Forum Trajanum - A Gaming Rules! Review

[@ThomasRKnight]

Not often you get praised for a rulebook you have worked on. Thanks from all of us on the the creative team who worked on the rules.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Just the “his” to sort out for next time. About 2 hours work to go through and fix it all, well worth it.

[@JamieMaltmanTube]

Love to hear that you're having fun playing a game a lot, especially a Feld game!

[@slickerdrips]

Good idea about the street cards, I think we’ll do that from now on!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Cool. It just removes the having to remember which cards have gone rule.

[@Neadric]

awesome review Paul. I'm super looking forward to this one hitting the shelves in the states :)

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Thanks. Hopefully it will be there soon,

[@jamesh972]

Great video Paul, really enjoy your series...watching your video over my Saturday morning coffee and thinking I need to find the time to get this one off the shelf and unboxed! Sounds like this is on par, or even better than Castles which we really enjoyed, so really looking forward to giving it a go! Cheers!

[@TheRamblingpitchfork]

Passing right seemed odd at first but it is a nice touch as it means the passed tile goes to the player playing before you (unless you are first player). This adds an extra consideration and might be interesting to use in other games.

[@69robtaylor]

Top work paul. About to read the rules myself now.

[@pincao]

Thanks for the kind words.... I knew you would love this game.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

You know me so well.

[@njveness]

Great video - thanks Paul - having recently bought Trajan but not played it yet I am now curious if i should get this as well!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Yes :)

[@TabletopGamesBlog]

Thank you for the review. Point salad games are always fun. :)

[@Jackanapes7]

Already preordered. Thanks for helping to justify my choice.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

my pleasure. Hopefully you will like it :)

[@TheRamblingpitchfork]

Glad to see you distinguish between variability and replayability. Lots of reviewers (and designers) seem to think they are the same thing. I agree that variability tends to increase replayability generally, but it isn't enough (and is sometimes a crutch to make up for a bland game). I've only played this game once (4p) and really liked it, looking forward to playing it 2p with my daughter after Xmas. - but Trajan is still king 😉 good review Paul

[@GamingRulesVideos]

I don’t think they are the same thing, but they are connected. Caylus has very little variability but huge replayability for example. But if a game like this, or Pulsar 2849 for example was always the same cards with the same techs, and the same scoring conditions, games would end up being more samey.

[@aaronnatera3685]

Well... I'm sold. Take my money Mr. Feld!

[@tsimpkins43228]

Paul, thanks for reviewing this game. I was originally not that interested in this game, but you might have changed my mind. I may ask Santa to get me a copy. Have a great day.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

As long as you’ve been a good boy :)

[@MeepleUniversity]

Great video Paul! 😀. Is that.... Dungeon Petz thsirt?🤣😁

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Almost.... Dungeon Lords

[@MeepleUniversity]

Aha! Yes, of course! I like Dungeon Lords better than Petz.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Oh, and nice transition btw :)

[@GamingRulesVideos]

3rd Party one.

[@bushibayushi]

And I thought I'm the only guy who really liked this game. It gets terrible reviews in Poland, but I have no idea why. This game feels like it was designed alongside Trajan and Bora Bora. My current Feld ranking goes like this: 9/10 1. Trajan 2. Bora Bora 3. The Castles of Burgundy 4. Luna -------------------------- 8/10 5. In the Year of the Dragon 6. Forum Trajanum 7. Rialto 8. The Oracle of Delphi ________________ 7/10 9. Macao 10. Amerigo _______________ 6/10 11. Aquasphere 12. La Isla 13. The Name of the Rose _________________ 5/10 14. Notre Dame

[@Mono_8080]

@bushibayushi, no love for Bruges? I absolutely adore it!

[@bushibayushi]

@@Mono_8080 Haven't played it.... can't find it anywhere....

