Miami Dice: Ex Libris

Tom, Zee, and Sam take a look at this worker placement, set collection, and tableau building game, from Renegade Game Studios!

00:00 - Introduction
01:16 - Game overview
07:43 - Final thoughts

[alxgonzalez]

This game seems right up my alley. Thanks for the review guys. On a side note, the designer did add a section at the end of the rule book on how to have a game with less conflict if that bothers you.

[chuckm]

For starting the overview with a clear explanation of game goals and end-game scoring ... thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank

I get exhausted trying to follow game teaches that go over minute mechanics without putting them first into a context of ""why the heck do I care about anything you are telling me?"

[Dienes]

I liked that in the Rising 5 video Zee commented on the solo variant. But he did not do that here. Does anyone know how well it plays solo?

[jonathandodd]

Their reaction was lukewarm but I'm still really stoked for the game - I love the theme, gameplay looks good, and printing out a reference sheet should take care of the text issue for the most part.

[Hardyhara]

Sounds like I need to wait for a 2nd Edition of the game.

[StefanS-igrm]

Looks very thematic. Makes you actually feel like you're catagorizing books in a dusty library. Can't wait to play it.

[ShyHuludd]

Anyone knows another game that use a deck of worker placement tiles? I really liked that mechanic!

[HeadCannonPrime]

Finally got to play this game a few times. I agree with your assessment. It is a very lukewarm fantasy worker placement game. Light on strategy, with maybe one unique hook or gimmick. Very much in the same vein as dice forge. Unfortunately this seems to be a recurring trend with a lot of worker placement titles in 2017.

[trevorh]

Did Zee used to be a dealer at a casino?

[loicovis]

I love your videos! Thank you so much !

[Vitao]

My copy came with a reference sheet. Maybe I got a more recent edition?

[crushgoil]

There was one rule that they described differently from Game Boy Geek's review... Now I'm going to have to find the rules to see who got it right!

[thayssabianchini]

Eles resolverem esse problema das letras pequenas, adicionaram uma folha com as informações de todas as cartas, assim não precisa ficar pegando a carta na mão para ler. Cada jogador tem uma folha dessas

[ScorchedRusalka]

I like the game a lot. Played once, but I also think that the powers are unbalanced, I never used the power of the mummy un my game.

[abastecki]

Text on the locations might be tough to make bigger due to how much text some of them take. Pictorial representations might be difficult to convey the ability as well. Personally I haven't found this to be an issue, though I could see someone not liking it.
The only aesthetic thing that bugs me is with all of the custom meeples, the first player marker is a plain, white stone.
Otherwise, i have greatly enjoyed this game since a friend got at GenCon.

[garesonc]

I'd read about the text issue in written reviews and now you guys have confirmed that it really is an issue. Game still looks like fun but what if, a year later, Renegade releases a second edition where this gets fixed(yes there are printable references but... yuck)? Will I feel like a schmo because I bought an unreadable version? Shouldn't the production copy be polished and not have a glaring error? Between this, the disintegrating Clank! Sunken Treasures! gameboards and some of the questionable graphic design choices I see in Clank! In Space!....Renegade's star is waning with me. They need to get someone on quality control QUICKLY.

[bloberglawp]

Had they made this game about shelving mass amounts of board games....

[TheRetroMachineTV]

Funny, based on the lukewarm review, I'm surprised it got the "Dice Tower Seal of Approval". They just stamping that on everything now? : )

[XvpandaX]

Would have been cooler if instead of books, it would be board games, I understand though it would be tricky to get the rights, but still, you couldn't make knockoff games?

[tobynmanthorpe]

Ex Libris is a Balderdash style game with sentences from novels instead of definitions. Not sure why Renegade get to take the name.