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So glad to see PACG. Skulls and Shackles was the first campaign board game I ever played and I loved all of them even in spite of the massive amount of shuffling you have to do if you're playing solo, rofl. Would love to see it come back someday, always thought a Starfinder version would be cool too

Just learned and played this solo and let me tell you; the rulebook for the automa infuriated me. Not the worst I have read, but it was close.

I am not sure replayability is about various changes to objectives or scoring. The reason being that game play doesn’t change when there is such a ‘salad’ of points available. More important is pathways to victory, and this game allows several as examples by the win based on the Elixir track (boat) and Terracotta Army points versus Wall scoring and Palaces. But, I thoroughly enjoyed all of your plays, nice one.

Bought the game at UKGE, thanks for a great rules explanation and a super demo. If I can get my brain around the tactical paths to victory it will be a fun puzzle to play

Happy Birthday Paul! Looking forward to your celebration coverage of Championship Formula Racing, Gaia Project, and Forbidden Stars. All games I've wanted to play but have never had the chance. Will be interested in seeing the gameplay which might tip me over the edge and force me to get a copy. Thanks for the great channel/content. You're truly a professional but so relatable as well. Feels like sitting down for a chat about games with a friend.

The monthly VLOG is the main reason that I will continue to support your channel for many many years to come. Whenever I see your videos I am rushing to the table...

Happy Birthday! I'm glad you've finally dipped your toe into Hadrians Wall.....or the Spreadsheet Game as we call it. Such a good game. And finally, the expansion for Gaia Project! Absolutely fantastic game.

Can not agree with you more on galactic cruise. I was fortunate enough to play it (with the new rubber mat with the cutouts for the tiles, awesome) last week at origins and am still flashing back to the overwelmingly positiver experience. There were for of us and three of us took three different paths. One took the path of getting all of his gears out to jack up his engine, once took the approach to get several small ships built and get one done right away, and lastly, I took the approach to get a single giant ship built. At the end of the game we were all within reach of each other with just a handful of points seperating us. This, to me, speaks volumes of a game I already love (having apsects of gallerist, kanban and on mars built in). The theme was about as good as a theme gets for me. So glad you had the positive experience as it justifies my expereince.

The movement in Project Reef sounds similar to Free Ride by Friedeman Friesse. That also ends up with lots of routes that are free to use and your options open up.

Great tutorial, as always. A question: Skytear horde monoliths or Ashes reborn with Red rains, which one is the best for solo play?

A boardgaming friend of mine, unfortunately, recently passed away. It certainly does put things in perspective.

Love the game! Shame that the second edition did not get any love whatsoever. I wish there would be more content in that art style

Have you played the Mercury's Boots mode of Victorum? It's one of the modules they are releasing in the expansion that was recently on Gamefound. They've released a free PDF rules for it. It's a quicker way to play the game, because the regular game is just too long and drags out. I think it's just 6 weeks per act, instead of 12 and some other rule tweaks to accommodate that. :)

Happy Birthday week, Paul!!! Have a wonderful week!

Excellent game on the table 🙂 -- Looking forward for Star Trek Captain's Chair (too bad Kirk is missing)

What a great month! I was really lukewarm on Galactic Cruise - it's a good game but for me it was not reaching excellence, hoping for more plays. Luthier I'm very much looking forward to. OMG those tokens look sweet.

I had the 9am sunday teach of Galactic cruise and any fatigue did not show, it was excellent

I wish I had carved out some time at UKGE to come and play test galactic cruise. I reckon the theme alone would be a winner at home!

Sounds like you're talking about the Promise Of Power and Dark Pact conditions in Eldritch Horror. Every reckoning you have to roll a die and on a 6 or a 1 (respectively) you flip them over and they help/hurt you. Dark Pacts are part of the base game and Promises Of Power were added in the Signs Of Carcosa expansion. Since you only roll for them when a Reckoning happens and you can't manipulate the die (no rerolls because it's not a test), it's a 1/6 chance something might happen. Usually you gain a Dark Pact in a bargain for something good to happen and the opposite is true for Promises Of Power. Personally, I love having them around. There are games I get a Dark Pact because I really want what the game is offering me for it and I end up never rolling a 1 with a sigh of relief at the end of the game. On the other side I get a Promise Of Power hoping it could save us from our impending doom and it's just impossible to roll a 6. Like I'm just praying for a higher power to intervene! I've found not every copy wins the game and not every copy loses the game for you. If you're not too pleased about a couple of the Promises Of Power being too strong for your liking (compared to Dark Pacts, which could kill your or somebody else's investigator, but that's just part of Eldritch Horror), you could always house rule those to have a good, but not as powerful effect (like advancing the active mystery instead of solving the active mystery). There are only 4 Promises Of Power versus 9 Dark Pacts, after all. Could you give a link to the channel where the playthrough will be added? I'm excited to see your first experience.

