War Cry

Video 0jcZStOpWAA Rolling Dice & Taking Names News at 17:43 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Recommend for beginners
Simple and straightforward rules
Quick playtime
Great introduction to miniature gaming

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Miniatures combat

Comparison games

Warhammer Underworlds

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

miniatures — This is a 100% miniatures game using tape measures and everything.
skirmish combat — It's a load model count, it only takes about 45 minutes to play.

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I played Ragusa with Marty he taught me the game or rather he taught me some alternate universe version of the game
there were so many rules mix-ups I didn't even know what was going on half the time
I'm sorry I cannot in good conscience give out this award I'm gonna have to hang on to it
This is one of those games that normally would have probably not been my game of the year if I would have played it
it deserves my game of the year
Raccoon Tycoon is from designer Glen drover from forbidden games and it is a market commodities game where you are trying to get the best prices for the commodities in the game
Unbelievable oil paintings brought the game to life with with incredible anthropomorphic animals in Victorian dress
it did give the game a cuddly fuzzy feel that I think makes the game a little bit more appealing to non-gamers as well as gamers
Raccoon Tycoon that came out earlier this year and yet that was very much a contention for my my top game of the year
it's just so well done
2019 was just a great year for games especially more of the the mid-level like euro type games
we really dope into a lot of really really good two-player games in 2019

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Video ZCwFUcHXUW8 Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 1:17:51 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Plays in 60 minutes or less
Low model count (5-10 models)
Unique dice activation and initiative system
Variable objectives and objectives
Low barrier to entry
Self-contained board
New core set available
New reaction rules add depth

Cons

Compendium with updated stats may come later

Thematic elements

Skirmish combat between factions
Warhammer universe

Comparison games

40K
Age of Sigmar
War Machine
Hordes

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

action selection — Players activate models to move, attack, disengage, or wait.
Dice activation — Players roll dice at the start of a turn, and multiples are used to activate unit abilities.
Modular Board — Terrain is placed randomly based on cards, creating a different battlefield each game.
Objective-based scoring — Victory conditions are determined by randomized cards, which can include objectives or defeating leaders.
Reactions — New rules allow players to use dice for reactions when attacked.

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Life is a Highway
Mount Rushmore in South Dakota it is not as exciting as what you think it would be
Don't make Mount Rushmore your number one priority
Vanessa swears it's photoshopped because Abraham Lincoln looks like Modok from Marvel
It's like somebody literally standing at a light switch went click and turned it on
The Badlands is one Deadwood is a really cool western town if you're there go see Mount Rushmore but don't make Mount Rushmore your number one priority
That's the way a park should be
life is a highway my friend as we were on there all night long and my butt got sore and gas was expensive and I ate a lot of crappy food and gained a lot of weight
I was about to crawl out of the seat of the car
Checkers on steroids for me
this is a learning game promise you'll be back again
Frantic it is card playing you are trying to keep kites in the air
Communication is key in this game
I love this game I think it's easy learn it's fast to play
I really think this is the one miniature game where you would feel like okay I'll play this because the barrier to entry is so so low
What's interesting is if they also sell the model renders so that you could print out your own at a certain price
It's not good for them but I mean if I mean okay yeah it's if here's the thing if they're not making the money any other way besides selling models I doubt that they would do that
When the fragile balance of the world is in jeopardy and sinister forces move in the darkness her will be tested
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
For my God for my story for my freedom for the world to restore the balance
He goes what's this I say it's a sausage biscuit no it's not
You didn't make him homemade biscuits
He wants to try Twinkies
What is this called a southern summer Southern thunderstorm
It was a blast I'm so I'm so thankful he stopped

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Video Cn_LOazQIL4 Watch It Played Discussion at 736:28:40

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Pros

Streamlined, dramatic, cinematic, and exciting rules

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Age of Sigmar universe

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Skirmish — another miniatures like skirmish game

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every live show is just flop sweat and panic before it starts so many problems
I don't rate my games
ratings around games on BoardGameGeek is serious business
I don't really talk about my thoughts and opinions on games I try to avoid that for the most part
I think it's really helpful to be able to say it out loud to yourself and then actually build up the confidence to realize no I do not explain this from start to finish I know how do I know the beats of explaining this and I've now done a sort of a dress rehearsal bring the friends over and let's go
Blind playtesting please also don't don't worry about over-explaining over-explaining is better than under explaining
that's a good one
you are very generous you're very generous in kind
every live show is just flop sweat and panic before it starts
well we're here we're here and this is the first live show since January
the technological element of it is it's a little tenuous
the best way to send your question to me is in the comments to put all caps question and then your question
Google search watch it play guild BoardGameGeek it'll take you right there
it does this neat little job of summarizing your BoardGameGeek collection and telling you a little bit about what that collection looks like

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Video Z1-oEqasj0c Drive Thru Games Analysis at 32:09 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

super quick to do
look pretty decent
looks great when it's on the board
spent a little more time on this one

