I can't believe Boggle is your #1, too!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

It's just so good!

@5ammy13

Жыл бұрын

​@@RoomandBoardReviews Boggles my mind how both you like it.

Bro, your channel is the most underrated board game content out there atm. Absolutely love your opinions and enthusiasm about the hobby, keep up the amazing work :)

@dylanwatson6761

Жыл бұрын

That enthusiasm tho, it’s great!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I really appreciate that :)

YES!!! Finally a board game channel that talks about Dutch Blitz!!! This is one of my family's all-time favorite games. I love Massive Darkness and Unfair as well.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Yessssss dutch blitz is so so good :)

@FemmeSensei

Жыл бұрын

I know it as "Nurtz", and you don't need a special deck for it...I've played it all my life just with normal decks of cards :).

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

@@FemmeSensei someone else down below gave a Nurtz/Nertz shoutout as well

Loved your top 10 because I feel your love for the games, the detailed reasons why you like the game, and your shared experiences playing the game

Thanks for sharing a little piece of your soul! Glad you still had it available :). I appreciate your list. I even MORE appreciate your enthusiasm and excitement.

Excellent! Gratz on 10k!🎉

Really unique top 10. That's great! I'll check out some more in-depth reviews of Dune and Rising Sun, they seem like games I could really enjoy 🙂

Congrats on 10k! Your channel is awesome!

I really love to see how much pleasure you have when you talk about your top 10 games. It's very genuine. Love it

Rising Sun is so under-rated. IMO, it's Eric Lang's best game and its been in my top ten for years.

Thanks for sharing all this. Everdell is in my top ten, too, and I started exploring the expansions over the winter. Loving it!! I played Rising Sun for the first and only time this past winter too. We had a full player count, and it was bananas - in a way that I really enjoyed. There was so much going on and so many layers. Dune sounds rad for all the reasons you mentioned, and I was going to play this a few months ago as well, but it got cancelled due to snow. I'm not really familiar with the rest of these titles, but I've heard enough positive chatter about Massive Darkness 2 that maybe I'll start looking into that one.

I'm new to the board gaming space and have really enjoyed your channel since I discovered it a month or so ago! Keep up thew great content!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

Great list. Probably one of the most unique top 10 I’ve seen with 0 overlap with me. I’ll say if you like anachrony you should give trickerion a go. It is a game that grabbed me and lived in my head for days after my first play and every chance I get I love it. Such an interesting theme and it’s got some really cool wrinkles in work placement, action selection, and resource management

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I definitely should try it out. They all look really good to me :)

@tjaketheman58

Жыл бұрын

Came to say the same Trickerion (much like Anachrony) is just so unique in so many ways immediately captivated me and I can't wait for the expansion reprint this month!

I love seeing dune on a top 10. It's my number 1 game and I've literally spent thousands of hours playing it. It's the one game where I'll drop everything to play it with a good group.

Great list and love your #1

After watching this channel a bunch, I finally went out and rented Rising Sun and after the first playthrough it was an instant buy. It gave my group the familiar feel of Bloodrage but with so much more deception and table talking and the visuals components are gorgeous. Thanks for all the great vids on it and would highly recommend to anyone else!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! I'm so excited you enjoyed it :)

@alexanderammerl2404

Жыл бұрын

Blood Rage is the better game😉

@azazelph39

Жыл бұрын

No love for Ankh ? ;-)

Great list. I just picked up the Dutch blitz expansion. Such a great simple, but fun game. Definitely tough to play in certain groups. Ill need to check out some on your list. Ive been looking at deluxifying games instead of buying more just recently. Definitely appreciate your approach of more does not equal better. Also, started using FB market place and BGG market place to save on games. I also just bought a BNIS Everdell Collector set from BGG user for $120 CAD and it's worth every penny for me. Solid game, now im tempted to get the wooden tree and resource containers.

Great list! 🎉 I know for sure if I have tried Anachrony, Massive Darkness and Attack on Titan, they would be in my top 10 as well. Everdell is the only overlap for now.

Original, fresh, very nice! Thnks.

It was unorthodox, but putting Bounce Off as numbers 10-1 really impressed me. Your love and support of glorious bounce off is appreciated and inspiring. In the end, bounce off deserved an entire video.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone who gets me!!

