One of my most awaited games of the year. I'm so over minis, I was over the moon when I saw a good looking dungeon crawler with standees instead. Would have preferred tokens, even, but I'm not gonna complain. Can't wait to get my copy, thanks for the video!
That is how you unbox. Love that you didn't peek inside before going live. You should do more of these types of videos. With that out of the way I have to say I also never go All In. But LoD was such a crazy low price I couldn't resist going All In!
A bit late on watching this. But the art on the tiles has been made with Inkarnate. It's a web based tool to make tiles fast with premade art. I use it aswel for my custom tiles.
I can't post the link because UA-cam takes it down, but you can find the link on the FB page or just by googling. For the moment it's just a newsletter you sign up too, but it there is enough interest I will run a 2nd printrun.
I'm super excited for my copy to arrive, there's just so much game in the box - not much chance of me getting a sun tan this summer 😀. As you said, it's really impressive that the game is done and being delivered so quickly, especially as most of the design and development work has been done by just one person... massive respect to Michael!
So excited for this. All the other games I backed on KS can be delayed indefinitely for all I care. I'm gonna be so busy with this when it's finally shipped. Great video. Can't want to see the follow-ups.
Wish I had jumped in on the kickstarter but wasn't in a position to at the time. Will definitely keep an eye on a 2nd run in the future. Looks like a very fun game from what I have seen.
That's a great knife, and the orange looks really sharp. I've had one in brushed stainless for fifteen years or better. Still one of my most used pocket knives.
Great video as always! I know you did a breakdown of the prototype, but I would love to see a review / gameplay video of the finished product. I can’t wait for this to arrive on my doorstep!
Great video as always! Looking forward to getting my copy. Please do a "Reboxing" or at least show us how you store things. Looks like a great tool for solo rpgs as well
I'm personally super excited for the standees! These will be amazing for this game and many other games like 5 Leagues From the Borderland. I'm now dying to get similar ones for science fiction characters.
I like the Lurker and the No-... Plague Demon lol. :) After I saw you mention this game I'm going to watch some more videos on it. Hopefully it lives up to or surpasses the Warhammer Quest games!
Awesome unboxing, Daniel - the best one I’ve seen so far! Thanks especially for providing a detailed look at the cards. I’m now super-hyped to get my own copy, and if it comes close to Dungeon Universalis in terms of its depth and versatility, then I will be over the moon. I think what may ultimately determine whether I prefer this over DUN or vice-versa, is the strength of the campaign and the setting. Arasca (DUN) feels like it’s own distinct world, with its cultures, history, politics etc. This one seems a tad more generic, although I’d be happy to be proven wrong. In terms of player options, mechanisms, and variety, the two seem roughly equal.
In 2018, I bought expensive boxes of terrain tiles for D&D--games like this have made that obsolete! I think the standees have vibrant exciting art. A game box overflowing with components is almost a 2nd Christmas!
Nice video… I don’t know if I’m more excited to actually play LoD or …think about how I can use the components for other things..😅. The amount Of resources in this box for the dollars is mind blowing
i edited the original post where i was despairing about the lack of contact with the creator of the game. He immediately responded here is my double thank you for "League of Dunegoneers" as well as for "Dungeon Dive" for making this alternative way of communication possible. The creator stated, something had to go awry and he is a wholesome and fantastic guy. I guess mishaps are bound to happen once in a while. THANK YOU !
Hi! This sounds really odd as I read my email and KS messages several times per day and take great pride in answering within 24h. Please contact me again and we'll figure out what went wrong.
@@leagueofdungeoneers2523 @League of Dungeoneers Dear Michael. Thanks a lot for writing back! my faith in humanity has been restored ;D I wrote a message to your BGG account as well as i used the contact form provided on your web page again.
Excited for the game. Almost more excited for the big hex map, dungeon tiles and standees. It’s basically a toolbox for playing any kind of fantasy RPG or dungeon crawl as they are largely generic and doesn’t have much in terms of specific iconography or text written on any of it. Love it!
