This tumbnail made me crazy excited! This is one of the very first boardgames I've ever backed, ever! (Marvel United X-Men and Tanares Adventures were the only ones I had backed before this one). I'm very much hyped for this one.
Such a great production. Everything looks beautiful. I love how easy it looks to travel and then zoom in on a location and access the tactical map. Combats look fun and I really like that each enemy has a different “anatomy” having nodes to neutralize and that doing so can modify the strength of the enemy (i.e., injuries). The fact that all miniatures are preprinted adds a lot to the experience. Really excited to receive this one soon. Great playthrough Mike. Are you going to do a more story / NPC focused before the review?
I’m thinking about it, though to be honest the NPC-focused stuff is a little wonky in solo. You are supposed to have another character acting out the NPC, and then reply organically and get different results based on your replies. With solo I just kind of read all the results on the card and move on 🤷♂️
Man, i originaly backed this as my first kickstarter buy, but had to cancel because of an operation I had to take. Glad I did though, but I reeealy envy and also feel happy for everyone getting this game. Keep up the great videos!
@OneStopCoopShop haha, true, that one should hopefully be shipped out in the next couple of days, since EU deliveries have actually started now :) Arydia should reach the port in the Netherlands in 5 days, so with customs and everything, I expect it to be delivered sometime in January (if it doesn't get stuck in customs for weeks like some other projects)😄
@@Felizwerg Well, Flying Frog once claimed that fulfillment "mishaps" are a charming element of the Flying Frog experience. So I am not sure if it really can be counted.😁
My copy is on it's way! I feel like this is going to be a sleeper hit. It kickstarted so long ago that most people have forgotten about it. When it finally arrives I hope it turns a lot of heads. :D
I’m not sure it’s as much a sleeper as you think. I’ve seen many other crowd sourced games where folks have proclaimed Cody’s approach to communication and feedback are the new gold standard others should strive for. Arydia is the game that will keep me from ever backing another game because so few will live up to this level of customer service, community, and quality.
This and Elder Scrolls BOTSE are my most anticipated games! It also looks like they'll both be getting delivered around the same time. RIP my backlog of games.
A game is not over produced when it is produced to the standards of the designer and clearly stated as a design objective. If you buy any luxury goods from a car to a whiskey you can say it is over produced for your tastes but not over produced if it is as advertised, Cody is selling an overall quality experience and not added features just for the sake of it. There are many games I feel are to "rich" for my tastes e.g. for most games I prefer standees over more boxes of unpainted plastic, this gane is the exception especially as I am hoping family and friends will share it's experiences with me, like renting a film in UHD as opposed to HD or SD, or Vinyl vs spotify.
Came here to say the same! I think this should be the baseline. It's not over produced. So many games are almost unplayable, because they are so fiddely, especially in the dungeon crawling realm. So, please make this the standard, so we can focus more on the gameplay and not on the "tracking all my tokens, and modifications, etc."!!!
@deathjester6406 if every game uses this as the baseline, then every game will need to cost $200+ like this one does, meaning they will be out of reach of many gamers to buy. I think having some games that are more deluxified and some that are a bit more bare bones is exactly how the industry should continue to be.
@@OneStopCoopShop yep, makes sense, they can’t all be like this. But it’s great when the “deluxification” actually improves the ergonomics of the gameplay experience instead of being just tons of plastic minis like a lot of the > $200 kickstarters nowadays. And Cody’s updates during the campaign are also exemplary on how a campaign should be run.
Thanks for the playthrough! I ALMOST backed this but there's a lot going on with the boards, cards, skills, etc. A lot to keep track of. I love how the zoomed-in maps are revealed as you move through them and evolve as you defeat enemies. Keeps up a real element of surprise. I also wish more games had a soundtrack and indicated when to play certain tracks. I love that!
Cant wait for this to arrive, i am thinking that the damage cubes will get a little clunky and easily knocked so thinking i could sleeve enemies as i fight them and use a dry erase pen to mark the damage!
