The Crew in about 3 minutes

[@JohnCarbone75]

2:18 Just to be clear. You can never play a communications token on a rocket. Also, you have to divide tasks before you can communicate. The video doesn't say otherwise, but the imagery might be confusing.

[@3MBG]

Fair, we didn't actually notice that first rule about comms on rockets until after the vid went live

[@stevecollins9993]

Simple trick taking game. Very addictive with the 50 missions. Also pretty solid deal in pricing

[@3MBG]

So, i suck at normal trick taking games, but am a shark at the Crew. Plus, Steph and others who are veteran 500 players say they have to fight their instincts in the game. If you have played other trick taking games and then the crew, what was your experience like?

[@ratguy69]

Played a LOT of Hearts when young and love trick taking games. Also love co-op games, so this is one of my favourite games of the year. Everyone I’ve taught it to has really enjoyed it. What I really like is that it makes you really rethink your standard trick taking strategies. Also love the changes that some of the missions introduce.

[@Senen33]

Talked about it on Twitter with you, but sadly we felt the game was too easy for our group. But considering we've spent years playing trick taking games together every single day during high school and college, I don't hold it against The Crew. The cooperative aspect of it is great and I know we would have loved it earlier in our lives, but it's not the game for us right now. I still recommend it to plenty of people and I'm happy it won the Spiel des Jahres and hopefully l'As d'Or in february. :)

[@denthap313]

I find I need to remember for 4 players there are only 9 cards in each suit, so what counts as a long suit is much different than traditional bridge or spades.

[@timdertim]

Was thinking of Diamonds during your review - as always worth watching

[@3MBG]

For the first 2 weeks from launch we are running a giveaway for the crew in partnership with Board game Atlas: gleam.io/0TnUh/the-crew-giveaway

[@keithedwards649]

Not thematic at all. You could quite easily build this deck from a regular deck of cards. The 50 different ideas for the 50 rounds do work nicely tho, ramping up the difficulty throughout the game. If you enjoy trick-taking games, this is worth your time. Just don't expect to be enveloped in a fictional Sci-fi world like you can get in games like Nemesis or TI4.

[@Fatpie42]

Agreed. The different mission rules are well planned, but the story is poorly written.

[@alexbailey318]

Hi there! The Crew is awesome!!! I purchased it because of your reviews and recommendation. Do you know the best size to sleeve the cards? They are quickly becoming worn.

[@3MBG]

I rarely sleeve games, but when i did i used the FFG ones or ultra pros

[@darthfishis]

Sometimes 2 player is just tacked on does it work well in this one?

[@3MBG]

we only played it with 4. 3 groups, 15 odd missions each.

[@duelbro5217]

Disclaimer: Haven't played any of the games I talk about here, it's all just info gathered online. Well the box itself says that it's tacked on ("3-5 players with optional 2 player variant") and the manual description for two players once again says that it's really best at 3+. It works by one person controlling an artificial third player. There is more to it than "3 player game and I play for 2", and I've heard it does work quite well. Some missions where you have to take tricks in a certain order might become a bit flawed with this variant (for the artificial player 7 cards are covered up by the other 7, so if during setup the card needed for the first trick gets dealt below the one for the second trick you can't win). If that annoys you (shouldn't happen all that often though, and the games are short anyway) or if you don't like playing with an artificial player, then it won't be for you. Otherwise it might be fine, but if you really want a trick taking game for two then Fox in the Forest might be more fitting, and if you don't care about trick taking at all then you might want to look for other games that are more dedicated to two players.

[@mattbowden1981]

0:11 - Damn!

[@yujirohanma7551]

warning: play with friends who are acquainted with trick taking games (and are smart) I played with my dumb friends and they whined that it’s extremely luck based lolz😀

[@3MBG]

Really? Sure, some hands are harder to win than others. But its very far from random

[@yujirohanma7551]

@@3MBG totally agree

[@OldMovieRob]

Good instructions. Just picked this up and I'm trying to get up to speed.

[@arabboardgames6751]

Brilliant explanation! Thank you

[@whittaker007]

Waitaminute, have I been playing it wrong this whole time? We've been playing it so the player who wants to win the trick with say the yelllow 1 has to win the trick *with that card*. Which can be done but is extremely difficult. That would explain our very low win rate...

[@3MBG]

I believe you just need to win the card. Not WITH the card. Winning 1's is really hard other wise

[@whittaker007]

@@3MBG yep, your'e right, I read the rules. Serves me right for teaching a game from memory without confirming the basic rules.

