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Cascadia - Facepalm !! the game most likely to make it to someones top 10 most overrated games

Hey guys. Our group has Spirit Island and likes it a lot. A friend (who has since passed), purchased me Primal: The Awakening as a gift (on a side note, what a shock to get it "after" he passed). We played it, and oh my gosh, I would describe it as Spirit Island + a Boss battler. It has so much in common with SI in terms of card play and interaction with other players, but even better you get to lvl up you characters if you want to play more than one-offs.

Love your videos guys! Thank you! Out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on the many solo games that ButtonShy produces? They helped me tremendously love the solo genre, alongside Maquis which is just such a great game. Also, in comparison to Ares Expedition, what were your thoughts on the solo mode of Terraforming Mars Dice? Thanks again!

I don't why Kinfire is not on a lot of Solo lists. It's an awesome game with enough variability.

Agricola is a great pick! I honestly despise dry point salad euros yet I freaking adore Agricola! In this day and age it is a massively overlooked game due to the age of streamlined games we live in now.

I had no idea that Undaunted had a solo mode. Woah! Will check that out.

Whoa! I didn’t know The Car Wizard played board games! 😂

Great lists guys! Leviathan Wilds, Cascadia, Under Falling Skies, and Spirit Island are all on my Top 10 as well.

Great video! I have a copy of Pax Pamir and Agricola sealed. Maybe it´s time for finally open them

Nice list I have top 5 at least 1. After the virus 2. Superhot the card game 3. Bullet heart 4. Marvel champions 5. Onirim But all the time they shift

I prefer Eclipse still…

This game sucks.

Ally crying out and being glad that they are still alive and useful lol

I like how all the haters gathered in this comment section, I wonder how long they had to look for to find such a negative review to relate to. The game is very easy to setup and takedown once you do it the first time and understand all the text in the booklet translates to only a few moves in reality, token wise it's pretty basic compared to other games like Earth which you rated as a top game. The idea of playing asymmetric civilizations and progressing through their history in a really realistic way gives the game a great flow, having fewer token types to manage and hold on the table makes it less cluttered, being able to shuffle through the same cards makes it easier to manage mistakes and more forgiving, while having 4 different ways of ending the game still keeps you on your toes and doesn't let you stay behind. The fact that most attack cards affect all other players at the same time and that it's impossible to guess how many points a rival player has means there's no ganging up on someone that does well like in Catan, but knowing what each civ aims for means you can still mess with other players and stop them from getting points if you want. Also the civilizations variety and their actual likeness to real history makes it great for people that are bored with the same senseless factions like the old and abused orcs and dragons and elves.

Excellent review! I’m much more interested now.

It's a great game, great as an introduction to gaming, including for younger kids. Whether at 2 or 4 players, it works really well. I enjoy it and will always keep it, for those times when I need to play with more "novice" gamers.

There's 1 broken card in the game, though...Like you remove the card from the game, comment if you keep it in because life isn't fair

Like for Golem Edition, Comment for Spice Edition

I got the golem edition only because the card art matches mechanically what the card does. "Convert 2 yellow into 1 blue? That's some art of 2 yellow being traded for 1 blue"

I own and like this one, but to me their standout game is still Lockup (with Breakout exp) at 5P.

Gloomhaven is not an icon.

Love the pick of Khora. So underrated. I demo'ed and picked it up at Origins 2021 (the last time Iello was there) and it's a very fun game that utilizes tracks very well.

It’s a lot at first but once you grasp it it’s amazing. So much game in a small box

Some combats gets way to dicey for me. There was one combat that lasted at least 5 minutos of two players JUST ROLLING DICE. But still, I thought the game was incredible.

I really tried to like Root, but I don't. I crowd-funded Arcs with the all-in pledge, and I regret it. I don't like the game. I liked it better in it's earlier iterations. The game feels much more luck-based than previously, and it's driven me away from the game entirely after playing it several times. In 3 and 4 player game it's common to see one player become the table punching bag and basically eliminated, regardless of how well they're doing, entirely based on the luck of the hand draw, and the court. What was looking to be a great game instead became a tedious slog that takes more than twice the listed length to play. It doesn't feel balanced, and ultimately I don't think this game has any staying power.

