I keep checking the speed multiplier on settings when I watch your videos

@robantonelli01

9 ай бұрын

Agreed. Ironic title for the video, considering 😂

@WalderFrey

8 ай бұрын

Haha! I was literally thinking the same thing. No need to watch these at 1.5x.

oops ... at 2:40 you took an action to change the face of a die, but did not discard one of your other dice :)

Roll for the galaxy is an amazing Dice rolling tableau builder in space I’d recommend in a heart beat that has amazing luck mitigation etc. Although I’d play Race for the galaxy over Ares expedition any day as well so take that into consideration :).

Terraforming Mars is one of my favorite games, but we rarely play it due to time constraints. I was really excited for Ares Expedition because I was hoping to get a similar feel in an hour or less. We tried a few times and found that it was still too long and felt lacking. I played the dice game a couple of weeks ago with a friend who got their copy. I loved it. It was what I had hoped Ares Expedition would have been. I don’t kickstart any games but I wish I had kickstarted this and look forward to getting it if/when it hits retail. Alex-your channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I enjoy your enthusiasm and honesty. Keep up the great work!

@JJ_TheGreat

10 ай бұрын

I hate this version of the game, I don’t see much strategy - besides the endless dice rolling - but I am not a fan of Terraforming Mars to begin with… My favorite is Ares Expedition, though.

@davidosborn2564

10 ай бұрын

I should give Ares another chance. I can definitely see your point about strategy but I still had fun with the dice game. I guess that’s one of the great things about board gaming. There are thousands of options so everyone can play games that they like.

@teodorkrawiec

5 ай бұрын

@@davidosborn2564 I have the same feeling. I hoped that TM:A will give me similar experience to original, but it is lacking, the action is nice but it is not enough, I wont keep it in my collection. TM:D gives me TM feel, with couple compromises, but it is so much shorter that it will play it gladly, luck is a factor, but there are many ways to mitigate that is part of the game (stubborness is not advised ;) ). BTW I would never play base TM without draft or Prelude, I currently excluded other expansions.

I wonder if a house rule would make sense when you are looking for a common result and get a rare one.

@jorgedawsonwetto25

10 ай бұрын

i would do that.. like u can trade a rare for a common with no cost..

I definitely didn't expect you to enjoy this one as much as the other two TM games, because I know that you're not a huge fan of randomness in games. I'm looking forward to giving this one a try though!

Faster than 3 hours is always better! 🤓

I wondered why they don't allow you to use an uncommon die face as a common die face and a rare die face as any (common or uncommon) die face.

@bushibayushi

9 ай бұрын

I was wondering the same thing. Just like Priests --> Workers --> Gold in Terra Mystica.

I houseruled that you can use your supporting action to discard as many cards as you like and reroll that many dice of your choice. By that there is more dicerolling and luckmitigation. It's a solid 7 for me but I like dice. 😊

reminds me of the food dice thing in wingspan!

For once, I completely agree with you - I hate that you can roll the most rare - and not the most common when you need it. And there isn’t as much tableau-building… Ares Expedition is my favorite of the system, btw… I am not a fan of Terraforming Mars to begin with, though.

I’ve played a few solo games and a couple of games with my wife and I agree with your sentiments. The “engine-building” happens way too slowly and if you have 2-3 bad rolls you may spend multiple turns just trying to get a few of the symbols you need.

@JJ_TheGreat

10 ай бұрын

Totally agreed: There isn’t enough strategy in this game - and way too much randomness.

Brainiacs complaining about having to spend their time and mind mitigating dice randomness is music to my ears!😂 ahhhh the great equaliser. I'm gonna love this game

@Piggy991

6 ай бұрын

Me too. I hate these nerds.

Why do I think about Cubitos while watching this video? (I am sure someone will enjoy this game, but I will stick to original TM. ) Thank you for taking time to demonstrate the game.

@JJ_TheGreat

10 ай бұрын

And if I play TM, it will be Ares Expedition…

This game is great! Just bought it and can’t stop playing

Funny that your complaining about having to roll dice in TM: The DICE Game. Lol! My husband agrees with most of what you’ve said. I however as of now am liking this version more than TM:AE. My sister who has played TM and TM:AE once and has never played them again is loving this version of the game. The one thing I will say I like about this version the most is that this is the first TM that plays in the time limit advertised on the box.

I can already hear people complaining about “upgrading” their dice😂

@JJ_TheGreat

10 ай бұрын

“Upgrading” dice?? This isn’t Tidal Blades…

I'm excited when my pledge will arrive. 1 month 2 months ..6 months 1 year. I'm so jealous . not even the witcher has arrived

@juliusvanbergen927

10 ай бұрын

Got a shipping notice last week. Should be here on wednesday.

@Stephan_Kobalt_Nordstern

10 ай бұрын

@@juliusvanbergen927 gz but here Germany ,…….

@juliusvanbergen927

10 ай бұрын

@@Stephan_Kobalt_Nordstern Yea. Me aswell. So you might get one this coming week aswell.

It gives me enough vibes of the original in a third of the time that I don't feel like going back to Terraforming Mars ever again. And it's way better than Ares Expedition. But like in the original, I have no idea why they insist on designing cards with take that. They don't belong in a game like this.

I guess I'll pass on this one and focus on Ares Expedition and expansions for it. And maybe wait for the TM roll&write😂😂😂

Playing this feels slow due to bad dice roles having empty turns, even if the game was less than 1/2 the play time of others in this series

@BoardGameCo

10 ай бұрын

Exactly!

@jamesdavid7782

8 ай бұрын

But turns are fast so not much time to feel pain since it'll be back to your turn quickly.

Alea iacta est.

Milked this cow one too many times

Sorry, but it sounds like you are not a dice game person. If dice rolling and luck aren't fun for you, don't buy this game. That is all you had to say.

@BoardGameCo

10 ай бұрын

I love Rolling Heights, Cubitos, Castles of Burgundy, Alien Frontiers, Bora Bora, Dice Throne, Coimbra, Las Vegas, I can keep going if you'd like. I love plenty of dice games...this isn't one of them.

@bushibayushi

9 ай бұрын

@@BoardGameCo and the fact that you can roll more resources in Rolling Heights than other players on a turn-to-turn basis is ok? Rolling Heights is a bloated, convoluted mess of a game, oh my god. Cubitos and Automobiles are in another league, Rolling Heights is an abomination. You can have such bad turns in this game compared to other players without any fault of your own that it's laughable.

TM always went way too long than expected and hard to catch the leader. But for noobs or casual gamers this is perfect! Brainiacs won't always get their way because we're ALL subject to the dice, but not too lucky.

I got lucky with rolling dice I win the game regardless of skill no thank you

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@lystic9392

10 ай бұрын

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10 ай бұрын

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10 ай бұрын

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I liked this game way more than Rolling Heights

@bushibayushi

10 ай бұрын

rolling heights is terrible...

@nerdyjawsh

9 ай бұрын

Rolling heights has neat mechanics. However, it is way too long. Also, so much fiddling.

I don't like it when a company puts out a great game, and then puts out ANOTHER game on the same theme that is worse, and then puts out yet ANOTHER game on the same theme that is worse than the first two. For God's sake game companies, buy a clue and get some imagination and do something new instead of trying to get the customer to rebuy the same game multiple times.

@bushibayushi

9 ай бұрын

Have you played any of these? Because The Dice Game is way better than Ares.