jPlay plays Back to the Future: Back in Time - Part 3 

Thanks so much! Never beat this game here - coming close but never close enough :-D

Thanks so much, Kevin and totally with you: a delightful bitter-sweet experience rolling those dice :-D

Thank you for your kind comment! Great you liked it!

Yes, I totally agree. For whatever reason it is really flying under the radar...

@@realjplay sooo ture.

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Thanks, Darren and no worries: all good here! :-D

Haha - no worries… I have similar reactions after my die rolls but typically not in a good way ;-)

Yes, it's somewhat fiddly, I agree but I have worse games than that :-D Jaws is great but is getting quite repetitive in my opinion but it's definitely highly thematic! And exactly there is ton of games out there; especially cooperative ones!

@@realjplay We've played a lot of Horrified, Jaws not so much -- it just seems like a summertime game to me! So a couple times a year is plenty. :)

Imo, I prefer this game than Horrified and Jaws.

I agree it’s a nice gimmick but that’s about it! Thanks for your comment!

@@realjplay yeah, I place it on the board anyway but just for decoration 🙂

Oh yes, I didn’t assemble it, but it does look like the dice don’t seem to roll well. It’s probably why a lot of people think the game is too hard sadly.

And thank you for your comment, Francesco! :)

Actually I wondered about that one too... The only real balancing mechanic I noticed was the turn track, so with 4 players you have more turns, so more trouble cards and love meter checks to deal with. On the other it's more likely that another character will be with you to help, so maybe there is a chance it scales well but I will certainly try different player counts too.

I think the game is a bit easier with more players. But that being said, it’s still fun with 2 and it’s very possible to win with 2 since most of the games I played with this are 2 player games.

Haha! But I firmly believed during part 2 of my playthrough I still had a chance... obviously everyone else saw my demise long before me :-D

@@realjplay The car was just way too far back as was the love meter. You just weren't going to have enough turns to mega-move both. It looks really rough for 2 players as your first two turns really have to be focused on getting additional tiles/items so you can do more things, but you only have a very limited number of turns. You pulled pretty good tiles and items too.

Yeah, it was! And believe me: if I would have played Yahtzee, those would have shown completely useless numbers :-D The game really should award you for this, i.e. "3 or more Biff's in a single roll, you win the game!".

Thanks for your comment! As for your question: I do think it’s frustrating but from personal experience I know a lot of folks don’t like this level of randomness in a game like this. It actually feels more like a puzzle but even when you perfectly puzzle, a roll will destroy you :-D I‘m ok with this but again: not for everyone.

​@@realjplay Thanks for the extra info Markus. I did really wanted to buy it. Then I decided not to. Now that you mention a puzzle feeling, I don't know what to do :D I prefer Euro games, but I do enjoy Dawn of the Zeds.

@@realjplay I ordered it. :) Thanks for the playthrough.

Awesome! I really hope you will enjoy it :) This one here is definitely not really a euro (that would rather something like "Pandemic") but so isn't DotZ (I believe I did a playthrough once for it too), so you should be good :-D

​@@realjplay Yes, I will just play it for the experience like DotZ, rather than trying to win with skill. If the Biff gets too frustrating, I know how to fix it. I will imagine he is the relentless original Terminator and Lorraine & George are Sarah & John Connor. Then I would be disappointed if he didn't immediately get back up :D Nice channel. I've subscribed.

Yes, I agree but that's really a good thing in my book :)

It’s not that difficult to win. Here are a few tips I found that helped me with the game: 1. The rulebook actually says this & I agree, that you should dedicate your first few turns just (mostly) doing opportunity challenges & ignoring the car and love challenges (you can probably do a bit but always try to do opportunities.). It may seem like it’s a big sacrifice, but it will really help you in the long run. If you really build up your characters, then you can have really powerful turns in the 2nd half of the game, there were times where I could move the love meter like about 5 spaces just because I had a lot of tiles. 2. The electric guitar is a really powerful item, especially if you use it on the re-rolling biff tiles. (Most of the time.) Whenever I get a chance to get it, I do. 3. The rulebook also says this, that you should assist on important things like moving the car and love meter. And in my personal experience, assisting is VERY essential to winning the game, I used to think it was some neat little extra bonus thing you can do but I was so wrong, it can be a game changing action, especially when the characters have a lot of power tiles. Those 2 things combined can lead to some very positive results. 4. I don’t have experience with the clock dice tower, but it looks like the dice don’t roll well, and I also saw a comment saying that you should probably not use it because it leads to weird results. Maybe you should try shaking the dice in your hands instead. So yeah, these were things I follow and hopefully will also help you with winning the game.

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