GRAIL Game Review! Splotter & Capstone's Greatest Collab BUS!

Joining the Discord for access to the Cardboard Hunter rules for Bus by Splotter & Capstone: / discord
Today we review one of the greatest grail games of all time! Splotter's Bus! One of the most brilliant German Euro board games ever made, from one of the most impressive team of designers of all time. I cannot recommend this game enough.
Check out my How To Play + Strategy Masterclass of Bus: • BUS How To Play + Stra...
Also please let me know what you think of the new studio in the comments!
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:27 - Showing Off The New Studio!
1:34 - Bus Overview & Mechanics
5:19 - Original Board Easter Eggs
7:21 - German Euro vs Modern Euro
9:12 - Bus Rules / Actions
18:37 - New Board Easter Eggs
19:06 - Why I Love Bus!
21:15 - Game Availability / Capstone Reprint
22:54 - Outro & Thank You!
23:07 - Bus Giveaway Results!

[@picklebuckeye]

Looking slick!!

[@stevesiracing1717]

Thanks for the explanation. I look forward to winning this game. ;o)

[@bendutoit5371]

congrats!

[@revimfadli4666]

11:54 I'm actually not surprised we don't see finite actions more often, because we _do_ see it often; most Eurogames nowadays truncate their lengths to a fixed number of rounds, usually amounting to 20-30 turns/actions per players. Sadly, many of them feel artificially cut short to prevent them from overstaying their welcome were they to naturally end with variable lengths.
The genius of Bus' action count comes from allowing players to take more actions per round, but the total stays the same, thus getting the advantages of both variable length and finite actions. Plus, subsequent actions in a round become weaker, which adds to the tension of "rushing more actions now vs waiting for efficiency"

[@CardboardHunter]

Completely agree, I think you worded it even better than I did!

[@revimfadli4666]

@@CardboardHunter whoa thanks!

[@louiseubank9371]

Congrats on the new studio! And I'm assuming it's the Prancing Pony :)

[@CardboardHunter]

Thank you and yep, that's it!

[@brianthomson3095]

Thanks for the detailed explanation, strategy, and comparison to the original version.

[@CardboardHunter]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🚌💨

[@felipeaparicio8446]

New studios looking good!

[@CardboardHunter]

Thank you!

[@phillipstone3116]

Is it The Prancing Pony and The Green Dragon?! I would love to visit both of those! Hopefully without the Nazgul stabbing my pillows.

[@CardboardHunter]

Haha agreed! And yea, the Prancing Pony piece is my favorite.