No comments on how you liked “Ezra and Nehemiah” (unless I missed it)? Conscious that you did some sponsored content for the game… But given that you generally comment in this video on how much you like games and you didn’t say anything, can I assume that this one won’t make your Top 5/10 games of the year ?

After watching the imperium playthroughs here with the designers and considering its in the top 10 solo board games of all time, I went all in and purchased all 3. It hasn't clicked yet but I can see that there is alot of depth to it. I haven't quite figured out how to determine how well I am doing as the game progresses. For example, I thought I had finally smashed the Romans with Carthage, dumped them with loads of unrest and forced them to recall all their regions, only to find out in end game scoring, I lost.

I can't wait for Galactic Cruise to come out and the demo that you presented to us at the UKGE made it my wife's most anticipated game as well. It was very well done, thank you. I'm still slightly more excited for Joyride as it's more imminent and was so much fun. I still think you would like it and should try and get a game of it somewhere. So many good games just out and coming at the moment.

(not a diss opinion .. just opposite spectrum ) The things you've said that are great about the war of the ring *card game.. is everything i hate about it. Convoluted dump of chaotic mess - unless "you know the intricate details "

Im soooo excited for Captains Chair!

Can't wait to see what you come up with next! ����

it's pronounced Hegemony, Paul..... you're welcome..

is War of the Ring similar to Arkham Horror the card game?

Really cannot wait for galactic cruise :) and Luthier is a must back for me. ❤🎻

Beautiful insert. I've been trying to get one that has room for sleeved cards with no luck

Imperium did not click for me. It is very unintuitive. Same as you I can’t appreciate it.

I think I'm a goof but where is the link for the Dune Imperium tokens?

I really appreciate your candor, great watch.

Yikes. Star Trek sounds like it would be a bear for me to play. I've looked at Imperium and it seemed like too much for me so didn't move on it. Not a fan of overly complex games so this might be out. Too bad. I also love Star Trek.

One in, one out... With Dobble! Hahaha

Paul: Imperium carries a 3.59 weight. I am surprised you’re saying it is complex. Is the 3.59 incorrect?… should it carry a heavier weight on BGG?

World Order and Luthier are high on my crowdfunding list this year to back. I havent played Hegemony, yet.....but knowing not to expect it in World Order is good to know. Those Dune Imperium tokens look awesome! And happy early birthday 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

I have War of the Ring, First Edition, on my shelf of shame. Purchased years ago for my son but we never got it to the table. We weren't serious gamers back then and it was just too much for us. Recently purchased War of the Ring: The Card Game and have fallen in love with it. Solo, 2 player, 3 player, it works so well. Now that we know the game I think we are ready to get the board game out. Love all your playthroughs. It is obvious that you love the game. Your enthusiasm is contagious.

Thought id have an earlier night , but then along came this .....

Great teach, thx

Could you not move adjacent to the orb to not take damage from it when rolling bones? :-) iirc it only damage gearlocks that is not adjacent

45:50 - CAT!

So the twist mentioned at the beginning is that the host was teaching without playing himself? It does seem fairer, though the other three weren't all newbies. I pre-ordered the new expansion as soon as 401 Games had the option available, and that's despite the fact that I've only played my box (the one with the base game and two expansions in it) once or maybe twice. The games seems really good, I just need to make time on the gaming table to leave it out for a few games at a go, since it takes up a bit of room to play. >_<

Looks like a very cool game, would be interested in the expansion too

I played at the same time as you my first game (beginner level). I scored 161, Gaia scored 255. I thought I did well: met 3 Flora objectives on 4, I have 11 Flora on 16. I got all my canopeas except one card and I filled all the sprout. So I am very surprised that I lost like that. I think something's wrong. For the all game I drew only one event (I had one Flora objective where I need to play 4 events and it was also the benefit of my land: Jamaica that I was never able to trigger). Looks that the number of event cards is too small.

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An excellent playthrough. You have inspired me to get my original Tainted Grail back to the table after a break of around 20 months! Your explanation of the combat mechanics was the best that I have seen and cleared up some issues for me, that probably led to some of my frustration with the game. Although I had shelved the original, I had still backed Kings of Ruin because I love the aesthetics and really want to feel the same about the game. You may well have helped me to achieve this😊

Thanks for the tutorial and playthrough, I will definetely get the game !

Thanks for the great playthrough. This is (at least according to me) the perfect way to show of what a game has to offer. Key thing is that the players knew the rules well enough to keep the teach short and make the game flow quickly. Will definitely check this one out and see what the solo mode and expansion have to offer.

Thank you Paul for another playthrough. The game gives me a very sinister vibe to Lost Ruins of Arnak. I do enjoy watching the tile placements into the towers. Would be interested to see what does the expansion add in terms of complexity.

When the AI player takes two tiles is he moving the yellow locks once for both tiles or once per tile