fan made Force Commander 2 app for Imperial Assault saved the game for me. so much fun solo, you can play all the campaigns with the app solo to 4 players no need to play imperials (while fun but like you said harder to get to the table if you need someone to play the imperials)
Imperial Assault/Descent, totally with you on those, I have avoided them, they look pretty but I know i'd never get them to the table for the reasons you gave plus the money pit and "need" to purchase the character packs is a piss take. Wingspan I see your point, never thought about how condensed it could be unfluffed, but we do enjoy it and easily bash a game out in 30 mins and its sits as my highest played game at 35 plays. Working my way through your channel, great content mate thanks.
Love hearing your thoughts on the games. I would say that Imperial Assault/Descent are great fun but finding a group is a nightmare so can understand your point entirely. Same would be true of other campaign games like Glooomhaven, Charterstone, Pandemic Legacy etc. though! I quite enjoyed Cry Havoc for the asymmetry, deck tweaking and unique combat system but I can see that game balance and some of the mechanics may not to be everyone's tastes. It also doesn't help that there are many incredible area control/dudes on a map games, so it has difficultly standing out from the crowd. Haven't played Wingspan so will reserve judgement on that. Think I'd probably enjoy it but that it wouldn't set my world on fire. I would like to try 7th Continent, but a bit wary of it at the same time. Also don't like the fact that all the print runs are Kickstarter only. Dominant Species doesn't really interest me due to the theme. I have played Evolution which was decent enough but it's not a theme that really grabs me.
Thanks for your thoughts...we had Gloomhaven since its first printing but have failed to get it to the table for obvious reasons. I can’t bring myself to shift it though...saving it for a solo marathon when/if I retire 😂
Nice video as always. I do agree totally on Wingspan. Like John Cleese says "What´s the point". Thou i do like birds a lot, mostly the ones in nice dresses😉 I would like to try Cry Havoc. Only to get my own opinion about the gameplay. The other games mentioned here I have not played. "Scanners" this film I did see many years ago. I know the feeling. Been married. Keep up the good work.
What I disliked about Wingspan, from the very first time I played it, was it is a card asset management game that does not need there to be other players as their actions could just as easily be taken on by an AI and it wouldn't change the game. It's more like a game of golf - 'a good walk spoiled' - designed by computer programmers for computer programmers masquerading as a board game about birds when the birds are an irrelevant theme.
Hi man, Love the channel and have been following you since the inception. Your honesty is so refreshing compared to 99.99% of other board game channels!
I like Dominant Species. I like wargames. Dominance calculation is easy and you only really need to confirm it during the domination resolution. If that was your only complaint though, Dominant Species Marine drastically streamlined the dominance calculation.
Recently got Wingspan and really enjoying it. I’ve been into the hobby for less than a year so wasn’t bogged down with expectations from the hype. Good video and made me think what I could stand to get rid of - Ethnos (a real letdown) and K2 (one of the first games I bought and overplayed it at the time, decent game though)
Really enjoy Ethnos and K2 isn’t half bad either. Didn’t like wingspan as it’s essentially a small card game made out to be a full board game with a price tag to match. Plus the theme isn’t something we find even remotely interesting. I can understand why people like it though. Try Ethnos with 6...crazy fun.
Yeah, I can see maybe Ethnos would be better with more players. Only been able to play it with two players and it really doesn’t work, despite having tweaked rules for two.
I just purchased wingspan, my wife likes it. she likes the eggs and mechanics. but i do see through it all and really it's another catan for me. the luck component of the game is too strong. I've played multiple games online before purchasing, it is evident when high ranking players have immensely shit games, I'm talking 60-70 points. It's cause if you have bad luck with your bird cards drawn, that's it, there is no comeback mechanic when the rounds get shorter and you didnt get to build a good engine. In other words I guess, someone with low ranking or worse skilled player could have lucked out and had the best cards for a fantastic engine one one action and they fly away with the game from 2nd round onwards. to me, it's a party game where if all players have similar knowledge and skills, luck can feel like the only determining factor
I heard Wingspan was overrated. Wasn't really keen on it in the first place. I love star wars, but I don't like when those games turn into a dice roll fest.... good to know. The other ones I don't think I've heard of. Another Great video.