Interesting list, definitely a few of those I"d never even heard of! I will say though base Everdell is outstanding and always will be New Leaf added some fantastic modules I have to recommend. Only played with it a few times but it is easily my favorite expansion now and it truly enhances the base game.

You are the one who motivates me to buy and play Rising Sun, and for that thank you so much !

Thanks for sharing your passion! A few titles i didnt know, so ill be diving in some more detailed reviews 😊 I love Oath for its around the table dramas and politics, Root and Dune Imperium for their clever cut-throatness strategy, and Games of Throne for the unbelievable tension it builds. I'm also enjoying Core Space for fun skirmishy/adventure big game days, and look forward to its upcoming fantasy brother Maladum. Cheers!

Thanks for overwriting my favorite games. (Well, did not work with The 7th Continent.) It's always fun to hear about how you think about different games. Nice to have seen Attack on Titan here. ^^

I played Rising Sun only once but it's temporarily my second favorite game. I also extremely appreciate you picked up Dune. It is so great. However, the KZreadrs seem to totally forget about it. Thx for this awesome sharing!

This was awesome to watch, thank you, thank you. I've had Rising Sun for three years and still have yet to try it...maybe this will be my catalyst to find people to try it with. I know it makes me want to be a better person.

Great video and a great top 20 with lots of new options for me to check out (way to rep Canadian board gamers!). Everdell, Brass, and TM all in my top 10. Little surprised to not see Spirit Island, as the asymmetric powers plus deck building (kinda) plus a board, I figured would appeal to you. Anachrony, which I’ve never played, sounds amazing and has moved to the top of my buy next list.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Definitely really enjoy Spirit Island, it's one of those that I'd like to play more. But it also is one where I feel when playing co-op you can't really know what the other players are doing because that bogs the game down a lot, and I like knowing what everyone is doing on their turn.

I love this list because its not like all the others showing always the same games everywhere. Thank you - need to make more investigations on some of the games ive seen here

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'm proud of it in that sense as well :) Definitely investigate them, I love them all!

Really fun list! Didn't expect most of them. Glad to see some real diversity on a top 10 list!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, I'm thrilled this is my list for sure :)

Love your enthusiasm! Cannot believe the number of hours you spent playing Dutch Blitze. No wonder you are so good at it. 😊I do agree it is a very addictive game.

I don't think you can ever play too much Everdell. You were absolutely correct in putting that in your top 10. 😄 Spirecrest is my favorite expansion ☺

I've never seen a more unique Top 10. You made me curious about many of those games! Well after those official Top 20, I humbly want to add my place 21, 22 and 23. 21: Viscounts of the West Kingdom 22: Sakura Arms 23: Theurgy

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

It's official, those are 21-23 for everyone as well! I trust your judgement implicitly (and better play all three to be able to bask in the glory myself!

Thanks for this list and your excitement about the games! 😁 Re: Anachrony, you have to get the Fractures of Time expansion. The blinking mechanic ups the complexity but fits so well into all the other mechanisms and theme. I loved it before that, but after FoT expansion, it became EPIC. 🤩

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, I'll have to try it out for sure :)

@joaoantunes6858

Жыл бұрын

Comments on Future Imperfect?

Man Dune is so good. I've had a chance to play a couple times with full groups and it's always one for the history books. I'm with you on that I just can't wait to go at it again :)

I love this list, and really enjoyed watching both these videos. Even though none of your top 10 here were in my top 50 last time I ranked games a few months back, I really like the diversity of games. Certainly one of the more unique/personal top 10s I've seen. #9, 8, 7, 5, & 4 - haven't played these but want to try them all #10 - I recently bought this and read the rules but haven't played yet. I'm even more excited to try it now after hearing you gush about it. #6 - whaaaaat?! I love this pick. My wife will be ecstatic when I tell her this made someone's top 10 list. It's a long time family favourite of hers and she introduced it to me many years ago when we first met. We have a few copies kicking around here and it gets played a lot with family still, but I never think of it when I'm hosting a game night. It really is a great game and this reminded me I should play it more often. #3 & 1 - I've played them each a couple times and had fun, and can totally see why people love them, but for whatever reason these don't hit as hard for me. #2 - never even HEARD of this game until now, but I'm certainly interested now. I'll be sure to over-spend and buy a bunch of copies for $200 as per your advice. - Carlo

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Carlo, your wife knows what's up!!! Dutch Blitz all daaayyy I'm very excited for your Barony experience. It just hits that lovely efficiency meets tactical game. I know you enjoy Santorini (as do I, don't own it yet/haven't played it enough to get on the list but would likely hit the top 20 when I do) so I hope that tactical aspect of Barony also hits. I mean, it's definitely pretty different, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed you'll be a fan :)

Thank you for validating my choices with some overlapping...it's the only thing keeping me going.

