Most Influential Games - #8 StarCraft: The Board Game
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- My love of the classic video game got me into the board game which, at the time, was one of the more complex games I had ever played.
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Purchasing Star Craft the board game was one of the best decisions I made in the hobby
Fun fact: I believe it is technically the first deck building games out there.
Wow...that's a very interesting observation. Hmmm....
Very nice video!
My brothers and I bought the boardgame i think maybe 20years ago? Along with Brood Wars. Funny thing was, weve never played it even once due to the (presumed) complexity of the rules despite spending quite alot of money for the games.
Fast forward years later. I piqued my 6year old son's interest by recalling the computer games I played. I searched the boardgame at my parents, brought it back to my place, read the rule book and tried out a game with my son.
He beat me in a 1v1, him playing Protoss and me Acturus Terrans. And were very keen to play more games. What I found amazing was how quick he was to grasp the concept of the game and the tension of piling up the orders certainly was exciting to him. Sure there were a few mistakes on how we played but I guess thats how it goes with trying out a boradgame the first time.
Im gonna have that rematch soon. First time played we only got as far as firebats and dragoons. Perhaps this time we'll go for carriers and battlecruisers.
Now I gotta look for that copy of Brood Wars. I think its at my brother's. Perhaps I can entice them to have a galaxy wide war at home...
Wow, thanks for sharing!!! That is a bright 6 year old to pick and understand the game!
This game really did a good job of capturing the feel of the different factions from the video game.
And that staking of orders is really really cool. I wish more games used that mechanic.
And he won again! With Aldaris special victory. The build up and back and forth battles are cool too. He reavered my zerg hordes including an ultralisk in a surprise attack I didnt expect!
I found one at thrift for$40 in perfect shape and the expansion NIS for same price. I really need to play it but it’s a doozy.
No way!!!!! Wow that is an incredible deal! They didn't know what they had :-)
It's a great game and holds up today. Don't let the big rulebook intimidate you, it's a typical FFG bloated rulebook that's a lot longer than it actually needs to be.
Unimaginably lucky. That could go for as much as a thousand bucks sometimes.
Exactly, paid my copy in mint condition (still unpunched tokens) in total (base plus exp) around 700 usd, and even that was a good deal on ebay. That was in 2021.
thats actually insane... I picked those up for literally hundreds $$$
Starcraft was oneof my first ever PC games! When my brother and I got our first PC, the son of a colleague of our father's set it up for us (he had done so with my parent's PC as well).
While he was setting up the PC, at some point he got out one of those portable CD albums, and showed us (illegal copies) of lots of games, before installing them one after the other. We never figured out that we even could play online or how to do it, until much later, but I loved the single player of SC to bits.
When SC2 came out, I was all over it with friends at uni. We even went to Gamescom and waited for hours to play the preview of the first expansion.
This board game looks right up my alley, not just because of the theme, but the mechanics as well!
Starcraft was my introduction to an RTS and I feel in love with the genre. I have so many great memories of that game and even know will listen to the soundtrack. Thanks for the comment!
@@RollDiceTakeNames I'm not sure if Starcraft or Age of Empires was my first RTS. Either way, both are great, and the SC soundtrack is indeed superb.
Indeed nice that there is someone who used to play it to tell about it because I've been hoping it was more mechanically like the RTS game, yet it is more reminding RISK with cards and a low amount of territories.
Yeah, I can see that. The upgrade progression is very much like the video game. But it is tough to capture that real RTS feel in a tabletop turn based game
@@RollDiceTakeNames Codex: Card Time Strategy really does give you the feeling of trying to put out units, selecting tech that counters your opponent, but it doesn't have the arena.
@@SamArmstrong-DrSammyD I'll look that up!
If only this game didn't cost a kidney...
True. And there are probably too many parties that would have to get involved for it to be ever printed again.
Great video. I have the World of Warcraft board game and this Star Craft board game really appeals to me just for what comes in the box. I could spend many happy hours going through it. I loved that PC game back in the day.
Thanks for watching! Keep an eye out for it. You can get lucky and find it somewhere for a good deal. And yes, Starcraft made me love RTSs. I played so many back then
The best dudes on a map game ever designed (but not without it's flaws). My favourite game together with Spirit Island.
Have you tried Forbidden Stars? It did fix a few of the flaws for me.
@@RollDiceTakeNames And added dice combat: ARGH! PS. Which flaws did FS fix (apart from length)?
@@Kentchangar I do like the FS combat more. But length was the big part.
@@RollDiceTakeNames For me, dice combat always makes the game worse. But your podcast is Rolling Dice so you're bound to automatically disagree :)
Great video! Someday I hope to play Starcraft the board game, but I would settle for another iteration. I love the callback to 2007.
Soooo long ago
I got into board games late as I was focused on PC games during the era of SCBW. Only until FS came out was I really into board games so going backwards in time to find a mid 2000s out of print board game and its expansion was painful for the wallet. SC and it's rarer BW expansion were my first grail board games. Forbidden Stars is my #1 board game currently and it is an easier teach than SC+BW as the designs of board games got more elegant and streamlined in 2015 compared to 2007, but without losing any strategic complexity.
