Nucleum - Straight Up Solo with John LaRuffa

[@OutsideTheBox-bn5yv]

I absolutely love Brass: Birmingham, This game looks amazing to me. I haven't heard of it before finding your channel. Love the channel and your take on games. I've ordered this one now because of your reviews.

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Glad to have helped!

[@TheMokio23]

Bought this based on your recommendation, excited to try it out!

[@realdealastrology9]

Lol at the excitement. Looks great to me. A strong consideration for top 10 of 2023

[@JohnLaRuffa]

For sure. Probably Top 10 of all time in my book.

[@realdealastrology9]

@@JohnLaRuffa wow that's pretty serious

[@laurencesingh3948]

Awesome run-through and review. I have this one pre-ordered and you've definitely increased my excitement to receive it.

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Fantastic!

[@CandyOnAChopstick]

Amazing to hear! Thanks John! I’m extra excited I pulled the trigger on my preorder.

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Nice! I hope you love it!

[@tonybowers9490]

Thanks for sharing. I think you’re just a little excited about Nucleum. I’m glad for you. Enjoy!

[@JohnLaRuffa]

I have been waiting for over a decade to play Brass solo. This is the closest thing to that and offers an upgrade in a lot of ways!

[@realdealastrology9]

Are you ready for TWO new expansions coming next month?!? Court of Progress, and a Patrons Set

[@JohnLaRuffa]

I am super excited!

[@keithnemes5466]

Great video again. Thanks for your hard work.

[@JohnLaRuffa]

It’s a tough job, but someone’s gotta do it 😆

[@divided123]

Thanks John. Will be grabbing this

[@JohnLaRuffa]

It’s a gem!

[@drewbiggin5805]

This looks fantastic. Thanks for the review, John, and get well soon!

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Thanks! I’m getting there.

[@dannyverbraeken3829]

Thanks for the review John ! It's on my shelf waiting to be played, but still busy with Voidfall 🙂

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Don’t rush that one off the table. Both are great games!

[@konikniov7069]

You made me be very happy about this game! I will have to wait 3 more days until I have it at my table!

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Just in time for the weekend then!

[@bookaddict777]

Thanks for the review of this one, John. I really want to give it a try!

[@JohnLaRuffa]

I hope you can.

[@guilhermefelga4185]

Great video, John. I am eagerly waiting for my copy to arrive. I heard what you said about the Mautoma for Brass, and I would advise you to try it. It is one of the best solo implementations I’ve seen so far. I believe it is better than any solo mode of a Martin Wallace game I have ever tried.

[@JohnLaRuffa]

I have tried it, and even printed out all of the cards to make it work. It is very well implemented but for whatever reason I did not give it a third or fourth try after playing a couple of times. I think that is just a me problem.

[@guilhermefelga4185]

@@JohnLaRuffa I’ve tried the Mautoma in all possible configurations, and the best one is the 2 player map on Lancanshire. Try it again. You won’t regret it.

[@StevanSeagal]

Looks great! Thanks for the video.

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Any time!

[@realdealastrology9]

Snagged my copy from Game Nerdz early this morning! There were 25 copies, and now there are 6 (as of 3:18 pm Pacific time). This will sell out within 24 hours, no doubt. Glad I got it!

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Awesome! I really hope you like it. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have.

[@realdealastrology9]

From what I've read, it's a hybrid of Brass Birmingham and Barrage. Never played those, but it's a Turczi and Luciani team-up, so this is a must-buy for me. Luciani has never let me down. Turczi has, once or twice, however, but Luciani has always been on a winning streak for me. @@JohnLaRuffa

[@JohnLaRuffa]

@@realdealastrology9 I think the comparison to those games is pretty spot on.

[@realdealastrology9]

oh nice. So maybe I won't need to buy Barrage and Brass lol. I was contemplating getting those, but if Nucleum contains some of their elements, I'll just stick with that @@JohnLaRuffa

[@hdgami]

Thanks i was waiting for this. Ordered today in place of age of innovation. For Solo perspective i already get Arborea, Path of Civilsation and Shipyard from Essen 23. I already test Shipyard, solo approved, but the game show he's a old 14 years man.

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Very cool! I hope you enjoy it!

[@paolodenapoli7823]

For a heavy euro solo, what would you recommend, this or Barrage? Thanks.

[@JohnLaRuffa]

This for sure, but I really like both.

[@george_castle]

Hey John, great presentation. I do have a question, do you feel this game has a take-that aspect to it? If so, what would you compare it to (Barrage, etc.)?

[@JohnLaRuffa]

Not really. Barrage you could divert the water away from your opponent and towards here. In this game, you can build in places with your rails and buildings and turbines that others might want, but I would not call that a take that feel. I feel like it is more of a first come first served situation. You cannot take uranium out of other peoples mines either, nor can you power their buildings. I hope that helps.

[@Castle4-1Games]

@@JohnLaRuffa that did help John, thank you!

[@judaus7750]

I’m really interested in this one. Thank you for the review. But I’m just a bit worried about the playtime. For solo, on average how long is the set-up / tear down? And the game length?

[@JohnLaRuffa]

In my experience, the whole thing including setup and tear down will be about 3 hours. Maybe after 10 games, you could drop it to 2 hours once you have mastered everything.

[@deemich1815]

do you think playing with just one bot makes for a good enough experience or do you always play with 2?

[@JohnLaRuffa]

I have actually only ever played with one bot and have had a great time doing it.