I will be honest Dutch Blitz is SUCH a clutch callout!! Same for my family, we have bought so many decks of it just because we have worn out so many

Where’s bounce off!!!! What an upset!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

It is too glorious for this earthly realm. I didn't want to make the other 10 feel completely horrible about themselves

@WillStecho

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews LOL. Nice list, love the channel. Keep it up!

Barony! Really love it!

I am going to need to check out Barony. Great list.

i love that you are proof that games that people put on their bottom can be on someone elses top Great video

Yes, yes, and yes. Rising Sun is just so damn good. It jumped to the top of my list of best games very quickly after I got it, and has stayed there ever since. Guards of Atlantis 2 is the only game that has threatened to dethrone it (and quite probably will), but there is absolutely no shame in that. I love seeing Rising Sun get the love that it truly deserves. I also really like Massive Darkness 2 and Everdell, and while I also enjoy Avalon, it has been dethroned as my first pick for social deception by Feed the Kraken. It shares a bit more DNA with Secret Hitler, but the level of overall involvement for everyone is higher and the self-balancing inherent in the ship movement results in many more close games. I still really like Avalon and I have too many good memories to sell it, but it's hard to see it getting to the table much anymore.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! I'll have to check both Feed the Kraken and Guards of Atlantis 2 out!! Sounds like they'd be right up my alley!

i'm suprised to see rising sun as your first, i also love it a lot, but i found people not liking it as much as me :D, also everdell is the game that i played the most with my wife, she really enjoy it and we bought all the expansions after playing the base game like 30 times with friends. I must say that the expansions add a good amount of things that after you try them you never gonna go back

Anachrony is in my top 10 as well. i like MD2, but its not in my top 10. i own Everdell, i wouldnt be sad if it walked away lol. i found your list very interesting. thanks for sharing

Stop buying Dutch blitz. As a frugal dutch family we played it with decks of cards and called it Nertz. A Sharpie made any bicycle deck unique backed and player count was however many kids had their own deck of cards. Oh and 13 go in the face down pile for more challenge, more points and more bragging rights!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

I do love bragging rights....

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

I end up having to do 15 sometimes to balance it out. I also sometimes play with my eyes closed for 5 seconds, eyes open for 5 seconds when playing against my parents haha

@FemmeSensei

Жыл бұрын

I played Nurts/Nertz the same way! Buy cancelled Vegas blackjack decks...all their backs are different and easily distinguishable and card-smashes aren't very painful lol

@FemmeSensei

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews Oh...challenge accepted :)

@jedisith3864

Жыл бұрын

@@FemmeSensei you know it! My dads siblings played with their cousins and all my cousins play with the aunts and uncles and grandparents. Two family tables crammed full of us! The best is the decks that have done a few years work in the family. Well worn and broken in lol

Absolutely try the fractures of time expansion for Anachrony and the newleaf expansion fit everdell! Really wanna check out barony now

You absolutely need to get the expansions of Everdell! They are all so good!

Interesting list. I dont know most of these games, but i also just started playing more serious board games last year. the only one i would buy from your list is Everdell, since that gets named on top Lists a lot. The rest maybe sometime in the future, i want to try the classics first;)

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Everdell is definitely a great pick, especially if you're still getting immersed in the hobby :)

@alexanderammerl2404

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews it's definitely in my top 4 games i want to get next. The others are 7 Wonders, Dune Imperium, Viticulture, in that Order. We played Blood Rage before and really liked that, so i want to go with games in that complexity range for now😉

Great list! Anachrony is always in my top 10, have not tried the rest, You should try Trickerion and Excavation earth.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Definitely have to :) just thinking about all those great ones I haven't tried gets me so stoked haha

I like your content. You seem to be a very nice guy and I feel like your reviews are very honest.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! That's very kind of you to say! :)

haha nice review, I'm glad about your number 1, I literally just got my retail copy today with the 3 expansions.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Niiiiiice, I hope you love it!!

@21Kikoshi

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews quick question how many players is rising sun for? what's your ideal number of players?

