You got rid of so many games that I would not be able to let go of! But, the longer I spend in this hobby, the more I realize that I don't need every game. I hope that you continue to play tons of fun games!
Great video! My husband and I found that pinning the huge Micro Macro map to the wall worked best. We left it up for a few weeks while we tackled all the cases.
Five more turns in Evacuation would make it go way too long (and everyone could finish all of their plans), with more experienced players. My scores in the first four games were 35, 49, 69 and then 94. The learning and improvement is Exactly what makes it brilliant. In the fourth game, the winning score was 108. The best games need learning games. Room for player improvement is good, because it means the experience does not get stale. If it was not so punishing on first play, then it also would not be so rewarding on the fourth. The punishment gets gentler and gentler. For contrast, An Age Contrived is easy on first play, but feels very shallow for it. It feels like there isn't much to learn.
You make some great points. Five more turns was definitely a poor exaggeration. I am so impressed with how the game is designed to make you better and better after each play and I can imagine that process is very rewarding as you watch your skill progress. For me, it just wasn’t enjoyable enough on my first 5 games to make we want to keep coming back. It definitely went to a good home though! The gentleman I sold it to was very very happy to have found a copy.
Art Decko is in my top 20 of all time. I love it...but if you played it with the full 4 players: that would be rough. It's fantastic at 2 and a slight drop with 3. That is because the main draw is the control over the art values AND the battle in the Museum for getting the points and bonuses. With 4 players: that is HARD to both keep track of AND it's hard to look at the board state and plan. 2 players is best because you CAN have control over both and plan a bit...espeically because you are NOT allowed to 'buy up' all the art in one market. The fact that if you empty one market and that it fully refreshes is awesome too. Plus with this and all games: if people don't fully understand what they are trying to do but do know the rules; it would be boring. My wife plays this way with new games: she can obey the rules but has NO idea why she is doing what she is doing for strategy.
Those are all really great points. All of the times I really enjoyed it was at two players. I think I had just imagined it would shine at a larger player count because it’s an economy based game but that clearly isn’t the case for this one.
@@BoardonaShelf I think that's the case for many games where the board state changes: if you have 3 other players in the game: you cannot 'plan' for certain things; you are just left with a random board state. Strategy goes out the window and when it feels random: it's not as fun. Five Tribes is a perfect example!
Awesome video! I too get a lot out of hearing why games don't work out for some people. Totally random question: Do I recognize you from Ettin's board game flea market, ABQ? You look darn familiar.
@@BoardonaShelf Thought so. I picked up Caesar's Empire from you a couple of markets back. Keep up the fantastic work with the channel! Your presentation is excellent!
Oh yeah that sheet is a must use for sure. The game only comes with one of those sheets so passing it around can get pretty annoying and sometimes let people know what’s in your hand. I should have printed some more off
If you got rid of Hansa Teutonica and Evacuation, I think this channel isn't going to be a fit for me. I appreciate your views, but honestly WTH dude? If you felt like you needed 5 more turns in Evacuation, maybe try with the beginner friendly race mode. You just need more time to get better at it. And hansa is my number 1 game of all time. EVER! find different people to play with. It's worth it for HT! This was my first time watching your video. All the best with your channel 💝
@@SAUPAYANMAZUMDAR With all due respect, thinking a channel isn't for you because he's getting rid of your favorite game seems like a close minded way to go. I'd understand it if most of the games weren't for you, but if your decision relies on his feelings on two games, then I'm speechless...