Cons

don't have the inkling or desire to do details

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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i think at this point i sort of stopped using the bottled citadel sort of varnish because i've kind of bounced around the marshes that i use
it's like a boiling blood hole in the ground and then you know this horrible magic comes out of it
don't call it magic though
i hate metal
this is like a molten rock monster with this giant cannon
the silliness it's great there
this guy peeled off his own face and then stuck it on his belt buckle
this guy's pure blades running around so yeah he's dedicated
i don't really want to because you could really mire in and you could get super detailed with this stuff
this is just all super dead quick you could go back in here and do some details i don't really have the inkling or desire to do that
i'm not going to paint 20 doors worth of detail
i really like this big sigmar statue there that's pretty cool
he's like a little illithide or mind flare kind of guy
this guy is this hilarious looking
trust me there's a corn symbol on there somewhere
i guess he sucks on the table i've never actually fielded him

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Video MwppS0FlQCc Drive Thru Games Analysis at 29:11 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

The models looked good on the table due to extreme xenothon priming.

Cons

Spider warband models were spindly, pointy, and not interesting to paint.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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it's kind of the cheaper alternative to contrast paints from games workshops
I painted 152 miniatures it took me about two weeks
it's almost entirely speed paints with some metallics kind of splashed in there
this was like the main culprit to me and I used I think just about every color in here
water actually worked pretty well as a mixer whereas with contrast the water to me didn't really work quite as well
these were a little bit more opaque than the contrast
the mixing of colors there's a couple other models I'll show you where I did a lot of mixing that works 100 better than the contrast
if I were to try a technique which is what I've been doing of laying contrast paints down and then I usually just let it dry and I go back in with like an oil washer thinned down oil paint in certain areas and then rub that off that contrast paint's not going to come off but in the case of the army painters speed paints that's definitely going to come off
my favorite models the fellowship of the ring by far my least favorite models to paint it has nothing to do with the paints just I don't like those models
this paint is going to reactivate if you hit it with anything wet
I really enjoyed these

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Video juoP9sPMWHQ Tabletop Minions Analysis at 11:32 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

a decent starting place in the Warhammer universe
probably the best rule set that Game Workshop currently makes

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Warhammer 40,000
Age of Sigmar

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

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this Channel's purpose is to help get people into the wargaming and Miniatures hobby
the following things are what I'd be doing if I was just starting now in 2024 with the benefit of knowledge that I've gained over the last 20 years
in my opinion my minifactory is the best Marketplace to find stls for wargaming models
files like that are committing intellectual property theft
as a Creator myself I'm completely against that kind of thing
the absolutely amazing amount of choice that's available and the fact that the models even when you factor in the STL cost and like the printing resin cost and all that kind of stuff they are wildly cheaper than the models on offer from the biggest companies in the industry like Games Workshop for example
so that's Miniatures but what about the games that you play with these Miniatures
OnePage Rules is probably your smartest move
they have arguably the best army building website in the entire industry
War Cry is probably the best rule set that Game Workshop currently makes in my opinion and in other people's opinions as well
if I was getting into wargaming today in 2024 and I decided that I had to get into Warhammer and Games Workshop related stuff what would I do
if they don't turn those like $140 Vanguard boxes that they currently have for Age of Sigmar if they don't turn those into basically combat patrols for ages Sigmar then I think they're kind of Dum
that covers everything doesn't it it does not actually

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Video 8IHu3-XvLVM Tabletop Minions Discussion at 24:05 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Open and flexible army building
Minimal rules changes between editions

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Kill Team

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Army building — War Cry features a more open army building system, allowing players to select units freely up to a point limit, with the requirement of a leader unit.

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I think their current list building is trash in my opinion
why is it war cry can be just fine and be a fine game when you can take whatever the heck you want as long as it comes up to a thousand points you need a leader and then everybody else but like you can't do that in Kill team
The 2017 version is vastly superior
when I was very disappointed when the original uh necrom 2017 came out because it did not have rules for three-dimensional play and it was just designed to be played on that board that came in the box
I love the concept of necromunda I have no interest in playing it because it is so so super in-depth and also spread all over the place in multiple books
Kill team is not an intro game to 40K it is only easier to get into because the model count
people in general that struggle to wrap their head around the line of sight rules
if you're a company that big cool Min is pretty big and if you're going to have a big huge giant game found Kickstarter whatever you're going to do and then you're going to be like yeah but if you want it in Australia it's going to cost as much as the game costs to get it shipped there
The benefit to monopose is that you can make a more Dynamic sculpt you can make them doing something really cool but the problem is if you need six of them then it's six guys doing the exact same cool thing and then it becomes less cool
The new version of kill team is based off of war cry so that doesn't make any sense either
it's a cool game it's a very cool game
It's better than anything else The Games Workshop puts out easily as far as any kind of on like their app or any kind of jazz like that

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Video anqtNeEBFkE Tabletop Minions Analysis at 6:34 sentiment: negative

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

none

Cons

Makes the host wonder about how much longer War Cry itself will be around.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Warbands — All of the war cry warbands for that faction that you could use in Age of Sigmar are going out of production.