The pandemic had me cutting back on crowd-funding board games and sadly this was one I cancelled my pledge on. Seeing all this has me questioning my decisions 😆 but I'll be looking for info about a reprint! Nice Lewbowski reference!
Sometimes more is better, sometimes more just means it takes longer to set up and find the tile while you are playing the game! LoD has a good amount, but it's not too many.
@@TheDungeonDive lots of the tiles have the same art on both sides, so you aren't always having to look at both sides of the tiles to find the one you need as well.
I'm currently doing daily leg lifts and squats in preparation for the day I have to lift this off my porch and carry it inside. I don't want to pull a muscle.
Thanks, was interesting to see. The tiles do look improved over what they originally showed and the standees look pretty good with crazy variety. Not Dungeon Crusade good (which I think sets the bar), but better than Dungeon Universalis. Almost makes me wish I backed this just to use the standees with DUN if nothing else. The doors are cool, I'll buy them if you want to sell them (and paint them up to use with DUN & OrcQuest!)
Man, just looking at all that stuff kinda stresses me out. We just started a campaign of Etherfields, so I know all too well how much effort and time games like that take to learn, but this one just seems like it's on a whole 'nother level.
I think the reasoning was that if one side gets damaged, you still have a good side. Personally, I dislike double-sided tile with different art because it makes so much harder to find the right tile. But then again, I don't like huge stacks of tiles to begin with. I think LoD has just enough, if maybe a bit too many, especially in terms of corridors.
I backed Universalis when it first hit Kickstarter. My biggest gripe with it is that the translation to English made a lot of the game hard to grasp at first, and that hurdle made my players lose interest quickly. It’s sitting on my shelf all sleeved up, while other crawlers get attention. I can’t wait for my copy if LoD to arrive!
Those item cards would have benefitted from some art. As much as I love the engine behind this game, almost every card is either text heavy or has a table on it. A shame
Art is one of the most expensive parts of a game. They wanted to keep the price down as much as they could. More art is coming though, and it looks great.
Kinda odd how the host is so into having no plastic doors or minis while every game on the theme pic has minis. At any rate, I'm looking forward to my copy of LoD arriving soon.
Well...my impressions and thoughts about this game: 1) Great game. 2) Great tool box for other games. 3) A lot of things that gives huge replayability. 4) Text heavy cards with no artwork. It will make the game difficult to learn and use on a table. Art helps us remember the card without having to read the text every time midgame loosing time. 5) A lot of text books with many rules and reference that will make the players go search for everything for a long time while playing. 6) A lot of bits and stuff that will make the game cost go way up making it difficult to buy. 7) Big cost + shipping = impossible to buy. Final thoughts: I would suggest to the designer, make a version of the game with printer friendly PDF files and sell them in a low price as a whole game system or just a tool box. I would buy it at a logical price.
They saved a lot of money on art assets, which is good and bad. I'd like more art, but I love the price. Everything you saw was only 135 euros. That's such a great value. The first expansion will come with new cards with unique art. However, you aren't supposed to keep most cards. This is a character sheet game, so it makes sense why art isn't on the cards. The cards are simply for drawing, then you add to your character sheet. The art for the new cards will be for unique weapons, so those you will remove from the game once drawn.
One of my most awaited games of the year. I'm so over minis, I was over the moon when I saw a good looking dungeon crawler with standees instead. Would have preferred tokens, even, but I'm not gonna complain. Can't wait to get my copy, thanks for the video!
That is how you unbox. Love that you didn't peek inside before going live. You should do more of these types of videos.
With that out of the way I have to say I also never go All In. But LoD was such a crazy low price I couldn't resist going All In!
Some of the best looking tiles and standees I've seen. The art style is consistent too, which is difficult to pull off when you have hundreds of them.
You don't have seen many tile, right?
The Warhammer Quest set, 1995, piss off on th... ah, no, wait... looks like the same!
Man - if this is the edited response, what the hell did the original look like? LOL!
Can't wait for my copy to arrive!
