Thank you for reviewing an older game from your library. There’s always hype for the new, but once that’s gone, a few years down the road, is the game a keeper? How do the mechanics hold up over time? That’s what I want to know.
Coimbra is so good but can be very overwhelming for your first few games. A friend of mine described it as feeling like we were playing it with an expansion in our first game which I think really sums it up. What's nice about it though is that there are so many ways to get points that regardless of what you chose to do, you usually feel like you're being rewarded for it. Even if a single move isn't worth loads of points, chances are you'll do another few things in the same turn that are worth the same and it all adds up.
That is such a good way of describing it! It certainly takes a few plays to work out how all of the pieces come together. Perhaps a game that would always favour experienced players too. It's only four short rounds but it does feel like you get to achieve so much... Thanks for watching and glad you enjoy this one too 😀
So great to see you review an older game. Superb review. I've had this one in my collection for a while and it didn't really hit first time it made it to the table. Very much worth dusting it off and trying out again. Thanks Maggie and Amy! 👍
I can’t begin to tell you how excited I was to see this surprise #ThinkerThemer video show up this morning! Great review! Such a great game! It is definitely a brain puzzler trying to coordinate your moves and choices around the colors. And then someone takes the card you wanted! Every decision is definitely intertwined with the next! It will remain in my collection as well! So glad to see you pulling these older games off the shelf and doing reviews! I really think most of my favorites are some of the older games! Can’t wait for the next one!
Thank you so much Darlene so glad you enjoyed this one and the game itself!!! Yet another proof point that we have similar taste in games 😃 I'm secretly very glad it won the vote, it was nice to get it off the shelf and remember why we like it so much!!! Taking a break from the hotness 😅 wishing you a restful weekend ahead!
Thanks so much for turning me on to this game. I bought it after you recommended it in your review of The Magnificent. Love the show; you two are great! Your reviews are excellent for conveying how it feels to play a game, which is the most useful thing a review can do. I can get the rules from the rulebook, but it can be hard to imagine how the game actually works in practice. I dig the premise of the show, but I think you both are into theme AND mechanisms at least a little bit :) One small suggestion: I don`t think you mean to say that you are all about "people who repair and maintain machinery." :D
Coimbra is so good! I love that balance of using the pip values for drafting and then the colors of the dice for those income tracks. It’s so juicy! Can inspire a bit of AP though. Lovely table presence but the theme is pretty thin. Not a problem for me as Coimbra is one of my favorite Euros.
Interesting video. Never played this one. Wondered which other games are similar to it. But just seeing you making more and more reviews about individual games, I am curious about your top 20 or so games each from your different Thinker vs Themer perspectives.
Looked a bit "scary" at first but you did a great job explaining it. Added to the list since I love dice placement (Elder Sign is a personal favourite). Fun fact: Coimbra was the portuguese capital until the thirteenth century.
Only played Coimbra once years ago at a games gathering. Liked it but I think I would have liked it more if we played a few more times. Definitely needs a few more plays to get the hang of it. No time for boardgames this week but I did play my first proper Terraforming Mars game last week. Unlike my first two other games of TM which were against experts and where I got slaughtered, this time my friend took the time to explain everything. Good game. Oh, here's a question for your IFQ, tell us a fun boardgame-related travel story, figured since we can't travel much, maybe it's good to talk bout it. Stay safe and hope your lockdown ends soon.
It looks gorgeous! I've considered getting this based on looks alone! I wonder if the lower player scaling would give you a better feel if those dummy dice were randomly selected after the players choose theirs, so there would still be the unplanned element that actual players would introduce. I actually like being able to know some of what will happen, it makes the puzzly feeling stronger with still different things to consider disregarding the random factor, kind of like a perfect information game. This one sure looks intriguing... I guess I'll have to see if I can play it and check that Take That element though. Also, I have to note that I love to hear thoughts about good games that aren't in the Hotness list! ❤️
Thanks so much for the feedback Ale! It's nice to revisit some of the gems in our collection. I think randomising the dice would feel a bit too luck driven for us. We don't mind the static worker dice it just definitely changed the focus to the puzzle more than the "take that" brutalness that comes with the "bidding" style placement. Some people might actually prefer that. Thank you for watching and taking the time to share your thoughts 😊
Had this one on the list for a long time, after your thoughts and overview I think I'll pass on it. It does look good but we play mainly at 2 and is not quite our style. Thanks for the review! 🌈❤
It had been a little while for us - we used to play it much more. But it was SO nice to revisit us and remember why we enjoy it so much. Thanks for watching this one! 💕
I bounced off this design pretty hard. Outside of the illustrations by Chris Quilliams, it just did not hit for me. I can climb a track now and then, but it just felt like kind of a standard euro, albeit with nice colors and illustrations. Flaminia and Virginio and the whole Acchittocca design collective have been together for a while, and certainly have had their fair share of hits, but I still prefer their earlier designs like Leonardo da Vinci and Comuni, to their new work. On a more positive note, you two are great!
Coimbra is a very solid game, but one which hasn't 'caught fire' here. My wife, in particular, likes games with more luck elements, or more appreciable theme- so I may have better luck with Calico, despite both being thinky games.