The game seemed smooth mostly in part of the greatly organized components. But then the combat started... And that's when the rules seemed to get in the way.
If you are experienced with dungeon crawlers and boss battlers I don't think you'll have any trouble. It's not nearly as complicated as something like Gloomhaven. But yes, combat is by far the most complicated portion of the game. The adventuring is extremely straightforward, in a good way.
I was planning on playing this dual handed, but I might have to rethink this idea. There is way more stuff going on than I remember from when I backed it. I wonder how much you miss out on when playing it true solo. Nice presentation, Mike. Thank you very much. Edit: is there space for sleeves?
There’s an answer on BGG from the creator regarding sleeves. Something like: you can sleeve the commonly shuffled decks and there’s room. Or if you sleeve it all (which prolly isn’t necessary) then you would use the card index lids for storage as well, but then there would be massive lid lift in the game box.
Sleeves would be tough (the holders are stuffed), but you only shuffle two decks (threat and exploration) Two-handed isn’t too bad, once you get used to the play. Turns are separated, so it’s not like you need to do a lot with one character while another is going
@@Biodelic Yes! Any time you 'rest' at town you can add / remove party members - and party members auto-level to the same level as the rest, so it's pretty seamless! :)
I’ve been playing my freedom 5 ks and having a blast! I also have tidal blade 2 , death may die 2 waiting in the wings!! But I’m moving this to the top of the play list! It was a littler under whelming for the boss .
Looks pretty neat! Looking at how they use the "Max Value" token, it seems like it would not be possible to have a max HP of 19? or max mana of 9? Since the "max" token wouldn't fit in the last slot
Watching this really hammered home why I didn't back this. Don't get me wrong, I'd absolutely love to play it sometime. I just couldn't justify the purchase given the mandatory minis (this is when I started dramatically cutting down on mini pledges in favor of standees and meeples) and I could tell that the combat in this would feel... Grindy? I think grind is the word I'm looking for. Also as someone with a healthy TTRPG group, getting this to the table would be unlikely. Again, I do think the production is top notch, and I love a lot of things it's doing. It's just a bad fit for my collection at this time.
Combat hasn’t felt grindy at all to me so far. You don’t fight that often (many locations are just NPCs and side quests and such). And when I’m not filming a battle takes maybe 10 minutes.
Oh I totally get what you mean. For me, this will be a great fit for my collection. But take something like Death May Die. That game gets crazy good reviews and it's a great game, but if I had it I would never play it. I don't like the Cthulhu theme, so I'd never play it for that reason. And as good as it is, there are other miniature heavy games which have mechanics that I prefer a lot more (Imperial Assault, Gears of War, Terminator Genisys to name a few). So it's a great game that wouldn't suit a purpose in my collection. This game fits well because even though I do play TTRPGs, I can't solo them. Though I *am* a bit concerned that it's a big epic campaign game. Those games tend to be hard for me to finish in general.
As someone who tested the entirety of the game (so of course take my opinion with a grain of salt), I can say that the combat never once felt grindy or repetitive. Combats go smoothly and only get better (both more interesting and more challenging) as the game progresses.
@@iam1hobbit If I may ask you a question? I C/C something I wrote on BGG : I am sorry, but I am quite underwhelmed by the combat part, specifically with the strategy : "wait just outside enemy range, until they finally activate, they are walking close to you, now you have several turns where you can freely hit them because all they are doing is charging up their threat". In the first fight, the mobs did not attack a single time I believe. Is it just these mobs, or were there some very lucky draws? Is the Threat Limit Break supposed to prevent you from camping just outside range? Also, I am really confused as why weak points for the mobs (and the practice dummy) are designed to be avoided. Shouldn't we want to hit weak points (like with the boss)?
@bertranddecoster2045 these are some concerns I have as well. Yes, in many combats you are punished for camping with limit breaks, and yes these were lucky draws, but kiting and waiting can be valid strategies so far. I’m still evaluating how this evolves later in the campaign
This looks pretty awesome. I see that it can play up to 4 people, which is the number in my game group. Is that realistic? or only good for 1-2 people?
