I think the big difference is that Kickstarter games need a strong advertising campaign prelaunch in order to be successful but larger publishers can drop a title with minimal advance advertising. For example, I don't think Stonemaier has announced/named their 1-2 titles that they will release this year but they will certainly get a lot of hype upon launch. Great video. Keep it up.
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Long live Daniele Tascini!!! Love him because a) he's Italian like me, and b) he produces wonderful games (Tzolk'in, the Marco Polo series, Trismegistus, etc etc). As a predominantly solo gamer, I am very excited that Tabannusi is solo compatible. By the way, he's very smart to always partner up with somebody when releasing a game (my favorite partnerships are Daniele Tascini/David Turczi and Daniele Tascini/Simone Luciani). If Tascini released a game by himself, I think he would have trouble publishing it. But as long as he partners up with people, his game will forever be available..thank GOD! Anybody who doesn't publish his games is a d*mn fool.
It's hard to make a non-Kickstarter 2021 list right now because a large number of 2021 non-Kickstarter games haven't been announced yet. My most anticipated games in alphabetic order include 2491 Planetship from MEBO Games (assuming it gets U.S. distribution in 2021), Beyond The Edge from Wizkids, Empires of the North: Wrath of the Lighthouse from Portal Games, Now or Never from Red Raven Games, and The Initiative from Unexpected Games. I could only come up with 5. CloudAge is listed as a 2020 game, but I didn't hear about it until this month and I don't know when it first became available in retail. The more I hear about it the more I'm becoming interested in it.
This early in the year most of the retail games that will be released this year aren't listed on BGG yet. KS on the other hand inherently forces the creators to release information about their game a long time before the release.
Mainline retail markets will suffer tremendously because of the enormous success of crowdfunding. But they will eventually find ways of catching up. They will find savings and reduced costs in minimum order quantities or reusing materials and avoiding unique materials, recycling, etc. They can’t match the boutique, hobbyist market and pricing. But there’s no reason they couldn’t eventually produce a Scythe or a Brass or Creature Comforts type of game.
Somehow I stumbled on ThinkerThemer when researching Dune game last month. Amy and Maggie only had about 1 K subs, Now closing in on 2.7 subs. They are good and funny. Great smiles by both and I enjoy how they dissect games by mechanics and immersion. Amy is the name you drew a blank on. Keep up the great work Alex, 20 K is within reach. Praise God
I'm just going to say the games I have on pre-order for 2021 :p Coffee Trader and Khôra. i also hope Namiji is delivering soon and for the rest we'll see ... Imperium sounds really interesting .... aka it looks gorgeous :D
Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery reprint is coming out very soon! My number 2 anticipated non-Kickstarter game with Clash of Cultures being number 1.
I was very interested in Golem when I first heard about it. Then there was some outraged controversy over the theme. Seams like you can't get away from outrage in today's world. But it fell off my radar. Thanks for reminding me. Looking forward to more info on this if it does get a final release.
The thing is non Kickstarter Games are mostly only anounced close to relase. And then ther is the factor that many games are holded back for Essen in october. So is not wonder you find mostly Kickstarters at the beginning.
The two Imperium games are high on my list as well. A tip for you Alex. This year should also see a coffee themed game finally being released: Seize the Bean. It’s a deck builder where you run a coffee bar in Berlin. It was kickstarted and is incredibly over its delivery target, but it is in production now and should come out in the summer.
We will probably need a comparison between imperium classics - mosaic:a story of civilization - origins first builders sometime in the future. Thank you for the content Alex!!
Tabannusi is certainly on my list, and if it ends up being the last T game, then so be it. Hadrian's Wall looks great and I ended up snagging it on the pre-order. For me, the one game you need to consider is the Ultimate Railroads, which is all of the Russian Railroads content coming back into print! Mutant Insurrection seems like a re-theme of Elder Signs. Not sure how they differ, but they look very similar
Fun fact....I literally logged into my old bgg acount for the first time in months 2 minutes ago to find that Twilight Struggle photo, and just saw a geekmail from you :D Thanks!
Hopefully Tascini isn't 100% canceled and someone, anyone will continue to publish his games. If they won't he should self publish somehow. I certainly won't ever give Board and Dice another dime after Tabannusi.
nice list. Hadrians Wall, a flip and write (with meeples) seems to be something similar to That's pretty clever. It's combo heaven. I don't think you can compare it to Rome and Roll. It's a euro disguised in a Roll and Write. I think it works well. Easy to set-up and give you the feel of euro. Looking forward to imperium legends/classics as well. Cubitos seems like an interesting push your luck game along the line of Quacks of Quindlenberg yet quacks is more accessible. I'll keep an eye on that one too.
Weather Machine is coming to Kickstarter in Nov 2021. Burgle Bros. 2 was Kickstarted in Aug 2019. So it is even harder to find non-Kickstarted games than you thought.... :)
Great list! Sheepy Time by AEG is another non kickstarter we are super excited about! Got to demo it and had a really fun first play so certainly cannot wait for it to come out.
