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Year
1981
Players
2-4
Age
10+
Playtime
120 min
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Description
Drive offensively! Car Wars is a game featuring freeways of the future in which the right of way goes to those with the biggest guns. Players choose their vehicle — complete with weapons, armor, power plants, suspension, and even body style — then they take them out on the road, either to come home as "aces" or to crash and burn. If a driver survives, his abilities improve and he can earn money to buy bigger and better cars. Advanced rules let players design their own customized cars, trucks, and cycles.
This entry covers Car Wars and Car Wars Deluxe, the first two editions of the rules. See also:
Car Wars Compendium, a.k.a. CWC and CWCII, for the third and fourth editions of the rules
Car Wars (Fifth Edition) for the revised and simplified edition of the game
Mini Car Wars, an introductory version of Car Wars originally printed on a single sheet of paper, requiring only a pencil and six-sided dice.
Car Wars Series for a complete list of expansions and supplements (including Autoduel Quarterly, the forty-issue Car Wars magazine)
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Watch It Played Travelogue at 7:07 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- cool and exciting
- has buzz
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none
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- Multiverse this was a very popular Booth I would have liked to have gotten a demo in but man they were busy all the time
- Superheroes and cards and it's a Well reviewed game so I'm glad to see them having a lot of success there.
- had a chance to learn flasho Fire Rescue from David one of our viewers and his friend those two guys were so much fun to play with we were the loudest ones in the library we just barely eak out a win
- I wanted to pick up my own copy of flasho fire rescue had the designer sign it and it's certainly a game I would consider featuring on our Channel
- I also want to give a real shout out to the other board game media creators that I had a chance to meet I really respect and admire your work Larry and Tim Lance Joel Cody and John Ryan metler tox the D6 generation and the Big Daddy himself Tom vassel
- if you get a chance to come out to Gen Con I would highly recommend it it truly is the best four days in gaming
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Watch It Played Discussion at 6:22 sentiment: neutral
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neutral
Pros
- promos received
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none
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- hey everybody welcome back to watch it played
- hopefully Pete's wised up and learned his lesson
- Dear Rodney I felt compelled to purchase this game for you I still can't figure out why but something told me this was the game for you
- Daniel Basset you are the winner of Relic Runners
- we have Batman a Batman head wait what is it's a Batman head okay it's just a normal Batman head okay cool
- I'm going to show everybody else and you guys whoever can figure it out first can post in the comments
- P.S tell Luke I'm sorry no fluffies this time I figure you are due for a break
- wow look at these legendaries and these are awesome that guy that's the Green Goblin wow
- Andrew needs to be picked up so we better run until the next episode thanks for watching
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Getting Games Discussion at 6:15 sentiment: neutral
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neutral
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none
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- candy themed kingdom
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- January was amazing honestly there were 26 new people who joined into the campaign
- I got about 170 000 views over the course of that month
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Getting Games Discussion at 27:35 sentiment: neutral
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neutral
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- i want to live inside the board game industry i want that to be my job
- i don't want to do things that i dread
- i want to be as completely transparent as possible
- i'm going to call them good games logs
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Grant Lyon New Releases at 30:25 sentiment: neutral
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Neutral
Pros
- Vehicular combat
- Vehicle customization
- Long-standing game
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none
Thematic elements
- Vehicular Combat
- 2070
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combat — You are battling and dueling with other drivers... you are fighting against other drivers to to destroy their cars and get around a track.
- Vehicle Customization — You're choosing your vehicle, your vehicle has weapons and armor and all you know body styles different all that.