Playtesters commenting here said it worked at all counts. From my plays so far I prefer 2 as the best balance between comboing characters while not having to wait too long between hero turns
oof now I have some regrets not backing this. Combat looks to be combining many of the best bits of other great games to create something really excellent.
Correct, one hero turn and then one enemy card flip. The other balance are the cards in the threat deck that add threat points based on the number of exiles
question how many of those world maps are there i did see in early production 2 but somehow i did read that it went down to only 1 is that true i am waiting for my copy the ship should have arrived in Rotterdam i am from the netherlands so i hope to still get it this year.
I'm curious, how do you manage or track which minis belong to which enemy card? In this case there were only two enemies, but what if there are more? Edit: just noticed the subtle colored arrow thing on their bases.
@@OneStopCoopShop Thanks for responding! I was wondering, given how tightly everything is put together, do you see any potential problems with using card sleeves with this game? Like have they accounted for the +5% - +15% space that card sleeves would typically require?
I believe the designer had responded elsewhere that it was possible, but I forget the details. Only a small set of cards is shuffled in game, so those are the only ones I’m sleeving
To me this game feels like "how many mechanisms from other games can we cram into a single package"; I see here shadows of Gloomhaven, KDM, Descent, 7th Continent, Sleeping Gods, Tainted Grail... I wouldn't be amazed if at some point you start exchanging wood for sheep. :)
All the games you named are in the big "dungeon crawler" and "adventure game" genres. So yeah, you move around a world map, you have fights with bosses. But can you point to specific mechanics that are shared by the games you named and Arydia? Because, as someone who's played every game you've named extensively, except for the fact that all of these are in the same genre, I don't see much that was copied or ported or borrowed from any of those.
I think that's right (my podcast co-host is borrowing my copy). It's supposed to link to their website with the music. But when I got mine that part of the site wasn't ready yet...
This looks amazing, literally everything I want in a box, beautiful, unfortunately I have a very tight budget and bought a game in similar space, elder scrolls betrayal.
@@OneStopCoopShop I skipped this one because I had many other games backed before I discovered this in late pledge. And by then, I decided 280€ is too much for a single game (though I also backed TES, which is the game that decided me to stop spending so much... I'd like to play it, but I will have no time in the upcoming 3-4 years to play it, and I think in 3 years I'm not sure I would want to play this type of games anyway (who knows? it's far in time, things have changed in the last year and will change in the next few ones, by then for sure someone will get rid of this and so maybe finding it below 200 could be doable)
Yes, I believe the game will be available soon. You can lookup the publisher Far Off Games. They have an email subscription that will probably send out a blast when they become available. (They send very few emails, BTW, like maybe 1 a year, lol).
Yes to both 😜 But in all seriousness, so far arydia has the better combat, agemonia has the better location exploration and narrative. Another big difference is that agemonia has very strict timers that might annoy adventure gamers who want to explore, while arydia is much more free form in its non-combat sections
@@OneStopCoopShop so I'd love Arydia more BY FAR (I don't despise timer in a combat board - like in Rogue Angels you'll have timer - but I don't like it when in exploration mode, when I am free roaming)
Yeah, that’s one point I’ll mention in my review. Once you’ve played through all the quests in a given section, while the combats will play out differently and the paths/classes fight differently, you aren’t going to see much new narrative and exploration-wise
Can't wait for this one! After being quite disappointed by Agemonia and Fateforge, I'm in need of a big campaign to dig into solo (something to coax Aeon Trespass off my table). Fortunately doing Tidal Blades 2 with the wife and about to start Harakiri tomorrow with a mate.
@cynicismyh8840 I didn't like the writing very much and although I appreciated the way the scenarios tried to prioritise discovery, I thought it was actually handled quite poorly. And the combat was boring, but that was the least of my issues.
Not that bad. I’m planning to add a second character soon for more tactical combat combos. It’s easy to add and remove characters in the middle of a campaign
$349... and worth every penny?! Wait, the boss is not very boss? Combat seems interesting. Still a fun looking game! A standee version with no advent calendar would be cool too. Very nice, but I would rather pay for a $99 version.