There are definitely some games that I already regret getting rid of - Hansa Teutonica being the biggest regret. Luckily I know some people who have it so I can keep trying it out. Evacuation is tough though! I really wanted to like it and I played it so many times trying to get more out of it but I just couldn’t get into it and appreciate it. Which is frustrating for me as a euro gamer because I can tell it’s such a good design. Oh well! I love Woodcraft and Praga so much that I still consider myself a Suchy fan
@@dabanyas honestly, I’m glad you’re speechless because whatever you did speak was senseless. You make wide overarching unsubstantiated assumptions and even worse, make logically flawed arguments. Let me help you on the later front first- the list is a list of games he’s getting rid of. So if they weren’t for me, I would agree with him. Your argument should go “If most of these games are ones you like…”. Which brings me to the first point-unsubstantiated assumptions. Just coz I mentioned 2 games doesn’t mean I don’t like the others. There are too many games on the list which are some of my favorites. The reason I specifically mentioned those two is that one of them is my number 1 game ever and the other is from my number 1 (favorite) designer ever. So no, it’s not JUST these 2, but these are the 2 which hurt the most Now coming to the first line of your argument… Getting rid of games = not good enough for him My fav game(s) = games I will keep even if I were to get rid of everything else If these are the same set of games, do you see that his choices and mine don’t exactly overlap? It would be easier to explain with a Venn diagram but I hope you get the point. If that is true, what other reason could there be for you to think the channel might be for me? You did get one thing right though - one of us is close minded
@@BoardonaShelf that’s great to know! I personally don’t care for praga much though suchy is my fav designer. If you like his stuff, I will recommend my fav suchy game - pulsar 2849
@@Digger-Nick you are the one bringing up sexual arousal. Queer is not necessarily a categorization of his sexual orientation, but can be used as a cultural term for LGBT people.
Strange > We completely disagree about WOTR > The card game is fantastic with sooo many options! And we prefer it much more than the heavy board game (that we sold back)!
I feel like you’re definitely in the majority though! I have a theory it might have to do with the order you’re introduced to them. Some people I know who played the big one first like the card more and then a few others who played the card game first liked the big one more.
Unfortunately I sold almost all of them at a local board game sale 😭 the only ones I have left are Endangered, WotR, Red Rising, and King of 12. Thank you for watching! I’m looking forward to putting out more content soon.
I loved hearing your perspectives on all of these games. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching, and thank you for all of your great videos too!
Well this is a nice chill channel.
I felt the same thing with Arborea. So many moving parts that you just go for one thing and wait for the game to end
So many games, so little time!
You got rid of so many games that I would not be able to let go of! But, the longer I spend in this hobby, the more I realize that I don't need every game. I hope that you continue to play tons of fun games!
I love board games so much but it’s a sad truth that they take up so much space. So if you don’t play them it’s best to say goodbye 😭
Great video! My husband and I found that pinning the huge Micro Macro map to the wall worked best. We left it up for a few weeks while we tackled all the cases.
Oh my gosh that’s a great idea. If I ever get the urge to play it again I will most definitely be doing that.
Five more turns in Evacuation would make it go way too long (and everyone could finish all of their plans), with more experienced players. My scores in the first four games were 35, 49, 69 and then 94. The learning and improvement is Exactly what makes it brilliant. In the fourth game, the winning score was 108. The best games need learning games. Room for player improvement is good, because it means the experience does not get stale. If it was not so punishing on first play, then it also would not be so rewarding on the fourth. The punishment gets gentler and gentler. For contrast, An Age Contrived is easy on first play, but feels very shallow for it. It feels like there isn't much to learn.
You make some great points. Five more turns was definitely a poor exaggeration. I am so impressed with how the game is designed to make you better and better after each play and I can imagine that process is very rewarding as you watch your skill progress. For me, it just wasn’t enjoyable enough on my first 5 games to make we want to keep coming back. It definitely went to a good home though! The gentleman I sold it to was very very happy to have found a copy.
This is great! Thank you! Mind Mgmt is a game I think I'd love so I'm excited to check it out.
You definitely should! It’s so unique. It was hard for me to part with it.
Art Decko is in my top 20 of all time. I love it...but if you played it with the full 4 players: that would be rough. It's fantastic at 2 and a slight drop with 3. That is because the main draw is the control over the art values AND the battle in the Museum for getting the points and bonuses. With 4 players: that is HARD to both keep track of AND it's hard to look at the board state and plan. 2 players is best because you CAN have control over both and plan a bit...espeically because you are NOT allowed to 'buy up' all the art in one market. The fact that if you empty one market and that it fully refreshes is awesome too. Plus with this and all games: if people don't fully understand what they are trying to do but do know the rules; it would be boring. My wife plays this way with new games: she can obey the rules but has NO idea why she is doing what she is doing for strategy.
Those are all really great points. All of the times I really enjoyed it was at two players. I think I had just imagined it would shine at a larger player count because it’s an economy based game but that clearly isn’t the case for this one.
@@BoardonaShelf I think that's the case for many games where the board state changes: if you have 3 other players in the game: you cannot 'plan' for certain things; you are just left with a random board state. Strategy goes out the window and when it feels random: it's not as fun. Five Tribes is a perfect example!
