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Game Info
Year
2023
Players
2
Age
14+
Playtime
90 min
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Description
The Star Wars: Shatterpoint game lets players alter the fate of the galaxy from the Core Worlds to the Outer Rim.
To start, each player builds a strike team of iconic Star Wars characters, whether thematic squads straight from the Star Wars galaxy such as Ahsoka Tano and Bo-Katan Kryze, or Lord Maul and his loyalist super commandos, or a custom squad that's optimized to complete the various mission objectives for the current game. You then pit your squad against another one, using your characters' special abilities and diverse combat skills to control the flow of battle as you race to complete dynamically evolving mission objectives.
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Watch It Played News at 2:30 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Features iconic Star Wars characters.
- Focuses on tactical battles.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Iconic Star Wars characters in tactical battles
- Star Wars galaxy (core worlds to outer rim)
- Evokes 80s and 90s animated lineups
Comparison games
- Star Wars X-Wing
- Star Wars Armada
- Star Wars Legion
- Marvel Crisis Protocol
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- miniature skirmish — A miniature skirmish game where players build and command a strike team of iconic characters.
- Squad Building — Flexible squad building game that invites players to create custom and unique strike teams.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I mean seriously hello
- look I like crime as much as the next guy and contrary to popular belief crime does pay and it makes you look cool
- The design and development of Star Wars shatterpoint miniatures game is really our love letter to the excitement and energy of being a kid on Saturday mornings
- which is why I'm bad at this game of area control tile placement negotiation and of course a bit of dice rolling
- I'm sure to be checking it out
- I am well and truly intrigued
- I've always wanted to jump into this system it looks fun I've Heard lots of good things about its mind melty nature so maybe this is my chance
- this is your chance to meet the other sponsor that helped make this episode possible Wayland games
- I love this type of thing it makes me smile
- I bet it's lovely
- I want to thumb through a scurvy rule book as soon as I get a chance
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Tabletop Minions Analysis at 3:17 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- uses custom dice
Thematic elements
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 rules are are how you play the game it's not the lore it's not the art it's not even like the models or the terrain it's the rules that Drive the experience of the game play
- I want to tell you about some things some mechanics and stuff like that that I don't personally like to see in wargaming Miniatures design
- I believe that companies want to use custom dice for their games because then it's just another thing that you have to buy from them
- War doesn't happen in an orderly fashion
- you as the player have a certain amount of agency over your own force and that's important to making them feel like your own force
- analysis paralysis when when trying to build a new list if you just give them the list up front right so that they don't have to worry about well how many of these should I take and did I take enough of those and do I have enough points and all that kind of stuff it just allows them to then focus on learning the game
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:49:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- terrain can be used for 28mm games
Cons
- terrain is technically 40mm scale
Thematic elements
- Star Wars
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I don't not every game needs to have deep lore Some people just want to play fun games Some people want to take the lore from game a and bring it into a game B where they like the rules better
- lore is interchangeable so you know one of my favorite games out there is space weirdos it has literally no lore it's fine I make up lore on the Fly
- I like the fact that they're giving you options to play with the models you already have without having to go through and go geez I don't know what are they trying to get a point like what is this again you're like well these guys are supposed to be tyranids oh well it didn't come across as tyranids or whatever I have a whole bunch of tyranids and so I should use this
- the rules are generic not the lore
- Are they officially model agnostic I mean sure yeah you can use whatever ever models you want I mean to be fair every game is officially model agnostic even if they don't say it is it is
- I just don't like moving them in a chunk I like being able to move them separately I don't like that that just here's a thing and the the type of play where it's like well this part has to wheel over and do this and then then you're attacking from a flank
- rivenstone is the game that you're talking about
- the problem is this well it's not the problem here's the most recent answer they still haven't produced the stuff yet but the most recent email I got from them which I think was in July was them saying another company is basically buying the game from us and they will do the production and the the Fulfillment
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 16:58
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Pros
- Finishing models for the game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- The Bad Batch
