Game Info
Year
2026
Players
1-5
Age
6+
Playtime
45 min
Complexity
1.8/5
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Description
Cooperative fantasy game where a party of heroes explores a land of treasures and monsters
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Video 5YXlUeqe3_A
Board Game Critique Review at 0:24 sentiment: positive
video_pk 84104 · mention_pk 213181
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Powerful progression and tangible sense of growth
- Diverse boss quests change strategies
- Fast turns with low downtime and organic diplomacy/trading
- Backpack Tetris and modular bags are fun and functional
- Cooperative coordination without heavy micromanagement
Cons
- Dice luck can be brutal for some groups
- Mid-game grind or 'midame farming' can slow momentum
- Basic monster AI; not puzzle-heavy for hardcore co-ops
- Setup/teardown with many tokens and bags; prototype component issues
- Limited player count sweet spot; solo/5 players trade-off
Thematic elements
- loot progression and quest-driven co-op
- Fantasy dungeon-crawl setting with exploration and boss battles
- episodic boss-focused quests with puzzle elements
Comparison games
- Chronicles of Aval
- Spirit Island
- Gloomhaven
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Bag-based equipment management — Cloth loot bags with backpack Tetris to fit equipment; item-rich inventory affecting strategy
- Boss Battler — Boss fights require solving a quest before you can damage them
- Boss puzzle encounters — Boss fights require solving a quest before you can damage them
- Combat: Dice — Colored dice for attack (orange), defense (blue), monsters (violet); weapons and potions modify results
- Dice-based combat — Colored dice for attack (orange), defense (blue), monsters (violet); weapons and potions modify results
- Hunger/resource management — Blue circles as hunger; food tokens prevent heart loss; stamina hearts and red injury hearts
- Modular map and boss variety — Modular board and multiple exclusive bosses on deluxe version
- Monster AI and day/night spawns — Monsters move toward heroes; day/night fields spawn additional threats; AI is basic
- Resource Management — Blue circles as hunger; food tokens prevent heart loss; stamina hearts and red injury hearts
- turn-based action selection — Four actions per turn including move, explore, exploit, collect, trade, or fight
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Quotes (from this video)
- "The power fantasy lands hard. You feel stronger, your dice pools grow, and it's tactile."
- "Backpack Tetris deserves its own standing ovation."
- "I literally yelled fish once and it turned out to matter two turns later."
- "Five actions, baby."
- "You high-fived so hard the stand fell over."
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Rob's Tabletop World Discussion at 3:44
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a fundraiser for us.
- Please bid with some decency and help us out.
- We could really use your help.
- It's your old pal Rob.
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Rob's Tabletop World Analysis at 3:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
none
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none
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none
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The hard thing is I can't do it. I've got to rely on my wife to do it. So that's why we're kind of juggling things and it's kind of hard to get everything together.
- I added more stuff to the mystery lots. So, we're going to go over it here and make sure that you understand what's going on here.
- When you make a bid, it is for lots two and three. Okay.
- I can't show you the games because I just can't move on this thing.
- It is what it is. Um
- It's been like a machine but with this ankle completely torn up. It is really really hard. Okay.
- The rules don't take that much. They really don't take that much.
- I think it's a really really special game. And I can't believe I missed it for this long.
- We're going to end it this Thursday. So um this Thursday 12 noon it's the last time you can get your bids in.
- And lot 11, don't forget that Neuroscape game. That thing that that game is hot and expensive and, uh, good luck because it'
- Big time hockey. Big time boxing. I'll take a look at it. I'll write him if he'll bring he'll send it to us. I'm a big- time hockey guy. You know that. Very painful. Very painful.
- If you want to bid, email me novarapime860@hotmail.com.
- Galaxy Defender. Okay, at 250. We combined the two lots, two and three. Okay, they are going to be one lot now.
- Uh, Lot number four has no bids on it. That's the Memoir 44, Ace Armor, Flames of War starter set, uh, coin game, um, uh, D, uh, D-Day, uh, solo game from Decision Games. A great, great, great lot. Expensive lot, too.
