Lords of Xidit - Shut Up & Sit Down Review

[@3v1lp1ngv1n]

One of my favourite games. By the way you can't build different colored tower pieces on top of eachother. if somebody started building their tower in a city, it's theirs. nobody else can build there.

[@Strmtrper6]

How did it take four years for someone to catch this?

[@sarahjoylagunzad6159]

I like this game too...to each there own. it's my cup tea.

[@Fergit_]

Acting like Wales isn't a fantasy place.

[@SinOfAugust]

Land with the city names like “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoc” is definitely made up.

[@foreverjetspacefella9980]

As someone who lives there, I agree with your statement

[@thomasbaker26]

I agree with Quinns, Himalaya seems like a much more interesting theme.

[@rellacthespacenerd]

A list of immunisations feel like something from 2020/2021 to the point I had to check when this was released

[@sconist]

Disappointed the pun "Keeping my armies up my sleevies" was not used.

[@feekygucker2678]

Thomas McNaughton - Right with you! A medium-weight pick up and deliver game, with programmed movement, gorgeous (imho) art and quality production. Good rules, great components. Can niggle a bit if you can’t appreciate the farce of not acting when programmed moves collide, but mostly good fun and dependably plays in an hour or two. Still a tenner (in the UK) at the time of writing. At that price I most certainly recommend it.

[@timothymclean]

5:30: Legolas, David Coperfield, and the Pope? Sounds like a pretty effective fellowship to me!

[@drewfraley149]

i would play lords of dixit.

[@Sorrigan]

Lords of Brexit! The rate things are going, might as well be a prophecy.

[@Wallach_a]

I spent the entire conversation in front of the board trying to read everything.

[@DavidSmith-xw7db]

I've only played once and did horribly (eliminated on gold as the first victory-elimination criteria because I invested in the other 2 criteria too much) but had a blast. I'm hoping to play again this Wednesday. But I wanted to especially mention one thing, which was a key prominent part of our game play that you completely overlooked as a possibility and made it very fun for us, --> diplomacy and negotiation. Talking with other players while you're programming what you plan to do (hope to do) and see if the other player(s) would be willing to do something different or help plan along with you ("Hey, I'm willing to take orange guy here if you go recruit here first and then come here afterwards. What do you think?" "No, I need that orange guy too!" "Shoot, if I take the green guy instead will you not kill this monster so I can kill it next turn, assuming Sharron doesn't come from all the way over there to kill it, that is?"). So much fun...AND good negotiations can avoid having that wasted turn emptiness feeling which Paul described...a double win (fun player interaction and strategic performance improvement).

[@rentellironwood6361]

another great video, personally I love robo rally since your worst enemy is yourself in that game. As for lords of Xidit I think it would be a great game for new players and might just have to pick it up my self. Thanks again.

[@cardboarddiscovery8697]

the the songs about being brave in David Bowie's cod piece about killed me !

[@iceuni963]

I really like the first few minutes of the video, just have a sweet sense of life.

[@PacificNWGamer]

Enjoyed your review of this game! I personally love this game and how the theme fits so well with programming! I highly recommend it to friends but understand its not for everyone!

[@drpandamonium2036]

this video marks the first time ive ever heard grok spoken aloud

[@dexdouglas]

Missing Praul in 2019. Love this video.

[@andy4an]

yeah, i guess the programming mechanic is so much better in roborally, because there is a TON of interaction between the robots. you get to shoot them, you get to push them, you struggle to get the slowest or fastest program... this seems dry comparatively. Also, it sounds really annoying to get somewhere one slot too late, whereas in roborally, that's fine because you made a lot of progress, even if someone else made BETTER progress.

[@745mcnaughton]

I saw this review a few years ago and dodged the game BUT now that it costs just TEN POUNDS I've purchased it tonight - I imagine it has to be worth a punt for that much cash?

[@Groovycathers]

How was it?

[@745mcnaughton]

@@Groovycathers embarrassingly, still in its shrink-wrap! The run up to christmas has been a bit mental. I think it still costs a tenner in the UK though, if you are interested and local.

[@Trinketorium]

Yep still a tenner in the Works (UK) but only a few copies left now.