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

@@21Kikoshi it's 3-5, 6 with the expansion. For me, I obviously enjoy all player counts, some people like it the best at 4 because you always get an alliance member. I don't mind being left out of an alliance though. It's the same number of turns with any player count so you get more turns with less people. But it's hard for me to pick. I think if you have a group that's fully invested it's good at any count. 6 players is probably my least favourite, but it really changes the game and money becomes super scarce.

@21Kikoshi

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews Thank you for the nice explanation! lol glad you got the comic book from QL

@21Kikoshi

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews FYI, I'm planning to use the Warlords from White Death to replace the Daimyos in Rising Sun, so that each clan has a more meaningful leader.

wow rising sun so high! I also like it more then blood rage. It is somewhere around my top 5 even though I'm bad at this game ^_^ I also like your Avalon pick, pretty unique

Your top 10 is so wacky i love it. I like 1 of these (The Resisance) and would like to play 2 more (Dune and Rising Sun), dont feel i would have good time withcthe rest, but I like how your list is notcjust super popular games.

Love 10% of your list, Everdell is fantastic :)

@RoomandBoardReviews

2 ай бұрын

Haha I'll take it :)

Definitely need to play that last one with you.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

100% whoooo baby!

Have you played Quest? It’s basically Avalon with a bit more differentiation. I love both! Can’t really decide which one I like better

I also enjoy your number 7 pick very much! What do you think about getting the map pack from the first game or more expansions in general for this game?

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

I think one good thing about CMON is they tend to really support their games with additional scenarios. Zombicide has a ton of scenarios online and I haven't looked into MD yet because I have a bunch through the stretch goals I haven't hit, but it's one of those things that feels like it would be fun to just make my own. My priority for the expansions would be the additional classes. But I love player powers, so that's what really gets me going about the game. Otherwise I don't feel the need to get many of the other ones. The second one for me was that MD1 update pack which is really easy to incorporate with using the existing minis.

finally someone who have a unique top 10

Well, after a disastrous 20 -11 list 😉- I don't yet have any of those and you passed on Kremlin (who passes on a game where one secretly bids influence on Soviet Politburo members for a chance to wave at the annual October parade and sends opponents for a "relaxing" stay at a sanatorium?) - you have redeemed yourself. I actually have a few of these: Dune, Everdell, and Rising Sun. Thank you for the great Rising Sun review by the way. In addition to the gameplay that you covered, it's also great just as an art piece.

How dare you tell me about the existence of AOT the deck building game! One of my favorite mechanics in my favorite anime!?! And guess what, it’s nowhere to be found, I’ll just have to watch some videos and live vicariously through the people playing it 😢. Great video btw 😂

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Haha I'm working on Cryptozoic to get it back ;) I'll pester them every day!! Definitely keep your eyes peeled on the secondary market, you might see it

You get me with Attack on titan, i'm so excited to try it.

You're my only board game channel that praises Dune! 👏 🎉 If you're ever in Houston, I would love for you to play a game with my group! 😂 I've been praising and hosting the game consistently.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely, haha, Ive never been but this is the perfect excuse to go!!

You did AoT DBG justice, good sir.

Everdell is my #1 and Unfair is my #2 - I love both! Highly recommend getting the expansions for Everdell for more depth and complexity and variability.

dutch blitz is a game they play a lot here in Pennsylvania lol. I compare it to Skip-bo or Flinch, but more chaotic. try "human dutch blitz" 8x11 cards, four tables, 8 people, and mad scrambling to get the huge cards onto the piles on the floor!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

That sounds incredible hahah

So I had absolutely no idea AoT Deckbuilding game exists. Not a big fan of that particular anime but by your description the game sound awesome! Anime fans need scuh games imo...more of them. But this made me wonder how many other anime games there are that are good and I don't know about them? Seems like I have a new searching timewasting activity to get to. xD

Awesome list! Everdell expansions are so fantastic though. It's like making that great game one or two steps even better. You like variable player powers so you'll love Bellfaire. You want more of just everything Everdell does and takes it up a notch - Newleaf. Want to change things up a bit- Spirecrest or Pearlbrook. It will just make you want to play the game even more. Anachrony base game is really good. Fractures expansion for it is also very good. I could play it either way, but would never teach the game with Fractures. Still love attack on Titan Now interested in Baron

@joaoantunes6858

Жыл бұрын

What about Future Imperfect?

