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In a land of false prophets, a Lamb (nicknamed Lambert), supposedly the last of their kind, is brought before The Four Bishops of the Old Faith, and is sacrificed before them. Upon dying, The Lamb is brought before "The One Who Waits", a strange deity who is imprisoned in chains. The One Who Waits tasks The Lamb with starting a cult in its name, gives The Lamb a demonic crown, then resurrects them. Assisted by Ratau, The Lamb's precursor, The Lamb then settles at the ruins of a temple and begins establishing a cult on behalf of The One Who Waits, in order to defeat the four other Bishops – Leshy, Heket, Kallamar, and Shamura – and free it.
The player must launch roguelike-style crusades and venture out into the game's five regions to defeat enemies and grow their following. The world, which is randomly generated and contains roguelike elements, contains resources to gather, perks and weapons to collect, enemies in the form of rival cultists and non-believers to fight, and other animals to rescue; these animals can be indoctrinated into the player's cult. They have appearances that can be changed and both positive and negative traits, which can affect how they act in the cult or how they react to the player's actions regarding the cult.
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Man vs Meeple Review at 0:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Effectively interprets the video game in board game form
- Breaks the game into distinct crusade and cult phases
- The crusade phase feels semi-cooperative with room for trickery
- The bishop fight mechanic is interesting and requires balance
- Follower leveling up looks really cool
- Provides a feeling of town management
- Satisfying progression through weapons, buildings, and doctrines
- Lots of dice chucking and sophisticated worker placement
Cons
- Shop can be a bust with uncertain outcomes
- Upkeep for followers (feeding, sickness, death) can be a downside
- The game escalates, requiring constant leveling up of the cult
Thematic elements
- Managing a cult
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Blocking worker placement spots is a key aspect of interaction.
- Card Drafting — Players draw cards for movement intent, shop items, and boss encounters.
- Combat — Combat occurs against monsters, bosses, and the bishop.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are used for combat actions and have different outcomes like hits, misses, and special star effects.
- Dungeon crawling — Players move through a network of rooms in the crusade phase, fighting monsters and bosses.
- Resource Management — Players gather and spend various resources throughout the game.
- Roguelike — The crusade phase incorporates roguelike elements.
- Set Collection — Collecting resources, weapons, buildings, and doctrines.
- Worker Placement — The cult phase uses worker placement where players assign their prophet or followers to locations on the board.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a board game interpretation of the popular video game Cult of the Lamb.
- But it is a bit of a semi- co-op feel, but you're moving up through this all the way up to a boss.
- It's kind of feels like town management, if you will, like a town simulation, but you're managing your cult.
- And by the way, the way they do that looks really cool.
- It really gives you the feeling of that town management.
- This is Cult of the Lamb. It's a lot of game that's going to pushes a lot of buttons for people who know the video game really well.
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The Dice Tower Other at 28:28 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Looks like a whole lot of game.
- Interesting IP.
- The reviewer is interested in it.
- Frost Punk is an amazing, heavy game adapted from a video game.
Cons
- Terraria's playtime was misrepresented, leading to hesitation with this game.
- Reviews are needed before backing due to past experiences.
- It's tricky to adapt video games to board games effectively.
- The game looks heavy and complex, causing hesitation.
- Concerns about playability and the reason to play the board game over the video game.
Thematic elements
- Based on the video game of the same name.
Comparison games
- Terraria
- Frost Punk
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Complex Strategy — Appears to be a game for board gamers, not necessarily for video game dabblers, indicating complexity.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Good afternoon everybody. Welcome to the Dice Tower.
- It is a crowd surfing episode and we are here to talk about games that are on Kickstarter and Gamefound and Backer Kit.
- We just got back from Dice from Gen Con. I don't know why I've always said Dice East, but then Gen Con Dice Tower booth at Gen Con.
- So, Crowd Surfing is a show where we talk about board games that are on Kickstarter and Game Found.
- This is the 2026 annual Robins Nerds supplies. That's a lot of S's in a row. Dice advent calendar.
- So, they give you that container and there's a few other companies that have tried this whole, you know, put put a few games together.
- If your game is called Pirates with a Y, I'm not as afraid of you.
- Battle Stations is a gigantic game from Guerilla Games. Uh, that is half RPG, half space war game, half run around on a ship and blow things up. It is a lot. It is huge games.
- This is a cool sci-fi setting.
- Every single deck is unique to you and the entire universe. There'll never be a repeat of your deck.
- It's a tower defense where there is a tower that you are making it difficult to get to.
- A co-op sandbox where each expedition. Every expedition changes the world you return to.
- The Lord of the Rings Ascension. Now, maybe it's just me. Every time I see this, I get bugged by the logo by Lord of the Rings.
