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2013
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Description
Battle For Souls is a card game pitting the seven archangels of heaven versus the seven princes of hell in a fight for the eternal souls of humankind.
In the game, 1, 2, or 4 players choose the side of heaven or the side of hell. Each side will battle for 28 souls, which are worth victory points. Players add holy or unholy points on the souls in play based on how they use temptation, virtue, sin, intercession, holy relic, unholy relic, angel and devil cards. Earn enough holy points, and when the soul is reaped it goes to heaven, earning the side of good victory points; earn enough unholy points, and when the soul is reaped it goes to hell, earning the side of evil victory points. If a soul does not earn enough holy or unholy points and is reaped, it goes to purgatory where its victory points are not counted.
Guiding a soul to complete purity or complete darkness before death and final judgment adds a new archangel or prince of hell to a player's arsenal. Influence on souls can be spent for more powerful cards that have special abilities, and allow a player to gain souls more quickly.
Many strategic decisions impact play. Strategies include focusing on gaining more help from heaven or hell to increase your power, working to reap souls quickly from the start with little intervention from the angelic and demonic hordes, or balancing your play to ensure victory.
Sin, Intercession, and Relic cards can be purchased for beneficial effects at the cost of holy and unholy points. These help to make for deep gameplay and excellent risk-reward scenarios. Invest in these cards to strengthen your position.
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Board Games UnLocked Playthrough at 22:45 sentiment: mixed
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mixed
Pros
- Strategic depth
- Engaging mechanics that trigger from discard
Cons
- Can lead to slow, agonizing turns
- Some card interactions might feel like they trigger twice
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- area control/placement — Some abilities involve attaching tokens or effects to tiles on the board, influencing player movement or actions.
- Buffs/Debuffs — The game features abilities that can heal players, deal damage, silence opponents, disarm them, or stun them.
- Card draw — Players utilize actions and abilities to draw more cards, managing their hand for optimal play.
- Discard effects — Many cards have effects that trigger after they are sent to the discard pile, creating a dynamic gameplay loop.
- Movement — Characters have abilities that allow them to travel between tiles, influencing positioning and engagement.
- Resource Management — Players spend mana and action points (AP) to play cards and activate abilities.
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- They're all the one until I win.
- If I lose, it's my fault this time. Every other time, it's Seth's fault.
- Dude, I don't think this is going well for me.
- Wow, what a what a perfect thing for you to draw.
- Everyone you played was just god awful.
- Yeah, I got all the garbage.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 2:33 sentiment: neutral
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neutral
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- it's been a wonderful day so far we started around one o'clock we're going to like six o'clock and i think the last count was we had like 60 plus people going on yeah easily 60 plus marty and it's been a day of nothing but classic games
- if you know coo that's the kind of game you got going on there
- it's been a great experience so far
- international tabletop day is awesome
- play more games and keep rolling dice
- and taking names
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 1:34:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Very good game
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none
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none
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- The Grudge and Spaceballs yes Kabuki that one five oh uh Bill pman Bill pman yes you got there that is correct nice PA I could see his face but pton came to so as as side sleepest in Seattle fine whatever romcom whatever like Bill pulman is Melanie Griffith's like fiance or whatever and they have this whole thing where it's like and and but she's like like with Bill fulman and and everything like that and then they have like their their meal or whatever and then then they've got the moment where the lights turn on at the whatever place and she realized she needs to go to the skyscraper to meet Tom Han because and like like literally like she's been with this bill pulman guy for years get married and then then he she's just like I have to go and and and and meet this guy that i' I've never met in real life or whatever or anything like that and then she like they have like a long like weren't they emailing or something no that was that was you got mail he was reading her his books or something I don't know I forget why but I was always just like bill fman got hosed in that movie he's just like he was he wasn't a jerk he wasn't an a-hole he he had like some things about him that were kind of maybe a little bit annoying like he was a hyper condra or I remember he had like a stuffy nose or something and like you know she was always handed him Kleen X I think was one scene but it was like also and then and then like he was just a nice guy and then she's like I'm sorry I can't marry you or whatever I have to go meet this complete stranger on a skyscraper and he's just like are you okay with this and he's like yeah it's fine you go I don't remember like thanks for wasting years of my life I really I really just I Really they had to move the plot along
