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2018
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Description
Terminator Genisys: Rise of the Resistance is a cooperative tactical board game for 1-4 players where you play as the leaders of the Resistance, liberating humankind from the clutches of the machines. Use the mission guide to select your scenario or play through in campaign mode. Build the modular map and select your favorite resistance hero before engaging the terminators in a battle for survival. Roll dice and allocate them to abilities, weapons, movement and more. Keep pressing on toward the next waypoint but don’t get overrun by the machines.
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Meet Me At The Table Top List at 1:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Tactical puzzle of action and character activation.
- Campaign mode with upgrades and new abilities.
- Unique bosses.
Cons
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Thematic elements
- Liberating humankind from the clutches of machines
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- boss fights — Includes unique bosses to fight.
- campaign mode — Features a campaign where players keep upgraded weapons and unlock abilities.
- Dice Placement — Players roll dice and use them to activate abilities and weapons, defeat robots, and complete objectives. Generally found in competitive Euro-style games but used here in a solo/co-op context.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I find that when I play games solo, I really enjoy having a reason to come back to them over and over again. And those campaigns are one of the best ways to get me to come back and play a game.
- Almost every single concern I had with the original Sleeping Gods was fixed in Distant Skies.
- As of this recording, I've yet to find a game that provides a better sandbox adventure.
- I just love how this game makes you feel clever as you find ways to defeat multiple threats in one turn.
- Although the game may look cute, the puzzles in the scenarios are no joke.
- Each scenario takes less than 20 minutes, so it's easy to get to the table as a solo player.
- Arkham Horror, the card game, is by far the best narrative driven campaign on this list.
- So many scenarios, I chuckle to myself on how clever a mechanic they used or a thematic tying that worked so well.
- With the revised boxes coming out now, it is easier than ever to pick this one up and give it a try.
- All of a sudden, Awaken Realms designed Dragon Eclipse, and now my dreams have come true.
- I cannot get enough of the puzzly and tactical combat, which is the backbone of this game.
- When you have the embers of a forsaken star expansion for Zia Legends of a drift system, this game becomes an epitome of a campaign sandbox game.
- The joy of leveling up your ship, running away from the scoundrel and racing the merchant for fame never gets old in a universe that's always changing in an unexpected ways.
- With the theme Lord of the Rings, the first thing that comes to mind is working together to defeat a common goal. That is exactly what Lord of the Rings the card game is about.
- I will never tire with finding synergies between different heroes or different cards and continuously appreciating the scenario design and how it challenges the players.
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