Explorers of Navoria Review - It's A Whole New World...Of Cards
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- čas přidán 31. 07. 2024
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In the magical land of Navoria, new and strange continents have emerged from the sea. The council of Navoria has decreed that the new continents must be explored, and you and a handful of other intrepid adventurers have answered the call... the stage is set for the adventure of a lifetime in Explorers of Navoria!
In Explorers of Navoria, you'll take action tokens from the bag and use them to draft Adventure cards into your tableau.
Adventure cards help you explore Navoria, build settlements in the newly emerged continents, craft supplies and items, and collaborate with the different races of Navoria.
Some of the Adventure cards give instant benefits, boosting your powers; some give ongoing abilities, engine-building in your tableau; and all of them increase your reputation with different races of Navoria, unlocking end-game bonuses through set-collection.
After drafting Adventure cards, you'll use the same tokens you drafted from the bag to visit locations on the mainland of Navoria in a worker placement phase. Worker placement locations reduce in power after each token is placed so you'll want to visit each location first to get the best benefits!
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TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Overview
0:09:25 - Ease of Play
0:10:08 - What I Like
0:12:53 - What I Don't Like
0:14:25 - What I Can See Others Not Liking
0:15:02 - Final Thoughts
0:16:50 - Recommendations
5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands.
4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc.
4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience.
3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad.
3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep.
2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself
2.0 - A game I don't want to play again
1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend
1.0 - A game that is just bad.
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Thanks for the review. This one is on my radar. It looks like an interesting mix of mechanisms. The location resetting of the worker reminds me of The Guild of Merchant Explorers, which I enjoy. It's good to know about the potential same-y-ness too.
I’ve been really interested in this game. I see it advertised A LOT. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I got a bit more about the game from your review, so thank you for explaining the game a bit clearer and more succinctly.
I'm glad I could help!
I think the variability issue comes down to the depth provided: the cards and placement spaces seem to just give resources in varying amounts, and so it's hard for them to feel different.
Wish there was more space for interactions and combos.
I think this is going to be a wait until retail for me. I'm a bit concerned about longevity and without reviews covering the expansion, I can't justify the purchase at this time.
Lets go, was waiting for this vid
Enjoy!
I'm really interested in this one. I know my wife will love the art which will help me get it tabled. You kind of confirmed my fear that it might feel like the same game, but I imagine we will only get it out once a month so shouldn't be that big of a deal. I'm hoping the a symmetric expansion solves that for me though.
Ya, I have hopes for the expansion
15:21 So basically - It's a 3.75 out of 5 for you! 😉
Potentially, but because of the fact that my ratings have an actual meaning, just throwing a middle scoring but doesn't actually define a meaning. I'm conflicted in which bucket this one falls, and because of that My default is to always go for the lower bucket when conflicted because of the fact that I know I always have games calling for my attention.
Really like Pioneer rails , might give this one a try , rather than spend another 200$ on a cmon pledge 🤷🏻
Do you think the game is predictable? Does it have a lot of downtime?
Did they send you the expansion? There is asymmetric powers apparently.
Edit: Just seen you mention you don't have them.
Ya sadly not
12:38 But can you let that other player run away with the game because they got all the green points and you chose not to compete on it?! 😉
In theory sure, but now we're just getting into a conversation about strategy.
Not sold on it. It seems too simple for me.
Fair enough
@@BoardGameCo Thank you for your review though!
Honestly, this sounds really boring. The nice art will not make the game any better 😂