Between Coffee Traders and Seize the Bean, 2021 should be a banner year for coffee themed games. The game play on Coffee Traders looks amazing and seems to have a tight economy combined with high levels of player interaction (both things I want from a heavy euro), but the minimum 3 player count will keep it out of my collection. I really do appreciate the designers not bolting on a weak solo or 2p variant and being up front about the player count, and will certainly look to play a friend's copy (hopefully).
X-Men: Mutant Insurrection is the only one that I am remotely interested in (will probably pass since I have Marvel Champions). The new Descent: Legends of the Dark, Now or Never, and new Arkham Horror LCG releases are about the only new retail products that I am interested in. Much more hyped for Kickstarters like Sankokushin: Five Sacrifices.
I'm increasingly happy to see videos about upcoming games that aren't coming via kickstarter, which I'm disliking more and more. Between the interminable wait between a campaign's introduction and its final delivery, the contrived stretch goal structure of pretending that features that were almost certainly always going to be included regardless of a campaign's total funding, to the (to me) gross manipulation of backers to conduct free marketing on social media in exchange for, again, features likely baked into the final product from the start... and then the frequent drama accompanying larger campaigns fueled by now-producers who suddenly know what's best for a game they had no hand in designing. I'm backing fewer and fewer kickstarters for these reasons among others (especially bloated boxes of plastic-laden games with too many minis [sorry Alex 😉]) and fewer and fewer of them are the games that, over time, make it to my table most often. I'm all for the Hadrian's Walls! Bring on the Coffee Traders! Three cheers for Taban-- well, maybe not that one. Hooray for Cubitos!
Even though I’m not into Kickstarter anymore, most of the games I want from the FLGS this year started on KS. So, maybe Funkoverse, Marvel Unmatched, something from Legendary?
I'm rather excited for Dominant Species: Marine despite not loving the original to the fullest. The designer was working on it for several years before his death late 2019 and his wife has been working to complete it since. It's been a long road to get to this point, and I'll love seeing that journey reach it's completion.
You haven't mentioned the Metal Gear Solid board game in this list...lol. Designed by the great Emerson Matsuuchi. Although there are questions about it's release date it's supposed to be this year. And there's also Blacklist Games Contra. Just in case you or others haven't heard about them.
Maria reprint is one you missed which I definitely think that you would enjoy. Have Clash of Cultures and Dominant Species Marine on pre order. Agree with everything you said about Golem (including the art!).
So excited for twilight struggle red sea. Same thoughts as you in that it's an exceptional game but too long and difficult to bring to the table to play with someone
We are in the same boat with Twilight Struggle and Watergate. Another one to check out that my dad and I enjoy is 13 Days. That's another shorter one that gives a Twilight Struggle feel in a shorter time
Cubitos sounds like a ton of fun and AEG is my favorite lighter game publisher, so I'm definitely paying attention. I don't like the art in Raiders of Scythia or Hadrian's Wall, although I can't say why.
Can't wait for Tabannusi. And it will be the last product I buy from Board and Dice. If you can't beat the cancellations, then join them. They want to cancel Tascini? Then I'll cancel Board and Dice. His games were the only games of note from their catalog anyway.
Hadrian's Wall looks amazing. I really want to try Raiders of Scythia too since I never played any of the Raiders games. Only bringing those together since the art looks the same but my wife likes roll and writes a lot and Hadrian's Wall looks awesome!
Hadrian’s Wall was not on Kickstarter, but was up for pre-order until a few days ago. I think you’ll have to get it retail or from Garphill Games’ website now. Pre-orders are due to be delivered in February or March. I played a pre-release version last year and really enjoyed it. It’s similar to Paladins, but a bit less complex. It was inspired by that and Fleet the Dice Game. I’m also looking forward to getting my copy.
I'm mostly excited for X-Men: Mutant Insurrection, Exceed Season 5, and probably a good handful on my Miniature Market wishlist. That's usually how I discover retail games before they're released - searching MM preorders. That's the thing w/ retail publishers, though, right? Quite a few don't really announce their games that far ahead of time.
Interesting, I see the Kickstarter ones and I was like ooOoo some interesting games, the non kickstarter ones outside of the X-Men game (as I am fanboy of FFG) others on the list for 2021 weren't too exciting for me to see though until you play a game sometimes hard to say. My own list one that comes to mind is Cthulu Wars Duels looks great (Blargh came out 10 Dec never mind haha) but there must be big hits coming though maybe I am wrong. I think the new Dune (Imperium) game also technically release late 2020. Though I don't think either has been in stores locally as of yet as not seeing them in stock.
I'm still confused by working out exactly what publishers are doing in 2021 (re: Golem example), but I think Now or Never is not going to be on kickstarter, so I'd add that to this list!
'Furnace' i am looking forward to the most, of the non-kickstarter games. Maybe the 15th anniversary edition of ticket to ride Europe... but big chance I'll skip it
It's difficult. If retail games would be also marketed one year in advance, any hype will have died done, when it's available. In contrast to KS where a year later all backer receive their game, post about it and (if the game is good) rekindle the hype for the retail release. I think Stonemaier Games does a good job with marketing their games, with anouncements, a designer diary and advance orders. Don't know when they enter their game in BBG though.
