Catchupalooza - Whistle Mountain

Tom Vasel, Mike DiLisio, Wendy Yi, and Chris Yi take a look at Whistle Mountain, a worker placement game that some of them had played before and others had not.
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[@NinjarioPicmin]

Yes I love Catchupalooza, I wish you'd do these way more often, especially after the recent top 100s where there were so many instances of you wanting to try something you never had

[@gamesnstuff657]

Love Catchupalooza. It's interesting to see what other people think of games they weren't able to play or review. I hope they can get these out more regularly. Zee Root catchupalooza when?

[@mattvucu6706]

I love this game and am so glad to see everyone like it. When I bought it, I literally stood in the game store holding Cryo and this in my hand for 20 minutes… decided to buy Cryo, went to my car, changed my mind, and went back in and swapped the two. So glad I did, it is in my top 5 games!

[@mydemon]

That's a cool story lol. Glad you like the game!

[@rabidpickle]

Yes! Love this game! More Catchupalooza please!

[@mintfalcon]

The editing in this video is awesome. Great job to whoever did it!

[@JonTripp115]

Catchupalooza is easily in my Top 3 Paloozas.

[@treyeck8705]

This is a criminally underrated game. I have it based on Tom's original review and every game I have played has been a blast. Do yourselves a favor and try it out.

[@Sephyr6]

Loved the short clips of the board, especially those highlighting what they were talking about! Great editing!

[@berrysworld7411]

The Catchupalooza's are great, I heard Chris make a comment that videos' on older games don't get that many views and that a shame. I really like learning about the older games and not always about the cult of the new. I always watch these video and liked the old segment that you used to do with Timm Metiviier " Delay of game" With the cost increase in new games I am always looking for older games that you can buy on the used market for a lot cheaper than new games/Kickstarter that often don't live up tot he hype.

[@brennansmith8085]

Love this series so much!

[@NeverEndingPain101]

Love the format - keep it up!

[@zacharyvalentin]

I love the victory point tokens! It feels really rewarding.

[@jamesonnephi]

What?!? Not cult of the new?!? This is great, highlighting lesser known games from years passed that someone enjoys but others haven’t had a chance to experience yet. Keep it up!!!

[@MegaSNES64]

One of the best and weirdest games from Bezier Games. I love it!

[@mohammedhossain3986]

need more catchapalooza!

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

This game is awesome sauce ❤️

[@shawnm.8855]

One of my favorite games and a great series on the Dice Tower. Looking forward to Camilla catching up on 2 of my other favorites: Raiders of the North Sea and Architects of the West Kingdom.

[@lukexfd4679]

Love this game. Played it a lot at first with 2/3 players. Then when I played it with 4 it just felt like it flooded so fast.

[@rudybotha4398]

This game is different every time i played it. Definatly a favorite

[@Max-pj9km]

One of the best worker placement games. In my top 10 of the category. It’s un underrated game that did not have the love it deserves.

[@azfactor7875]

When Chris said "whistles up the wazoo," I had to wonder if that was going to be the name of the sequel. Then again, maybe not.

[@jonathankelly3712]

It had a German release last year. Do you think it will make the Kennerspiel longlist? Great game that could do with more recognition.

[@krazykorean42069]

I really want this game

[@JonoNZBoardGamer]

I would love to try this at some stage. I have been tempted to buy it a few times but decided against it as I already own many mid weight euros and don't know if this one would get pulled out often enough. Hope to try it so I can discover if it is indeed a game that I would pull out over others often enough to warrant buying it

[@bibleboardgames]

Whistle Mountain... I think the Title is misleading. I would have called it something like 'Airships & Architects'. I liked the game enough to buy it as a gift. It has enough complexity for gamers but I think many will pass on it from reading the title. It needs some explanation and convincing. Glad to see you are doing that.

[@nshaw1299]

BTW - There IS a game which does the 'worker placement puzzly and spacially crafting of new places', but it's a far far lesser game, which may be nice only for families with like kids of 6-10 who wouldn't mind the issues of it and smaller game - and that's 'Little Town'. I vaguely remember another game where I said it's like those two, but forgot... so maybe no.

[@anttmann6123]

Guys PLEEEASE do a review of Sauria, I'm a theme fiend and really want to hear what you guys think, especially Zee.

[@DuGStp]

I liked whistle stop more and I don’t usually like train games.

[@Max-pj9km]

This game is in Top’s 100 games. What position?.

[@zakk3910]

It is 28 on Tom's most recent Top 100 list.

[@jeffyoung5923]

Wife and I really like this game a lot. Is on our 10x10 this year and have played it 6 times already. Agree the victory stars are dumb. We are always having to make change.

[@snowren24]

I must be in the minority. We played this 3 times at two players and just fell flat every time. Maybe its just not great at 2?

[@kevindelord]

The points as stars make sense as it turns the game into a point salad where you don’t know exactly how far behind you are. Hence you stay engage in the game. Yes, those super Mario stars are weird but they do serve a purpose a point track would not

[@Max-pj9km]

Don’t agree with “… a point track would not”. In BGG there is a point track I always use instead of the stars.

[@kevindelord]

Yes but then you actively know you are 60 points behind with no way to catch up because your engine ain’t as good as the one of your opponent. Therefore engagement might drop throughout the game as “why bother, I won’t be able to catch up”

[@klawless]

The point scoring in this game I don't believe is hidden information. So the only difference is if the player cares enough about their comparative score to other players to do the math for themselves. :D Good thing there are end of game victory points available. ".....so you're saying there's a chance"

[@TheLimestoneCowboy]

Yeah, I expected this to be a plat-through, kind of disappointed

[@grog3514]

I didn't care for this one. It's a mish mash of mechanisms with no theme. I don't see the appeal.