This is the video I've ever seen first from you. Well, now I'm following your channel. Keep up the good stuff!
@TheBrokenMeeple2 жыл бұрын
Happy to hear this, thank you!
@onepipwonder9153 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the facebook group recommendation.. just joined up :)
@Table.Fables3 жыл бұрын
That’s so cool of Greater than Games to send you the rest- great company!
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
It really is! No doubt I'm sure I would have gone out of my way to acquire it all eventually, but it's given me a leg up and of course, I can put out the content for it.
@AzureIV3 жыл бұрын
So the creators say they have a new expansion in the creative process (bantering ideas) right now that will be more Dahan focused. I hope the next set of spirits are in the low to low-moderate range instead of the high-moderate to very high range that Jagged Earth gave us. I also hope they give us another wilds and disease spirits as the other two main tokens (beasts and strife) have two spirits each (Fangs/Minds and Trickster/Lightning: Pandemonium).
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
That all sounds great, and yes I think we need more low-moderate spirits and more to do with the Dahan. But even if they don't include more spirits, just give us aspect cards - they could be ones that lower the complexity of a spirit.
@Kentchangar3 жыл бұрын
1. I think the 6 players are added for people to brag how they play 6 handed solo 2. The best part about the expansion is - official rules to play without the events! Thanks Eric! Now my favourite game can truly be my favourite game :D 3. After reading the Spirits before playing I thought most of them seemed really boring. Boy was I wrong! 4. I disagree about more power somewhat. Yes, I want more Minor/Major powers but then he needs to change the rule on how you get them. Maybe draw 6 instead of 4. Otherwise it will be too lucky. The number of cards is pushing it as is (for Majors it has already crossed the line if you play on high difficulties). 5. The best way to learn Spirits that don't jive with you in my experience - play them 10 times in a row for 2 days straight. :)
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
Yeah you don't tend to acquire that many Major's period. I can play this without events but I'd really not want to!
@Kentchangar3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple Me neither, but for most Spirits on level 5+ Adversaries you have to get good Major to stand a chance of winning. As for events, he had a good idea but executed it poorly. The positives should have been as powerful as negatives. That way you get randomness but not luck.
@縞鰺-o3c2 жыл бұрын
Awesome review! I'd however like to add one caveat to your caveat: IF a new Spirit Island player strongly desires an event deck, because the one thing they don't like about the base game is that it's a bit TOO deterministic for their taste... then maybe adding Jagged Earth first before Branch and Claw might be a worthwhile consideration ... because at least as far as I can tell the events in Jagged Earth are on average a bit more ... gentle? evolved? balanced ... I guess that's a word one might use. Don't get me wrong: I play with all the event cards and I love the Branch & Claw events as well ... super thematic! ... but ... IMHO you can definitely tell, that the designers learned from Branch and Claw and upped the quality of the event cards even further. And on top of that Jagged Earth has more event cards than Branch and Claw.
@TheBrokenMeeple2 жыл бұрын
People differ on which one first. Branch was my personal route.
@Schlagathor782 жыл бұрын
Just got really into this game. Thanks for all of your content on the game. Really helped me get into it and the Facebook group
@TheBrokenMeeple2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, glad to hear!
@hairygnome17872 жыл бұрын
Finally got my hands on spirit island, jagged earth and branch and claw. So that's me locked away in the man-cave for the next few weeks, I guess 🙂 Great, informative video has increased my excitement even more to get my teeth into this!
@TheBrokenMeeple2 жыл бұрын
Oh fantastic, good times ahead 😁
@hairygnome17872 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple I am so glad I let myself be influenced by your Spirit Island reviews. It is truly excellent and I am totally addicted. I have had it just over a week and played around 40 solo games already. This is one of those occasions where I think the designer must be a creative genius. I suspect I am going to need an intervention in the future 🙄
@A._J_.3 жыл бұрын
I'm starting to think Broken Meeple is Luke's main job and the accountant thing is the hobby.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
If this was my main job, I guarantee accountancy wouldn't be a hobby! But I'd also go bankrupt in a few months.
@A._J_.3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple I don't know about that. You enjoy all the bean counting in Euro games.
@blindey2 ай бұрын
Just found this video - I had gotten it as a gift but before branch and claw. Oops. I had only really done the base game so far, cuase I had a lot of TTS but not so much teh physical actual version. It's clear that you'd played the expansion a lot and that really shows through when you talk about it. It feels like people don't play an expansion enough before reviewing it and being able togive a good opinion on it, only playing it a couple times before sitting down to write a review.
@TheBrokenMeeple2 ай бұрын
That tends to happen with many with normal reviews, not just expansions! Thanks for the kind words!
@TheDarktater3 жыл бұрын
This expansion bumped Spirit Island into my number 2 spot. Such a fantastic expansion to an already great game.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
Just don't want them to go mad now - I think just more cards and I'm happy at this point if they did go further.
@kelliealanis94853 жыл бұрын
what's your number 1?
@boardsontables89243 жыл бұрын
I agree the base game is amazing and the expansions are just additional brilliance. I need to get branch and claw so I can experience the event cards and the extra tokens like beasts and disease. But then you can bet ill snag jagged earth soon after. Love this game so much.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
That's the best order to do it in.
@scyldscefing39133 жыл бұрын
I'm very excited about this expansion. Spirit Island holds a solid spot in my top 10.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
At this rate, same here.