You mentioned a few times that this game is "over-produced". I don't favor games that do this. It drives up the price, and I prefer better gameplay over artwork, production quality, table presence, etc. This is a great game to look at, but the production choices have driven this game way out of my price range. Too bad, because I like the combat mechanics.
@@LetsKeepThePeace actually for us in Europe, base game in late pledge and the few retail options is around 265€ once taxed and shipped, a HUGE amount of money for a run-once (maybe twice) over-produced game. Brilliant in looks, nice combat, but too much
Been waiting for like 3 or 4 years, so excited to finally get it, almost there guys !
Right! 4 years... cant believe I waited that ling and now its here.
I can't handle my levels of hype after playing the final copy at PAXU with Cody. It's a GREAT game folks.
My wife and I finally got the play the quick start today and had a great time with just that! We can’t wait to play further!
This tumbnail made me crazy excited! This is one of the very first boardgames I've ever backed, ever! (Marvel United X-Men and Tanares Adventures were the only ones I had backed before this one). I'm very much hyped for this one.
Very excited to receive my copy! This looks great!!
Wow I am so glad I got this! Thanks for the killer video, now I just have to wait for my copy to get here. 🙂
Such a great production. Everything looks beautiful. I love how easy it looks to travel and then zoom in on a location and access the tactical map. Combats look fun and I really like that each enemy has a different “anatomy” having nodes to neutralize and that doing so can modify the strength of the enemy (i.e., injuries).
The fact that all miniatures are preprinted adds a lot to the experience. Really excited to receive this one soon. Great playthrough Mike.
Are you going to do a more story / NPC focused before the review?
I’m thinking about it, though to be honest the NPC-focused stuff is a little wonky in solo. You are supposed to have another character acting out the NPC, and then reply organically and get different results based on your replies. With solo I just kind of read all the results on the card and move on 🤷♂️
I cannot wait for my copy. This is the game I’ve been most eager to play of all the Kickstarter games (around 80 now) in my collection.
Can't wait for this to arrive!
Man, i originaly backed this as my first kickstarter buy, but had to cancel because of an operation I had to take. Glad I did though, but I reeealy envy and also feel happy for everyone getting this game. Keep up the great videos!
The game looks superb.
I love everything about this game, thanks for the video! I can't wait to get this :)
You gotta get your tidal blades 2 copy first though!! ❤️
@OneStopCoopShop haha, true, that one should hopefully be shipped out in the next couple of days, since EU deliveries have actually started now :)
Arydia should reach the port in the Netherlands in 5 days, so with customs and everything, I expect it to be delivered sometime in January (if it doesn't get stuck in customs for weeks like some other projects)😄
Seeing is believing. That fulfillment might be the all time worst fulfillment hell of all times.
@@Biodelic The TB2 fulfilment is still not as bad as the wave 2 fulfillment of the Shadows of Brimstone Adventure sets😅
@@Felizwerg Well, Flying Frog once claimed that fulfillment "mishaps" are a charming element of the Flying Frog experience. So I am not sure if it really can be counted.😁
I cannot wait for my copy to arrive!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
I NEED this game.
I’m a freaking sucker for games that have slotted components.
AND it has a Tetris like inventory system. My god… 😍
My copy is on it's way! I feel like this is going to be a sleeper hit. It kickstarted so long ago that most people have forgotten about it. When it finally arrives I hope it turns a lot of heads. :D
I'm hoping that it gets upgraded from "sleeper hit" to just "hit", because it's great
I’m not sure it’s as much a sleeper as you think. I’ve seen many other crowd sourced games where folks have proclaimed Cody’s approach to communication and feedback are the new gold standard others should strive for.
Arydia is the game that will keep me from ever backing another game because so few will live up to this level of customer service, community, and quality.
What a game ! Can't wait to have it on my table !! And thx for the gameplay :)
Looking forward to this! Should be here any day now!
Hope you have a blast with it!
