Lost ruins of Arnak in about 3 minutes

Lost ruins of Arnak in about 3 minutes

Designer,Elwen, Mín,
Artist,Jiří Kůs, Ondřej Hrdina, Jakub Politzer, František Sedláček, Milan Vavroň,
Publisher,Czech Games Edition

3 minute board games theme Music by Vic Granell

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3 minute board games are J Carmichael and S Rodgers

[MBG]

So, lost ruins, a game i like and would play again. But not one i'm going to rush to grab off the shelf. A lot to like here, but it occupies a similar space to Raiders of Scythia which i prefer mechanically. I even joked while playing it that it felt 100% like a Shem Phillips game, in a good way though. Lovely to look at though

[CarlosRodriguez-ezls]

Great review Jarrod! What distinguishes this game for me is the exquisite artwork. This is an impressive effort for a 1st time design team. And I'm looking forward to playing with the new Leaders expansion!

[Drumox]

I got this as a gift for Christmas this year and I'm really looking forward to playing it. I'm still working my way up to more complex games and this seems like a good blend of easy to understand but hard to maximize point gain

[spitfire]

This game does looks pretty interesting. However, I think i've played so much Spirit Island that I would keep wanting to get rid of those explorers. Either by Lightning Bolt, Flood or evoking some kind of natural disaster.

[northlakeghost]

You are on FIRE with the final one-liners lately!! Great review!

[JacobPorterLadder]

It's insane how you litterally explained all you actually need to know in under 4 minutes

[cinderheart]

I feel like the biggest issue with the guardians isn't the fear card. You almost never fail to kill them. Not killing a guardian costs you 5 points and leaves them up for grabs, and it makes killing monsters feel a bit trivial rather than scary. The fact that all monsters are the same level reinforces that. Tier 2 explorations still have the same monsters as tier 1.

Asides from that, the game is great.

[monkeylordofdoom]

Love this game!! Great review as always 👍

[sevencoloredmage]

The convinently inhabited island might be the better alternative to making indigineous a resource or them just being ok with their ruins being plund... explored.

[EntroxLicher]

Solid stuff from you, as usual. For my part, I seem to enjoy this game more than I expect. I’m inclined to agree with all of the points you made, and yet, there’s just something about it that makes me really enjoy it. Some combination of the charming art style and the combotastic turns just has me coming back to it, as well as some X factor I can’t put my finger on (theme? Mechanic + flavor tie in? I’m not sure). I’ll definitely be looking at Raiders of Scythia now though.

Cheers!

[shlomgar]

Language dependency meter - should you pick a copy in another language? 2.5/5p

Icon/colour/number dependent, text dependent, reading dependent - 1p

Minimal private information / Minimal verbal communication - 1p (all private information is public first)

Available rule book in different languages - 1p

Zero cultural/political aggression - 0.5p (some fictional treasure looting)

Multiple modern mechanisms - (-1)p

Would work fine, but only for an experienced gaming group.

[stevecollins]

Thank you for breaking this game down. Every review I've seen in it so far is trying to cover everything out of order. Love your clinical, nutshell style on this.

Am I wrong to call this game Clank!+?

[ericmetzler]

I would be interested in seeing an update with the leaders expansion. I love the base game but the expansion takes a good game and makes it great. I have over 100 plays of it now. The decision around when to defeat or not defeat a guardian is a big part of the game. It's usually easy to defeat it but then you don't have the resources to go up the tech track and that is far more valuable. But on the flip side, while from a points perspective the fear card isn't a big deal they can really clog up your deck. Often causing your hand in later rounds to be quite bad.

[krazykorean]

Woulda been nice if u linked your videos of the last 2 board games u mentioned. But thanks for the great explanation

[stevepaltrineri]

Thanks for this video! This exactly the kind of overview I was looking for. Definitely enough to let me know I don't need this game. I've been enjoying Dune: Imperium so I think I'll stick to that.

[kchorst]

I would watch Indiana Jones & the Raiders of the North Sea!

[allfunandgames]

This is already out in New Zealand? Wow I'm jealous!

[hatchimmmmm]

Looks like just an ok game.
I will let it pass.

Good video, keep it up

[karenellison]

I liked the infographics at the beginning of the older videos better :/

[perianh]

I have a feeling this game is lacking in visual design. Everything is very vibrant and has so many details, that it's very difficult to read information from the table at a glance.