Nightmare Cathedral - Surprisingly Addicting For A Cathedral Of Horrors

[@apokai]

The fact you were not interested by this game at the beginning and loving it after playing it, says it all. Thanks Alex!

[@BoardGameCo]

Yep :)

[@platobob]

I have backed right away solely because of the Beksinski's art, but was skeptical about the gameplay. You just solidified my back :D

[@scottpoole72]

I love the Art; love the Theme; love the Size; love the Mechanics, as well. Great table presence (like another area control game, with an HPL theme). Gameplay sounds challenging yet rewarding. Count me in. Hail Board&Dice (I recently received Zapotec as a gift)!

[@AaronAndSusie]

I actually really love the art and the artist this is based on. If I was in a less picky mode than I am now I'd be backing it. Area control games just unfortunately aren't really getting played much nowadays around here 😢

[@merccc1]

But what if they do become played more, this is limited printing. =P

[@AaronAndSusie]

@@merccc1 haha just saw this after watching today's to back or not and the fomo Is definitely creeping up

[@kms8627]

Love the art, look and mechanism of this game. Backed a lot of dark themed games this year, Darkest Doom, Labatomy 2, and Nightmare Cathedral 🤔 I think I need a little sunshine in my life. Thanks for a great review as always man. Be well.

[@Qyro]

Been eagerly anticipating this for a few months. The art is right up my alley and I was willing to back it on that alone, but Paul Grogan’s playthrough is what really solidified my choice. I’m backer #12!

[@renatocarvalho6059]

Whoa! Cool intro, Alex!

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks :) Playing with things.

[@Alluvian567]

The cathedral mini is so rectangular it is a lot less impressive than it could have been with a more interesting sculpt.

[@boardgameaddict1966]

I was already backing because of the art, and now I'm excited for the game play. Thanks for the review Alex.

[@HeeeeySteve]

Woah! Some extra production this week! Well done

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks :) Courtesy of a viewer

[@patriziopastore9895]

Thanks man, as usual a nice presentation and explanation high level rules. Good to know that is not too slow some video was not giving the feeling that was fast…

[@BoardGameCo]

Happy to help :)

[@GrimLocke161]

My Player 2 and I both adore the work of Zdislaw Beksinski, so we've got an eye on this one. I also find it kinda funny comparing the actual Nightmare Cathedral to Scythe's Factory, especially since they're both games utilizing Polish artwork!

[@BoardGameCo]

Interesting, I hear that

[@namewithheld8115]

I suddenly feel much more concerned about the Polish, if this is the art they produce.

[@GrimLocke161]

Well, take a look in a history book: read the pain, yo! 🙃

[@CheddahSlammer]

I am always interested in things that are unique, which is why I am getting this game.

[@lucky6666]

Love this art. How would you compare to Age of Rome? Obviously you rated this higher. They seem similar experience but this one's theme and gameplay seems way cooler to me even without you saying the game design is actually good. Really wondering if Age of Rome would make it to the table enough enough now...

[@tonybowers9490]

As always, I did enjoy the video. Thank you for sharing!

[@lightpunch3154]

Really like the new type of intro!

[@BoardGameCo]

Appreciate it :-)

[@jesseirwin2607]

Ooof the opener 👌🏻

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol thanks

[@1Dreamking]

It was the art that got my attention. :)

[@BoardGameCo]

For many it was.

[@oliverlam5208]

Love the new intro!

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks :)

[@apokai]

About the cathedral though, the dream cards (in advance mode) triggers their placement, so there's some important impact on the game.

[@BoardGameCo]

Fair, I'm referring to the basic mode.

[@BadatBoardgames]

Thanks for the review I have been waiting for this for what seems like 5 months. I like the art that was what pulled me in. Tried to watch John Hets games playthrough but that gets a bit dry vs trying to understand if it was fun. Thanks again,

[@chrismiller4863]

Nightmare shenanigans thing😂 love your reviews. Looks very interesting.

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol

[@matthewzahnzinger]

Thanks for the review! Any chance we'll get some gameplay, either here or on Quackalope? I feel like I'd like to see the game in action before committing, and I like you/Jesse's delivery and production styles more than some of the other videos that are out on this game.

[@VampguyN85]

I love the art. The gameplay looks intriguing and great with how many possible combinations you can find that vary game to game on a need by need basis. What has me on the fence is a couple of things: 1) Is the board large for the sake of being huge? There is a lot to put down on the table 2) I wish the cathedral was more integrated into gameplay to make it feel satisfying to build it. 3) the board looks just ok. A lot of empty space. What is the developers reason for the board design? Could the art be showcased better and the layout feel more connected to the whole game function? 4) solo mode is still in development. And I tend to back mostly for solo mode right now as I have no one to play with right now. So it's hard to gage it other than trusting a developer with a good track record. Automata solo play can be hit or miss. Archmage by Wizkids was Meh solo mode. Automata in Oros looks a lot more promising. And the developers of Njghtmare Cathedral sound like they're heading in a good direction for the automata, it's still in development and untested. The big question is, is the gameplay strong enough to offset the looks and risks of the unknown? And how much are they adjusting or changing from what we currently see to polish it off?