A bit late on watching this. But the art on the tiles has been made with Inkarnate. It's a web based tool to make tiles fast with premade art. I use it aswel for my custom tiles.
Thanks for taking us through the box, it's keeping me excited.
There will be weekly videos for the next month or so. :)
Thanks for the detailed look, David. Huzzah for standees 🙌
There's a lot more to come! :)
@@TheDungeonDive Can't wait! Gotta keep living vicariously through you 😂
Love that hardback rulebook! Looking forward to getting this
Really wish I would have backed this last year, I signed up for the reprint can’t wait to watch any of your content on it!🎉
Where did you sign for a reprint? You mean you follow an upcoming new Ks page?
Where did you sign for a reprint? You mean you follow an upcoming new Ks page?
I need this info as well. I missed it on KS and would like to order the set shown here if possible.
I can't post the link because UA-cam takes it down, but you can find the link on the FB page or just by googling. For the moment it's just a newsletter you sign up too, but it there is enough interest I will run a 2nd printrun.
Just so you know guys, the second edition is on gamefound at the moment, it's also got an expansion. Goes live this month.
So jealous! I want my copy yesterday!
This all looks so good. Can't wait to get stuck into mine. Great unboxing!
The addition of standees is fantastic and a big attraction for me as well as the solo play. Open the box and get playing.
Great unboxing, I went all in, can't wait for the standees as well, I plan to use them for Forbidden Psalm
I'm super excited for my copy to arrive, there's just so much game in the box - not much chance of me getting a sun tan this summer 😀. As you said, it's really impressive that the game is done and being delivered so quickly, especially as most of the design and development work has been done by just one person... massive respect to Michael!
great video of unpacking, it's really beautiful material !
So excited for this. All the other games I backed on KS can be delayed indefinitely for all I care. I'm gonna be so busy with this when it's finally shipped. Great video. Can't want to see the follow-ups.
So glad I picked this one up. Thanks for the unboxing Daniel!
"Really ties the room together" The Dungeon Dude abides.
Sad I missed this one. PErhaps they'll do another KS or allow us to buy it on their web site.
The website does have sign up for those interested in a second printing. If they get enough interest, they'll run it again.
Wish I had jumped in on the kickstarter but wasn't in a position to at the time. Will definitely keep an eye on a 2nd run in the future. Looks like a very fun game from what I have seen.
That's a great knife, and the orange looks really sharp. I've had one in brushed stainless for fifteen years or better. Still one of my most used pocket knives.
Yeah. Kershaw makes great knives. Love the orange!
This looks like it will be the last big box dungeon crawl I will need.
Makes me think of Men In Black - 'this is the last suit you'll ever wear' 😁
This looks soooo good. Michael outdid himself!
Great video as always! I know you did a breakdown of the prototype, but I would love to see a review / gameplay video of the finished product. I can’t wait for this to arrive on my doorstep!
There’s a lot more coming.
I'm impatiently waiting for mine to get here. It looks amazing
Great video as always! Looking forward to getting my copy. Please do a "Reboxing" or at least show us how you store things. Looks like a great tool for solo rpgs as well
Everything fits perfectly back in the box! I'll show in a future episode.
Oh man, I somehow missed this one. The FOMO is real. Thanks for sharing!
No worries, a reprint is on its way
Sooooooo excited for this one to deliver.
I would love for them to see them make quests for specifically one "hero"
Wow! Great unboxing. The doors look great. You should use them.
Looks worth it for the awesome dungeon tiles alone to be honest!
I'm personally super excited for the standees! These will be amazing for this game and many other games like 5 Leagues From the Borderland. I'm now dying to get similar ones for science fiction characters.
I like the Lurker and the No-... Plague Demon lol. :) After I saw you mention this game I'm going to watch some more videos on it. Hopefully it lives up to or surpasses the Warhammer Quest games!
Awesome unboxing, Daniel - the best one I’ve seen so far! Thanks especially for providing a detailed look at the cards. I’m now super-hyped to get my own copy, and if it comes close to Dungeon Universalis in terms of its depth and versatility, then I will be over the moon.
