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I do believe AI will hurt game art designers. But I don't believe it will end artist or designer. I see art in the eye of the beholder. Example, if someone creates a game. They most likely want to elevate the graphics and/or art beyond their capabilities. Sure they could try to use AI for this and find some cool art. This art will look similar to other art and could be missing the personal touch or soul of the artist. This personal touch is an artist eye. A good artistic eye will give the art life and help a game to stand out [look original or unique]. So I do agree with you that when new tools come out new jobs will be made. I think most well paying artists jobs will fade away and an artistic designer will be the replacement. The designer will be able to use the AI program to generate tasteful pieces that meet their customers desires.

King of Tokyo sucks playing as only 2 players. Dice Throne on the other hand was designed for dueling. It's a ton of fun and is my favorite game now

7:06 sums up most of the feelings on this game! I completely understand why people don't like this game, winning isn't always going to be in your control, but you will have the ability to really try and influence the game state, and make some gambles that might work out. A few games people felt down and out, but they tried to hang onto the few pieces / resources they had until all of a sudden an unexpected path showed itself. This game resulted in over a hundred back and forth discussion comments in my groups discord, but a couple quick thoughts. 1. We kept realizing after each game how many more options were available to us. A good example, one of us really wanted a specific court card, but didn't have the right cats to influence and then secure. Instead, he rwalized he could use battle actions to provoke outrage by burning down one of my cities, which also allowed him to "ransack the court", grabbing that specific card. We have so many other examples of this, most of which involved resource tokens. 2. in most of games we played you can clearly see someone is about to win in chapter 3, and its up to the other players to try and block to force a 4th chapter / leapfrog ahead. In Arcs, I think it works because of the scoring conditions. Almost always it will be beneficial for someone to block the leader, because it will directly benefit them. In other games, sometimes you need to waste your turn to try and block the leader, so everyone is waiting for another player to do it (and no one does). 3. The campaign was almost a completely different game. There is a somewhat passive "empire" presence on the map that makes it harder to directly attack other players. There is definitely still combat, but compared to the base game (which felt like a street fight), we spent more time in the campaign trying to achieve our own individual objectives, with the threat of battle always lingering in the background.

This kind of videos is exactly what I need to see if I want to buy a game! Thanks!!

Hello ! Im curious to know if the campaign is competitive or co op. Thank you !

Would you be up for doing a list of games that will never leave your collection with explanations as to why?

Ooo, i just got this as well, haven't played it yet, so glad to know its a hit with you!

A really delightful game that works so well, even at 2P.

I’d like to request the Board Game Dad Essentials list. Also I love playing this game on BGA (I don’t own a copy of it) but it’s a great puzzle with the added challenge of optimizing your tile placement so you can move up the tracks to get more points and get rid of any meteors you’ve collected.

I need it😍

Totally agree, love this game! I do wish there was more player interaction but that’s it! You thinking about getting the expansion?

Awesome way to learn how to play! Thanks for taking time to allow all of us to save some!

Beware, there's a lot of sloppy language here that doesn't really work with the Arcs rules. For example, suits aren't associated with actions, they're associated with sets of actions ... more specifically, administration isn't associated just with the tax action, it's also associated with the repair and influence actions.

Innovation its not an entry level game.

thank you for the breakdown!

It's a joke, mage knight, Arkham horror, dune imperium, Robinson Crusoé....,...,...,...?

I noticed you had white containers that held the fire, can you link where you got those? Thanks!

nah why did bro use the river as a path😭

Funny! Thanks for that. 😁

This game is very good. If i had a couple complaints it would be the main board being way too big, and the biggest critique are the factory upgrades. There are too many either uninteresting or not much of an upgrade tiles that i, personally, rarely get more than 2. That ends up leading to similarish strategies. Id like to see an expansion that intoduces end game goals without donation or something else that would shake up the gameplay a bit more

what was that about boardgames? im so confused rn...

“Huh I never even thought about actors” 😝

This is likely the best “not positive” review of this game I’ve ever read or watched. Such a level headed approach to a difficult game to review (especially for people who don’t enjoy some these really core aspects). Much respect!

