Foodies - A Miami Dice Review 

This is why I love the Miami Dice segment. Tom had a vastly different analysis of the game, and Sam and Zee expanded upon their reasoning as to why they disagreed, giving a lot of different views for a bunch of different players who may or may not want the game. Great review, great video

Me at start: Really glad to see more Miami dice content! Me at end: .....and now I’m hungry.

A couple of suggestions for Sam’s tutorials: 1) 06:30 04:15 07:10 Write a script of the points you want to make. He uses “things” too much. This will also help with having to correct rules/terms during filming and in the edit. 2) 05:35 07:25 Check the camera framing. He is referring to objects we can’t see. 3) 03:50 04:54 Setup a specific situation instead of rolling dice and playing through multiple turns. He can save time and be more clear by giving us an example. 4) 05:40 Watch the edit one last time before uploading.

I think the box art is reminiscent of the movie Ratatouille. The game seems to be too lightweight for me, but I do like the theme.

A quick technical point regarding the probabilities of getting each space, while the gang is correct that each space is equally likely to be rolled on the die it might be important to remember that the fliers can only be used to shift the die one space in an orthogonal direction. That means that, when you take the fliers into account, the 5 space is the most likely to be used (since it has 4 neighbors), then the 2, 4, 6, and 8 spaces (with 3 neighbors each), and lastly the least likely spaces are the 1, 3, 7 and 9 spaces (only 2 neighbors each). The game looks like decent quick roll-and-act type game similar to Machi Koro and Space Base. (The sliding prices of the stalls reminded me a little of Suburbia's purchasing system as well.) I've been on a That's So Clever kick on my ipad recently so this game has kind of piqued my interest as well.

Love the different takes guys👍🏻 keep up the great work.

The empty space in the box leaves plenty of room for expansions.

Miami Dice is my favorite show on Dice Tower.

Thanks guys. Mr. Vasel, I really like the purple and orange outfit. You're the best dressed board game pimp.

I find it weird that so many cards seem to reward your food court for having similar food stands instead of a diverse set. Why would I go to a food court with nothing but Japanese food?

There are some of comparisons to Space Base here. I find Space Base really fiddly with tucking cards under each other and Space Base has a lot of tiny text on cards which really slows the game down.

What is the criteria to choose a game for the Miami dice review?

This no doubt has been asked before but when do you guys decide to review something under the 'Miami Dice' banner and when under the general 'Dice Tower' one?

What happens if someone rolls a 0? What happens if there is no space left for a new stall? Do you replace/cover an existing one or you are done buying?

I think Tom is crazy and Sam and Zee hit the nail on the head!!!

I really agree with Zee here and completely disagree with Tom. I CAN’T STAND Space Base but I LOVE Foodies. I really like that there isn’t a bell curve as well. Way better design for me.

I have no idea what a bell curve is with throwing dice - I am new to modern board game playing!

Games like this are good in the collection - for the reasons stated - can play with non-gamers, and is good filler / palate cleanser for gamers.

I actually disagree with Tom about the one D10... I agree with Zee about it being a helpful turn reminder. I have found that very helpful in similar games...especially for as light as this is, non-gamers are prone especially to not remembering exactly whose turn it is as they are not used to upkeep in games.

This is a great game for people who don't want to think.

It's like a Machi Koro kind of game

Could have made the cards Scratch & Sniff...

Hm. I already have Machi Koro and the gameplay seems just similar enough that I don't see a need to try this one out too. If I didn't already have it then maybe I'd compare the two and figure out which one I liked better, but I can't just keep buying games, so I'll pass on Foodies. Fun artwork and presentation though.

Thanks!

same artist as gizmos!

I honestly don't see why Sam and Zee think Space Base is significantly more complicated than this. There's more, yes, but not that much more. I've never had an issue teaching Space Base to anyone (even casual players who don't really game). It looks like a complicated game because of all the components, but it's not. The only part I seem to have questions about is in regards to charge counter-related powers.

I own space base and really enjoy it, but ain't going to have any luck getting the wife or casuals to play it. This on the other hand... perfect!

Replacing dice with a deck of cards that go through 1 to 9, maybe even a this turn you choose card would benefit the game I think. All the numbers are equally likely to be "rolled" and you can plan ahead by putting cards in spaces that haven't been rolled yet. You could also put 2 copies or 3 copies of each card to create more variance.

As usual, Tom is right

I have watched many of these videos, and I have come to the conclusion that Tom is wrong.

CMON Is the most overrated publisher in the industry. Another pass for me