Spirit Island: Jagged Earth Expansion Review

[@johnfoster4871]

Spreadsheet island is awesome. If I’m going to ramp up complexity in my SI experience I’d rather use a high difficulty spirit than add mor AI to navigate like an adversary. The star spirit is thus far my favorite very high complexity spirit as its really a build-your-own-spirit that you can customize on the fly as the game situation demands.

[@MrNBDHWTC]

Holy heck. For a tiny Chanel, you really put in a lot of effort. Instant subscribe there.

[@Isterbollen]

god the sock puppets are so good

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Haha, thank you so much!

[@northlakeghost]

Terrific review! Really thorough and honest.

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Thank you! I strive for sincerity so I'm glad it came across. Happy gaming!

[@Jaaskle]

I just love this game and was so hyped to kickstart this big box expansion. Im pushing 100 games of SI and have hundreds of games ahead of me as I tackle all the other content.

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Jack Horowitz holy smacks! Over a hundred games, that’s great!

[@BerlinRams85]

I'm new to this game and liked our first round (starter box). So I searched for videos for the addons. Found this. Watching it now the 3rd time in 2 days and still laughing about your sock puppets. Amzing vid 🤣

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Thank you so much! I’ve loved crafting the sock puppets with Mrs. TCbH over the years and when I look back at favorite things I’ve done, they are easily at the top.

[@misterjeeves8386]

Excellent review. Love the new puppets. My wife and I have yet to get through all the new spirits but have been super excited to have even more to choose from. My only complaint of Jagged Earth is that the explanation of Actions in the rulebook kinda made my head spin. I just got the premium token pack for Xmas and have been nervous if it was a stupid thing for the person that gifted it to me to have spent their money on. I’m hoping I like it as this is my favorite game in my collection. Keep up the great work

[@GIVEPAUSEhobby]

Dude, awesome stuff. Some thoughts you gave me! 1. I want to play Spirit Island again (and I just played a couple days ago...) 2. I _love_ Many Minds and Volcano, but I haven't taken the lizard boys out for a spin yet 3. I think I might need to get those premium tokens... they look SO GOOD and you make a great point about their verticality to help them stick out and clearly stack nicer (and just the fact that the "blank space" of the sides is of their respective colors rather than punchboard is super pleasing.

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Haha, glad it's inspiring you. I like both Lizardos but I honestly think Lure of the FW is my fave spirit in the game. Great powers, compelling limitations. Just all around good stuff. And yeah, as for the tokens. Well, I'm not always a premium = better guy but I think they look really incredible and provide a functional role in one of my absolute favorite games, so I'm really happy with them. But worth & value are really subjective things, so your own mileage may vary.

[@BeingFriends]

I agree, If you LOVE the game already, man, I cannot imagine NOT getting Jagged Earth. This game is brilliant.;

[@seanlewandowski8395]

Have looked at pricing and availability?! Also another reason😂🤣

[@donaldkehler7029]

Great review! Spirit Island is my favourite game. It’s so good at keeping the tension up right until the end and the insane amount of spirits to choose from makes for different games every time!

[@sun-noir]

Dude! Amount of work and reapect for this review is incredible. And best of all - yo did not drop single component on the floor like a spoiled brat!

[@johnboi3933]

Saw your post on Instagram! Great review, very open and honest. And yes Jagged Earth is amazing!

[@bumbryfarm4858]

Best review I’ve seen.. period! Those socks puppets made me spit out my coffee. On ya boy!

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Haha, glad you dug it. I'm not sure what the original inspiration for sock puppets was when we did the base game review, but at this point it's tradition. Thank you for the kind words!

[@killalau]

I love your review, so clear, good point of view, nice editing 👍🏻

[@marcussundbergnordstrom9480]

Thx for a great review! Guess I´ll have to order a copy of "Jagged Earth"..

[@MidnightBoardgaming]

Excellent review, guess ill need this expansion!!

[@hanslamal5632]

Unique review of a game that I adore! Subscribed instantly 👍

[@joerihessels8230]

Great review about an amazing expansion & good work on the sock puppets :) I haven't tried all spirits yet (a bit intimidated by the very high complexity ones to be honest), but I absolutely love Volcano Looming High and Shroud of Silent Mist! If anything these Spirits feel even more thematic than those from the base game.

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Thank you! And yeah, Shroud of Silent Mist was a runner up for one of my faves. The persistent damage effecting and oozing your tokens all around the board is so cool.

[@joerihessels8230]

@@TheCardboardHerald Next time I will try a lizard ;)

[@AluminiumPanda6]

Yep... played this with 5 people once... it was amazing, but a 5 hour game of intense thinking the ENTIRE time is a bit rough. That said, this expansion is amazing.

[@lindgrenjonas]

Excellent reviews of spirit Island. Impressed and now a subscriber.

[@olegyd]

Amazing game… I still cannot be good on a first levels of the adversaries… so I need to wait a bit with this expansion! Still SP is just a blast game!

[@CrazyBunnyGuy]

Still impatiently waiting for a global restock... Aside from a few random stores selling their last copies (and those are too far away from me i.e. shipping costs come up to few kidneys, some liver, and a retina...), it's so wildly out of stock everywhere. There are whispers about a possible restock in about a week or so ;)

[@yogagagoo7590]

The puppets are so awesome

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Haha, thanks. Cheers and happy gaming from Alaska!

[@amansparekh]

How essential is B&C after JE which has all of its mechanics?

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Great question. I dearly love both spirits from B&C (especially Keeper) but if someone was going to get only 1 expansion I would hands down say Jagged Earth. Chances are though that if you are someone who likes SI enough to also get JE, you’ll want all the spirits, all the events, all the fear cards and all the minor and major powers that B&C offers. Hope that helps!

[@amansparekh]

@@TheCardboardHeraldyup, will buy JE and then consider. Thing is promo packs aren’t even available so it’s not really about “completing” the collection.

[@Tasarran]

Played a six-player game with all the rules (but vanilla adversary) at a con. Took six hours. Ocean, Seeker, Trickster, Bringer, Many Minds, and one other that I can't remember...

[@TheCardboardHerald]

My condolences. … just kidding. Not my cup of tea but I imagine for some people that’s super fun.

[@yeraycatalangaspar195]

I'm subscribed only because those muppets.

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Well then I’m gonna have to up my muppet game if that’s the only reason!

[@evilstuntsqurrel]

Great review, but how do I buy it for less than $100? ;(

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Very good question... One of which I'm completely unable to answer. But as with the initial unavailability of the base game and Branch & Claw, your patience will be rewarded!

[@goddamnshutup]

i emailed GTG last week and they said Jagged Earth should be available next month.

[@johnathankokoski]

Great review! Love the puppets!

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Haha, thank you! We had a ton of fun making them. Mrs. TCbH gets full credit for the lizards and she was "supervising director" on my halfway decent volcano dog. And the birds, well. The birds were all mine. And it shows. LOL!

[@seanlewandowski8395]

Anyone know where to find this at a reasonable price?

[@thamzhb]

Sign me up for Spreadsheet Island!

[@TheCardboardHerald]

Done and done.

[@number3729]

I laughed out loud when I heard that. I love this game and hate that in some cases the knocks against it are so true

[@MafiulRobin]

gr8 review

[@seanv42]

Adorable angey lizars

[@BeingFriends]

Spreadsheet Island 😂😂😂