Its weird the whole cryhavoc experience cause that unbalance element exists in many games in purpose. For example Twilight Imperium, cosmic encounter, Vilainous and of course Dune among many. The factions are deliberetly unbalanced and the players balance it with alliances or constant poking the ovepowered ones. Maybe some like it maybe some not but the fact remains that a game designer has done something like that before and most game designers probably know these games so it shouldnt be so strange to ask or even offensive to ask about this "unbalanced" element.
The only game I’d considering buying is 7th Continent for that choose your adventure style game. I think all the others I will now give a miss for the reasons you gave. I think another I’d add to the crap list is Spirit Island which bored the living day lights out of me and felt like I was fiddling with monopoly pieces.
Great review … finally a bloke that speaks the truth against the hype. Dominant Species … crap. Dominance species calculation are a waste of time. Wingspan - buy a bird book instead. Rare to have a guy speak against hype and get canceled by thin skinned designers. Awesome guy !
I very nearly got rid of zombicide because I just found it a dice fest... but since learned to love it. I did however get rid the 'war of tanks' card game 'Rush'... it was bought from The Works and just wasn't worth it.
I agree the humans in CryHavoc are overpowered in the default setup. All the races are modular though. So we nerfed the humans. (But then another race became overpowered.. so we... and then... oh ok).
No regrets. Someone else now has the pleasure of playing it, plus they got it cheap when it was out of stock so very happy it’s gone to a loving home 👍
We didn’t. We may get it again...I just picked up cry havoc and the expansion to have another pop as making this video got me thinking about it again. Who knows...
@@cameronduffy9215 My group also found wingspan very boring, we have played s different player counts. My friend is going to eBay his copy. Seriously we were very disappointed.
Have to say I totally agree with your comments on Wingspan... though my wife won’t let me sell it... although one game we did agree on selling was 7th Continent, we just didn’t get what the hype was at all... far too much chance and random bumpf, poor interesting characters and story... Tainted Grail is the game 7th continent should have been.
I got tainted grail after really wanting to like 7th continent. I feel like the story and sense of direction will be what makes it work for me. I got it and the expansion for $100 AUD so pretty happy
@@BoardGameBollocks I generally think Stonemaier games are overproduced. If you strip the games back to their core mechanisms and treat them like dry euros they don't compare to games like Troyes, Concordia..... etc.
Agreed on Descent, disagree on Wingspan and Dominant Species. Wingspan i have used as a gateway game and so far it has never failed to get people into this wonderful hobby of ours. Dominant Species Is a marmite game. I do struggle to get it to the table as it rewards players that know how to play it much more than most games do. Experience at the game heavily favours your chances of winning much more than most games i have played. This puts me off suggesting it as no one should want to dominate the game play that much. We and should all be able to agree to disagree. Recently found your channel and find it very refreshing to find a you tube creator that says it as they see it. Keep up the good work 😊
cry havoc creator went mental. That's speaking volumes. Will avoid his crap at any cost then. Thanks!@ subbed. Honest reviews are rare. The others I fully agree with so no reason to doubt your cry havoc opinion.
Calculating dominance is easy. The next tiles doesn’t effect the dominance of your current tile. This sounds like you got the rules wrong because it’s not supposed to be this complicated. It’s my number 3 game and I wish I can teach you it correctly.
@@BoardGameBollocks Maybe you didn't get the rules wrong when you played, but the way you explained it here is clearly incorrect 11:30 - 11:35. Maybe it all just became such a headache for you after playing it that you can't be bothered to get it right when you made this video.
"Sit up and Shut Down" - hehehehe good one. But Cry Havoc? I get that if the dev pissed you off, sure. Bin it. But the game itself is fine (especially with the expansion), Humans are easy mode only if other players make an effort of ignoring them, the thing with them is that they are most forgiving plus easy scoring. But start moving towards them early and they are f'ed. Agree with Wingspan, always disliked that game. Zero care for what it is. I don't play games to make political statements about empowering the dev.
We played 10 games of Cry Havoc so far.. Humans won Twice.. You play with people who don't know strategy/tactics of this game and you're probably one of them..
Never felt attracted to wingspan, now even less likely to pick up it. Thanks for an entertaining video.