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- This is a family weight game and it's It's Like a Dungeon Crawl Labyrinth type of a game but one that you can play with you know your your children you know they they say this plays ages seven and up so if you're looking for like a family weight game uh you are leading one of six different characters into a labyrinth all right tile by tile you uncover what the Labyrinth looks like so it'll be different each playthrough and you have to equip yourself with weapons and spells you got to fight monsters you got to collect treasures and then the player with the most treasure at the end wins so yeah that's a nice little family game for you
- So it's basically an escape room a mystery in a box you know it's a it's a one-time use only thing but it's a fun evening you get an escape room in a box and you are trying to figure it out so these Advent calendars we got two of them we got the hunt for The Golden Book and the Mystery of the ice cave they are essentially turning that exit system into just a a game that you're going to Play Over the 24 days or 25 days you're just going to open a uh a spot on the Advent calendar get a new piece of information and try to solve the case over 25 different days so this feels like a fun family activity to do you know you can you can play it over the entire month of December and try to try to figure it out
- So this is kind of a fun refresh to the original game of Azul
- This is a two-player only game takes about 45 minutes to play and it is you are competing with another architect on building a majestic Cathedral so you are competing against each other it is an area control tile laying game set in medieval Florence and it offers a lot of heavy player interaction we are going to be messing with each other but it's also still easy to learn so you know if if you like a two-player game with uh a little bit you know heavier on the strategy but still also heavy on the player interaction than uh Basilica seems like a good one for you
- You are battling and dueling with other drivers in the lawlessness of year 2070.
- So in this game you are you know you're choosing your vehicle your vehicle has weapons and armor and all you know body styles different all that there's a lot of cool stuff to it and you're taking them out on the road and you are fighting against other drivers to uh you know to to destroy their cars and get around a track so that is Car Wars sixth edition
- Between two cities is an interesting game where you are you're building a city but you're doing one city with the player to your right and one city with the player to your left so you're basically semi Cooperative with each of these people and then you only score for your weaker CI so it behooves you to kind of build up each City here and stuff like that so um it is a you know and it's it's one of the nice things about between two cities is it's a it's a strategy game that plays seven players so you can you know a lot of a lot of strategy games just don't play that that high of a player count uh so this one playing 1 to S so in the essential Edition it combines components from the original game and the capitals expansion into one cohesive Hole uh it features a bigger box than the original game different art on some tiles and a Score Pad instead of a board and but there are no new gameplay elements it just combines everything makes it easier for you to store in a bigger box
- In fantasy Realms monarchs are competing to construct the most prosperous kingdom in the realm and this deluxe you know the deluxe box has updated every card with a Sleek intuitive graphic design the base game cards have also been updated to include new art and and it gives the entire game a fresh look so the this fantasy Realms deluxe edition does it it combines it includes the original base game the cursed horde expansion with the two expansion modules the jester and Phoenix Cards and 100 Art sleeves to protect all the cards included so you are playing you know in the game you're playing cards one at a time you collect beasts armies Wizards more so if you're a fan of fantasy Realms well now you got a deluxe edition
- It takes me many many hours I spend 10 hours just emailing everybody and stuff like that trying to figure out what's coming out this month or what's delayed you know I have a I have a spreadsheet I think my November one right now has 60 games that might come out and I just got to follow up with everybody and see what's delayed and what's coming out obviously all the shipping woses continue and things are constantly delayed
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:10:28 sentiment: other
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Anticipatory
Pros
none
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none
Thematic elements
- City fighting
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none
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- I don't not every game needs to have deep lore Some people just want to play fun games Some people want to take the lore from game a and bring it into a game B where they like the rules better
- lore is interchangeable so you know one of my favorite games out there is space weirdos it has literally no lore it's fine I make up lore on the Fly
- I like the fact that they're giving you options to play with the models you already have without having to go through and go geez I don't know what are they trying to get a point like what is this again you're like well these guys are supposed to be tyranids oh well it didn't come across as tyranids or whatever I have a whole bunch of tyranids and so I should use this
- the rules are generic not the lore
- Are they officially model agnostic I mean sure yeah you can use whatever ever models you want I mean to be fair every game is officially model agnostic even if they don't say it is it is
- I just don't like moving them in a chunk I like being able to move them separately I don't like that that just here's a thing and the the type of play where it's like well this part has to wheel over and do this and then then you're attacking from a flank
- rivenstone is the game that you're talking about
- the problem is this well it's not the problem here's the most recent answer they still haven't produced the stuff yet but the most recent email I got from them which I think was in July was them saying another company is basically buying the game from us and they will do the production and the the Fulfillment
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:09:15 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Based on Necromunda, which the host enjoys.
