Transcript 001 - Revision history

Cicerunner: /* Introductions */ Tank user link templates applied

2021-07-19T06:38:31Z

Introductions: Tank user link templates applied

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:38, 18 July 2021
Line 7:		Line 7:

	== Introductions ==		== Introductions ==
	~~[[User:RedTank\|~~Kellen]]: Hi guys and welcome to the first ever episode of the Board Game Barrage podcast. Board Game Barrage started as an Instagram account and quickly morphed into a website where we do reviews and previews on games and games that are coming to Kickstarter and sort of just talk about the industry in general. My name is Kellen. If you've ever seen any content on the site from a Red Tank, that is me. I'm excited to be joined tonight by my co-hosts Mark and Neilan. Why don't you guys introduce yourselves and sort of talk about your gaming tastes?		{{Kellen}}: Hi guys and welcome to the first ever episode of the Board Game Barrage podcast. Board Game Barrage started as an Instagram account and quickly morphed into a website where we do reviews and previews on games and games that are coming to Kickstarter and sort of just talk about the industry in general. My name is Kellen. If you've ever seen any content on the site from a Red Tank, that is me. I'm excited to be joined tonight by my co-hosts Mark and Neilan. Why don't you guys introduce yourselves and sort of talk about your gaming tastes?

	~~[[User:~~Neilan~~\|Neilan]]~~: Sure, I'm Neilan, hi everyone. If you see anything from the website with an Orange Tank, that's me. My tastes I think lean towards, more sort of like heavy Euro puzzly games. I feel like multiplayer solitaire is something that's often thrown around as a bad word but I'm sort of into them. But also social deduction games I like a lot. Yeah. Mark?		{{Neilan}}: Sure, I'm Neilan, hi everyone. If you see anything from the website with an Orange Tank, that's me. My tastes I think lean towards, more sort of like heavy Euro puzzly games. I feel like multiplayer solitaire is something that's often thrown around as a bad word but I'm sort of into them. But also social deduction games I like a lot. Yeah. Mark?

	~~[[User:Green_Tank\|~~Mark]]: If you see anything on the website from the Green Tank that's me. I consider myself sort of an omni-gamer, I'll play anything. Anything from real light easy to explain and play party games to really heavy Euros or economic games or Splotters and stuff like that so I can play, I'm happy to play, sort of anything in the spectrum.		{{Mark}}: If you see anything on the website from the Green Tank that's me. I consider myself sort of an omni-gamer, I'll play anything. Anything from real light easy to explain and play party games to really heavy Euros or economic games or Splotters and stuff like that so I can play, I'm happy to play, sort of anything in the spectrum.

	Kellen: Cool. And I am mostly a social gamer I woulld say. I think I see games as sort of a social construct or a way to explore your friends and your relationship with them. That doesn't mean just social deduction games but it means games that are highly interactive sort of the opposite of multiplayer solitaire; If I wanted to do a spreadsheet I'd do it at work.		Kellen: Cool. And I am mostly a social gamer I woulld say. I think I see games as sort of a social construct or a way to explore your friends and your relationship with them. That doesn't mean just social deduction games but it means games that are highly interactive sort of the opposite of multiplayer solitaire; If I wanted to do a spreadsheet I'd do it at work.

Cicerunner at 06:04, 19 July 2021

2021-07-19T06:04:39Z

← Older revision		Revision as of 22:04, 18 July 2021
Line 2:		Line 2:
	{{Podcast Image\|1\|width=500}}		{{Podcast Image\|1\|width=500}}

	[ [[Episode 1\|Episode 1 ~~audio~~ and show notes]]. ]		[ [[Episode 1\|Episode 1 podcast and show notes]]. ]
	== intro music ==		== intro music ==
	[ See [[Episode Format]]. ]		[ See [[Episode Format]]. ]

Cicerunner: episode image added

2021-07-11T09:31:55Z

episode image added

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:31, 11 July 2021
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Episode 1 transcript}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Episode 1 transcript}}
			{{Podcast Image\|1\|width=500}}

