Fliptown - Playthrough & Review 

I like that you call it "visiting the graveyard" as if you're not there grave robbing. Just visiting, no ill intentions. As always, love your explanations. Love your playthroughs. Excellent video.

Thanks so much for taking the time to review the game and the great playthrough! : )

My first impression was "wow what a busy board." After learning the rules, it all made sense and removed that initial impression of how busy it looked, and I knew I was going to love it before even starting the game. I loved that first play so much, I bought it that evening and even played the print-n-play version the next day waiting for it to arrive.

Thank you for bringing this game to my attention! I bought it after watching this video and just played it for the first time today. So many fun decisions and theme ties. I can tell I'll be playing this a lot.

This and coffee roaster are sneaky great solo games that people don’t know about. Well done Monique ! Hadrians wall next, ma’am, porfavor!

I have played this so many times over a cup of coffee and some toast in the morning before getting things going... I just lost any sense of count after I got an extremely early P&P copy for some testing way back when. This is one of the easiest games to return to again and again and again. I've adored the production and all the love that got put into things with the solo support and all the character cards and whatnot. And the boards! They went all out with the hard cardboard tri-folds. And as noted, I don't think I'd be the only person interested in a larger set of boards just to let the art and everything breath a little bit, but I get it for the form factor of everything they do stuff into that little box. If you have even the inkling of interest in roll/flip and writes, or westerns, or poker, I can't properly recommend this game enough! And thank you so much for the great breakdown and playthrough as always.

This looks very fun! I love a good flip and write. I'll have to check it out.

Wow. This games look great. As always your rules explanation and play-through were top notch. Thanks.

This game is excellent! One of the few times taking a gamble on a crowdfunded game I wasn't 100% sure of has paid of. Probably my favourite X&Write at the moment

This game arrived yesterday, and it was wonderful to have you on in the background as we "played it together!" Thanks for teaching the rules, and I look forward to seeing how well this goes over with my Board Game Cafe group, which loves Fleet the Dice Game. Cheers

Just got this in. Looks fun! Thanks for the playthrough, pardner.

Thanks for the playthrough it helped me understand some of the rules I was confused about.

Picked this up a month or two ago. Gonna finally play it this week. Perfect timing for this vid.

Fliptown is up there with Dinosaur Island Rawr n Write as my favorite roll/flip and write games. It has the classic combo feel of a more traditional (verb) and write game, but also feels very sandbox-y. You can really lean into a strategy and tell yourself a story about your character. Plays great both solo and multiplayer and keeps a quick tempo every round. Love it!

Thanks

Great playthrough...I am adding this to the list of Play and Win games for Geekway (this coming May).

Nice Playthrough, Monique :) Contrary to my first impression, I bet this game would convince me if I played it myself.

Hey monique! To answer your first question (1st hand of the game), the ace is a better choice as a poker card. since its your first card, you might as well shoot for a royal flush.

I picked this up after seeing it on a few top 10s of 2023. I have only been able to play it once at 2 players. I am eager to show it to more people.

This game looks like a lot of fun

I only play solo and I think they've done a good job with this game. Although the print on the board is tiny, I soon learned the general layout - and I'm not a fan of complex games. I love the poker 'game', too. I haven't yet achieved the top rank at the standard game but when I do I'll play against a cowbot. I prefer Three Sisters but there is more going on in Fliptown, which is good. Great video. Thank you.

I backed this on KS and am so happy I did! Really fun multi-player and solo game. Part of the fun of this game is taking risks with the sheriff card as well as in the badlands area. We love playing the Texas Hold 'em variant because it makes it easier to get a decent poker hand. Also, I've played with the Cowbots (solo) and it's a lot of fun. This game takes a bit of explaining to get started (especially when you get to the Town area of the board) but have found that once players get into it the game flows. I'm thinking that maybe in a reprint they can address the small font issue. Other than that, it's a perfect game (for me)! Was a pleasant surprise to see you posting today and GG! (Better luck next time in the Badlands.) 🤪

I kickstarted this and was generally quite pleased with it. I haven't played it solo (I don't tend to very often). it felt nice and crunchy with a lot of choices. AS far as the point totals go, I think pushing things and using your gold a little more often can elevate your score. And I totally agree it's a nice meaty game with a pretty short play time for how much is going on. I will also add, that playing it in low light conditions is extremely not ideal for the washed out art and smaller print. I think it looks nice but I struggled.

We looked at both Pioneer Rails and Fliptown, and ended up getting Pioneer Rails because we didn't feel the need for both. Fliptown still seems delightful tho! But Monique may like that Pioneer Rails only has Ten to Ace and suit doesn't matter, so the 'poker' part can be a little more forgiving 😅

I also love this game, but unfortunately I have to play with a magnifying lens because the text is just way to small for me.

Curious about the player count - is it just a reflection of the components or do you think it would break down in some way at higher counts?

I may be wrong, but can you forego your cards and visit the Cemetery in the final turn? I had the impression that was a single use ability.

Poor chickens 😢

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This should just be a print and play

“Spades” it’s “6 of Spades” not “of Spade” ❤❤❤❤.

The other thing about the solo cowbots is that they score for everything in an area you DIDN'T circle/visit (depending on the difficulty mode)... so yeah, even more difficult than you were fearing, Monique. XD Though I will say, I got within 1 point of beating Calamity Jane, so definitely not impossible.