- The horrible thing the horrible thing about Hollywood is that if an actress gets old she doesn't get movies anymore but men do it's it's just it's it's an incredibly like weird misogynistic sexist thing that happens in Hollywood
- I worked security for a concert where Marilyn Manson was the opening opening act for White Zombie I'm trying to remember what the second band was it'll come to me in a second I can picture them the Melvin no
- He was such an unknown he was just wandering around in the crowd and people didn't recognize him and like and he was just sign people were walking up and they're like oh my gosh are you Mary Manson and he was like so out of his gour like either either he was out of his gour on drugs or he was acting like it or he was just really weird and he was just kind of Mechanical Animals was the one I was thinking oh yeah and people were like people were like are you m he was like yeah
- It's tough to explain but that movie is like reading Japanese fiction how like everything's just got everything's got a backstory and everything's got something else behind it and surprising things happening all constantly and stuff like that bull tree really really good movie yeah it's one of those movies that like you think oh I can just kind of half pay attention to this and no but like it it kind of grabs you and you start I don't know it's highly enjoyable
- The Scandinavian version of Let the Right One In is way better than the American have you ever watched that
- I mean you kind of want your kids to watch it but like not at that age you're at now okay I think it's R date night movie got it yeah it's it's the 1985 version oh nice love what yeah it's just like Strangers in the Night just ah he he um the guy played the vampire is just so good and uh Peter Vincent Fearless Vampire killer Yes Rod McDow yep yeah yeah he's good he's great
- The whole concert was good but man body count was for real man they were just okay I didn't even know now I'm excited you see you never you never you know go go listen to body counts album is I mean they I think they have two or three and they they were they were good freaking albums
- I'm planning on making a Spotify list of all bands that I've seen and then going through it like because I've a lot of them I love but some of them I don't know
- It's just like you know I mean that was the thing that annoyed you know why was that like that was like what I liked you know and so it was like it was annoying to my my parents that it was like something that I was like all about you know so maybe it's different though you know this it's been you know 10 15 year social experiment is basically what social media is I mean this has affected people in ways that they did not understand or predict back when it was built you know it's arcade games that's different in my opinion it's that didn't change the way people think like this does it doesn't make sheep out of people like social media does
- I got a grievance I got a grievance all right forgot defly Tred to be pretty happy but good lucky uh I follow for a handyman filled out a form online to have a local haing man come uh actually yeah I got a damn I got a double [ __ ] grievance that both connect
- I am crushed it right now I'm feeling good this email feels good some of them feel not so good this one feels good
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 3:57:04 sentiment: negative
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negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Nearly impossible to win
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- It was just a big scammy Mc Scammerton thing.
- Kickstarter did not complete a thorough review of the game before long on their platform.
- The established ones definitely have just such a strong foothold uh that it's it's hard to
- This sucks.
- It was an interesting idea, but poor execution.
- Birmingham is number one on BGG.
- It is a phenomenal game.
- I don't know. This isn't information on it. I just saw the thing and I was like, 'Okay.'
- The upcoming edition of Arkrite from Capstone is absolutely gorgeous.
- I liked Merlin.
- It's just like, 'Oh, we're going to sit down. we're going to create a narrative together and it and and and it sounds like I'm bashing on prep'
- Don't call me a criminal. Don't call me a liar.
- The reason why most stretch goals work is that they aren't they don't work like they used to
- If you don't like it, don't back it.
- Well, maybe you should have been uh on time.
- Just like, 'Oh, another TMG release. I wonder how late this one's going to be.'
- It's like the expectation. Well, you're not a month ahead of schedule, so therefore I consider you to be behind schedule, Andy, and I'm very disappointed in you.
- I I've thought since day one that that is a cool ass looking game.
- Why change the nice cover of the box?
- I wish all the artwork was like that cover then I would maybe potentially get it because I really do like Merlin.
- It's a story that allows you to take money upfront to make the thing that you want to sell people and make a little bit more money.
- Nearly impossible to win the game.
- Quantum was great.
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