That fight had some serious black knight vibes xD Especially since you didn't move him. "What are you going to do? Bleed on me?"
As someone who is a Xia junkie, I am sad that I slept on getting this amazing-looking game.
Can't wait to receive my copy over here in Germany!
My most eagerly anticipated game!
This and Elder Scrolls BOTSE are my most anticipated games! It also looks like they'll both be getting delivered around the same time. RIP my backlog of games.
I came here from your top 20 list because the game looked stunning. Incredible design!
It’s pretty awesome!
Just got mine in and I'm so excited to bring it to that table with my group 😊
Hope you have a great time with it!
"he's almost dead, how is he going to insult me"
My most hyped game ever
Omg. May have to buy this when it finally becomes more available. Here's to hoping it does!
you can buy it off their site directly
Excellent playing! Way to make combat look easy. I have been KOed in testing by the puccles more than I care to admit. 😂
Well, I was slightly over-leveled, and they had some unlucky threat pulls :)
So excited! I have multiple friends already asking if there's a way to have multiple campaigns running at once. Lol
It would be tough… you are adding cards and removing cards from the decks as you go, so to track all of that would suck 😅
Looks great ! Hope that boards dont bend over time..
More of this please !! Want to see more !!!
I have a full review coming Monday!
@@OneStopCoopShop look forward to it, top man Mike !!!
Eagerly awaiting my copies of Arydia and Xia.
That’s a lot of awesomeness coming your way soon 🥳
40:47 u roll 6. Great previou 💗
I was so close to backing this one but chickened out. FOMO hitting hard after seeing this.
A game is not over produced when it is produced to the standards of the designer and clearly stated as a design objective.
If you buy any luxury goods from a car to a whiskey you can say it is over produced for your tastes but not over produced if it is as advertised, Cody is selling an overall quality experience and not added features just for the sake of it.
There are many games I feel are to "rich" for my tastes e.g. for most games I prefer standees over more boxes of unpainted plastic, this gane is the exception especially as I am hoping family and friends will share it's experiences with me, like renting a film in UHD as opposed to HD or SD, or Vinyl vs spotify.
Don’t get me wrong, I adore all the organizational and component touches here and they make the experience a joy.
Not over produced. Cody takes pride in all his games. I wish more would live up to his quality.
Correct, it’s not overly produced but amazingly produced ! I don’t think in the video it was meant as a criticism though.
Don't get me wrong, it's awesome
Came here to say the same! I think this should be the baseline. It's not over produced. So many games are almost unplayable, because they are so fiddely, especially in the dungeon crawling realm. So, please make this the standard, so we can focus more on the gameplay and not on the "tracking all my tokens, and modifications, etc."!!!
@deathjester6406 if every game uses this as the baseline, then every game will need to cost $200+ like this one does, meaning they will be out of reach of many gamers to buy. I think having some games that are more deluxified and some that are a bit more bare bones is exactly how the industry should continue to be.
@@OneStopCoopShop yep, makes sense, they can’t all be like this. But it’s great when the “deluxification” actually improves the ergonomics of the gameplay experience instead of being just tons of plastic minis like a lot of the > $200 kickstarters nowadays. And Cody’s updates during the campaign are also exemplary on how a campaign should be run.
Thanks for the playthrough! I ALMOST backed this but there's a lot going on with the boards, cards, skills, etc. A lot to keep track of. I love how the zoomed-in maps are revealed as you move through them and evolve as you defeat enemies. Keeps up a real element of surprise. I also wish more games had a soundtrack and indicated when to play certain tracks. I love that!
This is definitely a labor of love with the soundtrack and such
Great video, thanks for it. I'll put this game on my list. Looking at 40:48, that is 6 on the dice, not 9.
Damn those tricky numbers with dots!!! Good catch :)
Cant wait for this to arrive, i am thinking that the damage cubes will get a little clunky and easily knocked so thinking i could sleeve enemies as i fight them and use a dry erase pen to mark the damage!
Oh yeah, that would definitely work, though I haven't knocked my damage tokens much.
