Hot dam this game is a glorious chaotic mess and I am totally here for it. It's fascinating how well it executes its theme, which should be impossible to get accross. But you get all the aspects of being a pro-CCG player or the hero of a card playing tv show, all nicely bound into a pretty complex, but not overwhelmingly so game. Using the simulation approach to the tournaments was the key, keeping it to 6 card plays that matter is perfect. What a neat game and i wish i could play it a lot more than i do.
Man this game has been on my radar for a long time but you just explaining the basics is a lot. Still gonna buy it of course cause I love anything level 99 games makes.
It's one of those games I've only ever busted out a handful of times, but each time I did was a 10/10 experience. It is the fastest 3 hour long game I've ever played.
L99 isn't always perfect but they're the masters of making games that are absolutely packed with content. Even smaller games of theirs like Pixel Tactics feel like they crammed as much as they could into a game that costs $10.
This game is one that I would love to play but probably would never own. I doubt I would get it played in my group but if I went to a small convention and it was there with enough willing players, I'm sure I would enjoy it a lot
I bought this game not too long ago with several of the expansions and I have not been even slightly disappointed since! This game is everything I could have ever wanted in a board/card game and it gives you the same feel as playing a full blown tcg without any of the the regret that comes with tcgs and blowing hundreds of dollars on booster packs and singles 😆! Definitely worth every cent if you want something challenging and unique to add to your collection that you and some dedicated friends can bust out.
I absolutely love this game. I wish I could get it played more often. The new collusion rules and mechanics add a lot to the game and I would never play without them. The solo mode is pretty cool too.
@@3MBG There is some good content but a lot of the rules can be used in the base version. It splits the store deck from the other deck, fusions are no longer just top decking. A few other things.
Great review Jarrod! I generally avoid games that require me to negotiate with other players but this game might work if I can only trade a card for equal value. Then maybe it becomes a win-win transaction. Thx!
Trades are actually pretty rare compared to just selling it to the aftermarket and having someone else grab it there, which is a form of indirect trade. Which also speeds up the game as well.
Looking forward to their reprint.But for this game I will have to overcome my urge to sleeve every board and wargame in high end sleeves. The cost would be crazy high, the sleeving would take forever and the draw decks would probably be really high
Given how the store deck is constructed, unless you intend to play with the same store decks dozens of times, you really won't need to sleeve them. Plus, given how much cardplay is in this game, you really don't handle your cards that much. About 90% of the time, any given cards are just sitting there on the table (not in your hands or anything)
1:55 Quick correction, trading cards can be done with non-equal star values, you just are __required__ to pay the difference in cash. This is to discourage players being taken advantage of too much. Other than that great video for a game that I'll get when it goes back in print next year, hopefully.
@@3MBG There is a " Free Market Mode" but it rather throws away the requirement for equal stars+cash on both sides: "Free Market Mode is an optional rule for advanced players who are very confident in their card evaluation abilities. With Free Market Mode, players may make uneven trades. That is, both sides of a trade do not need to match up in terms of __Millennium Dollars and Star Ratings__." (From the latest rules I could find, p.15) The rules for normal trading from the rulebook read as follows: "You can always Trade with other players directly, without using the Aftermarket. However, any trades made between players must be equal value trades. That is, the __total of all Star Ratings and Millennium Dollars__ must be equal on both sides of the trade. If you are making a trade that clearly benefits one side more than the other, you may wish to ask the other side for Friendship in addition to the other trade items." (p.9 of the same rules) But as I said, great video rule regardless :D
@@3MBG Yeah, not that big a deal in the big scheme of things. (Millenium Blades looks like a game that is hard to really "break" per-say) In any case, you got a new subscriber with that video :D
@@3MBG The other expansion is collusion. It was Kickstarter only, but they are repacking it and most of the mini expansions into new boxes to get them back on the market. Also, instead of dealing 6 cards from the top of the store during deck building, you deal 3 from the core set and 3 from the store.
Lol, bad and good random cards is part of the whole CCG experience. I once won a sealed deck tourney for a game because you got 2 boosters, and both of mine had broken foil cards in them
I'm in basically the same situation. Every session is 100% pure gold. I wish I still had it, but rebuying a copy wouldn't meaningfully improve my odds of getting it to the table again.
