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Year
2024
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
60 min
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Description
In this city that he has made into the pride of Kaan, the Ilkral has eyes and ears at every corner. He is a beloved ruler, but there is an ambition in him that will not rest until all of Kaan has bent the knee. I fear he will burn our homeland to ash and scatter it on the winds if it stands in his way.
Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan is a mythical action-adventure cooperative campaign full of surprising twists with a sprawling story and intense fights played in episodes of under an hour.
The game offers an accessible, RPG-like board game experience for 1 to 4 players. Meaningful narrative choices and action-packed combat scenes are the heart of the game. You will take on the role of a hero and backflip, double-slash and charge your way to victory! The app-driven story lets you navigate your way through a city full of intrigue and your choices will ultimately determine the fate of the empire.
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Fateforge: Chronicles of Kaan is an action adventure for newcomers and expert players alike. This app-driven game immerses you into a rich and involved fantasy RPG world without the need for a gamemaster, while also tackling the considerable learning curve of many dungeon crawlers.
The length of each game session is flexible. You can comfortably play through a combat and several story scenes in 1 hour, or spend the whole evening with your friends immersed in a thrilling adventure.
After completing a carefully curated tutorial to ease you into the campaign, you will meet increasingly challenging situations and surprising encounters where you’ll have to combine the full potential of your hero’s abilities to succeed. The story adapts to the outcome of each combat, leading you down different paths of its sprawling branches, offering a unique experience with each playthrough.
During your journey, the app guides you like a true gamemaster. It remembers and reacts to your choices, often when you least expect it to. It also handles all the admin, tells the story and sets the atmosphere, so you can focus on the gameplay and be the hero in your adventure.
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Board Stupid Top 10 List at 4:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- strong visual aesthetic and lore-rich presentation
- fast-paced action with storytelling elements
- high production values described as fantastic
Cons
- no explicit cons noted in transcript
Thematic elements
- mythology and adventure in a Celtic-inspired saga
- fantasy world with mythic and scholarly storytelling elements
- story-first with card-driven actions and card interactions
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- open drafting with storytelling cards — players draft cards that touch their worker and unlock combos
- placement and activation — placing workers to touch cards and trigger abilities in a cascading fashion
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Quotes (from this video)
- the shiniest Euro you will ever see
- relaxing but competitive in a way
- it's simply fantastic with this Rondell mechanism
- this takes the essence of foundation of Rome and brought in Foundation of metropolis
- my God were we both impressed with Ironwood
- this is our number one to buy at Essen 2024
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Board Gaming Ramblings Analysis at 12:39 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really liked the first impressions
- Simple yet thinky combat
- Cleverly done to feel simple without losing interestingness
- Bite-sized combat scenes
Cons
- Only played a quarter of the game
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign play — The game has a campaign structure with acts and scenarios.
- Combat System — Features a very simple but thinky combat system.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Time is weird because it goes very quickly and also slowly at the same time.
- It was so fun. And it was so frustrating when you try you have a plan and you don't do the thing that you're trying to do, but it was very very fun.
- I'm basically decided that I was going to surprise you with relearning the rules and getting that back to the table so that you didn't have fun with it is kind of sad.
- My biggest surprise for real is Stevens. Uh because I like uh Roll & Costa, the designers. We played games from them before a lot of them that we really liked, but Stevens was like something else and I just keep getting uh what you call it? Like uh impressed by their skills of making games.
- I would rather play Via Nebula if I'm playing like a pick up and deliver like gateway game.
- It's a distilled campaign experience. Every like the the combat has been like 45 minutes. There's only like these called combat scenes because you're going to have only like three or four rounds. It's not like oh this combat might last three hours. It's made to be more bite sized.
- It's just like it is plain fun. It is one of those games where I just have fun while I play it. It gives me that feeling of I am having fun.
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 9:07
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none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It was fantastic. It was just there was so much stuff going on that was really enjoyable.
- Well, I think there's that one Warhammer guy that syn There's some synthesizer show synthesizer synthesizer shows that I watch that have been around for a long time.
