Miami Dice, Episode 136 - Age of Empires III: the Board Game

[@Jeff321]

Thanks for going back and reviewing these older games! Also, you should get Eric to re-record the intro to mention Zee's name.

[@BathTubNZ]

They should get it reanimated to have a 3rd Die waterskiing behind the powerboat.

[@Hemux0]

Funny to see you update these videos at the moment, while I'm just finishing my lunch watching them almost "live" ^^ and glad to see you're reviewing these games (a bit older than usual) with the 3 of you. Always wondered how was Age of Empires 3, Sid Meier's CIV and all... thank you, Tom!

[@shankspine]

I have been waiting for years for The Dice Tower to review Through the Ages. I hope that will be next, especially since there aren't very many reviews of that game and I like to watch as many as possible.

[@TheBrokenMeeple]

Good plan to go back and review older games - your last 3 I have not played but games like Pillars of the Earth tempt me but no-one here owns it to my limited knowledge! :P So it's very useful to know more about these games from the perspective of you three. If it's out of print, that's no major big deal - after all, if you know someone who owns it and doesn't want it any more, trade it off him. Failing that if someone owns it but hasn't played it in a while, ask him to bring it along. As long as it's not stupidly hard to find, I think it's ok.

[@massimilianocito2955]

I do, after 4-5 games it become one of the most boring games :D

[@thewanderer9371]

Thanks, I've been looking for a good video review for this game!

[@Monkeyb00y]

Looking forward to playing this one. :)

[@TheGameFatha]

Great game indeed. I like these miami dice videos.

[@owlblocksdavid4955]

I have no idea why this is called age of empires- it looks cool, but I don't see why it was "based off of" age of empires. It doesn't show. :D

[@howie3750]

Conquest of America, improvements, colonists, just primary stuff from the game I think is why,

[@MM-ho7kb]

Which similar game to this would you buy right now?

[@pastorpainter]

More Miami Dice please ...

[@ryanw9123]

This game has been kickstarted! www.kickstarter.com/projects/2002188924/age-of-empires-iii-is-reborn-as-empires-age-of-dis?ref=hero_thanks

[@TheManAmongAll]

A Deluxe Edition Reprint* $81 + Shipping ($15 - $35) for the complete game.

[@superkidofuh]

Just so you know Tom you spelt the wrong mic in the intro. You put the name of person Mike, should be mic.

[@tortoiseman526]

I like this game although my group thinks it's broken. Also the box is way too big and my board reared in half after 2 plays!

[@adamheeley285]

To me this looks waaaaaaaaaaaay better than lords of waterdeep.

[@lanyhuynh5991]

These are pretty expensive now, I just looked on ebay. There's one for $111

[@zeromaster1997]

Who's here at the 15 anniversary of Age of Empires III?

[@XennialGeek]

Played this for the first time today, and was not impressed. However the other players were experienced in this and I made a lot of mistakes in the beginning and was never able to catch up. I liked the game for the most part, except the fighting mechanic. The fighting felt like an unnecessary mechanic just to force player confrontation. Also this games uses to many cheap plastic pieces. Fewer pieces made of wood would have been way nicer. The coins in this game are the worst of any game I have played. They are pretty to look at, but are to irregular to stack properly. Terrible design choice, that just drives up roductions costs. Rating: 6.5/10 Ok, but there are many better worker placement games.

[@MisterChris1978]

the idea to not review a game because it is currently difficult to acquire is ludicrous. It is doubly important to have a review of these games by a reputable source because they eill, no doubt, be expensive.

[@filipcurcic]

Native Americans in Australia? Cool

[@guyhermanson3002]

Its crap. Move on.

[@phamdinhhoang1998]

so... both of the video game and the board game are not impressive at all

[@guyhermanson3002]

The video game is good but the board game sucks.

[@phamdinhhoang1998]

Guy Hermanson the graphic is good but the gameplay, for a diehard AOE competitive player like me, not impressive at all

[@svingvejvafkungsorn8697]

aaa its not like aoe, bye.

[@100PercentMilk]

How do people feel about the theme in this? I feel like this is degrading to Native Americans. Does no one feel bad about the trivialized genocide inherent in this "great theme"? I think the mechanics are great, but I can't say I could ever enjoy feeling like a European colonist killing indigenous people, and enslaving them, and bringing indentured servants to do my work.

[@XaurielZ]

100PercentMilk Well, this was something that in fact did happen in history. There's no getting around it, and I feel that a game about the colonial era that omitted those particular events would be worse than one that included them. So what is the answer? Do we just not make games about European colonialism? Completely remove that entire historical period from the purview of the medium?

[@100PercentMilk]

XauriEL Zwaan I think the problem is that these games are often one sided. There is no native perspective. Games like A Few Acres of Snow by Martin Wallace, give the player the option to play as a native american. Here they are just an obstacle. Granted, a colonizing game is hard to play from both sides, but it is frustrating that usually the "natives" in most colonizing games are just a roadblock in the end goal of the game, which reinforces the idea that real historical colonization had an end goal that did not involve natives. Long story short, perhaps a native character option, or a peacemaking option, or some other mechanic that provides a less deterministic view of history.

[@ormr5636]

The only warfare in the game is between the colonists. God, human history is written in blood - how do people feel about the theme in human life? Thats a game! Maybe if the review was for Tzolkin, ull find it degrading to the mesoamericans cause they are the only workers in the mechanics of the game and thats discriminating...

[@karaloca]

I think it’s called a ‘game’.