[@MClilypad]

@@whittaker007 with your rule a mision is only possible if the player already has that card himself right? so right at the start you can already quite often say that it will be impossible if the card aren't dealt the right way?

[@whittaker007]

@@MClilypad Well we were also playing the mission assignment wrong so players could pick. Best not to dwell on it really.

[@mihaim8343]

I found the important rules/aspects of the game to pass unnoticed easily , so we made a lot of mistakes for a game this light..

[@moonvic]

Thanks a lot!! Is there a chance to see an updated list of the Gold Medals?

[@3MBG]

There is a playlist on the channel that has all the games i've given it to.

[@moonvic]

@@3MBG Amazing, thanks!!

[@decent-videos]

Great review! I have been really enjoying this game recently. Are these card sleeves you recommend for this game?

[@3MBG]

I sleeved it, because its gonna get a lot of play

[@Fatpie42]

Surprised Hanabi wasn't cited as a similar game. The Crew seems like cooperative Whist while Hanabi is cooperative Solitaire. I prefer Hanabi, but the ever more complicated missions of The Crew arguably give it a bit more variety.

[@3MBG]

Not played Hanabi, so mystery solved! :)

[@Fatpie42]

@@3MBG You should really give Hanabi a go. It's fantastic.

[@Reggie1408]

@@Fatpie42 The Crew is waaaaaay better!

[@Fatpie42]

@@Reggie1408 I disagree. The Crew wouldn't be all that interesting a game if it didn't keep changing up the missions. Whereas Hanabi is a really interesting challenge you can play over and over without the need for variations in the rules. Why do you prefer The Crew?

[@Reggie1408]

@@Fatpie42 Hanabi is boring after the first win. The Crew is basically 50x Hanabi in one box.

[@CarlosRodriguez-ez3ls]

Great review Jarrod! I'd be more excited if I heard good things about gameplay at the 2-player count. Thx!

[@3MBG]

My friend and tester Ian plays a lot of The Crew and other trick takers. He does not rate it highly at 2 players

[@sevencoloredmage8726]

With "bought" dedicated trick taking games, I always wonder why not just play Schafkopf, Tarock or something similar instead. This makes it unnecessarily difficult to sell to any group of players.

[@3MBG]

I dunno, this one seemed pretty easy for me to sell to the groups i taught it to

[@steven9766]

Why do your cards look different than mine?

[@3MBG]

Like, totally different, or slightly different?

[@steven9766]

Just slightly different, it looks like they added white backgrounds to the corners in your version to make the numbers more readable, I got my copy a few months ago, I guess they made the cards more readable in newer printings

[@Reggie1408]

@@steven9766 Yes

[@atomicpasta7073]

So... co-op Euchre?

[@3MBG]

kinda, yeah

[@Quminki]

So pretty much hanabi

[@3MBG]

Pretty similar, yeah

[@magne6049]

Is this supposed to be a tutorial or a review? A review you watch before buying the game, and a tutorial you watch after having bought the game but immediately before playing the game the first time.

[@3MBG]

None of the above. These videos are recaps of the game designed to give you just enough information to know if the game is immediately not your thing, or something you want to look at deeper. They are also trailers for the game to give people a quick taste of what the game is about. There is a short review section, but I never designed the videos to be the only thing you would ever need to see about a game to understand it.

[@magne6049]

@@3MBG Thanks for replying! I’d be willing to pay for a 30 sec to 2 min super quick intro to a game’s essentials, so that I can get to start playing as quickly as possible. Even if we play it a bit wrong at first. Because the biggest barrier to playing any awesome new game is to actually get my family/friends to play it with me. Esp. when no one knows how to play it. The doorstep barrier often kills a game’s appeal so much they’d rather play something simple they already know… I think there is a large market for this, as it’s a problem for many I know. The best game is the one you actually get people to play with you…

[@3MBG]

Yep, and many people use the channel to send to people to say "this is what we are playing tonight"

[@scottgoodman9314]

No entiendo

[@3MBG]

que parte?

[@filippocoppo]

I hate this game. Every time I try to play… nah it isn’t true. I left it on the shelf’s book

[@3MBG]

Lol.

[@Yakudo14]

AMOGUS

[@NaeMuckle]

This review has confirmed I wouldn't enjoy this. Cheers

[@3MBG]

Perfect. I'm not here to sell games, just here to allow people to quickly tell if a game is for them or not. So this is a great outcome.

[@andrecristiano4447]

@@3MBG That is why you are my favorite board game channel

[@АртемКлиментьев-я2ф]

Также, но только бы на русском