No Mage Knight??? 🙈

Enjoying these! This one definitely made me rethink teaching games, in particular to folks that haven’t played many modern board games. Reminds me of how using the word ‘orthogonal’ when explaining Sagrada or Azul completely threw some friends off and made them feel the game was too hard.

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The best but most ironic thing about this one, is that for the solitaire option, you MUST play the occupying French. A lesson in preference??

This is one of my favourite games. The amazing thing is that they made a lot of changes in the 2nd edition, and they all were good! Warm regards, Rick.

What age range is best for this game, before you can play regular Everdell? At what age was your child ready for regular Everdell?

I thought this video was going to help me get through a Crave Case.

good tips! I'll give them a try, as much as I like this game, I frequently struggle to get that engine roaring...

Impressive content, The Cardboard Herald. Looking forward to your next upload. I smashed that thumbs up button on your video. Keep up the fantastic work! The strategic depth you've highlighted in Ironwood is fascinating. How do you think the asymmetry between the factions could influence long-term player strategies and community engagement?

This is a fantastic review! Thank you!

I absolutely hate what Dire Wolf did with Uprising and now Bloodlines. I have DI with the first two expansions, and then once they released Uprising, saying the first two expansions could work with it, and then Bloodline and saying it can work with either, just turned me off from buying any more content. They need to get their crap together and decide what they really want their games to be, because this mix-and-match is not customer friendly, and does not make for better games. It should have been DI with two expansions, and then Uprising is a new version with it's own dedicated expansions.

the player pieces don't really stand out from the board, especially the iron faction blends into the board color scheme. hasn't that been a problem during gameplay?

I've been interested in Ironwood, but this is the first time I've seen the board. It reminds me of Root. I hate Root. If the gameplay is reminiscent of Root then I can drop this like a bad habit. No regrets.

Thanks for coming to our corporate ass event, guys. And yes, I have played Pax Pamir... 😜

I just fear it may be too tight for me. Bounced off Radlands for that reason.

Arkham is a cheat because they are still making expansions and the core only has an 3-scenario mini campaign so it needs expasion right away which each ain't cheap... So if the list include expansions Arkham will have a pletora but expensive so it might not be value cuz you can try other games for the cash...An expasion is too close to Gloomhaven etc...

They could also sell cardbdeck expansions of each the 4 original factions or expand the troop choice . Welcome to miniature wargaming folks ps look up DBA as a game .

The fungal dwarves are totally my favourite

Hah nice, even 3y ago, you were already making those really good, concise and informative reviews. Just bought the game after being on the fence for a while. Thanks! I'll take it on vacation - it also seems like it should work well on the plane, right?

I was going to go in on a preorder or kickstarter of this game but then I realized: I've already own enough multiplayer solitaire tile layers (or I could also say "private puzzle" games) Calico Cascadia Akropolis Evergreen Tiny Towns I definitely want to try Trailblazers but it will take some convincing for me to go out and buy a copy. But for anyone reading who is new to the hobby, I have no doubt that if you don't already have a bunch of "samey" games like i do, you can't go wrong with Trailblazers.

Got recommended this video randomly, bought the game. If you are tired of games with long setup times, having to build maps, place the different pieces, sometimes paying very large sums of money for figures this game is for you. I think there is much more potential in having units represented by these cardboards than miniatures. It is cheaper, therefore large expansions can come out faster and be affordable. It is easier to read the board with all the information on the unit itself, the game takes so little space it's actually possible to play on regular size tables. The art style is really good and the design lends itself to some historical accuracy

Very solid review that covers a lot in a short time This is one of my favourite games (200+ games of it this year) but I think a lot of the criticisms are fair. I mostly play solo, but will occasionally play with 2-4p, never more, mostly because of table space.

I’m surprised that you have not mentioned in the review the similarity to Crew for 2 players variant

Excellent review of a great game... I agree with your 'cons', but don't find them annoying or a problem. The sped up video has to go... very annoying. That said, I subscribed. Keep up the good work. Dump the sped up video.

