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2006
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Description
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Two hundred years of bloody battles, deadly feuds and constant raiding have turned the Scottish Borders into a virtual no mans land. Every clan raids, battles and pillages its neighbors, regardless of national ties, and the crowns of England and Scotland turn a blind eye to the chaos. Clan loyalties are all that matter, every opponent has a grievance and anything you can steal is yours if you can get it home. You play a Border clan, warring with and raiding your neighbors, fortifying your borders and taming the landscape as you try to establish your dominance of the Borders through the 15th and 16th Centuries. Use economic, military and subterfuge strategies to thwart the neighboring clans and advance your clan to eminence.
Border Reivers is a game of strategy, warfare and chance for 2 to 4 players, aged 12 to adult. Games last 30 to 90 minutes.
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- There's no way to be I I can't I can't even get people to tell me their schedule two weeks in advance so it's very much a week to week thing
- I hold it to a higher level than that and so on the downside it doesn't allow us to stream games as quickly as I would like sometimes
- if if if the expansion for oath were included in that I would I would put that above arcs okay wow okay
- universally okay
- don't I think it's great the way it is just get more maps which they're doing so honestly that's my answer
- a reprint of ground floor would be great so I can get a copy of it
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Heavy Cardboard Rules Teach at 5:17 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Fun blend of Euro mechanics and wargame theme
- Engaging card-driven gameplay
- Strategic decision-making despite 'beer and pretzels' feel
- Good component quality and thematic integration
- Clear rules once understood
- Appealing theme of border raids
Cons
- Can be a bit long for its style
- Board can be busy with components
- Some initial confusion with card icons and placement
- Dice rolls can be a significant factor
Thematic elements
- Sheep theft and border raids
- Anglo-Scottish border raids, 1513-1603
Comparison games
- Seven Wonders
- Civ 6
- Struggle for Catan (implied by 'cattle' currency)
- Notre Dame vs. Miami (as an example of conflict)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- area control/influence — Players vie for control over different regions on the map, represented by Marches and the debatable land, influenced by notoriety.
- Card Drafting — Players draft cards each turn, passing hands left or right to choose one card to play.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are used for combat resolution, with various modifiers and reroll mechanics.
- Hand Management — Players manage a hand of cards throughout the game, with limits introduced in later turns.
- Set Collection — Certain cards and actions reward players for collecting sets of sheep, cattle, or horses.
- Victory point tracking — Players track victory points on a dedicated track, influenced by combat, notoriety, and final scoring.
- Worker placement (implied) — Placing defense tokens on specific locations like farms or towers suggests a form of worker placement or area improvement.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a Euro gamer who wants to kind of venture into war gaming this is a lot of fun.
- The cards are where this game really is.
- Sheep Theft simulator.
- It's not a hardcore grognard game although Sean is doing his best impression.
- This is a lot of fun I mean it's a it's nice to take a territorial war game and bring all the Euro card drafting resource management.
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Heavy Cardboard Top List at 18:27 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Legitimately surprising impressive singing at the end.
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Quotes (from this video)
- now starting off number 10 is four it's lost in the middle it's not prime just two doubled hash unoriginal and and In some cultures unlucky you're lucky you make the list for
- eight number 10 couldn't be a dozen but also thinks it's Big Man on Campus on this list got to keep it humble looking at you 10
- seven pie 3.14 pie Jess and I went to this place called the Red Arrow Diner the other day and it had an entire display case full of pie and it was fabulous she got a death by chocolate cream pie it was it was everything that you thought it pie
- six is three and why three here in number six because in numerology people with a life path aligned with three have some significant strengths and weaknesses such as they're creative they have a strong imagination come up with ideas quickly they're communicative they're great at writing speaking artistic expression they're social they enjoy socializing have a large usually a large circle of friends tend to be optimistic they have an infectious enthusiasm that draws others to them they they excel in problem solving they think of new ways to solve problems quickly and creatively however there are some kind of drawbacks to those on the life path or the the life path aligned with the number number three and those weaknesses can include scattered energy they may they may have time trouble focusing and may make hasty decisions
- five I mean I feel like this is probably the biggest no-brainer of the entire list it's the golden ratio of 1.68 I mean symmetry duh the middle yall saw that coming right like you knew all right I I'm going to give you all the benefit of doubt that that's the case
- four arguably could be considered my favorite but only at number four and it's ul's number now I realize so for those that don't know it's uh 27182 also known as e now I realized that some people mispronounce it Oilers rule or law or number or whatever um this is heavy cardboard this is my channel so therefore nepotism is ul's number plus screw Edmonton if you know you know
