@@JesusIsTruthAndWayAndLife Spyrium is no more random than other euro games with cards and no more repetitive than other euro games with rounds. It has interesting mechanisms, lots of player interaction, and the production quality is very good. I agree with Bobby - underrated and under appreciated.
I’m originally from the Pittsburgh area, and it would appear that this game is themed around the steel industry circa 1900. It looks like at least some of the people cards are real historical people. I recognized Henry Clay Frick on one of them, and the cover appears to have Andrew Carnegie’s profile. I also recognize some of the building cards as historical steel and coke plants from around Pittsburgh. But you wouldn’t know any of that because the cards don’t have the names of the people or buildings on them. Euro game publishers often do this. They hide the theme instead of embracing it. I wish they would have put the names of people and buildings on the cards.
Hobby world think about it, but decided not to help you better engage with game and make it easier for people worldwide as all characters and most locations are based on real world Russian Empire ones.
I totally agree here. I'd love to see some dates and historic info on the cards like Wingspan have interesting facts about each bird. Furnace is fun mechanically but the game seems themeless, as if you are just running some cubes and flipping some cards. Sad to know it was a publisher's decision.
There's a dummy player where you roll a die, and place their lowest numbered disc on the card relating to the number rolled (moving to the right if one of the placement rules were to be broken).
Although the mechanisms are quite different, this sounds like it would fall into the same category of weight/length and overall feel as "It's a Wonderful World." Both games apparently pack a lot of *thinky* gameplay into a filler length game. And based on my love of IaWW I need to check this one out sometime.
I am also a fan of IaWW and the big question after watching this is: why would I get this game if I own IaWW? Would I ever choose this to play over that one? What do you think?
@@kissgg666 not sure. I want to play before buying this one. To be honest, as much as I prefer heavier, longer games this length game is the easiest to get to the table with my regular group. If it feels different enough I would still get it.
@@kissgg666 I know this comment is old, but I have both and enjoy both for different feels. They are not exactly the same game, but similar enough that if you enjoy one, you'll most likely enjoy the other one as well.
@@alexreichline an auction/worker placement hybrid where you balance between winning cards/tiles into your personal tableau engine, vs using them for instant effects?
From BGG it sounds like they're still looking for publishers, are not planning on kickstarting it themselves. But if the selected publisher wants to kickstart it for their particular region then that could happen. www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2500872/very-interested Seems like they're being sneaky about dropping review copies of polished prototypes. Between this and Rahdo's rundown I'm sure it will get picked up soon.
I haven't played this but it looks very similar to res and I love res. I wouldn't get this if you have res because it looks too similar but if you have neither id say go with whatever theme you like more. Or if you like auctions a lot then this
It also depends on your gaming group. I found that the fantasy theme of Res Arcana was either too much or too little for certain groups I played with. Furnace looks like a simple trade stuff to get more stuff package so if your group would like that sort of thing, I would recommend Furnace.
