Reviewing EVERYTHING in Set A Watch: From the OG to Doomed Run

In 2019, Rock Manor Games released Set A Watch, a cooperative firework lighting session of a game about gate-crashing and monster thrashing cast in a fantasy universe. Today, Jarom's yakking about the original game along with every one of its subsequent releases, rounding off the video with an appraisal of its crispy new campaign expansion, Doomed Run.
Many thanks to the charming folks over at Tabletop Tycoon and Rock Manor Games for providing us with a review copy!
Music by Gabe Schaffer, with a bar or two from Bardcore's cover of 'Bad Guy', that bop from Billie Eilish.
0:00 Set A Watch: The OG
9:18 Everything in Between
11:33 Doomed Run
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[@JumbleAndGaff]

Allll right, Set a Watch fans--- I know you're out there somewhere. What are your favorite characters to play with, and why? My Top 3 atm are:
1. The Heretic
2. The Wizard
3. The Barbarian
Comment your faves if you dare 😈

[@morgaknightgames]

Rogue, Barbarian, and the Heretic (I haven't gotten my copy of Forsaken Isles to the table yet, so I can't speak for the new characters.
You're right, there are a ton of rules issues in this game, which can be very annoying and I wish they'd bothered to really clean up the rule books for Doomed Run, but it doesn't look like they bothered. Unfortunately, I think the assumption with some of these companies is that people will go to BGG if anything pops up rather than correcting rules. I think they forget that not everybody is a massive gamer who is even aware of the website. All said, this is a fun little adventure game, and can be pretty brain melty if you're playing solo.

[@julienmarneffe3716]

Great video as always!

[@JumbleAndGaff]

Thanks for checking it out!!

[@darleenloch1210]

Sounds fun! I’d give it a go

[@audgpodg313]

May not be committed enough to buying all 5 boxes for Doomed Run lol but it sounds fun! Sometimes it can be nice to play a collab game as a good break from competition with friends, so I appreciate the review! Happy to hear some more good collab games

[@theONLYfudjud]

Doomed Run is a strsnge product to recommend, but I really enjoy it. My group's issue with the standalone game is it goes for a little too long, and Doomed Run fixes it wonderfully, in my opinion. The expeditions are shorter and the side quests make us really invested in them. We almost always do multiple expeditions in one session and actually spend more time with the game.

[@JumbleAndGaff]

Thanks so much for sharing this perspective! I'm glad you're having a good time with it. The side quests really spice things up, for sure, especially the ones that pose larger/more significant challenges.

[@GeorgeLoch]

Is "Doomed Run" a prediction on the success of the release?

[@JumbleAndGaff]

💀

[@tonybowers9490]

@.23 Oh no! More A.I. art. Dare I watch?

[@JumbleAndGaff]

I took it straight from Grimcoven 😝

[@abigailloch9422]

Is this a good game if you aren’t a huge gamer?

[@JumbleAndGaff]

Definitely! Set a Watch is a lot of fun to engage with casually :)