Creature Comforts Review - with Tom Vasel

Tom Vasel takes a look at Creature Comforts!
Intro 0:00
Overview 0:51
Final Thoughts 5:36
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[@kumanight]

This one is gonna be a hit with the family, excited to get my copy! Edit: got my copy and my family loved it. We'll play with the shorter variant next time though.

[@familymeeple]

Really looking forward to this one landing - be great to get to the table with my 9 & 11 year old daughters. ❤️

[@roseability86]

Great review as always, Tom! I know I'm behind the curve here but your latest tattoo is beautiful!

[@nathannemeth4094]

I forgot to mention this in one of your top tens, but, I'M REALLY LOVING THAT SHIRT!

[@blacksheep9950]

Looking forward to this one arriving soon. Last Kickstarter boardgame I backed.

[@MisterChris1978]

we played a 4player today at PAX East and we thoroughly enjoyed it. Bought the game. The only change I will make in the future is giving everyone their own set of dice and have the action phase simultaneous. And turn-order issues can easily be resolved and you will save 75% of the game play.

[@scientific_baller]

I am excited for my copy to arrive. Glad to hear good things about the game. I don't back games every often.

[@Jonathan-ei7vp]

Would you consider reviewing just the retail copies of board games? Right now it can be tricky to find out which components in a review can or can't be expected in a copy. For example the inserts are Kickstarter exclusive and the deluxe wooden bit upgrade set doesn't include all wooden bits. I think it would be more honest to judge a game in it's pure form.

[@talkietoaster0]

Retail copies tend to be available much later than Kickstarter ones, which is why I imagine the reviews don't often use them. I hear you, though, not being sure what you get in the retail version is not ideal. But that can usually be checked before buying. Still better this way than having late reviews, in my opinion.

[@RvLeshrac]

@@talkietoaster0 It is rarely straightforward to find out what's actually in the retail *and* what's available to buy. They're also either poorly balanced or *required* for the game to function properly. Crowdfunding-Exclusives are an actual cancer on the industry.

[@RabidHobbit]

I agree with this so much, but I think games are often sent to them for review, and the companies like to give the cadillac versions to reviewers, or just do it because they don't have the retail copies available yet to give away.

[@dr.masquesretroelixir5360]

Thanks, Tom! I like the addition of the rondel , not many games have it.

[@xxSydneyFox]

I wish I had spotted the KS when it was live cuz this looks so cute!

[@hondito]

I felt like I was listening to Tom on 1.5x speed here! Seems like he was in a rush to get somewhere :)

[@modemacabre]

So hoping this arrives in time for my daughter's April birthday. Original plan was Christmas present, but birthday works as well

[@CandiceLikes]

Love the shirt Tom!!

[@KickstarterRadio1024]

T'was a great kickstarter, and can't wait to get it to the table.

[@Greggiexplore]

Looks so cute...going to get it.

[@HugeBig]

love the tats! never noticed before

[@juanroaguilo]

Beautiful

[@ViRrOorR]

If everyone plays dice at the same time at least the other people can think about what to do while the first player does his turn right?

[@MvpAlexis]

Looking forward for the french release of this game in Q2

[@ladoo33]

My husband & I love the game!

[@jasonjett2127]

I can't stop staring at the tattoo.

[@tukertex]

It looks great tho

[@Alittlefruitgoesalongway]

I love it, they look great on Tom

[@colmustard21]

Agreed. It’s very distracting

[@jakubwojcik5167]

Wait, when did Tom got this tattoo? Is it his wife as a dice?

[@lindorish]

@@jakubwojcik5167 they did a video about the tattoos :) They filmed getting them . Tom was very nervous :) It was his first one

[@lilyblanco9525]

I'm so disappointed that I didn't back this. Looks like a cute, fun game!

[@EfrainRiveraJunior]

Those are nice components.

[@bullfrog417]

Agree with the statement about age based ability in board games. Fossilis (another KTBG title) was a similar experience for me. I had to remove rules of the game (as described in the rulebook) to get it to my kid's ability. Unfortunately, removing aspects of that game resulted in a lackluster game. Because of that, I'm going to hold off on this one.

[@mooghoo2]

Did Tom get another tattoo? I thought the first one was his last one!

[@hamakakun]

Its Violet dice people!

[@tzgardner]

Yes, he got a tattoo on the other arm to be symmetrical. It's his wife's dice person.

[@athanasiospetsas9367]

Woow Tom has a new tattoo! It's so cute! Is it depicting his wife? That's awesome! 😎

[@trooper6762]

I'm not sure if I want to add this one over Grimm Forest to my library

[@randymarsh1729]

laughed out loud at " earthworm jim thing "

[@tabithas7017]

I spy wingspan!

[@mabos555]

How is the solo? A beat your own score I guess?

[@zakkoehler6820]

When did Tom Vasel get a Tattoo? Whoa!!!!

[@natedrumms8035]

Another tattoo!? It has begun. Hahahaha. He'll have more than Roy by the end of the year!

[@olanmills64]

Earthworm Jim 👍

[@codym6376]

Reminds me a lot of Stone Age

[@sanethoughtspreader]

But stone age is far better because you build an engine (albeit a simple one). There's next to no engine building in this one.

[@SpKatra]

🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@TheBT]

I like that the board game card is just wingspan

[@Alluvian567]

Totally, I am pretty surprised how EXACTLY wingspan it was. Would have thought it would have been another KTBG game

[@tiagomarques9822]

There are two more board game cards: Everdell and KTBG’s own Fossilis. You can see them in Update #28 of the Creature Comforts KS page.

[@Alluvian567]

@@tiagomarques9822 Neat, fossils was fun, played it at a friend's house. A bit fiddly, but IMO worth it for the table presence and toy factor it brought.

[@warpo007]

wait a second... hold on....... two tattoos??

[@c.d.rstudios4691]

I thought this was the aardman show

[@sanethoughtspreader]

I really don't recommend this game. I recommend stone age. That is a far better worker placement game with no more complexity, but with tighter rules, more strategy, a slight engine. In this game, I see no reason to get points, there's no incentive and as Tom says, it's really long and has next to no player interaction. The bits which involve interaction are good, but the waiting time is really dull. I played with 5 players today and it took 3 hours. We weren't slow, but it was very slow, watching others to play. Yes it's pretty, but I don't recommend it.

[@boozamnboozamnin6816]

Wow, 5 players. I almost always stop at 4 if a game says 5 - seems like it always makes games take too long, with occasional exceptions.

[@CharlesHepburn2]

So this got the same approval seal as Uno did… I guess the Dice Tower is saying this game is as good as Uno?!?!

[@warever37]

I really don't see anything unique here.