You’re either really popular on BGG or hate reading messages 🤣🤣. I’m not sure if any games I’m looking forward to non Kickstarter outside of maybe Santorini New York? 😅
@@rawkyle9385 they publish this game then drop him. while the other company that publish Marco Polo has completely stop publishing his games ( no more Marco polo1 and 2). Had to rush out to buy polo2
@@JJ_TheGreat Trismegistus is most definitely part of the T series. It is a heavy Eurogame by Daniele Tascini that starts with a T. It's never been stated anywhere official that to be part of the T series that you have to have a certain theme. It's a personal opinion of Rahdo's and yours apparently that it doesn't count.
Considering the year, any thoughts on Maglev Metro? I thought the transparent tiles were clever. It isnt on your radar or just not spiking your interest?
@@BoardGameCo True but that's not what I said. I mean that good games don't need all the extra fluff, bells and whistles. They are the true gems. Crowd funded games are the way publishers use to gouge people with high prices by adding a ton of (mostly) useless plastic. Of course there will be good games that end up in CF platforms but they will usually cost twice (at least) what they should otherwise. I won't even mention how many of the crowd funded games are flawed due to the simple nature that people making them are not professionals, they are just regular people learning as they go.
It's not uncertain in any way, they are contractually obligated to release it. But they have announced that after whatever products of Tascini's they are contractually obligated to release, they will not release any more. And I will also not be buying any more of Board and Dice's products after that either.
@@shanerion are you sure it has reach that stage? I mean i recall it was going to be kickstarter also the last teotihuacan expansion. So until that happens i think is better to consider those as lost proposals
After their handling of the Barrage Kickstarter I wouldn’t call Cranio Creations a solid company. The way they mislead and antagonized their backers while supremely under delivering on their promises and delivering subpar components at a premium price puts them on my blacklist. Hopefully Luciani keeps working with Thundergryph as they seem far more competent and deserving of people’s business.
I think its important to note that the Tascini drama is about his public comments about race and his publisher dropping him over it. It is both easy to look up and pretty big news. It doesn't take any longer to say that than it does to say "I don't want to get into it". Since so many of his games involve cultures involving people of color-- including the one discussed here- it isn't any more of a side track than say the first three minutes of this video, just for example. I'm just noticing that almost every white game reviewer has either brushed this off or totally ignored it despite hours and hours of chatter and side tracks that arnt even boardgame related and I just find it odd how much effort it must take to ignore it. So I decided to bring it up just briefly whenever I see a reviewer clearly make an effort to ignore it.
Oh I'm not getting into it with great intent. Not because of the effort. The problem is that I've seen pretty mixed things, not to the idea that what he did was wrong, but rather how wrong. Meaning outright racism vs a lack of sensitivity. I in no way approve of his actions, but I do not believe in sharing negative information about people that lack context or a full picture, and I believe most of those things are very lacking here. I'll happily have a conversation about Racism on the channel. But I will not use my platform to tear someone down unless I can say with great confidence that every aspect of what I'm saying is a full picture. If the goal here is to hold people accountable for their words and the damage they can do, I believe heavily in starting with myself.
quite a few speakers of Latin languages have got into trouble when what they have said is translated into English. Nuance, context and intent are ften ignored in these situations. Not defending anybody but it is a gray area.
Your North American cultural imperialism is no better than whatever you are criticizing. Look up how many Italian restaurants in the US are called "Negri's". If it meant what you think it means, those restaurants would not have that name. Amerocentric leftists who think that anything with the prefix "Neg" is connected to the American "N" word have ruined this poor man's career. It is an Italian word that means a person of African descent. It has been used for hundreds of years, and isn't derogatory or pejorative. Young Italians who have absorbed too much progressive American culture have decided that in their opinion it is an analogue to the "N" word. Which it isn't. By the way, if you look at the context, his "comments about race" were him criticizing actual racists who were saying that Orcs in fantasy represent Black people. Only a racist would make that connection. No normal person sees a fantasy Orc and thinks about Black people. And like you said, Tascini makes games that showcase the cultures of people of color all around the world. The idea that he's some kind of racist who loves Mesoamerica and Ancient Egypt is a pretty strange take. But hopefully you feel morally righteous accusing someone of something they didn't do by taking words out of context and then putting them through Google translate.
@@shanerion Tascini isn't a restaurant in the US. He is an Italian where most modern people would not use that word to describe another human. I live with a native Italian. Nether he nor any of his family who live there would call someone the word he used, because, at BEST, it's comparable to calling someone a "negro" or "colored" in the US. though most young Italians who speak English would translate it as exactly the word people are trying to pretend it isn't. It absolutely is a slur. Tascini knows this. Rather than apologize for his insensitivity he blamed goggle translation like a coward and of course this was while he pulled out the whole 'I have black friends BS'. He knows better. And THAT is the problem. Unlike you I am not going to rely on ignorance and BS whataboutism to give him a pass. You also clearly misread what he said about orcs in the article too-- find an Italian to explain it to you, because you do not have it right. If you think its OK to call people of color "Negros" or 'colored' then just say so instead of trying to use a poor excuse for whataboutsim to try to guilt someone into silence.