All hype mate...have you played the butterfly game from the same designer?
The designer of Wingspan appears to be an overly woke crazy lady so it's a running joke in our group that we DON'T PLAY WINGSPAN
@@mitachuyou have to be to consider making a game about bloody bird-watching XD
fan made Force Commander 2 app for Imperial Assault saved the game for me. so much fun solo, you can play all the campaigns with the app solo to 4 players no need to play imperials (while fun but like you said harder to get to the table if you need someone to play the imperials)
How did I miss this video! This is the most relaxed I've ever seen you and I love this more laid back presention style.
Life happened
I Love this Channel soo much. I request you to do more Fighting Fantasy Gamebook videos.
Cheers Fang 👍
Thank you, some of these I was iffy on due to others having bad results with.
My family and I recently bought Wingspan...and we love it. One game that I’m looking to get rid of is Castell!
Can’t argue with any of those. If I could do, I wouldn’t, it’s all subjective.
Good presentation, subscribed.
Cheers brother 👍🏻
Agree with wingspan. it was absolute munk! however i enjoy the 7th continent and its doesnt take long to set up or tear down.
Imperial Assault/Descent, totally with you on those, I have avoided them, they look pretty but I know i'd never get them to the table for the reasons you gave plus the money pit and "need" to purchase the character packs is a piss take. Wingspan I see your point, never thought about how condensed it could be unfluffed, but we do enjoy it and easily bash a game out in 30 mins and its sits as my highest played game at 35 plays. Working my way through your channel, great content mate thanks.
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Love hearing your thoughts on the games. I would say that Imperial Assault/Descent are great fun but finding a group is a nightmare so can understand your point entirely. Same would be true of other campaign games like Glooomhaven, Charterstone, Pandemic Legacy etc. though!
I quite enjoyed Cry Havoc for the asymmetry, deck tweaking and unique combat system but I can see that game balance and some of the mechanics may not to be everyone's tastes. It also doesn't help that there are many incredible area control/dudes on a map games, so it has difficultly standing out from the crowd.
Haven't played Wingspan so will reserve judgement on that. Think I'd probably enjoy it but that it wouldn't set my world on fire. I would like to try 7th Continent, but a bit wary of it at the same time. Also don't like the fact that all the print runs are Kickstarter only. Dominant Species doesn't really interest me due to the theme. I have played Evolution which was decent enough but it's not a theme that really grabs me.
Thanks for your thoughts...we had Gloomhaven since its first printing but have failed to get it to the table for obvious reasons. I can’t bring myself to shift it though...saving it for a solo marathon when/if I retire 😂
@@BoardGameBollocks retire from what? Curious, what is your day job? I figured that you spent the entire day playing games.
Oh man, didn't even sell it. That's rough.
Nice video as always. I do agree totally on Wingspan. Like John Cleese says "What´s the point". Thou i do like birds a lot, mostly the ones in nice dresses😉
I would like to try Cry Havoc. Only to get my own opinion about the gameplay. The other games mentioned here I have not played.
"Scanners" this film I did see many years ago. I know the feeling. Been married. Keep up the good work.
I got rid of cry havoc for the first cast same reason, I’m glad that I wasn’t alone in this perception on the game.
What I disliked about Wingspan, from the very first time I played it, was it is a card asset management game that does not need there to be other players as their actions could just as easily be taken on by an AI and it wouldn't change the game. It's more like a game of golf - 'a good walk spoiled' - designed by computer programmers for computer programmers masquerading as a board game about birds when the birds are an irrelevant theme.
Hi man, Love the channel and have been following you since the inception. Your honesty is so refreshing compared to 99.99% of other board game channels!
Cheers Mimic. We try our best to do something a bit different here. Glad you enjoy it 👍🏻
I like Dominant Species. I like wargames. Dominance calculation is easy and you only really need to confirm it during the domination resolution. If that was your only complaint though, Dominant Species Marine drastically streamlined the dominance calculation.
I found it a pain I thought the arse…one game I was happy to see burn
The birds in wingspan is the least of its problems
Completely agree with wingspan, very simple boring game.