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Games Workshop announced that they're retiring a surprising number of models and two whole armies from the upcoming new version of uh age of Sigmar.
The sculpts do look a little bit dated.
The biggest surprise in my mind is how many stormcast eternals are going away.
Games Workshop's business model is pretty much switched over to churn mode right keep making new things month after month after month week after week and make the things that you bought previously some as recently as just a couple of years ago retired to Legends and out of production as soon as a new addition comes out.
All these retired models that you already own they're not going anywhere you can always use these models that you've built and painted in all kinds of cool miniature agnostic games if you want they just won't be playable in age of Sigma anymore.

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Video Z158iTuxaOk Tabletop Minions Analysis at 0:10 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Favorite Games Workshop rule set
Ticks all the right boxes
Skirmish size and gameplay style
Amazing freedom in building War bands
Clever activation system
Dice mechanics
Random cards for scenarios, deployment, and twists
Ability to bring in monsters and creatures
New campaign system
Great rules update in 2022

Cons

Signs of winding down
Drastic changes in releases this season
Split boxes initially leading to a stealth price hike if buying forces and terrain together
Newer starter set is limited and more like an initial taste than a full starter
Starter set doesn't include the core book
High cost to get started fully ($292 previously vs $130 for older starter)
Fewer events compared to Kill Team
Potential for discontinuation due to lower popularity and economic viability

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Kill Team
Warhammer Underworlds
Ages of Sigmar

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Activation system — A clever activation system is used.
campaign system — A new campaign system has been introduced.
dice mechanics — Dice mechanics are a feature of the game.
Scenario Generation — Random cards determine scenarios and deployment.
skirmish combat — The game is described as skirmish size with a particular gameplay style.
Warband customization — There is freedom in how warbands are built and put together.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

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it's no secret that war cry is my favorite Games Workshop rule set of frankly everything that they currently make
The signs are there I think they drastically kind of changed the releases this season for lack of a better term
This is is a very different kind of starter set than they've put out for war cry in the past it's admittedly pretty inexpensive well I mean you know for Games Workshop um and it should kind of help you get into the game but it's also pretty limited it's almost as if it's designed to be kind of an initial taste to get you to buy more stuff you know than an actual starter box
frankly being pretty soft
no tabletop game is ever truly dead as I've said time and time again on this channel if you have the game and the Miniatures and all that stuff and keep playing it with your friends It Never Dies
I feel like the writing on the wall might be spelling the end of war cry maybe I'm being over concerned honestly I hope I am

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Favorite Games Workshop rule set
Ticks all the right boxes
Skirmish size and gameplay style
Amazing freedom in building War bands
Clever activation system
Dice mechanics
Random cards for scenarios, deployment, and twists
Ability to bring in monsters and creatures
New campaign system
Great rules update in 2022

Cons

Signs of winding down
Drastic changes in releases this season
Split boxes initially leading to a stealth price hike if buying forces and terrain together
Newer starter set is limited and more like an initial taste than a full starter
Starter set doesn't include the core book
High cost to get started fully ($292 previously vs $130 for older starter)
Fewer events compared to Kill Team
Potential for discontinuation due to lower popularity and economic viability

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Kill Team
Warhammer Underworlds
Ages of Sigmar

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Activation system — A clever activation system is used.
campaign system — A new campaign system has been introduced.
dice mechanics — Dice mechanics are a feature of the game.
Scenario Generation — Random cards determine scenarios and deployment.
skirmish combat — The game is described as skirmish size with a particular gameplay style.
Warband customization — There is freedom in how warbands are built and put together.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

it's no secret that war cry is my favorite Games Workshop rule set of frankly everything that they currently make
The signs are there I think they drastically kind of changed the releases this season for lack of a better term
This is is a very different kind of starter set than they've put out for war cry in the past it's admittedly pretty inexpensive well I mean you know for Games Workshop um and it should kind of help you get into the game but it's also pretty limited it's almost as if it's designed to be kind of an initial taste to get you to buy more stuff you know than an actual starter box
frankly being pretty soft
no tabletop game is ever truly dead as I've said time and time again on this channel if you have the game and the Miniatures and all that stuff and keep playing it with your friends It Never Dies
I feel like the writing on the wall might be spelling the end of war cry maybe I'm being over concerned honestly I hope I am

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Video F7n1sdQEiBA Tabletop Minions Discussion at 26:54 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Continued support and updates are appreciated.
Considered by some to be the best ruleset GW currently makes.
Good for quick games.
New models can be interesting even if the game itself isn't played.

