Shamans ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

[@siderealex]

Hey bro this is a great discussion of this game! Very nuanced and intelligent, IMO. I'll be watching some more of your videos!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hey Alex, thanks SOOOO much!! That's one of the kindest comments I've received and means a great deal! Thanks so much for watching!!

[@jimberry7385]

Got this one for the looks and have never gotten it to the table. Glad to see it reviewed and brought back to mind. Need to get this played.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh totally it's worth it!!

[@brazillb2]

I do love some social deduction, might have to pick this one up. May follow games are always interesting to me as you have so many options

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh totally! The may follow really brings out the social deduction for the game and it works so well together!

[@kyleb8117]

What a cool idea for a game!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Right?! I just love rad combos like this!

[@kyleb8117]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor It's always so cool in board and video gaming to see mechanics/genres just get mashed together, especially if you already liked them separately. With video games, I often get hooked with "Well it's a roguelike/roguelite but it's also..."

[@CardsUnbarred]

Blue Mamoranger!! 🙌 Such a fun game.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

My guyyyyyyyyyyyyy😎😎😎😎

[@Warriorking.1963]

I just got this game today! I still haven't played it, but from what I've seen of it on this and other videos, it should be a bit of a hoot! Mind you, I'm gonna be rubbish at it, I'm the world's worst at social deduction, but we'll see... Just curious Taylor, do you own a game called Lambda Dice or Lamdice? If you do, I'd love to know your thoughts on it sometime.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh wonderful!! I hope you have a blast with it! I do have lamdice! Hoping to cover it come December, or dicember! Haha!

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hmm Harrison's comment isn't showing, but they said: "I love lying about bleeding out a suit. But I also love getting murdered" and mentioned games like "Time Bomb and Don't Mess with Cthulhu" "that encourage bad AND good players to lie, which I like."

[@jonathanfranklin461]

The designer of Shamans actually credits Time Bomb in the designer notes in the rulebook.

[@Clorox41]

Any thoughts on 3 vs 4 vs 5 players? What player counts have you tried?

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hey Kevin, That's a great question! I've played all 3 and I'd say 5 is the best because it's the only player count where there are 2 "traitors: in the mix. 3/4 player counts only have 1 and it's still fun and scales well, but the hijinks are at their max at 5!

[@kernowgym]

Is there a discord or Facebook group for trick taking?

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Hey Kernow, great question! There are a couple discord servers that I know of. One is traditional trick-taking: discord.gg/d4kn3RKD and another is a Portland Game discord I'm in that focuses heavily on trick-taking: discord.gg/k77Tnh3p

[@tigriscallidus4477]

Its so funny how you find trick taking being a casual mechanic. I feel like in german speaking countries the games who were taken most serious are trick taking games. I mean people in the past used these for gambling there are still regular tournamebts etc.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh very interesting Tigris! I will say, I made a note of how casual things in trick-taking have more meaning here, rather than trick-taking as a whole mechanism is casual. Unless I missed something!

[@darbyl3872]

This never made me tense, maybe because it took several games to understand what was going on. I do think it's beautiful and clever, and worth playing, but not necessarily exciting.

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

Oh shoot, I'm sorry Darby! Maybe inside job could!

[@darbyl3872]

@@ClaudeAndTaylor I have Inside Job, too. Honestly, most games don't excite me. Dune Imperium, I guess, can be really intense in the last few plays.

[@saiyanroyalty229]

Great video but this one may be a pass. May follow games always feel like a different genre and a bit more complex

[@ClaudeAndTaylor]

I totally get that sentiment Saiyan. I think I agree, may follow is a bit too loose for me as well. The nice thing that this game does is make it do most of the time, people are following so it does still feel somewhat like a must follow. But the difference is totally there. Thanks for the comment!😁🙌