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Year
2026
Players
2-4
Complexity
0/5
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A seven-episode cooperative legacy game in which player choices permanently reshape the world and unlock hidden components
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Video YWm8JCkEIBw
BoardGameCo Analysis at 13:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- almost done with the campaign
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign — I have like two games left to go and then of course I'll be reviewing it. But I'm almost done with the campaign.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- John Gets Games is kind of done with YouTube.
- It's one of those things that for some reason or another, it's definitely not a job that lasts forever for everyone.
- It is like I love playing games. I love filming videos, but I also like having time in my life.
- The amount of games you want to play is very different than the amount of games you're actually going to play.
- It's one of those games that I wonder how it'll fair over time.
- It has become one of our go-to fillers.
- I think it's an excellent game.
- This is like speaking back to like content creator burnout.
- YouTube is both a joy and there's also the elements of kind of the churn so to speak.
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The Dice Tower Top List at 24:34 sentiment: other
video_pk 106686 · mention_pk 308198
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Excited
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)
- uh they have Forbidden Legacy, which I'm excited to play.
- Um yeah, so it's a new Sushi Go Party game that has all new cards.
- So it is tons of fun. I gave it, you know, big astounding review.
- My number one is not a specific booth. It is an area. Um that's because I try to find a new one in this area each year and this is Artist Alley as well.
- Uh I just released. It is the new expansion to Marvel Champions is out now.
- And it has Daredevil in it, finally.
- The other character is Echo. It's looks really cool, too.
- And it took me 2 years to make it over to Lucas Oil Stadium. I finally made it last year.
- You know, and that's like a whole 'nother section of Gen Con, you know.
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Bower's Game Corner Top List at 9:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Legacy element is appealing.
- Designed by Matt Leacock.
- Offers seven replayable games.
- Features a story that remembers.
- Includes a graphic novel guided adventure.
- Easy to learn gameplay.
Cons
- Believed to be in limited quantity.
- Host doesn't have the price or booth listed initially.
Thematic elements
- Legacy aspect of the Forbidden series
- Graphic novel guided adventure
Comparison games
- Forbidden Island
- Forbidden Desert
- Forbidden Skies
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative — Described as cooperative fun.
- legacy — Features a legacy-esque aspect with seven replayable games.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- There's a mystery to solve with Scooby and the gang in the social deduction game.
- One of those games you can pick up for 20 bucks and you bring it back and people are like, "Oh my gosh, you pick up the greatest games when you go to Gen Con."
- It's so fun.
- I know next to nothing about this game, but I am excited.
- That looks awesome.
- I'm only excited about this for one reason, it's in the tiny box.
- It's a game where you are going to rip, crumble, fold, and twist a small piece of paper.
- It's really cool. You have this 3D puzzle in front of you that you are looking at, and you are going to be you holding it kind of like a steering wheel, and then picking it up and rotating it 90 degrees.
- If you're one of those people who's like, "Yeah, I love trick-taking games. I like trick-taking games and I just have a whole big collection of trick-taking games because all of as long as it does something slightly different."
- And you have me at universal expansion.
- This side game has the unique ability to impact the other game point-wise and stuff like that.
- I love Vampire Survivors.
- It's Emerson Matsuuchi, who is quickly moving up the ranks as one of my favorite game designers of all time.
- The bottom line is it's two-player Werewolf. I'm just intrigued at that, quite frankly.
- We tried it in the press room. We're like, "Wow, this game is super sticky great."
- Now there's a version which you don't have to feel gross when a card comes up about.
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Video 88-XkAodRik
BoardGameCo Review at 10:38 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Hope to be playing a lot more of it.
- Do plan on diving more into Forbidden Legacy and letting you know how it goes.
Cons
- If I have a bunch of losses, I may have to adjust and adapt.
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)
- Dominant Species is going to be reprinted from Chad's artwork by Eno Tulle and a new version from Allplay.
- The return policy straight up sucks. I'm not going to I'm not going to sugarcoat that.
- It was a surreal moment. You're like, "You mean no one's going to school? Everyone's staying home. We can't see each other anymore. We can't talk to each other. Everything is shutting down."