Cons

Lack of new boxes that interest the reviewer.
Some new model ranges (e.g., fish people, elves) are not appealing to the reviewer.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Age of Sigmar
Kill Team
Gloomhaven

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Skirmish game — Often mentioned as a positive due to the smaller scale and quicker play time.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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two books there's Mech Borg which is a role playing game and then there's steel somm I think is what it's called which is like a miniature game based off of The Forbidden somm engine and so I was just like well I don't want the RPG but I'll I'll buy the other one so yeah I in in theory I'll see it some towards sometime towards the end of the year
if you like eisenhorn I strongly suggest Bloodlines and the rest of the Warhammer crime line H um
I built and painted my scaven blood bow Team this week they were a lot of fun but yeah the age shows
the stormcast Eternal res sculpts are uninspired I mean I it's a lot more of the same really you know what I mean and the rules previewed of a weird board gamey vibe that doesn't really click
do you think that the price hikes and the lack of availability of models by GW is hurting lgs's more than GW itself
stores are going to have to eventually get to a point where if they just can't get too much GW stuff they're going to have to start thinking about diversifying and starting to do some uh games like you know start bringing in models from like War Games Atlantic start bringing in like Star grave models and frost grave models and things like that from Northstar
the reason I don't like plastic cement is because sometimes I have to go back and remove an arm or take the thing off of the base or something like that and if it's plastic cement it's really almost hard to do that because it actually is melting the plastic to the plastic
GW price hike hit the critical level for me players around here buying 3D printers even the very hardcore 40K players that frowned at me when I mentioned 3D printers are buying 3D printers
basically the only big company out there is GW I mean everybody else is you know like they're they're sitting on I think and this is admittedly it's a lot of the retail people but they've got like five or six thousand employees but again half of those well maybe not half almost half of those I think are are are retail employees so there's that but still even if you take half of those people out you've still got 2,000 employees let's say
GW is weird in that they are like I said before I was talking about how Distributors are like the kind of the middleman between the stores and the manufacturers and the Publishers GW is one of those companies that yeah you can buy it from Distributors and you'll pay normal distributor prices but if you buy it directly from GW then you get it for a slightly better price but you have to jump through a bunch of Hoops to become like approved to be able to buy it from their store
you know at some point maybe down the road we'll work with like a sculptor that we like and do like maybe some stls or something like that do like a partnership but I don't see us ever really selling plastic models that's really expensive and also very very timec consuming
the stormcast eternals had 40 just Heroes just individual heroes in that line so there were twice as many heroes in stormcast eternals than there were entire War Scrolls in the iron in the iron Jaws or whatever so yeah you know there there was way too many of those guys
I think it's twofold I think it's partially there's been some change in not leadership per se but change in uh people working there that are some of those folks are a little bit more interested in t in in in in tournament stuff like you go back 10 years GW did not give a crap about tournaments
when a company gets that big it's not good for the game company it may be good for the shareholders it may be good but it's not it's bad for the games and it's bad for the players just in general when the choices have to be made because somebody on a spreadsheet was able to point at it and go this will make the line go up that doesn't necessarily make a better game it makes a better product as far as bottom line it doesn't make a better game
GW always tries to make it sound like they're doing you a favor by raising prices by the amount that they are and not a little bit more pray I do not I've I've altered the deal pray I do not alter it further indeed
see the thing is the cards are produced separately from the it wouldn't matter if you were in Denmark or even here in the states the they're printed at two different facilities sadly uh that's one of the problems with the cards but there's nothing we can do about that
see that's not supposed to happen we paid a lot of money to get those things shipped out and it sucks that some places that it got to then also there was another fee that's I apologize about that

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Video v0SsPk875Ns Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:57:08 sentiment: neutral

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Overall sentiment (raw)

neutral

Pros

none

Cons

The rules were not significantly changed in the new version.

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Friends don't let friends Buy HP printers
Wizards of the Coast would really rather that you just buy Magic by the case directly from them it seems
They've been making a lot of really bad decisions in my opinion and if they go to business I will laugh and point
I just don't understand why they don't want to do that
I mean the machines that do the saddle stitching are a real pain to maintain they have a tendency to break down a lot
The print books like the vast majority of people are buying the printed versions as opposed to just PDF only
I don't know what the fourth dimension is
I don't really pay attention to that stuff too much
Most new Morheim players I talk to seem happy to download the PDFs for free from broheim these days and when I mention paper Printing and hard copies they think I'm crazy
One odd thing about cyber punk red starter doesn't come with with gonks which I feel is like an essential mechanic
Monac is a great game and the minis for the main monsters are beautiful and fun as heck to pain
I attended a one-day charity Horus heresy event yesterday called Pride of the Legion a good day for a great cause but now I'm horse and this can be and need at least a day to recover
If you want some great plastic modern soldiers look at the April issue of War Games Illustrated with the free sprew of warlord games special ops Troopers
what's your favorite Warhammer mini does that mean which one that I own the most of because it's probably then going to be I don't know what they call them anymore they used to call them nurgle chaos Lord but nowadays he's that guy
I think I have like six or seven of them it's great for kid bashing
Does snarl not have a physical book to buy it doesn't
the machines that do the saddle stitching are a real pain to maintain they have a tendency to break down a lot so some years ago they got rid of Saddle Stitch
The newest Kill Team box set, 'Germination', is discussed.
It's been a minute since I've liked both sets of models in a kill Team box.
Kill team germination is coming this week can't wait

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Overall sentiment (raw)

neutral

Pros

none

Cons

The rules were not significantly changed in the new version.