- three going to be a bit of a surprise to a lot of y'all is seven cuz everybody is going to put seven higher I mean seriously it is the most common lucky number out there so everybody who is going to put this higher I ain't basic
- two number two is two it's the silver medal it's almost as good as as one it's second best always on the podium got to give props to number two
- finally number one 249 it just flows off the tongue 249 you see that and you're like wow that's not much money that's that's a good deal almost anything that you see for 249 is great so 249 and and if you double oh moment hold H if you double 249 that get you our absolute best number of all time number zero 498 say it with me 498 man that's a great number so there you have it my top 10 numbers 1- 10 hopefully yall enjoyed that
- now this is what happens when you get a little punch drunk uh so uh shout out to Kyle Ken and Greg after our our stream the other night we got to talking about this and thought we would have a lot of fun
- Railways of Los Atlas so that is looking forward to that it is a build your own customizable map which I thought was not going to be good I was flat out wrong
- This has been threatened to be on the channel for years and as a solid I'm finally breaking this out Rob has requested it and so Rob this one's for you uh hko and Stein is going to be on the show on Sunday
- a lot of people been asking for old school splatter we haven't done Antiquity in a very long time plus it is a phenomenal game so Antiquity is definitely on the docket
- stress btics Odyssey we're going to be replaying that again we've played a partial game of it once we've played the base game a number of times we stream that publicly and we're going to be doing a sponsored stream later on possibly as soon as two weeks from now but for the patrons on Sunday about 4:30 or so we're going to do probably another partial game of stress bs Odyssey
- small City deluxe edition a lot of s this one can't surprise the heck out of me a lot of people have been asking for this so you know what we're busting this bad boy out again tomorrow
- oath I mean how can we not bust out more oath right
- and uh Atlantic chase this is one my most anticipated war games that I desperately want to get played um so Atlantic Chase is definitely going to make it before the end of the patron stream so super super stoked for that
- we have gained 45 new patrons and we've only lost one that is ridiculously aming amazing I am so grateful for that
- speaking of so far in the patron drive so here we go what have we done I mean this and more right the the arcs campaign has continued uh uh we've had a game about oranges and lemons that has a killer action selection mechanism if you all haven't heard about it I would recommend go check out that stream I thought it was great I think it's a really good game I think you all would enjoy that
- James Ken and oath need I say more if you haven't watched our latest stream of oath and you enjoy watching board game content I think I can unequivocally say you should watch that
- The NeverEnding game of ofle come Ross that was that I I was entertained the ridiculous ending of Cribbage in our traditional card game stream we did cribbage Rook Spades and hearts I mean all you need is a deck of cards right
- all three of them not me but the other three solid really solid I was impressed
- it has been brought to my attention that some of y'all watched how oath ended and thought that doesn't look good rest assured that I we have been blessed with a very very good group that no one takes anything too seriously the games are just the games there is no uh serious hurt feelings there there can be grudges but they're friendly grudges like I still hate shy because of something he did an Intrigue like five years ago it's okay I still invite him back he and I are still friends mostly so I imagine James and kenel it'll continue but it'll be entertaining and it's mostly friendly they actually hugged it out afterwards so it's all good
- James from Dad's on a map is going to be joining me Thursday night we're going to enjoy a couple of adult beverages and and chew the fat about their tournament as well as just games that we've been playing and and stuff so that should be a good time
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Heavy Cardboard Discussion at 943:24:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really good game
- Enjoyed the historical aspect
- Spectacular singing opportunity
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- raiding and sheep theft
- 16th century Scotland/England border
- historical simulation
Comparison games
- Seven Wonders
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Raiding — Players conduct raids across the border.
- Sheep theft — The game involves stealing each other's sheep.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I love half the that game I think half that game is as good as anything in the hobby period and the merger mechanism I actually had this conversation with Yun back at uh the Gathering of friends I think it was last year and I was like how has nobody taken that merger mechanism in Indonesia and then used it in their game he goes it surprises me and yours all the time that nobody has blows me away no idea
- Bonanza is my number 10 game of all time
- The juice the juice wasn't worth the squeeze
- F James you know he's not getting it he's not doing anything to the point where it was just I was like why don't you just bring your your hat
- I think the game the manual even says like don't go too close to each other on setup and we were all just like oh that looks like a really good spot it's like yeah that does look like a really good spot I'm going there too
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