Recently got Wingspan and really enjoying it. I’ve been into the hobby for less than a year so wasn’t bogged down with expectations from the hype. Good video and made me think what I could stand to get rid of - Ethnos (a real letdown) and K2 (one of the first games I bought and overplayed it at the time, decent game though)
Really enjoy Ethnos and K2 isn’t half bad either. Didn’t like wingspan as it’s essentially a small card game made out to be a full board game with a price tag to match. Plus the theme isn’t something we find even remotely interesting. I can understand why people like it though.
Try Ethnos with 6...crazy fun.
Yeah, I can see maybe Ethnos would be better with more players. Only been able to play it with two players and it really doesn’t work, despite having tweaked rules for two.
Ethnos sucks with 2...don’t ditch it till you play it with more. Needs an expansion too. Surprised it hasn’t got one.
I just purchased wingspan, my wife likes it. she likes the eggs and mechanics. but i do see through it all and really it's another catan for me. the luck component of the game is too strong. I've played multiple games online before purchasing, it is evident when high ranking players have immensely shit games, I'm talking 60-70 points. It's cause if you have bad luck with your bird cards drawn, that's it, there is no comeback mechanic when the rounds get shorter and you didnt get to build a good engine. In other words I guess, someone with low ranking or worse skilled player could have lucked out and had the best cards for a fantastic engine one one action and they fly away with the game from 2nd round onwards. to me, it's a party game where if all players have similar knowledge and skills, luck can feel like the only determining factor
Great channel
Cheers Bignose 👍
I heard Wingspan was overrated. Wasn't really keen on it in the first place. I love star wars, but I don't like when those games turn into a dice roll fest.... good to know. The other ones I don't think I've heard of. Another Great video.
Its weird the whole cryhavoc experience cause that unbalance element exists in many games in purpose. For example Twilight Imperium, cosmic encounter, Vilainous and of course Dune among many. The factions are deliberetly unbalanced and the players balance it with alliances or constant poking the ovepowered ones. Maybe some like it maybe some not but the fact remains that a game designer has done something like that before and most game designers probably know these games so it shouldnt be so strange to ask or even offensive to ask about this "unbalanced" element.
Interesting. I absolutely love Wingspan 🎉 Just can't get enough of it.
My thoughts are with you at this difficult time…
@@BoardGameBollocks thanks, I appreciate 😁
The only game I’d considering buying is 7th Continent for that choose your adventure style game. I think all the others I will now give a miss for the reasons you gave. I think another I’d add to the crap list is Spirit Island which bored the living day lights out of me and felt like I was fiddling with monopoly pieces.
I sold 7th continent. The game fell apart after the first part and felt like it was repeating itself.
I agree with this videos criticism of 7th continent. I sold it pretty quick
Yep. I was very disappointed in Imperial Assault as well.
Great review … finally a bloke that speaks the truth against the hype. Dominant Species … crap. Dominance species calculation are a waste of time. Wingspan - buy a bird book instead. Rare to have a guy speak against hype and get canceled by thin skinned designers. Awesome guy !
I very nearly got rid of zombicide because I just found it a dice fest... but since learned to love it.
I did however get rid the 'war of tanks' card game 'Rush'... it was bought from The Works and just wasn't worth it.
We nearly dumped Zombicide until we house ruled the targeting hierarchy. We now own all 3 seasons with all big box expansions.
@@BoardGameBollocks we have had to do a similar thing! Appears a few people don't really like that mechanic!
Love the channel and that you have the balls to call out that wingspan is a fluffed up top trumps💪🙀
Not the most popular view I must admit, but we tell it how it is here...thanks for the feedback 👍
I agree the humans in CryHavoc are overpowered in the default setup. All the races are modular though. So we nerfed the humans. (But then another race became overpowered.. so we... and then... oh ok).
I rebought this after burning my original copy (yes i did) but I’ve yet to play it. May have to dig it out again.
Like scanners yeah! Hahaa!!
Love your channel, but I seriously hope you don’t regret getting rid of Wingspan! Unbelievable game.
No regrets. Someone else now has the pleasure of playing it, plus they got it cheap when it was out of stock so very happy it’s gone to a loving home 👍
Did you try it with 2 or 3 players? With 4 or more players I agree it’s not worth keeping but Wingspan SHINES at a low player count.
We didn’t. We may get it again...I just picked up cry havoc and the expansion to have another pop as making this video got me thinking about it again. Who knows...
