Top 5 Most Viral Board Games Right Now
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Lets walk through the most viral games right this second and figure out why there are sitting atop the Board Game Geek Hotness. #boardgame #boardgamer #tabletopgames
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00:00 Intro
00:25 Windmill Valley
@meeple | Played Windmill Valley - Spin Those Combos!| • We Just Played Windmil...
@rahdo | Windmill Valley | Rahdo's Final Thoughts| • Windmill Valley - What...
2:12 Deep Regrets
@ShelfClutter | Is Deep Regrets for you? A Quick Overview! | • Is Deep Regrets for yo...
3:33 Brink
@BoardGameCo | Brink Review - Resources, Actions & Control...The Galaxy Is Yours | • Brink Review - Resourc...
@ThinkerThemer | Brink ~ Simple Rules Set the Stage for Negotiations & Table Talk | Board Game Preview | • Brink ~ Simple Rules S...
@Shelfside | Brink Prototype Review - Constant Trading Worker Placement? | • Brink Prototype Review...
6:02 Defenders of the Wild
7:42 ARCS
@shutupandsitdown | Arcs is 2024’s Best New Board Game | • Arcs is 2024’s Best Ne... 
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For those wondering what the #1 most Viral Game is, the answer is ARCS, I actually did not say the word. Judging by how many of you commented on ARCS seems to prove it is clearly the #1 most viral game LOL....🤯🤪
Not only did it get a glowing review from Tom at SUSD but the Lord of the Board also praised it, he has the biggest Root following so I’m sure that is helping it gain some hype as well.
Im trying to keep my expectations tame 😅
Lotb praise is not a surprise:)
Looking forward to trying Arcs.
@@whiskeygamesnerdstuff789 i am hoping for this weekend
@@Neon_Gorilla Look forward to hearing your thoughts on the game.
Have been dying to see more coverage of Deep Regrets! I am drawn in by the artwork and want to make sure there is a good game underneath. I think there is. Its a very distilled and streamlined gameplay loop - rolling the dice and pushing your luck to fish and then going to port to purchase equipment. Thanks for covering this!
Also, have noticed how quickly you’ve been publishing videos. Prolific! Impressive how fast your clip is.
yeah I publish when inspired. The last couple are very little work, basically 1 day turn arounds. The Bigger videos which I am working on a couple right now are the ones that will interrupt and slow down the conversational content like this.
This is a great overview. I would love to see a "Top of the Hotness" overview once every month or two (depending on how quickly the hotness turns over). Your presentation style is very good.
@@alexanderbrady5486 hey thank you, this was a little test. I think will try it again when the top turns over and there are some interesting games up there again. Thanks for watching!
I might have to check out some videos on brink. I'm already sold on arcs.
@@txsportsfreak02 there are plenty of unpaid videos in the description. The paid previews seemed a bit fluffy for my tastes.
Love how you break things down so we don't have to!
@@LarimoreStudios 😃
I loved the SU&SD review of Arcs, especially that they clarified it's pretty mean at 2 players, so I'm steering clear despite how awesome the game looks. I'll reserve my hype for Defenders of the Wild which I did back.
yeah I will be testing that theory as I will certainly play a bunch 2 player. I am sure it holds true as a game that is about area control wouldn't be very interesting without that interaction. I am interested to see it if feels more "mean". I find that in a root game for example the feeling of being ganged up on when you get a lead much rougher than a two player game where you understand you have to go at the other person.
I backed Defenders of the Wild and I’m very excited for that one, like you mentioned, people say it’s like spirit island and that sold me. I played Arcs, was super hyped and it definitely hit, it’s great!
I am just a little worried it will be too light as I think one stop co op shop said something to the effect...Approachable and low rules overhead may help it get to the table more though
@@Neon_Gorilla true, hopefully it’s not too light, we’ll see!
I backed deep regrets. It reminds me of the video game Dredge. Love the theme
@@zoop3000 yeah they hit it on the theme, hope the game is good
I hope you enjoy Arcs. I'm on about 8-10 physical plays and it's something so so so special. Like, there's a big part of me that thinks tampered expectations is the best way to avoid petty disappointments. And so very few things have me talk in a way where I gas something up ahead of the person getting to it. But like.... I hear everything the hype bubble is spewing, I'm looking at the kool-aid in my cup i've been drinking for a while now and it genuinely pierces through that restraint I normally apply for myself.
I think I have your kool aid hooked up via IV :)
@@Neon_Gorilla often people say things without saying them. And im hearing a lot of people talked the way I talked about Oath or a variant of "It might not become my favorite leder title, buuuuut..."
And for Oath I thought after 2 games this might be my favorite game, but I'll need 20 games to know for sure
@@HeyImBode yeah with a title that has this much hype I really need to get 20 plays in to be sure it’s not the look aid :)
My hype for Arcs is still off the charts, despite already having played a handful of games with my physical copy!
Leder games always seem to do a good job capturing the imagination.
