A Feast for Odin Unboxing Reaction

[@antgerfitz]

I was intimidated to learn AFFO but it turned out to be the best and easiest rulebook (medium or heavy) that I've read. Good luck!

[@stacie_everdell]

LOL...this has got to be THE BEST unboxing video of any game EVER! (double thumbs up)! 😆😆😆

[@randalladkins7452]

7:26 - Rotates the d12 to show an 11. Then rotates it again to show a 10. “This is a d8 and this is a d10. Uhh … I think I’m right. … Yes! Nailed it!” Lol😂LOL 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marcusgsuniga]

Here in Melbourne, stores are sadly closed, and we are not allowed to travel no more than 5km from our house with some exclusions

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Yeah, but you won't die, so there's that.

[@mukundmurali3018]

this was soo funny!!! I laughed so much all the way through! Fantastic, you need more subscribers!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thanks! So close to 10k. i don’t wanna be greedy!

[@DMExplains]

This was a very good purchase. The first game could be a struggle, but I found after the first play it tugging at my brain to try again!

[@katerietmann5731]

I was going to try and play this this weekend... after buying it in early April. Hmmmm..... I'd maybe better take Monday off to recover!!

[@bandersen]

Very good choice, fantastic game! The discord was wrong about no good how-to-plays, watch JonGetsGames' playthrough!

[@do_hickey]

Vacuformed Trays is on the eponymous album by the nu-punk band Green Tray.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Are you sure? i thought that was a cover?

[@do_hickey]

@@NightsAroundaTable No, that's the original. The Box had a cover of it, though - check their album "Box Farts."

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@do_hickey The one with the heavy ska accordion sample?

[@jacobthomas6876]

Hey Ryan I know you switched to this camera set up so it would be easier on the edit - but is there anyway to up the quality/improve the lighting? When it’s on your face it’s really blown out and the footage is really jumpy and seems to be skipping frames. Still enjoying your videos the camera just throws me off!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

So some good news, and bad news: The bad news is that i shot three unboxings in one go, so this vid and the upcoming Cartographers vid will suffer from the same problems. i've been trying to sort out the frame skipping problem. i just went out yesterday and blew 200 bucks on a better capture card, which i'm hoping will fix that issue. The colour is a different issue. The lighting is the same as the lighting i use in my How to Play videos.... it's just the filtering/treatment that's different. The way the feed looks on my laptop and on my monitors is much different from how the final video file turns out, and i haven't figured out how to correct that. But i guess the good news is that i see the same problems you're seeing, and i'm working hard behind the scenes to fix!

[@jacobthomas6876]

Nights Around a Table well I hope you can resolve the issues! Looking forward to more videos 🤘🏻

[@JamesI88]

You will be fine. If you've learned trickerion, you can learn this easily. Plus, aside from some of the cards, you almost need no refreshing on future play throughs.

[@Aquadoozy]

It's not as bad as it seems. AFFO was very intimidating at first with all the components. But the rulebook is very well done. And the trays do a excellent job sorting out all the components and laying them out in a way that makes sense while playing. The board looks like a headache because of the hundred action spaces. Its laid out reasonably well into different sections so it will start to make sense. Want animals? Go here. Want resources? Go here. Want to hunt? Go up top, etc. For the cards, start with deck A. We are several games in and haven't yet touched decks b & c. Honestly deck A by itself has so many cards! And you don't even use that many of them during the game. It's a great game, you weren't steered wrong.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

The accidental tile flipping was a pain, and the action spaces are super tiny!

[@Indra_P]

Your last few videos looks a bit bright and a bit blurry? Maybe something wrong with the camera setting? Anyway, I think Feast if harder than Agricola. I think partly maybe due to reading the rulebook, I was not the one reading the rulebook when we played Agricola

[@NightsAroundaTable]

It's whole *host* of problems that i'm very actively trying to fix, but unfortunately, i shot 3 vids back-to-back, so you'll notice the same technical issues in next Friday's video. Sorry about that, and thanks for your patience!

[@LetsTubetalk]

Huggin muggin. .... As he hung upside down under the tree of life as he thought up there runes.... Otherwise known as the Futhark runes

[@ScytheNoire]

I order from all those stores and just ordered from 401 the other day. Can't wait to live back in Ontario .

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Where are you moonlighting?

[@ScytheNoire]

@@NightsAroundaTable Edmonton since 2012. Originally from Windsor. Plan to move next year to the Ottawa or Kingston area.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@ScytheNoire Both lovely!

[@quibily]

I just got A Feast for Odin in the mail today! Crazy! I adore Agricola, and I'm looking for good games to solo, so I got this.It was still a bit expensive buying it second-hand on BGG. (I love how buying second-hand is good for the environment and saves at least a little money, but almost nobody wants to sell their games at actual used prices on there....) I'll record my opening it for you to see if I can get a good box fart. You could probably say I'm really into vikings, too (The 2007 board game Vikings is great! Recommend it for your wife!). More specifically, I'm into Norse culture because their mythology is really cool! The gods are all flawed beings destined to die in a HUGE battle that ends the world, and a lot of them have stories about giving up something willingly that, in the end, causes them to lose the battle. It's really interesting.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Oh no way! i imagine shipping costs were a bit high? Such a big box. i haven't read very much Norse mythology at all... my only knowledge of it comes via Marvel and American Gods. Interesting that they "kill" off their gods whereas, in most cultures, they stick around. i guess Satan's slated to die, and the Greeks killed a lot of their figures, but i can't think of a single Greek *god* who dies ...? Lots of non-gods, like demigods and titans bite the bullet tho.