	[ [[Episode 1\|Episode 1 audio and show notes]]. ]		[ [[Episode 1\|Episode 1 audio and show notes]]. ]
	== intro music ==		== intro music ==

Cicerunner: formatting

2021-07-11T09:26:54Z

formatting

← Older revision		Revision as of 01:26, 11 July 2021
Line 1:		Line 1:
	{{DISPLAYTITLE:Episode 1 transcript}}		{{DISPLAYTITLE:Episode 1 transcript}}
	([[Episode 1\|~~Audio~~ and show notes]].)		[ [[Episode 1\|Episode 1 audio and show notes]]. ]
	== intro music ==		== intro music ==
	(See [[Episode Format]].)		[ See [[Episode Format]]. ]

	== Introductions ==		== Introductions ==
Line 89:		Line 89:
	Kellen: Alright so we wanted to broadly identify some of our favourite things from 2017, give you guys an example of some of the things that we like and dislike. We all have pretty diverse opinions so I think this could be interesting.<br>		Kellen: Alright so we wanted to broadly identify some of our favourite things from 2017, give you guys an example of some of the things that we like and dislike. We all have pretty diverse opinions so I think this could be interesting.<br>
	I'll go ahead and start things off with a game that we all play together called [[Battle for Rokugan]]. It's "Ro-ku-ghan". Took one year of Japanese guys! It was clearly pronounced right.<br>		I'll go ahead and start things off with a game that we all play together called [[Battle for Rokugan]]. It's "Ro-ku-ghan". Took one year of Japanese guys! It was clearly pronounced right.<br>
	So, Battle for Rokugan is a new Fantasy Flight production, that snuck in right before [[Rising Sun]], and is this area control game set in The Legend of the Five Rings universe, which is a popular card game that Fantasy Flight has also revived this year. It's an area control game that plays in under two hours, sort of loosely based on the Game of Thrones system but simplified and stripped of a lot of the elements. So on each turn, you actually only have these six command tokens that tell you what you can do; like raid an army or bring in a Shinobi or have a sea battle. And what you can do is just choose where the six go on the board and those are all played face down and then they're all revealed simultaneously and they all happen together. What makes this game so great and so amazing is that there's that tension; I'm setting down a control token and it's pointed at Mark's units, but Mark doesn't know what I'm doing and it literally could be a bluff. And Mark will look at me and say, "Don't you dare or I'll come for you!" and there's a nice interplay there. The game playes quick, the box is really small; I know other reviewers have hit on that but it was kind of surprising when it came. The art is beautiful.<br>		So, Battle for Rokugan is a new Fantasy Flight production, that snuck in right before [[Rising Sun]], and is this area control game set in The Legend of the Five Rings universe, which is a popular card game that Fantasy Flight has also revived this year. It's an area control game that plays in under two hours, sort of loosely based on the Game of Thrones system but simplified and stripped of a lot of the elements. So on each turn, you actually only have these six command tokens that tell you what you can do; like raid an army or bring in a Shinobi or have a sea battle. And what you can do is just choose where the six go on the board and those are all played face down and then they're all revealed simultaneously and they all happen together.<br>
			What makes this game so great and so amazing is that there's that tension; I'm setting down a control token and it's pointed at Mark's units, but Mark doesn't know what I'm doing and it literally could be a bluff. And Mark will look at me and say, "Don't you dare or I'll come for you!" and there's a nice interplay there. The game playes quick, the box is really small; I know other reviewers have hit on that but it was kind of surprising when it came. The art is beautiful.<br>
	So if you like some of these [[Dictionary#A\|area control]] games, this one is refreshing in how simple it is. You know, I think the one thing I would say in the negative is there is a little bit more luck than there would be in a game of a similar ilk because you are being told what tokens you have. So you're available move pool is sort of more limited than it is in some other games, but I think ...		So if you like some of these [[Dictionary#A\|area control]] games, this one is refreshing in how simple it is. You know, I think the one thing I would say in the negative is there is a little bit more luck than there would be in a game of a similar ilk because you are being told what tokens you have. So you're available move pool is sort of more limited than it is in some other games, but I think ...

