Seafall - Shut Up & Sit Down Review

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[RobertKonigsberg]

I suspect you might have done this whole review just to show a card that says "Quinnstantinople."

[randomfleming]

11:06. "But Quinns, you've done all this walking around with unusually creative framing..."

It certainly is impressive and appreciated.

[kizmetmars]

C4 is the only thing I hear when Quins says Seafall.

[vanessac]

Oh my god I'm so glad to have found your review. So many other reviews are so dry and unbearable so THANK YOU for being entertaining

[spencerjames]

I feel like I've seen that shot at 8:40 several times in so many history documentaries, some deep thinking historian crouching down and fiddling with dirt and grass for no particular reason. That made me laugh because of the sheer accuracy to the history doc format. Well done review.

[WarzoneVincent]

It's subjective opinion time! On the flip reverse it side of this review, I would say that our group looks forward to playing every week at this game. We are quite far into it now and are loving all of the elements of the story and how things are unfolding. You really do have to play 5 or 6 games before things start to happen in earnest, but when you do get there, it was so worth it in my opinion. Why 5 to 6 games? To likely explore everything you can do! To name Council Members weird things! To expand the map so that more things can happen! Take your pick. But you really do need to explore everything in this game to get a good idea of what is going on with it. And that is what this game gives you. It's kind of like an uneasy but perfect fit in a relationship. Kind of testing the waters at first. Maybe an exciting date here or there, but then you get to know each other better. And you want to hang out more. And you want to get to know each other even betterer.

That, in a nutshell, is our experience with Seafall.

[kivipaperisakset]

This was the nicest way I've ever seen anyone say: "This game is kinda shit."

[eugenb.]

This is the best review of a game I've ever seen. You can see the anguish and despair Quinns has in terms of how to review a game he obviously doesn't like that much, if at all. And yet it was a game he so wants to like, yet can't. And then he goes and fills the review with commentary that makes you smile and question whether you should even attempt this game. Is it worth your time?

But in the telling Quinns may well have defined what it takes for a Legacy game to work: it has to have a solid game that you're engaged with at some level to start with. Trying to ramp up is death. You can't get people engaged, especially not today when so many other games are screaming for attention, with a game that starts out so slowly and then seems to get bogged down in AP to boot.

In the end I think Armus said it best (see below).

[AMPhibian]

These guys make the best video reviews of games, imo.

[zmann]

My group is 6 games in and we feel the same way. We keep asking if we are having fun after the games.

[christianmadcow]

This Video made my tuesday. Thanks Quinn. The Slow and pretentous Walk through the Museum was hilareous.

[Loki]

Great review! Said a lot that I hadn't heard before, deflated my hype balloon a bit, but gave a few good points to mull over before grabbing people to play. Thanks for a well thought out piece, keep it up!

[mmanningb]

The most entertaining and enlightening board game review that I have seen in some time from any reviewer. While several other reviewers have given similar impressions of the doldrum of the grind of Seafall, I felt like this video gave a better impression of exactly what was going on and why ... and did so with flare. Liked and subscribed.

[MissFunnyBunneh]

"are you leaking below decks" omw I'm dying

[MisterChris]

This seems to be the general experience with many players and reviewers. They just stopped half way through, never finishing the game

[the.nikkoman]

"are you leaking below decks?"

[MegaWestWolf]

Great review! My group was on the fence about playing this game, feeling that we have played Merchants & Marauders enough to wonder if we really wanted what seemed like a legacy style version of it. We all also HATE when we play a game and it ends right as you start to get your engine into gear...so we may have just avoided a major bullet thanks to this review. I'll probably just save the $80 and just have "Merchants & Marauders" going on one table, and "Tales of Arabian Nights" going on the other, switching tables every 30 minutes.

[wvb]

You should make a video review of the game, similar to the single evening you recommended us to have. Going through the game bit by bit in detail.

[DatScharger]

This would SO MUCH profit from a digital adaption.

[fabiopbb]

About writing quality... I strongly suggest a computer game called Sunless Sea. It has a strong board game vibe, very narrative, incredibly atmospheric and a fantastic writing.