[@quibily]

@@NightsAroundaTable Yeah, shipping made it the same price as in-store. The starting price could have been lower, though, in my opinion. Most people on BGG market seem to sell their games just about ten dollars lower than the original price. This one was about 20 dollars cheaper with almost 20 dollar shipping, hehe. I used Librivox regularly on the bus to a weekend job last year. It's basically the audiobook version of Gutenberg Project. Free audiobooks read by volunteers. If you like old lit but are too busy to stop everything you're doing and read most days, I highly recommend it!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@quibily Great tip! Thanks!

[@alicia1465]

The Norwegians expansion is really great for the two-player game, in case you want to venture out again :)

[@NightsAroundaTable]

i’m very keen, but it’s sold out everywhere!

[@iwantagoodnameplease]

The black trays are chit trays, usually reserved for nerdy war games. It's to put the millions of tokens in

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Thank God they though of *something*!

[@iwantagoodnameplease]

@@NightsAroundaTable speaking of nerdy wargames, you should branch out and give Combat Commander a go!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@iwantagoodnameplease i run in a gaming circle full of guys who adore those sorts of games. i'm certain that once we can see each other again, i'll get roped into some GMT monstrosity eventually. :)

[@shachna]

Pretty sure their names were Huggin and Muggin.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

That’s the Sid and Marty Krofft version!

[@TheBihike]

Isn't the song Vacuformed Trays from 50ThousandCards???

[@NightsAroundaTable]

i don't know! i can't find them on Spotify!

[@mihailomitrovic4398]

Dear Ryan, when can we expect a How to play video? Best regards!

[@NightsAroundaTable]

It’s in queue! The script is written. But i’m tackling a certain other Uwe Rosenberg game first!

[@mihailomitrovic4398]

Can't wait! Tnx so much!

[@danagoniahobby4914]

Hugin and Munin is the name of the ravens. At least in Danish.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Hugin and Munin sounds vaguely like the name of that nu-punk band i've been trying to remember...

[@danagoniahobby4914]

@@NightsAroundaTable You know "viking heavy metal" is a thing and I bet they sing lots of songs of Hugin and Munin ;) If you want a nice 2 player game with Hugin and Munin try "Odins ravens" it's pretty, simple and fun.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@danagoniahobby4914 i really liked Odin's Ravens back in the day... it was my fave 2p game. Much more enjoyable than the too-mathy Lost Cities. But history seems to have favoured Lost Cities, inexplicably.

[@dr3putt62]

What a crazy fun game....

[@NightsAroundaTable]

First play: so painful. Second play: amazing!

[@dr3putt62]

Nights Around a Table head hurt my first time....but it was the good kind🤪🤣

[@Skorrigan]

12:00 Yes you can: by Michael Wissner

[@NightsAroundaTable]

(Shhh!) :)

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Hang on - i just checked him out, and he's got an hour long playthrough video. But it's not a rules video. i could probably do a rules vid in about 30-40 minutes, i think? (That's final runtime. It'll take me WEEKS to produce. :) We'll see!

[@johncarson2514]

When I go to 401 games site it is sold out. Do they actually have it in store?

[@NightsAroundaTable]

Apparently the site reflects the stock in Vaughan, and doesn’t mention anything they may carry downtown. i only saw one on the shelf, but call the downtown store and ask!

[@johncarson2514]

@@NightsAroundaTable I'm in Kingston area so I won't be travelling to pick it up at this point but good to know that when we do manage to travel through the area I can call and ask about games that I truly want but can't find. (Like Feast for Odin and the Norwegian expansion).

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@johncarson2514 Yeah! It's kind of like ordering from the Wendy's secret menu!

[@johncarson2514]

@@NightsAroundaTable so a month later and they have this in the online store. Delivering to my door on Friday with the expansion. Hello to spending a day punching cardboard.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

@@johncarson2514 Hooray! (They have the expansion now, too!)

[@chimster1234]

I want this game but it's pricey..let us know if its worth the $$

[@NightsAroundaTable]

My wife Cheryl and i have played three rounds so far. It's like a (much) more complex Patchwork, and we have no idea what we're doing. It seems very tight, and very difficult. But it's early yet.

[@chimster1234]

@@NightsAroundaTable ah ok. My wife and I just picked up Gloomhaven JOTL and are grinding our way through it. We enjoy brain-burners. Looking forward to ur review of Feast (and JOTL if you do/did a review)

[@ilqrd.6608]

Hey Ryan, your unboxing videos are super entertaining but the video quality in this one was really bad. I also think the overhead camera needs a wider angle.

[@NightsAroundaTable]

You're right! It's horrible! i've purchased new gear and made a bunch of adjustments. Unfortunately, i shot three unboxings all with the same terrible settings. So the Cartographers unboxing is going to look similarly wretched. :\

[@ilqrd.6608]

@@NightsAroundaTable Looking forward to the new setup!