Earth | Rahdo & Kimberly's Final Thoughts

[@maxtardif4959]

Wow thanks for this wonderful video and sooo glad you guys liked it that much! Haha I would argue that's it's a miracle design, but I'm really happy you feel that way ;) Regarding adding Gaia at a 2 player game to make it a 3 player game, I've never thought of it or tried it out, it might work but she would be weaker because she would have less strong turns for her. Maybe putting her at Expert would do the trick. As for the cards, they are all unique, some have similar effects or look alike, but there are no double in the game! Thanks again for this great video, it means everything to me that you guys enjoy Earth that much, me and Inside Up Games have been working like crazy on that game so seeing people enjoy it that much is so rewarding, that's the reason we've put all this work into it :)

[@rahdo]

ah i could have sworn i saw some repeats, i guess they were just similar. i'll edit that sentence out of the video since i was wrong! i mostly mentioned bringing gaia into the game to put pressure on players to try to race for the objectives, because currently in 2p the spread between first and second place on the objectives is so small (even if i do it at the end of the game i still get 2nd place) that some tension is lost :)

[@maxtardif4959]

@@rahdo Yeah that could definitely be tried, don't know if it would be good or fun to add extra manipulation for Gaia, but it would work!

[@revimfadli4666]

​@@maxtardif4959 well I'd say that the elegance of a deep crunchy yet quick game is a matter of principled design; don't overcomplicate rules, make actions do multiple things at once, improve upon tried-and-true inspirations, etc. But combine that with the balancing formula you somehow got, now _that_ is a "miracle of design" :p

[@lukepeterschmidt6373]

So happy to see Kim and Rhado working together!! Been a fan of Kim for a long time now. "First plays don't count at this house" is one of my go to phrases because of her.

[@jamestiberio9262]

Very underated in my opinion, but the super fast set up time of the game boosts the game up. Pull out the board, hand out the climate, ecosystem, fauna, etc. and you're ready to go!

[@prophet2173]

I really enjoyed playing this. As soon as we were done with the first game, I was already racking my brain on how I could've done this or that differently to score more points. It's an easy game to learn and play, but there are soooo many ways to earn/optimize points.

[@ailurophile71]

The "it's a race" warning reminds me of my first plays with Space Base! It was so much fun building your engine, getting money and cool ships, that everyone tended to forget that it's a points race, and almost never too early to start plugging points into your engine. Similarly there was nothing to prod the players to "move along" but it doesn't truly feel like a flaw to me.

[@shermachomanscares4406]

I’m still excited to play. Just bought the game. Your passion made me excited about this game!

[@jamessherman7797]

Thank you for this in-depth review. It gives a better understanding of the game since I’m still learning it…hoping to master it.

[@Olvenskol]

Looks fun for the Terraforming Mars / Ark Nova set. Nice to have a shorter game in this field.

[@michaeladams55]

At 2:49 the audio track gets off. Not sure if that's related to the edit mentioned in a previous comment.

[@rahdo]

thanks for the heads up. i just checked and it seems to be working now. probably just a temporary artifact of doing the live edit :)

[@zen4one588]

Thanks Kimberly and Rahdo - I *was* going to not pick this up since another member of the group was getting ... #shelfspaceisrelative 🙂

[@danielcj1978]

I am trying to learn this so my family with teens can play. It might take me a month of videos and studying to figure this out.

[@PipeSmokingBoardgamer]

Lovely shirt Kimberly! Rahdo, I'm SO jealous of your travels. You are living my dream life!! :) Thanks for the review. Cannot wait to pick this puppy up and/or play it on Board Game Arena! Peace.

[@elqord.1118]

So Rahdo do you like it enough to maybe include it in your 2023 Top 10 thus far?

[@rahdo]

yeah, it's currently my #1 game of 2023 (but it's a short list: #2 is rebuilding seattle, #3 is oranienburger kanal, #4 is pioneer rails, #5 is let's go to japan) (note, #3 - 5 are in flux, might shift around a bit) :)

[@helwrj28]

Thank you for a great video! Where does this rank now that we are approaching the end of 2023?

[@rahdo]

here's a top16 of the year that the entire channel contributed to that went up yesterday: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fKOrhqGfmqt2nqc earth ranked pretty high! :)

[@shermachomanscares4406]

Glad Kimberly got to talk for a minute!

[@rahdo]

i am aware i have a really bad habit of motormouthing over people! :(

[@Sir_I.I_William]

Wow Rahdo, you look great. I think it's been a long time since I've seen you with so much color, maybe since you left Malta.

[@garyspartan67]

It seems like a mashup between Race for the Galaxy and Wingspan. No true turn limit, but when the 1st person completes their tableau, it's over. Plus the many uses of cards. I recently played it twice and that's the impression I get. Overall a great game, but not a "killer" of any other game. It takes previously used mechanics and integrates them very well in a fresh and new way.

[@PhilosophicalPawn]

I thought orthogonal was any space adjacent (like how the bishop moves in chess)? So diagonal should be orthogonal.

[@rahdo]

nope orthoginal is only 'north/south/east/west' :)

[@PhilosophicalPawn]

Wow, just Googled it and feel like I've been lied to all my life (past 5 months).

[@jenniferschlickbernd6280]

Comparing Earth to Ark Nova is blasphemy just sayin😂 Enjoyed playing it with you at DTW rahdo!

[@Mentat1231]

Don't watch the newest Dice Tower top 10....

[@johnrudolph9002]

Thanks for mentioning this is for hard core gamers. That made me decide against it as my wife is not hard core.