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Friends don't let friends Buy HP printers
Wizards of the Coast would really rather that you just buy Magic by the case directly from them it seems
They've been making a lot of really bad decisions in my opinion and if they go to business I will laugh and point
I just don't understand why they don't want to do that
I mean the machines that do the saddle stitching are a real pain to maintain they have a tendency to break down a lot
The print books like the vast majority of people are buying the printed versions as opposed to just PDF only
I don't know what the fourth dimension is
I don't really pay attention to that stuff too much
Most new Morheim players I talk to seem happy to download the PDFs for free from broheim these days and when I mention paper Printing and hard copies they think I'm crazy
One odd thing about cyber punk red starter doesn't come with with gonks which I feel is like an essential mechanic
Monac is a great game and the minis for the main monsters are beautiful and fun as heck to pain
I attended a one-day charity Horus heresy event yesterday called Pride of the Legion a good day for a great cause but now I'm horse and this can be and need at least a day to recover
If you want some great plastic modern soldiers look at the April issue of War Games Illustrated with the free sprew of warlord games special ops Troopers
what's your favorite Warhammer mini does that mean which one that I own the most of because it's probably then going to be I don't know what they call them anymore they used to call them nurgle chaos Lord but nowadays he's that guy
I think I have like six or seven of them it's great for kid bashing
Does snarl not have a physical book to buy it doesn't
the machines that do the saddle stitching are a real pain to maintain they have a tendency to break down a lot so some years ago they got rid of Saddle Stitch
The newest Kill Team box set, 'Germination', is discussed.
It's been a minute since I've liked both sets of models in a kill Team box.
Kill team germination is coming this week can't wait

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Recent edition did not drastically change the game.
Changes were not drastic, which was appreciated.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

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The people who bought it really enjoyed it were like oh this is very cool and I like this and I'm very proud of the book as well because I think it's a cool rule set and I also think that the layout on it went very well took a long time but I really enjoyed the way that it came out
Majestic 13 did not sell all that well
Death Wizards has been out for a month and a couple of days and it has sold more copies than Majestic 13 has which came out 13 months ago
it's an indie game made by enemy spotted studios
so the games are shorter
it is a very highly tactical game
players must rely on their widths precise positioning and equipment to win forget about special rules rules in Army building in blackout it's all about raw tactics
we're kind of out cuz you talked about our our our game in your video recently and we are out of product now
kill team 3.0 better be good the whole obstruction line of sight has God awful
I would like them to change kill team drastically and make a third version and see how that works out I would kind of like them to go back to the old ways but I know I'm the only one who thinks that
Kingdom Death is a great example of a boutique game versus any that I've named so far
quar such a fantastic game love their minis
Fallout is the wild west of ips for me something I really can't bring myself to care about
it's the bombs dropped in 2077 which means that we like got to where we are now here in 2024 and then decided you know what's cool the 1950s let's go back to that and make thing and I'm like why did this happen
it's alternate history kind of Fallout is yes it's the future you know the bombs dropped in 2077 but the reason we got to that point was because the transistor was never invented so it that's that that's why things are different is because it's alternate history which never had clicked with me the entire time I've been playing those damn games
I am definitely interested in Fallout tactics
it was it was too board gamey for me frankly like that was the problem
I'm liking death Wizards a lot I'm currently working on building up some minis so I can play it nice

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Video IJBDW-UBdUw Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:56:04 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Recent edition did not drastically change the game.
Changes were not drastic, which was appreciated.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

none

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 people who bought it really enjoyed it were like oh this is very cool and I like this and I'm very proud of the book as well because I think it's a cool rule set and I also think that the layout on it went very well took a long time but I really enjoyed the way that it came out
Majestic 13 did not sell all that well
Death Wizards has been out for a month and a couple of days and it has sold more copies than Majestic 13 has which came out 13 months ago
it's an indie game made by enemy spotted studios
so the games are shorter
it is a very highly tactical game
players must rely on their widths precise positioning and equipment to win forget about special rules rules in Army building in blackout it's all about raw tactics
we're kind of out cuz you talked about our our our game in your video recently and we are out of product now
kill team 3.0 better be good the whole obstruction line of sight has God awful
I would like them to change kill team drastically and make a third version and see how that works out I would kind of like them to go back to the old ways but I know I'm the only one who thinks that
Kingdom Death is a great example of a boutique game versus any that I've named so far
quar such a fantastic game love their minis
Fallout is the wild west of ips for me something I really can't bring myself to care about
it's the bombs dropped in 2077 which means that we like got to where we are now here in 2024 and then decided you know what's cool the 1950s let's go back to that and make thing and I'm like why did this happen
it's alternate history kind of Fallout is yes it's the future you know the bombs dropped in 2077 but the reason we got to that point was because the transistor was never invented so it that's that that's why things are different is because it's alternate history which never had clicked with me the entire time I've been playing those damn games
I am definitely interested in Fallout tactics
it was it was too board gamey for me frankly like that was the problem
I'm liking death Wizards a lot I'm currently working on building up some minis so I can play it nice

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Video IJBDW-UBdUw Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:56:40 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Recent edition did not drastically change the game, which was nice.