- It's an add-on for Grim Dark Future Firefight, a game the host likes.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Necromunda-inspired
Comparison games
- Necromunda
- Grim Dark Future Firefight
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Gang Warfare — The game focuses on gang warfare, similar to Necromunda.
- Skirmish — It is a skirmish game based on Necromunda.
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- it's so over complicated a lot of good ideas but terrible to play
- the models look really good but um it's also not cheap I swear to God I saw the retail on it for that starter box was like 150 bucks
- because you can now get a pretty decent looking print we can make more stuff like that
- I used to play silent death back in the day which was a game made by a company called iron Crown Enterprises we used to play the heck out of that
- it was definitely very kind of complicated as well but at the time being a younger person I enjoyed it quite a bit
- I don't know if I'm not sure if Vince has played ship combat games I have
- I use an iada uh Eclipse uh iada hpcs I think is the technical uh model name or whatever and I've always loved that thing it works great
- why you wouldn't have Federation versus Klingon AR Romulan as the starter factions in any Star Trek game it makes no logical sense to me
- so I was really hoping they were going to do something different with um with the new version and when they sent me like the copy and I was started reading the rules and stuff I was just like oh this is pretty much just the same
- there's a zillion charts in that game
- it was a little fiddly but not too fiddly
- I do wonder if making Star Trek games fairly complicated is part of knowing Their audience as a trekky I can safely say we tend to like that kind of crunch and the complexity
- I don't want to play too much crunch these days you know what I mean
- CPS speed paint through the airbrush on the bottom terrain is the goat indeed
- I made a video about how to make it so your airbrush never clogs again and I'm 98% sure I made that video
- I have never had a clog in my airbrush in a decade at this point
- hard to believe silent death was from the same company I mean probably different people obviously you know but yeah silent death sheets a bit like hero clicks whereas you take damage
- the tabletop minions Awards will be coming out on Friday so less than a week away tabletop minions awards for 2024
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 28:27 sentiment: positive
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positive
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- stormtrooper foris foris go Daniel Craig
- Daniel Craig is correct
- Woody and all the other Toy Story adaptations like on video games and TV and stuff Daniel Craig no Tom hanks's brother Jim nice
- Destiny's Child is correct how you know that
- I love des's child man I just listen to Beyonce today that country man so good so good
- Aldi go for it dust cover and forest forest forest Dixie Cups Dixie cups are paper
- Evan for the win Evan Dana Carvey that would I can't tell you how much I wish the answer was that but that is incorrect
- Dick Cheney correct dang that's by canadianism again
- wow we need another PTA movie pins and needles another what Paul Thomas Anderson movie PTA oh what are his movies boie nights mag
- he had that that one that I was like that licorice p Pizza in 2021 yeah I didn't like that
- Kiss Kiss Bang Bang which which is such a good movie I I can watch that movie it's just it's hilarious
- I got another grievance go for it I got another jury summons
- I know do most people just not go
- yeah if they want to go through the trouble of of a bench you probably have like a a warrant on your name as you get pulled over you might get arrested or something
- I've always wanted to go to jury duty
- I mean it was it was sweet because um US Bank had it in their uh like whatever their their employee contract was they paid you in full for the days that you missed for jury duty and you didn't have to be there
- there was a murder case up here several several years ago where um it went because of the circumstances of it
- they wanted to try it in federal court so they could give the person the death penalty instead of you know
- the other 12 the other whatever they had two or three alternates or whatever I always thought the alternate to the jury was like that's the biggest screw job
- I have come to realize in 60 years of life that uh our court system and police force are completely 100% and totally corrupt and they use their powers to destroy my life and destroy the lives of all free born citizens of this country and they seek to do nothing but make our lives miserable take our money and take away our liberties every single day and the judges
- I don't remember anything about that night you don't remember anything about that night I don't remember anything about that he's like I don't even know why I'm here
- this is the most ridiculous thing ever
- maybe a nice long nine month sequester
- I asked Board Game Geek card a series sorry go ahead you're fine I asked last week hey hey post comments on the thing and so many people did post anything so I yeah a lots of people did so so I thought that was cool so keep doing that I appreciate that give us some um the password to prove that you watched the whole thing
- Forest give me a give me a weird word arvar arvar password it's arvar that's how I know you watch the whole whole episode when you leave your comments
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 3:44:02 sentiment: neutral
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Neutral
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- I'll trade a $60 euro for that in a heartbeat. Not even think about it because $60 euro game I reviewed I didn't give a [ __ ] about.
