6 Games I Played so You Don’t Have To

[@aimajica]

I'm with Zee on Prehistories (he made a nice review about it a year ago) ; it's actually a pretty good family game: easy to teach, perfectly weighted to be fun for adults & kids, a beautiful production at a small price. As for the gameplay, I found it very compelling. There are two parts to the game: on the main board, you are trying to outwit your adversaries and find the right timing (when to be "quick"? when to be "strong"? when to risk an "injury" with your hunters?) in order to get the tiles that you need ; on your individual board, you have a nice little puzzle where you try to organize your tiles best ("paint your fresco" ;) ) to be the first to fulfill objectives (given by your tribe's elders of course :D). I recommend this game as a light family/gateway game, a pretty good choice when you have a limited amount of time, or when you want to play a breezy but clever game with your kids (from 6). (PS: there is also a nice expansion for the game, with a little "story" bringing progressively new stuff to it (new variations on the gameplay, new characters, new tiles...))

[@vancelance8732]

Hey! This is the new intro you teased yesterday, it's awesome!

[@llegaremosalasestrellas3245]

I love the hammer blow on the monopoly of the beginning.

[@Sajatzsiraf]

and the sneaky Phase 10

[@rumpleforeskin1275]

This needs to be a weekly series

[@avengery2j]

I really enjoy prehistories. Fun card play combined with polyomino tile placing. It’s quick and fun as a gateway or family game

[@DeltaDemon1]

I once played a quick card game (Lunch Money, I think) . The turn order was reversed on me over and over again with a bunch of lose a turn cards thrown in. The game lasted one and a half hours. I played one turn in all that time.

[@adrienned1yt]

Love the use of the Magnificent 7 theme combined with the DT music. Too bad you didn't have 7 games to talk about, then you could have had "The not Magnificent 7".

[@jackiejlw5493]

Tom at 4.40 min trying to make Chonky Donkey work is my favorite clip of the week. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BoardGameHype]

Great new series!!🎉

[@Jonathan-ei7vp]

I still really like this format 👍🏻

[@HeadCannonPrime]

More like this please. I'm tired of every crap game getting a 6/10 these days.

[@joshfrench5858]

That’s what I have said. Why is a “meh” game getting 5 or 6. Need harsher criticism

[@HeadCannonPrime]

@@joshfrench5858 agreed 100%.

[@JohnClem56]

Definitely 6 games that I won't have to ever consider! Thanks for doing the dirty work (although I can safely say I wouldn't have given any of these a second look anyway).

[@garcipat]

Chonky Donkey just has an age range from 6-14 probably :) Im sure I would have enjoyed it when I was a child with friends.

[@alexisle7053]

I enjoyed Prehistory n Dice Hunters thou

[@TerrierHalo]

The intro looked exactly like I pictured when you teased the music. Well, more or less.

[@nielsjensen6897]

I love that you say this about a Richard Garfield game; if you roll well, you win. How is that not what you do in King Of Tokyo? If you roll well, you win. Don’t think Tom likes dice (and therefore luck) that much.

[@WTG007]

My family enjoyed Prehistories. It's not a super, "gamer's game" but it is a fun game for families. I've even backed the expansion on Kickstarter.

[@martind2520]

Well Tom did say that was the best of the 6.

[@joshfrench5858]

More of this please

[@garcipat]

"15 Minutes to selfdestruct" is Escape with a space theme then?

[@whytemeet]

Love the intro!

[@KabukiKid]

heh... very "Magnificent Seven" with the music. ;-)

[@eVanDiesel]

I laughed at your Chonky Donkey answer

[@minottechtutor9715]

Is the person on the 15 minutes to self destruct cover the same person on the Melt-Scape cover?

[@VinegarAndSaltedFries]

Honestly Prehistories doesn’t belong on this negative of a video imo but hey your video. I think the game is much better than you gave it credit for in that short paragraph and I actually tend to be pretty hard on games when I review them. I think it’s a decent family game.

[@amchasteenable]

Great new series! A cool thing, you might regret starting (like the component drop), is having a box cover set up at the end. You say “I’m Tom, you’ve been watching the dice tower.” Then you pull out a nerf gun draw like Clint Eastwood shooting the box off the table. Blow the tip of the gun casually and say “thanks for watching.”

[@Footrot13]

When you start with prehistories I got confused and thought Tom had finally played pre history from A games. A much better game.

[@nshaw1299]

Really hoping to get your short opinion on Yosemite that Chris and Mike did a full review for. Just because you had high opinion on Bumuntu and your thoughts with a slight comparison to Bumuntu would've helped anchor, perhaps, if it's indeed not good and why it failed compared to its good predecessor.

[@harleygrattan2851]

I like your tie, Tom

[@rontalkstabletop]

There's the new intro music!

[@KabukiKid]

Legally distinct from the Magnificent Seven theme song! ;-)

[@scpfoundation6195]

Nostalgia Critic has entered the chat. LOL Love the video!

[@JayBee10]

So this is the Chonky Donkey mentioned in today’s Breakfast 😅

[@soogymoogi]

Mike also mentioned a Chonky Donkey he bet on as a kid in the Gencon top 5!

[@Sajatzsiraf]

@@soogymoogi I had no idea what he was on about at the time, but now - it sounds even more hilarious!

[@sm5574]

The second one sounds like a knock-off of Escape the Curse of the Temple.

[@TheErnieforss]

Ouch prehistory is on gamefound right now

[@WTG007]

My family enjoyed Prehistories. It's not a super, "gamer's game" but it is a fun game for families. I've even backed the expansion on Kickstarter.

[@tomasxfranco]

I like the new intro, I think it could be trimmed a bit and the "so you don't have to" made a big larger.

[@uplift-yourdailypickup6424]

I enjoy a little take-that in my games, but i agree, making someone lose 2 turns is no good.

[@cassandracastro2759]

6:36 Agreed, that's very vry very bad design. Citadels suck .....wait....

[@yafre_tv]

It's too Random -the video

[@rb4551]

lol that title. As far as Richard Garfield, he has to be the most overrated designer in the industry. I see his name stamped on stuff more often than I see the Marvel License being handed out. I swear he just charges people to put his name on boxes. Most of the non-magic stuff he releases (he does lots of video games too) sucks.

[@ziomalZparafii]

I know him mostly from Treasure Hunter which is one of my favourite and most played filler.

[@Xammblu_Games]

Well, w/o MtG you'd not be watching this video, this has been mentioned in more than one Dice Tower video. King of Tokyo - fantastic board game Roguebook - fantastic video game Let's appreciate RGs contributions to the hobbies.

[@rb4551]

@@Xammblu_Games King of tokyo is fine. Roguebook was decent. Most of his games generate tons of sales based on his name but are nothing to write home about including the 2 you mentioned. is he awful at making games? no. But I dont get how people still see his name and expect something great. He makes ok games.

[@_Cervantez]

I think most gamers don’t actually care for the name of the designer… there are a lot of gamers not watching board game content on YT or browsing BGG on a daily basis

[@JJ_TheGreat]

@@Xammblu_Games I am not a fan of King of Tokyo. It is overrated. You it has some strategy - and it isn't the worst game, but it's not my favorite, either.