- Star Wars
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I bought wargs this weekend because of your video made them sound cool well there you go that's pretty cool I hope you have a good time building them and painting them and then playing games with them
- I swear they said we were going to get rid of this Daylight Saving Shenanigans and as everything else in the government nothing happened well nothing good at least
- I don't mind it in the fall kind of I mean other than the fact all a sudden everything gets real dark and spooky all the time but that extra hour of sleep is sort of dope but yeah then you know in the spring they they steal it from you which is a bummer
- I don't know what an ice NAD is but it sounds sounds sounds icy
- To quote kitan from Batman the Brave and the Bold Ben Franklin was a fraud
- I think there is too much weight on dice roll which removes maybe skill or for luck with the action success
- The pain of wanting to play a game my area doesn't want to play it's real y'all I'm trying old world and Middle Earth
- I'll be real Frank with you folks I haven't signed up to be in an event in a minute it's like cuz usually I'm there and I'm doing other stuff but I haven't taken a class or signed up for events or anything like that
- I literally just want you to send it to me in a cardboard box and that I can recycle easily that's literally all I want I am unimpressed completely by packaging
- the trick will be parking that bus
- Harbinger of failure
- I love when Amazon offers the minimalist packaging option for things usually a lot easier to get whatever I bought
- the Virtual Boy was the Google stadia of its day
- Companies will absolutely use the tariffs as an excuse to sneak in price increases in blame tariffs
- I think that they're very much stuck in this situation where they're like things are going well somehow inexplicably and so let's continue doing it even though there may be some writing on the wall that reducing model count would maybe get more people into the hobby which could then end up being better
- there's no benefit that's the problem with tech these days is that they're like trying to figure out how to it's like they learned how to do a thing and now they're trying to shoehorn it into stuff to make it a product
- If I could get AI to clean the toilet that'd be great
- I think machine learning AI where it's like doing a thing that saves you a whole bunch of time that's what I that's what I want more of that less of the other thing less of the the um what is it the um when you take somebody else's writing plagiarism less of the plagiarism machine and a little bit more of the saving me time machine that'd be great
- the way that you roll can be kind of also modified depending as well and then that'll tell you basically you need a seven Up is basically the case in most situations but there can be modifications and tweaks and things like that
- The the vending Hall was it was a nice space but it wasn't anywhere it was in like a kind of an odd spot and people weren't coming through much cuz they didn't sort of know where it was
- The only benefit it seems like it's something that makes sense for gaming but for everything else yeah I don't want to do business with a VR helmet on my head
- with dead zone I like painted up the the when I when dead zone 1 came out I painted up the enforcers and the plague and um it's now we're on dead zone version three and I still haven't played a game
- I was just thinking about that game recently because I remember when there was like the kickstarter was like several years ago and I hadn't heard anything about it in a while and I was like I wonder if they ever like actually fulfilled or whatever
- Cosmic frog World eaters from Dimension zero is a skirmish board game from Devious weasel games where you play as two mile tall extra planer frogs eating planets and fighting each other
- I've only managed to play one trench Crusade game with a friend and I think that there is too much weight on dice roll which removes maybe skill or for luck with the action success
- the person who's shooting at you gets to choose whether they want to use those blood markers the blood markers are not just like hey this is hit points they're almost like they're a little bit like marker lights like if you've ever played the TOA in 40K back in the day
- it is a quick game you can definitely have somebody who can just get wiped out in one shot it just happens you know
- Excessive packaging is bad.
- VR makes me sick.
- AI should be useful, not just a buzzword.
- Companies should sell STLs.
- Price increases are concerning.
- um I wasn't wowed by cyber Punk either
- any company not named Games Workshop needs to sell stls at this point or they're dead
- the price per page for the type of books that we do is going up 76%
- I don't use AI for artistic Creations I just don't even like the amount of power and energy that that takes personally
- you think GW needs to rescale the amount of models in 40K especially with the focus on competitive events
- it's unlikely that any of our titles would start losing money necessarily but we've been getting a certain amount of profit which pays for our ability to get artists and do all that kind of stuff that will dwindle drastically
- I don't know it's a good question I'm glad I don't have to make the decisions over there
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 34:07 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Warhammer 40,000
- Battletech
- Marvel Crisis Protocol
- Star Wars: Legion
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- If you see something and you want it, get it right away.
