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[prozdvoices]

time for another BOARD GAME REVIEW, this time we have GRIDOPOLIS sent to me by Gridopolis Games, it's a 3-D strategy game you build yourself

#gridopolis #board games #board game reviews #youtube #gridopolis games

[techdriveplay]

The Ultimate Guide to Solo Board Games

In recent years, solo board gaming has quietly emerged from the shadows of its multiplayer counterparts, carving out a distinct and vibrant niche within the board game community. Once considered a pastime for the introverted or those struggling to find a gaming group, solo board gaming has transcended these stereotypes to become a celebrated and integral aspect of the hobby. Whether due to the…

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[danmunoz]

Today was a rollercoaster of emotions...

#dnd #board games #board gaming #dnd memes #dnd5e #dungeons and dragons #ttrpg #ttrpg community #dragonlance #tiktok #ttrpgtok #dndtok #board game reviews #wizards of the coast #wotc

[serjpent]

first time playing Cthulhu: Death may Die

-Four hours of madness

-played rasputin, died 3 times + 1 from insanity

-lit every room on fire

-passed out on the floor bc the ancient one wouldn't die

#death may die #cthuhlu #board game reviews #it was worth it but i don't know if I wanna play again this year

[roguedeck]

Do I even like Everdell?

This question has been eating me up for three days. And I still don't have an answer.

Everdell is beautiful. Everdell is pleasant. Everdell is a mediocre game.

But do I like it?

I played Everdell for the first time this weekend, and walked away really disliking it. And then proceeded to not stop thinking about it for the next four days.

What is going on here?

The Good

Let's start with the stuff that is good about Everdell.

The production value is top-notch. The cards are gorgeous. The theme is resonant. I'd have preferred wooden resources, but I can't actually complain about the resource tokens.

The worker placement and recovery mechanism is clever. Having a limited number of workers is par for the course, but being able to dictate when you reclaim them add a nice level of interaction the the game.

The resource curve feel really tight. At first I was frustrated by how little I could do in the early game, but by the autumn phase I came to see the resource limitation as a feature not a bug.

The Bad

Everdell is almost a really great mid-weight game. The core conceit of an engine builder with asymmetrical pacing is really strong. I don't even mind the randomness of the card draw. You have plenty of tools to work through the deck and mitigate the randomness. But there is one thing that leaves a really strong distaste in my mouth.

Let's call it the Fluxx problem.

If you've never played Fluxx, imagine a card game where you draw random cards hoping to hit a specific two-card combination that doesn't interact with any other cards in the set. If you hit it, you win. If not, you lose when someone else does.

Everdell, unfortunately, does this two ways.

If you build a construct, you can play it's paired critter FOR FREE later in the game. In a game with resources this tight, getting a free action is backbreaking. If this happens early, you get extra runs of your engine AND you can maintain your pace in the current season while your opponents have to pick up their workers.

Similarly, there are special goal cards that you can only claim if you have both of the random cards. In the best case, the entire table ignores these victory points. In the worst case, one player gets access to them through no effort on their part and the rest of the table is disadvantaged.

Everdell has some unforgivable sins baked into its design.

And yet...

I haven't stopped thinking about all week. I think my wife and kids would love this game. And there are some nuances in the expansions that look really fun.

I'm at a loss. Is Everdell actually worth playing? Or am I just getting wrapped up in a pretty picture with no meat on the bone.

#everdell #board games #board game reviews #is this game any good #am i going to buy it anyway #not magic #table top

[tgcnews]

In this video, Daniel from The Dungeon Dive shows off Cozy Oaks, a competitive farming game with unique card and resource management. Available at The Game Crafter.

#board game review #board game reviews #farming games #board games #tabletop games #indie games #Youtube

[tabletopbellhop]

We record The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast LIVE tonight!

Join us at https://twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop at 8pm EST

Main Topic:

Next step games from Stratego

Reviews:

Sushi Boat from Japanime Games

Endangered and The Monarch Butterfly Scenario from Grand Gamers Guild

First thought on Indomitable, our first RPG play in years, and more!

#Podcast #Board Game Podcast #Board Gaming Podcast #Tabletop Gaming Podcast #Stratego #Board Games #Board Gaming #Gaming #Sushi Boat #Endangered #Indomitable #TTRP play report #Board game reviews #Sushi Boat Review #Endangered Review

[worker-placer-euro-lover]

Wavelength

Party game where you get into two groups and one person takes the box and randomly spins the wheel and picks a spectrum. The clue giver must then get their team to guess where the point wedges on the wheel are by naming something on the spectrum. The other team can get one point by guess which side the guessing team was off by.

Terrible game for neurodiverse folk. My OCD does not let me think that anything fully fits the extremes of the range and my opinions on things are so varied from “normal” people that it is like speaking a different language. Very clearly the team full of socially adept people win.

0/5; 0/10; I don’t know what rating system I’m going to use. Basically a bad party game because the people who usually feel excluded will feel excluded.

