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2023
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Description
In Seas of Havoc, players take on the role of a unique captain of a ship in a naval combat game where players are competing for the most renown. Players can gain renown for discovering shipwreck and battling it out on the high seas.
The game is split between a combat phase on the high seas and an island phase where players send out their skiffs to worker placements to gain resources, improve their decks, repair and upgrade their ship. During the combat phase, Players will play out a hand of cards to maneuver their ship; navigating obstacles, searching shipwrecks and firing cannons at their opponents. Multi-use cards offer options as the battle unfolds and card bonuses reward smart play.
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Watch It Played Discussion at 2:33 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Looked like it would be a lot of fun
- Sneaky deck building game
- Blow up your friends with cannons
- Looks really cool
- Worker placement and card maneuvering is satisfying
- Definitely want to check out
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Naval Combat
- High seas
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — A sneaky deck building game where players improve their decks.
- Multi-Use Cards — The game's multi-use cards offer options as the battle unfolds.
- Worker Placement — Players send out their skiffs to work a place and spaces to gain resources, improve their decks, repair and upgrade their ship.
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- Books of Time puts its own twist on Tableau building and it allowing players to construct three great books each with their own set of special abilities that they can write thereby creating incredible contributions and the story of civilization is now truly at your fingertips
- we saw Rodney's teach and it's such a cool idea to build your own book kind of like a Choose Your Own Adventure but with a binder
- it feels like a new mechanism almost and that's very satisfying to me
- Tyrants of the Underdark a territory control game with a deck building element
- this is a great deck building and majority game have no mercy on your opponent be an opportunist take control of the underdog cities buy cards you can combine the most effective way
- the only thing I don't like is the poor token quality upgrade them for the premium 3D tokens if you can afford it
- when the enthusiasm for a game from someone else makes you want to try it that is how I feel about Tyrant of the Under dark Chaz has made it a game that I uh definitely want to give a shot to at the very least
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top List at 11:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- absolutely hilarious
- had so much fun playing
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- pirate adventure
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Adventure — Players engage in activities like getting stuff, attacking, and traveling.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Three sisters I don't like a lot of rolling rights it's not my jam but three sisters I think is one of the greatest rolling rights that's ever been made
- this is just chaotic
- it's just crazy like Cosmic chaos fun as you're moving around
- this is probably the C game I've played the most of all time this is the game I play the most I probably have several thousand of this game because you don't just play it once this is the kind of game that you play and then you play again and then you play again
- this is personally my favorite in the Forbidden series but this is also just kind of a placeholder for the Forbidden series
- this is also a Cooperative game uh but in this game basically you have uh you are playing kind of as the people or the the island itself and you are fighting off people who are trying to come to your islands
- I think code names duet it's a it's a two-player game they made code names they made it two-player and it is so difficult just as difficult as code names but even like kind of more so
- this is going to be race to the raft
- I like this so much more than I love cats and I don't hear getting talked about a lot play race of the ra people it's really fun
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Discussion at 7:15 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- island phase aspect adds depth
- solo mode available
Cons
- adversarial play may not appeal to all players
Thematic elements
- naval battles and island-resource gathering
- open seas with pirate-themed conflicts
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- combat / naval battles — ship-to-ship engagements with island phases
- Resource Management — collect resources to upgrade ships/crew
- resource_gathering — collect resources to upgrade ships/crew
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Quotes (from this video)
- I've actually got it on the table I'm learning to play it right now so we are going to be doing a full play through
- we are going to be doing a full play through including the unboxing and final thoughts video of Lords of Ragnarok
- I am excited for it I am enjoying this series
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