- No, man. I grew up I grew up with a scarcity mindset. I hold to that dear.
- The majority of the games that I have at this point in my attic are absolute horseshit.
- It's got a really cool auction mechanism. I think you call it you can't go back where essentially you get offers and you look at the offer and you have to immediately accept it or immediately reject it and move on to the next offer and you so you you don't know what you're getting into.
- My goal is to be almost 100% board game free other than like a small handful of things that I'll play with my kids.
- My favorite thing about Strike is that the first time people play it, they're like, "That's all there is."
- It's 1:15 in the morning. Not early. Boom.
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 33:52 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Jeff's first published credit was for this game.
- Steve Jackson Games used five of his ideas and sent him a check and a copy of the book.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Vehicular combat
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Item Design — Jeff contributed ideas like the 'mind flinger', 'infrared laser', and 'targeting laser' for rockets.
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- the one other game that took us by surprise was Crackle or Rackle, which is a drawing game where you draw a word.
- It's a Viking game without much Viking Vikinging.
- Endeavor Deep Sea, amazing if anybody's played that.
- It's one of those games where you think you can just do better every next no next game I'll do more you know better.
- It's a really good poker dice game that from Schmidt and it's No one ever talks about it and it's so good.
- The games were all the library. It's all for charity, by the way.
- We sold $11,500 worth of games in an hour.
- It's like, "Oh, you have Mestre Schmidt 57. Amazing."
- I just got talked into reviewing a a war game because I like the people. They're so nice. I was like, I don't like war games.
- It's like, "Wow, this is cool."
- I mean, they're like, "Take them, right?"
- It's a year-long internship. It's life-changing.
- I am on the verge of victory here.
- He can take any stealth card from the discard pile.
- It's really good. You see James Bond just losing his mind screaming at people.
- The Phoenician scheme. Asteroid City is not in the box set.
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Nights Around a Table Review at 0:00 sentiment: other
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Pros
- The spell book component makes you feel like a wizard casting spells.
Cons
- Wife didn't like it at the time.
- Remains untouched on my shelf.
Thematic elements
- Mage combat
Comparison games
- Tracarian Legends of Illusion
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- arena combat — It's a grid-based arena where players play a mage and conjure things, with last mage standing wins.
- Deck Building — You might have to deck build spells and put them in your little book.
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- The thing that really got me interested in it that Tom Vassel told me about on his Dice Tower video was that each mage gets a a book.
- So this game has an album you can flip through and when you acquire spells or I think you maybe I actually have to deck build them and you put them in your little book and so then you can really feel like this this wizard and you got your wizard spell book and you're flipping through like I I cast whatever.
- Makes you feel like a wizard.
- Tom Vassel likes things in board games that make you feel like you're doing the thing.
- if his crank is turned by components that make you feel like you're actually doing the thing, I can get why he was really enthusiastic about a game that had a component that made you feel more like a wizard casting spells from a book.
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- I'm not an image guy.
- Oh, my God, me and I look so freaking young.
- We're innovators.
- I don't know how to like talk about the game without like It's It's incredibly complicated.
- I don't know how to win that game.
- The raw and write is really good. Which is and it's really simple.
- It's a trading card game where the sizzle is more than the steak there.
- Harvest now, decrypt later.
- I feel like I've talked about it for a long time.
- You got to watch The Blues Brothers.
