Revive Review - An Ancient Theme But A Refreshing Game

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Revive civilization, 5000 years after everything was destroyed. Lead your tribe and explore the frozen earth. Harness its resources. Recruit surface survivors to your cause. Build factories with powerful machines. And populate ancient sites to relearn your tribe's forgotten technologies.
Revive is a game for 1-4 players with asymmetric player powers, highly variable setup, and no fighting or direct conflict. Playing through the 5-part campaign unlocks additional contents, and once all contents have been unlocked, the game can be replayed indefinitely.
BGG Link - boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3...
TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Overview
0:11:50 - Ease of Play
0:13:02 - What I Like
0:15:47 - What I Don’t Like
0:16:48 - What I Can See Others Not Liking
0:17:50 - Final Thoughts
0:19:33 - Recommendations
5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands.
4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc.
4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience.
3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad.
3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep.
2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself
2.0 - A game I don't want to play again
1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend
1.0 - A game that is just bad.
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[@alwayswannarun]

Finally got this to the table for four! Took a while to teach and for people to completely grasp what was going on but loved it and am very much looking forward to playing again. Nice review.

[@stacie_everdell]

I recently acquired Revive. So glad to hear you say so many good things about it. I'm looking forward to tabling it this weekend.

[@jameskirk4692]

Thank you for this review! You got me interested in this game, even though there is tons of little things to remember during play it seems and I wouldn't be that good at it. I might give it a try sometimes.

[@gaillardlionel]

Absolutely love this game too, my fav of last year without a doubt, but man was it hard to get my hands on! Can't wait for the expansion, if i can get it!

[@successfulgeek]

Really want to play this again!

[@camillelove5252]

Just bought this game today, can’t wait to play it! :)

[@MegaSNES64]

Completely agree with your review, having only played it with 2. Looking forward to a third player for this one. It’s a keeper for me.

[@modemacabre]

I ove this game - my favourite game of all time. I especially love exploring each of the tribes. My goal is to win with each tribe, moon and sun side, which could take quite awhile. As for the expansion, I've played it and it's absolutely amazing. The perfect type of expansion for me - it doesn't change the feel of the game, but just adds a few more decisions to your game play. And the four new tribes - they are all amazing. One even pulled a guy from our game group back into the game. He said it does exactly what he thought was missing from the base game, a way to more directly interact with the board.

[@KMReviews]

I’ve lived revive for a while now. I’m really looking forward to the expansion

[@rmclean101]

Thank you for the honest review :D Haha, sorry, I truly enjoyed your overview. Debating this and a few others for our next two player purchase...

[@BoardGameCo]

lol :)

[@MerrillWhiteKalEl]

I would like to try this.

[@inoutsoccer11]

I totally slept on this just bc of the box art (just figured it wasn’t for me). Definitely don’t judge a game by its cover situation here. I have been hearing so much about this game recently and had to look up some reviews. It seems like something I’d quite enjoy. Thanks for the video and sharing your thoughts!

[@LeeKenshin7]

Still waiting on a 2nd printing to be available in the US. Maybe it will arrive before the expansion

[@maxf.7262]

Ty for this video!

[@BoardGameCo]

Absolutely 🙂

[@todddonaldson7974]

Do you have a public list of your game ratings?

[@Kool212]

I knew you'd like this one.

[@Tr1n1tyNZ]

I love Revive. One of my favourite Euros.

[@BoardGameCo]

It's so satisfying, I'm really enjoying it

[@HellPet]

Absolutely love this game. Biggest complaint is it an absolute table hog. Love the production and flow of the game. Excellent syngergies.

[@caseypeterson5827]

I want Revive or Marco Polo 2. Which should I do

[@BoardGameCo]

Revive!

[@caseypeterson5827]

@@BoardGameCo thanks for the endorsement, I was leaning that way.

[@Julian_t_x]

Medium weight Euro? Funny, here in Germany, it is definitely perceived as a heavy Euro (aka expert game)!

[@janniskoberstein3310]

It's really not an 'expert' weight Euro game... I was a bit disappointed by how light it felt, even though I was expecting it to be heftier. It's even lighter than Arche Nova. In terms of complexity, it's roughly on par with Scythe, but I guess some people still consider this a heavy expert game as well... ;) The only truly 'heavy' aspect of Revive is how its overproduced components take up too much table space for what it is :D.

[@RaduStanculescu]

If we use half-steps, I'd say it medium-heavy. Castles of Burgundy I would classify as medium, and this is above it in weight. That said, I really don't think it's heavy.

[@janniskoberstein3310]

@@RaduStanculescu I believe it might be more sensible to use a simple numbering system from 1 to 5, like what's used on Port Game, rather than a verbal one, as the latter often sounds judgmental. In Germany, there's a slight issue with the game awards like 'Spiel des Jahres' (Family Game of the Year) and 'Kennerspiel des Jahres'. However, these designations became entirely obfuscated. After Dominion won the Family Game award, before there was a separate category for medium heavy games, the Kennerspiel category was introduced. But then, 'Quacks of Quedlinburg,' with a complexity of 1.9, won the Kennerspiel, even though Quacks is more of a light family game. What I'm trying to say is that these titles have become entirely meaningless. In a world where Quacks is considered a Kennerspiel, Revive is heavy++ and the Lacerda games are black holes bending space and time.

[@RaduStanculescu]

@@janniskoberstein3310yeah, using 1 to 5 makes enough sense. I kind of separate games into 6 categories (light, medium-light, medium, medium-heavy, heavy, super heavy), and it's served me well enough when deciding which game to play with who. But it's just a personal preference.

[@RaduStanculescu]

And SdJ and KdJ are usually won by at most medium-light games these days, definitely not an award I'm interested in. I find many other awards more interesting for regular gamers. Revive would qualify as way too heavy to win KdJ anyway. :D

[@Feanimel]

For the first time, we don’t agree on the appreciation of a game 😊 While I absolutely love the mechanics, I just find the game dry and meaningless. I felt the same with Race for the Galaxy and Godspeed. Maybe the fact that the theme isn’t really present, I just felt I wasn’t involved. I tried it with 3 and 2 players and didn’t feel the need to try it with 4. I’d rather play Scythe or Dwellings of Eldervale 😊🤷🏻‍♂️