@@phk975 I need to find 3 committed people to lock our selves in a room and just keep playing:)
Would love to try ARCS but as soon as I see a negotiation tag I think of Catan and that gives me PTSD. 😢
I actually haven’t seen much about negotiations although I don’t think I have watched a full play through…I do agree that if you have to rely on someone else complying that makes a very inconsistent experience and highly dependent on who you are playing with…even how many times you have played with them will effect how they interact.
@@Neon_Gorilla Definitely agree, and may not be as enjoyable if the people you play with have a perception of "oh they are good at this game/currently winning, let's not co-operate". But hopefully the fun factor does not heavily rely on others. Look forward to your take and review on it for sure though!
heavy cardboard is in the comments who did a full campaign playthrough along with a teach. Probably a great resources to learn more.
I was a backer. I’ve had the game for a couple weeks now. Negotiations is lower than you would expect from a game of its type. The favor system it uses means negotiations are extremely tangible. I love it so far.
Arcs looks like a great game that I just won't be able to play anytime soon, being a primarily solo player
ah the plight of the solo player, I certainly identify as I have to beg borrow and steal to convince my wife to place something like ARCS. I do have another game group that might be interested we will see.
@@Neon_Gorilla I gave up begging my wife to play anything a few years back. Now if it happens, cool surprise. If not, back to solo'n
Oddly, none of the games are ones. I'm terribly excited about. It would be interesting to see what games were hyped up and super popular for a time, and remained there with their ratings and continued praise in reviews 6 months to a year after release.
I know I wish I had that data
I played ARCS and I think I'm just not a fan of Wehrle games. It takes at least half an hour to learn how to play the game (assuming you have someone who has played the game bunch and can teach), and your first run-through is basically making random decisions and seeing what happens because it's impossible to have a strategy unless you've played the game before. The play-time of the game is easily over 3 hours for your first game (even more if 4 players) so it's basically 3.5 hours of not enjoyable time because you don't understand what's going on unless you've played before. So you need to play the game a few times to finally develop that understanding of how to play the game as intended, which is where the actual fun and deep strategy is supposed to be, but my motivation is so dead already after the first game that I don't want to try playing again to reach that point.
@@PaulScotti I think this is a very fair criticism and exactly why many don’t like root. In this class of games you are making a commitment to explore the mechanics over multiple plays ideally with the same like minded people. This is a helpful distinction I will keep in mind while crafting the eventual review.
Its going to take 2 years for me to try Arcs once it gets translated :(
I am so sorry:(
I also want to buy Defenders of the wild, but for me the kickstarter was/is a bit too expensive (inkl. Shipping and VAT). I hope to get my hands on it second hand/retail at some point. As I like Pandemic and Spirit Island it should fit very nicely as somewhere inbetween with a very nice artstyle.
Would love to see gameplay of that game when you get it. I appreciate reviews, but I enjoy watching the game played more most of the time.
I think the good news is for a kickstarter games it is relatively cheap which feels like they are positioning it to go to retail at a good price (like root)
The only game that has a chance of breaking my no buy streak is the Gaia Project expansion The Lost Fleet. Other than that I’ve been diving into dominion on steam and was surprised how much I liked it!
I had a buddy that introduced me to catan and dominion after I was deeeeeep into the hobby and thought I had no business playing them and thought they were both fun. Dominion really clicked. Sometimes I think we get so jaded in this hobby we think something like deck building has to have 4 other mechanics mixed in.
You totally missed Gnome Hollow!!
@@KrillGame I used the BGG hotness and that one it not anywhere near the top…
LOL. You actually never said the name of your number one game (unless I missed it, but I went back through that section of the video).
What amazes me is so many people commented about ARCS even though I never said it....seems like a great way to prove it is the most viral ;)
You might have forgot to say Arcs. I only figured it out from the comments.
@@douglestarge5865 that is actually funny.
@@douglestarge5865 it’s crazy that so many people just knew, there have been countless comments on ARCs…what a great unintentional experiment. Totally proves ARCs is clearly the #1 most viral game right now…I have to go look at my raw footage to see if I cut it out or never said the word.
Arcs looks really good, but it is not a game that particularly speaks to me. Trick-taking has never been a go-to mechanism for me. I can see it place itself near the top of the BGG rankings though.
Deep Regrets looks interesting. I hadn't heard about it before.
Brink looks functional but it doesn't look fun compared to similar games. It also looks like it blends some elements that I don't think generally mix well. But it's the sort of thing that is difficult to judge without actually interacting with the game.
yeah I think in ARCS you have a similar thought in trick taking which is how best to utilize my hand over time as it will determine my actions. I think it adds to that feeling because you are not necessarily trying to win tricks you are trying to take specific actions with the cars where the timing of those actions matter. Many have said not to get hung up on it use the mechanism. From what I see it looks like it is inspired by it but takes it a few steps further since winning the trick is not the goal.
Brink to me feels like a game put together trying to be different by combining mechanics that have yet to be combined. I think alot of game designs trys to do this and sometimes it hits like deck building/worker placement and others it doesn't. I am afraid this might be one of those instances. Time will tell though.
Arcs doesn't suck ;)
If only someone had a marathon teach playthrough and discussion to help us make the decision 🤔
Curious, Do you like root?
ARCS is way too overhyped rn...
did you not like it?