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Don't Go In There | Review & How To Play
Alison goes over how to set up and play Don't Go In There! Stick around to hear the pros and cons!
*Update* The publisher let me know they did change to card stock for the room boards! Yay!
00:00 Intro
00:29 Set Up
1:54 Cards
3:50 Room Boards
5:17 Game Play
8:20 Examples
9:57 Pros
13:14 Cons
15:00 Final Thoughts
*Update* The publisher let me know they did change to card stock for the room boards! Yay!
00:00 Intro
00:29 Set Up
1:54 Cards
3:50 Room Boards
5:17 Game Play
8:20 Examples
9:57 Pros
13:14 Cons
15:00 Final Thoughts
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Видео
Restart Kickstarter Playthrough | Better Half Reviews
Просмотров 1782 месяца назад
Alison and Bryce play the Ocean realm scenario of Restart, a Kickstarter game by Teetotum Games. Interested in backing the game? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/teetotum/restart 00:00 Intro 01:34 Round 1 19:47 Round 2 36:25 Round 3 54:54 Scoring 57:57 After-Game Chat #boardgames #boardgameplaythrough #betterhalfreviews
Montoons Kickstarter Overview & Review
Просмотров 912 месяца назад
Alison checks out Montoons by Mnstr Games which is on Kickstarter! Interested in the game? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/mnstrgames/montoons-clash-of-the-coral-isles#:~:text=Kickstarter 00:00 Intro 00:51 Dice placement 03:21 Player board details 08:35 Pros 11:36 Cons 13:39 Final Thoughts #kickstartergames #printandplay #boardgames
Restart Board Game Overview & Review
Просмотров 3532 месяца назад
Alison talks about the Kickstarter game Restart by Teetotum Games! Interested in backing it? Check it out here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/teetotum/restart 00:00 Intro 00:20 Overview 03:43 Pros 07:22 Cons 11:06 Final Thoughts Follow us on IG, TikTok, and RUclips @BetterHalfReviews #kickstartergames #betterhalfreviews #boardgames
Ludos Africa Overview & Review
Просмотров 1823 месяца назад
Alison checks out Ludos Africa, the second volume of the Ludos Collection from Lemery Games! Interested in backing the game? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lemerygames/ludos-the-ancient-games-collection-africa Follow us on social media! IG: betterhalfreviews TikTok: tiktok.com/betterhalfreviews 00:00 Intro 03:54 Oware 07:59 Dara 10:14 Yote 12:01 Review 17:25 Silliness #l...
Tapestry Playmat Review
Просмотров 1083 месяца назад
Alison talks about the pros and cons of the Tapestry playmat by Stonemaier Games! Don't forget to like the video and subscribe for more content! 00:00 Intro 01:02 Differences 01:59 Things I like 04:08 Negatives? 04:49 Overall opinion 06:19 Silliness IG: betterhalfreviews Tiktok: tiktok.com/betterhalfreviews #betterhalfreviews #stonemaiergames #tapestrygame
Deck of Wonders + Master of Dungeons Review & How To Play
Просмотров 1404 месяца назад
Alison reviews Deck of Wonders AGAIN and also goes over the new expansion for the new reprint and expansion kickstarter campaign! Interested in the game? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/dennisfuria/deck-of-wonders-the-master-of-dungeons?ref=beho1i 00:00 Intro 00:59 Set Up 01:56 Cards 03:22 Rules Overview 08:23 Expansion Content 10:20 Review 16:39 Silliness #deckofwonders #kickstarterga...
Archwynd and Archwynd Vale Kickstarter Review
Просмотров 2365 месяцев назад
Alison chats about Archwynd, the new version of RPG Battles! Find out some of the changes this game adds and what the new expansion also adds to the game. Interested in backing it? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/seasthyday/archwynd-a-cards-and-dice-tabletop-fantasy-game?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=archwynd 00:00 Intro 00:28 Overview 06:22 Archwynd Vale expansion 09:02 Pros/Cons...
Fluffy Dragons Kickstarter Review
Просмотров 946 месяцев назад
Alison chats about the new Kickstarter game Fluffy Dragons by LAMF Games! Interested in backing it? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lamfgames/fluffy-dragons?ref=213j5k 00:00 Intro 00:28 Overview 01:44 Claiming Phase 03:10 Revealing Phase 04:01 Battle Phase 04:40 Finish and reset round 05:20 Lost Treasure 06:33 Sneaky Dragon 07:12 Variants/Scoring 07:45 Pros and Cons 10:59 Final Thought...
Apistocracy Kickstarter Review
Просмотров 6667 месяцев назад
Alison talks about Apistocracy from Apis Games on Kickstarter! It's your season debut in 1851 and you're trying to gain influence to be the season favorite! Interested in the game? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/apistocracy/apistocracy 00:00 Intro 00:42 Overview 02:33 Pros 06:56 Cons 08:13 What I Love 10:08 Changes 11:03 Final Thoughts 12:20 Silliness Check out our social media on ins...