- It's kind of like when Nova used to be in the old place when it was in several years back it was in Crystal City. Technically, there was like one restaurant within three blocks of the place and that was it.
- The benefit to this being in downtown Milwaukee is that it's in the convention district and there's a lot of restaurants and bars and all kinds of places around there. So uh it's going to be real nice.
- I think that the number of people obviously that go to conventions in comparison to the number of people who are in the hobby it's a very small percentage that go to conventions and I think there's a lot of folks that are just not that are either unable to due to distance or you know cost or social anxiety or just you know they just never have the the um the you know like they they got you know, several kids and two jobs or stuff like that. You just don't have the time to take off and go to a convention or whatever. So, I think that that happens a good deal.
- The reason they moved out of the old place was because they just literally had outgrown it. um when they moved to Shamberg I think adept to con was about 5,000 people maybe six and then over the years being in Shamberg like last year they hit 10,000 people so
- I have found that you get less of that overlap with speed paints. They they maybe don't I don't feel like they dry quite as quickly or something. I don't know what it is, but they don't seem I don't have a problem. They What do they call it? tide marks, coffee stains, something like that. And it's because you've taken a transparent color that dries so quickly that when you bring the other transparent color over and you have them kind of overlap a little bit, so there's not like a space in between where you, you know, on this thing, then you get double transparency, which means it gets darker. So you get this line where you stopped and then had to go and get more and then come back.
- The benefit I think what happens is almost every single convention gets to a point where it can no longer be in a convention center and hotel combo. It gets to the point where they need a convention center and then hotels around the convention center. It's the way Gen Con does it. It's the way that, you know, Adepticon's doing it now.
- It's like you're colorizing an old black and white movie or something like that. Um, but it does make things quicker and simpler and it still looks pretty good in most situations.
- Am I doing it right? I mean, I don't know. It's up to you.
- Would love if GW re-releases Mheim, but I fear this will also cause most people to overlook unofficial fan-made Mheim content, but who knows, maybe GW will open to unofficial content.
- Horus Heresy is basically a civil war story. So, it's all about we're not even paying attention to the aliens right now.
- It's because they were spending 50% of the time working on stuff for Warhammer Fantasy, but it was only 18% of sales and they were like, 'Well, this isn't going the right direction.'
- It's been a long time since GW's made a Kill Team box where I liked everything in the box.
- I find that I have the best um luck with OSL when I'm using my airbrush.
- The difference is is if you are like, 'Well, I would rather do something a little bit different and tweak things differently that way.'
- Overall, Army Painter Speed Paint wins for me, but there's um always a couple of the contrast paints I love, like the Blood Terror Red. It's just a gorgeous deep burgundy.
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Tabletop Minions Event Coverage at 2:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Big properties
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Star Wars
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- And these 1490 Doom two-foot circular boards were also busy most of the convention.
- They are producing models now, uh, but they're also and they're going to have a printed book eventually soon.
- It's like a Patreon thing and then it lets you get into a uh a Discord and you also get letters every month and there's like a sticker and a book and you put your sticker in for things you're doing, all that kind of stuff.
- But the real thing about Adepticon is just meeting other kind of like-minded people who are into wargaming like you are, or maybe slightly different than you are, and maybe they teach you something.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:52:28 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Even more tokens to keep track of than Marvel Crisis Protocol.
Thematic elements
- Star Wars
- Superhero
Comparison games
- Marvel Crisis Protocol
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- token management — There are a lot of tokens to keep track of.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Still just don't really like the newest edition of War Cry or sorry not War Cry, Killteam.
- It seems like it's not about trying to kill the other guys. It seems like it's more about just like it doesn't seem like a war game.