Cons

none

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 people who bought it really enjoyed it were like oh this is very cool and I like this and I'm very proud of the book as well because I think it's a cool rule set and I also think that the layout on it went very well took a long time but I really enjoyed the way that it came out
Majestic 13 did not sell all that well
Death Wizards has been out for a month and a couple of days and it has sold more copies than Majestic 13 has which came out 13 months ago
it's an indie game made by enemy spotted studios
so the games are shorter
it is a very highly tactical game
players must rely on their widths precise positioning and equipment to win forget about special rules rules in Army building in blackout it's all about raw tactics
we're kind of out cuz you talked about our our our game in your video recently and we are out of product now
kill team 3.0 better be good the whole obstruction line of sight has God awful
I would like them to change kill team drastically and make a third version and see how that works out I would kind of like them to go back to the old ways but I know I'm the only one who thinks that
Kingdom Death is a great example of a boutique game versus any that I've named so far
quar such a fantastic game love their minis
Fallout is the wild west of ips for me something I really can't bring myself to care about
it's the bombs dropped in 2077 which means that we like got to where we are now here in 2024 and then decided you know what's cool the 1950s let's go back to that and make thing and I'm like why did this happen
it's alternate history kind of Fallout is yes it's the future you know the bombs dropped in 2077 but the reason we got to that point was because the transistor was never invented so it that's that that's why things are different is because it's alternate history which never had clicked with me the entire time I've been playing those damn games
I am definitely interested in Fallout tactics
it was it was too board gamey for me frankly like that was the problem
I'm liking death Wizards a lot I'm currently working on building up some minis so I can play it nice

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Video 5z1iqmjmt34 Tabletop Minions Discussion at 47:17 sentiment: negative

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Negative

Pros

none

Cons

Does not use the core rules of Warhammer 40,000 or Age of Sigmar, hindering its ability to introduce players to those games.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Warhammer 40,000
Age of Sigmar
Kill Team
Combat Patrol

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Game integration — Originally intended to help players get into Warhammer 40k or Age of Sigmar, but did not use the core rules of those games, limiting its effectiveness for this purpose.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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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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Video PMzLPLMze_o Quackalope Top List at 6:00 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Enjoyed the heck out of this.
Worked really well for the host.

Cons

Tried to go weird with it.
The disconnect between the thematic universe and gameplay style.
It just didn't click for the audience.

Thematic elements

Far Cry universe

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dungeon Crawl — Played as a dungeon crawl with real-time actions.
real-time action — Real-time actions happening on the board.
team play — A big team play story with real-time actions.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

hold on to things that are unique that tell a story that you enjoy that give you pleasure and get rid of all the other stuff
this is an industry built off of passion and love
this is like Lego building bricks except for an RPG

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Video gtXXXAjSfIc Tabletop Minions Discussion at 39:32

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Pros

Starting the game after buying cheap Stormcast Eternals

Cons

Silly labeling of models as 'junk' or 'out of print'

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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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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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

none

Cons

Haven't heard anything about it at all in quite some time.
A bunch of stuff's being taken away.
It's just online only most of it.
They haven't talked about War Cry on Warhammer Community since September.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Kill team

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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Video W_Ffzuk3ccA Tabletop Minions Discussion at 25:35

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

none

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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Video 6H0xOCTzogY Tabletop Minions Analysis at 0:18 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Excellent and fast-paced rules with interesting game mechanics.
Amazing sculpts for bespoke model sets.
Agency over warband building using the compendium.
Initial launch box included some of the best terrain sets.
Second edition's tweaks (like the reaction system) improved the rule set.

Cons

Second edition launch included 'weird looking meat trees'.
Potentially limited by being a fantasy-themed game.
May have been 'hog tied' by expensive box releases.

Thematic elements

Fantasy skirmish
Age of Sigmar

Comparison games

Killteam
Necromunda
Blood Bowl
Mordheim
Warhammer Underworlds

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Compendium — Allowed for the use of a very wide selection of current Age of Sigmar figures, providing agency over warband building.
Reaction system — A tweak added in the second edition that improved the rule set.
Skirmish game — Played on a small-sized board with four to 15 models per side.

