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Year
2021
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Waiting on more creator content
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Waiting on more creator content
Description
The first big expansion of Maracaibo features several modules and scenarios, e.g. pushing the predominant nations out of the Caribbean (in competitive or cooperative mode). Other elements are asymmetrical player abilities, a new optional stories and legacy tiles as well as new project cards. Solo fans will encounter a new rival ("Jacque").
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Board Games UnLocked Top List at 2:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds good modules.
- Individual player powers are awesome.
- Enhances the overall game without drastically changing it.
- Expands on campaign elements.
Cons
- Not strictly needed as the base game already had a lot.
Thematic elements
- Playing for or against an uprising, mercenary combat
- Mercenary conflict on islands
- Campaign elements expanding on base game story
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Changes how battles are done by allowing players to liberate areas.
- asymmetrical player powers — Introduces unique abilities for each player.
- Campaign play — Expands on the base game's campaign elements with tile overlays and story elements.
- Endgame Scoring Modification — One module changes endgame scoring to be based on fighting for the uprising instead of nationality.
- Modular Board — Adds modules that can be chosen and added to the game, offering variety.
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Quotes (from this video)
- expansion should always enhance the game not fix anything because that just means the base game was broken to begin with
- The aliens the new aliens that they've added are insane
- this one I think is just I think it's elegant I really like this one a lot more
- this was a no-brainer of my favorite expansion of the year
- expansions should always enhance the game not fix anything because that just means the base game was broken to begin with
- This was obviously my number one
- Cole as the designer for root does such a great job of making sure that every faction feels asymmetric and plays you know completely different from one another
- People can fight them for those relics and get victory points for defeating them but they get tougher if they're holding relics
- The lord of the hundreds is probably the most aggressive action that I think has been added
- Their leader has is like bipolar or has like multiple personality because his mood changes
- This one was a no-brainer of my favorite expansion of the year
- it was a blast how all the mechanics went together it was beautiful on the table
- just the gameplay was seamless
- I really like this one a lot more
- Dune is frustrating
- this one I think is just elegant
- this one just looks so much nicer too that is also very pretty
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Getting Games Top 29 List at 21:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- pushing predominant nations out of the Caribbean in a modular expansion
- Caribbean; colonial powers
Comparison games
- Maracaibo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- competitive and cooperative modes — Expansion supports both competitive and cooperative play
- Modules and scenarios — Expansion adds several modules and scenarios
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Quotes (from this video)
- the roman republic is coming to an end but not before a power struggle between caesar and pompeii
- this expansion has several modules and scenarios
- this is a cooperative deck construction dice rolling game
- this is going to be their big essence spiel release later on in the game
- Sleeping Gods is the latest game from Red Raven Games
- Terra Futura is an engine building card game in which you build your land of tomorrow
- the big thing ... if you connect a port early you increase the stock value
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Getting Games Discussion at 22:26 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- cooperative mode feels like playing Maracaibo with friends
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- european conflict/invasion (expanded modules) with cooperative play
- campaign-like with modules
Comparison games
- Maracaibo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — two new cooperative modules. cooperative play with teamwork
- cooperative modules — two new cooperative modules. cooperative play with teamwork
- thematic inversion — inverted theme where players remove Europeans from the map
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- i am an accidental videographer
- the video output has been a lot less
- engine building is not a mechanism
- i've spent a lot of time zooming around with the camera
- the video versions are getting more views than the podcast downloads
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