@@alexpartenopei1021 Maybe ask an Italian under the age of 70 what it means? I did. The nuance of that word is it is a racial slur. At the MOST generous it is deeply uncool. I'm not saying oh run out and boycott him-- I'm just saying maybe this google translate excuse is... well ...an excuse.
Hope you're feeling morally righteous. You should probably google the fact that there are a bunch of Italian restaurants in the US called "Negri's". If it meant what the idiots on /r boardgames thought it meant, they wouldn't be called that. Tascini was canceled because our culture is in a "satanic panic" style moral panic. But this time, instead of pearl clutching religious conservatives or McCarthyists blacklisting people, it's the "progressives". But to be honest, I'll jump on the cancel culture as well, and will never buy another Board and Dice product again that isn't made by Tascini.
@@shanerion Thank you for your opinion. I will take the fact that you don't agree with me into consideration when considering what I do with my own money. Very much appreciated.
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I think the big difference is that Kickstarter games need a strong advertising campaign prelaunch in order to be successful but larger publishers can drop a title with minimal advance advertising. For example, I don't think Stonemaier has announced/named their 1-2 titles that they will release this year but they will certainly get a lot of hype upon launch.
Great video. Keep it up.
I'm so glad to have discovered Amy and Maggie at thinker themer. Your channel and theirs are my faves right now.
They're so fun to watch :)
Same here, Aaron. I didn't think I'd find more channels last year that would become must see, but these two are.
*asked about doing anticipated KS games*
Everyone - "Do it" *in emperor voice*
:)
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Long live Daniele Tascini!!! Love him because a) he's Italian like me, and b) he produces wonderful games (Tzolk'in, the Marco Polo series, Trismegistus, etc etc). As a predominantly solo gamer, I am very excited that Tabannusi is solo compatible. By the way, he's very smart to always partner up with somebody when releasing a game (my favorite partnerships are Daniele Tascini/David Turczi and Daniele Tascini/Simone Luciani). If Tascini released a game by himself, I think he would have trouble publishing it. But as long as he partners up with people, his game will forever be available..thank GOD! Anybody who doesn't publish his games is a d*mn fool.
It's hard to make a non-Kickstarter 2021 list right now because a large number of 2021 non-Kickstarter games haven't been announced yet. My most anticipated games in alphabetic order include 2491 Planetship from MEBO Games (assuming it gets U.S. distribution in 2021), Beyond The Edge from Wizkids, Empires of the North: Wrath of the Lighthouse from Portal Games, Now or Never from Red Raven Games, and The Initiative from Unexpected Games. I could only come up with 5. CloudAge is listed as a 2020 game, but I didn't hear about it until this month and I don't know when it first became available in retail. The more I hear about it the more I'm becoming interested in it.
Solid list....2491 I need to put out a review for, I love City of Spies :)
This early in the year most of the retail games that will be released this year aren't listed on BGG yet.
KS on the other hand inherently forces the creators to release information about their game a long time before the release.
Thinker and Themer are GREAT
Yes!
Hey Alex, thanks for this video. And I vote YES for the top 10 2021 Kickstarter/Gamefound anticipated games!
Hopefully :)
Mainline retail markets will suffer tremendously because of the enormous success of crowdfunding. But they will eventually find ways of catching up. They will find savings and reduced costs in minimum order quantities or reusing materials and avoiding unique materials, recycling, etc. They can’t match the boutique, hobbyist market and pricing. But there’s no reason they couldn’t eventually produce a Scythe or a Brass or Creature Comforts type of game.
I think they're still doing fine...but I am curious how it will do.
Somehow I stumbled on ThinkerThemer when researching Dune game last month. Amy and Maggie only had about 1 K subs, Now closing in on 2.7 subs. They are good and funny. Great smiles by both and I enjoy how they dissect games by mechanics and immersion. Amy is the name you drew a blank on. Keep up the great work Alex, 20 K is within reach. Praise God
They're great :) lots of fun.
I'm just going to say the games I have on pre-order for 2021 :p
Coffee Trader and Khôra. i also hope Namiji is delivering soon and for the rest we'll see ...
Imperium sounds really interesting .... aka it looks gorgeous :D
Nice :) And I'm looking forward to Imperium a lot :)
Spartacus: A Game of Blood and Treachery reprint is coming out very soon! My number 2 anticipated non-Kickstarter game with Clash of Cultures being number 1.
Ooohh good call, that should be on my list.
I was very interested in Golem when I first heard about it. Then there was some outraged controversy over the theme. Seams like you can't get away from outrage in today's world. But it fell off my radar. Thanks for reminding me. Looking forward to more info on this if it does get a final release.
Huh...what was the outrage?
@@BoardGameCo On BGG "Cultural (mis)representation" On the forums
The thing is non Kickstarter Games are mostly only anounced close to relase. And then ther is the factor that many games are holded back for Essen in october. So is not wonder you find mostly Kickstarters at the beginning.
Yep, you'll def see more for that reason. I'm still surprised that retail isn't higher than it is though.
The two Imperium games are high on my list as well.
A tip for you Alex.
This year should also see a coffee themed game finally being released: Seize the Bean. It’s a deck builder where you run a coffee bar in Berlin. It was kickstarted and is incredibly over its delivery target, but it is in production now and should come out in the summer.
