Board Game Reviews Ep #81: THE VOYAGES OF MARCO POLO

[@ProZD]

correction: this game was actually sent to me by Asmodee (although Z-Man is the publisher), i've edited the description accordingly

[@jotarogaming4626]

Four can play at this game

[@legosans926]

And five... can play at this game

[@whoisanarnb]

FOUR?! DID YOU SAY ＦＯＵＲ？！

[@黑橙-x9z]

Bruh then u get yo soul suck up

[@gargoyles9999]

That’s what she said

[@jib381]

AnArn B *summons sex pistols*

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Let’s face it, Meme review is nothing compared to Board Game review

[@thefloorcloorchorebore]

So which ones better

[@Stitchiols06]

Board game review

[@jlastre]

I'm depressed. You don't get to cry out, "Marco," and someone else call out, "Polo?"

[@cherrydragon3120]

ProZD: if you place a dice on the khans favor space, you can take exactly 1 good of your choice and 2 camels to put in your warehouse. Me to my new camels: GET IN THE STORAGE BOX!! Camels: . . . . . .

[@Nonebit]

This game is fun when you actually remember all of the stuff you needed from the manual

[@AlicePlaysYT]

It's not that complicated. Everything's on the board.

[@Nonebit]

@@AlicePlaysYT ik

[@otroMati]

Yesterday I played this on yucata. Very good boardgame

[@loglorn]

ProZD: The theming is a little dry Me: MARCO POLO!!

[@WAFFLEBOYPHD]

This man is more entertaining then 90 percent of the you tubers on this platform

[@Clmrtan]

I love these board game reviews, keep it up

[@carveking]

This game is really good. Marco Polo v2 is even better

[@LinoWalker]

If you think Marco Polo is boring, watch the Marco Polo Netflix series. It's basically Game of Thrones in Asia. Awesome show!

[@masterbitter7688]

Season 1 is mehh so I did not watch season 2

[@oldsport8291]

Return of the king

[@unowno123]

You should review "small world" its a pretty fun game with lots of friends

[@justintucker1211]

The game has friends?

[@corgas2838]

This game and Teotihuacan kicked off a huge interest in Dice placement games for me. Ive previously enjoyed worker placement as a mechanic but the formula started to grow stale. Throwing dice into the formula suddenly made the individual workers matter because they now have different strengths and adds another layer of strategy into the mix. The fact that it isnt all that difficult to gain camels to change up your die in this game earns it a plus. Though I havent yet played another dice placement game as good as this and Teo, I have found excellent dice-as-resource games such as Troyes (and by extension, Black Angel) and The Magnificent (which took me a while to appreciate because of how abstract the theme is). Anyways, I agree that Marco Polo and its sequel would be great games to check out if youre into dice placement or euros in general.

[@Br0kenM0nkey]

This game was like Wingspan to me. Turned off by the theme and couldn't care less, but the game is surprisingly fun.

[@50colt30Productions]

Couldn't

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

It's amazing how much theme can make or break the game... there are so many rules I am more than willing to learn for 7 Wonders and all its expansions

[@AlicePlaysYT]

It's even more amazing how gameplay actually can make or break a game. I don't care if your game is beautiful if gameplay is uninteresting. It's a game, after all 🤷‍♀️.

[@mrbastos]

These are in those genre of games that looks dry, but when I see how it is played sounds really interesting. I still want to play it before buying it, but definitely interested in it.

[@JustADioWhosAHeroForFun]

Marco!

[@neth7826]

Polo!

[@Nut612]

Marco

[@Tree_-wp5zn]

Polo Ha!

[@lukepope3774]

He’s back boys

[@lucametsola5853]

Yes!!!

[@jeoslapha9434]

He never left

[@lucametsola5853]

Jeoslapha he means he made a new vid

[@Aloidark]

I miss his old videos

[@ActionGal]

how many hairflips within 19mins?

[@ordinarytree4678]

How many breads have you eaten in your life?

[@dreaminthis6152]

Lets admit it your attached to thyis because of the background music

[@backstabboi4559]

Ever think about playing Steve Jackson game book

[@firesnakex8]

But how many can play at that game?

[@rjtp2552]

4 can play at this game

[@JAYUMKW]

My favourite asian puffy boy

[@jr637-1]

Thoughts on The Fox in the Forest?