Fireflys money is pretty, but nothing close to the satisfaction of the wadded stacks of cash in MB. Throwing down lots of 10 bills wrapped up together, so at times 90 bills at a time, is really tactile.
Yeah, its totally not the look, but the feel. So good. Only thing that comes close is the iron clay type poker chips i picked up recently to use with most games instead of their money tokens. Those are boss too.
@@3MBG I love my Firefly Big Money set but I know exactly what you mean about the feel of the MB wads of cash. I'm amazed I've never seen that idea copied in any other game.
Could have said it all better, including the fact that this game should be a complete mess and instead: it's brilliant. I have everything for this game and it's too much. There is so much in just the base game that the rest of the stuff is only for the diehards. In other words: it's a typical L99 game :D
I get that, anime stuff is as far from my fav art style as art can get, but it works for the game. A collab between level 99 and Magic the gathering would be cool, using a bunch of old MTG art assets though
Hot dam this game is a glorious chaotic mess and I am totally here for it. It's fascinating how well it executes its theme, which should be impossible to get accross. But you get all the aspects of being a pro-CCG player or the hero of a card playing tv show, all nicely bound into a pretty complex, but not overwhelmingly so game. Using the simulation approach to the tournaments was the key, keeping it to 6 card plays that matter is perfect. What a neat game and i wish i could play it a lot more than i do.
L99 seem to have a knack for making neat card games
Man this game has been on my radar for a long time but you just explaining the basics is a lot. Still gonna buy it of course cause I love anything level 99 games makes.
I've played 3 of their games and all 3 are in my permanent collection. This, Argent and Empyreal.
It's one of those games I've only ever busted out a handful of times, but each time I did was a 10/10 experience. It is the fastest 3 hour long game I've ever played.
L99 isn't always perfect but they're the masters of making games that are absolutely packed with content. Even smaller games of theirs like Pixel Tactics feel like they crammed as much as they could into a game that costs $10.
This game is one that I would love to play but probably would never own. I doubt I would get it played in my group but if I went to a small convention and it was there with enough willing players, I'm sure I would enjoy it a lot
I bought this game not too long ago with several of the expansions and I have not been even slightly disappointed since! This game is everything I could have ever wanted in a board/card game and it gives you the same feel as playing a full blown tcg without any of the the regret that comes with tcgs and blowing hundreds of dollars on booster packs and singles 😆! Definitely worth every cent if you want something challenging and unique to add to your collection that you and some dedicated friends can bust out.
I absolutely love this game. I wish I could get it played more often.
The new collusion rules and mechanics add a lot to the game and I would never play without them.
The solo mode is pretty cool too.
I shuld check out collusion, i've only got set rotation
@@3MBG There is some good content but a lot of the rules can be used in the base version. It splits the store deck from the other deck, fusions are no longer just top decking. A few other things.
Ah, fusions were always the hot trade thing, or deck underpinner. Get a good one, and you can build around it. But so much luck, so that sounds good
Amazing game. Definitely a must buy for anyone who loves TCGs or CCGs
You know, I'd never thought I'd live to see a Yu Gi Oh board game.
Great review Jarrod! I generally avoid games that require me to negotiate with other players but this game might work if I can only trade a card for equal value. Then maybe it becomes a win-win transaction. Thx!
Trades are actually pretty rare compared to just selling it to the aftermarket and having someone else grab it there, which is a form of indirect trade. Which also speeds up the game as well.
During my games trades often happen for completing collections during the deck building phase
This is literally and figuratively the heaviest game I own!
Its SOOOOO heavy, all them chunky cards
@Michael Turner Why that game comes with bits for up to 7 players is an utter mystery to me. 7 player caverna would be awful
Now only if Millennium Blades was still available T_T
It pops in and out of print all the time, this one will be available again for sure.
Looking forward to their reprint.But for this game I will have to overcome my urge to sleeve every board and wargame in high end sleeves. The cost would be crazy high, the sleeving would take forever and the draw decks would probably be really high
The cards are solid, and unless you are planning on playing this 200 odd times, i would really not be worried about wear
Given how the store deck is constructed, unless you intend to play with the same store decks dozens of times, you really won't need to sleeve them.