How did I miss that when it was on KS.....
We will probably need a comparison between imperium classics - mosaic:a story of civilization - origins first builders sometime in the future. Thank you for the content Alex!!
Anytime :)
Tabannusi is certainly on my list, and if it ends up being the last T game, then so be it. Hadrian's Wall looks great and I ended up snagging it on the pre-order. For me, the one game you need to consider is the Ultimate Railroads, which is all of the Russian Railroads content coming back into print! Mutant Insurrection seems like a re-theme of Elder Signs. Not sure how they differ, but they look very similar
Fun fact....I literally logged into my old bgg acount for the first time in months 2 minutes ago to find that Twilight Struggle photo, and just saw a geekmail from you :D Thanks!
Hopefully Tascini isn't 100% canceled and someone, anyone will continue to publish his games. If they won't he should self publish somehow. I certainly won't ever give Board and Dice another dime after Tabannusi.
Thanks for this. I'm currently taking a much needed break from work, and you uploading this is the best diversion I could have hoped for. :)
...which is somewhat ironic, considering that I'm a board game translator/localizer...
Enjoy the break :)
nice list. Hadrians Wall, a flip and write (with meeples) seems to be something similar to That's pretty clever. It's combo heaven. I don't think you can compare it to Rome and Roll. It's a euro disguised in a Roll and Write. I think it works well. Easy to set-up and give you the feel of euro.
Looking forward to imperium legends/classics as well.
Cubitos seems like an interesting push your luck game along the line of Quacks of Quindlenberg yet quacks is more accessible. I'll keep an eye on that one too.
"Golems are not wont to do exactly what you want them to do." I don't know if you wrote that ahead of time or stumbled into it but I like it.
Lol I heard it as I said it :)
Weather Machine is coming to Kickstarter in Nov 2021. Burgle Bros. 2 was Kickstarted in Aug 2019. So it is even harder to find non-Kickstarted games than you thought.... :)
Lol yep. Fortunately I didn't pick either of those :)
Great list! Sheepy Time by AEG is another non kickstarter we are super excited about! Got to demo it and had a really fun first play so certainly cannot wait for it to come out.
Ooh, not on my radar at all :)
Between Coffee Traders and Seize the Bean, 2021 should be a banner year for coffee themed games. The game play on Coffee Traders looks amazing and seems to have a tight economy combined with high levels of player interaction (both things I want from a heavy euro), but the minimum 3 player count will keep it out of my collection. I really do appreciate the designers not bolting on a weak solo or 2p variant and being up front about the player count, and will certainly look to play a friend's copy (hopefully).
Oh, Seize the bean wasn't even on my radar :)
I want to see your list of top 10 KS games for 2021!
I realize that it was only announced ~3 days ago, but Ticket to Ride Europe: 15th Anniversary Edition looks great!
X-Men: Mutant Insurrection is the only one that I am remotely interested in (will probably pass since I have Marvel Champions).
The new Descent: Legends of the Dark, Now or Never, and new Arkham Horror LCG releases are about the only new retail products that I am interested in.
Much more hyped for Kickstarters like Sankokushin: Five Sacrifices.
Yep, I'm far more interested in the various KS games arriving :)
That XMEN game is right up my alley, thanks for bringing it to my attention Alex :)
Happy to help :)
I'm increasingly happy to see videos about upcoming games that aren't coming via kickstarter, which I'm disliking more and more. Between the interminable wait between a campaign's introduction and its final delivery, the contrived stretch goal structure of pretending that features that were almost certainly always going to be included regardless of a campaign's total funding, to the (to me) gross manipulation of backers to conduct free marketing on social media in exchange for, again, features likely baked into the final product from the start... and then the frequent drama accompanying larger campaigns fueled by now-producers who suddenly know what's best for a game they had no hand in designing. I'm backing fewer and fewer kickstarters for these reasons among others (especially bloated boxes of plastic-laden games with too many minis [sorry Alex 😉]) and fewer and fewer of them are the games that, over time, make it to my table most often.
I'm all for the Hadrian's Walls! Bring on the Coffee Traders! Three cheers for Taban-- well, maybe not that one. Hooray for Cubitos!
I hear you :) I don't have that frustration...but I understand where it stems from.
I get ya but most of my fav board games are kickstarter games even if I didn't back the original campaign. A lot of creativity flows from there.
Even though I’m not into Kickstarter anymore, most of the games I want from the FLGS this year started on KS. So, maybe Funkoverse, Marvel Unmatched, something from Legendary?
Yup, a lot of my most excited games are definitely going to be KS games.
I'm rather excited for Dominant Species: Marine despite not loving the original to the fullest. The designer was working on it for several years before his death late 2019 and his wife has been working to complete it since. It's been a long road to get to this point, and I'll love seeing that journey reach it's completion.
Oh wow, I totally forgot he had passed away :(
You haven't mentioned the Metal Gear Solid board game in this list...lol. Designed by the great Emerson Matsuuchi. Although there are questions about it's release date it's supposed to be this year. And there's also Blacklist Games Contra. Just in case you or others haven't heard about them.
Contra was on the short list, but Metal Gear Solid I forgot about!