#board game reviews #wavelength party game

[sleuthingwithchloe]

Fire in Adlerstein Review

Sooooooooooooooooooooo, "Fire in Adlerstein" is an investigation game where you have "real" evidence and solve a crime with these said evidences.

They describe it as a cooperative investigation and deduction game with real evidence. Only playable once, unless you have short term memory loss like me. 😀

"Fire in Adlerstein" was created by IDventure and manufactured by University Games. You can go on either of their website by clicking the name of the companies. The game was released on September 1st 2020. So, that's quite recent.

Here's how to play :

You don't have to only use the contents of the box, you can use any real object around you (mobile phone, internet search, etc.) If you need more information about any of the characters in the game during your investigation, use both the material provided in the game and any other material you deem useful, in addition of the contents of the box. Investigate the possible motives of all suspects. Check that all the elements, evidence and alibis match.

Ranking :

Difficulty :

Just like "The Killer Trivia Game", I wouldn't say it's neither easy nor hard, because again, it all depends on your level of knowledge and you ability to problem solve.

There were times I got confused, as they added a lot of elements tying almost every suspect to the incident, but I still managed to figure it out at the very end. x)

I wouldn't say that things are far fetched either, but they are EXTREMELY precis, which makes it hard when you only have a very basic knowledge of these things.

I did stumble a lot into analysis paralysis, but that's to be expected with the amount of information given and like any normal and real investigation. You don't just get up one morning and find out who the culprit is lol.

As there was a loooooot of information (to much at times lol) it did made the task a little harder to pin point who, what, when and how it happened. But, it was still very captivating and interesting none the less, so I'll have to give it a rating of :

🔪🔪🔪 out of 5 (Intermediate)

Price :

The price of the game itself was 34,99$ CAD (27.79$ USD) but there was no shipping, as I bought it in stores, for a total of  40,24$ CAD with taxes (31,96$ USD). 

For that reason, I'll have to give it a rating of :

💲💲💲💲 out of 5 (40$ - 49.99$)

Quality :

The box is made of sturdy cardboard like most boxed board games you'd usually buy. There seems to be more than 1 version of the box. There's the one at the top of the post, which is pretty basic but still a nice design to it, there's one that looks like it comes in a really cheap folder and there's the one I have, which is the one I prefer by far, because it has details of what the game is about. There is a dent in it, but that's because I stepped on it like a moron. XD

There's a lot of elements to the game that make it very cool and appealing, to me at least. 

There were a few things I didn't like as much, as they made a lot of efforts for the details for other items, they didn't put as much attention as they did for others. Like the match box that is a bit to larger than an actual match box (or whatever you call these thigs lol). There's the camera footage which where on paper. They could of made us go on a website like the did with the Facebook account. And there's a website kinda like dropbox, where they make you go to find out something the victim had hidden, they added the logos from the game's companies, which I found a bit out of place, since the whole point of the game is that we feel like we're actually investigating an real case. But these things are very benign for what the rest of the content offers us.

So, I'll have to give it a rating of :

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ out of 5 (Good)

Artwork :

There's a lot of attention to details as I mentioned in the quality section. The notes are hand written and different notes have different handwriting, which I found pretty epic. The newspaper looks like a real newspaper. There's photos which I still question how an individual can get their hands on such perfectly timed photos. x) There's the cutest freakin drawing made by a 4 year old, which looks like an actual drawing a 4 year old would draw. There's a bracelet part which is the actual part and not just a picture of it.

I really love all the efforts they've put in to give us the most hands on experience possible. And god do I love that drawing and how adorables it is. *.*

For those reasons, I'll have to give it a rating of :

🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨 out of 5 (Marvelous)

Rules :

The game doesn't really come with rule nor instructions, besides no cheating. But upon opening the box, I think it's pretty clear what it's all about and how to move on.

For those reasons, I'll have to give it a rating of :

📜📜📜📜📜 out of 5 (Very easy to understand)

Interaction :

Now, there's no questions about if this game is interactive or not. It's VERY interactive, both mentally and physically. There's loads of evidences to look at and you really have to pay attention to some of them because I really had to look at some of them twice before realising what was up with it.

From newspapers to drawing. From handwritten notes and letters to websites and online researches. This game goes ALL in. There's even a code to decipher which, is not the easiest code there is to know about codes in general. It's very intuitive.

You have to take some notes at some point because you can get lost very easily. For those reasons, I'll have to give it a rating of :

🎮🎮🎮🎮🎮 out of 5 (Extremely interactive)

Length :

The box says it should take around 1h30 to complete. Euhm, if you're like me and need to examine every single piece of evidence, this took me 4 days to complete. XD BUT, that does NOT make it a bad game. That's just my dumbass who like to pay attention to every single freakin details. XD

I did have to ask for help a couple of times because I was at a loss, which may have added to my gameplay, but, it would of probably taken me longer without the help. I am not an expert on everything people. XD

For those reasons, I'll have to give it a rating of :

🕐🕑🕒🕓🕔 out of 5 (More than 3h)

Players :

The box says 1 to 5 players, but considering the type of game it is, I don't see why you couldn't play more than 5. I did play on my own tho, as I am forever alone. :') But mostly because I get really into it and playing with others would only distract me lol. Yeah, I'm a loner. XD

For those reasons, I'll have to give it a rating of :

⚰️ out of 5 (Can be played alone)

Fun :

Now, this game was REALLY fun. I really enjoyed trying to figure out all the details of the crime like a real case. (Tho that's not how it really happens in real life, it's not as detailed in a real case XD)

It was challenging at parts but in a good way. I love me some cyphers and riddles. 🥴 It did get frustrating at some point, as there was to many information at once and it got overwhelming lol.