Awesome video! I too get a lot out of hearing why games don't work out for some people. Totally random question: Do I recognize you from Ettin's board game flea market, ABQ? You look darn familiar.
Thank you for watching and that totally is me! So cool to hear from a local gamer 😁
@@BoardonaShelf Thought so. I picked up Caesar's Empire from you a couple of markets back. Keep up the fantastic work with the channel! Your presentation is excellent!
There is going to be a LOTR edition of 7 Wonders Duel. Great 2p game in 30 minutes.
Instant buy for sure
Have you looked at the summary sheet for Kokopelli on BGG? I've never played the game, so not sure if it's useful or not.
Oh yeah that sheet is a must use for sure. The game only comes with one of those sheets so passing it around can get pretty annoying and sometimes let people know what’s in your hand. I should have printed some more off
If you got rid of Hansa Teutonica and Evacuation, I think this channel isn't going to be a fit for me. I appreciate your views, but honestly WTH dude? If you felt like you needed 5 more turns in Evacuation, maybe try with the beginner friendly race mode. You just need more time to get better at it. And hansa is my number 1 game of all time. EVER! find different people to play with. It's worth it for HT!
This was my first time watching your video. All the best with your channel 💝
@@SAUPAYANMAZUMDAR With all due respect, thinking a channel isn't for you because he's getting rid of your favorite game seems like a close minded way to go. I'd understand it if most of the games weren't for you, but if your decision relies on his feelings on two games, then I'm speechless...
There are definitely some games that I already regret getting rid of - Hansa Teutonica being the biggest regret. Luckily I know some people who have it so I can keep trying it out. Evacuation is tough though! I really wanted to like it and I played it so many times trying to get more out of it but I just couldn’t get into it and appreciate it. Which is frustrating for me as a euro gamer because I can tell it’s such a good design. Oh well! I love Woodcraft and Praga so much that I still consider myself a Suchy fan
@@dabanyas honestly, I’m glad you’re speechless because whatever you did speak was senseless. You make wide overarching unsubstantiated assumptions and even worse, make logically flawed arguments. Let me help you on the later front first- the list is a list of games he’s getting rid of. So if they weren’t for me, I would agree with him. Your argument should go “If most of these games are ones you like…”. Which brings me to the first point-unsubstantiated assumptions. Just coz I mentioned 2 games doesn’t mean I don’t like the others. There are too many games on the list which are some of my favorites. The reason I specifically mentioned those two is that one of them is my number 1 game ever and the other is from my number 1 (favorite) designer ever. So no, it’s not JUST these 2, but these are the 2 which hurt the most
Now coming to the first line of your argument…
Getting rid of games = not good enough for him
My fav game(s) = games I will keep even if I were to get rid of everything else
If these are the same set of games, do you see that his choices and mine don’t exactly overlap? It would be easier to explain with a Venn diagram but I hope you get the point.
If that is true, what other reason could there be for you to think the channel might be for me? You did get one thing right though - one of us is close minded
@@BoardonaShelf that’s great to know! I personally don’t care for praga much though suchy is my fav designer. If you like his stuff, I will recommend my fav suchy game - pulsar 2849
Happy to see a queer board game youtuber! Keep it up!
Why does what sexually arouses him matter so much to you people?
@@Digger-Nick you are the one bringing up sexual arousal. Queer is not necessarily a categorization of his sexual orientation, but can be used as a cultural term for LGBT people.
Strange > We completely disagree about WOTR > The card game is fantastic with sooo many options! And we prefer it much more than the heavy board game (that we sold back)!
I feel like you’re definitely in the majority though! I have a theory it might have to do with the order you’re introduced to them. Some people I know who played the big one first like the card more and then a few others who played the card game first liked the big one more.
I'm so upset you didn't remember Darrow's name. I'm gonna keep watching out of spite 😠
I am so embarrassed about that 😭
youre right about roll player. its ok, but i much prefer the simpler original game
Loove the video! I look forward to all your future content ❤ Just wondering, are we able to purchase these games from you by chance 🙏🏽🥹
Unfortunately I sold almost all of them at a local board game sale 😭 the only ones I have left are Endangered, WotR, Red Rising, and King of 12.
Thank you for watching! I’m looking forward to putting out more content soon.