@DumahAtreides

Жыл бұрын

@@joaoantunes6858 I don't have the others yet

I didn't even know Attack on Titan HAD a board game. And definitely would not have predicted it to be good, necessarily. Neat!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Yeah there's actually two! The other is called "the last stand" was designed by Antoine Bauza which got me so stoked, but it's a one vs all where being the titan isn't as fun as being the scouts. Plus the deck builder exists so I ultimately got rid of the last stand because I was never gravitating towards it.

@commandershepard9920

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews Ty, will check out this one then.

After all this time I have to agree with game designer Paul Grogan. Mage Knight is still number one. Nothing else comes close. I like Gloomhaven and Sleeping Gods is great but I keep coming back to Mage Knight,and to a lesser degree Star Trek Frontiers. The sheer variety, especially with the expansions and fan made variations,is crazy. Campaigns like The Betrayal just make it even better. Return to Dark Tower is pretty fun as well as is Sword and Sorcery and Robotech Attack On The SDF-1, although I just call it Macross. I still haven't played Frosthaven though so we'll see about that.

love Barony, its not spoken of enough.

Thank you for saving my RS from a purge. I was worried it wouldn't survive the ravages of time.

For Everdell expansions I would recommend Bellfaire at least for better events as well as other cool small modules and Spirecrest if you want to take the game to a crunchier more complex level. Also, if you play solo, then Mistwood offers a much better solo experience. The other expansions can be skipped if you are not really wanted all the extra ways to play.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Renee's been on me about getting every Everdell expansion, haha, so I may have to start with Bellfaire, I've heard such good things about it.

15:04 Have you tried Funfair?

So interested to hear your views on Twilight Imperium. TI is absolutely my favourite game, huge fan. I have never played Dune, but I actually heard that it's a 'dry' (pun not intended) version of TI. So really interesting that you are saying that it's actually 'everything you wanted TI to be' 👀

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Twilight Imperium was a huge miss for me. I have a full review about it (have only played TI3, but will likely never play it again for the amount of time it took and the amount of other games I could have been playing instead). Galactic Era is also one that completely did what I was hoping TI would do (also have a review on that one if you're interested in more space 4x)

@edvind9560

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews yeah checked a few videos and got a trend here with your relationship with TI haha. But I’ve actually never played TI 3, only the 4th one. So can’t judge the previous one. The 4th is amazing tho 😆🤪

Some very surprising choices here! I'm not too keen on Barony but there are a lot of games that land close to this genre, so take your pick people! Anachrony is hella intimidating to some but I've heard nothing but good things. I also hear that if you don't have the unnecessary minis that'll cost you a fortune you may as well not bother! (I'm not serious but I've heard that argument made) Avalon over BotC? Imma have to fight you in that one lol. I find most SD games end in a shouting contest of "That's what an evil player would say/do!" meanwhile BOTC does exactly the opposite by making it so that everyone has reasons to lie. I think you really discredit the Story teller's ability to make a game interesting, and I play mainly as the Storyteller so I come with the perspective that this game can really devolve and evolve into madness unlike others. It belongs in my top five, if not too three games. I think you should try it as the Storyteller once to appreciate some of the thought put into it. As a player, there is a never ending paranoia from the mechanics that I can't believe never ends. The payoff at the end of each game is satisfying and rewards a group with lots of debriefing. MD vs Zombicide? I'm on Zack's team 💀 Everdell 🐭 😺 🐶 enough said Attack on what now? 😂 Rising Sun...just no haha. I can't with that game. Not to mention that I have too many games as big as it. My #1 is Spirit Island and when I think of your favorite I immediately compare it to mine. I can see the taste differences immediately as opposed to whether or not we have a keener eye for the better game (let's face it, we know you do!). At the end of the day I like coops more and SI is ultimately complex enough to keep me going while working together. Rising Sun? My wife would prob shoot me in the face if I wanted to set it up every night... Thanks for sharing all your thoughts!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

I don't think you need the minis or any of the expansions at all for Anachrony, and I love that there is the Essential edition because it's a good price for what you get. I get the argument of Avalon, and I think if I was the storyteller I could facilitate a good amount of fun for people, or if I had better storytellers I'd have had better experiences (I've had a really selfish one, and a pretty good one before). I just think it's nice to have the streamlined nature of Avalon which usurps it a bit.