From retail, I’m pretty interested in new Descent. That price tag, though..
That was short listed....but I have no intent of getting it so it didn't make the final list :)
@@BoardGameCo so, no review? That’s a shame
Maria reprint is one you missed which I definitely think that you would enjoy. Have Clash of Cultures and Dominant Species Marine on pre order. Agree with everything you said about Golem (including the art!).
So excited for twilight struggle red sea. Same thoughts as you in that it's an exceptional game but too long and difficult to bring to the table to play with someone
Yep, I'm very intrigued as to whether this will be a disappointment or will be another Watergate for me.
Oh my God, I can't believe I left Imperium Classics & Legends off of my list! I am SOOOOO excited for that game!!!
Ha, just watched yours. Solid list.
I used to hate standees, then I made my peace... They are so easy to store!
I respect that....but still dislike them ;)
You mean I didn’t change your mind!?!? lol!
Yes to kickstarter! Maybe you should also do a top 2021 anticipated expansions too then haha
Oooh...an expansion list would be fun. I filtered expansions for this list :)
@@BoardGameCo yeah! that's actually what made me think an expansion only list would be interesting too!
We are in the same boat with Twilight Struggle and Watergate. Another one to check out that my dad and I enjoy is 13 Days. That's another shorter one that gives a Twilight Struggle feel in a shorter time
Ooh, never tried 13 days.
Anno 1800 is exciting, released in Germany in 2020 but 2021 distribution elsewhere... great game (played on TTS and preordered)
Oh man, that absolutely would have been on my list. That's super high for me right now. The problems with sorting BGG by 2021 :)
Yay! Some cubitos love...#1 on my list. John d Claire, dice, racing....YES
Yes! John D Claire is excellent!
Cryptid Cafe. Just found it on kickstarter looks super cute and fun. It could do with some love.
I'll be covering it :)
Aquatica expansion, the new marvel champions big expansion and Clash of Cultures Monumental edition.
Cubitos sounds like a ton of fun and AEG is my favorite lighter game publisher, so I'm definitely paying attention. I don't like the art in Raiders of Scythia or Hadrian's Wall, although I can't say why.
Can't wait for Tabannusi. And it will be the last product I buy from Board and Dice. If you can't beat the cancellations, then join them. They want to cancel Tascini? Then I'll cancel Board and Dice. His games were the only games of note from their catalog anyway.
Hadrian's Wall looks amazing. I really want to try Raiders of Scythia too since I never played any of the Raiders games. Only bringing those together since the art looks the same but my wife likes roll and writes a lot and Hadrian's Wall looks awesome!
Yup, I really want to get a copy of it :)
Yeah Hadrian's wall is of interest as an actually beefy roll and write. But will it be too beefy for my playgroup? We'll see.
Hadrian’s Wall was not on Kickstarter, but was up for pre-order until a few days ago. I think you’ll have to get it retail or from Garphill Games’ website now. Pre-orders are due to be delivered in February or March.
I played a pre-release version last year and really enjoyed it. It’s similar to Paladins, but a bit less complex. It was inspired by that and Fleet the Dice Game. I’m also looking forward to getting my copy.
I'm mostly excited for X-Men: Mutant Insurrection, Exceed Season 5, and probably a good handful on my Miniature Market wishlist. That's usually how I discover retail games before they're released - searching MM preorders.
That's the thing w/ retail publishers, though, right? Quite a few don't really announce their games that far ahead of time.
1:40 found one non-kickstarter game :D
Needle in a haystack....
Really love Clash of Cultures, but I think the market has blown past Wizkids' plastic.
Like, a lot.
Interesting,
I see the Kickstarter ones and I was like ooOoo some interesting games, the non kickstarter ones outside of the X-Men game (as I am fanboy of FFG) others on the list for 2021 weren't too exciting for me to see though until you play a game sometimes hard to say.
My own list one that comes to mind is Cthulu Wars Duels looks great (Blargh came out 10 Dec never mind haha) but there must be big hits coming though maybe I am wrong. I think the new Dune (Imperium) game also technically release late 2020. Though I don't think either has been in stores locally as of yet as not seeing them in stock.
Yep, the non KS I'm definitely less excited about :) But still interested.
I'm still confused by working out exactly what publishers are doing in 2021 (re: Golem example), but I think Now or Never is not going to be on kickstarter, so I'd add that to this list!
Oh you're right, they said that's likely not going to KS.
Heavy Cardboard did a play through of Coffee Traders’ prototype a while ago
Oh nice, I'll have to check it out!
Did you ever play Summoner wars? Summoner wars second edition is coming out 2021 along with Ashes Reborn.
Waaaay back in the day yes.
I am very interested in imperium. Also for non relases kickstarters it would be the expansion to paladins of the west kingdom
Oh good point, I should have specified but I excluded expansions.
Not one of them interested me, I'll stick to kickstarters 😎
Lol I'm with you...I'm far more excited about the KS list :)
I am excited for:
Origins: First Builders
Imperium (cross over!!)