- I was so psyched for this when it was announced. I love Ascension. Ascension's a it's a great deck building game. Lord of the Rings. Seeing the Ascension kind of look used for Lord of the Rings. That's great.
- There's a reason to play the board game outside of the video game. And sometimes that's because it's more simple or the tactile experience, but you don't want it more complex.
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Gaming Rules! Discussion at 34:43 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
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none
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Cloudspire is one of those games that I would absolutely love to play more of and there are plans for a rematch between me and JP on my birthday week in July.
- The Graft is one of the new factions that just came out and it doesn't have a fortress. What it does is it has one piece on the board which moves around and that is their fortress. So, it's actually a mobile piece and it's big amoeba type thing.
- That's that's nonsense. Um where things like saving the game, the math, the upkeep is made trivial by the video.
- I have Frostpunk the board game. I have Frostpunk the computer game. They're the same game, but they are entirely different experiences.
- As much as I love Agemonia, it's a 30-minute setup each time we play because we're having to get all of these things out and these things and these things and these things. And that's just the nature of the game.
- No.
- Give me a good Uwe Rosenberg game, Feast for Odin. Feast for Odin solo, I love it. It's a beat your own score game, but I I love it.
- The reason why it was a bad experience for me is the solo mode for Perseverance is a very good solo mode at recreating what another player would do, but it was so far beyond my comfort level I really struggled.
- My favorite game in that category is probably either Tower Up or Ingenious. I might have to give it to Ingenious just because of my personal story with that game and the fact that I can play it with Vicky and her family and things like that.
- My copy of Imperium Classics, Imperium Legends, and Imperium Horizons have left my collection.
- I love Star Trek Captain's Chair, so there will never ever be a situation where I would prefer to play Imperium compared to Star Trek Captain's Chair.
- Assyria second edition, which has only just come out, is my favorite game from Garfield Games.
- So, if you're asking honestly for my favorite game from Garfield Games, it has to be Assyria second edition.
- The discussion has been had a number of times.
- It's not as easy as people think.
- 65% of people say that polyomino games are a subset of tile laying games.
- The secret word is scissors.
- As of this morning, we had 1,331 patron supporters.
- I will be back tomorrow at 4:00 with a live unboxing of the deluxe version of World Order.
- And then on Friday is the public public release of the final video in the Star Trek Captain's Chair series, which is the Pike solo play through.
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The Broken Meeple Analysis at 1:10:41 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Appealing aesthetic
- Dungeon crawl element is intriguing
- Potential for good mechanics if developed
Cons
- Reviewer dislikes base building
- Dungeon crawl mechanics are barebones
- Likely only appeals to existing fans of Cult of the Lamb
- Still in early development
Thematic elements
- Building a cult of sheep, fighting monsters
- Involves dealing with poop as a resource
Comparison games
- Valheim
- Deep Rock Galactic
- Frostpunk
- Don't Starve
- Terraria
- Stardew Valley
- Aie: The Willow of the Wisp
- Hollow Knight
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Base Building — Requires building up a base of stuff.
- Dice Rolling — You roll dice and allocate hits and try to kill them off.
- Dungeon Crawl — Little mini dungeon crawl thing where you've got branching paths.
- Resource Management — Manage resources like food, bones, wood, and devotion.
- Worker Placement — You have limited spaces and your prophet will get more resources.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I do like the fact that it's um don't be the loser and there's no actual winner in a game that I think is quite cool.
- And I found this to be like really interesting. Like this was a cool twist on the trick taker.
- It's got a German name with Japanese writing on the back. It was kind of weird.
- But this just felt too random.
- I just felt like it's not really a strategic game. It's just basically the dice are going to dictate what you can do.
- I just found it a bit boring and found it underwhelming when everything resolved, you know.
- The expo is getting to the point where it's pricing itself out of being worth going.
- Remember, it's only a game.
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Crimsonboardgames Event Coverage at 2:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
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Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- went over to play Shug, which oh my god, I will back that straight away when I get home. Um, because that was amazing.
- it's so whimsical and unique.
- You're like exploring trying to find this mythical creature called Shug and you need to bring him back to the pub because there's this like prophecy or like legend that when you bring Shug back to the pub, the king will be defeated.
- all these like whimsical, nonsensical things. It was just very, very fun.
- I played Stack. Oh my god, that was great as well.
- Oh my god, that was crazy madness.
- It was so funny, so difficult, and just hilarious cuz you're like so uncomfortable sitting with all the sticks on your fingers and crazy.
- We played Mariners. I was very very excited to play this because just look at this artwork. Incredible.
- And the gameplay is so fun. I can't wait for this to get uh the Kickstarter release. I'm backing it straight away.
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