being more active at the dice tower.

[@eliumeldritch]

Well done, Sam! Glad youre on board.

[@drchurch13]

So glad to see Sam doing stand alone reviews! Been waiting for this for a while.

[@SkyrekGaming]

I tracked this down in a BGG auction last year. The family likes it. Easy to teach to everyone it seems and pretty fun.

[@emailbenbenson]

Had to watch after you brought it up twice in Top 10 lists. Looks fun.

[@ThematicMechanic]

Good job Sam. I'm a big fan of this game too. My group plays super light games (Werewolf, Love Letter) or real heavy games (Tzolkin, Panamax). I prefer the medium-light to Medium heavy games (Alien Frontiers, Coal Baron). I think I will start bring more medium games and push harder to get them played.
One house rule we do use for this is that you can not play more than one rain card per turn. It removes the big last round swing that can happen if one person randomly gets both rain cards.

[@Priotech]

Really loving these playthroughs rather than just straight up reviews

[@joedutton6621]

Great review Sam. I remember when you mentioned this in one of the older Top 10's and always interested me. I'm really happy with the length of the videos too and dont really care how long they are. :-)

[@clifb.7182]

The play thrus are nice. Seeing what the cards are and how they are used really changed my idea of how the game is played. It now seems more like a game I would like to have to play with non-gamers.

[@joycec9452]

Great review Sam - you had this in your top 10 underrated games and I would like to thank you for bringing it to my attention ... Already ordered it after your clear explanations . Keep up the good work

[@swagaroniyolonaise]

Next up: 6 hour long Twilight Imperium 3 review....

[@iiamrand5129]

Really enjoyed the game explanation
rreally easy to understand. Felt you was in the room cheers

[@dboussios8694]

It might be your second, but it's my first Sam-awesomeness I get to watch. I've been curious about this game for a while thanks to you. I think I'll need to see if it's available on the old continent.
Excellent review, bub!

[@omaramir7108]

Fuck. You

[@lilikarenbetorod]

Really enjoy Sam`s reviews!!!

[@slipAXELknot]

Nice one Sammy :) like your reviews!

[@gabriellelauzon2679]

i bought this game, beacause of you, when you were talking of this game on some top 10, and i can't wait to try it, thank you for your review

[@Amy_V]

Thanks for the review Sam! I've heard you talk about this game in the top ten lists and it always sounded very appealing. I think it would be great to play with my family. Unfortunately to get this game in Canada it costs about $65 - $100 .. yikes! That's a bit steep.

[@melindamcclure5278]

Nice review Sam!

[@XRay44]

How about reviewing Quicksand? I've heard you guys mention it many times but I can't find a single review of it on TH-cam. Would love to see how it plays!

[@goompapa]

Good work Sam! Keep hitting Zee. Not because I don't like Zee, it's just the only classy stunt work on any board game show I know of.

[@bongoclive7555]

Nice review, and one of the best rules explanations I've seen on the Dice Tower, but you really need to sort out your sound. Too variable.
Still, good work, I look forward to you reviewing some more games (preferably some older games???)

[@wilsonclint42]

Nice I liked it.

[@wroot_lt]

It's nice to see your reviews. I have to second others, that you need to tune your mic, sound is too low. And, you should condense your reviews a bit. I see that some like a detailed playthrough, and it was interesting to watch, but can quickly get tiresome. I'm used to less than 10 minutes reviews for such caliber games on this channel (well, if not stepping into Ryan's land, or if it is not a deduction game that Dan is raving about and can talk and talk). E.g. in this one you could do a few, maybe three players turns, then cut to the more advanced phase of a game and show damage assessment, wall explanation and then a few cards effects in a play. Then, of course end of game conditions.
Remember, we are not the goldfishes, short attention span ;)

[@wonderfulemir6202]

To be honest, I with my humble opinion enjoy those way more, because I tend to understand game better than when I get explained the rules quickly, but still confused from the game

[@wroot_lt]

Wonderful emir I understand that, but in this review i don't think you had to see all 6 players go :)

[@kyledalrymple1548]

wr00t Sometimes its nice to see how a game actually plays out a bit instead of just understanding the general overview. If some game play is included, people that don't want to see it can simply skip ahead and those of us that are interested can watch it. Beats the alternative of not having it whether you'd like it or not.

[@gabrieleriva651]

I thought I was deaf.