Tapestry in about 3 minutes

A short summary of Tapestry in about 3 minutes

Designer: Jamey Stegmaier
Artists: Andrew Bosley, Rom Brown
Publishers: Stonemaier Games

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[MBG]

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[jdtyler]

I really appreciate how at the end of each of your 3 min reviews you offer some similar games that we might like. So many reviewers are afraid to do that for some reason.

[JamesFincham]

Having played the game with the family a few times and twice with our gaming group it seems to be another marmite game. I really enjoy it, as does my family. The random element can lead to swings but this works with younger players and gives them a chance against us parents.

The gaming group had mixed feelings. Some echo the thoughts of many who do not like the anachronistic history or swinginess of those tapestry cards!

[tychay]

A minus: Having to watch the runaway winner finish off his/her turns for the next hour when all of you are done.
A plus: The best designed bot mode to date (even nicer than Anachrony).

[MBG]

And, well, you can probably guess. I am in a 3rd group of people for this game. Those who didn't find the gameplay loop rewarding enough and didn't want to spend any more time on the puzzle. I ran a solo test, playing the same civilization using poor tapestry picks and then another game with optimal picks. I doubled my score. And that really made me not want to play it again. I can see why its popular, but for me that's too much variance. At least in a game of ganz schon clever, if i have a bad round, its 15 mins gone and I dont have to sit there watching someone play for another 10 minutes running up the score.

[rictushep]

I hadn't thought of the similarity to Ganz Schön Clever - that's a good observation.

[LameryLame]

Me after watching the video : What an amazing game! I gotta have it!
Me after reading the comments : Nvm lol

[bernardofajardo]

Some months ago I bought Wingspan with its expansions because I'm a biologist and it seemed like a game I'd love, and I do indeed, it introduced me to tabletop games after not playing them since I was a child. Second on my list was Tapestry, which I just bought. I honestly don't understand why the hate to this game, it's so fun, and it has the right amount of luck and tactics to make it enjoyable... sure, it may not be a 'real' civilization game, but the idea of advancing like the game does it's quite satisfactory.

[thequeenofspades]

I played this game at a meet up once and I really enjoyed it. I was going to buy it, but then I saw the price, which I assume is for the miniatures. That the game is so expensive because of mechanically empty fluff pieces is crazy to me.

[plishsausage]

This is a great overview video. Thank you!

[CarlosRodriguez-ezls]

Great review Jarrod! I played this game once and never really wanted to come back to it. It seems to reward repeated play but I never felt compelled to invest the time to do so.

[docteurslump]

Thank you for this review. After reading the comments, I guess I will stick to my TTA copy 😅

[comanaut]

Playing Tapestry can either feel really fun or terribly frustrating. The cards are ridiculously situational and can make or break your game. The game is a bit of a show pony and flatters to deceive.

[anthonyswindall]

Off-topic, but I was just on eBay and saw a board game titled, "Maori Wars: The New Zealand Land Wars, 1845-1872"

I don't know if you're familiar with this one or not, but it's definitely up your alley - thematically.

[RossHebden]

I enjoyed it well enough but wouldn't actively seek out another game of it. Puts it in the same boat as Scythe for me. Think my main issue is one you touched on with the Roll and Write comparison - I don't think there's enough interesting things to do or enough ability to overcome initial hiccups for the game's length. Definitely one that is worth the try-before-you-buy approach.

[leonrikes]

I just saw this right after seeing The Dice Odyssey's review of this. Their intro says it all. I laughed so hard at the hilarity of it because it sounds like what you said about Stone tools and space. You're so right about this game, huge letdown for me and I normally like Stonemaier's games. Great review!

[rrgvxff]

honestly, it's a game i wouldn't buy with my own money. i agree with the comments here, it was such a "argh" kind of a game. Did not enjoy playing it at all

[andreaslr]

I guess you finally got to play Nations! :)

[hairydongle]

Another great review...not so sure it's the game for me just on the basis of the point you made about space travel and stone tools! I love progression games and it looks easy on the eye, but surely that kind of anomaly in the game play, and there may well be more, is just wrong!

[tychay]

The Chosen? Never choose The Chosen! :D