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Great video , new one from a small indie game creator from Canada is Sinoda great game Only ones I’ve played was Duke and Azui in your top 10

Hi! I know this video is old, but can you tell me where you bought those character boxes? I need them, but not sure, and didn't want to end up buying the wrong ones.

Commenting on this vid for the Return of Bruce Lee. RG is taking a risk by going against the scalpers at the cost of those who did buy Bruce at retail price.

Very good job giving details on how to explaining the game. Thank You.

First time visiting your channel. Nice thoughtful and efficient video! Captures (with more eloquence) some of the rough ideas I’ve had rattling in my head after my first few plays. Subscribed!

blues are divisible by 2 greens are divisible by 3 pinks are prime (ish) and greys are divisible by 7

Great video!!

This is my exact dilemma at the moment, 1 year into hobby I own far too many games that I bought on the hype and before I figured out what games I like best, so many of them are unplayed and I need to work my way through them. I’m pretty terrible with rules so I figure at least 2 plays don’t count as I learn those…. and then I think I’d need at least 2 other plays to make a decision over theme/mechanics…

i Can recommend Ivion. a lot of similarities with unmatched (ecg, cardbattler, grid movement)

This explanation is combined with a couple peoples thoughts from the board game geek forum hope it helps. 1) The moment the runes have been matched and Cthulhu has been lured to the Void space, the Cthulhu figure is permanently removed from the game. The R'lyeh mat appears, existing as a "space" connected to the Void that can be moved into (or out of) for 1 move action. 2) Cthulhu is now immobile and will no longer perform any kind of movement triggered by a Monster Card. Cthulhu will however still resolve its Monster Card attacks on anyone in R'lyeh, potentially damaging them with hit symbols on attack dice. As mentioned, other Monsters will also be able to move into R'lyeh to attack Heroes. 3) When a Hero is on the R'lyeh space, they can bind Cthulhu with 1 manacle by discarding a number of matching-colored items that meet or exceed the power of Cthulhu's Special Item. If Cthulhu's Special Item is a green item of power 5, a Hero can for example discard [blue 3 + blue 2], or [purple 3 + purple 1 + purple 2], or [green 6]. The rules specify that the "type (and by implication, the color) of Cthulhu's Special Item does not matter" at this juncture. As long as you discard a handful of items that all match each other in color, they do not have to be the same color as Cthulhu's Special Item. Be aware that each separate item discarded will require a separate Advance action. The aforementioned examples would require 2 Advance actions, 3 Advance actions, and 1 Advance action respectively. There also seems to be an implication that the series of items must all be played within a single player turn, in order to earn a manacle (?) 4) If the required value of items is successfully discarded as described above, then the Hero (who is already in R'lyeh) is moved specifically to one of the 3 circular areas surrounding Cthulhu's Special Item - if a Hero discarded 2 blue items, you would move them to the blue circular area. You can then place 1 manacle on Cthulhu. Nothing in the rulebook suggests that you're stuck on these circular areas, so I assume a Hero can freely move off of a circular area by using 1 Move action (the same action of which would essentially move the Hero out of R'lyeh and back onto the Void space). 5) While on 1 of these 3 circular areas, Heroes will specifically be susceptible to Cthulhu's Power Symbol (!), whenever Cthulhu rolls a (!) result during an attack. The symbol will deal 1 damage to each Hero standing in the colored area matching Cthulhu’s Special Item. If Cthulhu's Special Item is purple, and there are 3 Heroes standing on the purple area, then each will take 1 damage (blockable only with an item whose color matches Cthulhu's Special Item). After resolving this (!) result, replace Cthulhu's Special Item with a new random one from the item bag, and then resolve any additional (!) dice in the same fashion, replacing Cthulhu's Special Item after each resolution of (!). Effectively, Cthulhu's Power Symbol (!) will alter the characteristics of Cthulhu's Special Item, changing its power value and/or its color (the latter of which will affect which circular areas are targeted by subsequent Power Symbols (!). 6) After all 4 manacles are placed, my interpretation is that every Hero must move into R'lyeh. Then each Hero must contribute 1 item (of any color or power). This team contribution would be resolved with a single Share action 7) discard those gathered items to defeat Cthulhu Ex: If you have a 5 item in the center, to lock an arm you need all of any one color, let’s say that’s purple then play purple 5+ with one action. Or a purple 3 and a purple 2+ for the second action to lock the arm on your turn. Once locked you then go stand in the purple spot. You could have more than one character in any of the colored areas. I believe this means, you can move off the color by leaving the room or you can discard a different color number(s), equivalent of the center item. Remembering the rule, per lock if you discard more than one item to equal+ the center number, you must have actions equal to the number of items discarded then move to that color. IE: a purple 1 and a purple 3 and a purple 2 would be three actions to equal the purple 6 in the center.

On Cthulhu, there’s a good rule clarification on board game geek forum section. Step three and four is confusing, but the forum readthrough with reading the rules I have it locked down I believe :-).

I won't advise others what to do, as what works for me might not work for them, but I consolidated everything the best at I can. Initially, I kept unused boxes. But, as my collection got bigger and I had no room for what I needed, I got rid of everything I didn't need (empty boxes). Thus far, I haven't regretted it. Others might, though.