I think our tastes are REALLY different, but fun list all the same!

I'm so grateful for you, mister

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Right back atcha!

I have 2 copies of Dutch Blitz, recieved as gifts (I'm Dutch) and I didn't have any interest in playing but now I will check it out!

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Definitely do, it's so fun :)

THANK YOU! I've been trying to remember the name of a game for a few years now. It's Barony! I played it like 8 years ago, and never could find it later, until now.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Yesssssss

Just bought Attack on Titan purely off your recommendation - stoked!! You cemented the respect I’ve got for ya when your #3 is the exact same as my #3 🙏

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Amazing! I hope you love it!

Matt Hyra also made the Transformers DBG, which is one of my favorite games. He’s a really good designer.

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Amazing, I'll have to check that out.:)

My dad bought me Avalon Hill's Tactic II in 1972 for $5. My favorite game is A Victory Lost. But I like to hear what the teenagers like today. Unfortunately, I have no interest in anime, except, Graveyard of the Fireflies. However, Dutch Blitz and Avalon are must buys from your opinion. Thanks

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah Graveyard of the fireflies hits REALLY hard. I hope you love both of them!

Anachrony! Fantastic, incredible experience.

Anachrony rocks! I have and played with all the mods too, so much fun, good list! Your doing a great job! Ps word on the street you are a Torontonian is this true? Ps you ever played xwing miniatures?

@RoomandBoardReviews

Жыл бұрын

I am a Torontonian! I've played it once, my friend Zach who's been on the channel (does a monthly RPG segment) got really into it and played a bunch. I'm not a huge skirmish game guy though, and the amount of content out there and money it feels like you have to spend to get a good fleet feels a bit overwhelming. I know there's a good x wing scene in Toronto though

@Ichorid001

Жыл бұрын

@@RoomandBoardReviews thats awesome, I heard you drop being a Canadian and then Alex mentioned taking the trip to Toronto, lol I’m just in Oshawa, we should get a games night in! I host a ton and have great relationships with all the board game cafe’s, and stores in Durham!

Man AOT deck building is very good but I got rid of it because of the difficulty and because there’s not a good way to cull cards which makes the game more difficult for those later titans

What is your player count for massive darkness 2 and do you house rule it? I want to love this game so much (and I've enjoyed my only 2 player game of it), but our usual group is 3 to 5 players and the game was so boring at that count. 1st player usually wipe out mob packs so easily and if not, 2nd player gets the scraps... 3,4 and 5 players run around mindlessly opening doors and looting. I knew it was an easy game when I decided to jump in (mindless dice rolling can definitely be fun), but seems like there's not enough fun for more than 2 players.

@RoomandBoardReviews

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Yeah I've only really played at 2-3 and wouldn't be interested in playing more than that. I just removed two player boards from my box to make a little bit of extra space (I made a custom insert). I imagine you could start with mob levels at 3-4 or add in that extra black dice for the leader or add in minions to upscale the difficulty. Those are all ideas I'm experimenting with. When we find we're at a point where we're cutting through everyone, we tend to just add the higher levels cards which makes it a bit more fun. Also adding in that 3rd spawn point or 5th player spawn point with lower player counts could be a good one too

@clanechelon

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@@RoomandBoardReviews Thanks for the info. I would definitely lean more toward 3rd spawn point. Even if the game remains easy, I would at least want enough fight around to satisfy the blood thirst of all players involved. I might give it another shot at 4 player count with more spawn point and see from there if it becomes a 2 player experience only or if it should leave my collection. Do you feel the scenarios are highly replayable?

@RoomandBoardReviews

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@@clanechelon for me the replayability comes from mixing and matching the character classes, I feel the scenarios are similar to zombicide's replayability in that I like when they're different but I'm happy to play them again with different characters because you're going to face different mobs etc.

I am so with you on Attack on Titan! Tough but great game.

"Rising Sun, it's Catan in feudal Japan!" - Chris George

Where is Bounce Off and why isn't it at least in your top 4? I recently found it at a thrift store and 6 yr old has been loving it.

@RoomandBoardReviews

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Oh amazing! haha, yeah it's honestly so solid! I just felt it was unfair to all the other games who would look SO INFERIOR compared to the glorious game of the Gods that is Bounce Off, so I left it off so their feelings wouldn't be hurt. But let's be real, it's number 100-1!