- There's also a lot of tokens to keep track of and stuff like that and that seems to get even worse in um Shatterpoint.
- Infinity rules are free.
- This is the essentials start here box and it's like 40 bucks and it comes with six models, three per side. It comes with six dice. Evidently, there's a ruler in there. There's card stock or cardboard chipboard like uh terrain, printed terrain. There's a card stock mat. Uh, there's cards. There's also the fancy book about how to get started and all that stuff. And uh, it just seems like it's a really good deal.
- Just started playing Notorious, which is really easy solo RPG. Basically a Star Wars bounty hunter uh hunting targets on a planet based on Ronin.
- Uh subscribe to Vince Venturella on YouTube. Vince Venturella and Sam Lens. Sam Lens artwork. I would definitely subscribe to both of them.
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BoardGameGeek Discussion at 33:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- high-quality minis and license appeal
- engaging thematic feel with accessible skirmish rules
Cons
- steep learning curve for new players
- price point is high with minis and expansions
Thematic elements
- hero vs. villain battles with cinematic flair
- Marvel universe-inspired miniature skirmish
- cinematic skirmish wargame
Comparison games
- Warhammer 40,000 Kill Team
- Marvel United
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- miniature skirmish — Tactical combat with modular boards, activation systems, and upgrade cards
- upgrade/kit customization — Crew and unit customization with a focus on powerful hero combos
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "AI is a double-edged sword."
- "Shatterpoint has a bunch of great minis and a solid Marvel license that translates well to board-game combat."
- "They're licensing, way, way more licensing."
- "I absolutely love their stuff. The quality is phenomenal."
- "It's incredible how much progress has been made."
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:06:15
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
- Star Wars Legion
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- OPR is the GURPS of wargaming.
- 40K rules as deep, I would call it artificially deep.
- Star Wars Legion terrain is almost always the best.
- OPR skirmish is a breath of fresh air compared to Kill Team.
- The damned stuff is supposed to be out, but it's not out yet, unfortunately.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 30:44 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- not selling well
- too many tokens
- a little too board gamey
- guys are too big
Thematic elements
- Star Wars
Comparison games
- Star Wars Legion
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I
- I was never super into the video game, frankly. So, I'm not I don't have the nostalgia for it.
- I'm also not really into army games, so like the scale of it, not the physical scale of the models, but how many models there are is also not really my thing.
- I always love making lore for my miniatures in Trench Crusade. It's just so interesting making backstory for each of them.
- I love the new GW Cog fort model, but is anyone going to make a squadron and buy four of them at $210 a piece?
- The white ones are definitely the type that don't take rattle can.
- Shatterpoint biggest problem wasn't really the game. I think it was the feeling of the neglect.
- That walking building sure is cool. Assume I can buy it and it's not totally sold out already.
- Metal minis, that's a tough one. I'm not good at those.
- Sets one and two are grim dark, but three and four lean into the Wim dark. Oh, I like the word whim dark. That's fun.
- I'm going to be working on these guys, which are um the naval raiders from uh Trench Crusade.
- It's such a fun world to build inside.
- I'm probably going to paint these guys up and then when the plastics come out, I'll probably just redo them.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:07:22 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- Similar winning formula to MCP (characters people love, accessible skirmish format)
Cons
- Too many tokens
- Too board gamey
- Dislikes the scale (characters too big)
- Feeling of neglect
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Marvel Crisis Protocol
- Legion
- X-Wing
- Armada
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Scale — The host dislikes the scale, finding the characters too big.
- token management — Too many tokens were used in the demo.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I
- I was never super into the video game, frankly. So, I'm not I don't have the nostalgia for it.
- I'm also not really into army games, so like the scale of it, not the physical scale of the models, but how many models there are is also not really my thing.
- I always love making lore for my miniatures in Trench Crusade. It's just so interesting making backstory for each of them.
- I love the new GW Cog fort model, but is anyone going to make a squadron and buy four of them at $210 a piece?