- Fortunately, no one was hurt in the actual um in the actual incident itself, but it definitely put the a bit of a damper on their ability to function.
- So like war is bad.
- I have learned 39 games. 39 games in 4 days.
- It's also homework.
- I think Bunny Kingdom is still ultimately the much better game.
- It's aiming to be mind management, but slightly more accessible, making it easier to dive into.
- Looks fun, accessible, looks very Citizens of the Spark/Dominion-esque, but with a lighter target audience in mind.
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 1:20:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly Positive
Pros
- Highly anticipated
- Combines legacy elements with the Forbidden series
- Engaging cooperative gameplay
- Graphic novel integration for storytelling
Cons
- Publisher has not widely announced release date
Thematic elements
- Legacy, cooperative, adventure
- Graphic novel
Comparison games
- Forbidden Island
- Forbidden Desert
- Forbidden Sky
- Forbidden Jungle
- Pandemic Legacy
- Ticket to Ride Legacy
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — Players work together to achieve a common goal.
- Grid Movement — Gameplay involves moving around a grid of locations.
- legacy — This is a legacy game, implying permanent changes and evolving gameplay.
- Set Collection — Players need to find specific items or complete objectives on the grid.
- Storytelling — The narrative is driven by a graphic novel element.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's being sort of talked about like the Splendor killer.
- This is really gorgeous art. It looks really thoughtful, really um really beautifully crafted um with a similar sort of Splender style gameplay.
- you can't talk to each other about the cards you have.
- Specific player count games, are always very interesting to me because it's a big swing for a publisher to publish a threeplayeron game is a risk.
- Phantom Inc., full disclosure, is a game that I did work on. Uh, it is my favorite of the team-based party word games. I think it is a phenomenal game.
- So, it's a really neat push your luck game. What the really cool twist is if you have an odd number of fruit in your hand up to five, you can you must sell all of them.
- It's got dinos, so I think it's going to be a really good seller uh for um I think it's three three WS games.
- I have I have everything wingspan and it's too much. It's objectively too much.
- Hard. Not interested. Three boxes to play one game. No.
- Michelle and I have played Ma Jong every night for the last two weeks. It's been incredible.
- it's a meaningful game beyond just a surface level, right? So, it's very cool to see younger generations getting back into it to keep that tradition alive.
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Video 3jDUm4ZclKs
TheGameBoyGeek - Hi Quality Hi Energy Board Game Reviews Review at 0:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Chronicle book is high quality and cool.
- Artwork in the chronicle book is nice.
- First episode feels like a cross between Forbidden Island and Forbidden Desert.
- More actions (4) and more choices per turn than Forbidden Island.
- Element cards having both type and features (color, number, shape) add significant depth.
- Puzzle of deciding which cards to discard is engaging.
- Locating elements for the portal becomes harder as tiles sink, increasing tension.
- New gears provide different abilities.
- Lore unlocks add thematic new things and rules.
- Jumps right into the action, not a slow prologue.
- Feels familiar yet different, living up to sequel expectations.
- Can add or drop players.
- New abilities gained stack and offer more choices.
- Rule-breaking abilities gained after winning scenarios make the game stronger as it gets harder.
- Can replay any scenario after the campaign.
- Creates a unique game for each player as stickers are applied.
- Personally liked better than original Forbidden Island.
- Considered an advanced version of Forbidden Island.
Cons
- Definitely a little heavier than Forbidden Island.
- May be too complex for younger players (8-10 years old) as a first experience.
- Not as deep a story or as many plot twists as Pandemic Legacy.
- No major forks in the road or 'holy crap' plot moments.
- Cannot be reset after playing through; would need to buy a new copy to replay without existing stickers/changes.
Thematic elements
- Time travel to fix a portal
- 1896
- Chronicle book with story and graphic adventure elements
Comparison games
- Forbidden Island
- Forbidden Desert
- Forbidden Sky
- Forbidden Jungle
- Pandemic Legacy
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players get four actions per turn, which is more than the three actions in Forbidden Island, allowing for more things to do.
- cooperative play — The game is played cooperatively, with players working together to achieve the game's objectives.