I have just under 150 games. But I only count base games -- not variations and/or expansions. For example, I have everything there is for Star Wars Imperial Assault. I count that as one game, not dozens of games. There are many games for which I similarly have a ton of stuff. 14 boxes of Dominion. I count that as one game. And so on. I consolidate where possible (in most cases), but for some games I find it easier to keep them in separate boxes because I have so much (Dominion, Cosmic Encounter, Combat Commander, Armada, X-Wing, Imperial Assault, Warfighter, Galaxy Defenders, Carcassonne, etc.). I moved a dozen (or so) times throughout my life, but not once since I started getting all of these games. The logistics of a normal move is horrific (more so the older one gets); the logistics of moving my board game collection would be mind-numbing. And, until you mentioned it, I hadn't even considered moving my one (and only) board game shelving unit. Putting it together was a nightmare. I can't imagine disassembling it and having to do that again. (Moving it in one piece wouldn't be smart. I'm certain it would warp or break.)

While I wasn't always this way, the last couple of decades I've learned that the experience matters far more to me than the score.

Enjoyed this! I am a Marvel Champions player but Untied has been catching my attention… I’m worried that if I want it all though, is it locked behind Kickstarter exclusives?? I agree with Champions set up (and play) time gets too long for some seasons of life. But I don’t feel like the extra content makes me play less since it’s just options.

It definitely has a thing where the game kinda unexpectedly blossoms the more you play it. The system is very simple, and really feels like it at first blush, but for some reason as you play more and more of it the cooler it seems to become. And the new wave of boxes coming to retail finally means there will be a very wide breadth of content available to people beyond those who backed on kickstarter.

Everything in a cardboard box is not a storage solution dude 😂

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Cover Your Assets is a family favorite. One of our most played games of all time. I'm not going to claim it deserves a high rating, but we've played that game more than almost any other game and had a ton of fun. It's our travel game.

We love the original version of Horrified, but none of the others lived up to that one. It seems like they’ve put less and less effort into each successive version.

Great review! I'm about to order this one! Do you think an expamsion or woodens tokens or mat are necessary ?

I love your point about new gamers! It should be about making sure everyone is having a good time than winning. Especially if I'm teaching a game, I feel good if a new player seems like they enjoyed the experience rather than feeling intimidated.

I disagree with your number 18. I’d move her in the top five, but I agree with your number 1. She’s helped way more often than not!

I’m waiting for state of emergency to be available again. Although, all I want from it is the new role cards, event cards, emergency event cards, and quarantine markers. Nothing else looks interesting from it

This is the exact reason I haven't bought these games for. It just seems more complicated than needs to be.

Great video! Thank you for your thoughts! Where Star Wars Clone Wars get in this rank?

So excited to actually see ninja turtles coop coming!!!

I was a little disappointed in the Greek Monsters, felt a lot easier than the others- weren’t any big swings as far as complexity or rule changes for monsters

Also, you might like Mage Knight and Spirit Island! I love those games!

What do you think about storage painted unmatched minis such way? Would they need some additional cover like cutting out of original plastic insert etc?

It seems like we have similar tastes, Thanks for your list. You might enjoy Set A Watch, I don’t know why people don’t talk about it more, it can play up to four, but I have only played it solo. It is one of my very favorite solo plays!

Going all in on both 😅

I also really enjoy Unmatched Tales to Amaze, so Unmatched Adventures; TMNT! sounds fun. The box cover does say that Shredder and Krang will have minions so I'm assuming that the minions will work the same way.

TMNT! Let's go!

easy pass on united hate those chibi figures and not interested in unmatched either

I will get DC United when it comes to retail

I've been waiting for a good TMNT game! This might be it!

My modest $100 pledge has quickly grown to $489... so far. 💰💰

My wife and i love this game. We have alot of the content. We always play 2 heroes each. We have over 100 plays of it. So much variety and replayability

I am a nerd. I do sometimes wonder what would happen if Medusa battled against T-Rex, or if Beowulf went up against Achilles, or what if Bruce Lee went head-to-head against Luke Cage. Oh wait....

55 yr old nerd. Just about everybody loves a game of some sort. Im fortunate enough to still be able to enjoy a good game of cribbage with my father. Embrace your passion.

Man this hits close to home for me.. up until very recently I hadn’t realised I was actually calling my hobby “nerdy” when talking about board games or RPG and almost giving it a negative connotation myself. I’ve stopped the bad habit now and being more proud of it when I tell people and the response has been incredible. Let’s be more proud of our hobby and ditch the labels, cos actually this is cool, and many people outside the hobby think so too 😎

I think the meaning of nerd has changed over the years. It definitely has a different connotation than it did 30-40 years ago. I nerd out over soccer and paramotoring.

Nope. Ark Nova is not as deep in resource management and resource production. So Terraforming mars is still No. 1 in that category. But I do admit Ark Nova has overpreformed in many categories fro sure!

j3. Just One j2. Jaws j1. Jaipur (easy pick) k5. Kohaku k4. King of Tokyo k3. Knarr k2. Karuba k1. Kingdomino - original (easy pick)

1. Jaipur 2. Just One 1. Klask 2. Kemet 3. Khora 4. King of Tokyo 5. Kingdomino

I'm quite shocked you didn't put "Legacy of Yu" on your list (or you don't know it?) Its from Shem Philips and is an awesome 1-player-only game! :-)

Yes, J and K are very limited. I had about the same lists. Only caveats were games that I haven't played yet. So, I don't even have 5 for each of mine. 3. Jaws 2. Just One 1. Joan of Arc: Orléans Draw & Write 4. Kingdom Builder 3. Keydom's Dragons 2. Kemet 1. King of Tokyo

My top 5 J-K are: 5. Kerala 4. King of Tokyo 3. Kanagawa 2. Jamaica 1. Keyflower

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