For those reasons, I'll have to give it a rating of :

🎉🎉🎉🎉 out of 5 (Very fun)

Accuracy :

There were some minor inconsistencies, but nothing major. The way the fire started would of had a certain amount of time for it to spread to the rest of the house. There's also something about the amount of time some people spent at a certain place that just didn't add up, but that's pretty much it and I still managed to figure it out.

There's a lot of evidence and they look legit. 

For those reasons, I'll have to give it a rating of :

🔎🔎🔎🔎 out of 5 (Accurate)

Overall :

It was an awesome game, tho the minor flaws. But that's just me being picky. x) I've been looking for a game like this for a very long time. Something I could really get hands on with. Usually I go to escape rooms for that, but often, things don't go as planed and it kinda ruins the rest of the game. 

For those reasons, I'll have to give it a rating of :

🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 out of 5 (Adored it)

For an average of  💜💜💜💜/5

Which makes a lot of sense. The game is really interesting, very intuitive and extremely interactive. The amount of flaws are really really small compared to what this game has to offer.

I would 100% recommend this game, for its hands on experience and accuracy, if you like these sort of things. I know I do!

You can purchase Fire in Adlerstein right here

**A quick reminder that this is all just a personal review. Because the final ranking is "bad" or whatever, does not mean it's a bad game. If I hated a game, you might not hate it yourself, just as much as if someone else hated a game, doesn't mean I'll hate it automatically.**

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[the-damned-spot]

Don't trust anyone and remember who your friends are in 'Stranger Things : Attack of the Mind Flayer' from Repos Production and Asmodee. Check out Brody's full review now!

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#board games #stranger things #st #reviews #board game reviews

[prozdvoices]

time for another BOARD GAME REVIEW, this time we have EPIC SPELL WARS OF THE BATTLE WIZARDS: ANNIHILAGEDDON 2 - XTREME NACHO LEGENDS sent to me by Cryptozoic Entertainment, it's the sequel to the deck-building game version of Epic Spell Wars, that's all a real mouthful

#epic spell wars of the battle wizards #cryptozoic entertainment #board games #board game reviews #youtube

[boardgamegocaine]

How To Play Go — Part 2- Multiplayer Go GoCaine is a multiplayer Go board game. To play GoCaine you’ll need to know the basic rules of traditional Go, and then you just need to learn a few extra concepts that arise when you play Go against multiple opponents. GoCaine is for 2–6 players, so you could have up to five opponents surrounding you at one time. Like in the real-life cocaine industry, things can get dangerous very quickly as you try to expand your network. So, in order to survive and thrive, you must learn these basic concepts of multiplayer Go. Read More

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#How To Play Go #Multiplayer Go #Gocaine #board game geek #board games #board game reviews #online games #multiplayer #strategies

[punkz0]

My best friends <3

#frienship #memories #uno #UNO #board game reviews #board game night

[tgcnews]

In this video, The Dungeon Dive looks at GRIT by Sporktopia Games. This is a tabletop and online adventure to save the world for 1-2 heroes. Available at The Game Crafter.

#board game review #board game reviews #board games #tabletop games #indie games #Youtube

[tabletopbellhop]

A New Podcast Dropped Today! End Game, Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast Episode 196

Sean and I talk about how board games end, our favourite endings, unique wrap-ups, and more!

We also review Boba Mahjong from Sunrise Tornado and Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria from Daily Magic Games

#Podcast #gaming podcast #board gaming podast #game design #board game design #Shadow Kingdoms of Valeria #Boba Mahjong #Board game reviews

[velvetjune]

imagine being director Northmoor of the FBC and one day you revel so much in your power that you literally explode. and instead of doing anything else about it, the FBC goes “when life gives a secret paranatural government agency lemons…” and throws your possibly-alive, moving corpse in a power plant so they don’t have to worry about their power bill. then going onwards, people only refer back to you using ominous light-based puns

#that guy was the worst lmao #like so far it seems every director that’s had a connection to the board has met a fate that reflected their person #northmoor was explosive and power hungry and awful. and therefore is forever burning as a fuel source for everyone #but it’s just funny to try to imagine what the hell went down with him. wasn’t trench the one who brought up the idea 😭 #control remedy #control 2019 #Northmoor #this is always the first ‘secret thing about control!’ on any article or thread #but is really is fun to figure out #this and the book club reviews reflecting the writers deaths in the game #fbc agent painting Northmoor sarcophagus container on the side of the power plant: this is genius