[@justsomeguywithafootballha9836]

Who knew,Marco polo is a board game. NOICE

[@ChristopherTradeshow]

I only subbed because I saw the vid hwere you nailed all the high notes for take on me

[@RobertKonigsberg]

Two years later, do you think the game holds up?

[@gagestork]

Pls do a video where you review the taste of all your board games.

[@weedsterdaweed2725]

Yo,i like these reviews. Will you ever try The Binding Of Isaac:Four Souls?although it may be too simple of a game or something.

[@shrug1250]

There are a lot of times where using items can be really confusing

[@AlicePlaysYT]

It's a fun game, nonetheless XD.

[@ericdollarhyde3296]

Played it 2-3 times...dope little filler about using souls lol

[@metacross2826]

I wonder if this is in Tabletop Simulator

[@tyf5558]

"No Views" oh I'm early nice "3 likes" Yo KZbin wtf

[@qui-gonjinn8048]

When is the next King Dragon short coming out?

[@FCL70]

The lg and sm resource tokens - legit complaint.

[@TheElfPrincessNazari]

Have you played spirit island? My friends and I just played and lost twice before we finally beat it 😭

[@Medsas]

They should have sent you Marco Polo II :( Polo 1 is already obsolete

[@Edwinschuur]

How is Marco Polo 1 obsolete. I own both and they have a very different feel. 1 is a lot more tight with money and travel. 2 seems looser in this aspect but still has many difficult and interesting choices. I dont recommend owning both, I might sell one of them, but they cater to different people.

[@Medsas]

@@Edwinschuur which one will you sell?

[@Edwinschuur]

In my case 1 because my friends found 1 too tight and rather not play it. I already played 1 a lot and still like it. Personally I like 1 with expansion better. I just wanna say that if you get 1 at this time it is still a great game. 2 is not necessarily better.

[@teo-sb]

Iv seen that board before

[@Immortal306]

TIL the expert mode. Never played the normal mode, and thought that was the normal way to play.

[@AlicePlaysYT]

Haha, same here XD.

[@jacobspasojevich3976]

Lol just subbed and turned on notifications

[@NikkiNguyenFTW]

Ticket To Ride ish

[@AngelSantiago-cy5jn]

WE WANT SETTLERS OF CATAN !!! 🐑

[@Liero_]

Will you ever check out Agricola? It's really good. Rules are fairly simple, but the amount of strategic thinking is very high and luck influence is almost non existant.

[@davidsuarez292]

Hey ProZD, you should do a boardgame review on Jumanji the boardgame. I've seen the boardgame at target but you could probably order it online.

[@exx1793]

When ur so early there’s 5 different people saying first

[@Omega6T]

First

[@Omega6T]

@Nikolas Gulyayev SeCoNd

[@audreyli_creations]

tHirD

[@Omega6T]

@@audreyli_creations fOuRtH

[@justsomeguywithafootballha9836]

I don't care if i'm first i just want likes

[@GarrettPetersen]

I love this game. But I'm also super good at it (with an 80% win rate in 4-player games) so people don't want to play with me anymore. 😅 Also, am I the only one who loves this theme? I've listened to a bunch of podcasts about people like Marco Polo and Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, and they lived amazing lives. It's awesome to relive their journeys in a board game.

[@supportclass158]

Watching a board game review when you don't have friends 😶

[@christinaa.1165]

I feel you

[@afaultbitler8214]

Omg guys I figured out time travel Edit: did it work?

[@sasnerworks]

Marco Polo?

[@tree9927]

MARCO

[@lucasz3600]

POLO

[@daqu2880]

Literally evry vine he made is 7 secs

[@griffintribe4186]

I just came here for the comments section...

[@rawinstantnoodles4464]

It says that theres 3 Comments.... KZbin you fricking liar.

[@rawinstantnoodles4464]

Or maybe i'm the 3 Comments

[@rawinstantnoodles4464]

Perhaps.

[@autumngreen2723]

Nice! ( :

[@dixieblackrose543]

LEZZZ GOOOOOO

[@kimifw58]

Why does your birthday time loop video have the comments off?

[@TheDownUnderGamer01]

8:05 XD

[@einsteinthehood5727]

do a terroforming mars review plsss

[@BunkerTiger]

First time I caught a vid semi early

[@Pauleypauley7]

Played it before covid started, it was fun, but now my gamebord group cant meet😢

[@Yee_Wee]

U like EGG?