- We must slay them.
- Thanks for nothing, Danny Nunan.
- It's like, Oh, honey, I'm so sorry.
- This is the longest running weekly live stream thing held on YouTube 10 years or so in a row.
- Americans don't even like America.
- It's not like we're keeping track here yeah, who's keeping score
- Oh, really? Runner up code names.
- You don't make a podcast.
- I mean, the definition I don't even know what you're saying.
- You're just making up words.
- So defeist.
- Yeah, that gumballs.com. They suck.
- This is not a good website.
- The two eyes are swords.
- It's like, how does anybody know this guy exists?
- I'm always impressed when things like that exist.
- Oh, yeah. I guess you can. Yes, you can. But that's not the same because podcast is a different
- It's like, oh, you know, use use use non like you have didn't make this game colorblind uh friendly.
- Be excellent to one another as Bill and Ted would say.
- The fact that the dice rolls were so unlucky against me.
- I love the game, but it's when those dice rolls don't go your way.
- It's like, Oh, you know, should he fight the wolves or should he run away?
- This is the most evil, most powerful terrorist organization in the world that never wins.
- It's like, 'No, nobody's died. This is realistic.'
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Board Games UnLocked Top List at 1:41:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Great combat system
- Good story
- Punchy and fits busy lifestyles
- Diverse characters
- Tactically engaging and quick combat
- Good branching and interesting choices
- Interesting fail-forward mechanics
Cons
- Dice can be punishing
- Requires finding many tiles for scenarios
- Lots of reading for the story
- App narrator is not ideal
Thematic elements
- JRPG, Combat, Story
- Fantasy
- Character-driven
Comparison games
- Kingdoms 4
- Elder Scrolls
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- app integration — Utilizes an app for narration, which the speaker found subpar.
- Battle Mode — Includes a battle mode for quick, level-up focused fights.
- Campaign — A campaign game with branching choices and narrative progression.
- Character Diversity — Characters are super diverse.
- Combat System — Features a quick and tactically engaging combat system.
- Dice combat — Combat relies on dice rolls, which can be punishing.
- Fail forward — Introduces interesting fail-forward mechanics where terrible things can happen but the campaign continues.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is what Seventh Continent wanted to be.
- Distant Skies is a cleaner, more streamlined system.
- Primeial Apparel is like the the, you know, a third as long, like little it it it's done before it can get broken version.
- The game kicks me in the nard sometimes.
- Aon Trespass Odyssey to me does everything better.
- So damn cool.
- The rule book is awful.
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Discussion at 50:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Easy to set up
- Wooden discs for enemies are clear
- Good story
- Varied and quick scenarios
- Interesting tactical positioning
- Quick gameplay (20-30 minutes per scenario)
- Characters play differently
Cons
- Expansion not yet played
Thematic elements
- Dungeon crawler
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- app-assisted — Uses an app to handle behind-the-scenes math.
- Campaign play — Played 'about halfway through the campaign'.
- Dice Rolling — Gameplay involves 'rolling dice'.
- Dungeon Crawler — Described as 'another dungeon crawl'.
- Resource Management — Mentions 'some of the resource management'.
- Variable player powers — The characters play very differently.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm going to throw it out. I'm So all day I'm just gonna say Don and I'll let you guys decide who I'm actually talking to because I have not figured out a good way to do it without like long names here.
- The little epilogue, we were laughing reading it like actually out loud laughing, not like, 'Oh, that's funny.' Like legitimately funny as you go through.
- And this one uses an app that I my understanding is it does like all kind of the behind the scenes math and stuff for you.
- It's like if you know Alan Moon did Oathsworn you'd be like what?
- This game is crazy pants. It is hard and I love it.
- It's deadly if you focus on all of them.
- This is the kind of game that you could play many
- I adore that that's on there, especially in a two-player game.
- If you want a free lunch, go eat your house
- And that's a testament of a really really good game, especially one as heavy as Sweetlands.
