Thank you for your video. I'm confused about how the dial works

I'm super happy to hear you enjoyed your experience. Thank you so much for the detailed first impressions, it was extremely entertaining to listen to. Subbed, and shared the video to our community : - )

Dude, yes!! 🙌🏼 Is it solo-able in Alpha??

Cosmic hunters looks interesting , thanks for the information!

Interesting thoughts on the buildings, and thank you for taking your time to make a tier list. And interesting how one can evaluate them so differently. I’ve played alot of glass road and its my favourite game. And I noticed that my generel score started to go alot higher once I started to evaluate the immediate buildings higher. Alot of immediate buildings coupled with 1-2 productions buildings gives you the ability to snowball into massbuilding, and I usually only build 1 or 2 endgame building. Might just be a prefered playstyle though, I like the dynamic and volatile playstyle of the immediate buildings instead of just building a contiguous end game building and zero in on that. Might also come down to playercount aswell, I play almost exclusively 2p and solo. Its also interesting that you put the private offers buildings in S tier. According to me they are at most c or b tier, mostly because I think the feudal lord is by far the worst specialist. But perhaps I need to reconsider and use them together. It would also be interesting to see a specialist tier list!

Glass Road is one of my absolute favorite games and I'm so glad I found someone who is (seemingly) as obsessed with the game as I am! Thank you for this deep dive into the strategy behind the game! 🧠

Amazing work!. Do you have this as a PDF?.

Thank you for being (apparently) the only KZbin channel covering this game that I am SO excited about!! Subscribed!! 🎉

I am no expert at this game for sure but have tried the old version and the shot version of this one. It is not easy to learn and is VERY AP-sensitve. But It is good and looks great, the option to allow more wonders to choose from I Highly reccomend (it is like a mini market which helps if you can not get a certain resourse or do not want x).

All of your themes are pretty connected, even the honorable mention if you take a generous view of human society. Environmentalism, medical advancements, building cities, industry for products, farming for food, it all comes back to your top pick, Civilization. It's interesting how thematically they all come together. Clearly you are most engaged when you are building up a society of people from nothing to a booming society, which is cool.

I think you draw buildings until the board is full. Potentially could that mean there is 3 times the buildings we see in these pictures. But who knows 😊 Thanks for uploading. Probably a must buy!

I am a fan of Rosenberg, but have yet to play Agricola. Tried Caverna and unfortunately it didn’t quite marry with my expectations or the general praise. I feel now as though I should’ve purchased Agricola instead, which is a bummer since it’s 40% cheaper aha

Nice video. I own the German board game with the English rules, and just love it. We have yet to see the barrel strategy prevail over brewing. The game plays very snappy. I look forward to the Bier Pioniere: Bier Boom expansion coming out later this year.

Would love an expansion for Messina! I know a new standalone for brass is coming. I've heard rumors that it might be Ireland or a northern country in mainland europe. Brazil seemed like a cool game, but wasnt as intriguing to me when I hear it was similar to Scythe. Would be cool to see an expansion that sets it apart.

I also love Concordia Roma. You can start anywhere outside the city walls but then as soon as you’re inside, then adjacency matters as usual. Water travel is only in one direction down a canal, which gives you resources and achievements as you land on certain spaces. You can also score points mid-game, which is neat because you can apply a god’s scoring powers without actually having bought one of the cards. Very neat twists in the gameplay, which do more than simply give us a new map.

Holy moley, you and I have similar game tastes! Anyway, let’s talk about Yokohama, one of my favourite games of all time. There is a promo pack for it, which only does minor things: it gives you some 5-power tokens that have foreign agent tokens on them, and there are some tokens you can gain from fulfilling all three achievements. Besides that, there’s the Duel version and the Roll-&-Write version of the game, neither of which I’ve seen available anywhere. When TMG filed for bankruptcy protection, the rights ultimately got bought by a Canadian publisher called Synapses Games (publishers of Coatl and the Rallyman series), and that’s where the new art came from. The new version of Yokohama should be released to retail next month (August 2024). No word yet as to whether Duel and/or the Roll & Write are planning to get rereleased. Duel was published by TMG but the Roll & Write wasn’t, so I don’t know if Synapses even has the “Roll &” rights. 😉

For sure Messina!

Concordia Venus team play variant is amazing if you find yourself with 6 players. It essentially plays as a 3 player game since you and your partner are both playing on each other's turns.

Whenever I do Top 100s or Top 50s, I always rank them by “which game would I play if given both options”. Sometimes that means my favourites of all time make the top of the list, but some high ranking games are games I’ve only played once or twice but were such good experiences that I want to get them to the table again! Some people may find that disappointing, but I think it gives some underrepresented games some love. 10. I love Suchý’s games. Woodcraft one made my Top 50, but I did get rid of it because enough of my friends owned it. Great game, though! Also, Evacuation is one of my latest flames … I absolutely love it! 7. I have owned Village for years, and it’s become one of those classics that you play once or twice a year and it’s so satisfying, but it might not be a weekly game for me. I find it fascinating how it uses “worker displacement” rather than worker placement in order to take most of your actions; I’ve never seen another game do that before. I also am floored by how macabre this game is: you think it’s so quaint and pastoral, given the art and the theme, and yet there is so much carnage! 😂 6. I adore Nucleum. My only complaint is the fixed nature of the board. The southeast corner is usually in stiff competition because Praha is there, plus it’s where you can build most of the mines, and it’s not far from a power plant. Still, though, the game is amazing. I love how the action tiles work, and the engines you can generate are so interesting! 5. Haven’t heard of this game, but I like La Granja, so it may be worth checking out. Thanks for the tip! 4. GoME is popular in my group but I haven’t played it yet. 1. Caylus was a recent discovery for my group too. I got it in a local math trade. I haven’t played it with mean players yet, so I think that’s why I like it, but I have a feeling this would be an agonising experience if you played it with chaos monkeys who find it fun to mess with people for no personal benefit except denying another player. 😂 Great game, though! Haven’t tried the rest! Thanks for the video! I think we may have similar taste in games!

