I played this last night for the first time, and it was fun, but there is at least some amount of brokenness. I was dealt the Obelisk of the Crescent as one of my monuments, which allows you to place a building in any empty square, not just one of the squares you're taking the cubes from. I built that first, then proceeded to build with abandon, because I didn't need to worry about how to place my buildings to prevent me from getting blocked. We had Cloister in the game (one point per each cloister in a corner), and I build nine of them, including one in each corner for 36 points. I had a smattering of other points and finished with 47, almost twice what the player in second had. This monument should either be removed or used only in the cards variant--it was far too powerful for me to be able to pick cubes that worked for the buildings I wanted to build.
Tiny towns really shocked me. When I first tried it I thought, "this is easy, I've got this, no problem, oh crap I just need myself up." Over and over again, lol.
I said that about this month and ended up buying 4 Games.... now I pledged not to buy a new game for Febuary (but I never said anything about expensions... I'm really needing some of those...) I do need to also play all these new games afterall XD
I played it at Pax Unplugged. I liked it, but I was horrible at it, and I know I will never be good at it. The space in my brain matter devoted to spatial recognition is occupied by something else. Agree with Tom when he says it will be well received and sell.
This video looks to me like it has been upscaled! Meaning that the "actual" resolution is not 1080p when I watch it in that resolution, aka the source video seems to be of lower resolution....
How do you keep track of which building is build where; like you have three farms each feeding in their different way. Is it just gonna be combined powers, or how else are you gonna keep all track of it?
I think you missunderstodd. In each game there is only one type of farm which is drawn randomly during the setup. He just showed that in different games one farm would work like this, but next time you get a different one, same for the other buildings, thatÄs why they are colorized in different stacks
Correct, there is one building of each type. So the "Barn" token in one game may represent the Orchard, and in another, the Greenhouse. They will have the same shape of cubes to create, though they may require different colors, and each has a different effect or scoring method. @@NathienSK
I don't really feel like it.. Kids might mess up really quickly and just watch you have fun for like 10 minutes. Anyone messing up earlier just loses and waits for others to finish. To me that's not cool :/
Yeah, not too friendly. You gotta take into consideration the fact that Uno faces the same problem though and a lot of other games that focuses on colors.
Skarpo dont his daughters pick it up after he’s done shooting? I don’t think he pays them... well, actually he might with the old “I’ve put a roof over your head and food on your plate! That’s payment enough!”.
At 02:50 I think you could have built the cottage as the rules say you can flip the pattern
Toms board game reviews are the best!
Two minutes in to your explanation and I was hooked by this game! Cheers :)
Deal everyone a resource cube card. This is first move. Then start calling out. This ensures people won’t just copy others placement.
Or just play the variant in the rulebook. Fixes that problem very well.
Tom likes a lot of games, but this is still some of the highest praise I've ever heard from him.
I was really expecting you to approve the game with its own hammer :(
Ahah, it would have been useful for something at least.
that would be unofficial and unprofessional
Thanks!
You bet!
According to BGG the release date is April 26th... That is a long wait.
I played this last night for the first time, and it was fun, but there is at least some amount of brokenness. I was dealt the Obelisk of the Crescent as one of my monuments, which allows you to place a building in any empty square, not just one of the squares you're taking the cubes from. I built that first, then proceeded to build with abandon, because I didn't need to worry about how to place my buildings to prevent me from getting blocked. We had Cloister in the game (one point per each cloister in a corner), and I build nine of them, including one in each corner for 36 points. I had a smattering of other points and finished with 47, almost twice what the player in second had. This monument should either be removed or used only in the cards variant--it was far too powerful for me to be able to pick cubes that worked for the buildings I wanted to build.
This game looks like it is simple to teach. I agree with Tom.. future big hit.
Tiny towns really shocked me. When I first tried it I thought, "this is easy, I've got this, no problem, oh crap I just need myself up." Over and over again, lol.
Should have used the hammer from the game to do the judgment and knock over some buildings with it ;)
Shows on Amazon as available in May. Looks like a winner.
There is a brick & mortar pre-release in April and full release in May. :)
I think I lasted about two minutes into your explanation before I immediately started checking where I could get it. Great review, Tom.
Anthony Pimentel bizarre! Just wrote the same without seeing this!
This looks like a big hit. Curse you Vasel! I wasn't going to buy anything for a while. Thanks for the great review.
I said that about this month and ended up buying 4 Games.... now I pledged not to buy a new game for Febuary (but I never said anything about expensions... I'm really needing some of those...) I do need to also play all these new games afterall XD
Neither of you will stop. You can’t stop.
Super excited to try this!
ok you've sold me on it
I played it at Pax Unplugged. I liked it, but I was horrible at it, and I know I will never be good at it. The space in my brain matter devoted to spatial recognition is occupied by something else. Agree with Tom when he says it will be well received and sell.
Hello Tom. Where did you get these plastic organizers to store the tokens?
It's a great game and it gets a lot of play at our game meets and by all kinds of players and different experience levels.
I am not sure if I missed this, but does the colored building in the square permanently count as that color resource type?
This video looks to me like it has been upscaled! Meaning that the "actual" resolution is not 1080p when I watch it in that resolution, aka the source video seems to be of lower resolution....
Whoa!
How do you keep track of which building is build where; like you have three farms each feeding in their different way. Is it just gonna be combined powers, or how else are you gonna keep all track of it?
I think you missunderstodd. In each game there is only one type of farm which is drawn randomly during the setup. He just showed that in different games one farm would work like this, but next time you get a different one, same for the other buildings, thatÄs why they are colorized in different stacks
Probably only one building of each type.
Correct, there is one building of each type. So the "Barn" token in one game may represent the Orchard, and in another, the Greenhouse. They will have the same shape of cubes to create, though they may require different colors, and each has a different effect or scoring method.
@@NathienSK
This game is super good.
Looks like a good family friendly game.
I don't really feel like it.. Kids might mess up really quickly and just watch you have fun for like 10 minutes.
Anyone messing up earlier just loses and waits for others to finish. To me that's not cool :/
I call it Bingo meets Tetris meets 2048.
I'm friends with Creator and played the demo. Loved it.
what about color blinded people？not too friendly for them？
Yeah, not too friendly. You gotta take into consideration the fact that Uno faces the same problem though and a lot of other games that focuses on colors.
Thank you, will buy it :)
Hopefully my gf will play with me.
I didn't care for the game....too many convoluted scoring schemes
Absolutely no idea why this game is popular.
because some people like things that you don't.. amazing huh
@@rayygun lol
@@rayygun Made me laugh out loud. 😂
How does this compare to My City? I just got that one to play with my chikdren (6 and 7) and I'm interested in this one now, but it seems too similar
Nice review. Now I know I never ever want to play this game.
Do you think he ever loses pieces of the game when he dumps everything out?
Yes. Triggers me every time.
You can watch the new behind the scenes video, he mentions this
@@Skarpo89 wow. so much work for that shot. I'd hate to have to count pieces for all those games.
@@samsimmons4796 What if you got paid for doing so : P.
Skarpo dont his daughters pick it up after he’s done shooting? I don’t think he pays them... well, actually he might with the old “I’ve put a roof over your head and food on your plate! That’s payment enough!”.