The game seemed smooth mostly in part of the greatly organized components. But then the combat started... And that's when the rules seemed to get in the way.
If you are experienced with dungeon crawlers and boss battlers I don't think you'll have any trouble. It's not nearly as complicated as something like Gloomhaven.
But yes, combat is by far the most complicated portion of the game. The adventuring is extremely straightforward, in a good way.
My Xia rulebook was ruined by mold. I was so tempted to just back another copy entirely when backing Arydia... I do regret not doing it a little...
I was planning on playing this dual handed, but I might have to rethink this idea. There is way more stuff going on than I remember from when I backed it.
I wonder how much you miss out on when playing it true solo.
Nice presentation, Mike. Thank you very much.
Edit: is there space for sleeves?
There’s an answer on BGG from the creator regarding sleeves. Something like: you can sleeve the commonly shuffled decks and there’s room. Or if you sleeve it all (which prolly isn’t necessary) then you would use the card index lids for storage as well, but then there would be massive lid lift in the game box.
Sleeves would be tough (the holders are stuffed), but you only shuffle two decks (threat and exploration)
Two-handed isn’t too bad, once you get used to the play. Turns are separated, so it’s not like you need to do a lot with one character while another is going
@@MattMorey Cheers for the info!
@@OneStopCoopShop Is it possible to have player characters drop in / out during a playthrough?
@@Biodelic Yes! Any time you 'rest' at town you can add / remove party members - and party members auto-level to the same level as the rest, so it's pretty seamless! :)
I’ve been playing my freedom 5 ks and having a blast! I also have tidal blade 2 , death may die 2 waiting in the wings!! But I’m moving this to the top of the play list!
It was a littler under whelming for the boss .
I got lucky with that boss. Other ones have kicked my butt more
Looks pretty neat! Looking at how they use the "Max Value" token, it seems like it would not be possible to have a max HP of 19? or max mana of 9? Since the "max" token wouldn't fit in the last slot
I clearly haven’t gotten that far, but I imagine you might just remove the blocker entirely?
Yeah that would be my guess, but then the you might forget if you're at 19 or 20 max HP 👀
@francisd8650 oh shoot, they cover two spaces… good point!
They have single square blockers for the last space i believe.
Watching this really hammered home why I didn't back this. Don't get me wrong, I'd absolutely love to play it sometime. I just couldn't justify the purchase given the mandatory minis (this is when I started dramatically cutting down on mini pledges in favor of standees and meeples) and I could tell that the combat in this would feel... Grindy? I think grind is the word I'm looking for. Also as someone with a healthy TTRPG group, getting this to the table would be unlikely.
Again, I do think the production is top notch, and I love a lot of things it's doing. It's just a bad fit for my collection at this time.
Combat hasn’t felt grindy at all to me so far. You don’t fight that often (many locations are just NPCs and side quests and such). And when I’m not filming a battle takes maybe 10 minutes.
Oh I totally get what you mean. For me, this will be a great fit for my collection.
But take something like Death May Die. That game gets crazy good reviews and it's a great game, but if I had it I would never play it. I don't like the Cthulhu theme, so I'd never play it for that reason. And as good as it is, there are other miniature heavy games which have mechanics that I prefer a lot more (Imperial Assault, Gears of War, Terminator Genisys to name a few). So it's a great game that wouldn't suit a purpose in my collection.
This game fits well because even though I do play TTRPGs, I can't solo them. Though I *am* a bit concerned that it's a big epic campaign game. Those games tend to be hard for me to finish in general.
As someone who tested the entirety of the game (so of course take my opinion with a grain of salt), I can say that the combat never once felt grindy or repetitive. Combats go smoothly and only get better (both more interesting and more challenging) as the game progresses.
@@iam1hobbit If I may ask you a question? I C/C something I wrote on BGG : I am sorry, but I am quite underwhelmed by the combat part, specifically with the strategy : "wait just outside enemy range, until they finally activate, they are walking close to you, now you have several turns where you can freely hit them because all they are doing is charging up their threat". In the first fight, the mobs did not attack a single time I believe. Is it just these mobs, or were there some very lucky draws? Is the Threat Limit Break supposed to prevent you from camping just outside range?