- Lot number 11, Last Night on Earth, Darkest Night, the miniature expansion for it, Naroscape, and Risk. I threw that in there. Brand new copy. Nobody can ever have enough uh Risk.
- That thing that that game is hot and expensive and, uh, good luck because it's a low print run, so the cards are worth cash, but we need the cash.
- See, I got to talk more about that Dynasty baseball game. this there's certain games that just get get me a certain way and I go, "Yeah, that's that's gonna be a classic."
- Schnickel Fritz is if you just want to donate money. Snickler Fritz64@yahoo uh.com. If you don't want to bid on anything, you just want to send five bucks to help us out. Uh, we would appreciate that. You can do that, too.
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Rob's Tabletop World Discussion at 3:41
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I've been trying to walk with the boot. Well, I not walk, but I I I have a boot that I put on, but I keep it off most of the time because I'll be honest with you, it is bigger and bulkier than the cast.
- The lots that we do have, okay, everybody's waiting to find out what what's been bid on and and you know, it's been not that bad, but
- This may be probably the best baseball game I've ever played and I can't believe I didn't know about it.
- It is the most realistic, fast-paced, easy to learn baseball game I've I've ever played.
- This is a game that has everything except cold beer and hot dogs.
- I'm really on the fence with keeping Chronicles of Drungore.
- I think I'm going to more talk about the expansion than show it because the quality of the prototype isn't good.
- This game feels like you're playing Sidmer Pirate and nothing better than finding treasure, going through life, taking people down, you know, sinking ships, taking them.
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Rules Teach at 0:05 sentiment: positive
video_pk 67792 · mention_pk 164053
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cooperative combat adventure
- Players can level up
- Variety of actions available
- Unique boss quests
Cons
- Losing a hero results in a gravestone marker, and three knocked-out heroes means losing the game.
Thematic elements
- Defending a kingdom from invading monsters and villains after the former Guardians became lazy.
- A once safe kingdom
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players can take up to four actions from a list per turn.
- Boss Quests — Players must complete unique quests for each boss to be able to damage them.
- cooperative play — Players work together to achieve a common goal.
- Dice Rolling — Combat involves rolling attack and defense dice, with additional colored dice usable against specific monster types.
- Leveling up — Heroes can level up by defeating higher-level monsters, unlocking the ability to use more item types and gaining more heart slots.
- Modular Board — Map tiles are revealed during exploration.
- monster movement — Monsters move towards the closest hero.
- Player Elimination (with respawn) — If a hero loses all hearts, they are removed and can re-enter with a new hero, adding a gravestone marker.
- Set Collection — Items and spells can be acquired, but players are limited by backpack space.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We're hunting over zealous gnomes and returning pets to their homes.
- So, it's up to the heroes to save the day.
- Yeah, if you're going to adventure, you're going to need some good nosh.
- It's a party. And they don't have to spend a token.
- And that's the basics of Lord of Loot.
- This is Good Time Society, and the quest to defeat me involves you liking this video, subscribing to the channel, and coming back for more great games and good times.
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Review at 0:09 sentiment: positive
video_pk 67782 · mention_pk 164043
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun theme with a weird, wacky world that's both light-hearted and a little dark.
- Good-looking game with clever component design for a small box.
- More depth and complexity than the simple core gameplay loop suggests.
- Fun tactile backpack puzzle for item management.
- Satisfying spells that are simple to use.
- Streamlined and thematic combat system.
- Easy and simple leveling up mechanism.
- High variety due to different bosses, quests, and combinations.
- Engaging exploration with random tile draws.
- Easy to get to the table, set up, play, and learn.
- Clever design with a simple ruleset.
Cons
- Inconsistent theme tone, with some quests feeling childish while others are heavier.
- It's a light game with limited 'crunch' beyond resource management and action choices.
- High degree of randomness, particularly in dice combat and tile/spell draws, with little mitigation.