[@VampguyN85]

I ended up backing it. I was nitpicking stuff. The more i looked into it the more I liked it. The more the board made sense. And the solo mode sounds great. And the gameplay looks so good for me. I'm totally gonna want to give all the minis a wash. Especially the cathedral. I'm thinking a creepy decaying grey was for the cathedral.

[@riddlesphinxx]

Nice new title screen :)

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks :)

[@ketami2]

It's funny, as I'm watching this review on my phone I'm also pulling up gamefound to check something else and what happens to scroll across the top of the page and keeps being "featured"? This game.

[@BoardGameCo]

Lol that sounds about right.

[@hedgeymcgee3079]

Nice video, think I would mimic your thoughts if I were sent a prototype. It’s a debate between theme vs mechanics. I agree the mechanics looks intriguing, but for me, I think the theme pushes me too far away to enjoy enough to own. Thanks for the video, helped me seeing someone else have a similar feeling.

[@sedraniM]

Looks great, but the font looks very small on the cards

[@BoardGameCo]

It is, not hard to ready in person but definitely small.

[@sedraniM]

@@BoardGameCo Good to hear! Keeping an eye on this one, i love Area Control, just not liking the grey plastic on the table. Not a painter!

[@kelvaldoria4208]

Would be great if every scalper in the world hadn't bought them all up. I'll want for more releases before buying because it refuse to purchase anything from scalpers.

[@dariusrodriguez1484]

Hello! Can anyone please tell me if (and how) can I buy it?? I'm at Mexico and barely knew about this! Thank you

[@vyttieri]

There's no accounting for good taste 😉

[@BoardGameCo]

Well obviously :)

[@liamhain2155]

How do you feel about the game replayability?

[@BoardGameCo]

Seems high enough, in alignment with most area control games. Possibly even higher because you only use two nightmares per game.

[@merccc1]

I have a question, you seem to give a ding to those that have luck influence at all. But how are you to stop this in a game that had tableau building with a deck of cards of different powers for example. Almost seems unavoidable unless you maybe tear away all fun and unique abilities and only have one viable strategy. Just seems part of the very nature of the feature/mechanic/genre. Only thing I can think of is having the ability to pay to search top cards of the deck and then discarding unused to the bottom maybe, but do so at a cost of currency or something like that? Seems very narrow. Think the luck of the draw and how you work with it is just par for the course almost.

[@dinklebutt1003]

Wasn’t expecting to spend $100 today but…. Well I guess that just happens.

[@gabi33chan]

At first I was like "omg, game with THOSE graphics". I'm Polish, of course I felt this would be awesome to have this game. I backed in first minutes and pulled back today. After some thinking I decided, that I'm not really into this kind of game and figures are not enough to draw me for real. I'm not going to look at them outside of playing and after checking what was available I was like "meh, I wouldn't play it more than 3 times". My husband was very uninterested as well, so I guess this means pass for me

[@buddhawasright]

dobra

[@oliverlam5208]

Always tempted to get chaos of the old world but I read it’s not balanced? What are your opinions on that?

[@raduprofeanu6891]

I sold my Chaos of the old world when Bloodrage came out. The red god was overpowered, at least in my opinion, and our gaming group would always fight who gets to be that god. Also nobody, but nobody wanted to play the blue god ( sorry for not remembering names). Short answer it didn't feel well balanced at all. Cheers.

[@BlackDiluvian]

Chaos in the Old World is brilliant. Khorne and Tzeentch are truly different(Red god, blue god). Highly unusual game that forces you to think differently from most games. Helps to have a group that is willing to play it repeatedly.

[@dreamofempire2114]

I’m afraid I’m going to be the pedant today. The word in the title should be ‘addictive’

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks!

[@maxf.7262]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 new intros! Cool!!

[@BoardGameCo]

Thanks Max

[@kasaklubdemola8625]

Thanks, pass for me. (:

[@elqord.1118]

The art is not cohesive. It’s also offputting but not in a good way.

[@vyttieri]

The art's incredible and the visual design of the rest of the board really brings the individual pieces together in an appealing and unobtrusive way. It's amazing.

[@BoardGameCo]

Umm...uhhh....who do I reply to....

[@sappet102]

Yeah I 100% do not agree with this. The art and layout of everything is amazing. Even if you don’t like the art, it’s still very cohesive and well put together.

[@buddhawasright]

The art and layout of everything is amazing.

[@merccc1]

You crazy, it's gorgeous. Kinda on a mid ground with the nightmare art style, kinda think I like it though, but just the board alone and box looks gorgeous. Looks so well laid out and put together. What do you mean by not cohesive??? Seems VERY cohesive.

[@DireMcCann]

The art is unique, but the sculpts in grey doesn’t translate as well and turned me off. Saw another preview with colored minis and that was much better! Doing the research now trying to wrap my head around rules and gameplay and hoping it’ll jive with my gaming group!