Also, I am really confused as why weak points for the mobs (and the practice dummy) are designed to be avoided. Shouldn't we want to hit weak points (like with the boss)?
@bertranddecoster2045 these are some concerns I have as well. Yes, in many combats you are punished for camping with limit breaks, and yes these were lucky draws, but kiting and waiting can be valid strategies so far. I’m still evaluating how this evolves later in the campaign
This looks pretty awesome. I see that it can play up to 4 people, which is the number in my game group. Is that realistic? or only good for 1-2 people?
Playtesters commenting here said it worked at all counts. From my plays so far I prefer 2 as the best balance between comboing characters while not having to wait too long between hero turns
Thx
oof now I have some regrets not backing this. Combat looks to be combining many of the best bits of other great games to create something really excellent.
Definitely the same here, especially given late pledges were open for literally years.
Love to see this re-themed for Warcraft
That would be interesting!
I think the bones of this game could make for a very interesting starting point for so many IPs if Cody ever decided to do that.
How does the game scale with more players? Is it just more enemy turns (alternating from player and enemy)?
Correct, one hero turn and then one enemy card flip. The other balance are the cards in the threat deck that add threat points based on the number of exiles
No rules changes required, but each combat is scaled for any number of players, and additional threat cards are part of that.
Cool! thanks 😁
Thanks for this!! Do you have a recommendation for setup\early preview for this? Or ill go scour the oter channels.
Steve and Kim did some great stuff for it. I think it’s on their coop guild channel (which at the time was the one stop co-op shop streaming channel)
question how many of those world maps are there i did see in early production 2 but somehow i did read that it went down to only 1 is that true i am waiting for my copy the ship should have arrived in Rotterdam i am from the netherlands so i hope to still get it this year.
There are 3 total, so quite a lot of content
I'm curious, how do you manage or track which minis belong to which enemy card? In this case there were only two enemies, but what if there are more? Edit: just noticed the subtle colored arrow thing on their bases.
Yup, you click those bases under the minis. It’s a little easy to miss, but generally works
@@OneStopCoopShop Thanks for responding! I was wondering, given how tightly everything is put together, do you see any potential problems with using card sleeves with this game? Like have they accounted for the +5% - +15% space that card sleeves would typically require?
I believe the designer had responded elsewhere that it was possible, but I forget the details. Only a small set of cards is shuffled in game, so those are the only ones I’m sleeving
To me this game feels like "how many mechanisms from other games can we cram into a single package"; I see here shadows of Gloomhaven, KDM, Descent, 7th Continent, Sleeping Gods, Tainted Grail... I wouldn't be amazed if at some point you start exchanging wood for sheep. :)
All the games you named are in the big "dungeon crawler" and "adventure game" genres. So yeah, you move around a world map, you have fights with bosses. But can you point to specific mechanics that are shared by the games you named and Arydia? Because, as someone who's played every game you've named extensively, except for the fact that all of these are in the same genre, I don't see much that was copied or ported or borrowed from any of those.
How does the music work? Do you get a QR code sheet with all the music?
I think that's right (my podcast co-host is borrowing my copy). It's supposed to link to their website with the music. But when I got mine that part of the site wasn't ready yet...
I just got mine today
Exciting!!
This looks amazing, literally everything I want in a box, beautiful, unfortunately I have a very tight budget and bought a game in similar space, elder scrolls betrayal.
I’ve loved both games this year, and others. This is maybe the best year for adventure games ever
@@OneStopCoopShop I skipped this one because I had many other games backed before I discovered this in late pledge. And by then, I decided 280€ is too much for a single game (though I also backed TES, which is the game that decided me to stop spending so much...
I'd like to play it, but I will have no time in the upcoming 3-4 years to play it, and I think in 3 years I'm not sure I would want to play this type of games anyway (who knows? it's far in time, things have changed in the last year and will change in the next few ones, by then for sure someone will get rid of this and so maybe finding it below 200 could be doable)
Non-Arydia question:
Are your bracelets meant to raise awareness? Or purely aesthetic?