- Stuper Monday is one of those games that similar to Sweetlands. It's not as deep, it's not as heavy as Sweetlands, but when it comes to timing, efficiency of actions, and uh sort of using cards to do actions, it's it's right there in that sweet spot.
- This is a train game but with magic. And the magic matters because basically it's like ah gosh I can't connect my train to this spot. Magic. And now I just teleport over it and I keep moving the stuff.
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Unboxing at 0:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Storydriven co-op action adventure
- App integration is present but not overly dominant
- Nice art style, watercolor feel
- Map looks and feels like parchment
- Good component quality, especially tokens and miniatures
- Drawer-like storage system is functional
- Quick setup and easy storage
- 60-minute sessions
- Easy to learn
- Detailed miniatures
- Limited deluxe edition adds value
Cons
- Some unsleeved cards were present in the used copy
- Boss miniatures do not fit in the base box for storage
- The map tiles might be a pain to put together for setup
Thematic elements
- storydriven
Comparison games
- Cthulhu Death May Die
- Dungeons of Doria
- Star Wars Imperial Assault
- Soul and Sorcery
- Tales from the Red Dragon Inn
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Adventure — The game is a 'co-op action adventure'.
- app integration — The game is 'app driven'. The host notes that story bits are on cards, which is preferred over app use.
- Campaign play — The host likes 'campaign games'.
- Character progression — The host likes games where you 'have a character with like specific abilities and you can like level up, skill up, uh also like get like new equipment'.
- Combat System — The game has an 'innovative fast-paced combat system'.
- cooperative play — The game is described as 'storydriven co-op'. The host questions why players have individual boards if it's cooperative.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are present for characters and general gameplay.
- Legacy/Unlockable Content — The presence of locked boxes and unlockable cards suggests a legacy or campaign element.
- map exploration — The game features 'immersive map exploration'.
- miniatures — The game includes hero and boss miniatures, which the host finds detailed and well-made.
- scenario based — The host likes 'scenario based games'.
- Set Collection — The game involves collecting cards and tokens.
- Story Driven — The game is 'storydriven' and the host likes 'story driven games' and 'everything with the story'.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Immersive map exploration, storydriven co-op, action adventure, you know, innovative fast-paced combat system.
- Sounds good. Sounds like every everything I am looking for. Easy to learn and set up.
- The art style is very cool. I like this like kind of like a watercolor style a little bit.
- This is a nice map. Very cool.
- It's like on camera it doesn't come across that great. It's uh it's like almost like looks like parchment, right? Very cool. And it also feels very nice.
- Wow. Then I got a really good copy here. Amazing.
- So, here are more cards. You learned your rescue failed. Okay, this is like all kind of story stuff. That's interesting because you do have an app, right? It's kind of interesting that you actually do two have say story bits on the cards which I like. The less the app is used the better, right?
- These are like really nice wooden discs, right? Dided. Very, very cool.
- These look very nice. Like the art style is amazing. Like really amazing. I mean it. This is really great. I really like this art style.
- See, everything fits in here really well. It's kind of cool that I got like these card holders as well.
- These are, by the way, these are also primed by the owner, right? The owner of the game primed these before. That's why they look a little bit nicer than they usually look.
- These miniatures. They look amazing. Wow. Especially since they're primed, it looks a lot nicer.
- These are some of the nicest looking miniatures I've seen in a while, I think.
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Review at 0:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Underrated and doesn't get enough love
- Beautiful components (boxes, miniatures, thick cardboard)
- Map is beautiful and immersive
- Rulebook is a masterpiece and easy to understand
- App integrates well and doesn't dominate the game
- Wonderful story and campaign structure
- Unique system for managing health and energy
- Easy to learn and get engaged with
- High quality components
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- dungeon crawler
- app-driven story
Comparison games
- Posthuman
- Evacuation Earth
- Days of Iron Budapest
- Clash of Immortals
- Kin of the Wild
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- App-driven gameplay — The game is run by an app that assists with gameplay, story, and tasks like enemy activation and combat.
- Campaign play — The game is structured as a campaign.
- Character saving — Save boxes are provided to save characters as players progress through the game.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are used for actions, including movement, criticals, and attacks. They are rolled in a preparation phase.