Dang, your explanation of the card system while only 15 seconds really helped me understand how it worked vs the other how to videos. I didn't realise you placed your card and carried out the actions in one go. I thought it was like a pre round phase. I'm such a doughnut.

I really like the QR code in the Earth rule book that lets you look up rules for individual cards. Every game like Earth, Ark Nova, etc. with a ton of unique cards with a lot of iconography on them should have that.

I like Dice Realms with dice crafting where you are upgrading the faces and specialising your dice. Board Game Geek provides a solo and a co-operative mode by the designer. An expansion is coming up. There is a lot of variability and it is very carefully thought out, though not cheap but you get lots of components. People liken it to Dominion.

This is a top 5 game for me. 🎉

very poor expansion. From perspective of content , yes, You need it. Mostly because core game looks like a demo version. But this game is not tested enough. Go check BGG.

I thought I will not need this expansion, but tbh... it is very good. Having it with Rise of IX it is spot on!

Fantastic game. Highly recommend!

sold my copy after 10 games. blahhh

What's your opinion of Tiny Towns? I played Tiny Towns before I played Cartographers, but before I played either I was already a big fan of Roll Player, so I definitely like the artwork and just the high production values of Thunderworks' games. But when I tried Cartographers I just had a feeling of like "I'd rather be playing Tiny Towns". I think the reason why is that in Tiny Towns you have to lay out a pattern on the grid, but that pattern then "collapses" into a building that only occupies a single grid cell. That extra layer of complexity is really appealing to me.

I agree with you about the 2-player experience. It’s not only their best 2-player game, it’s a great 2-player game. 5 of my 6 player have been with two, and I didn’t feel like I was missing out on anything unlike most of the other Leder Games titles.

You got me wanting to play this bad boy

Isn't leder just the publisher? Shouldn't the title say cole wehrle?

I dont like the look at all , maybe its fun but it look so cheap

Great vid, thanks!

4:25 You don’t need to control the system to build a building there, you only need a loyal piece present! It would be built damaged, however

Cole is definitely one of the greatest game designers alive. Hope he has many many more games in him.

Hey great videos! just discovered you today from the small box list. Lots of stuff in your video's I haven't come across. You may want to have a google of how linear is pronounced though haha. Cheers

I was skeptical of Arcs, though the campaign sounded interesting to me so I backed. I really like it a lot! Root and Oath are my favorite games but I can never get my friends to play them with be since they're both too complicated. Hoping my gaming group will think it's more simpler. Otherwise since it doesn't have a solo mode It'll sadly just collect dust. Which would suck since I really like it. Personally I think Cole Wehrle should just have solo modes in all of his games because he's notorious for making complex games that mostly only gamers really understand. I find myself playing Root and Oath solo all the time and love them. But if they didn't have a solo mode I might as well just not have them because no one would ever play them with me. Especially during Cvd I felt like Will from Stranger Things S2. (Guy's can we just play D&D?)

Arcs is, undoubtedly, a lightening strike of game design. And yet, it leaves me feeling cool. For me, at least, I've come to accept that theme is as just important - if not more - than mechanics and design. And unfortunately Arcs is sub-par in that category. I fully understand that this perspective seems very unfair. I'm rather upset with myself because of it! Pero, así es.

Arcs is blowing up on youtube.

Thanks Jack - glad to hear you’ve enjoyed Stonespine!

Nice! I got a better understanding of this game from your video than any other so far. Well done! The scoring does look amazing!

I'm in a similar boat but with Oath swapping in for Root. Both games are weirdly closer and now even symbiotic after reading the Oath KS designer diaries. Right now, I consider Arcs the objectively better game, but once I get to the campaign it might also earn that favorite spot. Regardless, you take a step back for a second and realize you're asking yourself if this is dethroning a favorite... Yeah, Arcs is quite special isn't it.

The trick taking makes the game more abstract because it has no connection to the theme. I don't like mechanics for the sake of mechanics. I want there to be a thematic justification. Well, unless the game is clearly not supposed to be a thematic game.

My group really loves Root. We tried to get into Arcs but it just hasn't landed with us the way Root has.