Cascadia Review - I Was Wrong

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Cascadia: The game I was expecting to hate.
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[JustACuteFox]

Funny how British people hate foxes so much, whereas here in the US they are well regarded as beautiful, intelligent creatures that we rarely ever have the chance to see.

[ahchiu]

"I'd rather fully commit to a light game than half commit to a heavy one."

This is the perfect encapsulation of my gaming habits and the reason I love/relate to this channel so much

[davidakenson]

Good review. I agree completely. It’s also nice you aren’t sucked into the cult of the complex. The way to get a game in BGG top 10 is to create a game that takes 10 hours to read the rule book; 2 hours to teach; 1 hour of rules look-up during play and 4 hours to play - each time it hits the table! Then, anyone trying to pass themselves off as an intellectual will rate it a 10. I love some heavy 18xx and war games so no stranger, but mostly, give me a thinky but simple game that’s enjoyed in around an hour and picked up and played without fuss. Just subscribed.

[wallyvdb]

Lot's of the multiplayer solitaire games seem to work great for us when I play with my wife... we play most of the evenings a game together, but at that point (winding down from a buzzy day or...)
we do not need a highly interactive experience. It is relaxing to work on a puzzle, knowing that your significant other is doing the same thing, enjoying it as much as yourself... I think if you look through this perspective then you can see why there's such a big boost in relaxing/puzzely/multiplayer solitaire games...

[mattkutrik]

Great review! Although there's minimal interaction in terms of 'take-that' mechanics, watching the other players expand their boards or at the end totaling up your matching environments, everyone is comparing their landscapes to the other players. There's a unique satisfaction about having no rules against putting any tile side-by-side another and just building out a specific terrain like a big mountain range, a long river, etc. Easy to teach, fun to play and enough variety through the different animal cards/rules. Also, the wooden pieces for the animals feel great in the bag compared to something cheaper they could have used like punch-board.

[mattyleg]

"Slaved over a hot pizza order..." Jon, you kill me.
Another excellent video. Keep it up!!

[pooyaostadpour]

5:07 "It's a brilliant system because you always get one thing you want, and then you're lumbered with something annoying, like inviting your friend out to play and they bring their little brother with."

[NicolleMelanson.Powell]

Thank you for recommending this game - I am really pleased with it. There are many great aspects to it as you have pointed out. But one element that I wish more game designers would incorporate is several scoring variants that make the game more flexible depending on your group. I can play the family variant when my young grandson is here, the intermediate variant with my husband, the most complex variant with my strategist son, and when I don't have company I can play solo. This gives me so much more bang for my buck. Love your videos!

[moregamespleaseUK]

Loving the camera work and production here. So great. Also have a copy of Cascadia on my shelf, its a beaut

[willhelm]

"I'd rather fully commit to a light game than half-commit to a heavy one" couldn't have put it better myself

[ajtame]

I hate when people say "its just a load of stuff from other games" that's true of nearly all games. It's Simpsons did it syndrome, there's no new ideas left, what really matters is reimplimenting ideas in different ways with interesting themes, hell if we never re-implimented anything we would all still be playing carcassone and dominion in the same way our parents played monopoly, scrabble and cluedo for years on end.

[JosephFlemming]

I was hesitant about the Kickstarter at first, you know, how many family weight tile games do we really need? But then I tried their online app which was a brilliant marketing decision (it was way easier then trying to figure out tabletopia or other board game simulator) and I saw what a simple and addicting game this would be. I was not disappointed and this will be a staple in my collection

[JJEMcManus]

Playing a game on a table made of slabs with a half inch gap? You, sir, are as mad as they come. Certifiable.
Cascadia is for sure in my playlist but I think I shall get Calaco first. But that’s just me knowing the group I play with.

[goodandboard]

Thanks for sharing! Added this one to our list of games to try out soon. And fantastic explanation of the multiplayer solitaire genre! While we love a good puzzle challenge, definitely with you about being present with friends while playing as opposed to being focused on beating the game while friends are in the room!

[lkjkhfggd]

I find cascadia perfectly fits in the category he described at the beginning. It's a multiplayer solitaire game. I look at my opponent's boards solely to count their terrain scores and sometimes if none of the animals are what I want, I'll take what the person after me wants.

I think Cascadia is fine, but I'd much rather play a euro that forces a bit more interaction. Even just worker placement has more interaction.

[hardeslaper]

Thanks for this informative, relatable and yet concise video! I've been waiting for a good take on what you describe as the 'multiplayer solitaire' issue, and I think you were spot on with the different perspectives on it. I actually loved my few games of Calico (gifted it to a cat person) so it sounds like this could be a perfect game for my own collection.

[sharonl]

I love all of your videos! The old and the new! Keep it up.
My “problem” 😋 with you is that you make me want to buy and play ALL. THE. GAMES. because my taste in games is very similar to yours.
Your sense of humor is fantastic and fun!

[beebsman]

Totes agree. I bought this as a good gateway game for visitors and an occasional game for my wife and I and was surprised by how often we enjoy playing it. It is so very satisfying.

[TimTimsTim]

Great vid as always! Lovely camera work, music and aethsetic. Just bought Cascadia. Can’t wait to jump in.

[RaffleSnaffle]

What a beautiful room you have to shoot and play boardgames in! That table is BEAUTIFUL.