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You should give shōbu a try. Its my favorite pure abstract strategy game and i think it's a great balance of depth, approachability, rule simplicity, and turn-by-turn goal clarity. Something like Go has incredibly simple rules, but knowing what you want to do on your turn can be incredibly difficult until you build up experience. Chess is a little more clear in terms of what you want to be doing on any given turn, but it also has more rule baggage (similar to Hive in that aspect). And both of those games i feel are less approachable than Shōbu. Although shōbu probably is a bit less deep than those classics. Onitama is a good game, but i personally think keeping track of the rotation of those 5 cards is where a majority of the thinking comes from, and i dont find that particularly interesting for how much mental weight that adds. I haven't tried YINSH but im very interested. I really like the built in comeback mechanics of removing your rings as points. Shōbu has something a little bit similar, as when you lose stones on your own boards you have access to more open spaces to move around in for your remaining stones and that gives you more options elsewhere. The clarity of the board state and the simple rules allows for deep analysis of moves and their consequences with minimal mental baggage, which feels great. I should also give Tak a try since ive heard so many good things, but YINSH definitely seems like the more interesting variation of the "connect 4" scheme.

Thanks for the video. If I get the super deluxe edition, and then I buy the expansion expansion cards going to be different? As I assume the deluxe version has higher quality cards and then maybe you would be able to tell the two apart.

Also, 5 reasons it's the worst game of all time. It's stupid. The artwork is ass. The mechanics are terrible. The box looks bad. And it's too complex.

I'm sure it is the best 2 player game. Too bad it's too fucking complicated to play. You'd have to be Issac Newton in order to play this shit.

Great video! Basically- “haters gotta hate”

Yeah, witcher sets definitely have some copy cats.

Is it good

1. Combat is great. However, there should be other possible goals such as finding an artifact or magical item and escaping with it or escaping from a prison or dungeon. This obviously could also involve fighting. 2. Power up items could be scattered across the board similar to how they appear in video games. Perhaps Ernest from a Jim Verney movie gets powers from an electrical socket. Maybe Popeye gets stronger from finding spinach. (Just off the top of my head.) 3. Characters I'd like to see are Carrie White from the Stephen King movie, Anthony Freemont from the Twilight Zone, Don Quixote, Lara Croft and Indiana Jones. Maybe even Jesse James (either historical or from the Twilight Zone).

Of the ones you mention, Avatar: TLA would be great, and I would love to have. Also, I would like to add a second samurai set, after Sun's Origin, allowing to recreate the duel between legendary swordmen Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi. Maybe, instead, a new mix-and-match set with several duelists from all over the world and history. A samurai duelist, a wild west gunslinger, a rapier fencer... with their abilities representing the strengths of each

Great job Shane. And a superb presentation of solo gaming. Thank you for the upload.

this was an awesome list! I would have just added Black Sonata there somewhere, warp's edge is another real good one ;) ...ooh! also Marquis! and in more recent releases, I strongly recommend Conservas 😊

I enjoyed that play through. The only thing out of place is that you're supposed to have your cards in hand face down. You get a preview by drawing from the face-up draw pile. But the rules are explicit that the three cards in hand are face down (which increases the difficulty slightly).

My updated list: 1. Balatro 2. Balatro 3. Balatro 4. Balatro 5. Balatro

People love to get rid of $5-10 Epic ...I ❤ Epic

Love Forest Shuffle - such a fun experience.

I just got cult of chrome and the promo pack. Looking forward to the new camps oh yeah.

Is there any expansion they made of this game?

Bro you had a vision for the tmnt💀

Very enjoyable to watch and was enlightening

Best game of all time

I’m looking forward to the new edition. My two young daughters love the Greek Monsters game and I play with them every chance I get. Agreed, the rules are terrible and confusing. Do you have a website or place where you go and discuss with others solutions to questions?😊

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Reading the comments 😂 no one answered your question..just agreed with you..SAD. To answer your question, because their games have a low player engagement. I own a number of them, but they are not the hat you bring to the table if you want to have a great game night. Jamey by his own admissions has a thing against his play testers, he believes they are wrong and he’s right. Jamey’s is fantastic at hype but the games never reach the level he made them out to be. He doesn’t give other credit, and in fact has even badmouthed his cofounder Alan Stone in an interview with Gabe at BGDL. He wouldn’t have a company what it is if it wasn’t for everyone else around him, he’s not that smart. The thing Id ask you, why do a video if your only opinion is “I don’t understand?” That puzzles me..

