This reminds me a lot of Maracaibo. You're in a race with ships, exploring on land and you have a super-flexible objective system. It's kind of like Maracaibo with kind of Wingspan thematic elements (researching wildlife/scientific angle on nature and biodiversity).
To be clear, those were all things I loved about Maracaibo. Especially the objective system. Such an inventive idea which is different every time. It's great to see those ideas in another game!
As an Italian, I was never a 'superfan' of Luciani because I found his games to be very chaotic and very difficult to explain to new players. I usually prefer games that gives you the opportunity to do a bit of everything. I saw some gameplay of this one and some people would completely ignore some aspects of the game and still win, which is weird to me. But this is just my opinion and I must admit that the game looks gorgeous, the idea of the theme is well implemented and beautiful, and I enjoy the worker placement mechanism. Maybe I should give it a try with this one! 😁
It is like a sequel to "Newton" (same game mechanics, but this one is a bigger game) and I really enjoyed that one!! The different action cards make it for me, I love that mechanic, where you have like 5 or 6 different action cards and can play them in the order that you want! That always gives it more strategy and planning and I love that! 🙂
How do you find the 2p play? The game rules change a bit for 2p and I wonder if it compromises the experience (e.g. is it less interesting that there is less leap frogging on islands, etc)
I have three lingering questions having watched the runthtrhough and your final thoughts: 1.How was the thematic integration in the game? 2.How did this compare to Simone Luciani's other titles mentioned by you (e.g., MP, GAH, LIM)? Is this better/worse compared to those in your opinion? 3.Finally, how does this compare to another game based largely on the same theme: On The Origin of Species? (If you played that.) boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/276004/origin-species Many thanks in advance for your responses, sorry for this list of questions.
have not played origin because it features area control that was a bit too confrontational for our tastes. i've only played the prototype of DJ, so i wouldn't want to make a final call on how it rates realtive to other luciani games, but it's up there. maybe #4 after tzolkin/marco polo/hotel?
oh, i just realized i missed your #1 question: i really like the thematic integration and feel it's strong for a worker placement euro. i do wish the assistant cards had actual names on them though to personalize them even more :)
@@rahdo Thanks for the follow-up! As per usual, I completely agree with you - naming the characters (like in Grand Austria Hotel) could provide way more immersion! I hope they will make this small amendment to the cards.
@@szajko4360 base on the prelaunch video, I don't think they'll add any words against the physical components (except the box, player aid and rulebooks). I fully understand the reason for their choice it's all down to production cost.
I’ve been waiting for this game to come to crowdfunding. After these videos, I’m now sooooo excited. Now the long wait till fulfillment. Thanks for the awesome videos.
Dag-Nag-It!!!! I got to stop watching your videos of Kickstarters coming up. Sold!!! I also went all-in on Grand Austria Hotel which I've heard a lot about. Marco Polo and Tzolkin are such fantastic games that we enjoy too.
it is, sort of. you'll find it's "preordered" and that firelands expansion is "owned". this is basically a note to myself that i'm focusing on the expansion right now on my schedule, and once i get that played with jen, i'll swap the status of the two :)
Hi, the multitude of objectives feels very thematic and nice. In ItYotD the grouping of the actions in different way, at different player count, is the one random element that made me lose 3-4 games right in the last rounds at low player number. Don't really mind it, but it happens. Nice to see Walnut Grove back on the shelf, I think you had it lost for a while. 😊
This reminds me a lot of Maracaibo. You're in a race with ships, exploring on land and you have a super-flexible objective system. It's kind of like Maracaibo with kind of Wingspan thematic elements (researching wildlife/scientific angle on nature and biodiversity).
To be clear, those were all things I loved about Maracaibo. Especially the objective system. Such an inventive idea which is different every time. It's great to see those ideas in another game!
As an Italian, I was never a 'superfan' of Luciani because I found his games to be very chaotic and very difficult to explain to new players. I usually prefer games that gives you the opportunity to do a bit of everything. I saw some gameplay of this one and some people would completely ignore some aspects of the game and still win, which is weird to me. But this is just my opinion and I must admit that the game looks gorgeous, the idea of the theme is well implemented and beautiful, and I enjoy the worker placement mechanism. Maybe I should give it a try with this one! 😁
It is like a sequel to "Newton" (same game mechanics, but this one is a bigger game) and I really enjoyed that one!! The different action cards make it for me, I love that mechanic, where you have like 5 or 6 different action cards and can play them in the order that you want! That always gives it more strategy and planning and I love that! 🙂
Oh my, this may have to be the Darwin game I back, looks awesome! Thanks for the video!