My family beat The Crew after forever in June too!

My "Only played once, really want to return list:" Mosaic, War of the Ring the Card Game, Voidfall, Tiletum, Smartphone Inc. and Star Wars Rebellion.

Keeping an eye out for this one. Great video, and I look forward to seeing more content. Cheers

Well I stumbled onto this and now subsided 249. You will go far. What fun and thanks. 😊

Hope the rulebook was clear :)

Good Luck on your journey

Looks like you were my doctor and I didn't know it until now! All of these picks I agree with are great games! Especially the one I worked on in some regard lol

Nice!

Never tried 2

It sounds like the Abundance expansion tries to address one of things that made me fall out of love with the base game (apparently after 100 plays on BGA, more than I thought), which is what happens when your draw doesn't intersect well with the race goals. I think it's worth comparing base game Earth to base game Wingspan and Terraforming Mars. Both of them build draw mitigation into their games (a card market in Wingspan, a draft in TM) and while neither assures a player will always get what they need, it makes it much more likely they will be able to say "I can't compete for this goal, but while other players use their opportunity to pursue race goals, I can use mine to do this other valuable thing." In Earth, the designers decided their mitigation would come from players drawing a lot of cards, which often leads to cascading advantages for the advantaged player. In TM, the fact that milestones can only be claimed by a single player, and that both milestones and awards need to be bought, means that it's very reasonable for a player to say "I will only compete for two of these." In Wingspan, the low threshold for qualification for end-of-round goals, as well as the small scoring delta, make it reasonable for a player to direct their efforts elsewhere. In Earth, every fauna you do not complete is a significant penalty. The problem is that in Earth it too often felt that my draw was the limiting factor, and because the goals have a very low opportunity cost, I couldn't create advantages by ignoring them while my opponents pursued them. I'm by no means an expert. I could very well be that I'm mistaken, but that feeling is what kept me from pursuing the game more seriously. Thanks very much for the video. I'm always interested to hear your opinions.

Thanks for covering this!

Loved Lorenzo, might have to give this one a try, thanks for posting!

The only trick taking game i learned was in prison and they called it 10s

Caylus is a great old title. There are lots of titles on here I'd love to explore. I think roads and boats are the splotter for me. I want to explore the Imperium system more; I just received Horizons. I enjoyed the first release and am looking forward to diving into it further.

Scholars is a solid game. I think it is slightly heavier than Wayfarers, but the overall design feels less nebulous. Though, I think I love the sandbox nature of Wayfarers more. Lots of great choices. I feel like I'd want to play Clash of Cultures under the right conditions, curious how the fan solo variant turns out though.

Only played solo. But this is a puzzle game with a few twists each game with the different set-up. Still i feel the puzzle is pretty much the same to me. So i think i will have the same feeling over again very fast. And that this game does not get on the table quick after 1 or 2 plays. Don't know if the included expansions change much to it. Also the price tag of 85 euro is pretty high for just the basic box.

Great list! Hope to see some more. Fellow boardgamer from the department of neurology 😊

Thanks for this, I've made my order a few times now but then i see the price and i can't get myself to push the final pledge button. I want to like this game so much but i feel its missing something.... I think I'm going to skip...

Word for word copying the official commericial...

Appreciate the analysis!

Great overview and analysis.

Anyone has a link to buy it online?

Thanks for the video! I have been curious about this game so it was nice to get some info about the gameplay.

Looking at Low Lands brings to mind Pioneer Days. In it, there are four catastrophes that keep reoccuring, but each player is working against the others by slowing down one catastrophe, while speeding up another (to their advantage, of course.) It's like stockholders who can manipulate the markets and buy and sell accordingly. The only negative, IMO, is the cartoon-y artwork. It's a serious game that looks silly.

I have a physical copy of Isle of Trains coming in this month. Really looking forward to trying it out.

Looking forward for this title!.

Noice

It's always great to find a new content creator! Looki g forward to look through your vids. Love some of the games on this list. Tinners' Trail is a favorite of mine! Looki g forward to checking out some of the other titles. Gotta look through my list and see what my underrated games are! Atiwa is on my shelf of shame, really want to get it to the table. I love playing Hallertau and Oranienburger Kanal solo; I'm glad to hear you enjoy its solo mode.

I agree with you, I played Wolves with my wife, we found it very entertaining and fun. I'll get Atiwa and Age of Civilication out of your recommendation. Great video! Thanks.

I keep thinking of selling Rolling Realms but keep coming back to it - it's a great solo game too. First time I've stumbled across your channel btw and I enjoyed the video!

I love Black Forest ham