You don't count up the strengt of the goblins toghter, you have to just defeat them one at a time B: keep goblinS at bay To begin with, each player may play the action cards “Scaregoblin” or “Mystery Mule” (see extra sheet). Then, all players place all of their watchdogs in front of them, face up, and sum their paw qualities. Next, each player compares their paw quality with each goblin’s paw quality, one after the other: If the player’s paw quality is at least as large as that of the goblin, they have kept the creature at bay and do not lose any coins. If player’s paw quality is less than that of the goblin, the goblin steals coins from the player equal to the value indicated on the tile; the player must place these coins on that tile.
Nice artwork, drafting, fun theme, treasure, great with three, and hey, it's got DOGS. My smaller game crew is three of us and the other two are dog lovers, so they'll no doubt like this. On my wish list...
+RiddleFlowOn Interesting-- I hadn't noticed Tschak! Looks pretty cool, Tom apparently put it in his collection at the beginning of 2012-- wonder if he still has it? Treasure Hunter though, will work with more than 4 players, which is a plus for me, and the fact it's particularly good at three is also a big plus for me. Then again, there's nothing saying I couldn't own both of them, as Tschak! does look pretty cool. Interesting difference though apparently, you don't draft individual cards in Tschak!, you play the hand and then pass the entire hand for the next round, so essentially, everyone is playing the same hands but trying to do better with them, I'm not sure if I've seen another game with that mechanism...
The video is great as always. Just one question I've been wondering about. The board game media seems to talk about drafting as solely the hand passing form. I'm not sure if I'm missing something in my vocabulary, but there are other forms of drafting that Tom also enjoys, right? Mostly those would be variations of the shared pool on the table you can draw from, as in 7 Wonders Duel, or Ticket to Ride. I think it's often overlooked in discussing the strengths of Ticket to Ride how much it's improved by the simple drafting mechanic rather than relying solely on blind draws. Oops... rambling...
Core worlds, star realms, those are also drafting. The hand passing kind does seem to get emphasis I think, but I feel like the ones with hand passing, it is almost the only important part of the game.
You don't count up the strengt of the goblins toghter, you have to just defeat them one at a time B: keep goblinS at bay To begin with, each player may play the action cards “Scaregoblin” or “Mystery Mule” (see extra sheet).
Then, all players place all of their watchdogs in front of them, face up, and sum their paw qualities.
Next, each player compares their paw quality with each goblin’s paw quality, one after the other:
If the player’s paw quality is at least as large as that of the goblin, they have kept the creature at bay and do not lose any coins.
If player’s paw quality is less than that of the goblin, the goblin steals coins from the player equal to the value indicated on the tile; the player must place these coins on that tile.
Tom is always out to get Billy Bob and Susan!
Tom, would you have rather had this or Medieval Academy in the Dice Tower Essentials line?
+Jake Kamps Medieval Academy
Thanks
Funny, Medieval Academy was the first thing that popped into my head as well. Everyone I've taught Medieval Academy loves it.
Yeah, just say this one at the local store and I was wondering about it. Thanks for reviewing this one Tom. Nice job :D
Nice artwork, drafting, fun theme, treasure, great with three, and hey, it's got DOGS. My smaller game crew is three of us and the other two are dog lovers, so they'll no doubt like this. On my wish list...
Spiel des Jahres for a revamp of Tschak!? How did you not even mention the similarities between this and Dominique Ehrhard's wonderful game?
+RiddleFlowOn Interesting-- I hadn't noticed Tschak! Looks pretty cool, Tom apparently put it in his collection at the beginning of 2012-- wonder if he still has it? Treasure Hunter though, will work with more than 4 players, which is a plus for me, and the fact it's particularly good at three is also a big plus for me. Then again, there's nothing saying I couldn't own both of them, as Tschak! does look pretty cool. Interesting difference though apparently, you don't draft individual cards in Tschak!, you play the hand and then pass the entire hand for the next round, so essentially, everyone is playing the same hands but trying to do better with them, I'm not sure if I've seen another game with that mechanism...
The video is great as always. Just one question I've been wondering about. The board game media seems to talk about drafting as solely the hand passing form. I'm not sure if I'm missing something in my vocabulary, but there are other forms of drafting that Tom also enjoys, right? Mostly those would be variations of the shared pool on the table you can draw from, as in 7 Wonders Duel, or Ticket to Ride. I think it's often overlooked in discussing the strengths of Ticket to Ride how much it's improved by the simple drafting mechanic rather than relying solely on blind draws. Oops... rambling...
Core worlds, star realms, those are also drafting. The hand passing kind does seem to get emphasis I think, but I feel like the ones with hand passing, it is almost the only important part of the game.
You did not read the Goblin rules correctly.
No mace ruling this time? it must be on the workshop.
Thank you Tom
reminds me a bit of tzack!
Tschak! 2.0 .... Nothing new here
+Ricky Eads and Tschak 1.0 didn't go well in my group, so nothing here for me..