Dune vs Dune: Uprising or Imperium? Board Stupid Recommends. 

Sandworm minis were included for people who had the deluxe version of dune imperium to match the troop minis :)

Interesting to see a redux like this, particularly for what was already a highly rated game. I can't think of many titles that have done this, as opposed to making the changes through an add-on

Wonderful analysis and comparison between the 2 games. Just what I need! You got a new subscribed!

I'm glad this video is finally out. I haven't played Uprising yet. It makes sense that the 1.5 is preferred by the vast majority of people that compare the two. I did hear elsewhere that Imperium had the edge as a solo experience, but that was before the Imperium app came out, so now people have the option to play 1.0 with a challenge mode full of variants in that. The best Dune game? That's a tough one because the others are hard to get to the table even if you have a copy. Games with the Dune IP compete fiercely with other games to get to the table. Imperium is easy to get to the table, but it still competes with Lost Ruins of Arnak (27) and Endless Winter (277). I should probably say "was" because Uprising (133) is now competing with Dune Imperium (6). Dune (474), the 1979 game that was remade in 2019 with the same name (192) kind of competes with itself the way Uprising does with Imperium. It technically competes with the 2021 Dune: A Game of Conquest and Diplomacy mini remake version too, although that's like Twilight Struggle competing with Twilight Squabble. In reality it's competing with 3 hour negotiation games with high player counts. For shorter playtimes that's Rising Sun (126) and Comic Encounter (195). For longer playtimes that's Twilight Imperium (5), Game of Thrones (210), and Diplomacy (784). Even games like Circadians: Chaos Order (2248) from 2022 are fighting for table space against these games. Dune War for Arrakis (1558) is a game I'm passing on for just this reason. The epic hours long duel games fighting for my table space are War of the Ring (8) and Star Wars Rebellion (9). Dune games tend to be games that inflate my ratings for IP games because the mechanisms are usually the things that appeal to me more than the theme.

Excellent review

If you want to buy the basic game, then buy Uprising. If you're going to play the most exciting and balanced version, buy the original Imperium with the IX and Immortality expansions.

Nice video. I have both and all the expansions. Uprising is unopened but I feel like combining the cards and using the expansions with uprising...this can be done right? Any guides out there in combining them?

What about comparing Uprising to Imperium with expansions ? There are many opinion on internet that Im+expansions elevate it above Uprising. Would you agree ? Other side around, biggest complains about Uprising is that worm fighting (double points) is injustice and break a game. I didn't have any of them and wonder if this is better to buy Im+expansions or Uprising (as base game only) ?

Very helpful thanks

obvious cash grab, this game has no reason to exist