A few clarifications: 1) during setup the number of face up cards at the top of the board is "twice" the number of players 2) you keep your markers between ages (that's why one might want to add a marker in regions with initial value of "0") 3) when you play cards (bands) you keep them in front of you for scoring at the end of each age.
@RoyAnderson7 жыл бұрын
I haven't seen Tom this excited about a game in quite a while! It must be good.
@Atlasfilms087 жыл бұрын
Feels like a family game like this should have art more like Small World.
@jflartner1177 жыл бұрын
John Howe! Also, the mechanisms really remind me of one of my favorite games - Airlines Europe.
@rolandbruno6867 жыл бұрын
Nice! Always looking for entry level games along the lines of Ticket to Ride or Karuba.
@Blackwarrior20037 жыл бұрын
Saw the live play through of this game and thought it looked like a good game, I'll have to add it to my wishlist of games I want but will probably never get.
@natelinhart1147 жыл бұрын
This game looks fun. My only concern is how often you may be drawing blindly off the top of the deck.
@revimfadli46662 жыл бұрын
I suggest a house rule where you instead draw several(say, 3) cards, pick one, and discard the rest
@Alluvian5677 жыл бұрын
Looks really fun. Not sure if I could convince my wife, she really loves super attractive games. Wish the board with the regions had more interesting art. Like a colorful version of an old fantasy map with depictions of the various races and dragons around. Does look to have neat mechanics, and the other boards and cards are pretty nice looking.
@JSlink223 жыл бұрын
I struggle with the same thing! If a game looks ugly, she won’t like it half as much. Luckily competitive markets have been pushing publishers to produce better looking games. Unfortunately, there are games like Ethnos with strong mechanics and ugly artwork that will never hit the table at my house.
@revimfadli46662 жыл бұрын
A Root-style theming & art would've worked wonders
@namelessfire3 жыл бұрын
Man, I would love an official expansion for this game. It's pretty out of character for CMON not to print five expansions immediately upon launch.
@zmollon2 жыл бұрын
I just want a new version with a retheme and some updates.
@heikkihegemon4937 жыл бұрын
I'm really excited about this one. Seems fast and for what I've understood it only cost's around $40! Now I'll just have to wait for it to find it's way on my retailers shelve here in Finland which might take up to six months...
@davedogge22807 жыл бұрын
Near to Finland is the excellent Alphaspel.se Swedish online shop which seem to have Ethnos on some kind of pre-order. I'm in Spain and I've ordered a few items from these guys with reasonable shipping costs. Just make your order and then contact them via email to arrange shipping costs and then they amend the order and then you pay for the item + shipping. Simples. alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/70489-ethnos
@heikkihegemon4937 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the hint!
@KMReviews4 жыл бұрын
This game should have a new reprinted versions with better art and I would love to buy it. I keep seeing people say it’s great but it’s just LOOKS so boring lol
@conillet5 жыл бұрын
Well-deserved praise here; "Ethnos" is really that good.
@clumsydad71586 жыл бұрын
Interesting game play, the special abilities and/or side boards for different races put the game over the top. I have to agree though, the artwork leaves me slightly cold. The mechanic of discarding your cards for others to take, excellent!
@revimfadli46662 жыл бұрын
One of the nice things about these "Rummy with a board"-type games
@lukewatson44897 жыл бұрын
Big question. This or Century: Spice Road?
@cursivecurses7 жыл бұрын
I suspect they're sufficiently different. One is area control, one is engine-building.
@firewire89127 жыл бұрын
Good stuff, although as for comparisons does it compare and or replace other games.... Just so people arent adding another game that like another
@Glacius5125 жыл бұрын
Great question john
@wilhelmbackhaus49317 жыл бұрын
Aside from the inelegant expansion-like mechanisms like the abilities of orcs, giants and merfolks and the need to sort out the cards everytime, this is such a great game.
@paulinaminarikova13594 жыл бұрын
Haha, why is it a map of Slovakia?! :D
@undersci7 жыл бұрын
Tom, how do you see the balance between the races? The game concept looks great to me, but I just watched a video review saying the game is terrible because the races are completely unbalanced, so I'd love your take on this point.
@adamkenney69327 жыл бұрын
undersci I'm not Tom and I haven't played, but I assume since all of the races are available to all of the players, the balance isn't that much of an issue. It's really about decisions of what cards you'll choose. Check out their Replay to see what it's like in action and you'll get a better idea of what I mean.
