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2017
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Description
Hera, tired of Zeus' infidelity, decides to take her revenge and releases the Titans on Mount Olympus. In the ensuing battle, the power liberated by the combatants ignites in a combustion that shatters the Earth. In the ensuing deflagration, the weakest gods are obliterated, rendered down into the small fragments of power that constituted their being. The stronger ones were able to resist total annihilation but even their prodigious power could not save them entirely. As the survivors fell from the broken mountain, the shards of their divinity and the remnants of those that did not survive were scattered to the 4 corners of a now broken world.
As they awoke, each god found themselves to be but a shadow of their former selves. They were still mighty, stronger than any mortal that yet walked but they were no longer all powerful, no longer immortal. Each one could sense the fragments of power that had now fallen to the Earth and that by collecting these they could regain their former grandeur and, if they could but amass enough, stand at the front of a new Pantheon, reshaped in their image.
The world around them suffered as much as they did, the power released during the epic battle had ignited a cataclysm that reduced the beautiful land of Greece to a barren wasteland. Athens burns, Crete has sunken below the waves of the roiling seas and the immortal mount Olympus is now an ash covered wreck of its former glory. But this Event has not only affected the mortal realms. The underworld trembled from the blow even as a legion of fresh souls ran down the river Styx. Would that have been the extent of the underworld's involvement however...
Hades, having lost the majority of his power, no longer holds sway over the Underworld. The gates of hell are open and even though the River Styx prevents the weakest souls from regaining the mortal world, the strongest warriors, the mightiest heroes and the most vicious monsters have managed to claw their way back up the Styx and back to the surface.
As a new power struggle breaks out, Gods summon mortal survivors, returned heroes and reborn monsters to their side in their hunt for the shards of their lost power.
In Mythic Battles: Pantheon, it is these clashes between warbands, in the midst of a post-apocalyptic ancient Greece, that are the focal point of the game. Choose your God, draft your warband and take the fight to your enemies with the might of the most powerful beings from Greek mythology at your back.
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Board Games UnLocked Top List at 25:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- One of the best skirmish systems seen
- Dice system is unique and engaging
- Strategic depth in drafting teams
- Two win conditions add variety
- Meaningful repercussions for taking damage
- Sexy insert and good production value
- Ragnarok and Isfet expansions add new content
- Potential for Japan-themed expansion
Cons
- The dice combat system has a steep learning curve
- The game has a learning curve for combat
- Mythic Games originally had a hand in it, leading to potential issues before Monolith took over
Thematic elements
- Gods battling one another within mythologies
- Mythological settings
Comparison games
- Summoner Wars
- Hocas
- Mythic Battles: Ragnarok
- Mythic Battles: Isfet
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Army building — Players draft armies composed of gods, monsters, heroes, and troops, each with special abilities.
- Card Play — Players activate units using a hand of cards, with a deck that includes character-specific and 'Art of War' cards.
- Dice combat — Uses a unique dice system for combat resolution involving multiple rolls and adding dice together.
- multiple win conditions — Players can win by defeating the opponent's god or by collecting a certain number of objective tokens (runes/stones).
- Skirmish game — Features a skirmish system with a large amount of replayability due to army combinations and scenarios.
- Variable player powers — Each god, hero, or monster has unique abilities and actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Freelancers God this cover I think is awful yeah I I think it's the color scheme more so than anything like that that weird ass pink
- this one just encapsulates that that DND wackiness because they knew what they were doing with the writing this game is so [expletive] funny and legitimately the writing and voice acting is topnotch for it
- this game victorum on its own if you play the entire storyline is a long game
- if you miss it's just like well big old middle finger so I think the dice resolution kind of uh irks me
- this one is fun in a box that is Thunder Road Vendetta
- this would be this I could see a game that I would love to to get those extra copies cuz it just really would amp to the uh or add to the atmosphere
- if you take this game way too seriously or if you're playing with people who are taking this way too seriously get the [expletive] out of there
- the mechanics of it and everything was just hit right
- I think kind of in terms of what I want from Euros I don't really like the almost The Meta that this game has
- as for Pure deck building this is the best one I'd say just because of the sheer amount of content that it has in gameplay
- I really like the art for this game like a lot of people [expletive] on it and I'm I don't know why
- this is one of those games you know that that it has uh multiuse cards your your hand is your life all this different stuff you can play it on other people's turns to help to give other people benefits
- the monsters are constantly spawning it's just a constant barrage of of enemies
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Board Games UnLocked Review at 0:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging dice system that keeps players involved.
