Barrage Board Game Review

Join us as we take a look at the worker placement board game Barrage published by Cranio Creations

[JustACuteFox]

Your reviews are just getting better and better. You bring the attitude of the type of person that I'd like to drink some beers with. Funny, friendly, honest. Would love to know what your all time favorite games are sometime!

[fkups]

Great job on the quick concise rule overview for a pretty complex game. Also love the humor in your videos, good shit.

[JoeTheGons]

Looking at the new kickstarter for Barry. I love your reviews and this one genuinely made me laugh.

[dreamofempire]

Great video. I love your style. Don’t think it will be enough for me to buy Barry though.

[hyvll]

As a french canadian, the name Barrage is sounding good to me. (most of our electricity come from water/hydro generated by "barrages")

It is very true that the component quality is subpar for a 100++CND game. We are talking about peeling cardboard, flimsy quality... and dont crank me up on the machine (grey and brown bits) that are too small in single unit. Same thing with the 1 credit tokens... too small!

On the other hand, it is a heavy euro that is not buried under a f* tons of rules. Like water, the game is pretty streamlined.
On the other hand (am I a 3 arms guy?!?), you can have a strong runaway leader if you didn't thought about your first couples buildings placement.

In conclusion, as a solo player, big recommendation if you are more into gameplay than into quality of the bits.

[Wolcik]

I have started to question my eyesight when 10 years older cousing of mine asked me why I haven't painted a minor detail on a figurine and I wasn't sure if I can see it at all.

[bcniswon]

Not sure if this helps with how you feel about the name, but there's a different pronunciation if the word relates to dams vs. bombardment

[MisterAbysmul]

I’m still torn on whether to get this one. Good review and perfect amount of bullocks.

[Paul-ropy]

Most! Great review, quality of components is a put off.

[remcovaniersel]

I really like Barrage even at 2 players..

[Maefyre]

Just gotta point out that placing a worker on the space that allows you to access another players executive action doesn't count as your turn. You effectively take another action with their bonus for the cost of one extra worker (or one worker and 3 coins)

[fastpoose]

If you haven't already big fulla, mutifocal glasses are the best thing I've bought for board gaming. For us 40 somethings with fading vision....

[JamesD]

Is "barrage" an esoteric word in the UK?

[frankndice]

Everyone I played this game with liked it a lot. I on the other hand hated it so much every time I played my brain wanted to explode

[JonTripp]

It never occurred to me before, so I looked it up: BARrage (like "baggage", but with a bar) is a dam, which bars the waterway.
As opposed to barRAGE (like the Indian Raj), which is a bombardment. I have never once heard anyone pronounce this game correctly! Should've just called it Barry and been done with it.

[MichaelM-evek]

Played this when someone suggested it was similar to Brass Birmingham, which I really like. Then, I played it and it left me a bit underwhelmed. Yes, it feels like a euro with a lot of player interaction, but contrary to Brass, I felt that the board was quite difficult to read and that it was very easy to make stupid decisions. I'm not the brightest bulb, so I didn't really want to go back to this game again.
Anyhow, I like your content, but I can't watch your next video on Tuesday, Wednesday also fine?

[jackburtonstwin]

Really torn on this one. The theme and mechanics look great and the artwork is nice (strong Brass vibe and I have both Lancashire and Birmingham). The potential spoiler here is the production quality for a game costing the thick end of £60. I, too, read that KS backers were not too happy either. With a few tweaks to the production quality this would be a no brainer for me, even if it would be one of those rare-to-the-table titles that I would have to be in the mood for. To that end it would occupy a place similar to Brass, but Brass with its clay chips is just bloodly lovely even when you are not playing it.

[martyncardno]

Played this on BGArena. Reminds me of Scythe. Really enjoy Barrage but so far have been utterly useless at gaining VP.

[Wolcik]

it took me a moment to focus on video to grasp the mechanics but it was easier than Arc Nova - so it must be the game itself that is demanding - especially since it's the kind where you actually follow up on what others are doing and have to react to it and possibly even predict in advance

[mrbovinejoni]

Barrage is a Top 3 game for me. It's excellent.