One of my best solo games that you didn't mention is Nemo's War (second edition). It's so immersive and adventurous.

Picked up pan am on sale for 21 bucks. Not a huge sale but ive been wanting it for a bit so here we go. ☺️

Looks like you got your TMNT wish 😁

I'm yet to win lol, but I keep on playing!

It's hardly a game. Played it for the 3rd time this weekend and was bored out of my mind. You have 3/4 cards (sometimes less) with 2 or 3 symbols on them. It's not a game.

No skull king?

Louvenia Shores

Field operative should be better at fewer players!

Trenton Roads

Last night I unsubscribed from 100 boardgame channels. And am stopping buying - on 1 October 2023 I started in this hobby and have spent thousands. So on 1 October 2024 the buying stops. Wondering how you got on will check for follow up videos.

Great video , new one from a small indie game creator from Canada is Sinoda great game Only ones I’ve played was Duke and Azui in your top 10

Hi! I know this video is old, but can you tell me where you bought those character boxes? I need them, but not sure, and didn't want to end up buying the wrong ones.

Commenting on this vid for the Return of Bruce Lee. RG is taking a risk by going against the scalpers at the cost of those who did buy Bruce at retail price.

Very good job giving details on how to explaining the game. Thank You.

First time visiting your channel. Nice thoughtful and efficient video! Captures (with more eloquence) some of the rough ideas I’ve had rattling in my head after my first few plays. Subscribed!

blues are divisible by 2 greens are divisible by 3 pinks are prime (ish) and greys are divisible by 7

Great video!!

This is my exact dilemma at the moment, 1 year into hobby I own far too many games that I bought on the hype and before I figured out what games I like best, so many of them are unplayed and I need to work my way through them. I’m pretty terrible with rules so I figure at least 2 plays don’t count as I learn those…. and then I think I’d need at least 2 other plays to make a decision over theme/mechanics…

i Can recommend Ivion. a lot of similarities with unmatched (ecg, cardbattler, grid movement)