@Phyrexious3 жыл бұрын
Great expansion, more spirits and events are a huge plus! In terms of the new mechanics: **Badlands & Isolate** I have to say they are very lackluster. Most of the time they don't even come up, and when they do it feels rather minor.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
Agreed - Badlands I don't mind, but Isolate is meh at best. The others are much more meaningful, and yet Branch and Claw did them already.
@maips49963 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple Unfortunately, the only Spirit that uses Isolate more extensively is a Promo Spirit and many people won't get to play him. For most Spirits, I definitely agree that Isolate feels rather weak, but I guess it's supposed to.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
@@maips4996 I think I know the spirit you mean, I haven't played him yet.
@TheDarktater3 жыл бұрын
I did get it all in the base game box :) All promos included. I did not do the wooden tokens though, stuck with the cardboard energy and expansion tokens.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
That's fair enough, but everything in the base box? Obviously no insert then? I'm not sure I could go back to baggies in this one.
@TheDarktater3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple correct, no insert. It only fits one way though. If I had more shelf space I would separate them back out to reduce the puzzle of putting it back in the box.
@tmcd50493 жыл бұрын
Can't comment on this, but the provided insert worked so well with no expansions. Compare that to Glass Road, where I have to struggle to shut the box with nothing added!
@llywyllngryffyn80534 ай бұрын
I am a newb too. I play the PC version more often than the boardgame. I'm quite fond of the JE expansion in the PC version but I wish it had all of the stuff from the BG expansion. More is coming, as they complete it, but what it has already is quite good. Do you know if the Promo packs for the Board game are still available? I didn't see them on amazon when I bought the base game. BTW, I also bought 'Horizons...' and I love the spirits they added in that one too.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 ай бұрын
I feel like they are, but doubtful on amazon.
@RobertSmith-tn2pu3 жыл бұрын
It can be stored in one box! Built an insert from instructions online and it fits super snug with a little box lift, and can be turned upside down without spillage. Won’t work with wooden tokens tho.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
I hate lift's in inserts! I have to suffer with the odd one, but they drive me nuts!
@amansparekh2 жыл бұрын
I bought JE after the base game once I’d beat all adversaries on lvl 6. Now I’m planning to buy branch and claw and feather and flame when it releases
@TheBrokenMeeple2 жыл бұрын
I wouldn't dare attempt level six!!
@confuzed63 жыл бұрын
Complexity rating is good, however i wish they has included player count ratings as well. I play solo, 3, and 4 player and spirits vary that experience quite a bit.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
That's not an implausible suggestion...... 🤔
@utahman063 жыл бұрын
The two expansions really do feel like they’re part of what the base game was meant to be. The strife/beast/pestilence tokens feel like they were always meant to be there.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
But not so much the badlands and certainly not the confusing as hell Isolate power.
@AzureIV3 жыл бұрын
Technically they were, but it was deemed too much stuff, so they split it out.
@TheHexyBeast3 жыл бұрын
if only it was more mine lol nice video dude Stay Hexy!
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
Mine!! :P
@danielmarlett14213 жыл бұрын
12/10. That sounds about right.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
Close enough! :P
@mikolajwitkowski80933 жыл бұрын
As to storing, everything fits in base game and branch and claw boxes.
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
Still 2 boxes, just one slightly smaller box! :P
@mikolajwitkowski80933 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple yeah, but the small one fits the gap to the side of kallax so big gain.
@TheOnlyDeSale Жыл бұрын
What card sleeves do you use so they fit in the folded space insert
@TheBrokenMeeple Жыл бұрын
Sleeve Kings for the win!
@AleksandarDaGr8 Жыл бұрын
I managed to fit everything except the spirit boards in 1 box. I keep the spirit board in the feather and flame box
@TheBrokenMeeple Жыл бұрын
Yeah but what's the setup like? 😏
@AleksandarDaGr8 Жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple 10 minutes if i take my time. Can probably get it to 5-6 if try to be fast
@TheBrokenMeeple Жыл бұрын
@@AleksandarDaGr8 from baggies I don't see that.
@AleksandarDaGr8 Жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple i have game trayz and other storage jars from a local hobby store for all the invaders, dahan, energy, and tokens. Only things in baggies are a baggy for color of presence and then 1 for fear and 1 for blight
@sigurd14103 жыл бұрын
Enough with spirits!!! Can we get some wine or beer please??? 😂 😂 😂
@TheBrokenMeeple3 жыл бұрын
Ha ha, well this will be the last video on it unless they release another expansion! :P Maybe a future BTBG can tackle Viticulture Tuscany!
@sigurd14103 жыл бұрын
@@TheBrokenMeeple 😂 😂 😂
@sigurd14103 жыл бұрын
Well, I heard that there is something in the pipeline...
@theyonlycomeoutwhenitsquiet2 жыл бұрын
My favorite spirit might be Volcano Looming High. I once caused a full eruption that straight up demolished nearly everything the invaders had going on. But I’ve got a serious soft spot for Stone’s Unyielding Defiance. But my 11yr old son has a proclivity for the higher complexity spirits. He’s won a game with Starlight Seeks Its Form, and will play any of the high levels.
@trening4 Жыл бұрын
Awesome review
@mattedwards34292 жыл бұрын
Symbology? I believe the word you're looking for is Sssssymbolism