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Games I'd like to see Video Reviews for
Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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Over the last week or two I've been trying desperately to catch up on listening to all the various podcasts, audio rules, geekspeak, and video blogs. I'm not making headway with the audio, there's so much of it.
However, I've been able to keep up with the video blogs and I find they're very interesting and often insightful, especially whe it's a game that I've never played before.
There are good blogs ( http://boardgameswithscott.com) and not so good ones (I won't mention them). All of them are interesting but I've really only found Scott's blog to be enjoyable. I've even referred people to his blog to see a review of a game just for the purpose of learning the essentials of a game. For instance, a woman here at work was wondering how to play Mah-Jongg. I've never played it myself so I forwarded her the link to Scott's blog about Maj-Jongg which she found useful.
So I was thinking about some games that I would love to see someone do a video review/rules explanation for. I guess I'd use them for introducing new people to gateway games, for driving home how to play more complicated games, and as a refresher when you haven't played said game in a while.
So I've only included games that have no video about them anywhere (that I've found) and that are in print or will be again soon. If you know where a video for one of these games is located, please add a comment. Add your own games to the list too and I'll let Scott know about this list and maybe if we're lucky he'll do a future show about some of them.
Please vote for whichever games listed that you'd also really like to see in video form.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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This is an obvious choice though I wonder how useful it would truly be. While this isn't useful to the majority of us here who have already played it, it might be useful to new players or to draw new players in.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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Another obvious choice though this may be more useful. There are still plenty of people who have not played this yet but may be curious about it. Maybe Jim Campbell could be pursuaded to join in via phone to talk strategy!
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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Highly regarded here on the geek and by myself. However the seemingly complex rules and theme make it difficult to convince people to play for the first time. With a new edition of the game coming out and a lot of curious but tentative people out there, this may be a great time for this game to be video reviewed.
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Board Game: Tichu
[Average Rating:7.72 Overall Rank:41]
Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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This game is mega-popular with a lot of people yet I find that many have never play it. It's not that complicated to learn and the game itself is relatively cheap but maybe some just need a little boost.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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There are a lot of games out there where it's better to learn how to play from someone who knows than to try to read and understand the rules yourself. Here's the perfect example. I've had this game for 9 months and it's one of only two games that I own still in shrinkwrap. Mostly because I've been warned to wait for someone to teach me this instead. There are a lot of other games that fall into this category too.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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Here's another example of a game that many people, including myself, just don't get. Those that do seem to enjoy it, I'd like to be among them.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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One of my favorites but there is a learning curve and I've seen a few people give up trying this game after only one or two attempts. This would be a great way to introduce the game and also a way to drive home the rules and strategy after they've played once or twice.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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I'd love to see a show based around a bunch of light and quick games, maybe 5-6 could be fit into one show. Games such as Crokinole, Can't Stop, For Sale, Blokus, Geschenkt, Coda, Cloud 9, Diamant, Coloretto, etc.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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There's been a strong trend recently to reprint old titles with new components and some rule tweaks. A review of the new game with a possible comparison to the old version may help fans of the original game and new players. Soem recent reprints that spring to mind... Arkham Horror, Britannia, Junta, Shogun, Ave Caesar, Warrior Knights, Fury of Dracula, etc.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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Games where the price is a major factor in buying a game would be very helpful. I may want a game with a $50+ pricetag but I'd prefer to see it in action first. Games like: Descent, Talisman, TI3, Roads & Boats, Antiquity, Master Thieves, World of Warcraft, etc.
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Jonathan Takagi
United States
San Marcos
California
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I'd like to see video reviews for ultra hard-to-find titles that I have little to no hope of ever even seeing, to say nothing of purchasing.
I think a video review of Poisson d'avril is also in order.
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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This is a really excellent game that is being reprinted by Z-Man games. It seems to be the sort of game that is helped by visuals. It's not difficult to play but a little difficult to explain.
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A video review (like Boardgames With Scott) would be a great way to teach this one.
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Gabe Alvaro
United States
Berkeley
California
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I've been contemplating this game for a while as my first foray into dexterity games. I would really enjoy watching a group of people playing this game before I buy. It would be neat to see techniques and the actual movement. Unfortunately I don't know anybody who owns it. Any video reviews out there?
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Steve Berger
United Kingdom
Borough Green
Kent
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As it seems to be one of the most viewed games at the mo, this would be great to see a review for. I'm highly tempted but would love to see the game in flow first.
Does anybody use the video reviews to teach a newbie the game? At least that way if a player did the old 'you never told me that' you could say - 'well let's see shall we?'
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Fine, I'll add it.
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László K.
United States
Hopatcong
New Jersey
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As mentioned earlier, price is an issue when deciding whether or not to purchase a game. Additionally, however, preferred number of players and length of play are also two (but by no means the only) details that are important to know when deciding whether to purchase a game. This becomes even more important when a game has 1 or more expansions, which as we all know multiples the cost of ownership. "A Game of Thrones" is just such a game (of the many games with expansions). A video review of the AGoT base game as well as its expansion "A Clash of Kings" (and the soon-to-be-released "A Storm of Swords" expansion) would be greatly helpful to the community.
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Ersatz Ursatz
United States
Ann Arbor
Michigan
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As with Die Macher, with the upcoming reprint I would love to see Scott do an episode of this.
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Andrés F. Pabón L.
Colombia
Bogotá
DC
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I would love to see a video review for this one. I tried reading the rules to see if it was something I would be interested in, but I got completely lost. Obviously, having a PDF file with no images doesn't help at all with this game's explanation.
Who's going to take this one? Scott? The Bookshelf Gamers? Mario Aguila? Anyone?
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Jim Carvin
United States
Hamburg
Pennsylvania
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I'd rather see Combat Commander because I own that already and have just been too lazy to read the rulebook. But I'm not sure that if Scott has a taste for wargames however Tide of Iron may be more his speed. (correct me if I'm wrong Scott). Of course Tide of Iron hasn't been officially released either so it may be a just a matter of time.
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Board Game: Caylus
[Average Rating:7.97 Overall Rank:10]
Andrew Breitenbach
United States
Salt Lake City
Utah
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I'm pretty sure Scott said elsewhere he wasn't interested in reviewing this, but I sure wish he would.
Edit: Never mind, I think it was in the below comments where he said it. (Oops!)
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I would love video instructions for Princes
P.S. the Spanish video is useless to me
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