- The white ones are definitely the type that don't take rattle can.
- Shatterpoint biggest problem wasn't really the game. I think it was the feeling of the neglect.
- That walking building sure is cool. Assume I can buy it and it's not totally sold out already.
- Metal minis, that's a tough one. I'm not good at those.
- Sets one and two are grim dark, but three and four lean into the Wim dark. Oh, I like the word whim dark. That's fun.
- I'm going to be working on these guys, which are um the naval raiders from uh Trench Crusade.
- It's such a fun world to build inside.
- I'm probably going to paint these guys up and then when the plastics come out, I'll probably just redo them.
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:54:12 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Suffers from a perceived sense of neglect.
Thematic elements
- null
- null
- null
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I
- I was never super into the video game, frankly. So, I'm not I don't have the nostalgia for it.
- I'm also not really into army games, so like the scale of it, not the physical scale of the models, but how many models there are is also not really my thing.
- I always love making lore for my miniatures in Trench Crusade. It's just so interesting making backstory for each of them.
- I love the new GW Cog fort model, but is anyone going to make a squadron and buy four of them at $210 a piece?
- The white ones are definitely the type that don't take rattle can.
- Shatterpoint biggest problem wasn't really the game. I think it was the feeling of the neglect.
- That walking building sure is cool. Assume I can buy it and it's not totally sold out already.
- Metal minis, that's a tough one. I'm not good at those.
- Sets one and two are grim dark, but three and four lean into the Wim dark. Oh, I like the word whim dark. That's fun.
- I'm going to be working on these guys, which are um the naval raiders from uh Trench Crusade.
- It's such a fun world to build inside.
- I'm probably going to paint these guys up and then when the plastics come out, I'll probably just redo them.
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Adam in Wales - Board Game Design Analysis at 24:59 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Impressed by the combat
- Made a really cinematic sort of experience
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Cinematic
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Combos — The way that you can combo those dice and take different actions in clever ways.
- Dice Rolling — A lot of dice rolling involved.
- Miniatures game — A miniatures game, skirmish game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Dice are not the answer.
- Once we introduce this degree of randomness into a game, then all strategic decisions and tactical decisions cease to matter.
- Dice are the garlic of the game design world.
- A board game design is only as good as the decisions that a player makes on their turn.
- Building
- In a strategy game, we want choices and those choices have to mean something and they have to be fun and and sort of delicious little puzzles for us to solve.
- So, I I I wonder what you made of this video. Let me know what you think of the video that I've made now, the video that I made back then and the video that I'm making today.
- Was it interesting to watch me watching it? Was it interesting to hear my updated views on it, or was it distracting?
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Review at 0:33 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Character abilities and squad makeup options are really neat.
- Army building is very easy with accessible squad leader and subordinate choices.
- Stance cards and abilities offer cinematic flair and tactical depth.
- The game has an elegant and straightforward core mechanic.
- Objective-driven gameplay with a dynamic struggle tracker and momentum markers is innovative.
- The game is visually appealing with well-sculpted miniatures and modular terrain.
Cons
- Limited mission variety in the core box, leading to potential repetition.
- Concern about future mission packs being sold separately and potentially going out of print.
- Lightsabers on miniatures are brittle and prone to breaking easily.
- Lack of narrative-driven missions or campaign elements.
Thematic elements
- Clone Wars or Rebels time period, with some mentions of Original Trilogy era.
- Cinematic and choreographic, like the movies and shows.
Comparison games
- Necromunda
- War Cry
- Kill Team
- Frostgrave
- Imperial Assault
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action system — Characters get two actions per turn, such as move and attack, with different action types available.
- Cover system — Intervening terrain and hunkering down add to cover as stacking modifiers.
- Damage and Injury System — Characters take damage, accumulating tokens. Reaching a threshold wounds them, increasing force cost. At the end of the activation, damage and one condition are removed, and the character can flip to a wounded token, with multiple wounded tokens leading to removal from the game.
