No man bun!!!! Nooooo what happened? Great video as usual.

So many good games! Ummm..... I would go Primal, Earth Under Siege, STALKER. But I do love me some 51st State. SOo............ dang it!

Axis and Allies was a favorite long ago. However seeing it again does not make me want to ever play it. I played with a group of 5 on Wednesdays and since we all knew the game well, we rarely ever finished a game. Longest game was 16hrs when the final 4 of us, Russia didn't make it big shocker, came to a truce. That honestly might be the last time I ever played it. Maybe 40 years from now when I retire, I'll pick it up again...

AE is a fun game. My neighbors weren’t a big fan, so I’m looking forward to when I have more time and I can play with you guys.

6 Siege is amazing. It is so sad that it got overshadowed by all the suff Mythic did. My only complaint about the game is the quality of cardboard components. The hidden defender/hostage tokens can easily get damaged when they get moved around the map. I recommend 3d printed frames or something like that.

Primal is phenomenal. I'm excited to hear your thoughts as you dive into it. This is a really solid set of 5 games :) nice!

Solo mode is only in an expansion, not for me then. If you don't care about solo players I don't care about your game.

Awesome coverage, and a very timely video. I just became interested in/aware of this game today. Shipping price was definitely a shocker when it scrolled up on the screen. I'll probably take a gamble on it coming to retail.

I'll take it off your hands for 10 bucks, no problem.

Thanks for the review, this helped me a lot, and I finally decided to go for the merchant level, having acrylic tiles definitely seems like a really neat idea, my old Puerto Rico broke after many plays. Question: how do you ask for the sun drop minies? I couldn't find an option for that in the pledge.

You forgot to explain how to play the game

An upside down cross makes people upset but killing peasants is okay. 🤔😂 Like some people gets upset when they swear or show a nipple in a movie and then in the same movie they killi people and beg to God not to kill that dog. I just love this world. Anyway thank you for this video! 👍😊

What's are your thoughts on how this compares to Arcs in terms of "fun"? I just played Arcs at WSBG, and thought it was "good". The card action selection seems a little limiting, where you basically follow suit with a higher number, or get stuck playing a single action. Am I correct in interpreting Cosmic Conquest as less innovative/ambitious, but possibly more enjoyable? Great video, you three!!!

I don’t have anyone to play with anyway, so this sounds great as a solo only game-I’m going to pick it up this weekend at a game store about 45 min from me. I also want to pick up the Bloodborne game.

oh sounds pretty cool. need to watch the gameplay i guess

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Thank you for your thoughts! We're glad you've enjoyed your time playing the game

Great playthrough!

End-game audit: Noah did win! Final scores: Noah 25, Bryan 23, Jessica 20 🙌

This video is surprisingly entertaining! Fun game. Would play again! 🥳

I was originally going to get the Standard pledge (i.e. wait for retail), but the boat upgrades with all the little slots for the goods eventually convinced me to move up to Special Edition. I'm also adding the acrylic tiles because I think that will be a nice deluxification that will also make the field tiles and role tiles more durable as they get handled a lot in the game. I'm specifically not getting the merchant pledge because I very much don't want the playmat because playmat storage is no fun, so I might as well save a few bucks in doing so. I *am* considering getting the San Juan add-on as well because I love that game and $15 is honestly a good price for it, but I'm not sold on that yet and want to see how it's been upgraded as well.

So here my hot take. Same as it was with CoB. If you like and want the table presence to be super deluxe. Back it. I went all in on CoB. I have zero regents. I use the 3D terrain almost every time i play. Yes its not necessary. But its awesome. It takes me 2 minutes longer to set up. And less than 5 minutes longer to put it all away. It hasnt made the game harder at all and ive even taught the game using the 3D terrain. Every person ive played with loves the 3d terrain and says it makes the game more fun because of the table presence. Cheers and hope everyone plays lots of games as ofter as you can. I'll probably be going all in on Puerto Rico as well. I no its unnecessary but i like what im seeing. 🎉

I still lean towards the standard edition and hope they will give dual layer boats as one of their stretch goals. Ideally screen printed crate for the goods as well.

Long story short: yes it is. If you are looking for a good mind puzzle, with often-narrow room for manoeuvre and high interaction among players, that's what Arcs is. If you are instead searching for a full immersion in a lore, or for a full emotional engagement in a space opera, you might get disappointed. This because the rules at the base of the game system are just abstract mechanical shenanigans that make everything work, but that don't represent/evoke much the setting. While playing, most of the time you will find yourself worried about card suits (or the number/ pips printed on them), rather than being immersed in the game setting. For me, when looking for that kind of experience, the "briscola" card game is more than enough.

