Freedom Five - Tutorial Playthrough

[@wedgeex]

It's been 4 long years - but I finally have the game sitting in front of me. Let's do this.

[@AuthorDiCristofano]

Same here.

[@R3dN8ght]

Same here

[@DopeGaminG_cQ]

Best tutorial so far with the game and solidified my pledge. Very clear and concise and easy to follow. No loud obnoxious extra nonsense going on and your voice isn’t unbearable like some of the other current videos. Good work

[@dilatedbeholder3865]

Alex from Board Game Co? Yeah, I find him annoying too

[@Skrotetor]

*It's SO worth noting* that Jon playthroughs are always amazingly done.

[@jhochges]

Being a SotM fan this game has definitely caught my eye. Thank you for the video!

[@JhoffDJ.]

You do a really great job with your tutorials. I’m interested in this game and your video really helps me get an idea on what I’m pledging toward. Thank you.

[@rogerbartels5690]

You always explain games so well and thoroughly. I appreciate that when trying to make a backer decision. Well done.

[@ArcadEdio]

Started watching and thought, man this is very similar to Defenders of the Realm and Defenders of the Last Stand. Then I noticed Richard Launius was part of the team and said yes please, I'm in on the kickster :).

[@sea-envy3137]

if you do not keep track Greater than games is Kickstarting a new edition of Defenders of the Realm in November 2024 (unless more things go wrong they though it was going to be October 2024)

[@dedicatedspuddler7641]

Yet again, another very well-done video! Thank you very much for all your hard work, Jon.

[@GettingGames]

Thanks!

[@Hybban]

I'm a big fan of Sentinels of the Multiverse. You've sold that board game to me, I've pledged! Good job Jon, as always :)

[@azariusflashfang5716]

These cooperative games can really kick you when you are down if you and your group are not on top of things at all times. But then again it wouldn't be fun if it wasn't a challenge. Excellent work as always.

[@clferg01]

Just chiming in to let you know your video prompted me to go all in on this one. I was on the fence until I saw the gameplay. Huge superhero theme fan and there's a really intriguing mix of mechanics here that grabbed my attention. Thanks for the content, they chose their promotional personalities wisely :)

[@GettingGames]

I'm glad you found the video informative and entertaining :) I hope you enjoy the game once it arrives.

[@MaeghanRose-84]

Just got mine! Excited to play

[@petergross7235]

Really great job! Looks like a really fun game. I like the pandemic mechanic added into the game. Looks like a ton of fun, will definitely be backing it.

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

Seems like there are quite a few games that stick close to the Pandemic script. The movement, the clearing of henchmen "diseases", the "overrunning", the special character abilities, and so on.

[@TakedaYuuki-8SFL]

Very true. The mechanics seem to be very popular.

[@PandaOfElastic]

We're giving Pandemic a patent on moving around a board and variable player powers? Seems like a huge overreach to me. I agree that the "overrunning" mechanic is a little too similar to outbreaks though.

[@TakedaYuuki-8SFL]

@@PandaOfElastic I was mainly referencing the overrun mechanic. I like the tweaks here, and love the property used, but it is something that I've noticed that has gotten around to a lot of designers recently.

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

@@PandaOfElastic not sure what you mean by "patent" or "overreach". I'm simply commenting on the familiar framework of this game to Pandemic. Games borrow good ideas all the time, that's how you get better games. But I do admit that when the similarities are this transparent - yet another co-op where you have to manage spread of 4 different types of bad stuff using variable player powers - I wish for a bit more creativity.

[@PandaOfElastic]

@@StevenStJohn-kj9eb My point is that the similarities you identified in your original post are very generic. Movement and variable player powers are such basic boardgaming mechanisms that calling them part of a "framework" is a stretch. Now the color threats spreading on the board and the overflow mechanic are much more specific. It would be hard to deny the Pandemic influence there.

[@kosterix123]

It has great points and great promise. I'm not backing due to dice and table size. But others might not care for those.

[@Teremei]

I would really love them to make the character board dual layered like Machina Arcana so the character cards kind of slot in.

[@OakwoIf]

That's alot of steps to attack a henchman. (around 44:00) How long is this game for 2 players?

[@GettingGames]

I haven't actually played a full game, I just learned the rules and filmed this tutorial before shipping the prototype on to someone else. This means I don't have context to answer your question, sorry.

[@Sayuiv]

Hi Jon! At 32.16 when you deal damage to Tachyon is possible to see the red card called Synaptic Interrupt that says "Play anytime you would take damage to cancel all damage", could you have used that card to avoid to take those damage tokens?

[@GettingGames]

Yep, I could have done that. Looks like I just overlooked that option in the moment.