- He's the second coolest guy of all time.
- We're only on two We've only done two slides.
- This is a super super deep cut.
- I don't know what the name of this thing.
- This is a movie that was on HBO or Cinemax all the time when we were kids.
- My favorite movie of all time.
- You don't know what you're talking about, man.
- There's not that many laughs.
- This is a deep deep deep deep cut.
- We're trying to throw our goblins cuz like tossing goblins is the only thing I could think of.
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BoardGameCo Review at 14:58 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- intriguing unique theme
- nostalgic '80s/'90s vibe
Cons
- mechanics and exact gameplay details not fully known
Thematic elements
- economic Eurogame with a Distilled-like feel
- 90s vibe with cola-themed themes
Comparison games
- Distilled
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Engine Building: Efficiency — distinct from Distilled but with a similar vibe
- Euro-style engine/economics — distinct from Distilled but with a similar vibe
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Quotes (from this video)
- I'm not an RPG person.
- It's DC, Justice League, all those things are great.
- I like Mindbug. I like Mindbug a lot.
- The unique theme, the presentation designed by Danny Garcia, it definitely has me interested.
- Alterra from IV Studios. Set in the world of 10.
- I am very interested. Again, I have no idea whether this game will land for me or not.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 29:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Played during college years
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- college
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cardboard Tokens — Used small cardboard chips or tokens to represent cars instead of miniature vehicles.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- OPR is the GURPS of wargaming.
- 40K rules as deep, I would call it artificially deep.
- Star Wars Legion terrain is almost always the best.
- OPR skirmish is a breath of fresh air compared to Kill Team.
- The damned stuff is supposed to be out, but it's not out yet, unfortunately.
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Neon Gorilla Interview at 15:20
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I mean, you had ready, set, bet. Like, uh, The Last Kingdom was like a a fantastic game that just flew under the radar. Do you know what I mean? Nobody nobody played it at all, you know?
- They charged a hundred quid for a game that was made out of a bog roll.
- I think I compared my copy of War of the Ring to a Garen Hospital.
- I have 15 burner accounts just just tearing you down.
- It's all me. I've got 15 burner accounts just just tearing you down.
- I don't care whether AI has had a hand in designing it. If the game is good and I find it fun, then I'll play it.
- I don't care whether it's designed by a woman, by a man, by, you know, a capybara.
- The incentive system is totally broken.
- I honestly think like the whole board game review system in general is like is broke, especially if you are and we can't afford to get all these games. You do have to get some review.
- I think there's something to say for people um wanting to maintain publisher relationships.
- You know, my core audience are grumpy old white men that just want to hear somebody slag off a game.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 11:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Nostalgic connection to playing in college
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- combat between vehicles
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- vehicle combat — Original version played with cardboard chips on a mat, later versions feature plastic cars.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- 3D printing has really changed the way that the hobby is is is is accessible to people.
- It's setting yourself up for failure to take a look at the super fancy stuff that you see, you know, from Golden Demon winners on, you know, Instagram or whatever and go, "That's what I want my first group of Space Marines to look like."
- The idea that at some point in my life that Steve Jackson from Steve Jackson Games, who made all the games that I played in college, would email me and say, "Hey, thanks for talking about our game on your YouTube channel." like that was pretty crazy.
- People will forgive bad video, but they won't forgive bad audio, especially in the hobby space...
- Consistency is key.
- You should only ever compare yourself to yourself in the past. You shouldn't compare yourself to stuff you see online or friends or anything like that. Compare yourself to yourself.
- Licensing IPs to use in games can very frequently end in problems because every time you sell a model, you got to pay the licensor.
- My biggest hope is definitely easier and safer 3D printing.
- As far as fears for the future of of wargaming, it's probably AI. I just, you know, just I'm very anti-AI and I don't want that stuff kind of getting into our wargaming.
- If you're interested, give it a try. It, like I said, doesn't cost anything, really.
- In a word, sum up how you feel about 13 years of running this channel. Content.