- Allows for tactical planning due to open knowledge.
- Strategic depth without being overly complex.
- Manageable complexity with distinct character abilities.
- Strong thematic integration.
- Bite-sized and quick setup.
- Satisfying strategic choices in dice rolls.
- Balanced randomness that doesn't dominate the game.
- Multiple paths to victory.
- The 'Art of War' advantage provides another layer of strategy.
- The combination of familiarity from skirmish games with unique dice and deck systems.
- The ability to combine with future expansions like Ragnarok.
- Not a pain to teach.
Cons
- Leader abilities can feel restrictive due to activation limits.
- The 'Leader' effect's requirement to move into a space to activate troops can feel awkward.
- Can devolve into armies clashing in the middle with limited maneuverability.
- Can feel like a pain in the ass to teach to players who aren't already familiar with similar games (though this is contradicted by another pro).
- Doesn't feel right to give a perfect 10 because it would likely only be played with certain people.
Thematic elements
- Mythology
Comparison games
- Joan of Arc
- Summoner Wars
- Memoir '44
- Titans
- BattleCON
- Undaunted
- Ankh
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combat — Combat involves attacking and defending, with units having health and armor stats that can decrease as they take damage.
- Deck Building/Management — A card system dictates actions, with players managing their decks and burning cards for effects. The discard pile is open knowledge.
- Dice Rolling — A dice system is used where players can combine or use dice results, with options to push luck or guarantee hits.
- Drafting — The game involves drafting units, allowing for strategic team building based on chosen roles like 'fast and support' or 'range and tank'.
- objective-based victory — Victory can be achieved through various modes, not just by eliminating opponents, such as absorbing 'Phallos' or preventing the opponent's god from dying.
- Re-deploy/Recall — A mechanic allows troops to be recalled or teleported to a god, representing reinforcements.
- Unit Activation — Units are activated, and certain abilities, like 'Leader', affect the activation limit and troop actions.
- Variable player powers — Each character has special abilities and talents that define their role and actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's easily the best uh skirmish game in my opinion
- definitely one of the game's biggest strengths is i it's the dice system
- this game is bite-sized and but it gives you enough tactical depth that you don't need twenty units with all these different keywords to bog down the game
- it's like you don't have to be complex to make your game like deep
- this game allows and helps me put theme into what's happening on the battlefield
- this game's pretty fantastic for me it just it feels balanced and whenever it doesn't feel balanced it feels thematic
- it just doesn't feel right giving you the 10. because i know for a fact probably that i would only play this game with you or josh
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Board Games UnLocked Playthrough at 0:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong thematic elements and lore.
- Visually appealing miniatures.
- Interesting unit abilities and synergies.
- Tactical depth with card play and dice rolls.
Cons
- Can be expensive due to ability costs.
- Complexity can lead to rule misunderstandings.
- Reliance on drawing specific cards can be frustrating.
Thematic elements
- Greek Mythology
Comparison games
- Cosmic Encounter
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area of Effect Attacks — Some abilities target multiple units in a specific area.
- Card Play — Players use cards from their hand to activate units, perform special actions, or modify rolls.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are rolled for attacks and defense, with results being modified or re-rolled.
- Rerolls — Players can reroll dice to improve attack or defense results.
- Set Collection / Deck Building (implied) — The discussion of deck size and drawing cards suggests elements of deck management.
- Target Redirection — Certain abilities allow players to change the target of an attack.
- Terrain interaction — Units can move onto and gain advantages from specific terrain features like rocks.
- Unit Abilities — Each unit has unique abilities that affect combat, movement, or card draw.
- Unit Activation — Players activate a limited number of units per turn to perform actions.
