Not only everything about this game is fantastic, it is also the most cinematic Skirmish game I've ever played. Every time I finish a game and go through everything that happened it sounds like a high action film or book. I fell in love with it right away. Got me all the factions.
An out of state friend was at Origins last year and fell in love with Rumble Slam, another skirmish game by the same company. Checking out their website due to his hype, I stumbled into Carnivale and was amazed. The minis are beautiful. They have rules for elevation in their terrain combat. Everything is playful, bizarre, and dark at the same time. If I could find a local crew who played it locally, I would invest in this game heavily.
I have been collecting and playing Carnevale since the beginning and for me this is one of the most underrated systems out there. The background is super interesting and rich, the game meachanism is superb as you really can do almost everything you want and it works smoothly enough (how many systems do you know that cater for diving, jumping, chain jumping,...) ? You kind of have to embrace the spirit of the game a bit more than other games, meaning you really have to do cool things even when not doing it would be the wiser option. ;)
Some basic research might not have gone amiss. The setting is not “Victorian”! The Victorian era began in 1837. The 1790’s was the time of revolutionary France, or if you prefer an artistic touchstone, the Romantic era. Oh, and Carnevale is pronounced carn-ey-varlay.
Of all the miniature tabletop games, this was the one that got my wife to try wargaming. Simple enough to get into, and a fantastic Lovecraft meets Venice background. Truly a fantastic game!
Just a few days ago decided to order my two player starter and 2 other starter gangs :) Thanks for this video, the game for sure needs some more exposing to potential players :)
I haven't heard of this, but you've grabbed my interest by the lapels and yanked it close. I've already done some looking into this, I'd kinda like an overview of the different factions the game seems to have as well.(I'm willing to wait a bit longer for your coverage of the recently updated Conquest 2.0 armies for a bit more of this)
I dipped into this game during the second edition (pre-TT Combat) and picked up some models. The metals were good, if a little fiddly to assemble. Never got around to playing a game, though.
Carnivale is very appealing to me, but those choir boy units of the Catholic church really puts me off. I don't want this implied paedophilia on my tabletop. Very bad design decision imho.
You know that choir boys were used since the birth of the catholic church, right? And they are still used especially here in Italy but, surprise surprise, 99% of the time there's no pedophilia. Besides it's a miniature game, just don't play them/that faction?
@Marco Cansone using your math that's 13 million assaults committed by the church, just counting the catholics of today, not counting for those dead. Why not just respect someone's opinion rather than come up with arbitrary data? You don't know if they were directly impacted, or know someone who was. Get off your high horse.
@@marcocansone1034 As a former Catholic myself, I'm well aware of history and present, thank you. Look at the miniatures. They chose to have these little choir boys accompany the Catholic church troops onto battle, made them barefoot, and had them struggling with carrying heavy things. Look at the choir boy carrying the massive crossbow while a musclebound man stands behind him firing the crossbow. The reference and implications are obvious, and tasteless.
This game is amazing. The lore, minis and gameplay are so good. One of my favorites skirmish games. Highly recommend it. Thanks for covering it.
Not only everything about this game is fantastic, it is also the most cinematic Skirmish game I've ever played. Every time I finish a game and go through everything that happened it sounds like a high action film or book. I fell in love with it right away. Got me all the factions.
"A couple countries that don't exist anymore"
Don't remind me that we don't live with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth anymore
An out of state friend was at Origins last year and fell in love with Rumble Slam, another skirmish game by the same company. Checking out their website due to his hype, I stumbled into Carnivale and was amazed.
The minis are beautiful. They have rules for elevation in their terrain combat. Everything is playful, bizarre, and dark at the same time. If I could find a local crew who played it locally, I would invest in this game heavily.
I have been collecting and playing Carnevale since the beginning and for me this is one of the most underrated systems out there. The background is super interesting and rich, the game meachanism is superb as you really can do almost everything you want and it works smoothly enough (how many systems do you know that cater for diving, jumping, chain jumping,...) ? You kind of have to embrace the spirit of the game a bit more than other games, meaning you really have to do cool things even when not doing it would be the wiser option. ;)
This game is great and the minis, mood, and art are all fantastic. So is the mdf Venice terrain. I'm so happy to see this on your channel!
Some basic research might not have gone amiss. The setting is not “Victorian”! The Victorian era began in 1837. The 1790’s was the time of revolutionary France, or if you prefer an artistic touchstone, the Romantic era.
Oh, and Carnevale is pronounced carn-ey-varlay.
YES! I got into this game at the start of the pandemic; love everything about it, love seeing you cover it!
Of all the miniature tabletop games, this was the one that got my wife to try wargaming. Simple enough to get into, and a fantastic Lovecraft meets Venice background. Truly a fantastic game!
That's wonderful! I hope you two have a blast :) I'll be getting back to lore for it shortly!
I just dove into this game! Thanks so much for doing these videos!
Great video, thanks
Love it, I've been eyeballing this game for a while but never pulled the trigger
Just a few days ago decided to order my two player starter and 2 other starter gangs :) Thanks for this video, the game for sure needs some more exposing to potential players :)
I haven't heard of this, but you've grabbed my interest by the lapels and yanked it close. I've already done some looking into this, I'd kinda like an overview of the different factions the game seems to have as well.(I'm willing to wait a bit longer for your coverage of the recently updated Conquest 2.0 armies for a bit more of this)
I dipped into this game during the second edition (pre-TT Combat) and picked up some models. The metals were good, if a little fiddly to assemble. Never got around to playing a game, though.
Carnivale is very appealing to me, but those choir boy units of the Catholic church really puts me off. I don't want this implied paedophilia on my tabletop. Very bad design decision imho.
You know that choir boys were used since the birth of the catholic church, right? And they are still used especially here in Italy but, surprise surprise, 99% of the time there's no pedophilia. Besides it's a miniature game, just don't play them/that faction?
@Marco Cansone using your math that's 13 million assaults committed by the church, just counting the catholics of today, not counting for those dead.
Why not just respect someone's opinion rather than come up with arbitrary data? You don't know if they were directly impacted, or know someone who was. Get off your high horse.
@@marcocansone1034 As a former Catholic myself, I'm well aware of history and present, thank you.
Look at the miniatures. They chose to have these little choir boys accompany the Catholic church troops onto battle, made them barefoot, and had them struggling with carrying heavy things. Look at the choir boy carrying the massive crossbow while a musclebound man stands behind him firing the crossbow.
The reference and implications are obvious, and tasteless.
@@constablerouge2948 Yeah because 'carry heavy things' is universal shorthand for rape... What the hell are you on about.
@@poshboy4749 you are not the sharpest, are you? Just look at the model.