Line 253:		Line 254:
	Kellen: Thanks to Heart Society for letting us use the fantastic [[Whats on your mind kid]] Check them out at heartsocietymusic.com		Kellen: Thanks to Heart Society for letting us use the fantastic [[Whats on your mind kid]] Check them out at heartsocietymusic.com

	(See [[Episode Format]].)		[ See [[Episode Format]]. ]

	== outtakes ==		== outtakes ==

Cicerunner: /* outro music */ fixed link to What's On Your Mind, Kid?

2021-07-10T20:13:21Z

outro music: fixed link to What's On Your Mind, Kid?

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:13, 10 July 2021
Line 251:		Line 251:

	== outro music ==		== outro music ==
	Kellen: Thanks to Heart Society for letting us use the fantastic [[Whats on ~~Your Mind Kid\|What's on Your Mind, Kid?~~]]. Check them out at heartsocietymusic.com		Kellen: Thanks to Heart Society for letting us use the fantastic [[Whats on your mind kid]] Check them out at heartsocietymusic.com

	(See [[Episode Format]].)		(See [[Episode Format]].)

Cicerunner: /* wrap */ social media links fixed

2021-07-10T20:08:15Z

wrap: social media links fixed

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:08, 10 July 2021
Line 236:		Line 236:
	Kellen: Wow. You heard it here guys.		Kellen: Wow. You heard it here guys.
	== wrap ==		== wrap ==
	Thank you guys so much for joining us for the first ever episode of the Board Game Barrage podcast. You can find us at [https://boardgamebarrage.com/\|www.boardgamebarrage.com] or on Instagram at [https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebarrage/\|boardgamebarrage], on Twitter at ...		Thank you guys so much for joining us for the first ever episode of the Board Game Barrage podcast. You can find us at [https://boardgamebarrage.com/ www.boardgamebarrage.com] or on Instagram at [https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebarrage/ boardgamebarrage], on Twitter at ...

	Neiilan: [https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebarrage/\|@BrdGameBarrage].		Neiilan: [https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebarrage/ @BrdGameBarrage].

	Kellen: Oh yeah we lost the character count ...		Kellen: Oh yeah we lost the character count ...

Cicerunner: /* outtakes */ 4X link fixed, Biblios link added

2021-07-10T20:04:03Z

outtakes: 4X link fixed, Biblios link added

← Older revision		Revision as of 12:04, 10 July 2021
Line 255:		Line 255:

	== outtakes ==		== outtakes ==
	Kellen: But [[Scythe]], Neilan, is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is literally pretending to be a [[Dictionary#0-9\|4X game] and it is a dry, non-interactive Euro.		Kellen: But [[Scythe]], Neilan, is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is literally pretending to be a [[Dictionary#0-9\|4X game]] and it is a dry, non-interactive Euro.

	Neilan: It's a good game.		Neilan: It's a good game.

	Mark: Biblios is the best game of all-time.		Mark: [[Biblios]] is the best game of all-time.

	Kellen: Oh my gosh.		Kellen: Oh my gosh.

Cicerunner: transcription complete

2021-07-10T19:56:47Z

transcription complete

← Older revision		Revision as of 11:56, 10 July 2021
Line 206:		Line 206:
	Neilan: We were actively hunting it down, pretty much.		Neilan: We were actively hunting it down, pretty much.

	~~== resume 27~~:~~40 ==~~		Kellen: Yeah, it sold out the first day and we went on Twitter and said, "Who has a copy? We're coming to you, let's play." We got it out and it's a fairly abstract game about building trees, and at its best; there's a sun that rotates around the board and you are trying to build trees that will get sunlight, which scores you points. You have bigger trees than your opponent, that will block them from getting sunlight and as the sun rotates around the board, you can't just evaluate it from one stance. The sun is always moving around, and that's cool. What's not cool is your player board; where you spend the majority of your game, spending actions, spending turns getting resources, getting trees out of your supply. So it's not just if you want to do it on the board, you can do it; a turn will be taking resources, taking a tree and putting it into your supply so that you can do it on a future turn. And that sort of gamey-ness ... It's not the point of the game but you, "Oh I can't build a medium tree right now because I actually don't have one on my board. I now have to spend three turns getting one from the supply." But you have it, it's sitting right there. Any turn where you're just saying. "I take one from the supply," and putting it in your board and that's your turn. I'm turned off by that. Beautiful game, absolutely gorgeous but just a complete miss for me.

