1st Edition looked a lot more D&D styled and more serious, prefer that considerably over the 3rd ed's cartoony art

What gross trash. There is another game trending in the BGG hotness (June 2024) that is also disgusting. Any complaint of it being inappropriate is instantly removed. That website is an echo chamber of woke cancer. Thanks for the review

In reality this is more of a party game than a strategy game. Lots of wine and beer and trying to steal customers from your friends and pushing your luck when you think you can. For those days when So Clover and Scout are to mental.

Which one would you say is the most fun, Ready Set Bet or Long Shot?

my mother god bless her plays exactly two boardgames: Scrabble.. and Dominion. 'nuff said.

Love birds but HATE wingspan, no thematic ties nothing

For me it's, 1) kickstarter bloat, both in amount of games and amount each game has. 2) Euro gamers ruin all non-euro games. 3) No one wants to play the same game twice due to #1.

Ahhh yes... 😊 I just wait for its mediocre score on BGG. The minis have the expression of a log 🪵 and I must totally agree: artwork is awful 😞 the color is ok but easily could have been way better.

Oh no, this is not very good.

The first, OG eurogame.

Whelp, my money was going to this or Stuka Ace. Thanks for helping push me in one direction. My ass was gonna be all over Poles regardless.

Shark and Stephensons Rocket fired Acquire for us about 25 years ago, thankfully.

How do tile draws limit what shares you can buy and when?

Thanks! I was thinking about buying this and your review definitively showed me, that it should be worth the expense (and storage space 😁). Do you also have a review of "Fate of the Nostromo"?

I really think that you are being passive aggressive and holding back on your disappointment of these board games. LOL!

Fully agreed with all of these choices, tbh. In particular the comment about people who pay 200+ for a 15 quid game.

A solid game, a real classic. There's a moment into the game where people get a little lost/stuck, but you have to explain to them how/why it's feeling that way. The "winners" feel stuck, the "losers" have money and freedom, and it seems backwards. You just have to explain that the value of held stock has gone up, they have points, they just don't have liquidity at the moment. Once that initial little hump is gotten past, people really get into it and have a lot of fun. Such a great game.

I've spent a bit of time in Melbourne strip clubs and if I recall the VIP room wasn't $500.

The top 100 playlist that this starts is missing something: 80 to 71. What a load of bollocks!

Its like a really big exam you didn't prepare for

He's so entertaining

This is the best 10 - 1 top ten on this channel.

Stupid F!@# in the back here ! 🙋‍♂️. Bullocks!

Finally got this to the table with the mrs last night and it's an instant hit - look forward to trying it at higher player counts

I fucking loved this

You're hilarious, and I love the no-bullshit review. Subscribed.

The way you say bovva, works for me.

There is supposed to be an Anniversary Edition this fall with nicer components. I still love my 3M version and found a complete 1962 edition I gave to some friends. AH version looks nice, but changing the names was unforgivable.

I grew up with the 3M bookshelf version of this game since it was my dad's favorite. I don't play it much though because it doesn't play great at 2. Huge nostalgia for it though. I got a 3M version via eBay along with Twixt.

A game as awesome as it's designer....the father of modern board games: Sid Sackson

Which game would be the modern equivalent of Acquire besides Stockpile?

I have the 60s 3M version and it's not especially different! Instead of skyscrapers you have coloured tiles.

Just had a five player game of this yesterday (also Avalon Hill version). Always great fun and quick to play. I prefer it at higher player counts, the board being more busy somewhat remedies the random tile draw I believe. We used Iron Clays instead of the paper money for the first time and it makes the game even better. Although poker chips are harder to conceal than paper money, so some may consider player screens necessary.

I was so exited to see some stuff from this game earlier in the year, but now I'm super disappointed it's not even going to be a "real game". So much potential and they basically made it Snakes and Ladders.

The new version of Big Boss is a pretty good game.

Love it. I recommend prop money, poker chips, or whatever else instead of the cash that comes with it. Edit: We ran into the headache of counting tiles as well and think a great solution is to put dice on the tiles. Once it hits 6, just put another down so that each of the dice only goes up to 5. Them being on the board helps keep people from forgetting. Just have whoever adds the tile adjust the dice since they're already reaching over to it to anyways.

I like to bring out the old Avalon Hill edition and see peoples faces, at the sight of the somewhat boring presentation. Everyone, a part from a single person, loved the game and wanted to play again. One of my favorite games.

I like that the only way to get fresh money is to have invested in a company that got merged. The game really forces you to invest wisely, otherwise your playing money will just dry up and make you a spectator.

Big Boss (1994) is a spiritual successor, worth checking out for Acquire fans.

Wuzz this the Old Avalon Hill game , m8 , 🐦

Appreciate an honest review of a game that is currently on crowdfunding. Rare stuff. Also good to see the criticism is based on the game and mechanics rather than getting mired in fretting about the subject matter. This is why I dealt with the "youtube bullshit".

The Blood and Sand rulebook is an unmitigated sh*tshow. We spent four hours trying to decypher it and packed up the game. It's exhausting, convoluted and half-baked. The game itself looks gorgeous, but the f*ing rulebook ruins it. It's nigh unplayable because of it. Matagot can go ahead and piss broken glass.

The game may be good for a few laughs and rounds with the right group. But not 100 bucks good.

Sending you this game was one of the best decisions they ever could have made

Just with regards to the customer cards. I think they are meant to look horrible and creepy and make you uncomfortable as I imagine a lot of the customers in these places make the dancers feel this way. Very thematic I think

Pretty sure this video just pushed Nightshift to the #1 top-trending spot on BGG.

An unwoke game from an unwoke reviewer, highly appreciated all around.

I love your reviews so much. I trust your judgment and I like how you structure your videos

Honestly the game sounds terrible. Your review of the customer card art has me dead though.

whoa - had no idea that you do reviews of games currently in the crowdsourcing phase of their release lifecycle. I got in touch with you last year about reviews for some of our released titles - I would like to hear more about your practices when it comes to rendering a review for games that are not fully manufactured and released VS ones that are? I'd assume this copy was provided by the publisher since it's not widely available - is this sponsored content? all the same - appreciate the honesty of the review as always =)