After playing Creature Comforts for very long time, to the point of seeing few mechanical flaws mentioned nowhere in the reviews we decided to go for a Maple Valley - with the top notch version with all the wooden elements and perks of kickstarter version. Man...what a let down. I'm super happy to see that you pointed the same cons as we do. For me this is like an unfinished product released in hurry without testing. I don't see the point of so many elements inside the game if the 5day cycle is not allowing you to fully enjoy ANYTHING. The game ends when it starts to have some first fun elements. First 2 out of 5 days is a pure waste of time as everyone is rushing toward the top of the board to get new friend. This friend (if you dont have a rare perks saying that you can use it immidietally) is useable upon next day. So you start another day and at this point you realized that having more friends is more fun in the game so what you do ? Rush to the top of the board (or doing circles using maps) - anyways this game is complete bulls**t - I'm really disapointed as CC was one of my very top games.

I hope Valheim (a game I fully backed as one of my first ever crowdfunding experiences) does NOT fall into this high risk/high reward category. I'm very hopeful this game will arrive on schedule sometime this October. Also, for 2025, I'm interested in possibly backing Pixel and Polygons and also the Champions of Midgard 10th Anniversary Edition. I wonder where they fall on the risk/reward scale.

31:28 Sounds like what happened with Mage Knight - They released the “Mage Knight: ULTIMATE Edition” and then released another expansion afterward… They really shouldn’t do the “Ultimate Edition”s until the very end!… Kind of like the “Greatest Hits” album of (musical) artists!

I don't think Akropolis: Athena is new? because I have it...

FYI - Nova Roma is the Multilingual Edition which is not available for North America, says the email I received from Queen Games. However, I don't think I noticed that on the crowdfunding site, although I'm sure it is most likely mentioned in the FAQs. I only skimmed to see pricing. Cheers.

10:27 Actually, the inspiration for Dragons Down was an Avalon Hill game called Magic Realm, which itself was compared to Mage Knight.

I want Foxpaw but want to know if it's "fun" and engaging as a fan of Harry Potter. Chris, do you think fans of the H.P. universe will enjoy this game? For that price, even if my game group doesn't like it, I would buy it for my family.

You can play Netrunner for free online. Both original and new cards.

763 games you covered. That's my guess.

This has awful ai art all over it

I guesstimate you backed... 10 projects. My reasoning is, you backed DC United all in and that takes a chunk of space and budget, and I came in at the end of the year to the channel so I dunno lol

The first two Nemesis games feel like the same game with different maps to me - not unlike different scenarios in a game like CDmD. Retaliation looks like a completely different game with similar mechanical roots to me. Time will tell I suppose

The main issue of funding Foxpaw is whether you agree or not with AI art usage.

Thanks for the batman coverage, and happy new year!

Nah, crowd funding is mostly a scam. Sure there are a few decent ones. 99% are trash.

I am verrrrry interested in Gone to Gaia.

Can you say anything about Knight Games? Because I had backed their Batman Escape from Arkham game and cancel that and lost some money on it because I do not believe they are going ever to release it? Greetings from the Netherlands

CMON, I wonder when the Ponzi scheme fails!!

****span, I keep hearing that Earth is a better game inspired by those mechanics. Wingspan never floated my boat (theme), Wyrmspan I just didn't like the mechanics, it seemed over procedural to me (know thyself), will Finpsan be better? i don't know.

I love Village Attacks but it is a game that really needs at least some of the expansions, as the core box is too limited. I will be interested in Grim Dynasty.

are there any Tower/Castle attack games? when you're attacking, not defending?

The most fun thing about Finspan, that all the hate that are going to be produced right now will just increase the sales. I'm subscribed to SM channel. How did I hear of FS? BrotherMurph parody news.

You should definitely pick up survive the island. I nabbed it for $15 from target for my 10 year old to play with his friends. I helped them play through the first game and they loved it. Its definetly lighter weight and there is some luck to winning but most of the fun is just the interaction between players... and feeding your rivals to the sharks! PS: Opened my copy of Splender duel at the request of a friends daughter ~10 year oldish. And we played 3 times in a row she was addicted. She asked me to buy it for her for her birthday. Great game

When Marvel united multiverse ranking?

