El Grande Review: The King is Dead, Long Live the King

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Chris Yi and Jason Levine take a look at the newest reprint of El Grande, the classic area control game, now in smaller box, with newer art, and three small modules.
00:00 Intro
01:05 Overview - Gameplay
05:07 Overview - Scoring Phase
07:16 Overview - Modules
09:27 Review
17:22 Final Thoughts
19:43 Multiversal Ending
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9 июн 2024

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@aaronmoore54 Месяц назад

I like to imagine Jason introduces himself as “The Gaming Machine” in other aspects of his life. Like when he answers the phone. “Jason Levine “The Gaming Machine”. “Yes, Jason, I know who you are; it’s your Mother.”

@Lex_Koncord Месяц назад

I REALLY hope he makes table reservations with his full name... Jason Levine the Gaming Machine, table for 4!

@robertstefaniuk4971 Месяц назад

There is human Jason Levine who looks identical. The machine always adds this description so that people know this is not the proper Jason.

@martinsonnleitner5516 Месяц назад

Could lead to confusion.. Like at a casino: "Hi, Jason Levine, The Gaming Machine" "Over there, sir!" "Pardon?" "The Gaming Machine" "Yes?" "Over there!" "What?" ... ...

@ThorMNKasp 23 дня назад

Good to see Jason doing reviews. Based on past reviews and top lists he did i bought a lot of really good games. Hope to see more of Jason in future reviews.

@MrDudikowski 29 дней назад

Great to see Jason again! And Chris! Love the whole team, but those two are my favorites

@TheDungeonDive Месяц назад

This is a perfect game, from a time when Euro games were simple and elegant.

@revimfadli4666 Месяц назад

When Euro didn't mean "ridiculously complex as if that's the best way to get heavy gameplay" or "multiplayer solitaire"

@RvLeshrac Месяц назад

"Tom was unavailable for this review as he was playing El Grande."

@LegoAssassin098 Месяц назад

I like the look of the reprint. It's not a crazy size or price and some nice QOL upgrades. It looks better than the older versions. I think it's exactly what you should do with a reprint of a classic, well-loved game.

@mikintosh6111 Месяц назад

El Grande really shines at 4-5 players. Great game I always have fun with.

@bendfocuspro Месяц назад

The biggest con for me is the lack of the phallic king pawn. I mean the jokes alone make for a great gaming experience. The Castillo improvement would be really nice. Glad to see an amazing game come back!

@MauricioHoffman Месяц назад

interesting fact. El Grande is Spanish for 'The Grande'

@RetroMaticGamer Месяц назад

More technically, it means "The Big One."

@SimpleRoad Месяц назад

Little known fact: Starbucks invented the word 'grande' for their medium-size drinks and the Spanish borrowed it. 😉

@Noobwater Месяц назад

@@RetroMaticGamer pretty sure it means "the big grande" source I am a caballero

@43bg1 Месяц назад

Actually it means "The Harbor"

@JorWat25 Месяц назад

I thought 'El Grande' was Spanish for 'Sagrada'.

@sleepykid19 Месяц назад

Discovered this game a couple of years ago, and it was an instant hit for me. I do think it really holds up. I love the decision space of bringing more caballeros into your court vs having a higher initiative, and even selecting the actions have trade-offs with how many caballeros you place onto the board. The castillo is a fun mechanism and can lead to lots of sneaky surprises right as scoring rounds start. Big improvements in the box size, components, art, and an expensive, out of print game is now available at a reasonable price. Thanks for the review!

@thedicetower Месяц назад

Absolutely! This is a delightful reprint, and a few nice little extras. I'll be curious if it will get any of the other expansions modules released for it.

@wayner396 Месяц назад

Just picked this up and will hopefully be playing it Saturday

@haukionkannel Месяц назад

Old game and still one of favorites in gaming nights! Good job. Most old games don`t have this kind of staying power!

@IronSalamander8 Месяц назад

I actually missed this one originally, and played it for the first time a couple months ago. Really liked it, and hope to play again.

@Raphaelus13 Месяц назад

Thanks for the review and overview of modules. I like the simple idea of switching how the King moves to change how the tactics feel. My first instinct was using just one of the more functional ones as a substitute for the original card. Perhaps also choose two and cycle them, first showing to everyone how in the current round the King will move.

@thedicetower Месяц назад

I wonder that I wouldn't prefer that as well. I like the stability of that one power while everything is changes, but some of them wouldn't work well as consistent abilities.

@Sparticuse Месяц назад

In your example of people coming out of the tower you said picking the king's region was a mistake, but you can actually pick that region. The caballeros go back to your usable supply in that case.

@thedicetower Месяц назад

Good point, but it was a mistake on what I was trying to show, haha!

