Unreliable Wizard play and review | Review copy provided

Mike plays and reviews this quick solo game of 8-bit magical adventure.
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0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Game Overview
3:07 - Playthrough
26:21 - Review
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[OneStopCoopShop]

COMPONENTS - The cards are fine, and the meeple is nice. There is a plastic standee for the boss... which is totally unnecessary :). But no complaints component-wise.
0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - Game Overview
3:07 - Playthrough
26:21 - Review

[capnbob]

Appreciate the honest review! Agreed from watching the playthrough that it left a lot to be desired in terms of replayability and interesting choices.

[Jimmothy]

Great stuff! A very thorough and entertaining overview of the game. Stacking up in one color is my go-to approach for the game as well. I appreciate the expansion for trying to vary things up a little more with different fragments and collecting bosses. After winning two or three times, it definitely becomes a once in a while game. I think the novelty of fitting the game on a deck of cards is neat too.

[Sayuiv]

Hi Mike, thanks for review and gameplay.

Just one note that you mention in your review:
during the KS i watched a playthrough and the player said that in the base game you can only go upwards and not side to side.
That would mean that you can do only 4 encounters before the boss ( and so get only 4 upgrade cards) or if you want heal you miss an encounter.

I received the KS but the rulebook does not mention that, only the fact that you meed to move adjacent.

I believe that the base game is meant to play only moving upwards, while the expansion is the one that allow to roam freely, hence why the enemies are a bit stronger with the random cards between body and head.

Thanks again

[Theaquasnake]

I LITERALLY finish my first game last night. What timing for this video! 😄

[tigormiti]

Thanks for the great playthrough/review. I didn’t know you were capable of truly negative reviews :P but you have convinced me.

[tjoris]

Perhaps introduce a score system? Each monster encountered and healing space adds a point, and the goal is to beat the boss in as few points as possible. Perhaps set a goal score and lose if you exceed that value?

Unless this has a lot of content you didn't show or is priced like a Button Shy game it's a pass for me.

[BrettAmpersand]

I was under the impression you were only allowed to used the healing tiles once per game, not once per tile, no wonder I found it more difficult than you did

[pkarguth]

Well I've been playing this wrong, lol. Will have to try again with the correct damage rules.

The latest update on the gamefound campaign page did include an achievement list they created for players looking to add an extra goal while playing.

[aljozoql]

5:02 I thought you played as the wizard's apprentice, since the actual wizard couldn't go out to save the day himself (hence the title)

Anyway, yeah I've played the game a bunch (have the Japanese version, haven't watched all of the playthrough but it seems similar enough) and I kinda like the game, mostly because of how quick it is, but I agree with your thoughts. It's pretty easy unless you get really unlucky (one game I lost at the first fight because there was no way I could do any damage due to the Hero ability I chose), and the map traversal is just very samey from game to game. I think the combat is interesting at least, but yeah. The replayability is lower than I'd like, and maybe I prefer the smaller map at this point because it's even faster to setup and play. I wonder how the expansion shakes things up (the Japanese version of that has been out of stock for a while now)

[patriziopastore]

Ouch I receive the game one month ago still didn't play... so didnt recommended. I will give a try

[Johnny-qgll]

The art is just a little too minimalist for me to evoke much excitement

[SoloPlayhouse]

Oh I see, ur copying my playthrough! Hehehehehe Like this fine! But the key is getting heroes to help you for sure.

[dilandoalbatou]

Well, if you want to make this game hardcore, I would suggest to NOT hit with the bonus from the heroes unless you also activated the spell.
I played it wrong and I lost almost every time so far because of the rules mistake. 😂

[sapien]

Sounds like Unreliable Wizard needed to be a bit more unreliable. I had fun with it, but then again, I only played it once.

[koklead]

Glad I skipped this KS, with shipping it would have been an instant loss.