I think what may ultimately determine whether I prefer this over DUN or vice-versa, is the strength of the campaign and the setting. Arasca (DUN) feels like it’s own distinct world, with its cultures, history, politics etc. This one seems a tad more generic, although I’d be happy to be proven wrong. In terms of player options, mechanisms, and variety, the two seem roughly equal.
In 2018, I bought expensive boxes of terrain tiles for D&D--games like this have made that obsolete! I think the standees have vibrant exciting art. A game box overflowing with components is almost a 2nd Christmas!
Btw Daniel, if i may answer your questioning at 16:35, yeah almost every single tile has elements you can interact with
I love that!
So looking forward to this.
Nice video… I don’t know if I’m more excited to actually play LoD or …think about how I can use the components for other things..😅. The amount Of resources in this box for the dollars is mind blowing
Was thinking the exact same thing!
@@JevousGaming Agreed! The only other unboxing where I felt the same thing was Dungeon Universalis. 👍
i edited the original post where i was despairing about the lack of contact with the creator of the game. He immediately responded here is my double thank you for "League of Dunegoneers" as well as for "Dungeon Dive" for making this alternative way of communication possible. The creator stated, something had to go awry and he is a wholesome and fantastic guy. I guess mishaps are bound to happen once in a while. THANK YOU !
No idea. I know next to nothing about the business side of the hobby.
@@TheDungeonDive thanks!
Hi! This sounds really odd as I read my email and KS messages several times per day and take great pride in answering within 24h. Please contact me again and we'll figure out what went wrong.
@@leagueofdungeoneers2523 @League of Dungeoneers Dear Michael. Thanks a lot for writing back! my faith in humanity has been restored ;D I wrote a message to your BGG account as well as i used the contact form provided on your web page again.
Runebound second edition is one of my favourite games.
(The 3rd edition not.)
I look forward for the review.
This looks like an awesome game!
Excited for the game. Almost more excited for the big hex map, dungeon tiles and standees. It’s basically a toolbox for playing any kind of fantasy RPG or dungeon crawl as they are largely generic and doesn’t have much in terms of specific iconography or text written on any of it. Love it!
You’ll be seeing the hex map on a lot of channels for a lot of games!
@@TheDungeonDive I bet!
Those negative squares will make great bases for other things. I hope you’re saving them!
Oh yeah. Got those saved.
The pandemic had me cutting back on crowd-funding board games and sadly this was one I cancelled my pledge on. Seeing all this has me questioning my decisions 😆 but I'll be looking for info about a reprint! Nice Lewbowski reference!
The game has the best tiles I have ever seen. more is better and thats what you get.WOW I am so excited about this.
Sometimes more is better, sometimes more just means it takes longer to set up and find the tile while you are playing the game! LoD has a good amount, but it's not too many.
@@TheDungeonDive lots of the tiles have the same art on both sides, so you aren't always having to look at both sides of the tiles to find the one you need as well.
Yep!
Great game no this is excellent game can’t wait to get my hands on this 😊
Hope you enjoy it!
I'm seriously bummed I missed this.
I would like to see this game in action. I almost backed it.
I'm currently doing daily leg lifts and squats in preparation for the day I have to lift this off my porch and carry it inside. I don't want to pull a muscle.
Lol! It’s a heft one.
Thanks, was interesting to see. The tiles do look improved over what they originally showed and the standees look pretty good with crazy variety. Not Dungeon Crusade good (which I think sets the bar), but better than Dungeon Universalis. Almost makes me wish I backed this just to use the standees with DUN if nothing else. The doors are cool, I'll buy them if you want to sell them (and paint them up to use with DUN & OrcQuest!)
Dungeon Crusade is one of the best looking games ever.
We can use other minis, but I enjoy using official minis for the product. Get on that, guys .Are you allergic to money or something? ;)
Curious if anyone has plans to 3d print an organizer for this game, once we have our hands on it.
I’m sure someone will.
Man, just looking at all that stuff kinda stresses me out. We just started a campaign of Etherfields, so I know all too well how much effort and time games like that take to learn, but this one just seems like it's on a whole 'nother level.
