Live Solo Play Through - Pendulum

Mike DiLisio plays the solo variant of Pendulum, a real-time worker placement game, live!
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[@nigelgraves174]

Great video, Mike! I was impressed with how smooth you made the Automa(s) look: the whole game ticked along (pun intended) at a steady pace that was really engaging. I wouldn't be so hard on yourself regarding how you played: to run the Automas plus your own game, plus providing commentary, all while streaming LIVE cannot be easy! Thanks for sharing!

[@cutthr0atjake]

A round is a minimum of 6 minutes, not 9. The 1st purple timer flip dislodges the first counter. Its now 3 minutes before you can flip the purple timer a second time and once done another 3 minutes before it can be flipped for the third & final time.

[@feliks1365]

I'm on the fence about the game itself, but everyone complaining about how themeless the game looks: you do realize that effective iconology and graphical functionality is critical for a game with a real-time component, right?

[@thomashaire8863]

My “pass me the rule book” friend’s head will explode when I make him play this.

[@bornofashes]

Thomas Haire Bring a poncho.

[@petergross7235]

Thanks Mike.

[@BangersUnfiltered]

So this was the best of all the designs from that years design day, makes me really wonder how bad the others were. Generic fantasy theme with art that doesn't show me any sort of theme. It's just so hard to not be dissapointed. The only saving grace is that some of the mechanics are original but boy did it need a better theme to go with those mechanics

[@elibennett1418]

It originally had a Roman Empire theme I believe and it was the highest rated game in the Design Days history, not just that day.

[@tomagge]

you don't trigger automa when you take purple in 16:20

[@jonathancarre6932]

What real time solos would you recommend?

[@rolandoorozco599]

Great playthrough as always. Question: do you put the time markers on the scoring mat only when three Automa flips the purple timer?

[@LegoAssassin098]

The cover art is great. Too complex for anyone who'd play with me though

[@matthewchin8437]

The game looks to take up a lot of real estate. How much more is needed for three plus players?

[@nathandaniel6128]

It is a fairly large game. In a 3+ player game, the automa mat would be taken away and you would add a player mat for each player.

[@junepaologuarin8762]

Can't understand its gameplay.

[@sasbitts]

I m a huge Stonemaier fanboy but this was an easy pass for me. Just not the kind of game my group or I like... too chaotic and no way of paying attention if everyone is doing everything right ...

[@chrisfong8929]

This seems too complex an unintuitive for a real time game.

[@ilqrd.6608]

Great video but I must day this game is even much less thematic than I thought. Green areas, purple areas, grande workers, four generic tracks, timers what a mess. I’m not mad though because this game doesn’t speak to me at all from a gameplay perspective. I have yet to see a real time game that I can imagine enjoying.