	~~Kellen~~: Yeah, it's sold out the first day and we went on Twitter and said, "Who has a copy? We're coming to you, let's play." We got it out and it's a fairly abstract game about building trees and at its best; there's a sun that rotates around the board and you are trying to build trees that will get sunlight, which scores you points. You have bigger trees than your opponent, that will block them from getting sunlight and as the sun rotates around the board, you can't just evaluate it from one stance, the sun is always moving around, and that's cool. What's not cool is your player board; where you spend the majority of your game, spending actions, spending turns, getting resources, getting trees out of your supply. So it's not just if you want to do it on the board and you can do it, it's turn will be taking resources, taking a tree and putting it into your supply so that you can do it on a future turn and that sort of gaming this and it's not the point of the game that you oh I can't build a medium tree right now because I actually don't have one on my board. I now have to spend three turns like getting one from the supply but you have it, it's sitting right there. You know any turn where you're just saying. I take one from the supply and putting it in your board. I write it like your whole action fast. Your turn. I'm sort of turned off by that beautiful game. Absolutely gorgeous. But just a completeness for me. Yeah. That's I mean I have not played played it, but that's something I heard the reviews ~~that it's or~~ I got the sense a least ~~number for~~ you ~~said it was you spent~~ a lot of time setting up actions and there weren't many actions that you can ~~sort of~~ take it. So ~~you're~~ very ~~sort of~~ limited		Mark: Yeah. I have not played played it, but that's something I heard in the reviews. I got the sense, at least, in the reviews that you spend a lot of time setting up actions and there weren't many actions that you can take. So very limited options .. . I like the idea; I've heard, it's a fairly aggressive, mean game, which I like, but ...

	It it ~~limited options. I like the idea that I've heard,~~ it's ~~fairly aggressive~~ mean ~~game, which I like, but I love it~~. ~~Yeah,~~ I ~~mean, yeah, but but I don't~~ get the sense that there's not much many choices that you have, or much that you can ~~sort of~~ do. It's interesting because it ~~always~~ betrays the way it's aesthetic, looks because it presents itself, as kind of ~~this very~~ friendly, colorful bright game. But ~~it's, yeah,~~ it's kind of mean and restrictive. ~~It's~~ It's interesting~~. Yeah, great~~.		Kellen: I love it when it's mean.

			Mark: But I get the sense that there's not much many choices that you have, or much that you can do.

			Neialn: It's interesting because it almost betrays the way it's aesthetic looks because it presents itself as a kind of friendly, colorful bright game. But it's kind of mean and restrictive. It's interesting.
	=== what we're excited about in 2018 ===		=== what we're excited about in 2018 ===
	So we wanted to close this thing out talking about something that we're excited about in 2018 ~~and~~ I'll go first so that I can steal ~~me, Lance,~~ I think we both have the same one Rising Sun ~~and~~ route or on its way. I don't have my tracking number yet which is a shame, but I should be receiving the game shortly. Rising Sun is the latest Eric Lang game from ~~cool mini~~ or ~~not~~.		Kellen: Great. So we wanted to close this thing out talking about something that we're excited about in 2018.<br>
			I'll go first so that I can steal Neilan's. I think we both have the same one. [[Rising Sun]] e route or on its way; I don't have my tracking number yet which is a shame, but I should be receiving the game shortly. Rising Sun is the latest Eric Lang game from Cool Mini or Not. Sort of a spiritual successor to [[Blood Rage]] but featuring more negotiation which sounds right up my alley. It's also set in Japan which is another thing that I'm interested in. So I think from a theming perspective, from a negotiation perspective, I'm so excited. I think it's got like five boxes if you got all the expansions and an extra play mat so I'm excited and I think my girlfriend is excited to try to figure out how to store that in this apartment.