[@alexstrang9823]

I was going to say: seems like Roborally to a large extent

[@GNARGNARHEAD]

both using the word grok and mentioning Evangelion, I need more thumbs!

[@RayPhay]

Great video and sorry that you did not like this one more. I actually really enjoy this game but I can see where it is not for everyone.

[@WesMontrose]

I'm pretty against the mechanic of planning out your turn without knowing how other people will act. It works in some situations, like X-Wing Minatures Game, but only there because it's not a major setback if you guess wrong. This feels like a game where you spend more time guessing wrong than right and I could see myself feeling pretty resentful toward it before very long.

[@wesleygravvat5366]

While there are certainly screw ups and they can be frustrating more often than not you get pretty close to what you want. I've only played once before and on one of my turns I completely screwed over another character. Did the exact same set of moves he wanted to do before he could do it. He basically wasted a turn, but he still won the game in the end. So frustrating, sure, but not so much of an inconvenience as to totally screw your chances of winning.

[@WesMontrose]

My biggest concern with a game is "is losing barable"? It seems to me like this is the kind of game where a stream of missteps can be really grating, leaving me in a terrible mood and my the other people playing feeling really uncomfortable. That probably says more about me than the game, but I do try to play games that everyone enjoys the whole time.

[@wesleygravvat5366]

Understandable. We didn't experience a stream of missteps at all. It was just 1 turn or a couple parts of a turn would get screwed up. After that you were usually in a position to be okay again. If memory serves it was also a case of everyone gets screwed over or up at least once in the game. And while it sucks to be the one getting screwed over, there is nothing quite like screwing over a competitor. All told I enjoyed the game a good deal and want to play more, but apparently its not for everyone.

[@rhelyk7893]

I only played this game once and that was very much my experience. I did not enjoy it at all, I kept programming turns where other players completely screwed me over, including one turn that entirely depended on a player next to me doing what was obviously the absolute best thing for them to do...and they didn't do it because they misunderstood something. And then at the very end all the points are based on you not being last in a subject, in order, but what they didn't mention is that it knocks you completely out of the winnings even if you're first in every other aspect. That was my case, one player ignored one aspect of the game and was knocked outknocked out in round 1 of scoring (towers or something), then he was no longer in the runnings so suddenly I was last in gold and got knocked out despite having the most bard points and the victory actually went to the guy that had just been randomly spinning his dials because he didn't really know what was going on and checked out of the game halfway through, but he was never last on any of the scoring after other players who WERE trying to play got disqualified. Left the nastiest taste in my mouth and I've never played it again, doubt I ever will

[@paulspo]

Reruns! I love `em! Played the game just last night with a 5-player count. Everyone seemed to have a great time. I certainly understand the complaint about screwing up your programming either due to your own mistake or other player interaction. It happens to everyone at least once in the game! I think it is just as funny in this game as it is in RoboRally. It all depends on who you're playing with and how they react! The game probably isn't in my top 10, but I still love it. I love the scoring mechanic of "just not the worst"!

[@Hieronymus-Pseudonymous]

They never do mention that Xidit is the world of Seasons. 12:48 Does Quinns have a rather long tongue? 13:50 Just what Sam Healey always has against programming.

[@EonsOfReflection]

loved playing this game last weekend. Am genuinely excited about playing it again! it is indeed hilarious when you get sth wrong and spend the rest of the 6 steps just strollin about (sarcasm in writing) enjoyed your intro jokes a bit too much, made me love the game even more :))

[@isidoreaerys8745]

Your table is really cool!

[@jakebrill5990]

"I can never stop crying" lmao

[@sjorsmiltenburg]

lol @ those flowers.. they died some time ago

[@joshbates6662]

Are they ok here?

[@johnyangell]

The “Grok” line made me subscribe.

[@biseinerheult78]

For christ's sake change the water in your flower vase!

[@charlesdexterward2514]

Can anybody tell me, what kind of tea they were drinking? In the old videos it was PG Tips but it seems like they changed to an other sort.

[@georginatoland]

Sebastian We def need a tea review segment in these game reviews.

[@discountmecha671]

If they kickstart a Lords of Xidit show inspired by Neon Genesis Evangelion, they can shut up and take my money.

