Lost Ruins of Arnak: The Missing Expedition | Play and review | With Mike | Review copy provided

[@sleepysasquatchgames]

For $25 Canadian, you can't beat the amount of content in this expansion. CGE is very generous with their prices for consumers.

[@Felizwerg]

I love the campaign sheet with the masks, hearts etc. where you can unlock stuff! I already pre-ordered my copy of this expansion as an Essen pick-up, can't wait to get and try it :)

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Hope you have a blast with it!

[@thomasboon3626]

This playtrough was so much fun to watch! Any chance you'll continue? I'd love to watch the full campaign (maybe each chapter with different leader?)

[@OneStopCoopShop]

I’d like to do more, though it’s unlikely any time soon. More games keep coming and I’m desperately trying to keep up 😅

[@Rudraksh597]

Great playthrough! Would love to watch you play through the rest of the campaign.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

I've played more missions, but haven't had the chance to film. My backlog is still insanely large. Just recorded 4 new games this weekend :(

[@davidko9289]

Any chance of videos of the rest of the campaign? I'm not sure how the narrative will hold up, but the varied scenario goals and unlocks are intriguing.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Like usual for me, I cover so many different games that continuing one campaign isn't likely. But maybe one day!

[@agentsolorunthroughs6010]

Awesome playthrough as always Mike! Looking forward to getting my copy hopefully not too far down the track. Lost Ruins is also my fav "Euro" type game and I am with you that not many Euros seem to click with me but this one definitely scratches something for me. I look forward to the campaign. I imagine there are no purple tiles in the expansion?

[@OneStopCoopShop]

There aren’t any purple tiles, no. They balance things differently in the campaign and the competition with the automa is not your primary concern

[@ChimeratAlpha]

0:30 Gah! Spoilers! *runs* I shall return after I play the first scenario. Games should be here next week **knocks on wood**, but I suspect I'll play a few vanilla solo games before trying this.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Oh yeah, I wouldn’t watch this till you play it 😜

[@dayoltay]

I had the base and previous expansion but sold after 10 plays. Unfortunately the game ends up being just an "icon follow". The theme quickly fades after one play. I'm not big on euros but Viticulture, Obsession, everdell has way more theme than Arnak.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

This expansion adds a lot more theme to the experience, but of course I wouldn’t recommend it if you already didn’t enjoy the base game!

[@PublicExecution]

I recently sold Viticulture off. Theme about making wine was ok, but the solo mode is really awful. At least for Arnak, the solo mode is far superior.

[@dayoltay]

@@PublicExecution oh I agree, I'm not a fan of euros only for solo reasons. I always play them multi-player. The games I mentioned are no exception.

[@davidautinify]

my wife loves mechanical euros and i love theme-y campaigns, so this looks like a perfect fit for us. thanks for the review! :) is it out at retail yet?

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Looks like 9/1 is the release date

[@KasparsSilavs]

Should I try solo capmaign in the app at first? Or does this completely replaces the app version?

[@OneStopCoopShop]

The solo app campaign still works fine and is fun. This is a completely new campaign with a lot more going on.

[@pedrocustodio623]

So far on chapter 2 still, and while it is interesting specially if you like to play co-op I must say that the journalist leader is bad. When you compare it to the mechanic its not even fair. In order to get any of your "bonus" you have to spend resources to explore and then spend another travel cost just to get a 1 time use article. It just seems a bit of poor testing, because the concept of the leader is really nice. Maybe just making the feature articles possible to get with the card (mind you have 1 card only and 2/3 feature articles) without having to pay a plane in travel cost, or maybe you also have newspapers on the basic locations, maybe this would help dunno. I will probably just choose another leader moving forward. Enjoying the campaign besides the frustration of playing the journalist ahah.

[@OneStopCoopShop]

I’ve had success with the journalist so far, and found them better than some of the first expansion leaders, so I guess experiences will vary 🤷‍♂️

[@pedrocustodio623]

@@OneStopCoopShop Maybe I still need to understand what is the strategy to play him.

[@christiancraig2326]

Why couldnt you slot the blue idol twice when you had two slots?

[@OneStopCoopShop]

Which part of the video are you referring to? Do you have a time stamp?

[@christiancraig2326]

@OneStopCoopShop 45:07 you said "I was gonna do the blue but can't do it twice", I don't understand why you cant

[@OneStopCoopShop]

@@christiancraig2326it’s hard to remember exactly, but I think the “I can’t do it twice” is referring to me needing two movement icons to do the action I wanted to do, but I only have one blue idol spot left so I couldn’t put two idols there to gain two gear bonuses earning the two movement that way 😅 But yes you can absolutely cover the second blue spot with an idol during the game

[@ishotmyboss]

I'm so sorry. I'm late to Mike Club.