	~~Sort of a spiritual successor to blood rage but featuring more negotiation which sounds right up my alley~~. It's ~~also set in Japan which is another thing~~ that I'm ~~interested in~~. So ~~I think from~~ a ~~theming perspective~~ from a ~~negotiation perspective~~, I~~'m so excited~~. I ~~think it~~'~~s got like five boxes if~~ you ~~got all the expansions and an extra plane Matt so I~~'~~m excited and I think my girlfriend is excited to try to figure out.~~		Neilan: Yeah, I'm excited about it too. (Kellen: It looks so great.) It does. It looks it's really good and we're probably going to be playing a bunch of that really soon.<br>
			I'm super looking forward to the expansion for [[Scythe]] which is coming out later this year. So this is going to be a campaign level expansion for Scythe which means adding that momentum to games carrying forward from one game to the next. Scythe is a game I still play fairly regularly, I like it a lot. I'm gonna be playing every game with you Kellan isn't that right?

	How to store that in this? Yeah, I'm excited looks so great. It does it looks it's really good and we're probably going to be playing a bunch of they're ready soon. Yeah, I'm super looking forward to the expansion Forsyth which is coming out later this year. ~~So this is going to be a campaign level expansion Forsyth which means, you know, just adding that momentum to games carrying forward, from one game to the next size of the game~~. ~~I still play~~. ~~Play fairly regularly. I like the lot and I'm gonna be playing every game with you. Kelan isn't that right?~~ Yeah that's a topic for another day that that is a debate topic. I feel like and whereas you guys are excited about upcoming games, you'll be getting, I am excited about upcoming games, I'll be acquiring and dealing Presidents Day coming up.		Kellen: ... Yeah.

	~~Teacher car is in town, and that means a local math trade, which I always down for. I, I participate in every National trade. I participated in local trades. If there~~'s math trade going on, I will find it and I will exploit it. So I'm looking forward to it. Don favorite Mark? Yeah, it's right. It's right off. Take advantage on adulterated. Wow. You're already here guys. Thank you guys so much for joining us for the first ever episode of the board game brush podcast. You can find us at www.payoor.com viraj.com or on Instagram at board game barrage on Twitter at its BRD game, bro. Yeah we lost the character count for ~~something, right? Up against Villanova by before game, barrages too much. You find us anywhere. Feel free to give us some comments~~.		Neilan: That's a topic for another day.

	07:55		Kellen: That is a ''debate'' topic I feel like pointing out.
	We'~~d love to talk to you and interact but I think that~~'~~s all we got. Thanks guys later night. See the truth is our number one. Stop this a your thing but you never want to speak. They say yeah~~ I ~~know you're busy~~. ~~Thanks to our society. What's on your mind kid?~~

	~~- Ian Wright is a wolf in sheep~~'~~s clothing. It~~'~~s not literally pretending to~~ be ~~a 4X game~~ and it is a ~~dry non-interactive Euro~~. It's a ~~good camp~~, it will ~~see the best game of all time else is the best of~~ it ~~has to be included in~~. ~~This is first day at~~, ~~where~~'~~s even a game. We're gonna have the busiest segment every week. That's right. That's For that. Let's do~~ it~~. This isn't me~~.		Mark: And whereas you guys are excited about upcoming games you'll be getting, I am excited about upcoming games I'll be acquiring and dealing. With Presidents Day coming up, Strategicon is in town, and that means a local math trade which I'm always down for. I participate in every national trade, I participate in local trades; If there's a math trade going on, I will find it and I will exploit it. So, I'm looking forward to it.

			Kellen: Yeah, don't trade with Mark.

			Mark: Yeah, that's right. I'll take advantage of you if I can. Un-adulterated.