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Is it dead or something else?
The rules are excellent and fast-paced with like really interesting game mechanics.
If they're discontinuing War Cry, then they should put all of the rules up as free PDFs on the download section of the Warhammer community site.
Remake Mordheim. I've seen a lot of speculation online about how that's maybe something that they're going to do if War Cry is, you know, truly gone, and I don't think it' work out well for anyone.
Just because there's like a skirmish sci-fi game, right, Kill Team, which is on its like third edition at this point now, doesn't mean that there has to be a skirmish fantasy game, I suppose.
War Cry was a great game that was a bit hog tied by having an entire season of expensive meat tree box releases, right? But maybe also it was also hog tied just by being a fantasy themed game, right?
I personally identify more as a science fiction gamer, but War Cry did have fun and elegant rules and some pretty great models and great kind of list building mechanics and all that kind of stuff, but I probably would have enjoyed it even more if it was Sciry more so than the current version of Kill Team for sure.

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Video of4cmMXH4Kc Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:50:22

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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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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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

So skirmish games are the future and army style games are going away, right?
What do you think? Are skirmish games the future or actually just a really a fad?
Skirmish style miniatures war games are at the very least not going anywhere.
Take a look at full spectrum dominance from the lazy forger.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

First edition starter set terrain was amazing.

Cons

Second edition starter set had disliked 'meat trees' terrain.
Game is now 'online only' and effectively discontinued.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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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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Video m91zG_SLh3I Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:35:51 sentiment: negative

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

first edition starter set terrain was astounding

Cons

second edition starter set terrain (meat trees)
online only
no longer available in stores

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

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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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Video m91zG_SLh3I Tabletop Minions Discussion at 1:35:51 sentiment: negative

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

first edition starter set terrain was astounding

Cons

second edition starter set terrain (meat trees)
online only
no longer available in stores

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

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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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Video RVhvdU8__Q0 Tabletop Minions Discussion at 5:49 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

cinematic battles
great miniatures

Cons

fluff heavy
rules complexity in places

Thematic elements

cults, monsters, arena battles
fantasy arena skirmish within chaotic realms
campaigns and arena play

Comparison games

Grim Dark Future Firefight
One Page Rules Grim Dark Future Firefight

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

arena terrain interactions — board features influence tactics
skirmish warfare — small squads, fast play

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Quotes (from this video)

there's no wrong way to do these things
we are in a golden age in this hobby
GW doesn't have a monopoly they have a monotony
the gold standard white is Monument's Bold Titanium White
skirmish games are a buffet you can dip in and out of

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Video WDWBzRe0U38 Tabletop Minions Discussion at 8:42 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

fast, accessible ruleset
skirmish scale supports quick games
miniature-agnostic design
strong tactical depth in a compact system
terrain-focused play adds flavor

Cons

limited long-range options and crunch
balance and update concerns with new editions
potential for updates to invalidate older lists

Thematic elements

skirmish warfare between rival warbands
Ghur region of the Warhammer world, fantasy skirmish
narrative-driven with scenario-based play

Comparison games

Kill Team 2.0
Necromunda

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

activation_and_actions — Turn order and actions determined by dice results, with tactical choices based on singles/triples/quads
Combat: Damage Based — Damage resolution emphasizes hits and wounds with minimal emphasis on armor saves
damage_resolution — Damage resolution emphasizes hits and wounds with minimal emphasis on armor saves
dice_pool_initiative — Six-die initiative pool with a wild die to determine order and available actions
Hand Management — Predominantly melee with some ranged options; overall fast-paced engagements
hand_to_hand_focus — Predominantly melee with some ranged options; overall fast-paced engagements
Line of Sight — Terrain influences line of sight and positioning; dense terrain leads to tactical play
terrain_interaction — Terrain influences line of sight and positioning; dense terrain leads to tactical play

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War Cry is the best game for a kitchen table round with friends which are not in the hobby.
the current version of Warcry reminds me a little bit more of the first edition Age of Sigmar.
it's stripped down, but it stays quick and fun.
the initiative scheme of Warcry makes you think; it's a smart plan to have six dice and a wild die.

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Video M8UzGCJBHdk Tabletop Minions Discussion at 15:12 sentiment: neutral

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Overall sentiment (raw)

neutral

Pros

fast, accessible entry into fantasy skirmish play
encourages use of terrain and narrative campaigns

Cons

less depth than larger fantasy/industrial systems
balance can vary with terrain and scenarios

Thematic elements

narrative-driven, terrain-focused skirmish
fantasy dungeon skirmish
campaign-oriented, dungeon-scoped battles

Comparison games

Kill Team
Warhammer 40,000
Age of Sigmar

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

potential for narrative campaigns — progression and storytelling across games
Skirmish-scale play — small groups contend with dynamic terrain and objectives
terrain and scenario emphasis — scenarios drive play and reward terrain utilization

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Quotes (from this video)

no plan ever survives contact with the enemy
don't start by buying models if you've decided you want to get into game X by the rulebook for game X
start with the book
start with the Codex for that army
paint troops first
don't buy the entire army all at once
definitely definitely do some test models
set deadlines for small portions
start small and grow slowly

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Video Iz3p7G-LcGw Tabletop Minions Discussion at 14:27 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

not a giant army game
more interesting activation scheme than large army games

Cons

none

Thematic elements

tactical skirmish combat
fantasy/medieval-inspired skirmish in a small-battle scale
n/a