- initiative order — There is a clear initiative order displayed that shows who goes next, including enemy turns.
- Modular Board — The game uses tiles to set up the play area depending on the mission.
- Phased turns — Gameplay is broken down into phases: preparation, action, hero turns, enemy reactions, enemy turns, and cleanup.
- Resource Management — Energy and health are important resources that are not fully replenished each turn, requiring smart management.
- Skill attribution — Players can attribute different skills, including level one and level two skills, which can provide benefits like extra damage or defense.
- Solo Play — The game can be played solo, with the app tailoring the experience.
- Tableau Building — Each player character has their own tableau.
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Quotes (from this video)
- And I think it's a really, really underrated game and doesn't get as much love as it should.
- And it is Fate Forge: Chronicles of Kan.
- They're save boxes, so you're going to have certain cards like that that you're going to be able to unleash and and do and you're going to get a ton of these these these boxes, which is really, really, really nice.
- And and that's a real home run for me.
- This is spelled out so easily.
- This is an app driven driven game but the app does not take over the game, okay?
- between the app and and this wonderful rulebook, this is a masterpiece.
- And I can't say it enough.
- And the best way you're going to see that is when we do a playthrough of it.
- if you do not have Fate Forge Chronicle of Khan, I'm telling you right now run out and get it.
- And the quality of the components are ridiculous.
- this is one that's been around for a little bit and I think gets gets swept under the radar a bit.
- Go check it out. You will not be disappointed.
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Board Stupid Review at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- exceptional production quality and components
- clever map tiles and multi-purpose tokens that keep setup tidy
- tight, puzzle-like combat flow with satisfying sequencing
- app-driven storytelling that reduces admin and pacing issues
- episodic sessions fit neatly into an hour-long play window
- bright, readable art and color-coding for quick on-table read of enemies
- high replay potential through branching choices and multiple hero classes
Cons
- reliance on the app introduces risk if future support wanes
- narration is text-based rather than voice acted, which may affect immersion for some
- setup/teardown is non-trivial despite the design aiming for efficiency
- some players may dislike the moderate complexity and need for strategic planning
Thematic elements
- mythical action-adventure, cooperative narrative driven dungeon crawler
- City of Esia, a vibrant, Eastern-flavored metropolis where intrigue and danger intersect
- episodic choose-your-own-story with branching paths and in-game story cards
Comparison games
- Vengeance
- Gloomhaven
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- app-driven narrative — the app manages narrative progression, tracks encounters, and adjusts difficulty to balance challenge and pacing
- Dice Drafting — players assemble and modify a small pool of dice, choosing how to use faces to achieve moves, attacks, and skills
- dice_pool construction and manipulation — players assemble and modify a small pool of dice, choosing how to use faces to achieve moves, attacks, and skills
- enemy tokens with predetermined AI — double-sided, color-coded enemy tokens that are read for their activation order and effects; no hidden randomness beyond card draws in some cases
- rest and downtime economy — periods between encounters allow healing, upgrading, and equipment buys using time/energy tokens
- Simultaneous Actions — each round you select a stance that changes available actions and can unlock new combos
- stances and actions sequencing — each round you select a stance that changes available actions and can unlock new combos
- story cards and unlocks — major story beats trigger story cards that advance plot and unlock new mechanics, items, or encounters
- tile-based city exploration — a colorful, non-grid map using modular tiles to render a living city and location discoveries
- Tile/Map Shifting — a colorful, non-grid map using modular tiles to render a living city and location discoveries
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Quotes (from this video)
- Fate Forge is a fantastic dungeon crawling co-op puzzle.
- The app-driven story lets you navigate your way through a City full of intrigue.
- It's episodic, one-hour-per-session storytelling done really well.
- The engine is tight and you can predict enemy behavior, which helps planning.
- Pack-up is effortless; everything fits back in the box neatly and quickly.