Id like a dog version of this lol

I really enjoyed hearing your thoughts on this one! Did you play with Leaders and Lore? I've heard that when people only play with the "base" game, some of their negatives become positives once they have asymmetric abilities from L&L (since it helps to add to the narrative function of the game, not just the mechanics). Additionally, I have also done a lot of thinking about whether I think it's good that you can only declare an ambition with the correct numbered card that you have. The more I play the game, the more I appreciate this limitation because I think it creates a much more interesting decision space and forces you to have "skin in the game" for all of the scoring ambitions so that you can't get screwed out of any of them. I think that is resonant with a lot of their design choices for this: "restriction breeds creativity" seems to really be the drum they were beating in design. If you ever get a chance to play through the campaign, I would be very interested in your thoughts about that too!

Only feedback is that arcs isn’t 1 player, it’s 2-4. Unless there’s been an add on I’m unfamiliar with?

It's honestly my favorite game right now. Especially the campaign. I think Cole Wehrle has taken some of his best ideas and streamlined them into a very elegant game. Definatly not for everyone as the trick taking takes some getting used to to understand how to really maneuver and if you don't like high conflict games where someone can brutally ruin you just before your about to win, you won't like Arcs lol. If you love interesting but streamlined mechanics, and high conflict 4x games I think you'll like it. Like any good game, give it a few games. Let yourself try and learn it like chess or Starcraft. Veterans will be better than you but don't let that discourage you. The fun is in learning how it works and just watching yourself get better at it. The campaign is one of my favorite story mechanics I've seen in a board game. The gameplay really makes you feel your character and you watch the Reach evolve in very real ways as your fates evolve and pivot. And both the base game and the campaign are equally fun. It's more about what you're in the mood to do. Do you want just a fun little skirmish or do you want to play an epic space trilogy? Arcs gives you the ability to do both.

Thank you for your video and valuable insight! I think you said the most important thing at the end of your video, i.e. someone expecting a 4X game play style will be disappointed. In fact Arcs is NOT a 4X game and never presented itself as being one. I know you often say “4X-like”, but still I think it is a bit misleading, since really the game is something else. Already a lot of people have been disappointed by Arcs expecting it to be a 4X game with a lot of deep strategy. It is not. It is a highly tactical game, in which you have to constantly pivot to be able to adapt to the current situation. Thank you again for your insight, I am always interested in your opinions and I’m looking forward to know what you think about the campaign.

Awesome content! The games you recommend are exactly the ones that fit the best in my playgroup :) I am so glad that you dont only list the top100 of bgg, I am so happy to discover new things

I love Everdell and i gotta say, these games look awesome. I havent heard of any of them before either, so definitely gonna check them out!

Brilliant! This told me in 60 seconds exactly what I needed to know 😊

To be honest my fav game is Root what about it hardest and the most strategic I have ever played

Catan doesn't even make it to honorable mentions :( Love how you pick Monopoly's strengths and show games better at each, instead of just bashing it

10/10 video

I seen this when I worked at a retail store and was always like wtf is this lol. But this looks like a lot of fun. Don’t think my kids are ready for this level of board game yet lol

Unfortunately the aesthetics of this game is so boring that makes me not interested to learn.

A 2 for theme?!?!? WHAT 🤦‍♂️ Literally one of the most well presented takes on a deck builder board game, with the THEME being one of the best part about the game, I don't really even have any interest in birds, but thus game had me Googleing l9cal species of birds and even putting bird feeders on my fence.

"players work together" is a bit misleading as it can imply it's a co-op game like Trogdor

I can’t find this online

Please learn to at least pronounce the place names correctly.

This or wonderous creatures

Just admit you are bad at adaptation, instead of trashing the game. Everything is about progress, thinks ng ahead and adapt to what ever happens along the way, and that fits the theme perfect. I doubt that you could terraform an entire planet, without ajustments to your original plan. I think all your critique point says more about what kind of games you prefer, than it says about tha actual game you are talking down. I could make a very long list whith critique about ludo, but that dosnt mean its wrong mechanisms ore anything, its just not my cup of tea

This has stayed our favorite for a while now. We committed to the complete collection a few years ago after only playing it twice. 😂

....FOUR for theme??? You get a ten for mediocre taste 😂😂 the world building is so lovely and beautiful in root, and the storytelling via visuals and flavour text is on another level. Genuinely can't understand how it could have scored 4 lmao

Incentivized against hoarding = communism at its finest

4 for theme ??? Reported!

Root has one of the best themes! 4 is ridiculous... there is a whole DnD game based on Root now and it's theme 😂

Tang garden is awesome, I love Tang garden so much more than Everdell.

Very nice games. But where's the Dominion killer?

If you follow suit and do not surpass you only get to do the action once regardless of the pip value on your card