This explanation is combined with a couple peoples thoughts from the board game geek forum hope it helps. 1) The moment the runes have been matched and Cthulhu has been lured to the Void space, the Cthulhu figure is permanently removed from the game. The R'lyeh mat appears, existing as a "space" connected to the Void that can be moved into (or out of) for 1 move action. 2) Cthulhu is now immobile and will no longer perform any kind of movement triggered by a Monster Card. Cthulhu will however still resolve its Monster Card attacks on anyone in R'lyeh, potentially damaging them with hit symbols on attack dice. As mentioned, other Monsters will also be able to move into R'lyeh to attack Heroes. 3) When a Hero is on the R'lyeh space, they can bind Cthulhu with 1 manacle by discarding a number of matching-colored items that meet or exceed the power of Cthulhu's Special Item. If Cthulhu's Special Item is a green item of power 5, a Hero can for example discard [blue 3 + blue 2], or [purple 3 + purple 1 + purple 2], or [green 6]. The rules specify that the "type (and by implication, the color) of Cthulhu's Special Item does not matter" at this juncture. As long as you discard a handful of items that all match each other in color, they do not have to be the same color as Cthulhu's Special Item. Be aware that each separate item discarded will require a separate Advance action. The aforementioned examples would require 2 Advance actions, 3 Advance actions, and 1 Advance action respectively. There also seems to be an implication that the series of items must all be played within a single player turn, in order to earn a manacle (?) 4) If the required value of items is successfully discarded as described above, then the Hero (who is already in R'lyeh) is moved specifically to one of the 3 circular areas surrounding Cthulhu's Special Item - if a Hero discarded 2 blue items, you would move them to the blue circular area. You can then place 1 manacle on Cthulhu. Nothing in the rulebook suggests that you're stuck on these circular areas, so I assume a Hero can freely move off of a circular area by using 1 Move action (the same action of which would essentially move the Hero out of R'lyeh and back onto the Void space). 5) While on 1 of these 3 circular areas, Heroes will specifically be susceptible to Cthulhu's Power Symbol (!), whenever Cthulhu rolls a (!) result during an attack. The symbol will deal 1 damage to each Hero standing in the colored area matching Cthulhu’s Special Item. If Cthulhu's Special Item is purple, and there are 3 Heroes standing on the purple area, then each will take 1 damage (blockable only with an item whose color matches Cthulhu's Special Item). After resolving this (!) result, replace Cthulhu's Special Item with a new random one from the item bag, and then resolve any additional (!) dice in the same fashion, replacing Cthulhu's Special Item after each resolution of (!). Effectively, Cthulhu's Power Symbol (!) will alter the characteristics of Cthulhu's Special Item, changing its power value and/or its color (the latter of which will affect which circular areas are targeted by subsequent Power Symbols (!). 6) After all 4 manacles are placed, my interpretation is that every Hero must move into R'lyeh. Then each Hero must contribute 1 item (of any color or power). This team contribution would be resolved with a single Share action 7) discard those gathered items to defeat Cthulhu Ex: If you have a 5 item in the center, to lock an arm you need all of any one color, let’s say that’s purple then play purple 5+ with one action. Or a purple 3 and a purple 2+ for the second action to lock the arm on your turn. Once locked you then go stand in the purple spot. You could have more than one character in any of the colored areas. I believe this means, you can move off the color by leaving the room or you can discard a different color number(s), equivalent of the center item. Remembering the rule, per lock if you discard more than one item to equal+ the center number, you must have actions equal to the number of items discarded then move to that color. IE: a purple 1 and a purple 3 and a purple 2 would be three actions to equal the purple 6 in the center.

On Cthulhu, there’s a good rule clarification on board game geek forum section. Step three and four is confusing, but the forum readthrough with reading the rules I have it locked down I believe :-).

I won't advise others what to do, as what works for me might not work for them, but I consolidated everything the best at I can. Initially, I kept unused boxes. But, as my collection got bigger and I had no room for what I needed, I got rid of everything I didn't need (empty boxes). Thus far, I haven't regretted it. Others might, though.

I have just under 150 games. But I only count base games -- not variations and/or expansions. For example, I have everything there is for Star Wars Imperial Assault. I count that as one game, not dozens of games. There are many games for which I similarly have a ton of stuff. 14 boxes of Dominion. I count that as one game. And so on. I consolidate where possible (in most cases), but for some games I find it easier to keep them in separate boxes because I have so much (Dominion, Cosmic Encounter, Combat Commander, Armada, X-Wing, Imperial Assault, Warfighter, Galaxy Defenders, Carcassonne, etc.). I moved a dozen (or so) times throughout my life, but not once since I started getting all of these games. The logistics of a normal move is horrific (more so the older one gets); the logistics of moving my board game collection would be mind-numbing. And, until you mentioned it, I hadn't even considered moving my one (and only) board game shelving unit. Putting it together was a nightmare. I can't imagine disassembling it and having to do that again. (Moving it in one piece wouldn't be smart. I'm certain it would warp or break.)

While I wasn't always this way, the last couple of decades I've learned that the experience matters far more to me than the score.

Enjoyed this! I am a Marvel Champions player but Untied has been catching my attention… I’m worried that if I want it all though, is it locked behind Kickstarter exclusives?? I agree with Champions set up (and play) time gets too long for some seasons of life. But I don’t feel like the extra content makes me play less since it’s just options.

It definitely has a thing where the game kinda unexpectedly blossoms the more you play it. The system is very simple, and really feels like it at first blush, but for some reason as you play more and more of it the cooler it seems to become. And the new wave of boxes coming to retail finally means there will be a very wide breadth of content available to people beyond those who backed on kickstarter.

Everything in a cardboard box is not a storage solution dude 😂