Span’t

Thanks for the video!

Really looking forward to Arcs digital. We will continue with the physical copy until then. You forgot they also have to fulfill Ahoy!

Not really excited about Fin-span. I'm holding out for Marvel-span in 2 years. 😉

Star Trek will be tough to pass up, even though I’ll likely never get it played. Picked up the game on 2019 after experiencing it at GenCon. Also picked up one of the expansions. We’ve played it maybe once since then. Always talked about playing it, but i never get the right people to the table for long enough to play it. Sad face, but I’ll buy it.

With Arcs I think we had to balance the impact of the announcement with not announcing it. People were asking us frequently if they could port it or when it was coming out. Now we benefit from a pat answer though. Agree though a year is a long time.

We've got at least 3 more spans to go. Dogspan Catspan Pokemonspan

Those cards and dice are so well done.

There is no pre order for finspan.. It will be available some time 20 ish Jan for order.. I got Wyrmspan and now trying to sell it, Wingspan was better for me, and I do not care about dragons, so I think I’ll pass “finspn” 😀

I'm one of the rare people that does not like 7 wonders duel. So I have avoided all the duel games. As the economics of board games becomes challenging this year and next, I expect companies to only back properties they think will do well, thus the duel games for every game that was a success for the past 5 years. Ark Nova duel, Dune Imperium duel, Wingspan Duel, Root Duel, Heat duel, Cascadia duel and Sky Team duel.

Dogs of War is good stuff.

Couldn’t care less about Finspan, or Stonemaier releasing more in the same line. I just think the name is poop

Massive Darkness, Assault on Doomrock and Village Attacks are all in our top all-time best, favorite games. Not all that interested in Chinese fantasy for the new VA, but the new Doomrock expansion sounds awesome (they've released quite a lot of details actually) and new MDarkness expansion is a must, but hopefully it doesnt sprawl to much (sucks the rpg portion is 5e though, lame)

I honestly am not going to play new Finspan, did not even manage to play Wrymspann. I do not know is it just me , but from all the games you have mentioned , I am looking most forward to Ice Cool wizard, Ghost Hunters , the shorter games. Some stuff looks great , but they are thematic the same, mechanic as well. There are not a lot of unique games. But it seems this year there is going to bee just too much new games. Probably over 5000 without expansions. I am starting to miss days when board games were not mainstream. They tested more games, and there was no FOMO fear.

Positive/negative on CMON, they *might* be able to save money by consolidating shipping containers? Dune Kwizats Hadderach edition is likely to follow a similar model as the Firefly 10 Year Anniversary Edition.

I mean I’m glad there’s games getting people into the hobby but man I’m so over anything Xspan

Finspan? Is this April 1st?

Too much Span for me, all of wingspan plus wyrmspan and future expansion is too much.

Im holding out for Bugspan.

Wingspan flogging that horse...but I will defo buy it. 😂🤣😅

The thing with the Riot (leauge) tcg, is that riot is a very dedicated company. All of their side projects are usually super good and polished. I have no doubts at all that the tcg will be good. They already have practice with card games as they have a digital one already. I can see people complaining about reused assets though.

At first glance I didn't think Gone to Gaia was anything special but then I looked at it again and I'm quite interested in it. I'll definitely be waiting for more information on it.

1. I still havent gotten the last dmd delivered

I like Wingspan, but prefer Wyrmspan. This is too much for me and I'm probably out on Finspan unless the gameplay just turns out to be significantly better. I'll stick with the dragon theme as my preferred "span". Also, thanks for the recommendations on Mindbug, Keep the Heroes Out!, and Leviathan Wilds! I picked them up on your recommendations and they are all some of my favs now! I wouldn't have found them without your plugs!

Finspan - the milking continues from Stonemire games

Wow, Finspan! I have no interest in the game mechanism, but I am definitely interested in the fish cards. Get the kids to learn a few fish would be great!