@evanhays4159 Месяц назад

Been wanting to pick this one up but everywhere I look online it seems to be sold out even though it looks like it was supposed to be available January '24.

@boazdror 27 дней назад

Does the Decennial edition have the mitigation module you mention?

@lkjkhfggd Месяц назад

That edition looks lovely. I would pick it up if I didn't already own the game!

@arcticzer062 Месяц назад

Is this game only coming out in the German language or is there an English language too? Only versions I've seen online have a German only rule book.

@RetroMaticGamer Месяц назад

It was released a few months ago in English and sold out within a week. I'm hoping for another print run soon - this edition is WAY nicer-looking than the other editions!

@brownrhythms Месяц назад

Game Nerdz and Miniature Market have sold copies of it although they are currently OOS.

@alexisxiros8168 Месяц назад

I prefer the old map. It has a more historical touch. By the way, isn't Risk an older areal control game?

@uplift-yourdailypickup6424 Месяц назад

I thought the same thing.

@mikintosh6111 Месяц назад

El grande is area majority. Risk is area control. Similar, but slight differences.

@chuckm1961 Месяц назад

Interesting fact: El Grande means "The Harbor". :)

@thegamesninja3119 Месяц назад

Back in my day, we played it with cubes on a bland board going up hill... and we liked it that way! It joined Catan to anchor German games... then Knizia showed up and blammo.

@thedoctor1325 29 дней назад

I have the big box edition and have been tempted by the new release. I only bought it a year or so ago, I haven't touched the expansions yet but I love the idea of the modules included in this one, especially the new 5 deck. While the cards look amazing, I'm less thrilled with the board which is what put me off this edition. The box size though is a huge improvement..

@strangeidea42 Месяц назад

I strongly prefer the cubes of the original to the meeples in the newer versions. So much more practical and easy to count. The new stuff looks nice, though, so I don’t blame them since it probably sells well

@eightyeightfm7462 Месяц назад

Kind of like the style of the old board too.

@grog3514 Месяц назад

We really liked the changes. Traded my old copy after the first play. Everyone in my group agreed that it's an ideal reprint. Better graphic design (it looks better in person than in videos for some reason), smaller box, better tower, and great linen finish cards. I couldn't have done it any better.

@KrastyoKrastev Месяц назад

For me this game is 10/10. In my top 5 of all time.

@harrischiu Месяц назад

Yeah like to have Jason back for reviews

@tamidorwindtaenzer1377 Месяц назад

Jason ist BACK 🎉

@Strandvideo Месяц назад

Well, after seeing this video... I can say, I prefer the original version (printing) of this game. I'd rather have the cubes than the meeples, and I think I like the original castle and spinners better.

@TylerAndToast Месяц назад

How is this 90 minutes? It looks like a 30 minute game max

@Julebstube Месяц назад

Maybe with 2 players, you can get well below an hour, but it plays better with more.

@SvanMagic 28 дней назад

@@Julebstubeno wonder my first play of El Grande sucked. It was three hours.

@dago6410 Месяц назад

I hate euros. I love this game. This feels nothing like any euro ive seen but then again i try to avoid euros as I despised every one i played xd

@ianw0ng Месяц назад

why is a game so new so hard to find anywhere?? sigh... some publishers just do not deserve the games they have.

@Pianoman1488 Месяц назад

This reminds me of the king is dead

@RynoKenny Месяц назад

Surprised they didn’t wait for Tom as he championed the old printing for years. However, it’s no longer in his top 100, so clearly it’s unplayable now.

@utahman06 Месяц назад

Starting to seriously love Jason. What an interesting perspective he has. Really love hearing from him and really want to see him on more interviews, top 10’s, etc.

@SvanMagic Месяц назад

I really need to try El Grande again, but it was by far the worse game I've played the first time that made me want to stop halfway through. It just didn't click with me at all.

@kevinbhieey9188 Месяц назад

Not really sure why you're taking about beigeness. It's that about the original? Because this game is clearly not beige. And it's a perfect example of why beige is a lazy choice. Pastels add much-needed color and it's still easy to see brightly-colored game pieces. I do like the beigeness of the box, though. Let's keep that color there.

@fongstar Месяц назад

I like the game. I don’t like the game. I like the game. I don’t like the game. Sums up the review.

@thedicetower Месяц назад

Curious how you mean that. We both liked the game a lot.

@fongstar Месяц назад

@@thedicetower agree - i meant that there were things you liked and things you didn’t like but because the comments were in comparison to the new version it was a confusing until the very end. Just my take - big fan of yours to be clear!

@thedicetower Месяц назад

Ahh okay. I appreciate the feedback. It's a game I really enjoy but I'm also aware that it can rub people the wrong way as it's very confrontational. Maybe some of those comments together seemed more negative while I was just trying to make people aware of the type of game it is. Thanks for watching and giving us the feedback.