Equinox
'Furnace' i am looking forward to the most, of the non-kickstarter games. Maybe the 15th anniversary edition of ticket to ride Europe... but big chance I'll skip it
Looking for a shorter Twilight Struggle type game consider 13 days: Cuban Missile Crisis - UltraPro. (Actually one of my first Kickstarter backs).
sear ANYTHING is so hard on BGG
I'm interested in X-Men game but X-Men marvel United version coming this year I think on KS.
Yes! I'm excited for that too :)
Grats on your upcoming Dice Tower appearance. Do you know if you get a dice drawing?
I hope so, I backed the $250 pledge on their campaign :)
@@BoardGameCo it better have the yarmulke!
8 thumbs away!
And we made it :)
Probably retail games are only anounced and added to BGG right before you can buy them?
Could be...seems less ideal from a stance of marketing.
It's difficult. If retail games would be also marketed one year in advance, any hype will have died done, when it's available. In contrast to KS where a year later all backer receive their game, post about it and (if the game is good) rekindle the hype for the retail release.
I think Stonemaier Games does a good job with marketing their games, with anouncements, a designer diary and advance orders. Don't know when they enter their game in BBG though.
Did you watch the Cubitos facebook live with John D. Clair?
No, any interesting takeaways?
Golem...interesting.
I'm intrigued :)
The X-men game is based on Elder Sign, which diminished my excitement for it...
Oh....you just diminished my excitement too :)
For me;
Vienna Connection
Adventures of Robin Hood
Are you going to do Epic Seven Arise KS preview anytime soon? Love to have some of your input on it before I threw my money on it :D
You’re either really popular on BGG or hate reading messages 🤣🤣. I’m not sure if any games I’m looking forward to non Kickstarter outside of maybe Santorini New York? 😅
Really popular :) I get a few hundred geekmails a day. Related to the boardgameco business.
@@BoardGameCo Oh nice! I forgot you keep the branding one in the same. Makes perfect sense! Haha
another "T"ascini game starting with "T" - Tzolkin, Tekhenu, Teotihuacan, Trismegistus,... Tabannusi :)
Ah Trismegistus. Forgot that one.
last one since designer has been dropped
@@stevensum2011 yeah i thought they said they were completely done with him, but this one is still being published?
@@rawkyle9385 they publish this game then drop him. while the other company that publish Marco Polo has completely stop publishing his games ( no more Marco polo1 and 2). Had to rush out to buy polo2
@@JJ_TheGreat Trismegistus is most definitely part of the T series. It is a heavy Eurogame by Daniele Tascini that starts with a T. It's never been stated anywhere official that to be part of the T series that you have to have a certain theme. It's a personal opinion of Rahdo's and yours apparently that it doesn't count.
Considering the year, any thoughts on Maglev Metro? I thought the transparent tiles were clever. It isnt on your radar or just not spiking your interest?
I always trade coffee in Puerto Rico. Because there *must* be coffee, damnit.
My most anticipated non-kickstarter game? EASY.
ISS Vanguard :D Past that though, I'm interested in Furnace and Golem.
Furnace was on my short list...but is another Vital game that I haven't played :)
@@BoardGameCo Vital didn't do Furnace.
@@cmchristensen Whoops, I was thinking of Weather Machine
@@BoardGameCo Weather Machine is the top of my anticipated list, but I don't think it'll come out this year - I just expect the KS to land.
Alright! It has reached 750 likes! Let’s see your Most Anticipated Kickstarter Games of 2021! 👍🏻
Coming up....with a surprise :)
I need game testers for a game. Where should I go to find testers?
Try FB groups or BGG
And most antic. KS Games which will launch in 2021.
Eg Slay the Spire
I already did a full lost for that, not a distilled one.
@@BoardGameCo hmm need to check
Going soon to the store...what CDMD expansions to you recommend?
All :) But really more investigators first.
All of them. Season 2 for sure.
Have you looked into Vienna Connection?
Burgle Bros 2 is a Kickstarter.
Best games don't need crowd funding.
I mean....there are lots of great crowdfunding games out there :)
@@BoardGameCo True but that's not what I said. I mean that good games don't need all the extra fluff, bells and whistles. They are the true gems. Crowd funded games are the way publishers use to gouge people with high prices by adding a ton of (mostly) useless plastic. Of course there will be good games that end up in CF platforms but they will usually cost twice (at least) what they should otherwise. I won't even mention how many of the crowd funded games are flawed due to the simple nature that people making them are not professionals, they are just regular people learning as they go.
I kinda want to see that baby picture now.
Oh man, I have no idea if I still have it. This was before google photos :)
Found it! boardgamegeek.com/image/1525320/alexsr
OMG. My heart is melting. 😍
That's the cutest smile I've seen. She looks so happy playing with the tokens.
Thanks for sharing it.
@@tomasxfranco That's Rikki....back before she ever reviewed a game :)
@@BoardGameCo Yeah, she grew up so much but is still a really cute and super smart young lady.
I think you should skip tabanuci that controversy makes the game release uncertain
It's not uncertain in any way, they are contractually obligated to release it. But they have announced that after whatever products of Tascini's they are contractually obligated to release, they will not release any more. And I will also not be buying any more of Board and Dice's products after that either.