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Board Stupid Discussion at 1:11 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Innovative action-oriented dungeon crawl with deep RPG elements
- High production value: art, components, and deluxe tokens
- App integration enhances narrative flow and combat setup
- Strong replayability via branching storylines and upcoming expansions
Cons
- Narrative heavy for players who dislike story-driven games
- Setup can be fiddly and map-focused
- Difficulty can be challenging, may require optional easy mode for accessibility
Thematic elements
- Adventure, teamwork, branching fate through player choices
- Fantasy RPG world with two intertwined modes: narrative/story-driven and tactical dungeon crawl.
- Branching, choice-driven story complemented by app-driven progression
Comparison games
- Zombie Side
- Mighty Boards Vengeance Series
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- App Assisted — The app guides story progression, encounter setup, loot and chest contents, and ongoing state tracking
- App-driven storytelling and setup — The app guides story progression, encounter setup, loot and chest contents, and ongoing state tracking
- Dice allocation and conversion — Custom dice allocated per character class; dice results can be transformed to fuel different actions or combos
- Resource and corruption management — Life/energy counters and corruption cards influence rest, turns, and penalties across scenarios
- Resource Management — Life/energy counters and corruption cards influence rest, turns, and penalties across scenarios
- Two-phase combat — Preparation phase to roll dice behind a screen, followed by action phase with potential enemy reactions
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- the app is very well done
- it's an app but it's very well done
- the map is very detailed
- the production is very lovingly done
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Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Review at 0:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- App-guided campaign reduces learning curve and automates DM duties
- Solo or group play supported with shared progression
- Branching, evolving story with multiple endings
- Accessible yet deep combat and narrative with add-ons
- Expansions add new character types and campaign variability
- Over 30 hours of base content with additional add-ons planned
Cons
- Dice-driven combat can feel luck-dependent
- Rule complexity grows with campaigns and expansions
- Reliance on companion app may deter players who prefer pure tabletop
Thematic elements
- cinematic action sequences with branching storytelling and narrative-driven campaign
- Mythical city of Safir
- branching, app-guided, consequences-based progression
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign and campaign pacing — Fixed number of rounds per combat; timing creates tension and penalties or opportunities based on success/failure
- Card Crafting — Skill cards unlock abilities, weapons, armor and items; players mix and match to customize builds
- Character cards and equipment — Skill cards unlock abilities, weapons, armor and items; players mix and match to customize builds
- Combat: Dice — Each hero has a distinct color dice set; dice rolled to resolve actions with potential for misses and luck mitigation
- dice pool combat — Each hero has a distinct color dice set; dice rolled to resolve actions with potential for misses and luck mitigation
- DM automation — App handles DM duties; players act collectively to drive plot and combat
- Exhaustion and resource tracking — Health and energy tokens track damage and fatigue; exhaustion can lead to knockouts and revival by teammates
- Initiative and order management — Initiative tile helps set player order and planning both pre and during combat
- Narrative app integration — Companion app guides setup, tracks progress, stores choices, and unlocks branching story paths
- Three-phase combat — Preparation phase with simultaneous dice rolls, followed by action phase and enemy reactions
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This game has quite a few components and an interesting blend of combat and storytelling
- the app guides the story provides instructions for setting up each combat and story encounter and tracks each session's progress it also remembers past choices and reintroduces them later in the story
- fate Forge doesn't require one of the players to act as a dungeon master instead all of the players can fully participate in the adventure with the app taking over the game Master's duties
- overall fate forge's rule set is intended to be as accessible as possible and easy to learn while still offering a deep immersive experience
- there's even different endings possible depending on how events have unfolded throughout a specific storyline
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the app will tell you which enemies to lay out as well as all the items that you'll see there and it'll show you exactly how to lay out the entire combat scene
- decisions in this game are going to be made with limited communication
- i have this hidden token
- we are all set up here for our two-player game of fateboard chronicles
- the scene that we are going to be showcasing is technically part of the kind of intro scenario so hopefully this won't ruin anything for you all
- we've made decisions that got us here today
- it's all driven via the app
- the app will tell you exactly how to lay out the entire combat scene
- you cannot tell me what to do
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