To Back Or Not To Back - Solani, Robinson, Factory Funner and More!!!

In which I talk about the latest batch of Kickstarter games, brief overviews of the campaigns and whether or not they are games that will hold their values. A whole bunch of links below :)

TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Introduction & "Webcam" Upgrade
0:00:58 - Sleeve Kings
0:02:10 - Legendary Coins Season 6

Updates & New Campaigns
0:04:15 - Arma
0:06:55 - Valeria: Card Kingdoms – Darksworn
0:08:04 - Theurgy: The Area Control Game of Monsters & Miracles
0:10:55 - Heroes of Normandie - Big Red One Edition
0:14:15 - Floriferous
0:16:55 - Gloomier
0:20:43 - Solani + The Girl Who Made The Stars
0:25:09 - Fjords
0:29:40 - Robinson Crusoe - Collector's Edition
0:33:08 - Clash of Deck
0:34:20 - Mage Noir
0:36:12 - Factory Funner, Bear Raid, and Ghosts of Christmas
0:42:37 - Wrapping Up

Links:

[BoardGameCo]

Absolute blast, I filmed this video before playing, or like Theurgy I would have spent time letting you know about it.

[dekdekan]

love that you gave the theurgy a chance. sadly not backing because someone hyped me for endless winter and I am over my budget now :)

[caseypeterson]

Thanks for your thoughts. I am currently only backing The Night Market, mostly because of nostalgia for my month in Taipei.

[Austistatistic]

I appreciate your videos.
I liked your outro. In fact, after nerding it up, that pause was well appreciated (even though your nerd rant was more appreciated)

[FallenBade]

"If you want a fun, interesting video that won't tell you in any way how to play the game... well the video on the top of the Kickstarter page will 100% do that for you".

Alex, this is why I subbed.

[robinett]

Just wanted to point out that the Fjords "epic duel" add-on is just more meeples so you don't have to use two colors when you play that variant. You can still play the epic variant with the contents in the Viking pledge

[jwspiker]

Q.E. is great, you gotta get that to the table!

[micwol]

I kept looking for a game called "Beer Raid" but I can't seem to find that one.

[stacie_everdell]

Love these vids....very helpful...thanks!

[justacynic]

So in pre-Covid times, M:TG had learn to play Magic nights, giving away 30 card decks. The local game store gave them out at an elementary school game night event every year and--I am sure you will be shocked--would sell out of all M:TG retail items he brought with him before the night was done. I spoke with him, "Don't you feel guilty?" "About what?" "Handing drugs to children. I see what you're doing here." We laughed but he more so, Cha-ching! Anyway: this is what came to mind with Clash of Deck. That Magic: The Addition or Crack:The Gathering model--that's the goal.

[ojb]

Heroes of Normadie is really heavy on references to the wonderful film Kelly's Heroes

[Shot]

Like the awkward ending. Very good content I value your (and Crowdsurfing) honest opinion on the crowdfunding games. Enjoy Passover!

[ricardoandreschiockchang]

I will wait for a little more of info about the Stretch Goals of Robinson Crusoe to decide if I pledge the Collector's Edition or add the Book of Adventures.

[thebasenote]

Keep doing this kind of videos. It helps alot

[successfulgeek]

I agree, multiple games in a single campaign will usually hurt more than help. Typically you want to have one unified message to sell one thing at a time...

[johnmikepauljr]

As a former BRO (Big Red One) member, surprised to hear you knew that, nice!

[Messengus]

Possibly worth noting (and I was somewhat surprised to see no mention of it since you're usually pretty pertinent with the warnings) that the prior Sleeve Kings campaign is under some sort of controversy at the moment as the dates they've promised keep sliding outside the US. The latest update in that campaign reads like a very long apology which is nice but backers still appeared somewhat upset in the comments.

[VikingKittens]

Hey Alex, I am also backing Floriferous but do need to correct one thing. I am a fan of Beth Sobel and her art but this game's art is by CLEMENTINE CAMPARDOU. This is an artist that created a watercolor for each card and this is her first exposure to card game artwork. I am thrilled with its look and just felt she needed a shout out. More amazing artist in board game creation!!!!

[Cardsrock]

Can't wait for your thoughts on v commando! (Though i saw you have like 3 or 4 quotes on their page! :) )

[martinvitek]

Hi Alex,

Went “All-in” (Endless Adventure pledge with mat and sleeves) for Robinson Crusoe. Played the game few years back and wanted to get it at some point. And this was the perfect opportunity. Don’t know about the resin tokens yet.

Recently i discovered, that good storage solution is number one thing, that i want, when i consider “All-in” pledge. From my point of view, if i go “All-in” i want to enjoy the game as long as possible. Therefore i want all the expansions. But with with a lot of expansions it is usually harder to get to the table. Spending hours going through 10 small expansion boxes (yes, i am talking about you CMON) is pain.

And so far it seems that RC will follow in Awaken Realms steps and will keep the minimum number of boxes.

I am willing to spend some extra to get all the content at the same time. I am disinclined to spend time looking for sleeves, inserts or other deluxifications later.