[@khandarwilliam5439]

Who did it? Xidit

[@SGFlicksify]

Various other reviewers abs. LURVE this game - almost as much as Seasons, so I guess it's about who you're playing it with. Having said that it's now available for just a TENNER in a certain national retail outlet, so I guess it has been a failure - maybe chiefly because you need 4-5 to play, or could it poss. be because of this clip? Anyway, I like it rather a lot.

[@trent.vs.robots]

What kind of tea do you drink? And how do you take it?

[@niallreid7664]

The best. Via funnel.

[@calebwentzel4337]

I may be wrong but in Britain they put creamer in tea

[@jordanthomas5635]

@@calebwentzel4337 gasp! Creamy tea is the worst! It's a brew! (Faints in British)

[@kevinjohnson7631]

a little disappointed that you mentioned one of my favorite programming games of all time and yet you don't have a review of Robo Rally.

[@revimfadli4666]

They do, in the 2nd half of the El Dorado review

[@Shiroar]

Love that ending! I might have laughed slightly too much at it considering how little sense it makes lol

[@kosterix123]

9 minutes in everything is plastic glitter. Could have said so upfront.

[@MrGotVic]

where can i find a table like that

[@chuck849]

I bought his game for dirt cheap from The Works and it was still a waste of money. For a much better action programming game, definitely pick Colt Express over this.

[@andy4an]

another one i missed first time around

[@NovaGirl8]

i want that table

[@thegamesninja3119]

Xidit means Pears

[@jamiecann4156]

I'm currently designing a board game and that end sketch isn't too far off from my reality!

[@samsamsABC]

man I love these vids ^_^

[@SuperRobert56]

Aberystwyth on the MAP!

[@arscalambraperelman6520]

GIVE ME LORDS OF DIXIT!

[@dave0754]

A bit like Seasons...which is byt the same designer and the same artist. And which features some of the exact same art. Fun game, very pretty and colourful, but not quite great.

[@nynthplague]

😂 Nailed that ending.

[@ChildOfDecandence]

Vaccine joke would be spicey these days

[@BoscoBlood]

The party was Legolas, The Pope and Copperfield. They found 3 orcs in a forest, and Legolas went like 'pew pew pew' sniping all of them. "What if their intentions were good?" asked the Pope. "Can't we just make peace?" but Legolas was at his cellphone with Gimli: "ah-a! 12.345 dead orcs now, and you? WHAT? 12.372??? How??" "Uhm, David, and what do you think about this?" asked the Pope. *puff* "D-david?" Worst party ever.

[@erythrocebuspatas]

I think the name was a big part of why this game was not successful.

[@SacredDaturaa]

I dunno, I kinda like the name. It conjures up an image of a pulpy fantasy setting.

[@erythrocebuspatas]

I'm not saying it is bad. It is just very confusing for potential buyers.

[@Omnicot]

Amazing game.

[@CompressionPolice]

6:46 spiin

[@jackskellingtonsora]

At least I did get something out of this video: Dixit is pretentious as hell.

[@tylergalvez6379]

Fail wizard= gandolf

[@miradrgn]

man, i really wish the lovely art and creature designs in this weren't so let down by the mediocre at best font choices and... whatever the board game equivalent of UI design is?? like i love all those chonky dinosaurs and the weird spindly dragon and turtle and buff screaming pirate parrot, but when you look at the box the main thing you see is this ugly tacky mishmashed logo, the board and components are covered with dull impact-font numbers and dotted lines outlined with an obscene amount of yellow haze that makes it hard to even notice the lovingly-crafted environments behind them... it's kind of a shame!

[@TwinIonEngines]

Lords of Brexit.

[@rjvillela]

I'm sure this has already been uploaded before. You guys are getting lazy.

[@jjgiblin]

It's not lazy, they're moving over the videos that were only on their website before.

[@Barrillel]

They even pointed out it was previously posted (on vimeo) in the description: "First published on November 13, 2014."

[@IanBennetts]

That'll explain the David Bowie humour references.

[@gaarcemail]

You guys are so much fun to watch. You really convey well the essence of the games, making it easy to get whether its a game one wants to play or not.