@@shanerion are you sure it has reach that stage? I mean i recall it was going to be kickstarter also the last teotihuacan expansion. So until that happens i think is better to consider those as lost proposals
Non-crowdfunding? Is that still a thing? WTH, is this 1984?
I know right!
After their handling of the Barrage Kickstarter I wouldn’t call Cranio Creations a solid company. The way they mislead and antagonized their backers while supremely under delivering on their promises and delivering subpar components at a premium price puts them on my blacklist. Hopefully Luciani keeps working with Thundergryph as they seem far more competent and deserving of people’s business.
I just want to know who ACTUALLY wanted a list about non-kickstarted games lol.
Hey! People still like other games :)
Golem is such a cool theme. Great to see a a jewish theme too
Yup...they've existed before but never been really solid ones.
@@BoardGameCo I was a big fan of a Brooklyn based Klezmer band named Golem. I haven't seen what they've been up to in years though haha.
So what was the last REALLY good non-KS you’ve bought? Me - Horrified, I think.
I think its important to note that the Tascini drama is about his public comments about race and his publisher dropping him over it. It is both easy to look up and pretty big news. It doesn't take any longer to say that than it does to say "I don't want to get into it". Since so many of his games involve cultures involving people of color-- including the one discussed here- it isn't any more of a side track than say the first three minutes of this video, just for example.
I'm just noticing that almost every white game reviewer has either brushed this off or totally ignored it despite hours and hours of chatter and side tracks that arnt even boardgame related and I just find it odd how much effort it must take to ignore it. So I decided to bring it up just briefly whenever I see a reviewer clearly make an effort to ignore it.
Oh I'm not getting into it with great intent. Not because of the effort. The problem is that I've seen pretty mixed things, not to the idea that what he did was wrong, but rather how wrong. Meaning outright racism vs a lack of sensitivity. I in no way approve of his actions, but I do not believe in sharing negative information about people that lack context or a full picture, and I believe most of those things are very lacking here.
I'll happily have a conversation about Racism on the channel. But I will not use my platform to tear someone down unless I can say with great confidence that every aspect of what I'm saying is a full picture. If the goal here is to hold people accountable for their words and the damage they can do, I believe heavily in starting with myself.
quite a few speakers of Latin languages have got into trouble when what they have said is translated into English.
Nuance, context and intent are ften ignored in these situations.
Not defending anybody but it is a gray area.
Your North American cultural imperialism is no better than whatever you are criticizing. Look up how many Italian restaurants in the US are called "Negri's". If it meant what you think it means, those restaurants would not have that name. Amerocentric leftists who think that anything with the prefix "Neg" is connected to the American "N" word have ruined this poor man's career. It is an Italian word that means a person of African descent. It has been used for hundreds of years, and isn't derogatory or pejorative. Young Italians who have absorbed too much progressive American culture have decided that in their opinion it is an analogue to the "N" word. Which it isn't.
By the way, if you look at the context, his "comments about race" were him criticizing actual racists who were saying that Orcs in fantasy represent Black people. Only a racist would make that connection. No normal person sees a fantasy Orc and thinks about Black people. And like you said, Tascini makes games that showcase the cultures of people of color all around the world. The idea that he's some kind of racist who loves Mesoamerica and Ancient Egypt is a pretty strange take.
But hopefully you feel morally righteous accusing someone of something they didn't do by taking words out of context and then putting them through Google translate.
@@shanerion
Tascini isn't a restaurant in the US. He is an Italian where most modern people would not use that word to describe another human. I live with a native Italian. Nether he nor any of his family who live there would call someone the word he used, because, at BEST, it's comparable to calling someone a "negro" or "colored" in the US. though most young Italians who speak English would translate it as exactly the word people are trying to pretend it isn't. It absolutely is a slur.
Tascini knows this. Rather than apologize for his insensitivity he blamed goggle translation like a coward and of course this was while he pulled out the whole 'I have black friends BS'. He knows better. And THAT is the problem.
Unlike you I am not going to rely on ignorance and BS whataboutism to give him a pass.
You also clearly misread what he said about orcs in the article too-- find an Italian to explain it to you, because you do not have it right.
If you think its OK to call people of color "Negros" or 'colored' then just say so instead of trying to use a poor excuse for whataboutsim to try to guilt someone into silence.
@@alexpartenopei1021 Maybe ask an Italian under the age of 70 what it means? I did. The nuance of that word is it is a racial slur. At the MOST generous it is deeply uncool. I'm not saying oh run out and boycott him-- I'm just saying maybe this google translate excuse is... well ...an excuse.
Daniel Tascini? Pass.
I can respect that viewpoint.
Hope you're feeling morally righteous. You should probably google the fact that there are a bunch of Italian restaurants in the US called "Negri's". If it meant what the idiots on /r boardgames thought it meant, they wouldn't be called that. Tascini was canceled because our culture is in a "satanic panic" style moral panic. But this time, instead of pearl clutching religious conservatives or McCarthyists blacklisting people, it's the "progressives". But to be honest, I'll jump on the cancel culture as well, and will never buy another Board and Dice product again that isn't made by Tascini.
@@shanerion Thank you for your opinion. I will take the fact that you don't agree with me into consideration when considering what I do with my own money. Very much appreciated.