Thanks for the runthrough/final thoughts Rahdo. I’ve now backed this on Kickstarter!
PS I’ll be back in November to remember how to play it! 🙂
How do you find the 2p play? The game rules change a bit for 2p and I wonder if it compromises the experience (e.g. is it less interesting that there is less leap frogging on islands, etc)
Let me guess. You loved it?
That name on the cover is tripping me, always looks like Dansin's Journey to me at the first glance.
I have three lingering questions having watched the runthtrhough and your final thoughts: 1.How was the thematic integration in the game? 2.How did this compare to Simone Luciani's other titles mentioned by you (e.g., MP, GAH, LIM)? Is this better/worse compared to those in your opinion? 3.Finally, how does this compare to another game based largely on the same theme: On The Origin of Species? (If you played that.) boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/276004/origin-species
Many thanks in advance for your responses, sorry for this list of questions.
have not played origin because it features area control that was a bit too confrontational for our tastes. i've only played the prototype of DJ, so i wouldn't want to make a final call on how it rates realtive to other luciani games, but it's up there. maybe #4 after tzolkin/marco polo/hotel?
oh, i just realized i missed your #1 question: i really like the thematic integration and feel it's strong for a worker placement euro. i do wish the assistant cards had actual names on them though to personalize them even more :)
@@rahdo Thanks for the follow-up! As per usual, I completely agree with you - naming the characters (like in Grand Austria Hotel) could provide way more immersion! I hope they will make this small amendment to the cards.
@@szajko4360 base on the prelaunch video, I don't think they'll add any words against the physical components (except the box, player aid and rulebooks). I fully understand the reason for their choice it's all down to production cost.
@@sath138 Thanks for the heads up, that's a shame! :(
I’ve been waiting for this game to come to crowdfunding. After these videos, I’m now sooooo excited. Now the long wait till fulfillment. Thanks for the awesome videos.
Dag-Nag-It!!!! I got to stop watching your videos of Kickstarters coming up. Sold!!! I also went all-in on Grand Austria Hotel which I've heard a lot about. Marco Polo and Tzolkin are such fantastic games that we enjoy too.
I LOOOOVE grand austria hotel! you will not regret.
Grand Austria is great, I’ve got the expansion ordered on Kickstarter!
how come this is neither in your collection nor in your has leaved collection lists?
it is, sort of. you'll find it's "preordered" and that firelands expansion is "owned". this is basically a note to myself that i'm focusing on the expansion right now on my schedule, and once i get that played with jen, i'll swap the status of the two :)
and i'll also rank it
Oh gotcha. Thanks, I'll check for that in the future. Thanks for taking your time to answer :-)
Happy New Year Rahdo!!Does this game reminds you of Maracaibo somehow?(personal objectives=ship unlocks, evolution track=influence tracks)
well this is a worker placement game and maracaibo is a rondel, so pretty different in terms of gameplay i'd say :)
Curious to know what Jen actually would have done on her first turn. I have my theory....
hehe it's been so long since i filmed this i couldn't relaly say now!
99.9K subscribers?!?! 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁
Still there... the suspense is killing me!
......still...there!
Just came here to say same thing!
Hi,
the multitude of objectives feels very thematic and nice. In ItYotD the grouping of the actions in different way, at different player count, is the one random element that made me lose 3-4 games right in the last rounds at low player number. Don't really mind it, but it happens.
Nice to see Walnut Grove back on the shelf, I think you had it lost for a while. 😊
The Kickstarter page url in the description is missing
d'oh, thanks for heads up, will fix now! :)
So sounds a bit like Takaido, but you do a lot more
I enjoy your videos, even though I constantly try to read your poker face.
100 or so to go for 100k!
Jees another work placement board game I think is the moda together with simil dungeon crawler board game...
Congrats for 100k subscribes
I think I found what to spend a portion of my stimulus check on ;)