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JazzFlight posted:Heh, I only made the remark because when I first checked out the general board game thread here in TG like 3 years ago, it seemed like everyone hated The Dice Tower and Tom Vasel because he liked almost everything and just reviewed based on "fun." I got the impression that goons thought he was the mainstream ameritrash reviewer and that goons hated that and preferred dry euro sophisticated "real games." (Actually from watching DT content, it seems like Sam Healey might have fit that description more?)
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Jedit posted:"Quiverful" and "not an rear end in a top hat" are mutually exclusive. It's a movement of religious nuts with unhealthy attitudes towards women. Fair.
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What's wrong with Radho? Haven't watched him for a while, but I always thought his walkthroughs were solid enough and I always found him likable.
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Echophonic posted:What's wrong with Radho? Haven't watched him for a while, but I always thought his walkthroughs were solid enough and I always found him likable. quote:Cashier: Welcome to McDonalds, what can I get you
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While it can be borderline unbearable to hear Rhado talk like that through a game review, it can also be kind of useful because he talks through some of the strategies that you'll be dealing with on any given turn. The delivery is grating, but the content can be pretty damned useful.
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Tekopo posted:Cashier: Welcome to McDonalds, what can I get you armorer posted:While it can be borderline unbearable to hear Rhado talk like that through a game review, it can also be kind of useful because he talks through some of the strategies that you'll be dealing with on any given turn. The delivery is grating, but the content can be pretty damned useful. I also play almost exclusively 1-2 player games, so I rely on his recommendations for 2-player only experiences. A little less so regarding his aversion to conflict, since he and his wife hate attacking each other.
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Rahdo is less than useless for his opinion on a game, but no one better captures the “feel” of a game & it’s decision space.
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Honestly I think he's fine overall, and getting a basic run through of strategies can be quite good, although not the sort of thing I look out in reviews.
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rahdo's real issue is that he records every video like the monster from cloverfield is about to show up.
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Impermanent posted:rahdo's real issue is that he records every video like the monster from cloverfield is about to show up. Jen is a nice woman and I won't have you talking like that about her, got it?
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potatocubed posted:I also did a search to find the answer. Apparently Tom Vasel is one of those 'quiverfull' weirdos who believe that it's their duty to have as many children as possible or something. Aside from the quiverfull thing, which also has a big emphasis on not being able to have children and developmental issues with your children is all because you're a sinner, he's an rear end in a top hat about things. He essentially fired the people running his local convention because they wanted to be inclusive and have a safe gaming space for everyone. I think the breaking point for him was the people passing out LGBTQ ally stickers. He's nice enough to talk to in person but I'm sure once those topics come up, he goes off the deep end. Also, the yelling at his kids thing that has happened in videos in the past that were definitely not acting.
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Tom Vasel needs to lose the hat + suspenders/tie, and either shave off the neckbeard or turn it into a proper one. Like I get that the hat + suspenders is his 'brand', but it's a dumb loving brand. You're inside mate, there's no need to wear a hat. RocknRollaAyatollah posted:Also, the yelling at his kids thing that has happened in videos in the past that were definitely not acting. Got a link to any video where that happens out of curiosity? armorer posted:While it can be borderline unbearable to hear Rhado talk like that through a game review, it can also be kind of useful because he talks through some of the strategies that you'll be dealing with on any given turn. The delivery is grating, but the content can be pretty damned useful. Yeah Rahdo is great for looking up gameplay for a kickstarter game and seeing it be played out. He's always enthusiastic, talks through scenarios so you can get an understanding of what YOUR thought process might be when you play the game, and his videos are well produced. He's straight and to the point. I feel like you know exactly what you're getting with him.
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Infinitum posted:Yeah Rahdo is great for looking up gameplay for a kickstarter game and seeing it be played out. He's always enthusiastic, talks through scenarios so you can get an understanding of what YOUR thought process might be when you play the game, and his videos are well produced.
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Sigh. Awaken Realms has decided they want to try to put Elon Musk in ISS Vanguard as a potential crewmember. Obviously they would need his signoff and have not currently received it, but I for one would really rather they not, both because having a real person in an otherwise science fiction game would be jarring, and because I think Musk is an rear end in a top hat. They are getting quite a bit of pushback, so hopefully they'll rethink.
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Infinitum posted:Got a link to any video where that happens out of curiosity? Him yelling to shut the door was originally him yelling at his young children to not bother him while he was filming his board game reviews. He kind of made it into a meme because people gave him poo poo about it. The first time he did it, about a decade ago, isn't available anymore because it made him look pretty bad.
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malkav11 posted:Sigh. Awaken Realms has decided they want to try to put Elon Musk in ISS Vanguard as a potential crewmember. Obviously they would need his signoff and have not currently received it, but I for one would really rather they not, both because having a real person in an otherwise science fiction game would be jarring, and because I think Musk is an rear end in a top hat. They are getting quite a bit of pushback, so hopefully they'll rethink.
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Bodanarko posted:Rahdo is less than useless for his opinion on a game, but no one better captures the “feel” of a game & it’s decision space. Yeah, I can decide whether I would like a game based on watching him play it. I turn the video off before he gives his opinion.