- Not a lot of story; it's a one-off game, not a campaign.
Thematic elements
- Weird, wacky world that's both fun and light-hearted, and also maybe a little bit dark.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players have four actions per turn to perform various tasks.
- Bag Building — Spells are drawn from a bag.
- Boss battles — The core objective is to defeat bosses.
- cooperative play — Players work together to defeat bosses.
- Dice Rolling — Combat involves rolling dice to determine success.
- Leveling up — Players can level up their heroes.
- Modular Board — Land tiles are placed and flipped over during exploration.
- Pick-Up and Deliver — One of the quests involves this type of mechanic.
- Quest Completion — Quests must be completed to damage bosses.
- Resource Management — Managing resources is key for casting spells and other actions.
- Set Collection — Gathering resources to cast spells is mentioned.
- Spatial Puzzle — Fitting items into a backpack on the player board.
- Territory Movement — Heroes move to new locations on the board.
- Variable player powers — Heroes have various abilities.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Thank you to the publisher for sending me this prototype so I can make this video.
- The core of the game play is actually very simple. You'll take your four actions, flip a monster card, do whatever it says.
- First thing is the theme is kind of fun. like this kind of weird, wacky world that's both fun and kind of light-hearted and also maybe a little bit dark at the same time.
- it has some clever stuff going on for what is potentially, as you can see here, a small box.
- it really does make for a game that has more meat than it really should for the size of the rule set.
- Combat is very simple.
- the ease of leveling up. It's very simple. If you fought a bad guy and beat it that was a higher level than you, you level up. Done. So, no XP tracking, none of that. Just keep clean, fast, simple.
- there's a lot of randomness to the game, which I as always I love.
- I enjoyed this game. I think it is doing some clever things with a very simple rule set.
- I think it's easy to the table. It's easy to set up. It's easy to play. It's easy to learn.
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Discussion at 12:14 sentiment: positive
video_pk 66936 · mention_pk 162811
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really cool components
- Smart approach to the genre
- Slightly lighter weight, family weight
- Cooperative nature
- Little bit of whimsy mixed in
- Prepainted miniatures available
- Frosted dice
- Quest is important to resolve
- Incentivized to trade
- Makes you think a little bit differently
- Inventory management system
- Cooperative quests are baked in
- Freedom in action system
- Lighter weight compared to complex dungeon crawls
- Delivers on time for crowdfunding
Cons
- Had to get it on the secondary market (eBay) as it was not crowdfunded
Thematic elements
- Dungeon crawl experience
Comparison games
- Merchants of the Dark Road
- Lens of Galier
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players have a set number of actions per turn (e.g., move, explore, exploit, collect items, trade items, fight) from a larger pool.
- cooperative play — The game is cooperative, with players working together to complete a quest before fighting the boss.
- Dungeon Crawl — Described as a lighter weight, dungeon crawl experience with traditional tropes.
- Item trading — Players can trade items with each other, especially when inventory space is limited.
- Leveling up — Players can level up their characters.
- Player scaling — Plays up to five people with an expansion.
- Quest Completion — Players must complete a quest before they can damage the main boss.
- Resource Management — Players need to manage food resources to sustain their characters, or risk losing stamina and life.
- Set Collection — Collecting specific items or weapons that match certain colors or types.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm just going to stop telling Mitchell alltogether when I'm hitting record and it'll just happen and we're we're into it.
- Shocking to no one. It has really cool components.
- you can't actually damage the boss until you've completed your quest as a group.
- This game gets away with gets rid of all that and just says you are trying to play as many cards as you can on the table and the only rule and they're trying to they have to be the same number and the only rule is it can't be the same quantity of cards that a number another player has played.
- I love the fact that you're going on this quest together and the quest is important.
- It's a great system. It's a great type of game and kind of underrated.
- I want to know what's wrong with me that I keep on going back to this hotel casino mall.
- Do you think maybe at some point we should do another live show?
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