Super Trains Kickstarter Review
Просмотров 888 месяцев назад
Alison chats about Super Trains, the next Treasure Falls Games (makers of Quest Kids). This is a kids and family game where you are trying to deliver passengers and cargo while cleaning up emergencies caused by the terrible Rollar! Try to complete as much as you can to generate gears and get star points! Interested in the game? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/treasurefallsgames/super-t...
Trailblazer: The Arizona Trail Kickstarter Review
Просмотров 82010 месяцев назад
Alison talks about the newest Kickstarter from Mariposa Games! This is a worker placement game with lots of strategy and a mix of game mechanisms! Interested in backing the game? Click here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/trailblazerjohnmuir/trailblazer-the-arizona-trail 00:00 Intro 00:49 Game Overview 02:16 My thoughts 08:07 John Muir or Arizona? 08:44 Final thoughts 09:15 Silliness 09:28 More S...
Ludos Asia Kickstarter Review & How to Play
Просмотров 58510 месяцев назад
Alison talks about Ludos: Asia, the latest Kickstarter from Lemery Games! This is a 4-game series with ancient games from countries in the Asia Region! Interested in the games? Back it here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/lemerygames/ludos-the-ancient-games-collection-asia 00:00 Intro 00:49 Hasami Shogi 03:56 Jarmo 07:33 Yut 11:51 Bagh Chal 14:34 Review 20:10 Silliness We have merch! Check out th...
Tapestry Plans & Ploys Review
Просмотров 181Год назад
Alison chats about the Tapestry expansion Plans and Ploys 00:00 Intro 00:41 What's in the box? 05:14 Final thoughts 05:55 Silliness
Sirens, Defrag, 16 Candies Kickstarter Review
Просмотров 121Год назад
Sirens, Defrag, 16 Candies Kickstarter Review
Potions of Azerland Play Through w/ designer Gray Baker
Просмотров 748Год назад
Potions of Azerland Play Through w/ designer Gray Baker
Monsters of Loch Lomond Kickstarter Review
Просмотров 531Год назад
Monsters of Loch Lomond Kickstarter Review
Ynaros Fallin Kickstarter Review | Better Half Reviews
Просмотров 66Год назад
Ynaros Fallin Kickstarter Review | Better Half Reviews
BEST & WORST of Board Games played in 2022 | Better Half Reviews
Просмотров 569Год назад
BEST & WORST of Board Games played in 2022 | Better Half Reviews
Reviving Kathmandu | Review & How To Play
Просмотров 837Год назад
Reviving Kathmandu | Review & How To Play
Statera Overview & Review | Better Half Reviews
Просмотров 265Год назад
Statera Overview & Review | Better Half Reviews
Dice chucking FUN! | Harry Potter: Mischief in Diagon Alley Review
Просмотров 3712 года назад
Dice chucking FUN! | Harry Potter: Mischief in Diagon Alley Review
Pocket Book Adventures | Kickstarter Review
Просмотров 4812 года назад
Pocket Book Adventures | Kickstarter Review
Love this one! We play it every year around October! We even used the Dice Tower Promo this year!
There’s a Dice Tower promo?! 👀
@BetterHalfReviews yes! And it's Ouija Board curse cards!!! Track it down!
*Update* The publisher let me know they did change to card stock for the room boards! Yay!
Nice playthrough!
Thank you! And thanks for watching 🤓
Thank you for the playthrough guys! Great game and pretty close score!
It’s pretty great!
Wow, the integrated theme and game play seems very interesting! I look forward to playing this in the future 👍
Alison, we want to thank you SO much for taking some time to review our game. We have created a reference sheet that will be easily accessible in the final version, so that will help you a lot in terms of gameplay. Playing with the Waystone is SO FUN! We really appreciate your honesty and will look at ways we can improve the game based on feedback in the final version! 😀😀
Very cool!
Yep yep! Thanks for watching 🤓.
That thing is impressive!
It is! I’m basically always using the playmat instead of the game board now 🤓
built it, looks great, but.... didn't grab me at all.
Aw that’s too bad! Not every game works for everyone
@@BetterHalfReviews well, I usually build a bunch of games not questioning if I will like them or not, then I try them out and well only some I like.
great review. subscribed.
Thanks for subscribing! 🤓
Your honesty is valued. Thank you for this review..
Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the coverage! Would you say this creation is innovative (other than the original cave painting on the box)?
I’d say it has innovative moments. While sandbox/story games already exist, Stonesaga has some innovative moments in how to utilize the pack or how you craft items, and going through the unique story.
Neat!
Yep yep! Thanks for watching 🤓
Could I ask a question? Do you know what happened to Branden & Lexi of All Aboard Gamer? All their accounts seem to have vanished. I know you knew them a bit. Just want to know they are all right.
They are doing okay. They had some personal things happen that had them pause making content and then they decided it was best to step away from content creation as a whole.
@@BetterHalfReviews Thank you for that update. I liked them a lot. God bless.
Thank you soo much!!! This is amazing! We really appreciate the share! :D
Those cards, player boards, and game board look massive, and thus the game looks like a table hog. With 4 players how big of a table would you need?
It is a bit of a table hog but the table I use for filming also isn’t the biggest so it looked a bit crammed on there.