@austinkunz7396 жыл бұрын
10:51 is the best. Lol
@gooberweevil7 жыл бұрын
that is one bland looking map. graphic design needs an overhaul but it looks fun
@BondNo4 жыл бұрын
I find usefull to score for the bands right away not at the and of era. And drawing jusut one card seems kinda slow to me....I was thinking about switching it up so when you want to draw a card from the table you can draw just one but if you want to draw from the deck you can take two. What do you think?
@KndKdad7 жыл бұрын
So this or Smallworld? Or is that comparison inaccurate? Seem similar based of DT reviews.
@RoyAnderson7 жыл бұрын
The similarities are skin deep. They are different games in almost every respect (except theme).
@kotieerwee25937 жыл бұрын
KndKdad Smallworld is a very different beast. Might be very similar to Royals?
@llyrghmnghyll7 жыл бұрын
royals really suffers in comparison.
@AhJong07 жыл бұрын
In dire need of a board game makeover.
@grasonwhite48737 жыл бұрын
I actually like the board art...
@madifinley70187 жыл бұрын
This review was a nice surprise. Usually I see a review for a game I've never heard of and I'm thinking this is going to be a bad game. No way is this game getting a good review. Well done. The art if very serious but it sure is beautiful.
@nallosword7 жыл бұрын
maybe the gameplay is cool but its looks like a 90' grafic.... :S the colours are so pale, but the rewiev is great if i see this game i'll try it but its a nobuy for me for sure ty for your thoughts Tom, keep up with the good work
@J-Wheeler-G6 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite game. The only bad thing is the game board (art)
@jpotter20867 жыл бұрын
So that's what John Howe is up to.
@FatManWalking187 жыл бұрын
who else thought "we're getting the band back together"
@johna61087 жыл бұрын
It looked boring. But then I saw all these extra boards.
@wroot_lt7 жыл бұрын
Tom wantsnto show the components and drops them all over the place 😁
@geertvlaenckx99422 жыл бұрын
The island looks like Slovakia 😂
@woehrle177 жыл бұрын
This one is just not doing it for me.
@barbaobardo26927 жыл бұрын
Why this guy keeps hammering his games? He's a collector, for christ sake...
@vanguardhanoi24686 жыл бұрын
This game need re-designe Is look ugly but is fun for family game night
@pixelqube32747 жыл бұрын
Yes we all know the art is terrible. The map is boring yea we got it. EVERY REVIEW. Do any of you watch each others reviews or read any reviews?
@thedicetower7 жыл бұрын
Maybe my review was first?
@pixelqube32747 жыл бұрын
I apologize for my post. I saw a lot of reviews before finding yours. It got personal really quick when so many people commented about the graphic design. Personal reasons. I will edit my posts from now on. Thank you for replying.
@MassEffectFan1134 жыл бұрын
Most played in the past several weeks? Really? Boring area control with pasted on theme? Ok Tom... lol. You can admit you like it simply because it’s CMON.
@Valordar7 жыл бұрын
...Just Smallworld
@Tennethums17 жыл бұрын
Valordar yeah, I'd say if you have Small World this game isn't necessary. I dare say Small World is better, though I've not played this.
@RoyAnderson7 жыл бұрын
Apart from the themes (which are definitely similar), the mechanics of this game are nothing like Small World. I'd be interested in hearing your take on how they relate.
@kotieerwee25937 жыл бұрын
Valordar I dont feel the Smallworld comparison too strongly, it did however remind me alot of Royals.
@jeremiahkool16 жыл бұрын
Well if you haven't played it you can't say Small World is better - D'oh!
@fustercluck6667 жыл бұрын
What a disappointment. The cover of the game looked so amazing, but what a boring board! The cards seem pretty dull as well. I could not bring myself to play an ugly game like this.
@richardsaunders92147 жыл бұрын
This doesn't look fun at all. If this, if that..
@TheMrE7 жыл бұрын
Richard Saunders The actual gameplay I thought looked like fun. Check their live gameplay on the last day of the 30 hour live play. I think it's a light but fun card management (a la Ticket to Ride) area control game. We like Condottiere, TtR and a few area control games (Revolution!, SmallWorld, Royals, etc) ; this might be perfect for us.