- Hand Management — Deciding which cards to discard and which to play with involves intricate thought due to limited options as tiles sink.
- legacy — The game is a legacy game where components are added and subtracted, and new mechanisms are introduced and removed between episodes. Stickers are applied to tiles and characters, creating a unique game for each player.
- Loot/Gearing — Players can search tiles for gear tokens to gain gear cards with special abilities that break game rules.
- Lore Unlocks — Players can collect lore tokens to unlock thematic elements, rules, and new things to do, often starting from the first turn.
- Modular Board — The game uses modular tiles that can change, and scenarios can be replayed individually after the campaign.
- Set Collection — Players collect sets of element cards with specific elements (color, number, shape) to place stones on tiles.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Forbidden Island changed everything.
- This game feels familiar, but yet different. And it's exactly what I'd hoped sort of the other sequels had done for this, which they all kind of did in a way, but for me, none of them lived up to Forbidden Island. This one does for me.
- The chronicle book is so cool. This thing is high quality.
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Video EDHMNJqMGE4
TheGameBoyGeek - Hi Quality Hi Energy Board Game Reviews Top List at 17:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Combines the Forbidden series with Rob Daviau's legacy design
- Seven-episode quest with evolving gameplay and unlocking elements
- Each stage is replayable on its own, increasing accessibility
- Strong sentimental value for the reviewer due to the Forbidden series' impact on his hobby
- Decision tier will affect next stages
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Seven-episode cooperative quest through shifting moments in time, unlocking abilities and reshaping the game world
- Evolving world within the Forbidden series
Comparison games
- Forbidden Island
- Forbidden Desert
- Forbidden Sky
- Forbidden Jungle
- Legends of the West
- Ticket to Ride Legacy
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign play — It is a seven-stage campaign where the resolution of one stage introduces new elements to the next.
- cooperative play — Players work together through a seven-episode quest.
- legacy elements — The game involves unlocking abilities, revealing hidden components, and triggering lasting changes that reshape the game, with new rules and escalating challenges.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "A lot of these come in airlifted and they're very limited releases. So, it might be hard to get some of these, but they are theoretically for sale, so you should be able to get some of these."
- "The card no one drafts... is the dinosaur that moves up an additional space. So, it's one of those things where it's like, 'Oh, I want this one, but if we leave this one, this will move up.'"
- "I usually don't like legacy games, but this one is on there because of that. You can reset it, you can replay it, you can play them separately. So, in theory, I guess it's not really technically I don't know what the definition of legacy game is."
- "Forbidden Island came out, I believe, in 2010, and it's the game that sort of got me back into the board gaming hobby."
- "I was nicknamed the Game Boy, which is why my channel is called Game Boy Geek, actually."
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BoardGameCo Discussion at 2:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Legacy format excites the speaker
- Interesting crossover with existing Forbidden titles
Cons
- Actual execution unknown at this time
Thematic elements
- Legacy campaign in a fantasy setting
- Forbidden World spanning multiple locales (Islands, Desert, Skies)
- Story-driven legacy progression
Comparison games
- Forbidden Island
- Forbidden Desert
- Forbidden Skies
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- legacy campaign — Long-term campaign with evolving components
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The drama is good for views I know this you know this we all know this
- AI can do it
- Rodney Smith cuts ties with Chaz Marlor who previously he had been working with for six years
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 26:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong Pandemic Legacy pedigree
- High replayability across stages
Cons
- Long commitment required
- Complex setup
Thematic elements
- Campaign-driven legacy gameplay
- Legacy progression in a forbidden-genre family
- multistage campaign
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- legacy campaign — Seven-stage campaign that evolves with replayability
- Legacy Game — Seven-stage campaign that evolves with replayability
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Flip 7 is becoming an unstoppable juggernaut.
- Ticket Ride has sold 20 million copies.
- Ticket Ride will return in Avengers Doomsday.
- Oink Games is opening an official store in Harajuku in March.
- Labyrinth Chronicles is being crowdfunded soon. It has a retail release in quarter 4.
- Legacy is coming out at Gen Con.
- This is its own standalone thing. It sounds very different.
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