Villagers - Playthrough - slickerdrips

A full 2 player game of Villagers

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[DevilboyScooby]

There's something inherently amusing yet fascinating about one person playing as two people. I used to do that a lot- often up to four people.

This has pushed me towards backing it, so thanks to you and Marty.

[Miniebee]

Thanks for reviewing this .... thinking of backing it now
!! Keep making great videos!!

[Fighterfan]

This similar to Oh my goods!? This looks interesting and oh my goods has my interest too.

[Iparbuvesz]

I'm new to this channel, but I do have to ask, why is it so similar to rahdo? Playing first person with an imaginary friend, making decisions on the fly, errors on klingon channel...

[LookAtTheBacon]

Hi Tom,
I hate to say this, but I disliked the video. But I will not blindly hate, but give you my reasons:

1. I dislike the cuts.
E.g. when you make an error two minutes into the video, imho just do a full retake ( = new start), rather than cutting your own words out. It looks unprofessional and has a hasty feel to it. Also from my personal experience it makes most viewers uncomfortable and reminds them of self-proclaimed influencers (like the modern age YT kids with make-up tutorials etc.). You are better than them and you know it.

2. Stick by your own style.
I think I remember a time where you did not use two simulated players for a playthrough and also especially did not use the Klingon-channel for rules goofs. To me, this looks like the most blatant rahdo copy/ripoff I honestly have ever seen and I have to know if you asked him before using that? I mean, he can't be happy about it, can he? So please either use another subtitles channel or get back to your old style from the beginning (imho).

3. "Draft phase" in the game/you saying "you draft a card":
This is mainly a problem of the game and nothing you should be overly concerned about, but it grinds my gears a bit so I unfortunately have to address this one as well. What you are doing in this game is card selection, not drafting. Modern "Drafting" is a term on it's own now and means choosing one card out of several cards in a hidden hand, then giving the rest away in turn order, receiving the hand from your neighbor, etc. Like it has been done in 7 Wonders, Among the Stars, Blood Rage, Greed and the likes. This game here is not drafting. It's card selection, e.g. like in Nations, Through the Ages, 7 Wonders: Duel etc. Some of these are coined Drafting on BGG as well, which is wrong. BGG is a bit lax with their definitions lately, but all major reviewers agree with me afaik, so please take it into consideration. Just because the designers made a mistake and called the phase "draft phase", you don't have to call it drafting as well. Say "you choose a card" or "you select a card" instead of "you draft a card", because there is no drafting in this game (as I can see from the start of the video). I would be very happy about this point, because we all know that language is fluid, constantly evolving. And after we developed our own technical terms in boardgaming, imho we should also stick to them and not water them down.

Sorry if all of this sounds a little harsh, but atm it's late in the night over here and the video gave me quite a bitter taste in my mouth, so I felt I had to address it. Overall please don't take this comment too seriously or negative. I enjoy your content and hope to do so in the future as well. I just want your content to be the best that it can be and I simply have a feeling it does not have the same quality level than in the beginning. Help me out.