- Dice Rolling (Attack and Defense) — Uses custom dice for attacks (strikes, criticals, expertise, misses) and defense (blocks, expertise, misses). Damage is resolved by navigating charts based on attack and defense results.
- Expertise Symbols — Symbols on dice that add to damage or defense, or affect movement-related actions after damage resolution.
- Force Points — Leaders have force points that can be spent on various abilities, including reserving a character card.
- Heal Action — An action to remove one damage or one condition.
- Hunker Down Action — An action that adds to cover, providing extra defense dice.
- initiative deck — Players have a deck of cards for their units, which they shuffle with one Shatter Point card. Flipping cards determines activation or putting units into reserve.
- mission cards — A mission deck defines how objectives work, with struggle cards that change the rules for each struggle.
- Momentum Markers — Accrued for various actions like pushing the struggle token, taking out opponent models, or when the struggle marker is at zero, acting as a countdown to the end of the round.
- Objective control — Players play to control objective tokens on the board, which are tracked by a struggle tracker.
- Skirmish game — A two-player miniature skirmish game.
- Squad Building — Players choose two squad leaders who bring their squads, with a point cost system for characters.
- stance cards — Most characters have single-sided stance cards, while leaders can have double-sided ones that can be flipped once per turn to adjust abilities and tactics.
- Struggle Tracker — A tracker with a cube that moves based on objective control, representing three large rounds or 'struggles'. Reaching momentum markers signifies winning a struggle.
- Vertical movement — Rules for using ingress points (ladders) to move to higher levels and measuring distance horizontally, with modifiers for height advantage.
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- The abilities and all that stuff and especially like The Stance cards and how you and some of the characters you can swap the stances it gives it a super thematic cinematic kind of flair to the game.
- To me is kind of worth the price of admission just for that aspect of the game.
- The lightsabers are brittle and I honestly I don't know really what I'm talking about when it comes to Plastics but I would hope maybe they could try to come up with something else for Lifesavers.
- It's an excellent game it's it's worth getting in and investigating and just diving into and having fun with because at the end of the day it's really fun and the the course system is great I think.
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Analysis at 5:39 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
none
Cons
- Has experienced price hikes
Thematic elements
- Star Wars
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
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Quotes (from this video)
- "Some hobbies are easier than others."
- "Now, right off the bat, this is not a doom and gloom video about tabletop wargaming."
- "However, this ain't the easiest hobby to get into."
- "Games Workshop isn't the hobby. It's a big part of the hobby, but it is not the hobby."
- "So many companies sell models cheaper than Games Workshop."
- "Comparison in the hobby... how it really is the thief of joy."
- "Tabletop wargames are all about making the game your own."
- "Strangely, some of the same things that bring people into this hobby are the exact same things that drive them away, except for the excessive cost."
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Board Games For One Discussion at 7:43 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- visually impressive miniatures (subject to availability)
Cons
- no solo mode
Thematic elements
- heroic, cinematic skirmish battles
- Star Wars universe with cinematic, cinematic-style miniature battles
- Array
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- let's start with a big box we've got Star Wars Imperial Assault
- campaign mode with missions that actually goes through like campaign after campaign
- the app for the solo or cooperative mode
- the theme is incredibly strong
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Snarling Badger Discussion at 12:56 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- license appeal
- terrain included
Cons
- price point high
- model scale may limit some players' needs
Thematic elements
- cinematic, heroic battles
- Star Wars universe; ground skirmish
- box-included starter content; cinematic battles
Comparison games
- Marvel Crisis Protocol
- Legion
- Kill Team
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- 40mm combat scale — tactical skirmish with star wars miniatures
- starter box with terrain — includes terrain and 16 models
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- Tabletop minions Expo 2023 has been launched and that is uh June 3rd and 4th 2023
- it's a model agnostic game you have to have some limitations
- the chicken in the egg situation
- the Star Wars shatter Point starter is 165 bucks
- I don't see myself getting into it honestly
- Rain and Hell and Space Station Zero are coming to TMX
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