Alma Mater Review - with Tom Vasel

Tom Vasel takes a look at a game of teaching students and making books!

00:00 - Introduction
01:26 - Overview
11:51 - Final Thoughts

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[LegoAssassin]

I like the production, art and the insert. I do like how much customization there is. It's a little too complex for the people who I play with, but it looks like a very nice game.

[danielnilsson]

Missed the opportunity early in the video to say that the theme doesn't 'Mater'

[marcosseven]

Played this one yesterday and had a terrific time. I liked it a lot! I like a game where I get to make choices, and my choices get me to where I want to go, and this game is exactly that!

[stephencornelius]

The red is much deeper than the green, so I doubt those with red/green colorblindness will have trouble with it.

[ScytheNoire]

I love the insert. I'll never understand people who get rid of them when they are this well done. I want every game to come with a nice insert like this.

[markoreilly]

Looks like a really nice package. Grand Austria Hotel and Lorenzo il magnifico seem to be the very best these designers have put out so far

[ilqrd.]

Can't wait for this to arrive. The interactivity in this game seems to be through the roof!

[Puzzu]

Thanks for your sharing your thoughts - looks neat but after going through how the game plays, it doesn't seem seem too exciting, would rather play Lorenzo or Coimbra.

[richardviguurs]

Symbolclutterific, is that word in one of those yellow dictionaries? Definitely a great word!

[kenrickcarlsonkeh]

Seems like a combination of mechanisms that I like combined.

[Edwinschuur]

Is this something new that a lot of games use the exact same colour scheme and art resources?

I see this with Architects, paladins, valeria etc and now with Coimbra and this game.

I understand that artists and designers have a certain art style and some things are recycled, but the exact same colour scheme and exact same faces of characters put me off while the games themselves can be totally different.

[nigelgraves]

Thank you for sharing! Though it sounds like something is chewing on your lapel mic (?).

[Dr_C_Smith]

Kingdomino is a great game and won the Spiel des Jahres three years ago... but nobody talks about it anymore. I’m not saying that this should win or even be nominated for the same award, just that’s a really weird metric to use for this or any game.

[thecaryou]

I swear I played this in prototype and it had a modern theme, I could be wrong but than the game was very similar.

[nchlsrdmr]

I've never understood what people see in Lorenzo. It's good, but really nothing special. Coimbra, however was really fantastic and if this game is half as good as that then I'll be delighted.

[thomasohl]

What solution for storing is your coice if you do not use this insert?
Are there videos about from the dicetower members?

[TheBrokenMeeple]

The game is enjoyable but very unforgiving. Make a mistake and you will regret it for a while. It’s important to tell players as well that the research track is paramount to the game. If you ignore the track and try to do other things, you will lose outright because your books won’t be worth squat to anyone and even though you can get your own easily, they won’t help when acquiring students. This makes the research track an essential path to go for which means the only other variance in paths to victory is a focus on students or professors.

[mr.rogers]

What in gods name are the 9 price tiles for?!

[thorslam]

I do not know why but I always get the feeling Tom does not like rping one bit, and murders it completely.

[GusG_]

THIS should be called COIMBRA, not the other game! Coimbra has one of the oldest Universities in the World with almost 7 centuries.... just shows they dont care abou the theme of their own games