I love this hobby precisely because of its subjectivity. It's like movie taste or cuisine, there's no right/wrong answer. Despite winning a lot of Rising Sun, I don't love the game. I kept comparing it to Blood Rage but in a void, I probably would like Rising Sun more. Once upon a time, Avalon was one of my favorite games and it's one of my most played. I'm just burnt out on it and it's been replaced by Deception: Murder in Hong Kong. Our group just got Massive Darkness 2 and we're looking forward to it--something a little less mentally taxing than Gloomhaven. I'm curious about your other choices!

@RoomandBoardReviews

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Yeah I can see the Avalon burnout for sure. I like deception, because of the story you can tell with it, but my group always defaults to Avalon so I ended up getting rid of Deception because of that

I tried to make Attack on Titan a christmas tradition, we played it a few times the first year, but we didnt get it back on the table last year. Still, it is a very good game.

Soo...I just wanna grab half of those games you listed... help another George out! 😂

Could you/anyone give me a quick comparison of Massive Darkness to Death May Die? As far as mechanics or what you like better about it? I missed on MD2 but I’m all in on Fear of the Unknown cause I personally really like the Cthulhu theme and the DMD is sooooo fun. But I may be interested in picking up MD2 if I can be convinced haha thanks!

@RoomandBoardReviews

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I haven't played Death May Die, but my friend Zach and I have like an hour long conversation on the channel comparing Zombicide to MD2. I'm sure when I get Cthulhu I'll review it and make some comparisons then (I backed season 3 and am definitely excited to play it)

Oh man… I was looking for the attack of the titan boar game… now is a must ;)

Agreed that Everdell doesn't need expansions at all. I have played some, however, and they are pretty great! :D

@RoomandBoardReviews

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I know I'm going to end up getting all of them, haha it's just a matter of when!

I have the Big KS version of Everdell. It's still on my Shelf of Shame.

Curious how would you compare between Massive Darkness 2 vs. Townsfolk Tussle? 😊 thanks in advance!

@RoomandBoardReviews

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Townsfolk tussle is more about fighting one central boss. So you're only dealing with one boss and then using coins at a market to purchase items and outfit your character. It feels like a skirmish game and for me it's the art and humour that helps elevate it. MD2 is Diablo the board game. You're dealing with more hoards of monsters, you play one single scenario instead of going back and forth between 4 bosses and town buying phases. More dice rolls and more impact from your items and buildout and less back and forth setup, and more Minions. Plus the characters actually feel very different and their own mini games, townsfolk tussle it's more about how to position yourself on a board

@quirkt921

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@@RoomandBoardReviews thank you for detailing all of that! 😄 and thank you for making the content you do. You’ve probably saved me loads of $$ from not being FOMO with KS campaigns.

@RoomandBoardReviews

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@@quirkt921 I'm glad, that's what I'm here for! I want people to have top notch experiences that they'll love, not just that they'll like :) thanks for being here!

On a more serious note, have you played Cthulhu death may die? Curious how it compares to massive darkness 2?

@RoomandBoardReviews

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Haha, I haven't YET, but I got Season 3 and I'm excited for it to arrive, whenever that may be :)

Hmm, Rising Sun is close to my favourite. Everdell is way up there for me, and the Cryptozoic DC Deck Building games are my faves. I think our tastes align pretty well so I may as well subscribe. And I best I'd best try to track down Attack on Titan! Have you played any of the other Cryptozoic deck builders?

@RoomandBoardReviews

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I've played the DC deck builder and really wasn't a fan of it. It just felt so disjointed and really random depending on the card market at the time. Such a disparity between card powers. I felt they really improved upon this system with the Epic Spell wars annihilageddon series - I liked both of them a lot more because there's more interaction between the players and it feels like the swingy nature feels built for everyone. Maybe more strategies with the varying card types? It's been a while since I played DC, but really was not a fan (and I was so stoked about it because of AoT)

@benjiiiiiiiii

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@@RoomandBoardReviews That's fair enough. The random lineup allows for less strategic planning, but I've found it makes it easy to onboard newer players and have them be able to do okay without needing them to plan for the long game.

@RoomandBoardReviews

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@@benjiiiiiiiii yeah totally, I just enjoyed it a ton more with the ability to target each other I think!

My favorite boardgame guru!

@RoomandBoardReviews

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Right back atcha!!