			Kellen: Wow. You heard it here guys.
	== wrap ==		== wrap ==
			Thank you guys so much for joining us for the first ever episode of the Board Game Barrage podcast. You can find us at [https://boardgamebarrage.com/\|www.boardgamebarrage.com] or on Instagram at [https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebarrage/\|boardgamebarrage], on Twitter at ...

			Neiilan: [https://www.instagram.com/boardgamebarrage/\|@BrdGameBarrage].

			Kellen: Oh yeah we lost the character count ...

			Neilan: Right up against the limit for that.

			Kellen: Board Game Barrage is too much. You find us anywhere, feel free to give us some comments, some feedback, anything you'd like to hear about. We'd love to talk to you and interact. But I think that's all we got. Thanks guys.

			Mark: See you later.

			Neilan: Bye.

	== outro music ==		== outro music ==
			Kellen: Thanks to Heart Society for letting us use the fantastic [[Whats on Your Mind Kid\|What's on Your Mind, Kid?]]. Check them out at heartsocietymusic.com
	(See [[Episode Format]].)		(See [[Episode Format]].)

	== outtakes ==		== outtakes ==
			Kellen: But [[Scythe]], Neilan, is a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is literally pretending to be a [[Dictionary#0-9\|4X game] and it is a dry, non-interactive Euro.

			Neilan: It's a good game.

			Mark: Biblios is the best game of all-time.

			Kellen: Oh my gosh.

			Mark: Biblios is the best game of all-time.

			Kellen: Stay on topic Mark!

			Mark: That has to be included in this first ...

			Kellen: Is Biblios even a game?

			Neilan: We're gonna have the Biblios segment every week.

			Mark: That's right. I'm all for that. Let's do it.

			Kellen: This is a mutiny.

Cicerunner: /* games that disappointed us in 2017 */ transcription clean up

2021-07-10T18:27:51Z

games that disappointed us in 2017: transcription clean up

← Older revision		Revision as of 10:27, 10 July 2021
Line 177:		Line 177:
	Mark: Yeah, I think in the Tiny Epic series, the 'tiny' part has disappeared in the latest releases. I didn't play Epic Quest, but I did play [[Tiny Epic Western]] and it is a sprawling sort of thing. Do you think that if it was more a full box, fleshed out, would it, be a ... ?		Mark: Yeah, I think in the Tiny Epic series, the 'tiny' part has disappeared in the latest releases. I didn't play Epic Quest, but I did play [[Tiny Epic Western]] and it is a sprawling sort of thing. Do you think that if it was more a full box, fleshed out, would it, be a ... ?

	Neilan: I was wondering when I was thinking about this earlier, if I knew it was a bigger game going into it, would I feel stronger about it? I just don't think anything that's there felt super compelling. I will say it bills itself as you have these tiny meeples with these awesome little items and ~~sand~~ that stuff is cute and adorable. That is, by far, the best part, right? I mean it delivers on that cutesy, adorable, toy factor but it's just not a good game.		Neilan: I was wondering when I was thinking about this earlier, if I knew it was a bigger game going into it, would I feel stronger about it? I just don't think anything that's there felt super compelling. I will say it bills itself as you have these tiny meeples with these awesome little items and that stuff is cute and adorable. That is, by far, the best part, right. I mean it delivers on that cutesy, adorable, toy factor but it's just not a good game.

	Kellen: So I think what we're saying is, and Neilan is a little afraid to say it, if you want to be disappointed feel free to back [[Tiny Epic Zombies]] currently running on Kickstarter.		Kellen: So I think what we're saying is, and Neilan is a little afraid to say it, but if you want to be disappointed feel free to back [[Tiny Epic Zombies]] currently running on Kickstarter.

