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2019
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Description
The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms is a narrative miniatures game based on The Elder Scrolls video game franchise by Bethesda Game Studios. The game features scenarios ranging from dungeon delves in which you seek out lost treasure, to running battles across the ruined outposts that dot the landscape of Tamriel, all the while fulfilling quests and narrative-driven scenario objectives that will see your band of heroes grow from game to game. Will you claim the ruined fort as yours and build your own settlement, or wander the countryside clearing out foul ruins of the stench of your enemies?
Players can play against each other or team up (or play solo) to take on all manner of creatures and adversaries driven by an advanced AI system along the lines of the one in Fallout: Wasteland Warfare'. In addition to controlling troops, you need to manage the stamina and Magicka resources your characters bring to the table, all the while watching out for hostile AI-driven enemies and narrative events that can change the flow of battle.
The game features 32mm resin figures of heroes familiar to those who know the video games: Hadvar, Ralof, Yrsarald Thrice-Pierced, Marcurio, Mjoll the Lioness, Ulfric Stormcloak, Galmar Stone-Fist, General Tullius, and Lydia.
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Stonemaier Games Discussion at 32:27 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
- already own too many expansions for the base game
Thematic elements
- Adventure
- The Elder Scrolls universe
Comparison games
- Too Many Bones
- 20 Strong
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Adventure game — An adventure game set in The Elder Scrolls universe.
- Dice-based combat — Features a lot of custom dice.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's on theme with my topic today as you'll soon find out.
- I just want to make Jamie laugh.
- This makes sense with the intro now. The intro was totally making sense to me.
- There's so much like tongue-in-cheek, like you said, nostalgia, a wink to the audience when they did the gelatinous cube and the and the mimics and the beholders and just all the different uh the different classes and the way they react It was It was so fun.
- Based on your criteria, you might be the best co-host while simultaneously the worst.
- It's like musical chairs in a dungeon.
- If any of you are on the fence about getting an ultra-wide monitor, like 34-in uh 40 40-in or 42-in, if you have the space, do it. Don't even think about it because it the the the landscape that it gives you to work like I have the I have the chat with Jamie going on the left and I'll have the browser open on the right looking at what I'm talking about.
- So, people can hide what they're doing. And they have There's I guess the local hero core books. Uh if you get the core book system, it looks like it's about $99. And then if you get more of the Teen Titans with the slipcase and a little bit more deluxe-ification, it's about $159.
- Jamie, I think I have to.
- I have just done our first live pledge.
- Podcast is not supposed to cost you money. Yes, it is. I beg to differ.
- God, what a rhythm we have after 289 episodes together.
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 3:05:01
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Quotes (from this video)
- Gotta shoot for shoot for the moon if you miss you'll wind up with the Stars
- I don't know man I mean it's just like when somebody wants to like get all up in my uh area and and and like and like I said I'm trying to give him empathy and saying I understand you know you have a shitty day a lot of people are like probably all up in your uh uh business about it
- It's just like instead of you could just come up with so many real reasons why why that guy's just an idiot and what's my what's my expression I don't know what's your you have enough ammunition stop trying to load a knife into the chamber
- The convention hall was just so so let me let me ask for I'll ask you how did Saturday feel I didn't I didn't really see it much
- My favorite part of John Conan was this year my hug
- I I love and hate you all in equal my favorite Jenna my favorite line that I've used that I stole from you and I've used it dozens of times is I used to have a friend that look just like you
- I don't know he's got he said he's got a fever and he's got sore throat hopefully he hopefully it's mild
- I was like you know what you know you know what really chaps my ass I'm just G to say this right now this really chapped my ass and I I I realize this is political and I apologize for it and and I'm willing to let people say say what they want to say but you know I think that Donald Trump Trump is a complete and total [ __ ] [ __ ] and I think that JD Vance guy is a complete and total [ __ ] [ __ ] as well and there is in a world where I would vote for either of them I wouldn't put them in charge of a 25 cent pay toilet
- It's like you know like wrestlers who come out and just say you know what I was driving into Minneapolis Minnesota that's where we're from yeah just like he said the name we're in the city we're in it's just it's just and so what it does then is that it gives the people that like are are are gonna vote for them it gives them all of the like ammunition in the world to say those idiots blah blah blah couch jokes you know it's just like instead of you could just come up with so many real reasons why why that guy's just an idiot
- I mean you guys pay attention to me but nobody else wrong again SC okay by the way also Twitter I hate that site
- I mean you guys told everybody to f off and they did and now you're suing them because they like what world is this now I don't know if anything they did is illegal not not a lawyer yeah but uh I suspect they probably didn't really do anything illegal in my just observations I don't know they're like oh so much has come to light I'm like huh really
- So Scott we we really need to do that well I forgot what you sent me the the lifetime VIP oh lifetime badge didn't we try to do a lifetime v no we just need we just need Gen Con hot games room VIPs for life bch
- There's a lot of games those see did anyone see the game it was there just demo I think um String Theory I saw it yeah that thing looks ridiculous it's basically there are it's they're hex tiles with these like spools on them I see it and you get actual string and you string together uh all these conspiracy theories