Plus, given how much cardplay is in this game, you really don't handle your cards that much. About 90% of the time, any given cards are just sitting there on the table (not in your hands or anything)
1:55 Quick correction, trading cards can be done with non-equal star values, you just are __required__ to pay the difference in cash. This is to discourage players being taken advantage of too much.
Other than that great video for a game that I'll get when it goes back in print next year, hopefully.
IIRC, that's an optional rule. One not recommended with new players
@@3MBG There is a " Free Market Mode" but it rather throws away the requirement for equal stars+cash on both sides:
"Free Market Mode is an optional rule for
advanced players who are very confident in
their card evaluation abilities.
With Free Market Mode, players may make
uneven trades. That is, both sides of a trade do
not need to match up in terms of __Millennium
Dollars and Star Ratings__." (From the latest rules I could find, p.15)
The rules for normal trading from the rulebook read as follows:
"You can always Trade with other players
directly, without using the Aftermarket.
However, any trades made between players
must be equal value trades. That is, the __total
of all Star Ratings and Millennium Dollars__
must be equal on both sides of the trade.
If you are making a trade that clearly benefits
one side more than the other, you may wish to
ask the other side for Friendship in addition
to the other trade items."
(p.9 of the same rules)
But as I said, great video rule regardless :D
Ah, yes, very correct. I think i may have taught it to people with equal trades just to simplify it and it stuck in my head.
@@3MBG Yeah, not that big a deal in the big scheme of things. (Millenium Blades looks like a game that is hard to really "break" per-say)
In any case, you got a new subscriber with that video :D
As of the latest expansion, you do not shuffle the core cards into the store deck. They are now there own deck you can buy from instead.
Interesting. I clearly don't have that expansion. I have set rotation and the core only i think
@@3MBG The other expansion is collusion. It was Kickstarter only, but they are repacking it and most of the mini expansions into new boxes to get them back on the market. Also, instead of dealing 6 cards from the top of the store during deck building, you deal 3 from the core set and 3 from the store.
Love this game
The heart of the cards isn't real. If anything, the cards are kind of jerks with how many times I've been screwed by a bad opening hand.
Lol, bad and good random cards is part of the whole CCG experience. I once won a sealed deck tourney for a game because you got 2 boosters, and both of mine had broken foil cards in them
Owned it a few yrs ago but getting it to the table is next to impossible unless you've played it before. I wish I hadn't sold mine.
Yeah, its a big obstacle i've had as well, just getting folks to play
I'm in basically the same situation. Every session is 100% pure gold. I wish I still had it, but rebuying a copy wouldn't meaningfully improve my odds of getting it to the table again.
I have the same issue, but this game is so unique I can't justify ever getting rid of it. I would regret it forever.
Obviously now that we have acard game about playing card games we need a card game about playing a card game about playing a card game.
Well this one is playing a card game of people playing a card game on a show watched by people who play the card game, so its close.
Better money than in Firefly? I SCOFF.
Fireflys money is pretty, but nothing close to the satisfaction of the wadded stacks of cash in MB. Throwing down lots of 10 bills wrapped up together, so at times 90 bills at a time, is really tactile.
@@3MBG ok that’s fair
And on brand to throw whole wads of cash on ccgs
Yeah, its totally not the look, but the feel. So good. Only thing that comes close is the iron clay type poker chips i picked up recently to use with most games instead of their money tokens. Those are boss too.
@@3MBG I love my Firefly Big Money set but I know exactly what you mean about the feel of the MB wads of cash. I'm amazed I've never seen that idea copied in any other game.
Even better than the money in firefly?
Oh wait I did that already
Bro
I'm stuck in a time loop@@3MBG
“The best part is the stacks of cash”
After having to assemble all those stacks one by one i highly disagree
*laughs in model painter*, Compared to so many games, that's trivial. I spent 2 weeks putting together Horus Heresy.
Could have said it all better, including the fact that this game should be a complete mess and instead: it's brilliant. I have everything for this game and it's too much. There is so much in just the base game that the rest of the stuff is only for the diehards. In other words: it's a typical L99 game :D
Yeah, I just can't get into that artwork at all. Maybe I'm getting old.
I get that, anime stuff is as far from my fav art style as art can get, but it works for the game. A collab between level 99 and Magic the gathering would be cool, using a bunch of old MTG art assets though
Was that only 3 minutes? I think my attention wandered after 1 minute. So not for me regarding whatever theme this is.