I got the terrain pack in Castles of Burgundy. Completely unnecessary, but I love it. Since I’m a completionist whore, and I like the CoB terrain pack, I think I’ll end up going all in.

I'd say take a closer look at the 1897 version and then back at this one. I don't think the minis help this game out at all. They remind me of the game After the Empire, where the KS version had these small minis that constantly fell over and I felt hurt the gameplay over the cubes. Also some recycled art, and not sure if the ship minis are really needed, they're just glorified slots to put resources. I feel like there was more value with the Castles of Burgundy version that they did a few years back.

I'll think about that one in the next week, deluxe is very nice! Being pretty new to boardgames (fell in love with the hobby with Lost Ruins of Arnak in 2020), i never played Castles of Burgundy and Puerto Rico😄 I'm waiting on my CoB pledge, didn't even read the rules or watch a video because it looks like everybody is loving the game so much i had to take it 😅 Puerto Rico seems like a nice choice in this range of not really complex & not too long games that you can play with most people.

Here for the gameplay video, hope to see one soon!

Let’s see some gameplay.

I look at it this way. I would by the mini version if I want to bling out my edition for I would want it for the looks. My play edition would just be standard. That is just me. I collect and bling out games for my collection. But still have copies for just general play

Im not a big fan of PR. But this looks so good. I think the building actual wont hurt game play that much. Since they sit next to their abilities. Its not needed, but i think it will play better than castle of burgundy. You will use a ton of coins every round in pr. the metal coins is nice and will be missed if you just get the cardboard ones. I'm shocked they dont show or emphasize victory point since that is one of the end game condition and you need them to win. The victory points need to be acrylic.

I actually love the ships. I think the removable decks to allow for variable player counts is a good idea. And the amount of complaints I see about how hard it will be to get crates off… I just don’t see it. The crates don’t go to the edge, and the front of the boat has such a small lip that even chubby fingers should be able to grab them.

Oh man not another highly interactive group game that forces you to buy the solo expansion nonetheless. Easy pass!

Not really sure about the 3D terrain pack. The ships with the little crates of goods look problematic

If you want the most important bling than Merchant's Pledge is the way to go. Acrlylic tiles , Playmat and the standard special edition stuff.

Let's see some more!

You don't cover it up in CoB, you just replace it entirely, so if you use the cardboard tokens, you can just keep them to the side as a reminder of your abilities after purchasing them.

The deluxe pledge seems to be the best one for me

I haven't fully decided, but I'm actually leaning toward the standard version that you're pushing away from. Reason being that I don't think all those worker/ship/produce minis are necessary, but I am partial to the play mat and acrylic tiles. Just wish they would take my moolah for metal coins, too, oh well (FAQ says coins are only available in the special edition).

Have you lost weight? Looking great, my man!

Crowdfunding prices are wildly out of control. I would never back this and if the exact same thing was in retail rather than crowdfunding 90% of the backers would not buy it either.

From what i see other than the resource minis and the metal coins, the other items in the special edition hurt the gameplay to where i don’t think it’s worth it to get the special edition. The boats are large and the removable decks are awkward. Not sure how getting resources on and off it is going to be like. Also the minis on the main board can obstruct the roles and the trading house which will be hard for people on that side of the table. The worker minis seem waaay overkill and may be awkward getting to the worker area from the supply. For gameplay the standard is my go-to and what I’m pledging (with playmat), but if you want to sacrifice a bit of convenience, the special edition does look very nice. On another note i’m not sure if the standard edition will go to retail, the non-mini version of castles of burgundy hasn’t been a retail item to my knowledge and i can’t imagine retailers stocking the standard when they can get a larger margin on the special edition. Edit: I also just remembered that the size of the game will be smaller with the standard version which i know was a big issue for castles of burgundy. Hopefully they keep the box size reasonable with this one.

I would never back this thing in the delux version. The game is good but not that great to buy this stuff, if you like it buy the standard version not more and only buy it if you really like the game. all the shiny stuff is more hindering the gameplay then helping it.

Looks awesome! How do you feel about the gameplay balance between the contenders?

Looks interesting, but their prices are prohibitive, especially shipping to EU. This isn't a 200$ game. A shame, but I hope they are having a successful campaign and it will hit retail for a reasonable price.

miniatures are poop. Pledge cancelled.

Can’t stand this game. The first mission in Wasted Wilds is overly difficult. Why did they start the game like that? So insane. A major turn off

Great overview!

It looks infinitely better than S3

I never could have done it. My cube would have to be closer to a shipping container.