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Watch It Played Review at 0:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- The base game is not a collectible game, so players know exactly what is coming with the set.
- The game includes a four-player version, though it requires two box sets.
- The planning stage allows players to choose two spells from their entire spellbook.
- Expansions and supplemental materials are available to enhance the game.
- The game has active forums and training videos available online.
Cons
- To play a four-player game, two box sets are needed.
- The rules for four players require an additional board beyond the base game.
Thematic elements
- Mages battling other Mages
- arena
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance System — Creatures have action markers that are flipped when used, indicating they are spent for the round.
- Area Control — One of the expansion mages (Warlord) works on board control, generating more soldiers and becoming more powerful as they take over the board.
- Card Drafting — Players choose cards to populate their spellbook before the game starts.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are used to determine attack success, damage, and special effects.
- Hand Management — Players select spells from their spellbook during the planning phase to cast.
- Set Collection — Spell books are built by selecting cards, with costs associated based on a mage's training and spell school.
- Variable player powers — Each mage has unique abilities and stats, including the size of their spell book and their training in different spell schools.
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- hi welcome to GTS distributions come and play day here in Seattle my name is Rodney Smith from watch it played and I'd like to invite you to join me as we take a look at one of the many games being featured here at this event
- The idea is you are a mage, you put together your own spells, you've gone through all this training and you're going to the arena to battle other mages.
- This is not a collectible game so when you buy the game you know exactly what's coming with the set.
- The planning stage so you're going to grab your spell book and rather than randomly draw you actually go through and pick this is what's neat so you you have access to everything in the book.
- The game ends when you drop the other Mage so you could cuz you're in range so 0 1 2 oh you could just bypass the oh the strength well I feel like it's a closing move unn I at least at least take a little knock at your yeah I'm going to do that can I go after so I'm going to roll these up let's see I see a seven oh I see some Critical Hits oh nice okay so I'm understanding this correctly these two can't be blocked even by the Mage right okay and this is going to be possibly block and then if I had armor on her right totally I could possibly ignore those numbers
- Every mage has a card that has all their stats so the very first stat is the most important it's the size of your spell book okay so this says 120 points you then check her training which is in light which is what that symbol means so trained in the Holy school um dark spells Cost Triple during spell book creation yes so it means that she really likes the holy spells she really doesn't like the dark spells yes well if we were to look and grab a couple of spells out of this in the upper right hand corner it shows what so this is a holy spell and what level so two so for her to include this in her book cost her two points no problem very simple however when we put armor on her or added that to her spell book this is an elemental air school for one point so in this case she pays double because she's not directly trained in it
- Mage Wars dot com
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Watch It Played Discussion at 10:38 sentiment: other
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Overall sentiment (raw)
null
Pros
- Arcane Wonders produces exclusives for Kickstarters, dice tower promos, and cards handed out at conventions, but promises that eventually they'll print the promo cards as expansions.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I hate exclusives the term means to exclude essentially I love promos though paid for or not because the main part of promos is that they're Promotional and you receive them For Your Love of the Game and you can get one if you fail at getting it the first time it may cost extra money or require going to a convention but they are findable assuming that they're not exclusive promos I just like this comment because I think well first of all there is some gray area isn't there because some promos are so hard to get they may as well be exclusive
- I don't have the extras the upgraded components all the extra figures that separate campaign and I'm going to try to get them if I can but if I don't then I'm G try to recognize the existence of some other product out there somewhere in the world and somebody else having it should not affect my enjoyment of the product that I have in front of me if I like this game not having some other element of it shouldn't change that I what I'm saying is I think a lot of it's psychological and I don't want psychological tricks or compulsions to overwhelm my enjoyment of anything
- my completionist side always seeks out the promos to go with a base game I will say that I have yet to have a gaming experience where I said wow that promo really makes this game shine most of the time we're not thinking of who played what card promo component during a certain turn because it doesn't add that much to the overall experience it's just those times that I'm admiring my collection when the Sinister completionist side comes out