	Mark: Which is also it seems, I've looked at the Kickstarter, another relatively big game. It's certainly not tiny. It seems like there's a lot of pieces and it's gonna take a lot of table space.		Mark: Which is also it seems, I've looked at the Kickstarter, another relatively big game. It's certainly not tiny. It seems like there's a lot of pieces and it's gonna take a lot of table space.
Line 200:		Line 200:
	Mark: I agree with myself, to be clear. Just one real quick thing that encapsulates the difference between the game.<br>		Mark: I agree with myself, to be clear. Just one real quick thing that encapsulates the difference between the game.<br>
	Azul; I look at my board, I can really easily look at my opponents' boards, I know what they want, I know what I want. I know how to achieve that by drafting a certain pile of tiles.<br>		Azul; I look at my board, I can really easily look at my opponents' boards, I know what they want, I know what I want. I know how to achieve that by drafting a certain pile of tiles.<br>
	Sagrada; their board is different than mine because we all pick different boards. I can't tell if Neilan wants that yellow die because I can't even see because the tiles are raised and does he want a one? I don't know, so I'm gonna focus on my own board and then even on my own board I could maybe only used the one yellow die, so the choices are really ~~Limited~~ in a way that's not very fun. So [[Sagrada]], no. [[Azul]], yay.		Sagrada; their board is different than mine because we all pick different boards. I can't tell if Neilan wants that yellow die because I can't even see because the tiles are raised and does he want a one? I don't know, so I'm gonna focus on my own board and then even on my own board I could maybe only used the one yellow die, so the choices are really limited in a way that's not very fun. So [[Sagrada]], no. [[Azul]], yay.

	Kellen: Cool. The game that I was most disappointed in in 2017, which is another darling of the Instagram community, is [[Photosynthesis]]. Probably my most hyped game for Gen Con of the past year. Neilan and I both went to Gen Con together and we were so excited to get this game.		Kellen: Cool. The game that I was most disappointed in in 2017, which is another darling of the Instagram community, is [[Photosynthesis]]. Probably my most hyped game for Gen Con of the past year. Neilan and I both went to Gen Con together and we were so excited to get this game.

Cicerunner: /* games that disappointed us in 2017 */ transcription clean up

2021-07-10T14:28:37Z

games that disappointed us in 2017: transcription clean up

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:28, 10 July 2021
Line 171:		Line 171:
	Neilan: Yeah I'm gonna talk about [[Tiny Epic Quest]] which was a Kickstarter. I think the Kickstarter hit last year, I can't remember. But this is the latest in the Tiny Epic series which I'm actually not a huge fan of. I don't think any of us love them particularly?		Neilan: Yeah I'm gonna talk about [[Tiny Epic Quest]] which was a Kickstarter. I think the Kickstarter hit last year, I can't remember. But this is the latest in the Tiny Epic series which I'm actually not a huge fan of. I don't think any of us love them particularly?

	Mark: I like ''Galaxies''.		Mark: I like [[Tiny Epic Galaxies\|Galaxies]].

	Neilan: That's my favorite for sure but even Galaxies, I feel like it tricked me into liking it the first time I played it and every time after that it's just been disappointing. But Tiny Epic Quest looks beautiful, it's got good art, it just has a cool feel to it. It captures that video game, fantasy - which is actually is probably one of the reasons I'm most disappointed in it because I can't get past how blatantly it seems to plagiarize Zelda as a franchise but that's maybe a separate topic. More to the point it bills itself as this small footprint game and the box is tiny, but it takes an age to set up, it takes up a lot of table space, it takes crazy long. Just very sluggish, didn't really hit any of the mechanics it was aiming for I felt. It's got a push your luck element but it's too easy to do everything you want to do. Kind of just disappointing all around.		Neilan: That's my favorite for sure but even Galaxies, I feel like it tricked me into liking it the first time I played it and every time after that it's just been disappointing. But Tiny Epic Quest looks beautiful, it's got good art, it just has a cool feel to it. It captures that video game, fantasy - which is actually is probably one of the reasons I'm most disappointed in it because I can't get past how blatantly it seems to plagiarize Zelda as a franchise but that's maybe a separate topic. More to the point it bills itself as this small footprint game and the box is tiny, but it takes an age to set up, it takes up a lot of table space, it takes crazy long. Just very sluggish, didn't really hit any of the mechanics it was aiming for I felt. It's got a push your luck element but it's too easy to do everything you want to do. Kind of just disappointing all around.