Game Info
Year
2027
Players
1-5
Age
14+
Playtime
120 min
Complexity
2.8/5
Collection
Ratings
Creator Score
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Description
A cooperative adventure board game where players explore the wilderness of the far future as Rangers discovering new trails and uncovering branching storylines through an ecological system of interconnected environments
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BoardGameCo Top List at 4:52 sentiment: positive
video_pk 80998 · mention_pk 198996
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Part of the well-liked Earthborne line.
- Appealing world to dive into.
- Offers solo or cooperative play.
Cons
- Not much information released yet.
Thematic elements
- Standalone board game in the Earthborne Rangers universe.
- World of Earthborne Rangers
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- solo/cooperative play — Can be played solo or cooperatively.
- Standalone Board Game — A single-shot standalone board game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- My number one in this video, meaning the one I am most excited about, is the impetus for this video.
- I like Legacy games as an experience.
- It's one of those things that I managed to get a sense of seeing the way things chain and interact with each other. But, I don't fully get a sense of it until it's on my table and I'm making those decisions and thinking through the actions.
- I've been pulled in more by games that are easier to table than games that are more complicated and possibly more rewarding.
- Single session does not a review make.
- This is my most anticipated Awaken Realms game, not even a question.
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Bower's Game Corner Preview at 0:34 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 80796 · mention_pk 198011
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Visually appealing art and components.
- Cooperative gameplay for 1-5 players.
- Potential for choice-driven narrative.
- Large number of cards included.
- Dual-layer player boards.
Cons
- Main image is not great.
- Description lacks mechanical details.
- Deluxe components and expansions are not well-sold.
- Add-ons and art prints seem overpriced.
- The video presentation is repetitive and not very informative.
- Release date is far in the future (August 2027).
- Lack of a physical rule booklet.
- Shipping costs can significantly increase the final price.
- The value proposition for the base game price is unclear due to poor gameplay showcase.
Thematic elements
- the wilderness of the far future
Comparison games
- Space base
- Robinson Crusoe
- Legacy of the Ancestors
- Pandemic Legacy
- Foundations of Gloomhaven
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Adventure game — Described as a cooperative adventure board game.
- Bag Building — Speculated by the host as a potential mechanic.
- Campaign play (comparison) — The host compares Earthborn Rangers (the previous game) to 'cooperative campaign card-based' games.
- card-driven — Implied by the large number of cards and mechanics related to playing cards.
- cooperative play — Mentioned as a core feature for one to five players.
- Engine Building — Speculated by the host as a potential mechanic.
- exploration — The theme involves exploring the wilderness.
- Legacy (potential comparison) — The host compares the concept of a spin-off game to 'Pandemic Legacy type game'.
- Resource Management — Implied by mechanics like spending 'trail marker' and gaining 'XP'.
- Single-session play — Contrasted with the previous game, Earthborn Trailblazer is described as played in 'single sessions'.
- Tableau Building — Speculated by the host as a potential mechanic.
- Tile Placement — Speculated by the host as a potential mechanic.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I hate the main image. I just think it's objectively not good.
- This is a spin-off. And I want to know right from the jump, do spin-off games disappoint you when you find out a game is a spin-off game as much as it does for me?
- So much better than everything in the main image. Unless you're just here for artwork, which is not most people.
- So, can you do it? Yes, looks like they had a snafu with shipping to Germany which, you know, first time game publishers international shipping it sucks.
- 80 bucks. Okay, feels reasonable 20 bucks off MSRP sure.
- If you don't have an expansion for this deluxe, I feel like you have done an atrocious job selling me this deluxe because I, at first glance, after watching that video, cannot tell you what I think is going to be in the deluxe aside from card sleeves and probably some stupid dice roller.
- I sincerely hope that these are at least slightly larger than normal cards and you are not just gouging your customers for $25 for a tuck box of cards.
- The publishers are running the project and the amount of money they're making off their art.
- I hate how many people purchase board games and art is one of the main reasons they do it because I think it just leads to very bad habits in the crowdfunding sector where people feel like they can get away with launching half-baked games just because they have delightful art and delightful components.
- The biggest takeaway from this is, 'Man, I'd really like to try out Earthborn.'
- No rule booklet. Weird shippings like just some weird stuff. Yeah, C minus.
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Good Time Society Discussion at 25:33 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- crushing its funding goal
- This looks amazing
- everyone that's played has raved about. They loved it.
- committed to sustainability
- amazing
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- wilderness in the far future
Comparison games
- Earthborne Rangers
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — An "open world cooperative game".
- Open world — Described as an "open world cooperative game".
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This game is confounding.
- Wow, that's going to be hard to beat.
- Wow, friends. So, what are the final scores?
- This was cool. Like, this is a first time for all of us, and I liked how we all went to different things.
- The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms is a game that you can find yourself diving deep into.
- The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms has a lot of replayability.
- I love building stuff.
- The Elder Scrolls: Call to Arms is a game that will appeal to fans of the video game series.
- Can you flip the top down so they can kind of see the cards a little better?
- I don't fully understand this game, but I feel like I'm winning.
- No takesies backsies.
- Wow, okay. Freaking
- This is an interesting game, right?
- Wow. That's interesting. I was just thinking about it.
- Dang it. Well done. That cost me the game.
- I quit playing board games forever.
- Wow, that's going to be huge.
- Holy cow, that's going to be
- Wow, Bailey.
- Oh, man. Uh, so I was trying to do some math here of like how many cards are in the deck and I did know notice in the rulebook it's 54 and there's six suits. So, I assume it would be nine each. But then Bailey made the point of like, 'Well, there's got to be at least 10 sculptors.' And then I forgot that some bunch of these are double-sided.
- Oh, man.
- Wow.
- So, what are the final scores?
- GG, friends.
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BoardGameGeek Discussion at 14:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Follow-up to the successful Earthborne Rangers.
- Currently doing very well on crowdfunding.
- Appealing and nostalgic art style.
- Heard many good things about Earthborne Rangers and expects this to continue that praise.
Cons
- Hosts haven't had a chance to play it yet.
Thematic elements
- protecting the land as rangers
- a wider world
Comparison games
- Earthborne Rangers
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — Players use cards as rangers to protect the land.
- cooperative play — Players work together.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- World Order is the uh spiritual successor to hegemony.
- Lead your country to victory.
- It seems really really interesting.
- This is rebirth.
- Very simple rule set.
- Very beautiful board and stuff.
- Never not amazed by Kenitzia's ability to create games like that that are just really simple, but they're deeper than you think.
- Moon Colony Blood Bath.
- I love the campiness of the theme.
- It's a silly theme.
- This deck throughout the game is just getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
- It's really fun because you get to play with it and it's just so silly the concept of the game.
- My best of the month is actually going to be uh something that I've wanted to play for a long time and playing a bit uh at home. This is Arkham Horror, the card game.
- My favorite is going to be a game called Frosted Blooms.
- It's really, really tough. But I really liked it. It's just one of those simple polyomo tile laying games. I just am so charmed by these kinds of games.
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