Resurgence Review: In Soviet Russia, Worker Places You

Chris Yi and Wendy Yi takes a look at Resurgence, a game about post apocalyptic soviet Russia.

0:00 Intro
0:56 Overview
5:57 Review

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[aaronclark]

Thanks for the review guys! I’ve been wondering what the DT thought about this one since Endless Winter seemed to get all the attention. Am a bit surprised we didn’t get Zee and Mike’s thoughts since it was such a highly anticipated game for both of them.

[jackabbott]

I also really liked this one! I feel like Stan Kordonskiy is batting pretty close to 1000 with me so far. Haven't played Endless Winter yet but I loved Resurgence, Lockup. Shadow Kingdoms and Dawn of Kiev

[guillermoangulo]

"In Soviet Russia, Worker Places You", top seed for a future Dice Tower reviews top pun!

[GaminUpWithTheJoneses]

Worker placement might be my favorite mechanic.

[ronthal]

I am soooo glad Resurgence got some love at the Dice Tower! I really like this game, I am so happy I pledged it (late pledge directly from Half-a-Kingdom website) despite seeing almost no publicity... And I like teaching it to people who initially are not pulled by the cover or theme but really have a good time all the way through!
I shall add there is close to no text on the material (bar flavour text or the professions of the specialists) so it's pretty much language independent except the rulebook, since I don't think it got translated into any other language.
Endless Winter has gorgeous art and amazing production overall, a lot of gimmicks and mini-games and modules and tracks and minis etc... But I found it basically good-ish after a couple of plays and the deckbuilding part of it underwhelming.
Resurgence to me has no weaker part gameplay-wise as the bag building / resource collecting / engine + player vault building / mission collecting is a great mix !

[icaruspandas]

I wasnt initially impressed but then I watched the overview again and see the appeal. The reveal of how you placed your workers sticks out as an interesting mechanic to me. From what I saw the actual UI / general graphic design of the game is a bit busy though.

[rooseveltcooper]

I played it at Origins for the first time last week. Really fun game and it doesn’t take hours to play either which is nice.

[ryanamos]

It's a shame that they didn't add more theme to the game. It's got a good core mechanic but it is so lacking in theme and it seems like they could have easily added that in. It just doesn't feel like the setting at all or feel like you're in a post-apocalyptic world at all..

[SherlockChromesSFY]

How did you feel about your 2 player experience? I’ve heard some say it could have been scaled better for 2 players.

[marcelp.]

Gutes Review, allerdings finde ich wird der einmalige Verkaufspreis von 60€ etwas zu viel zur Relativierung des Preises genannt. Man bekommt (und in meinem Fall bekam) das Diorama NICHT für 60€. Es kostet realistisch 70€+ mit Rabatten.

[IndianaGeologist]

I feel like Mike and Zee should have been in on this review. :/

[JimmySquiky]

Stan Kordonsky is a really good author.

[bryanwinston]

I'm so interested in this game but I hate the graphical style. Guess I'll add it to my "try it out" list for Dice Tower East.

[dcrbdh]

I like Stan as a designer. This game was a miss though. Bland and ran out of gas after 3-4 plays. The design needed to be pushed further. 3.5 out of 5 for me. Not bad…. Just could have been better.

[RadikalKit]

Resurgence is one of my top games of 2022.

[lz]

Ukrainian designer, Polish editor, Moscow collapsed, Russia fallen. Where minuses? Dont see any.. I like it!😂😉

[JonTripp]

I'll be honest, I only clicked on this video because of the title.

[neomarvelbunny]

Take a shot every time Wendy says "basic" in the overview.

[nreekm]

I hated this game, it's just a bunch of recicled ideas. The whole time I wished I was playing some other game that implemented those mechanics better.

I mean, does the world really needs another worker placement/resource management/engine building game with contracts that gives you stuff and VP?

The only thing I liked was the majority thing, it is really nice and I wish it was used in a better game.

[raphboisxxx]

My only complaint with this game is that the missions are literally the only way you can win the game. You need to make 2 missions every round otherwise if your opponent does you will never ever come close.

Other than that, great game!