Regarding worn standees: As soon as I open a game, I pour some white scool glue on a sheet of wax paper, grab a fine tipped brush and paint the exposed carboard edges of all tiles, standees, etc. Kast forever-ish

Gonna name the games I'm excited about as they show up! Harmonies! Kelp! DroPolter! Steam Up! DroPolter, again! I agree! It's hilarious and amazing! Excited for what's to come! MOAR DroPolter!!

This is basically a reimplementation of Pocket Battles (also by Paolo Mori), and I'm so happy it exists. Hope this does well.

Played DI and loved it, played the first expansion and returned it on Steam immediately. I didn't see it as improving anything, the original game was basically already perfect for what it was.

sardaukar are not genetically engineered btw ! good video tho no hate

I think a bunch of fans of the game will enjoy having two different iterations of the game. Why pick one over the other when you can have both. Personally for me, I'll still enjoy playing base with Ix and Immortality sometimes and I'll have fun playing Uprising with Bloodlines. It's my favorite game so I'm in the more is better camp.

I agree that Dire Wolf got themselves in a messy situation but imagine the uproar if they didn't attempt to make Uprising and Bloodline "compatible" with Imperium. Dune Imperium with Ix and Immortality is already a complete game (and gotten bloated). Bloodline is for Uprising; that's the intent of the design. Dire Wolf is just trying to appease the Imperium owners with "Frankenstein" options. Once I get Bloodline, my copy of Ix is going to my friend who already owns my copy of Imperium. Imperium owners should just stick with what they got and IX & Immortality. Or scrap it and move onto Uprising and add Bloodline for more stuff. In my mind, Imperium and Uprising are two different games and IMO, Uprising is better and will likely be even more so with Bloodline.

Why do you go on buying every expansion they release ? Because its there !!!!!!

You should try Dune: Shadow Emissary. 😋

Dune Imperium and its expansions, including this one, are among the first victims in my personal shift in direction. There was a time when I would have snapped up Imperium and its expansions no questions asked. But, I already have too many games that I don't play as much as I like. And, I really really like the original Dune and its two expansions. And so, while it certainly may be a game I'd like a lot, I'm not marrying into the Dune Imperium cadet branch. I'm trying to add fewer games that I don't really really need in favor of devoting more time to what I have.

I just recently got this game and the expansion seems to resolve the biggest quibbles you had back when you reviewed it. It adds depth, asymmetry and and a level of complexity that makes the game so much better. I wonder how you feel about the expansion? Did you even try it cause it was announced together with the base game. 😉

I have this and SpaceShipped and they are amazing. The thing is that they seem simple since there are so few cards, but they are extremely strategy heavy.

I love how when I'm trying to figure out which Norse based game to grab I find this gem of a video. Thanks man!!

Love ButtonShy Games! I always have one in my bag to play when I have a few mins. My current favorites are ROVE and Ancient Realm

Btw, did you catch the current miniaturemarkets 99 cents-a-pack for L5R LCG?

Just got the wooden meeples addon. Same pastel colors but they are really well made ! My favorite games from Knizia are: Through the Desert High Society Ingenious Tigris and Euphrates Modern Art Battle Line Lost Cities

Great review. Just ordered the game.

Frodo can get it. 😉

if i like raiders of the north sea base game, but have heard that it is better with expansions and dont own it. do you think its better to buy this or Raiders of the north sea and expansions?

Three lanes? Reminds me of dragon dice!

I do like the mechanics, the do seem very nice. Is there a complete list of units? "Greek-Baectrian is a weird faction to me. Selcuids (in the East it seems) I assume but whould they fight China? Undaunted by Osprey is quite nice so will check this out for sure. I do think the post Aleaxander the Great areas (Selucids & co) could be more than one faction like Macedonian/Greek, Egyptian and some "barbarians" maybe horselords and Gallic/Germanic? Many good wargames are rock-paper-scissors in my book an this does look alot like that :) It is a fair chance I could get obsessed with this yes!

Looks amazing and right up my alley. Thanks for highlighting this

Loved seeing something not on my radar, I’ll have to look for this at PaxU! I loved your enthusiasm and critical takeaway, but it was a bit hard to understand the loop of the game for me with your explanation. Haven’t caught your videos before, but with your collection behind you and our mutual love of Pax Pamir I’ll be checking out your other stuff for sure!

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My man is starting his Kratos arc, and it's a thing of beauty.