Four Trick Taking Game Reviews: Bacon, Lunar, Mori, Pies

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Tom Vasel, Zee Garcia, Mike DiLisio, and Chris Yi take a look at four small box trick taking games from Allplay. Some are reprints and some are brand new. In Alphabetical order, they are Bacon, Lunar, Mori, and Pies.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Bacon
08:53 Lunar
20:28 Mori
32:46 Pies
43:40 Overall Thoughts
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@codym6376 8 ай бұрын

Bravo to the team for keeping Mike involved and trying to make it seamless. We are missing the in room dynamics but so far, good work.

@ClaudeAndTaylor 8 ай бұрын

AHHHHHH!! This is so awesome to hear!! Working on Mori was a blast and I'm so glad y'all liked the most/2nd most X and the may follow dice mechanics i added! Ahhhhhh it's so awesome to hear how much Zee liked it ahhhhhhh!! I'm freaking out! (amazing review y'all, this is sooo well done!)

@primusinterpares5767 8 ай бұрын

The game truly was a Taylor's Trick Taking Table.

@ClaudeAndTaylor 8 ай бұрын

@@primusinterpares5767and this comment was Primo, Primus!! Too kind! 😁🙌

@thedicetower 8 ай бұрын

Solid work, Taylor. Cool to hear what stuff you helped develop! -Chris

@lukewatson4489 8 ай бұрын

Can we please get an updated top 10 trick takers? Especially hearing Mike’s favorites. There’s been so many in the last couple years. I want to know what’s the best!

@thedicetower 7 ай бұрын

It's something we'll certainly do in the future!

@ShuffleUpandDeal32 7 ай бұрын

They can do a top 10 of just games from this year at this rate lol

@jasonsmith1133 8 ай бұрын

Mike is hands down my favorite board game reviewer. I love his thoughts and opinions.

@scotthenderson1762 8 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed bridging Mike into these trick-taking reviews with the rest of the team. Four Squares is almost back!

@thedicetower 8 ай бұрын

Bridging is a solid pun for discussing trick taking games. Also Mike's great, and I'm glad people are enjoying these videos with him. -Chris

@kevinbhieey9188 8 ай бұрын

"Memento mori" (yes, it's MOR-ee) means "Remember you must die". Memento mori art contains symbols representing death, like skulls (duh), but also flowers and fruit (things that wither and die). Then there are objects like jewelry, musical instruments and coins (which represent the material things we leave behind). All of which has nothing to do with the game - well, it does have to do with the art choices - but once I learned this, I started noticing how many still life paintings were actually about death. It makes visits to art museums more interesting.

@JJ_TheGreat Ай бұрын

I really like how you did this video, btw! Having somebody explain the game - but what I really like was having each person give their opinions about the game - and their score - one at a time!

@sethhale235 8 ай бұрын

That ending was pretty great.

@lseeley 7 ай бұрын

I appreciate that Mike's bits appear to have been filmed in chronological order such that he could remark on what the others said previously in the video as the others could about what he had just said. I could imagine how it would've been easier to record both groups completely separately and splice it in later.

@garyesposito4025 8 ай бұрын

FYI Taylor's Trick Taking Table called Bacon the best 6P climbing/shedding game (the 3v3 mode). And loves the 2v2 mode, as well. I think it fills two roles: If want to play a climber/shedder with 6 people, this is the game to play. If Tichu sounds too difficult for your group of 4 to learn/enjoy, this is the game to play. I'm guessing DT might have missed the sense of urgency of getting one person on your team out and the subtle importance of getting to choose who on your team leads after winning a trick.

@JorWat25 Ай бұрын

23:09: I believe you've got the arrows backwards. You can read the arrow as 'trumps', so green (Spring) would trump purple (Winter) if it were lead. The intention is that each season is trumped by the one that follows it, though you're not the only one confused by the board, as seen by some comments on BGG.

@jimmykokein 8 ай бұрын

38:35 I think the .14 is there to break ties. For example, if someone played a 13, and someone played a 10 with a Pi(e) token, that person would have 13.14, which is more than 13.

@jokerES2 8 ай бұрын

That seems like a good pie breaker.

@thedicetower 8 ай бұрын

Yes, it's a tie breaker. I just thought it was a little gimmicky that's all. I understand it won't bother many people.

@kylemartin7871 8 ай бұрын

A note pops up on screen explaining that

@sperkins89 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for this review! These just arrived this week and excited to play them. Scout was definitely my most played of 2023, so anxious to see how it's cousin Bacon will fare in 2024. I feel like Scout had just a smidgeon more depth but the theme was always a weakness for me. Diner food is an improvement! Lunar seems to have a bit of "Cat in the Box" meets "Crew" vibes - definitely looking forward to that one. Mori looks gorgeous and just deep enough and that might have to come to the table first. And Pies...well that is definitely going to be featured at our very geeky celebration of "Pi Day" on 3/14, if not before. (But I still have a few other trick-takers from Zee's A-Z list that I need to get to the table, too. I see a dedicated trick-taking day in our near future!)

@jameskirk4692 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much to all 4 of you for these 4 great reviews. I love your reviews. All four games seem interesting and I would like to try them all. But Mori seem like the coolest and like I personally would enjoy the most. Second best seems Lunar for me.

@soogymoogi 8 ай бұрын

In Latin, it'd be pronounced "Mor-ee". I makes a long E sound, the long I sound is made by "ae" Speaking of Mori, it looks really unique. Would love to try it out. Same with Lunar

@stephleobisson 7 ай бұрын

Mid credit scene Roy? Too much fun!!! Love the text effects.

@RynoKenny Ай бұрын

Mori is the favorite, but its main gimmick is a revolving trump suit and pass cards. Boast or Not does both of these but in a much more distilled design. Can’t wait for Portland Game Collective to renew it this year. Edit: ha! Mike mentions this as well.

@minimoose7890 8 ай бұрын

Wow, I'm gonna have to try those out!

@BWells5152 8 ай бұрын

Bacon seems mechanically very similar to Reign of Dragoness from Grandpa Beck's.

@patrickotoole6115 8 ай бұрын

Have you guys tried livestreaming mike into a review? He can be a box off to the side-“the guy in the sky”. Love having mike involved!

@janahuysmans 7 ай бұрын

I have played the crew and claim basically and I'm not a big fan, but lunar and Mori look super fun! Bravo to all play for these great titles

@shanedbunting 3 ай бұрын

Im old , i played Bacon over a10000 times with a deck f cards since the mid ninties. Edit pie would it ve crazy to say that it is a Drafting/auction game masquerading as a tricktaking game , instead of passing the cards they get displayed and they are also your turn order bid.

@senortubo 8 ай бұрын

Aside from After Us and Tribes of the Wind, does Mike have most of a Kallax just full of Knizia games right behind him?

@fingolfinfinwe 8 ай бұрын

Dang, I only picked up Pies during this campaign. Will need to look for Mori as well!

@fingolfinfinwe 8 ай бұрын

Also, incredible review. Quality is just absolutely top notch!

@ShuffleUpandDeal32 7 ай бұрын

Where does one sign up for Breezy+? lol

@Unattended_Elk 8 ай бұрын

Damn, the DLCU is getting more and more intriguing

@JefferyHunt 7 ай бұрын

Have any of you guys played Mü?

@JJ_TheGreat Ай бұрын

20:46 Mori means "forest" in Japanese! :)

@francescospagnolo2 5 ай бұрын

Hi, Do you make a classification of Allplay trick taking games? If you should choose three or four titles, which of them do you suggest to me? Except Sail because in Europe isn't available?