Luthier ~ the HEAVY, thematic follow-up to Distilled ♫ | Board Game Preview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 มิ.ย. 2024
- It feels like a lifetime ago in TH-cam years that we covered the wonderful and very thematic game Distilled. Well Paverson Games is back with their follow-up title, Luthier! In this heavier game you are still an artisan but this time you're turning your skills to crafting fine instruments. The game has blind bidding worker placement, with area majority, and a very healthy dose of brain-burning resource management. We hope you enjoy this early preview of the game and how it comes together.
Note: Prototype game featured, art, components & rules subject to change. This is an unpaid preview and as with all of our content, consists of our honest thoughts and opinions.
Kickstarter page (Coming July 16th): www.kickstarter.com/projects/...
For more game info: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Theme overview
00:59 Gameplay overview
05:35 ✅In-depth Discussion: the Worker Placement
12:48 ✅Mitigated Dice Rolls
14:30 ❔Wish the First Chair battle felt a little more rewarding
17:58 ✅Gorgeous Art by Vincent Dutrait
18:50 ❔Some work still needed on iconography in Prototype
21:07 ✅ Enjoyable timed sponsors' impatience & game set-up
23:37 Our Player Count & Solo game preferences
27:15 Wrap up
Thanks for stopping by! We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create. Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience.
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Updates:
- We were playing the market action incorrectly as it doesn't negate your worker action! This will make it a little less tight by opening up more actions.
- We are discussing with Dave Beck changes to iconography to assist with making things easier at a glance, stay tuned 😊
Trickerion vibes
Totally agree, looks like a lit if setting up to pull off big turns
Thanks for the great review! I appreciate how honest, thorough, and clear you were in both explaining the game and sharing your opinions.
Beautiful game! Super cool theme too. Thanks for showing us common folk about it :)
I'm excited for this one. Love the theme. Thank you for the awesome preview!
Paverson Games were really good about diversity in Distilled. Like, the best out there really. However, I think that since they are going all out on historical accuracy here (including bios) and that it's based in Europe, diversity in this case is more about showcasing women and children who were working with their families unlike what we were brought up to believe (that women did nothing or weren't involved). I'm so glad it's not just another game with a bunch of dudes! Or the diversity will probably also come from different historical families from different religious backgrounds and countries which we don't usually associate with that era. But yes, if there were any POC back in Europe that were making instruments, those absolutely need to be included.
I think this is a fair assessment. Distilled (in addition to being a solid game) did a great job with being diverse. I echo your point that in bringing on the musicologist to make sure everything is historically accurate, and by the nature of the setting of the final version of the game, Paverson Games is striking the best balance possible to honor the theme and be as diverse as possible.
26:28 I feel I like automas that mimick the actions of human players - regardless of how difficult they are to maintain.
Wow this game looks beautiful and such a great idea for a theme! Big fan of Distilled as well. I realllly need to get ahold of this one.
I wish you could do a gameplay. Cheers.
Thank you for the long in-depth video. Game looks beautiful, and very interesting.
This looks absolutely stunning, and the theme is about as appealing as it gets for me.
I worry about the blind bidding though. It’s not a mechanic that I’ve ever particularly enjoyed.
I'm ecstatic for this
looks beautiful
I like automa that is dumb and OP. Then they can challenge you without needing much management
I don’t mind the management. But I want to feel like I am playing against an at-least competent player…
Thank you both for this review! I loved Distilled and this look like it combines many other elements I enjoy.
Thanks for the KS link too!
Would you ever play at 2, or not ever?
Same question here!
At first glance. The board looks a lot like rococo to me. Am I right?
Great video! Hope you guys are able to do one on Arcs now that the final version has been released.
Didn’t they have this type of video for Arcs when it was on crowdfunding?
Update: Just looked - Yes, they did a similarly formatted video for Arcs, so you can go check that out!
This game hasn’t even been on crowdfunding yet - so I feel that is when they do these type of videos.
@@JJ_TheGreat they did do a similar video for Arcs but that was a fairly early prototype. The final version has shipped out and I'd imagine they were sent a full review copy given their prior video but we'll see!
bidding reminds me of the Francis Drake game
Fractured Sky also has the mechanisms, too.
Although I ❤ the theme, I feel this might be a little too heavy for me… At least there is Philharmonix, with a similar type of theme - which would be easier to get played!
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