- I was like I'm not gonna play it probably so oh the big bucks yeah it was it was a definitely like i i i i i 50 bucks for a car I hesitate to say this it's a steep hill I hesitate to say this if if I had seen Ted there I would have tried tooo him first TR trade yeah and then I would have felt bad about like I don't know just you would have got over it
- I mean you know when I think about it the booth that was ridiculous for us from my my booth they had so many games at the end of the C they had to pack back up and take home
- I mean you know it's like oh yeah we you know we offered to pay more we offered this with that and just like yeah nothing you can do like you'd think there was only one convention in America it's crazy
- I mean you know it's like oh I I I I I I 50 bucks for a car I hesitate to say this it's a steep hill I hesitate to say this if if I had seen Ted there I would have tried tooo him first TR trade yeah and then I would have felt bad about like I don't know just you would have got over it
- People are still going to get really really sick from it and people are going to get really are going to you know die from it as well right but it is one of the nice things about viruses is that you know viruses are with us forever is that they do you know as they mutate and change and whatever you know our bodies adapt and and and grow more used to fighting it because you're just get exposed to it you get exposed to it you get exposed to it just except when long Co would hit you w you know you're believe everything you read
- they're hex tiles with these like spools on them
- you get actual string and you string together all these conspiracy theories
- sold out every day fairly quickly
- how's your hand he's like it really started to cramp up
- The Cat In The Box hat they had in the booth 50 bucks
- it's a really good game
- it's so good brilliant
- You're gonna be sad you passed on that
- perfect game for me
- it's a meaningful ending apparently
- and then you can start over with different characters different race different um class tons of classes tons of races tons of quests
- was landmarks one of the very few games I did play was things in ring
- if you don't advertise with me f off
- I will not be blackmailed with money but I will be blackmailed with chocolats
- there's a lot of dark chocolate
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Gaming Rules! Playthrough at 1:33 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Phenomenal game, one of the host's favorites of the year and of all time.
- Fantastic job with ongoing support and an active Discord server.
- High quality games.
- Variety of encounters and gameplay mechanics.
- Rewarding character progression.
Cons
- Can be very difficult, especially in solo play or with certain enemy combinations.
- Rules can be complex and require careful attention.
- Dice rolls can sometimes lead to frustrating outcomes.
Thematic elements
- Fantasy adventure, questing, guild work, battling monsters, uncovering plots
- Tamriel, specifically Veilenwood
Comparison games
- Too Many Bones
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Character progression — The host earns XP and spends it to acquire new dice and abilities, upgrading their character's capabilities throughout the playthrough.
- combat encounters — The game features tactical combat scenarios where players face off against various enemies with unique abilities.
- Dice allocation/management — The host spends a lot of time discussing how to use their dice pool, exhausting dice, recovering dice, and utilizing special abilities tied to specific dice results.
- Dungeon crawls — The host explores a dungeon for the first time, setting up tiles, placing enemies, and following specific dungeon rules.
- questing — The playthrough involves undertaking various quests with specific objectives, narrative choices, and rewards.
- Resource Management — The host discusses managing items, tenacity, fatigue, and other resources to navigate challenges.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I'm playing Elder Scrolls all day today, so I've basically taken today off work, playing this all day.
- This is definitely one of my favorite games of this year and is probably in my top five, if not top three games of all time.
- It is phenomenal phenomenal and uh yeah it's just it's just amazing and I and I absolutely love it.
- It's like I'm playing a different game.
- I cannot believe it. Three dice.
- This is where we have a problem.
- I think I'm going to move five. So, if I wanted to move five, I can move five.
- This is the round where I need to hit it.
- It's my turn.
- Okay, Chief Dushkull, it's all on you, mate.
- I don't think I'm going to survive a turn after this.
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Good Time Society Discussion at 41:20
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Pros
none
Cons
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Thematic elements
- Based on the Elder Scrolls tabletop RPG.
- The Elder Scrolls universe
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This game is confounding.
- Wow, that's going to be hard to beat.
- Wow, friends. So, what are the final scores?
- This was cool. Like, this is a first time for all of us, and I liked how we all went to different things.
- The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms is a game that you can find yourself diving deep into.
- The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms has a lot of replayability.
- I love building stuff.
- The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms is a game that will appeal to fans of the video game series.
- Can you flip the top down so they can kind of see the cards a little better?
- I don't fully understand this game, but I feel like I'm winning.
- No takesies backsies.
- Wow, okay. Freaking
- This is an interesting game, right?
- Wow. That's interesting. I was just thinking about it.
- Dang it. Well done. That cost me the game.
- I quit playing board games forever.
- Wow, that's going to be huge.
- Holy cow, that's going to be
- Wow, Bailey.
- Oh, man. Uh, so I was trying to do some math here of like how many cards are in the deck and I did know notice in the rulebook it's 54 and there's six suits. So, I assume it would be nine each. But then Bailey made the point of like, 'Well, there's got to be at least 10 sculptors.' And then I forgot that some bunch of these are double-sided.
- Oh, man.
- Wow.
- So, what are the final scores?
- GG, friends.
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