- Unit Buffs — Abilities that increase the offense or defense of friendly units in an area.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- "He has a defense of nine so if you have to hit nine and he also ignores the first wound that's ridiculous"
- "This is so expensive but it's sexy it is"
- "Achilles is a [__] troll that's what he is he's a troll"
- "He's just hiding behind a rock like [__]"
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Board Game Critique Analysis at 11:41 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- Genuinely impressive miniatures.
- Spectacular at the table.
Cons
- Rulebook is difficult to learn from.
- Important definitions appear after rules that depend on them.
- Sequence of a game round presented before components are explained.
- Ambiguity in combined power interactions.
- Rule book provides no resolution framework for ambiguity.
Thematic elements
- Tactical arena combat with mythological figures.
- Greek mythology
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- asymmetric units — Power interactions between units are central.
- Miniatures heavy — A miniatures heavy game.
- Tactical combat — Tactical arena combat.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Great games shipped with terrible rulebooks.
- The problem isn't the design, it's the documentation.
- When the gate is broken, it doesn't matter how amazing the garden behind it is.
- The rulebook is supposed to be the gate that lets you into the experience.
- This isn't getting better. We're not talking about ancient games... we're talking about high production releases from the last few years that arrived with rulebooks that simply do not work.
- That's not a learning curve, that is a wall.
- The rulebook tried as hard as it could to hide all the weird stuff.
- The cruelty of it is the context. This is a re-release.
- A reprint is supposed to be your second bite at the apple, your chance to sand down every rough edge.
- The BGG threads at launch were just flooded with rules questions, and people were asking whether later retail copies shipped with a corrected version, which is the most damning signal a rulebook can possibly send.
- The publisher rewrites the rulebook and releases the new version as a paid product.
- The irony is doing some heavy lifting there. That's almost too perfect.
- Players blame themselves first.
- And that is the real damage of a bad rulebook. It makes people feel stupid.
- There is a difference between density and dysfunction.
- A good rulebook scaffolds complexity. It layers information in the order a player needs it.
- The structure is so dense and so poorly sequenced that you consistently have to read it multiple times across multiple sessions before anything coheres.
- Community-built rule summaries became the standard learning tool, more reliable and more frequently consulted than the rulebook the game shipped with.
- More than a decade after release, the standard recommendation for new players is still to skip the rule book and watch a video tutorial first, which is a clear signal that the official documentation never became trustworthy enough to stand on its own.
- That's not an FAQ, that is a corrective supplement to a deficient primary document.
- That's what bad rule books generate, this cottage industry of third-party fixes that should never have been necessary.
- At some point, a pattern is a policy.
- The rule book was written for people who already know how to play.
- A game asking players to invest significantly in both time and money should not require that players outsource explanation to volunteer fans online.
- Simplicity is no protection.
- Writing a clear rule book is a separate skill from designing a clear game.
- When you've spent that much money and waited that long, opening the box to find a document that cannot explain how to play feels like a betrayal of the implicit contract between publisher and backer.
- Complexity is not an excuse for poor structure.
- Game designers are not naturally positioned to ask that question because they already know everything. They need editors who do not.
- Professional technical writers exist. Rule book editors exist as a dedicated specialty within the hobby now.
- Until publishers treat rule book production as a non-negotiable line item rather than an afterthought squeezed into the final weeks of production, we will keep having this conversation, and players will keep arriving at what should have been a great first session armed with a document that sets them up to fail.
- Every single game we've talked about today is worth playing.
- The rulebook failures we've documented are a reason to seek out community tutorials and third-party summaries and how to play videos before your first session. They are not a reason to avoid the games entirely.
- The rulebook is supposed to be the gate that lets you into the experience. And when the gate is broken, it doesn't matter how amazing the garden behind it is.
- The Conan rule books were universally panned, and that experience cost Monolith both bad press and the additional expense of rewriting and posting replacement rule books to backers.
- That's the line that should be tattooed on every studio's wall. A game designer understands their game completely and intuitively, which is exactly why they are poorly positioned to write the document that explains it to someone with zero context.
- Until publishers treat rule book production as a non-negotiable line item rather than an afterthought squeezed into the final weeks of production, we will keep having this conversation...
