I'm not usually the one to enjoy pointing out the negatives, but this may be the best Dice Tower video ever. The best part was when there was a standing ovation for a pun. Now I have something to strive for in my own life.
I don't care if we're talking comic con, movie / tv show casts, or whatever: I laughed harder with this panel than with any other panel dsicussion I've seen. Truly a fantastic group of people who just clicked together. And even after years of watching, I had NO idea how funny Sam actually was! It didn't seem to come through in the studio the way it does live, and that's a real shame. What a great panel!
I've watched a metric ton of their top 10s, and this was absolutely the most hilarious and entertaining one! Also, I was there live for it so I got lucky. After Dark baby!
Yes! Humor should come naturally from the established camaraderie of the group and not be forced through stale system mechanisms. Yes, so very much yes.
By far the funniest Dice Tower Live video yet.. Really giggled during this one.. I completely agree about bad rule books being high on the list of get that out of my face... I shouldn't be more confused about how to play a game after reading a rule book then I was before I even opened the box. I also dislike cheap cardboard boxes that rip easily and paper money should be banned in games.
Loved this! I absolutely despise -Kickstarter exclusives -Striped/incomplete games that need expansions from the get go -Dummy player(s) -Semi cooperative games -games with forced partnerships that change(probably why I wont ever purchase Rising Sun)
I didn't know what to expect from the topic, but it turned out to definitely be one of the most lively, entertaining sessions. Thank you for the video and thanks for the topic pick Zee!!
This is mid 2020. And everytime I buy a games in wich cards doesn't fit when sleeved, it drives me nuts. I've got an awsome empty game box on my shelf, and a full deck box next to it to keep cards in. My number one.
What a comedy trio. And there is no slapstick involved. I am reconsidering playing board games after watching you guys for a while.
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This is what I always loved about top 10s (or 5s, or whatever) with Sam, Tom and Zee: not only are their reviews always on point (regardless if I enjoy a certain board game or not) with all the relevant info, but they're always entertaining as well and make me laugh like crazy. And it's amazing how much chemistry they have between each other, it never feels like the humour is forced and it never feels like the entertainment part took too much of the serious review's air space. :D
I agree with so many of these! I love this list. The one I absolutely agree with is the "dummy player". I especially dislike dummy players that are so easily "broken" like in 2 player Tokkaido
Very entertaining! You guys surely had lots of fun doing this! On a side note, I just watched The Big Lebowski and I was amazed at how Sam Healey resembles John Goodman's characters angry attitude :)
This was such a fun top 5 list! My favorite part were the OMG faces and reactions to other's entries. The best one was each person on the panel's reaction to Eric's #2. Each person had a different reaction, all hilarious. Especially the many faces of Mandi as she processed what was going on.
Kickstarter Exclusives......got those OUT OF MY FACE!! Plenty of games I've passed on when I find out I can't get a large chunk of the components because they were "exclusive" content, and too many of those are pivotal to game balance. Alt art, or prints, or shirts, or none "unique game component" stuff is okay, but "the only way to get this is through our KS pre-order" turns me off so much, I won't back new game lines that have them.
Fair call, but for every game that has kickstarter exclusive components that feel like the game is incomplete and broken without them, I'd say there's at least two or three more that has kickstarter content that's utterly broken and imbalanced, and essentially ends up being a decoration. To be fair, people backing on kickstarter are putting money up well in advance and without knowing for sure whether the game is good. There's now typically no discount compared just buying the game once it hits retail once you factor in shipping costs. So kickstarters backers getting at least something for the risk they're wearing isn't unreasonable.
Amazing list! @Tom and @DiceTowerSquad Any chance you could include the actual gameplay time and good player counts in your reviews? They are readily available on BGG for established games but if something is new it's difficult to assess.
It was the first game to came to my mind regarding "dummy player". But it is different here: it is a timer for coop scenarios, regardless of player count. And it has minimal book keeping, not like doing an actual turn for somebody else.
I don't like cooperative games a lot because other people at least think they know better than me what I should do and it makes me wonder why I'm there at all
I've actually managed to use the "swap hands" mechanism in a strategic way in Saboteur 2. One of the other players kept hitting me with "take that" cards, and I wasn't getting the "undo" cards. But there's another mechanism to get rid of "take that" cards, except it reduces your hand size each time you use it. So I got rid of all the "take that" cards, got my hand size down to 2 cards, and then swapped hands with that player. I now had a full hand of cards, and she had the 2-card hand. And yeah, I don't like having everyone change places at the table. Sometimes there are reasons why people sit where they sit. Sometimes a lot of people showed up at game night, and we barely managed to get everyone around the table the first time. So now with The Captain Is Dead, we play in the order of the characters' rank, and don't try to rearrange everyone so play can move around the table clockwise.
@@kissgg666 I hope I haven't given the wrong impression. This is better than the most recent "Overrated" one with all 6 people on the panel. Nothing beats the original "Overrated" with the three guys.
About player number and "the 2 player Mode at the end of the instruction" - thecliteral best board game of All Time aka Citadels does that and it is optimal for 2 or 3 (while being great at other numbers too) so like it CAN be done....
Mine is expansion cards that are a different size than the base game. Somehow, Rio Grande has managed to size twelve expansions of Dominion all perfectly. But most publishers can't get the same size right for even a single expansion. I'm looking at you, Trains and Lords of Waterdeep.
Any game where people are required to close their eyes! Social deduction games where the deduction part is based on one action or selection that may have been the only choice that player being deduced had to play!
I completely agree with Mandi's #1 (Feld games also aren't this). Also...Roll and Writes that you pay for would be my #1. I'll happily play 30 Rails over most R&W's out there.
Sam likes his dice chucking so much but hates roll and move. I sometimes get the impression that he makes up his lists out of one or two bad game experiences.