My wife bought the brown one for me in Puerto Rico, my son made the pink one for me, and I got the bead one at PAX U. So just aesthetic :)
I somehow missed this kick starter. Are there going to be general sale copies available?
Yes, I believe the game will be available soon. You can lookup the publisher Far Off Games. They have an email subscription that will probably send out a blast when they become available. (They send very few emails, BTW, like maybe 1 a year, lol).
This vs Agemonia?
Yes to both 😜
But in all seriousness, so far arydia has the better combat, agemonia has the better location exploration and narrative.
Another big difference is that agemonia has very strict timers that might annoy adventure gamers who want to explore, while arydia is much more free form in its non-combat sections
@@OneStopCoopShop so I'd love Arydia more BY FAR (I don't despise timer in a combat board - like in Rogue Angels you'll have timer - but I don't like it when in exploration mode, when I am free roaming)
Where is the part 1 ?
If you mean the tutorial battle and first town, I didn't film that. That content is up on tons of other channels if you want to check them out.
The production level is absolutely ridiculous. It looks like a really great game, but how about replayability?
Yeah, that’s one point I’ll mention in my review. Once you’ve played through all the quests in a given section, while the combats will play out differently and the paths/classes fight differently, you aren’t going to see much new narrative and exploration-wise
Can't wait for this one! After being quite disappointed by Agemonia and Fateforge, I'm in need of a big campaign to dig into solo (something to coax Aeon Trespass off my table). Fortunately doing Tidal Blades 2 with the wife and about to start Harakiri tomorrow with a mate.
Hi~just wanted to know why Agemonia made you disappointed cause I’m struggling buy a copy of it or not these days,and it kinds of blows my mind😢😂
@cynicismyh8840 I didn't like the writing very much and although I appreciated the way the scenarios tried to prioritise discovery, I thought it was actually handled quite poorly. And the combat was boring, but that was the least of my issues.
For an alternate opinion, agemonia and Fateforge are both among my favorites this year (though I agree that agemonia’s combat isn’t its best quality)
@@coffeespoonman7931 Thanks for replying f1rst !Got what you saying and I’ll definitely take that into consideration 🥰🥰🥰
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I know youre explaining alot but how hard do you think it would be to use 2 characters at once ?
Not that bad. I’m planning to add a second character soon for more tactical combat combos. It’s easy to add and remove characters in the middle of a campaign
Interested at the beginning but end up just getting Xia. Cody said in BGG about the story is only PG-13, but I want something darker.
Also only ordered xia! Proud of myself for not giving in to the fomo.
$349... and worth every penny?! Wait, the boss is not very boss? Combat seems interesting. Still a fun looking game! A standee version with no advent calendar would be cool too. Very nice, but I would rather pay for a $99 version.
that's it, for me, too! Super nice to see, but price to pay isn't my cup of tea anymore
Just started the video. Please tell me the game is terrible. I backed Arydia twice and ended up cancelling both times after the campaigns were over.
So far I am loving it! But if it helps you and your regrets, “the game is terrible and bad” 😜
Great. Dodged another bullet.
You mentioned a few times that this game is "over-produced". I don't favor games that do this. It drives up the price, and I prefer better gameplay over artwork, production quality, table presence, etc. This is a great game to look at, but the production choices have driven this game way out of my price range. Too bad, because I like the combat mechanics.
Yeah, that’s going to be a conflict for a lot of gamers, I imagine.
How much does it cost?...Nevermind i found it base game 200. Nah too much and to me it looks too fiddly anyway
@@LetsKeepThePeace actually for us in Europe, base game in late pledge and the few retail options is around 265€ once taxed and shipped, a HUGE amount of money for a run-once (maybe twice) over-produced game. Brilliant in looks, nice combat, but too much
@@Fadeslayer True. I always forget that damn VAT.
@@LetsKeepThePeace I would be poor(er) without that VAT 😅