- I don't want psychological tricks or compulsions to overwhelm my enjoyment of anything
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 2:50 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- strategic resource/risk management in high-octane battles
- Vehicular combat arena with customized cars and battle logistics
- tactical play with a lightweight narrative backdrop
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combat: Damage Based — combat using weaponized cars and damage tracking
- movement_planning — pre-planned actions with tactical positioning
- Pattern Movement — pre-planned actions with tactical positioning
- Resource Management — managing money, repairs, and upgrades
- resource_management — managing money, repairs, and upgrades
- vehicle_customization — modifying cars with weapons, armor, and components
- vehicular_combat — combat using weaponized cars and damage tracking
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- we play our own version of Dn D that we created in high school
- you absolutely need somebody who isn't willing to just play it safe
- there you go. Um that's the person you need that person in your gaming group
- be the fool, allowing themselves to be the idiot and then creating the friction that the players have to get through
- be willing to let their character be the fool, and not go too far to become a nuisance
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Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Discussion at 10:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- highly customizable spell system
- deep strategic play for two players
Cons
- steep learning curve
- complex setup
Thematic elements
- spellcasting duel
- fantasy mage duels with customizable spell decks
- deep tactical fantasy
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card-based dueling — Players draft and cast spells from individualized spell decks to defeat opponents.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's King of Tokyo
- Correct it's King of Tokyo
- Title Blades Banner Festival
- Go Nuts for Donuts
- Century Spice Road
- Mansions of Madness
- Final Girl
- Mage Wars
- Heat: Pedal to the Metal
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:39 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- nostalgic appeal
- deep customization
- tactical vehicle combat
Cons
- shipping delays
- complex rules
Thematic elements
- car combat and customization
- Post-apocalyptic United States highways; vehicular combat
- retro-futuristic
Comparison games
- Gas Lands
- Bolt Action
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Customization and equipment — Extensive options for weapons, armor, and gadgets to modify vehicles.
- Terrain-driven scenarios — Games can be set with varying terrain and mission goals.
- vehicle combat — Players control customizable cars with weapons and armor, engaging in turn-based battles.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- kickstarter is a great thing for what it's meant for
- I'm not against crowdfunding and I'm not against kickstarter I'm against big companies like hasbro and coolmini or not and stuff like that who just use it as basically a marketing thing
- supply chain from china is just drying up right now
- kickstarters are slow down due to shipping issues
- there's a lot of talk about the shipping container costs and how that affects pricing
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 8:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- iconic, foundational vehicle combat game
- fun at local clubs and gatherings
Cons
- older mechanics can be verbose to learn for new players
Thematic elements
- vehicular combat with customized cars and weapons
- Post-apocalyptic road-war environment
- driven by competitive, fast-paced chase scenarios
Comparison games
- Gaslands
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card/map-based combat with miniature vehicles — classic setup uses map panels and cardboard/chits for combat actions
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- all the money like they have this huge raffle for all this stuff that gets donated all that money goes to charity
- Gaslands has far less paperwork when I used to play Car Wars
- Kill Team is kind of my jam right now as far as skirmish games are concerned
- Nova Open is a great convention
- Squats would be back and Age of Sigmar would be a thing
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 13:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Classic, iconic concept with a lot of nostalgia
- Tends to scale well on smaller boards
Cons
- Original format can feel antiquated to new players
Thematic elements
- Vehicle duels with weaponized customization
- Futuristic car combat on a road-drenched arena
- B-movie feel, arena-style skirmishes
Comparison games
- Gaslands
- Ogre
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Vehicle customization and battle scoring — Guns, armor, and gadgets are slotted into a car chassis for battles
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Gaslands is a very cool game and it's like 20 bucks
- it's going to be probably more accessible to more people certainly
- I really like the kind of bidding system about how you who goes first
- you can't take Kill Team rules for most models too which is cool
- it's almost like X-wing Star Wars X-wing
- Gaslands is a very cool game and it's like 20 bucks and you go to town
- Kill Team is the way to go... it's the next logical step
- it's not about swapping a lot of weapons as much anymore
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