Fallout (FFG) Review by Man Vs Meeple

Fallout Review by Man Vs Meeple

1-4 Players
120-180 Minutes

Man Vs Meeple

Hosted by Jeremy Salinas (Drakkenstrike) and David Waybright

[erl]

great summary guys, as a huge fan of both fallout and complex board games/ rpgs, i’m freakin sold! thanks a lot, looking forward to a lot more from you!

[benanderson]

I've played the first scenario 5 times now. I will definitely play it a few more times. It's been unique and interesting each time... just a great experience. I love this game.

[Jindorek]

my only dislike with this game is that you can't all play Vault Dwellers. and I would have preferred a 5 player game. But hey i'm sure the first expansion will add the fifth player... a disturbingly regular "expansion option" which irks me no end especially when it was quite possible to add it in the main game.

[TorIverWilhelmsen]

There have been competitive games where the players can lose collectively to the game before: The star example from the old days is Avalon Hill's Republic of Rome, where the players can lose to the game if Rome is fighting two wars and then a third appears. They even had to "patch" the game with a rule published in their magazine "General", otherwise the game would defeat the players in average 60% of the time...

[wilpuriarts]

Seen a lot of criticism, but this review really makes this seem like a game for our group. Of course it would be nice to have a heavier ”Fallouthaven” -game, but this seems like a good start! And probably will hit the table more often than a more complicated game would.

[EclecticCamel]

Man, I was excited for this after watching your review, but after finally trying it tonight, this thing is a hot clunky mess. You can practically hear the gears grinding against each other as it devolves into a fiddley slog of pointlessness. This one is going straight to the sell pile without a second try. For open world adventure, Runebound (especially with co-op expansion) is pound for pound way better than this.

[mr.horseshoe]

Looking for a good solo game since Gloomhaven is sold out. I'm a big fan of Fallout (1 and 2 more than the newer ones) so I might give this a shot.

[RandomPerson-ndey]

Great job guys! My sister is a big fan of the "Fallout" series so I'm getting this for her this Christmas. Now I KNOW she'll enjoy it for more than just the theme (since there's actually an awesome game with the theme).

[KLGChaos]

Just got this the other day. Hoping to give it a trial run solo today to learn the rules and then play with friends over the next couple of days.

[stickyickyrickypdx]

Thanks, I've been waiting for a review/overview from you!

[jamesdee]

thanks for the very thorough review. I'm considering it as a Christmas present for my son with Autism who loves watching me play Fallout 3. We play D & D and basic board games. I'm assuming if it is too complicated, you can play this with loose rules and still have fun? thanks for any input.

[TheMrKinks]

Which did you guys like better, civ new dawn or fallout? Both FFG games caught my interest and it was kind of hard to tell based on both of the reviews.

[Power-Mad]

I'm not a fan of the scenario system, the "Buy more to keep playing" system. Shame, the premise looked great, but I'm not falling for this sink again.

[Gyrogyro]

Looks like Tales of the Arabian Nights meets Eldritch Horror with a Fallout theme?

[Daniel-Strain]

FYI:
S - Strength
P - Perception
E - Endurance
C - Charisma
I - Intelligence
A - Agility
L - Luck

[SkywarpV]

Looks like the board game uses the Special system and perks better than the latest game does.

[Elliot-jico]

How is downtime when you are not the active player? That is something I have had problems with in games like this, most of the game feels like me waiting for my turn. I am just not involved or impacted by what other players are doing.

[ThePantheons]

Excellent excellent job as usual guys. Was thrilled to see you'd covered this.

[unkindled_dreg]

Woah!! Didn't know Fallout had a BG version coming out.. Nice!
And as always, great overview you guys.

[IamNintendocore]

What Scenarios are Shorter and longer?