Monumental Solo Mode Review - with Mike DiLisio

[@joshrumble7467]

Over the past few months, I've gone from "hey, who's that guy?" to "Mike's in this video? I'm in". Another excellent review as always. Thanks!

[@michaeldilisio557]

That's very kind. Thank you.

[@mr.bevismusic1784]

I totally agree with your assesment of the game. After 16 solo plays with just the base game civilizatons, Im still very much looking forward to playing the civilizations in the Lost Kingdoms expansion. Thanks for taking the time to make this video!

[@dancheston5786]

Was already pretty sure I was jumping in on the next KS. You, sir, have sealed the deal. Thanks for another phenomenal solo mode review!

[@dancheston5786]

And then I saw the price. 😳

[@Winteraesthetik]

Thank you Mike, I am very happy about the dedicated solo mode reviews as the solo mode is an important factor in my purchasing decision. You do a great job at these videos. It's also fun to see you in the Dice Tower chats and ranking videos.

[@seniscram7958]

Super helpful and fantastic.

[@TheTenth666]

can I present a few mistakes I saw? to conquer the lowe left tile, you needed 2 soldiers or 1 soldier and the leader because the tile is 1 and there was a barbarian 1 ; "archive" means putting a card out of the game, "reinforce" means keeping a card for the next turn

[@michaeldilisio557]

Thanks for pointing those out. I misspoke on both, and you are correct.

[@IODISH12]

Thanks, Mike. This strikes me as a similar solo experience as Scythe. Not game mechanics, but how the automa plays Would you agree?

[@michaeldilisio557]

That's an interesting comparison. I'd say the Automa here is a bit simpler, since you don't have quite as much to account for in terms of movement and combat. Both games contain movement and combat on a map, but Monumental is a bit simpler in how it's implemented.

[@IODISH12]

@@michaeldilisio557 That was my impression as well. I certainly don't see the need for a "Monumentalkick app" for this automa.

[@achang101]

Really good video. Monumental is a good solo game, and I really do like that the AI plays differently depending on what civilisation they are.

[@TheTenth666]

2 bad things about the AI : it crushes you all the time in Culture and Skills. It always gets the 5 culture cards, and around 15 skills. So if you manage well you could get the 5 culture but that means you'll concentrate a lot of effort on it. 15 skills? you'll never beat that. For culture I simply do as if it would get the culture tokens, 1 for first, 2 for second and on. For skills I still haven't found a way to balance, maybe divide the number AI gets by half or 2/3. Oh and of course the AI will still gain much more money than you and vanquish your 8 troops with only 1 ...

[@solopianist4344]

Will there be KS reprint on the deluxe core game?

[@supercommando440]

hmm I hate it when solo mode require removal of too many components/cards :(

[@82ndmi]

Mike, you’re amazing, but you cost me money on their next kickstarter!

[@alecgalbraith5604]

Anyone have any idea of how to buy this game?

[@MatthewDunstan]

There will be a Kickstarter launching June 15th where you will be able to buy the Core Box, Lost Kingdom expansion, and the new expansion, African Empires.

[@alecgalbraith5604]

Matthew Dunstan thanks!

[@TufanoAlex]

This video would be a 10/10, except there's a distinct lack of wet bread - 3/10