LARGER Than THE GAME OF LIFE - Village BIG BOX Review!

[@BoardGameSanctuary]

G'day friends! When I was younger, I loved The Game of Life. I am so glad that this game encapsulates my memory of that game in a much more robust and strategic game. What are some other games you enjoy that evoke that feeling of travelling through life? This is a safe place to chat! Danny :)

[@masan.4211]

As a kid, I loved The Game of Life too! I dig the fact that meaples can die in this game, it makes the theme more realistic. RIP Yellow #1 :.( (P.S. I really hope you didn't actually get covid - it seemed like you had a sore throat.)

[@reecebuchanan9164]

I have some very fond memories of the Game of Life from when I was a kid as well! One game that really encapsulates that feeling of playing out a life but with robust mechanisms that I've recently discovered and absolutely love is "The Pursuit of Happiness". It's not for everyone, if you're looking for a mechanisms first game (like some friends of mine) this won't be a game for you, but if you're looking for a heavily thematic euro with strong, if a little straightforward mechanisms, it's one easily recommended. After the first few plays it jumped into my top 10 games of all time, and I just fell in love with it more and more.

[@Gillotine90]

Was looking for a game similar to the Sims video game for a while. This might be the one! Great video!

[@mihancic]

We remember meaple yellow number one :)

[@Emsworth377]

Love this game. One of my favorites. However, the older 1st edition art was beautiful and didn't interfere with gameplay. Im sorry to say, that the new artwork is aweful. This new one comes with the expansions, but personally id seek out an older edition, purely because the new artwork is just terrible in comparison.

[@tonybowers9490]

As always, great video. You have great humor. Thanks for sharing.

[@kensavage7657]

Nice review - thanks for posting Village has always been one of my favorite games. I'm really glad that it has been re-released, so that future gamers can experience this classic. One issue, that I always had with the game, is that it wasn't very colour blind friendly. From what I see, the cubes look a bit better, for a colour blind player - but the board looks worse. In addition, the artwork of the original version was so much better than the new version. I understand why companies can't reuse artwork, but the new version looks like a badly drawn cartoon. Even with any visual complaints I would have, I'd, definitely, encourage anyone to pickup this new version. The original game is extremely hard to get and the travel section, of the base game, is awful - which makes the "Port expansion" an absolute requirement to play. (Inn is a nice to have expansion, but not as essential as Port). Now, I just have to find out if it's possible to get the Marriage expansion seperately.....

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I've never heard of Village.

[@miltonmurazik]

😕 *PromoSM*