@@cameronduffy9215 My group also found wingspan very boring, we have played s different player counts. My friend is going to eBay his copy. Seriously we were very disappointed.
@@BoardGameBollocks How is that video coming along? 🤣🤣
The ultimate insult to the Cry Havoc cry baby,,, just chuck the f,,,ing game in the bin. 😅
Have to say I totally agree with your comments on Wingspan... though my wife won’t let me sell it... although one game we did agree on selling was 7th Continent, we just didn’t get what the hype was at all... far too much chance and random bumpf, poor interesting characters and story... Tainted Grail is the game 7th continent should have been.
Lend us £300 and I’ll do a tainted grail review 🤣😂
I got tainted grail after really wanting to like 7th continent. I feel like the story and sense of direction will be what makes it work for me. I got it and the expansion for $100 AUD so pretty happy
Agree about Wingspan, it is just an overproduced card game.
Top Trumps with Birds innit
@@BoardGameBollocks I generally think Stonemaier games are overproduced. If you strip the games back to their core mechanisms and treat them like dry euros they don't compare to games like Troyes, Concordia..... etc.
Prob an accurate observation. Maybe only Scythe bucks that trend but there’s still a few facets of that one that seem tacked on.
Well done 👍 dad
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Respect your opinions. Even agree with some of them.
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Agreed on Descent, disagree on Wingspan and Dominant Species. Wingspan i have used as a gateway game and so far it has never failed to get people into this wonderful hobby of ours. Dominant Species Is a marmite game. I do struggle to get it to the table as it rewards players that know how to play it much more than most games do. Experience at the game heavily favours your chances of winning much more than most games i have played. This puts me off suggesting it as no one should want to dominate the game play that much. We and should all be able to agree to disagree.
Recently found your channel and find it very refreshing to find a you tube creator that says it as they see it. Keep up the good work 😊
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Same. I love how I agree with lots of the opinions on this channel and also disagree on lots. Who gaf, variety of opinion is the spice of life.
I got bored with 7th Continent within minutes of playing
Same here. I read a Gamebook instead and had a better time of it
@@BoardGameBollocks worst KS investment for me. Hey please check out my CZcams channel and subscribe.
I love wingspan because my wife will play it as she enjoys the art style and theme.
Simp XD
I agree that Dominant Feces is the #1 Worst Gaming Moment of All Time 😂😂🍩
Once was one time too many.
Finally! Someone who agrees…hallelujah!!! 😂
This shows you can't tell who is a hard core board gamer... 😁 DS is pure stupidity, agreed.
Not sure I understand what you mean...
@@BoardGameBollocks You look more into soccer ;-) ... hehe
cry havoc creator went mental. That's speaking volumes. Will avoid his crap at any cost then. Thanks!@ subbed. Honest reviews are rare. The others I fully agree with so no reason to doubt your cry havoc opinion.
i could Listen to you talk all day (No homo). i'm a Fighting Fantasy fan and i listen to your review series of the books in one sitting
Calculating dominance is easy. The next tiles doesn’t effect the dominance of your current tile. This sounds like you got the rules wrong because it’s not supposed to be this complicated. It’s my number 3 game and I wish I can teach you it correctly.
We didn’t get the rules wrong. The game is just a mess 👍🏻
@@BoardGameBollocks Maybe you didn't get the rules wrong when you played, but the way you explained it here is clearly incorrect 11:30 - 11:35. Maybe it all just became such a headache for you after playing it that you can't be bothered to get it right when you made this video.
It’s a brief over view of the rules mate…not a how to play video 🤷
"Sit up and Shut Down" - hehehehe good one.
But Cry Havoc? I get that if the dev pissed you off, sure. Bin it. But the game itself is fine (especially with the expansion), Humans are easy mode only if other players make an effort of ignoring them, the thing with them is that they are most forgiving plus easy scoring. But start moving towards them early and they are f'ed.
Agree with Wingspan, always disliked that game. Zero care for what it is. I don't play games to make political statements about empowering the dev.
We played 10 games of Cry Havoc so far.. Humans won Twice.. You play with people who don't know strategy/tactics of this game and you're probably one of them..
I know one thing... I wouldn’t play with rude people like you.