Excellent review!
Thank you!
Great preview! Also, you are hilarious 👍 You always make me laugh during the outakes!
Thank you! And you’re welcome for the laughs haha there’s almost always some silliness to be had when I open my mouth 😂😅
LOVE this video!!! You did such a great job explaining everything without making it sound too overwhelming! The Tea kills me! Like it's truly giving out the gossip Well done my friend!
Thank you my friend!! I’ve started changing my overviews to be a bit more simple and quick rather than big down on every rule (at least for Kickstarter games). The theme of this one is just SO well done. I love the tea room too 😂👍🏻
I love the look and the theme. It's a day one back for me.
Awesome!! It’s worth it!
Apistocracy means ruled by atheists (or unbelievers, literally). The bakery theme makes no sense to me.
There isn’t a bakery theme in the game at all actually-not sure where you picked that up. It’s all about the social buzz of moving up society in 1851. As for the name of the game, she got it from a different work that discussed the levels of societal buzz from high to low ranks (I can’t recall at the moment who she said wrote it).
Not sure how you come to that conclusion... If you break down the etymology then Apis in Latin is Bee, and 'ocracy in Latin means rule of, which is exactly what the theme of the game is. But even if you go to the Apis name in Greek, it refers back to some named kings - nothing specifically calling out the idea of atheism, which is no where in the theme. You're losing the forest for the trees.
Oh! I've been seeing Instagram ads for this! Thanks for the more information!
You’re most welcome!
so did you buy the game and you have the final product?
I did back it and got it recently but life’s been busy so it hasn’t been played yet.
Cute game!
Super cute!
We have been on the fence about backing this one. I think you may have pushed us over that fence and now backing It. Awesome job, and I love the end reel with the kids. Me and my wife have a channel called The Meeple Society, and our oldest son’s dogs decided to make themselves known on our 20-11, and 10-1 videos of our Top 100 games.
Haha I know how that goes. My son can sometimes be heard though I can usually edit those parts out. And the end parts with silliness in this one is actually my husband 😂. I’ll check out your channel! Glad my video could help out with your decision! And sorry to your wallet 😜
Very clear explanation, very nice camera work 👍
Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful!
Great overview, thanks!
Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching 🤓👍🏻
Playing this at DTW last year was a lot of fun, and I'm excited for the Kickstarter project to begin! Great video👍
Same here! I’ve improved so much since our play at DTW 😂😅.
Thanks Alison that was wonderful! 🙂 Got a link...?
Wow! This is really cool!
It is!!!
Glad you like it :)
you guys look normal😂
any recommendation similar to this game?
Our friends at eNVy Board Gaming had a great compilation list of recommendations for games like Valknut/similar to Chess that I’d recommend. Here’s the RUclips link: ruclips.net/video/PAZk9CdW-qk/видео.htmlsi=v61A0vkGZnxLUcCi
@@BetterHalfReviews Thank youu
Amazing playthrough. 👍
Thank you! And thanks for watching 🤓
"Trying to eat five goats" - Bryce ... "or we can say jump over them" 😂😂😂😂 Hahaha you both are so cute. Thanks for sharing!
It just sounded so harsh on those little goaties! 😂🤪😅
^_^ I don't get it. Their new kickstarter is online and nobody is mentioning it. So I just mention it everywhere. So if someone's looking for the game, they have a kickstarter running now. I think a lot of kids would love playing this game. The new expansion also addresses difficulty concerns that some people have.
Thanks for giving a plug for the new expansion! We’ve been talking about it over on our Instagram but haven’t made a new video yet about the expansion
very Impressive
Nice content.
Your content is nice. Go ahead.
Love me some Tapestry
Yaaaaas come over and play it with me! (You’ll likely win haha)
Great "Rodney Flip"!
Hehe thanks
How many takes did that intro require? hehe! Nice catching skills.
Like 4 haha. I was also just having a bit of fun 😂😅. Thanks for watching!
🙌 'Promosm'
This looks like a lot of fun!
It’s pretty good! Thanks for watching 🤓
These games look so fun! I can't wait to get my copies!😅🤩
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed Defrag! Don’t worry, we’ve been working on the rulebook, I know some things were a little vague in the prototype, that’s probably my fault, but that should be all sorted in the final version. Thanks again!
Awesome to hear! I’m sure it will be great in the end. Really enjoyed your game 👏🏼👏🏼
16 candies, How does the game end? Just last person standing? Can you only gain currency if you are the one that called?
😅 whoever is the last one with licorice candies is the winner.
And yes you only gain if you call it and you’re the highest. There’s strategies on not calling and just being the one to stick it out
Thanks for the video. I run a game group at the library on a monthly basis… it’s most kids 8-12… and it’s between 6 - 8 players usually. This seems like a slam dunk. I also bought the expansion so it can play up to 9! The light rules/ play is a major good thing given my situation
Thanks for watching! This is definitely a great game for that age group!
I remember checking this out at DTW. Such beautiful 🎨 👍
It is such a cozy looking game. Can’t beat Bosley art!
Looks so good!!
It is! Thanks so much for watching ☺️