I get that.
The game looks great and maybe it's me but, isn't having different art work on the back of the tiles the point of having double sided tiles?
I think the reasoning was that if one side gets damaged, you still have a good side. Personally, I dislike double-sided tile with different art because it makes so much harder to find the right tile. But then again, I don't like huge stacks of tiles to begin with. I think LoD has just enough, if maybe a bit too many, especially in terms of corridors.
Oh boyyyyy!
Wow that's a lot of tiles. I almost got this and then my job ended and yeah end of '22 was not the best but hey, maybe a reprint will happen in 2024.
I hope you have a better 2023 and 2024.
I don't know how I missed this KS. Looks proper sexy!
Is there somewhere where I can get standees like those with back and front.
Is there a reboxing video or how to sort cards with dividers etc?
Not yet. There will be.
@@TheDungeonDive I look forward to seeing the reboxing and how you sort/arrange the cards 😀
I’m glad I late backed now……
I’ll take those doors off your hands , I paint a lot
I’ll be giving them away to a patron.
@@TheDungeonDive We are all your patrons Daniel; in one sense, or another.
I wonder ....This or Dungeon Universalis ???
You’ll have to wait a month or so until I do my big comparison video. :)
THIS Hands down …no doubt about it…
@@pedrowayne4675 May I ask why you are more pro to this one?....just curious, maybe this will help me decide.
I backed Universalis when it first hit Kickstarter. My biggest gripe with it is that the translation to English made a lot of the game hard to grasp at first, and that hurdle made my players lose interest quickly.
It’s sitting on my shelf all sleeved up, while other crawlers get attention.
I can’t wait for my copy if LoD to arrive!
For the price it packs so much. I looked at D & D onslaught but I just can't buy it. Looks very overpriced
Those item cards would have benefitted from some art. As much as I love the engine behind this game, almost every card is either text heavy or has a table on it. A shame
Art is one of the most expensive parts of a game. They wanted to keep the price down as much as they could. More art is coming though, and it looks great.
@@TheDungeonDive Does this mean the new campaign will actually be cheaper than most other games of this ilk?
I have no idea, but the last campaign was.
Kinda odd how the host is so into having no plastic doors or minis while every game on the theme pic has minis. At any rate, I'm looking forward to my copy of LoD arriving soon.
OH! You got me! MEGA BURN!!!!
@@TheDungeonDive ? Not trying to make you defensive. Just saying. Dang.
When edc showcase ?;)
Not sure what this means.
@@TheDungeonDive knife :3
Ah. Every Day Carry. Got it. :). Lol.
@@TheDungeonDive that's a cool idea. I would definitely watch an EDC video if you made one👍🏼
Well...my impressions and thoughts about this game:
1) Great game.
2) Great tool box for other games.
3) A lot of things that gives huge replayability.
4) Text heavy cards with no artwork. It will make the game difficult to learn and use on a table. Art helps us remember the card without having to read the text every time midgame loosing time.
5) A lot of text books with many rules and reference that will make the players go search for everything for a long time while playing.
6) A lot of bits and stuff that will make the game cost go way up making it difficult to buy.
7) Big cost + shipping = impossible to buy.
Final thoughts:
I would suggest to the designer, make a version of the game with printer friendly PDF files and sell them in a low price as a whole game system or just a tool box.
I would buy it at a logical price.
They saved a lot of money on art assets, which is good and bad. I'd like more art, but I love the price. Everything you saw was only 135 euros. That's such a great value. The first expansion will come with new cards with unique art.
However, you aren't supposed to keep most cards. This is a character sheet game, so it makes sense why art isn't on the cards. The cards are simply for drawing, then you add to your character sheet. The art for the new cards will be for unique weapons, so those you will remove from the game once drawn.
@@TheDungeonDive I wasn’t aware of this! A future kickstarter on the cards then, for these expansions Dan?
I think so. I should have a prototype to look at soon, which will contain a subset of the cards.
25:09 ......LOL....😉