[@citrus546]

Verryyy cool

[@legueu]

When do we get a King Dragon game!

[@theoneandonlyquasarsaurus]

Hello there

[@anjalpaudel8713]

Where the short skits be at :(

[@thegoonsfishing9045]

Make a video about magic the gathering

[@cashdevi]

Niice

[@connornichols6944]

Is this asmr

[@backstabboi4559]

How's life been

[@griffintribe4186]

2020

[@window1184]

Ughhhh I wanna play the game so bad but the thing is I can’t get a bored game cause idk how to get 1 anyone know how to get a decent one like where can I buy them?

[@mariomartins261]

Amazon has offers all the time. Also checking the publisher's website. Try to find a group near your area about boardgames, you might find something.

[@dirtballony]

Hey

[@joellindqvist540]

Ok

[@joventabano2937]

WoW bts has chances since coronavirus

[@HelloThere-op6dw]

hi

[@sinztou8332]

Hello

[@tylercai]

Hi

[@notabsy]

Can you play muffin time?

[@eskwua3590]

Review Monopoly lol

[@RiockSo3]

I do think that the new Marco Polo is a bit better than this one =]

[@HEISREALMUSIC]

Where the skits.

[@yellowmuffen7419]

Funniest shit I’ve ever seen

[@shinthemin]

56th

[@xskullxblack]

Bro your voice sounds like a narrorator you hear in a commerical or movie trailer. You should look into being one professionaly

[@byakuyatogami2905]

When there's no views but 16 comments

[@user-mh9dx7nz2r]

49th.

[@phantom8346]

he is just....so....asian nerd.... but thats such a generalization but he funny af

[@idonthavethink3931]

Wow I’m early even the video said no views 😂

[@J.Darwin]

Play game

[@lucametsola5853]

Last

[@AssassinatorScout1]

Ain’t gonna lie I’m going to put it in my mouth because it just looks like the type of edible thing to eat

[@youseftamer5285]

E

[@DaniloSalvadori]

I never liked this game. It feels a little unbalanced. The traveling part of the game is way less rewarding than the contracts. If you play in less than 4, just ignore the traveling and keep doing contracts and you win by a landslide.

[@mariomartins261]

Untrue. Play more games and you'll see. Travelling gives you more options on where to put your dice, not to mention the bonus on the big cities and the turn bonus on small cities (blue ones). Also there's the possibility to get the bonus points from Beijing. The trick is balancing what contracts you do with the travel you want to do. Need camels? Try to get camel contracts. Money? Money contracts. The extra movement contracts are also really good if you use them to land on an extra city and not on an oasis. Not travelling is throwing away ~20 points plus beijing points, plus the extra city bonus and actions. Only works against people that are new to the game or have extremely bad luck on dice (and even then I doubt it). Not to mention 2 characters are made specifically for travelling and there's a bonus 5+10 points on the 8th and 9th outpost (One of those characters can actually lay down 11 outposts for an additional 10 points).

[@RaK0]

@@mariomartins261I owned this game for many years and while I love the gameplay, me and my group seemed unable to fully "understand" the game. Everyone came to the conclusion that travelling was so expensive, it wasn't worth it in the end. We never managed to get all trading posts on the map while fulfilling the contracts has always been way easier. Since they reward you with a lot of points and the one who fulfilled the most also got additional points at the end the winner after every single game was always the one who fulfilled the most contracts. We never felt that placing trading posts was worth the effort. Since we want to give this game another try after many years of neglect I wonder if we simply didn't understand something about it or if the game really is that unbalanced towards one strategy over the other. Discussions and reviews don't seem to suggest it so the problem must be within our group.

[@RaK0]

Essentially there was never enough time to nearly get all trading posts on the map. Felt very weird to read that other people do not have this problem. :D

[@SpottedDeer]

third

[@taylordelronio8030]

Wtf no you’re 27th

[@jeoslapha9434]

Early squad

[@gstrap009]

not first

[@brokeboi5224]

4th

[@taylordelronio8030]

Nah you’re 8th

[@Ghost-uj8oc]

1000th like

[@iamthestormthatisapproaching69]

Do you have a tiktok plz tell me you have a tiktok

[@noone5567]

Marco!

[@teo-sb]

Polo