[@TheRamblingpitchfork]

I agree with your top 4, but Notre Dame last! Strasbourg is worth tracking down, it has really grown on me over time. Actually played half a dozen times last year with lots of new players. Best at higher player numbers but good at all counts (the 2 dummy variant for 2 works well). It is one of those games that generates a lot of laughs and head in hands moments, a really fun game.

[@Mono_8080]

@@bushibayushi if you don't mind to get the French version, it is quite easy to find in Europe (philibert). I bought the French version not knowing much of French and it works really well for me and my friends. After a couple play you'll memorize what cards do and you'll see that language is not a big issue in this game in my opinion.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Have you tried going to Bruges? :)

[@highergroundgaming7202]

Thanks Paul. Great review Now that it’s been out a few years, how does it rank now among Feld games? 🤔

[@DaraTeaches]

I love Feld games, but I don't really like the point salad stuff. Macao, In The Year of the Dragon, and the Speicherstadt top my list. This one at least seems less point salad-y than some of the others though, since you're not constantly and immediately rewarded for every action. I'd certainly give it a try. Thanks for the review.

[@TheEricBooth]

Please say you're going to do a Rules video for this.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

No plans to I’m afraid. I could do a playthrough and teach video for it, but that’s the next goal of my Patreon campaign.

[@glennnystad8484]

Thanks for another great video. I love your enthusiasm and effort in all your videos. Just curious, if Stefan Feld is among your top three game designers, who are the other two?

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Vlaada is easily up there, although we haven’t seen anything big from him in a few years (not counting Codenames), but probably Alexander Pfister maybe. But it’s hard to say sometimes exactly, but Feld would be in my top 3 if I did a proper list.

[@glennnystad8484]

Gaming Rules! Excellent! Great choices. I would probably say the same thing. :) Thanks for replying.

[@themanofstone5553]

Hey Paul,.. I enjoyed this game a lot and look forward to a rematch!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

See you in a couple of hours then...

[@pmduguay]

Have you ever done a top 5 rulebook? Would like to see that if it ever happens!

[@GamingRulesVideos]

I haven’t. I try to generally avoid top 5’s. I prefer to just give each rulebook a rating standalone.

[@NorthernerInSpace]

Thanks for this! I bought it last week but man flu has curtailed my gaming for a while. I’m definitely looking forward to playing it though. Stefan Feld is on a roll this year as Carpe Diem was also excellent.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Hope you are feeling better. Not played Carpe Diem yet but heard it was also good.

[@TheRamblingpitchfork]

Gaming Rules! I hope so, it was 25 delivered to UK from Amazon.de this week so became a late Xmas add on ☺. Arrived within 2 days. Worth a look to see if the offer is still running.

[@stephanenguyenvantin7996]

So you speak french.... 😜. Pour moi un super jeu. 3 plays : 3 players and 4 players... For me, A great great Game... Thx for your review.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Excuses moi, mais je ne pal pas Francais tres bien. :)

[@geoffbrowncoaching]

Not a game for me but I shared on gaming communities on Google+ for those that might like it

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Thanks!

[@mazmo_]

I've read somewhere that "Pushing the slidebar to the max" strategy was very overpowered. Is that true ? Did you encountered something like this ? This is really bothering me, thanks you :)

[@GamingRulesVideos]

I have. It does seem a bit too good. I still love the game, but am a bit concerned by this.

[@mazmo_]

@@GamingRulesVideos Well Paul I could not resist... I bought it anyway ! :D Can't wait to try it and the fact that you still love the game no matter what convinced me. Happy day to you !

[@greytoeimp]

I want that shirt...

[@GamingRulesVideos]

I think they were part of the dungeon lords deluxe KS campaign, so not sure they are available any more :(

[@justinrrizzo]

I struggled badly with the awful rulebook

[@Skorrigan]

Should rule books be gender neutral? No.

[@GamingRulesVideos]

Skorrigan please let me know your reasons why. Would love to know your thoughts.