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The Dice Tower Top List at 10:34 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cool miniatures.
- Chucking dice and moving Greek gods around.
- Unique combat experience compared to other board games.
Cons
- Demanding game.
- Complex rule set.
- Requires effort to play.
Thematic elements
- Pantheons fighting other pantheons, giant monsters
- Greek mythology, Norse mythology, Egyptian mythology
Comparison games
- Lords of Hellas
- Warhammer
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players deploy units and engage in combat on the board.
- Dice Rolling — Central to the combat and actions.
- Miniatures combat — The game features miniatures for combat.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is heavy metal as a board game.
- Almost no space of the board is more than two steps away from another space. So pressure is always on.
- push your luck worker placement in a co-op game. Bizarre, but it works really well.
- I think the mythological part is much stronger.
- a really solid auction game. One of the best auction games there is.
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Meeple University Other at 1:08:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Great artwork
- High replayability due to different decks
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Described as a card drafting and placement game.
- Tile Placement — Described as a card drafting and placement game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I feel like it can feel a bit like solitaire at times, but it was a nice relaxing game to wind down with after a busy day.
- I love the artwork and the components for Son of a Stitch, it's really pretty.
- It's just you trying to be the best seamstress, you are kind of competing against each other but not in a really aggressive way.
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Analysis at 13:47 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- I have heard nothing but good things about this.
- It's one of the better ones.
Cons
- It's one of these big kickstarters and I was you know you got to spend a ton of money.
Thematic elements
- mythology
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's probably my least favorite out of the trilogy but I still like it
- it does some really cool stuff with like turn order and order of operations and kind of roll selection similar to like a Puerto Rico kind of thing and it kind of marries that with some traditional sort of area control jocking you know kinds of stuff
- it's another one I played I think only only once I might have played it twice I didn't really care for it
- the rule book was probably the main problem with it
- it felt like a big dud when it actually did come out
- we just got bored of and that's not that's all I can only say about it like there was nothing really terrible about it
- it just was like mediocre I think it's the right word for it
- season two I like better
- it's definitely the weirder quirkier sort of sister of the first one
- pandemic Legacy season one was the number one game
- mark my words or some other arrogant comment I said this will be the number one game on Board Game Geek by the end of the year
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TableTop Wolf Rules Teach sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Detailed special unit rules
- Varied gameplay
- Nemesis solo variant
- Multiple map setups
Cons
- Complex rule set
- Many special rules to remember
Thematic elements
- Mythological Combat
- Ancient Greek Mythology
- Strategic Battle Simulation
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Capturing unfollows (control points)
- Dice Rolling — Combat resolution using dice with special conversion rules
- Unit Activation — Drawing cards to activate units with special abilities
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Please bear in mind all of the Nemesis units can destroy unfollows tokens
- Most individually units have lots of special rules
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TableTop Wolf Top List at 13:23 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- one of the strongest war-game experiences
- balanced system with a comprehensive core set
Cons
- kickstarter exclusives and expansions can be access-limited
- component heft and price may deter casual players
Thematic elements
- epic warfare in a modular, all-in-one system
- Greek myth mythic battles with heroic units
- mythic-scale engagements
Comparison games
- X-Wing
- Dragon Rampant
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice manipulation — dice outcomes can be modified and re-rolled under certain conditions
- unit synergy and revival — units have special powers and some can return to play after losses
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I adore the changes that they made Darkness one felt very Diablo 3
- this is exactly what I’ve been searching for from war-gaming for 26 years
- the idea of fouling is very much welcome and addition
- I’m a sucker for an IP like that
- this game still holds up as number one for now
- the lack of a pushy look element … you’ll always feel relatively in control
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TableTop Wolf Playthrough sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Exciting gameplay
- Tactical depth
- Thematic richness
Cons
- Complex rules
- Potential for challenging solo play
Thematic elements
- Greek mythological battle
- Mythological Greece
- Tactical skirmish
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Controlling unfollows across the map
- Combat — Unit-based tactical combat with dice rolls
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- My heart was racing and I was generally perplexed with what to do at times
- I felt like everything was stacked against me
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