Game Info
Year
2023
Players
2-8
Age
12+
Playtime
120 min
Complexity
2.8/5
Collection
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 34:49 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Creative character deck building
- Engaging card play and chaining
- Impressive miniatures
- Can be customized to shorten game time
- Good for D&D fans looking for a miniatures game
Cons
- Setup can be time-consuming
- First play can be confusing
- Large table presence
- Can take a long time to play
Thematic elements
- Dungeons and Dragons
Comparison games
- Onslaught
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Advantage/Disadvantage — Incorporates D&D 5e concepts of rolling two D20s and taking the highest (advantage) or lowest (disadvantage).
- Card chaining — Certain cards have special icons allowing them to be chained to movement or attack actions for boosts.
- Deck construction — Characters are created by combining different decks, and players use their personal deck to drive actions.
- Initiative Rolling — Players roll a D20 to determine turn order, with monsters activating at a fixed initiative.
- Quest Completion — Players earn victory points by completing various quests, such as defeating the opposing team, monsters, or destroying altars.
- Skill checks — Skill checks are resolved using D20s, with players drafting skills they want to be good at to increase success chances.
- team-based play — Players form teams to compete against each other.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hey y'all it's time for Rolling Dice and taking names
- We lost a giant in the music industry just recently that was a song by Tony Bennett who passed away
- I'm I'm warn out because in the last episode that we just had we talked about some long care businesses is something we do here and so I got it replaced
- The access ramp to miniature games is usually very expensive to get on
- It's right there start here
- I think that was a great idea
- What we have here is a failure to communicate best movie ever
- Oppenheimer it needs to be seen in the theater for the sound alone
- This is inhumane
- Oh man not not much gets under my skin imagine that
- we need to switch to another type of food to something to try on taste buds
- This is good it tastes like a take on tropical punch
- As of this recording Imperial miners is still not up for pre-order
- it definitely has room for expansions
- I don't know anything about the IP so I can't be disappointed in this game by the IP and what they do with it
- I think it's a very clever game with the card play
- This game was designed by my buddy Nick U who does the stuff on media Vania with us
- this is a competitive two-player board game you're controlling a team of characters not just one
- Trials of Tempest is more of like a dungeon Crawley team versus Team based thing
- This other one's meant to be a competitive game that plays in a shorter amount of time
- This game is out right now this is Charles of tempus
- this is a skirmish game in the Star Trek universe
- Star Trek it wasn't about blowing each other up this wasn't Star Wars where you're trying to cut people in half with lightsabers it's about technology it's about peace it's about expanding the universe in your knowledge
- I was whining when we were playing because it felt like Marty's missions were way simpler than mine
- You can have uh your support cards could be like things like weapons where you attach a weapon to a person
- So that's the deal you're having to doal uh go with that
- And I can't believe that now I'm doing some other festival and I'm going around jumping for loot bags and Guild Wars too
- I think the reason why is because when those first came out on the Nintendo Super Nintendo I was just into action games I just wasn't into that
- I felt like well I'm just behind cuz I haven't played any of them not realizing they aren't a sequential story they're all their own story
- I am on that Quest so I'm excited for Mega Muson
- it depends on whether I can gain the system again this year for a win
- I think I'm going Be the One gaming the system cuz I know how it's going to happen it's going to be me but we will take it home
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The Discriminating Gamer Top List at 0:58 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun team game
- Cool monsters
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Dungeons and Dragons
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Fighting monsters — You're kind of fighting against each other, but you're also fighting on these monsters.
- Team Game — A fun team game where you are kind of moving throughout, you know, various, you know, dungeons.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Builders of Balders's Gate is a great city building game where you are getting these building cards and kind of forming a tableau in front of you, but you also there's a bit of a push your luck aspect here.
- It's really a lot of fun. We actually had a blast with this game. Absolutely fell in love with it. I love this kind of when I talk about Euros, this is the kind I absolutely love. Deeply thematic, beautiful production, great minis for parts of the buildings, the fortifications that you build, and just really fun.
- There's a great tension there because you never knew where the attack was going to hit next because it's a it's a pull from a bag and really a lot of fun.
- Dungeons and Dragons Conquest of Nearoth is essentially Axis and allies in Dungeons and Dragons. Instead of bombers, you've got uh dragons. Instead of tanks, you've got wizards, right?
- It does not reward turtling. You can't just sit there and build up. You've got to go out and attack. That's how you're going to score points in the game.
- This is a great light war game. Some great minis. I love the the dice you're rolling. You're rolling different kinds of dice. It's a tremendous tremendous light war game with this wonderful Dungeons and Dragons theme.
- I am sad it is no longer in print.
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