I'm always interested in playing both titles any time I get together with friends and family for board games, though these two titles are more complex and lengthy than most would participate in. I've had 4 player FS games go for much longer than 2-3 hours.
Yes, I know getting it back on the table will be tough. But I'll love to try!!!
I just played this at TantrumCon this past weekend!! Was a phenomenal experience.
I saw y'all playing! How long was the game?
@@RollDiceTakeNames It lasted about 3 hours including the teach. First two rounds were the hardest for everyone to wrap their heads around, but then things started flowing.
@@uptheirons6353 That's not bad at all!
a friend owned this game, we got it to the table maybe 3 times, part of the problem, was that, action tokens are placed in the reverse order. so your first placed token is used last and the last placed token is played first. sadly this is a game killer, people keep forgetting, that its in reverse order. more than a few times ppl went to attack others, and then were like, oh i thought i create units and then attack but i attack and i have no units, because of the mixed up turn order. its a good game but some times confusing. if you can get the expansion, brood war, i hear its really good.
It's the action tokens that we loved. Yes it takes a few games to grasp, but the reverse order resolution makes for some very interesting decisions. I do have the expansion but haven't tried it yet.
Still havent played it. It is on the shelf in original packaging along with brood war for around a decade.
Even if you don't play it, don't sell it. It's worth some decent coin!
Forbidden Stars. I listened to your two podcasts on the game. You guys should make an entire video about it because it's a masterpiece, and in my humble opinion, puts Starcraft to shame, mainstrains and simplifies it, makes it much more fun and easy to learn, and the combat is PERFECT (although a little slower for other players watching, so not that perfect, but STILL, the best combat on ANY board game I have ever seen till today).
Thanks for watching. Yes, Forbidden Stars did simplify the game. It's a shame FFG lost the license and was not able to make an expansion
@@RollDiceTakeNames Yes, and people like to keep mentioning this, FFG lost it, yadayadayada, but even it being out of print, I still got the game last month for a reasanable price, and with an insert and unpunched tokens / dials, a almost-brand-new used copy that was never actually used.
And about the expansions, the community have made 3 major Expansions, which is really amazing, it's not official, but you might as well consider it, cause it's really well thought out, and it seems well balanced from what I could tell
It doesn't cost much to print all the things and 3D print the minis, if it's a game you play regurarly, and wants variety, it's really worth giving it a try with a little investment.
Cheers!
Open the expansion and do not sell it. It is one of the best strategy board game expansions of all time. It is a waste to not play it if you are into Starcraft.
Yes. The expansion is basically required.
Play that expansion! Live stream that sucker being opened and played
If I had the people here that would play, I would do it!
@@RollDiceTakeNames the expansion is so good. I hope that opertunity presents itself. You sound like you really are quite the fan of the game. I thew out World of Warcraft the Board Game coffin box and I regret it so much after I seen what it was worth! But I picked up a copy Starcraft and love it as much as Forbidden Stars. Both games reward multiple plays with the same group. Samuel Bailey is working on a new design with a new publisher.
That you for posting this I really enjoyed it.
@@dustbustus27 whoa whoa whoa!!! Samuel is working on a new version of THIS style game? I understand it may be a different theme. But I really want more games with this Action mechanic
@@RollDiceTakeNames Me too the action selection is so much fun like you mentioned in the review. Also I really like the deck building. I have tried many other games that offer deck building but for me Starcraft takes the cake. I think it might have even beaten Dominon for first publishing date but I would need to check that. I just like that when you research the cards go into your hand. Such a simple thing but makes a great gaming experience.
@@dustbustus27 That's a great point! I should have mentioned that in the review. You know since Z-Man released a WoW theme Pandemic game last year, that means Starcraft IP might be available
YOU HAVEN’T PLAYED THE BROOD WAR EXPANSION???
Trust me, it’s worth it. One of the best ever made. Adds faction specific abilities, rebalances things, and adds a lot of cool mechanics, tiles, cards, and techs. Honestly can’t imagine playing without it.
The next time we get this game to the table (which I've been trying for many months to do), we'll use that expansion. I've heard so many good things about it like you mentioned. -Marty
man i love you
Cool video! I own both SC and FS, but I prefer SC battle system more as it's fast-paced and seem to be less convoluted.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
If you're not gonna get rid of the game, open the expansion. This is my favorite strategy board game, and I consider the expansion essential.
Just like the video game! I love those medics
Please tell me this friend regroup game session happened?
Sadly it hasn't. One of the friends moved away and has not come back in town since then 😥
Where are the other videos? Did you abandon this series? Too bad that was a cool idea..
Time. But things are starting to free up. I have the full list written out. I need to get motivated and do another one
Dude, rip that out of shrink and play it. The expansion makes a great game even better!
FS is my TOP1 game
I wish we had gotten the expansions that were already in the works
I think it was win 95, 98 or NT not win 99
hehe simple easy bro, i have played many complex games and this game star craft, it one of the most complex, i have ever played, there is nothing simple about it. i doubt i will ever see it again :P every one who played it, felt it, dragged on, way too long.
Yes it is long. Which why I mentioned Forbidden Stars because has some of the same mechanics but is a shorter game.