Comparison games

Kill Team
Age of Sigmar

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

smaller-scale activation and movement — focus on individual or small unit actions instead of large armies

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Quotes (from this video)

the majority of games get played at home
miniatures agnostic means it's about the rules
i still kind of hate the activation scheme
i like things to be a little bit more back and forth
the comments sections are toxic and nasty

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Video KmMBv2KnTzk Unknown Channel Discussion at 48:29 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Starter boxes are value
quick to learn

Cons

Balance between factions can vary

Thematic elements

Smaller, faster battles than 40k
Fantasy skirmish in the Warcry universe
arena/colosseum style

Comparison games

Kill Team

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Faction variety — many choices and expansions
Skirmish scale combat — fast, modular engagements

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Quotes (from this video)

Space Station Zero has pulled ahead by a good deal
we're real happy with how things are going
the starter set for steel riffs is a must buy for me
there are a lot of options for them
I think quiet is like one of the most important things for an airbrush compressor
online here's the deal too is a lot of shops also sell stuff online

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Video Bv2yMDZEIeQ Tabletop Minions Analysis at 2:39 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

fast-play skirmish with modular releases
fantasy skirmish within a GW framework
quick scenarios and episodes in a shared setting

Comparison games

Age of Sigmar
Warhammer 40,000

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

skirmish ruleset — lighter, faster play compared to big-scale 40k/AoS games

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This is generally known as churn in the wargaming industry.
New additions cause many players to rebuy the books that they already have because some small things changed in the rules.
What I mean by sunk cost is this. If you get into a war game ecosystem like Warhammer 40,000, and it is an ecosystem with all the rules and the models and the terrain and the novels and the video games and the merch, all that stuff, then you're less likely to switch to a different ecosystem or even a different game that isn't its own ecosystem.
Lately, Games Workshop has gotten into a pattern where every other edition of 40k, they also invalidate all of the cotices as well.
They'll be doing it in Age of Sigmar as well, fourth edition of Age of Sigmar which just came a little while ago did it.
This is generally known as churn in the wargaming industry. And it's kind of different than just like making and releasing a lot of products, right?
The main reason that big companies come out with new editions of their games kind of constantly is money.
New editions cause many players to rebuy the books that they already have because some small things changed in the rules.
Three-year edition cycle is something I would certainly stop; some people say five years is more reasonable, and while that's technically true, is that still necessary?
A longer gap would let them make more optional add-on books during that time.
The problem is that they don't want to make too many optional books; they want the new add-on books to seem optional but required.
If something comes up that needs a change, then they usually have a free download that fixes it.
Battletech is great because it's been the same addition for so long.
Paid new edition is pretty clearly a cash grab.
If you're not even interested in having to learn new editions at all, then I'd tell you to look at most smaller indie games because generally they don't do new additions of their games.
What do you think? Are you okay with game systems with paid updates on a fixed schedule, like video game seasons?

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Video vMcOtPkvKm0 Uncle Adam Discussion at 56:40 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

accessible skirmish scale
narrative feel
solo/co-op option

Cons

requires multiple books
costly to collect

Thematic elements

skirmish action with demon cabal flavor
grimdark fantasy within the Warhammer universe
campaign-driven, narrative skirmish

Comparison games

Kill Team
Warhammer 40k

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

campaign/narrative play — scenarios with story progression
skirmish combat — small-number battles with tactical positioning
terrain interaction and activation order — through terrain and turns

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Quotes (from this video)

the five-year schedule makes a lot of sense
summer of 40k, war cry, age of sigmar, kill team
3d printing is a curse the number of amazing models increases exponentially daily
grimdark aesthetic can be satire

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Video 64-tx2n1aYk Tabletop Minions Analysis at 0:00 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Deep tactical potential with strong terrain emphasis
Rich faction variety enabling varied play
Narrative campaign possibilities

Cons

Complexity may be steep for new players
Requires multiple books or external references to play fully

Thematic elements

Tactical skirmish with narrative potential; emphasis on terrain, factions, and card-driven play.
Fantasy Warhammer setting focusing on Cabals, terrain, and skirmish battles.
Campaign-inspired scenarios with evolving factions and terrain-based strategy.

Comparison games

Kill Team 2.0
Dominion
Stargrave

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Activation economy — Warcry-style activation mechanics influence turn order and actions, forming the core tempo of play.
Faction-driven variety — Different Cabals provide unique abilities, promoting varied lists and tactical approaches.
Terrain-centric play — Terrain plays a central role in movement, positioning, and line of sight; maps and boards are critical.
Unique Player Powers — Different Cabals provide unique abilities, promoting varied lists and tactical approaches.

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Quotes (from this video)

it's more than i thought the fact that they have like little rulers that come with the game that aren't just like inches but are like symbols
the rules are completely incompatible
i liked the old kill team rules
i'm looking forward to giving it a try and seeing what it looks like
the box will be 50 more than you hope it will cost
i think rules are important

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