Spectral Review: A Gem of Deduction

Tom, Mike and Chris take a look at Spectral!
0:00 Intro
0:48 Overview
5:17 Final Thoughts
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[@ryancourtney7498]

Thanks for the review!

[@HALOX30]

I just came here for the Dune Popcorn Bucket behind Tom

[@Poiuytrew.Q]

Oohhh would be fun for Halloween to pass out candy!

[@thedicetower]

@@Poiuytrew.Q Stealing this idea. Thank you so much! ~Chris

[@JhoffDJ.]

Really appreciate Mike’s thoughts and drilling down into what kind of deduction game this is. Nice review DT.

[@kylesmorgabord5592]

Final thoughts really starts at @12:12

[@JonTripp115]

The deluxe version of Radlands has the box-in-a-box; I remember most people (maybe not Tom) ooh-ing and aah-ing over that edition at the time.

[@kroomiester]

Very excited to give this one a try when it’s available retail

[@oneanotherstudios]

Aren't Game Trayz essentially a "box-in-a-box"? Just look at the smaller box as component storage.

[@edwindrood2816]

Actually a super useful review

[@0xT1]

I love Mike making faces while Tom is ranting 😂

[@ODDin17]

The one example I can think of of deduction with area control is Cursed Court. It's lighter on the deduction, but it seems like there are many similar dynamics. (And I remember Zee really didn't like Cursed Court, so I'm curious what he thinks of this one.)

[@thedicetower]

Oddly, this did give me some vibes of Cursed Court!

[@VaultBoy13]

They turned Mine Sweeper into a competitive game.

[@MegaSNES64]

I love Curious Cargo..even when I get lost in it.

[@user-mf1cu3tn7s]

Glad that Chris actually mentioned it… This is essentially just museum suspect…now how this review compared to the previous museum suspect one would be…interesting

[@thedicetower]

The structure of the information is more logic-based here, while in Museum Suspects it's random. But it's a similar type of deduction system that I think works great in both cases because it leads to inductive, reactive play to other players' behaviors! ~Chris

[@user-mf1cu3tn7s]

@@thedicetowerThanks Chris for elaborating! I actually bought museum suspects right after seeing dice tower review! Although eventually after dozens of plays we noticed its flaws. Thanks for the good work!

[@NinjarioPicmin]

I haven't been watching a ton of dice tower lately, but when i last watched a few months ago Mike was already sometimes added and not in the same room, can someone tell me why that is?

[@thecrabbydice]

Does this have an issue with the first few placements being completely random ? Look free points because i went here for no reason ?

[@thedicetower]

Because you can be bumped out of spots, and it becomes increasingly expensive to bump from a spot, an early find isn't guaranteed points.

[@JorWat25]

Ryan Courtney can make good games that don't have pipes? I'm shocked...

[@kroomiester]

Bear Raid is excellent

[@Luke_L]

I love a good deduction game, but I really dislike area control. Ah well

[@davidvelazquez677]

Is this the Cryptid killer?

[@dandurkin9735]

I just checked in on my Cryptid and no, it's still very much alive. Enjoy!

[@elqord.1118]

I can already see the map cards get scuffed and marked after a few plays. After that it is no longer hidden information which will ruin the game. Ugh...

[@BitewingGames]

I’m personally anti sleeves. And despite being anti sleeves we created custom sleeves especially for that reason. So if you want them they are available so you avoid scuffing. 😊

[@thedicetower]

I am also anti-sleeve. But I use 'em in this game.

[@JoshPearcetheGreat]

Man, Tom really hated that game for giving it a high score

[@DoppelgangerF02]

?is this kinda like whale to look but bigger?