Let’s Talk Board Games #26 – 5 Quick Board Game Reviews

Faraway looks great, but the scoring feels unnecessarily convoluted. I feel like you could just as easily score left to right, flipping over each one after you score. Gets to the same place and feels a bit more intuitive, yeah?

i’m tracking how long her waves last. 😎

I regret getting the giant CoB box…I never want to take it out even though I like the game a lot

I enjoy some dungeon crawler games that has tons of miniatures. I did not mind the setup. You expect long setups from those games. But not Burgundy. My wife and I logged over 100 games of Everdell in 2 years and decided to get the big box. It only gets played twice last year. I almost sold the big box and I got the idea of moving them into the smaller box. Then it gets played more often. Now I just need to figure out how to pack my burgundy into smaller package.

I played faraway on BGA after they talked about it and loved it so much that I just purchased it. Such a great strategic game yet so simple in its rules and design.

Great video as always!

I would encourage those that are interested in the Special edition of CoB not to be dissuaded by the "big box = daunting set up" comments. For the base game set up takes probably 5 minutes? Everything is super organized, bagged, and ready to go. This edition has player aids that cover every single tiles abilities makes this easily the nost accessible version for newer players.

I would very much encourage only getting the most basic pledge though. You get the benefits of the new art, double layered boards, every single expansion for the game, an amazingly designed solo mode and the new vineyard board which is triple layered all for a steal of a price ( i belive it was $89 in the first print run).

Once again great overview!

I love these videos. I completely agree about Castles of Burgundy. I'm not interested in the miniatures that much, especially after hearing from Amy and Maggie (Thinker Themer) about the time it takes to swap things out and purely for an aesthetic purpose. I didn't back the original, but since then Castles of Burgundy has shot up to my most played game in my collection (that isn't a roll and write/filler) and so I took the plunge and backed it for everything except the minis.
Faraway looks really interesting to me. Glad to hear you liked it and that there's a version on BGA for me to go try. Headed there now!

I love the mechanism of using the pencil as a d6.

I have seen far away on bga and I think I would like it but it just seems a little bit too complex to jump into.

I’m weird, I actually enjoy game setup and tear down, lol, I love getting everything organized and ready to play.

I just pledged the new re-print of Castles of Burgundy. Will I take it to my new game group meet-ups… YES! Setup times do not bother us; everyone helps out and we just talk and admire the craftsmanship. It just depends on the players. I would love Paper App Dungeon on my phone- next step?

20:10 i think i'll wait for the android app version of this. 😀

When I saw Paper App Dungeon, I immediately saw that it would not be a left-handed friendly game. 😢 I have never been able to write in a notebook with a spiral binder.

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I really wish there was something halfway between the Awaken Realms version and the retail version. Like keep the upgraded art, expansions, cardboard bits, metal coins, wooden tokens and bags then ditch everything else and throw it in a box half the size. The fact that there are 4 copies of every single map is just silly.

I'm with Navid as well on Castles of Burgundy. The special edition is beautiful but I think the original is much more functional. Give me function over looks any day! I would like the acrylic tiles but I don't think I'd ever use the minis.

Faraway is my favourite small game, i ordered the french version since it isnt available in Germany yet. Good to see you like it. I played it a lot with 2 players on bga, its a bit luck dependant if you understood the basics but a great game at all player counts.

Can you add Harmonies to the review list? 🙂

OK, this is a weird coincidence. I just clicked on a video last night about Paper App Dungeon and here you are tlaking about it today. Hmm…. board game synchronicity! I've been curious about the game of Faraway for a while. Will you guys be doing a playthrough on the channel? Had forgotten it was on BGA and will definitely check it out there!

Totally agree with you guys on Castles of Burgundy. The hobby has gotten where everything needs to be upgraded and "larger" and I'm more of the school of thought that simpler is better. I would love to have the expansion content in the format that was compatible with the original version (or at least a more accessible version) but alas that will probably never happen.

I got the Castle of Burgundy Special Edition as soon as it was made available in SEA, and I agree with the finicky nature of the miniatures. I was even on the fence about whether or not to get the extra pack with the minis for all the hexes, but now I'd never go for it. I'd still consider the acrylic tiles and hexes though.

Thanks for the review as always. Can’t wait for more play through and review. You guys are the best in doing them.

I agree about the big box especially when you can the game on bga 😅 I know what you mean I got the big box and love it but the set up is limits us from playing it…… is kind of the same with games like scythe, and ark nova. Digital version makes set up easier, scoring, and even remembering game rules. It does takes away from the in person game experience. Trade off. 😂

We played Faraway twice at SoCal Games Day last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed it. A lot of thinking in a short amount of time

Im the latter. I love the immersion and deluxifucation of board games and big boxes if its a title i know i like