[@TheWyrmSuperior]

@@GettingGames Would the "Unblockable" part of Fright Train's Plow Through ability prevent you from doing that? Unsure what the interaction is between Unblockable and the "cancel" part of Synaptic Interrupt. Might just be a playtest thing though! :)

[@kmsielo]

Is there a copy of the rulebook somewhere? I didn't see it on Kickstarter page and would love to teach and play tabletopia version.

[@GettingGames]

I am honestly not sure. The prototype I had contained a printed copy of the rules but I'm not sure what the current plan is for them putting out an online version.

[@SonsofSekhmet]

Why didnt you heal Legacy first instead of move him to the spot where he was defeated?

[@jeffrey107]

When using an ability card to defeat henchmen, is the same color requirement needed ?

[@GettingGames]

I don't believe so.

[@JhoffDJ.]

My biggest concern for this game is the way the villains move on the board. It appears totally random as opposed to DoTR where you could plan for their path. That was a big part of the strategy. Anyone else see this or am I missing something? Seems alike an odd choice to scrap the paths in favor of random movement.

[@callahanjohnson]

Man, they greatly improved the map from this prototype version. Looks way nicer on the release copy (though likely functionally identical).

[@GettingGames]

That's great to hear, hope you enjoy it :)

[@saracampbell2196]

Who was first to use Klingon subtitles? I know you use them as does Rahdo, One Stop Co-op Shop, and slickerdrips, among others. I love the use of them and appreciate that a bunch of board game channels all make use of them, but was just curious who came up with the idea.

[@GettingGames]

It was Rahdo. We all used to use annotations but then KZbin announced they were removing that as a feature. Rahdo came up with this workaround and I asked him if he minded my copying it since it was such a good idea. He was of course totally fine with this and it's become a board game media standard.

[@rob__rob_5131]

This looks AWESOME! What game made the Meeple first?

[@GettingGames]

I'm pretty sure that was Carcassonne.

[@rob__rob_5131]

@@GettingGames I love that game :)

[@Pookiebear]

Jon I cant keep up, I have to save everything for later :P but this one might be perfect for my mom and I, we play Legendary a lot

[@GettingGames]

This has been a crazy month for video releases :) I hope you enjoy this one when you get a chance to dig into it.

[@heijewubs988]

Who is here in 2024 still excited about this game?! I know I am!

[@rudigerkipferl4479]

Thank you for your really insightful video. In this case, it convinced me to stay out of the Kickstarter even though Superhero games normally are my thing. But this one looks very tough to play, too swingy with all the dice rolling and very hard to keep track of everything especially if played solo. I like the artwork and the many options but I'll be happy to keep on playing Sentinels of the Multiverse with the same characters instead. 🙏

[@GettingGames]

I'm glad you found the video informative, this is not going to be a game for everyone.

[@petergross7235]

It's definitely less fiddly than Sentinels of the Multiverse card game. But it is more complicated than say Marvel United. I would call it a happy medium weight game. It does have a lot of randomness involved with the dice, but bystander and special cards help to mitigate that in addition to the player powers. I am a primarily solo player, and I love Sentinels of the Multiverse the card game. If we can handle that, I think we could definitely handle this.

[@Sayuiv]

this looks to me what Marvel United should have been....

[@petergross7235]

It does have some similar elements to marvel United for sure. I was thinking the same thing.

[@Sayuiv]

@@petergross7235 hi! I meant that i would have enjoyed more if Marvel United was this game with Marvel heroes. To me, Marvel United is too light. It is a very well made game, but i am not its target, i like something more crunchy like this one. :)

[@petergross7235]

@@Sayuiv don't they already have that with Marvel Legendary or Marvel Champions?

[@Sayuiv]

@@petergross7235 marvel legendary and marvel champions are cards game. The first a deckbuilding the latter an LCG.

[@albertorochareyes2427]

​@@Sayuiv and this is too complex....half the video is just 2 turns so u play then wait X tons of minutes to play again?

[@kosterix123]

54:59 two hits is not 1 success, nor is it 3+ successes, so it's a failure. Remember from the begin of the video the top entry said specfically 1-2 successes. (you also missed that in your klingon)

[@GettingGames]

Huh, I can see where you are coming from but this was not mentioned by the publisher / designer when they checked the video. I would assume the card is meant to say 1-2 but you do have me unsure now.

[@kosterix123]

@@GettingGames Go to 14:32. There you see literally 1-2. It makes thematic sense to distinguish as well, you aimed for something but failed.

[@TheErnieforss]

Man it looks like tokoyo sidekicks but better.

[@jessegoonerage3999]

"Unfourtunately Legacy is indestructible. But what is not indestructible is the earth." Bruh.

[@ashpete21]

Very thorough - well done! I would recommend slowing down your delivery - it sounds like you drank one '5-Hour Energy' too many! ;)

[@Alex-hy9cw]

Played it tonight first time and ... honestly I disliked it alot. Hope this video gives some actual information so I can find my place in this game.