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homullus posted:I turn the video off before he gives his opinion. It's glowing. I've never seen him openly dislike a game.
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Infinitum posted:It's glowing. I've never seen him openly dislike a game. To see if he really likes it or not, about half-way through he'll say whether it's a game for him and Jen or not. It all comes down to how it plays at 2 and how much player conflict it has. But the main thing is that he's said he just doesn't cover a game if he thinks it's bad. You might end up seeing it at the end of his list in his monthly round-up videos, though.
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Infinitum posted:It's glowing. I've never seen him openly dislike a game. In an interview with Aldie, he basically said that for paid services, he tells publishers if he doesn't like the game and if that's not something they want to pay for, he understands and asks who to send the prototype to next. It's perfectly reasonable, and lets him keep his integrity.
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BinaryDoubts posted:They've already walked back the Elon thing, saying like "we didn't know there was controversy about him," which... ok. Aren't they a Polish company? I can understand that if you're not from the US and not hyper-online that he might still just be "that one cool space CEO guy" still. Either way, I'm definitely glad they walked it back. Android Buzz Aldrin or something would have been better.
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Merchants of the Dark Road just posted some production samples Dice and metal coins looking dope  
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I'm not even sure what the gameplay will be like, but I'm a sucker for the theme and attention to detail. Plus who can't say no to metal "coins"?
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Hi folks. I realize not everyone notices the chat thread, so I'll post in here directly. Kickstarter thread regular Dwarf74 has been made IK today, and this is one of the threads they've volunteered to monitor. Thanks!
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Gilgameshback posted:Anti-Semitic Hangman plus optional Covid denial t-shirts has been suspended. Ah, there's some fun 'I'm not owned, you're owned!' follow up. quote:Sku Style's HANGGOV has received the Badge Of Honour from Kickstarter website yesterday! Kickstarter suspended the HANGGOV Kickstarter campaign after eleven days! HANGGOV was never about making money or profit, it was solely to spread the message of the deceit, fraud & psychological terrorism imposed on all by Government, HANGGOV has achieved this & is a complete success! Thanks to Kickstarter for giving HANGGOV the Badge Of Honour, always knew it would come!
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Infinitum posted:Merchants of the Dark Road just posted some production samples
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The_Doctor posted:Ah, there's some fun 'I'm not owned, you're owned!' follow up. https://twitter.com/dril/status/460673146451161088?s=20
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dwarf74 posted:Part of me is wishing I'd actually backed this. The other part is well aware I'd never get a chance to actually play it. I'm sure there are enough goons that backed it (including myself) that you could find someone that could help you get a copy (such as myself).
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fischtick posted:I'm not even sure what the gameplay will be like, but I'm a sucker for the theme and attention to detail. Plus who can't say no to metal "coins"? Speaking of Rahdo, his playthrough video of it is what pushed me over the edge to all-in on it for the deluxe version. Here's the final thoughts video, but you can click-through for the gameplay vids. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnJt6PXiNXs
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Here is a person making a good decision 3 months ago:Hostile V posted:Cancelled my pledge for SLA Industries 2e due to the very weird update about how one day you may regret taking the Sterility drawback down the line, heavily hinting at a very bad and weird direction, and the help of some friends making me realize I actually kind of don't want the game. I did a review of it here but basically the new edition has some improvements in some parts but doubles down on some of the janky bits of the setting in other respects, plus it swaps out one kind of underbaked system for a different underbaked system which doesn't really reflect 30 years of progress in RPG design.
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Yeah, SLA Industries was a game that looked kinda cool when I was a teenager back in the 90s and then turned out to be a mess. I wasn't personally expecting it to suddenly metamorphize into a must-have game now.
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Warthur posted:Here is a person making a good decision 3 months ago: I’m a big fan of SLA, but the new system is a bit of a lemon. Love the setting though despite it being strange as hell and possibly not terribly gameable. Did a podcast on this very topic actually. https://twitter.com/adventuringpty/status/1346668849404502017?s=20
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HidaO-Win posted:I’m a big fan of SLA, but the new system is a bit of a lemon. The category names, in no particular order, are "Incredible", "Excellent", "Unbelievable", and "Exceptional". Can you intuit from the above which order they go in? Do you think if you did know the order they went in, you'd be able to keep it straight? And the actual descriptions of what you get out of them are incoherent too, not least because they keep slipping into assuming they correspond to difficulty levels (when in fact that's accounted for at an earlier stage of making a roll).
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Warthur posted:The category names, in no particular order, are "Incredible", "Excellent", "Unbelievable", and "Exceptional". Please. It's a simple mnemonic device: aahhhhheeeeuuuuueeeee
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Cat Face Joe posted:Please. It's a simple mnemonic device: Ah, the John Madden Mnemonic.
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Warthur posted:The category names, in no particular order, are "Incredible", "Excellent", "Unbelievable", and "Exceptional". Excellent, Exceptional, Incredible, Unbelievable. If it's a different order, the writers are wrong 
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