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To me, the summative 1-10 final rating in a review is the MOST important part. My reasoning: 1) Sometimes, that's all I have time for. Say I'm standing in McKay's and there's a game I've never seen in person before. What I usually do is pull up BGG and look first at it's average rating. Then I click on the "Geekbuddy Analysis" button and see what my curated list of geekbuddies say about it. If I'm seeing numbers 6 or lower, I'm probably moving on. If it's around 7 or so, I'll probably read the comments and game description to see if it sounds good to me. If it's 8+, I'll likely dive in even deeper. 2) When I have time to watch/listen to a full review, I love all the discussion (and even quite a bit of rambling). I used to have a podcast myself, and exploring games (which was the podcast's name) is something I love to do. But it's very easy to get lost in the weeds when you do a deep-dive on a game like that. Particularly if there's something new or interesting in a game, there can be a lot to say about it. However, that doesn't always mean that the ambitious, interesting, or novel things in the game were actually pulled off and worked as a whole. So I always thought it was still important to give that final rating just so a regular reader (to the blog) or listener (to the podcast) would have a frame of reference on where it fit in with other games I reviewed. 3) It's intuitive. I can appreciate complex, multivariate methods of rating a game like you mentioned. But we don't always agree on which variables are important to making a game good, and we probably don't all agree what a good rating on each one of those variables means. But on a very simple level, everyone understands that rating something 9/10 means that you really love it, that a rating of 6/10 is pretty mediocre, and that 1/10 is something you really didn't like. To me, the real folly in reviewing and ultimately rating a game is to think that there's any true way to objectively evaluate a game. Ratings, and reviews in general, are ultimately all about the subjective value that a reviewer has for a game. I actually came up with a little rating scale of my own that I have used personally, with my game group, and formerly for my blog and podcast. I'll see if I can link to it or post a picture of it, but basically, it just gave a few benchmarks that I thought helped me to identify my subjective feelings about a game and then helped me to quantify that into a rating. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1YXTryGfJsGZqY8WSfCnty925KtUJTN5LV4C4xfHNl_M/

I introduced my brother to Scythe and he was overwhelmed! Now we play 7 Wonders Duel regularly, sometimes Magic The Gathering and other games 😂

Project L is really cool! The tactility of the Tetris pieces is great!

Random reviews are good! Thanks!!

Got my copy. Missing the whole cosmetic side. Had a broken villain I had to reglue. Not happy with the quality of the components and miniatures overall for what we paid. The game was good. But this will probably be sold or donated. It just wasn't worth the time or my money. I hope you guys enjoy it more than me.

That's probably my copy of Sentient I liked it quite a bit, but you know, I just have too many games. Even then, I probably wouldn't have sold it if I had known that they valued it so lowly... And that's likely my copy of Warrior Knights (and the expansion) as well. Whoever was doing the pricing the day I sold them was clearly not on the top of their game. I'd feel a little bad about not getting their real value in credit, but I also found a book worth $180 on sale for $7 that week, so the McKay's karma came back around to me anyway.

Really wanted this game, ended up deciding not to even though had plenty of time. Really liking the look of all the minis and the ice of the storage, but too big for me and I'll probably end up going with the retail version. I noticed their site now sells all three versions of the core box, while they have stock, I don't know when they may sell the various expansions.

Mine had the same size hole in I think the same spot.

Got mine last week. My son loves it.

Looks cool, but wow that’s Huuuuuuuge….. hard pass for me if only for the size of the box

Hero are blue and villains are masterminds are red. Villans are purple.

Got my copy.... So far im only missing OMni tron X.......Charge token . It must have fallan out the punch board when they were making the games ..

I was an Oblivaeon backer, and by the time that arrived, my group was long past our Sentinels of the Multiverse phase. And I thought THAT took a long time to arrive (two years late if I remember)...

The names on the box are alphabetical & there was a place on the survey via the pledge manager where you had to type in the name you wanted. Might want to check your survey to see what name you gave them

This looks HUGE!!!!

Ohhhhh....So excited for this!

Interesting! I've got to look into the Amsterdams. Thanks for adding a couple to my wishlist!

I just got my copy as well. I am glad I got it. I went for the game because I love sentinels of the multiverse card game and I enjoy the world they have made

After 10000 years

Any plans to do a play through?

Such a great game. The expansions add so much more to it. Great video. Thanks!

Sorry guys, we are still working through mic and camera issues. Eventually we will figure out this RUclips thing….maybe?

Finished up to 3b. Is there going to be an update?

Like the game WINGSPAN very much, it has beautiful cards and eggs.Thank you

Good job Norm!

I picked up that version of Merchant of Venus when it first came out, but I never had much interest in the Fantasy Flight reworked rules. I have always played with the "classic" rules, and had a really great time with it.

I hear the iconography on the cards is a challenge. True?

The video sound is good. I don't know anything about any of those games, but the Stronghold custom piece find was neat to see. I put a lot of time into making custom Spirit Island pieces to celebrate my joy in that game, and the thought of losing, selling, or giving them away makes me sad. My wife and I have played two games of Castles of Burgundy (after watching your review, and with the pink pieces you sent!) and we enjoy it. She won one, and I won one. More to come.

If you haven't encountered it yet, there is an app that enables you to play Imperial Assault solo... its called Legends of the Alliance, and there are rules for it that you can freely download as a pdf... you still have to make some decisions for the Empire, but the app handles revealing the map and encounters and all that

It has nothing to do with Apple. Stop being a hater. Maybe it was it error…and I mean you not me! I was not the user!!

I got this sold to my shop, didn't ever hear of this till early this month. I appreciate the unboxing showing all the items. I found lots of gameplay but not actual unboxing showing all the bits.

To me it looks they forgot to finish the insert in a proper way.

I've only ever hear it pronounced tay-oh-tee-wok-AHN. I hope you get a chance to play and review it for us.

Once again, the top camera give us problems with an unboxing video! We're working on a solution for future videos.

Ok but those dice trays are so innovative! More companies need to hop on board and use those for game set up/storage. Imagine wingspan with separate “dice trays” for each food with cohesive designs and whatnot. Then when you’re done, you can unclip and store them with ease. I’m sold 🤷🏻‍♀️

I think I’m going to get the Cascadia expansion for Kole for Christmas 🤔

I don't know what happened to the overhead camera, it was a pain to edit as the end video did not look like what was shown in the editing software. After trying multiple things, we went with this output. Sorry for the weirdness (and the video issue).

Better be watching boys! lol

Nice drink! lol

sweet deals!

00:10: Shelf Control != Abstinence. 😉

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I really liked the way you presented the Top 10 update, it creates suspense 😊

that is some crazy deals m'man. the best i ever found was a sealed Cash N' Guns for $10....

Kinda wish thrift stores are more of a thing in my country. Here people either just keep stuff or put it up on an online shop, makes it really hard to find any good deals.

Boop is a fantastic little abstract game! My daughter loves how cute it is and how easy it is to play, but it's strategic enough that it's still fun and interesting for adults.

Love these thrift store finds!