DUNE - The Board Game That Almost Broke Me 

How so?

It requires ALL of the other players to effectively stop.

Lore accurate

Yeah it seems like a massive headache trying to find a big group to sit down and play such a long and complicated political game 😅

@orski78 thankfully dune imperium is a lot easier!

​@@brendathorpe6179easier?

It's definitely less complex.@@markziff7234

Thank you! Will do!

@@orski78 This is coming at least also from a person that doesnt watch/play many bored games, but its really nice when you explain it and I think you do it in a very efficient but fun way. I might be the minority in viewership but I love seeing you play these new games and try them out :)

Thank you! And no I haven’t, honestly haven’t heard of a single coin game before this comment

@@orski78 Ah they're all asymmetric war games, highligting certain wars with insurgents and COunter INsurgents (hence the name). If you wanna check it out, Cuba Libre (regarding the cuban revolution) is generally considered as a good starting point to the series.

Cancer turn times unless they are all skilled

That's the stupidest idea I've heard in a while. Such a game can potentially make Twilight Imperium look like a short game.

@@AAhmou wow, someone needs to learn how to disagree without being a douchebag

I'd love to know which one they use. i found a couple but they are mostly bugged or have missing parts

Thank you!

Thanks!

They have a few very sneaky special rules.

I think you can play with less than 6 players too.

Yupp! Link to the discord is in in the video description

Not that I’m aware of… if you could only ask questions about the past I’d imagine the card would lose all utility

You can ask such questions, but AFAIK "I don't know" is also a valid answer if it truthfully depends on currently unknown facts and intent. (No saying "I don't know" if you really did intent to attack Arrakeen next turn for example)

The card says "The player must answer "yes" or "no" truthfully." From that I assume "I don't know" is not a valid answer. You can't even answer a Truthtrance question by saying something like "I'll blow it up if and only if the number of troops there is more than ..."

Asking questions about the future is explicitly allowed in the FAQ, just not questions that extend beyond the current turn.

@@matusabaffy9453 the I don't know answer is an errata for questions which you do not have enough information to answer like "will you ship to the territory I point to" or "will you answer yes to my next truthtrance"

I don’t have the link available but if you search dune in the workshop it’s the one with ‘discord mod’ in the title

@@orski78 Thanks. Found it)

Tabletop simulator

Nothing, really. the newest expansion out soon will add some advantage to players who aren't in a faction. Remember, an unallied faction only needs 3 strongholds. (or their unique victory condition if they have one)

@@MrJibbajabbawocky hey, I’m really interest in this game, never played but i watched a few games online. It seems to me that being in an alliance is very strong and backstabbing organically is impossible since you can only break alliance during a worm event. This is surprising to me for a game about Dune. The only times I’ve seen players break alliance is if their team mate became very weak or as Fremen they got an extra move from the worm and tried to capitalize on that to get a win. Am I correct?

@@ares106 Pretty much. You can break alliances if another faction has been having strong turns, and you want to ally with them, or you both control Strongholds and an alliance will win at the end of the round if nothing changes. You're always free to make deals and "ally" with people, even outside the Alliance mechanic... it just doesn't change either of your win conditions. The Traitor mechanic is a good rendition of the backstabbing you get in the book. Harkonnen get to keep ALL 4 of their traitors, instead of choosing just one. Dune is a game that changes based on what factions are involved, who's playing them and how the Traitors and Treachery cards pan out. It's worth picking up, since the base GF9 game is only 50 bucks and the expansions are 25. All the breakdowns I see of "What faction wins the most" are really reflections of that particular person's community. It's a meaty game. Get into some games of it. Try out each faction. Try them out again after you've played the others and seen other people play them. I think you'll dig it.

@@MrJibbajabbawocky thanks for explaining! I'm definitely looking into buying it. I think I will try to either play it in a group of 4 or 6 since at 3 or 5 there will be an odd man out and this game is already so unforgiving being left to fend for oneself without a cool ability form an ally seems a very daunting prospect for new players.

@ares106 the new expansion will help with the "lone wolf" player, but an even number of players is always the best way.

Table top simulator from the looks of it