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good afternoon everybody I'm Tom vassel
I'm Joey Evans somebody's not on I'm not
am I on one you're not I'm on I'm not on
shoot am I not
on hey everybody I'm
onely am I on on now okay Welcome to our
top 10 dungeon crawls for board games oh
wait I'm Camila I don't think I said it
we didn't make it to me got it thanks
this is Camila hi Camila hey Joey you
forgot my name a second didn't you yeah
so dungeon crawls is something I've been
wanting to do for a while I did I did it
by myself s like five years ago top 10
on my own that's just sad it's not sad
it is do yeah no no I'm sad I feel bad
want find anytime we'll be there for you
when you do more dungeon yeah you Ro you
hang out wow I got you didn't offer
um no not taking applications so dungeon
crawls dungeon girls originated from
well Dungeons and Dragons and role
playing games where you went into a
dungeon if you think about it dungeons
are not particularly thematic to have
this big thing where you go in a room
and there's a couple monsters in that
room with a treasure chest and then you
go into the next room I but I once
played with a dunge of the dragons with
a DM he's like I'm going to be as
realistic there wouldn't be this and I
was like oh man I want to go in the room
and fight a couple monsters and have a
treasure chest it is generic but you
come to expect it and you want it even
though it's gener
yeah it's kind of
relaxing that being said what is a
Dungeon Crawl so o I would be clear we
discussed this a little bit beforehand
we didn't want to get too in specific
too specific about it but we're going to
do in the future we're going to do our
Top 10 Adventure game yes can I do that
one can I be in it dibs nope Tom's doing it
alone I already did it no so I had to
separate what's an adventure game and
what's a dungeon
and then Dungeon Crawl I'm specifically
and you're going to see that on my list
does it I I feel like it's a type of
game not necessarily fantasy genre
agreed I think you can have a space
Dungeon Crawl they fit into that genre I
sure hope you think that I think there's
three main kinds of these these s games
there's there is um the adventure game
there's a Dungeon Crawl and there's boss
Battlers the problem with boss Battlers
is they can fall into dungeon range You
could argue over which one's which yep
um and even adventure games
like go back an example of an early
Adventure game would be runebound
runebound you travel across the land and
you did various things but that's not a
Dungeon Crawl yeah I think there's
definitely a vend diagram between these
three categories right and there's quite
a bit of crossover in each like it's a
tight ven diagram and there are some
probably fit into all of them in the
middle but very rare yeah that's how V
diagram works so like the I know that
horrible but no I I agree I mean some of
them yeah there were some I left off and
like I could have put on so I'm curious
up to 20 years ago there was almost no
dungeon crawls board games there was two
maybe three um and then a few came
around and now in the last couple years
we have plethora and we have not played
them all I have I have 47 on my list I
remembered my L from 1 to 47 really I
have less than that that's all we need
to say that way when you guys give yours
going to be like number 47 cuz if this
one's on your list Joey and it might
make your list if this one's on your
list your entire list is invalidated cuz
that's how bad this play number 47 youve
played it and you like it oh oh no dear
I will criticize you this is the worst
dungeon cow I've ever played kind of you
like it got a little panic attack I do
like it you do like it well if there's
not a game in yourist that you think I I
hate oh there's a couple like on a scale
of 1 to 10 what would you rate the game
like a three or two oh man I think this
one might have been the one that fell
off my list because I didn't want to go
through that conversation you're going
through that conversation anyway I
think yes yes yes it is it didn't make
your list no it fell right off at 11
we're talking about escape the Dark
Castle yes that is my number 47 that was
the last that's why I was late getting
these out cuz I was about to send it to
him like I'm not going to have to go
through that
conversation you it because of this guy
oh my God don't be a whip put the game
in that's right oh no it really was I
wasn't sure if it it would classify as a
Dungeon Crawl because there's no minis
there's no whatever it was just kind of
card based no card base is not bad we're
not eliminating card based oh no I'm
wondering what C on there okay we are
doing card based or no we it's a dungeon
Crome oh yeah no I definitely have card
based you're going to disagree folks be
prepared man they've already mentioned
oorn in the comments I was like I I took
that off the list because I consider
that more of a adventure meets boss
battler I
agree I do too I
10 go oh wait me okay I'm just watching
Chris move stuff okay so all right here
go so this first one is um I was just
kick it off right about this um is not
in a fantasy theme this game is probably
the most broken on my list but I really
enjoy this game and sometimes it hits
sometimes it misses but even when it
misses it misses fantastically and this
is betrayal at house on the hill I did
not even consider this I'm so excited
for you and me cuz I love it this one is
I mean it is a Dungeon Crawl in every
sense of the word because you are
exploring a haunted house and as you go
through there you you were trying to get
all your different items you're going to
slowly happen do your things until the
haunt happens The Haunt always pick
someone at random and it is always the
least experienced person at this game no
doubt every time 100% yeah if you
playing with your grandmother your
grandmother will be the person that she
is going to be the Traer yes so it's
just or the werewolf or whatever true
every time and that's but this is a fun
game I really enjoy it and this is all
theme you know when that happens though
do you stick with with it or do you
change it we lately at first I was
sticking with it but now I just switch
it I was like hey no hold on I drew that you
you
didn't yeah where where the H the person
left they came back in they're like we
didn't read it like okay then this is
not going to work out well but this is a
great game it's fun because when it
clicks it's just a fun exciting game and
I know every October we play it but I
think it's a good game year round I did
not consider this one so now it's my
number 29 and now 48 but I say that
betrayal at Boulder's Gate is better
I've not played that yet but this is but
this is no I get it betrayal at balers
gate doesn't have as many errors in the
game I would say a good half of
betrayals at Boulder gate maybe a little
bit less are you against the game which
I think is a fun way to end it okay so
no traitor really yeah cuz there's a
couple of those in this as well betrayal
Legacy I want to say that okay I'm not
tried and then there's the Scooby-Doo
one Scooby-Doo is fantastic which is
great because they're like fantastic
there's betrayer pick who it is yes and
then Dad goes it's me or Mom okay yeah
no no my son always wants to be it I'm
like what oh every time he wants to be
it you're surprised by that he is the
traitor IRL so that stands for in real
life yes it does and I meant what I said
that was for you old
people just found that out great pick I
did not consider it that's my 10.1 I'm
bad at but all right no it's not it's
10.1 I plan to have multiple um my
number 10 is stuffed fables I really
like this it's going to be a family
weight campaign Dungeon Crawler but it's
not set in a dungeon so it is one of
these more uh real world settings to
start so it has a neat story it's a
really really brief whole start you
start out in the little girl's bedroom
she has to sleep in her bed uh for the
first time so she's moving from her
parents bed into her own bed and you are
playing as the stuffed animals uh these
baddies come in and steal her blanket
and then you have to go on this Grand
Adventure to recover her blanket so that
she can be comfortable and sleep through
the night and keep these like nightmares
at Bay and it's really just an engaging
story simple dice play uh dice um I
guess what do you call it dice lead kind
of play where you pick out you take the
dice and you roll them based on the
color and the Pips determines what
actions you can take but still very
simplified uh where kids can play it and
pick it up but it's engaging for adults
too and I love the story and this has
led to a lot of interesting
conversations with my son while we um
when we were playing I mean he never had
a problem sleeping in his own bed but it
does deal with like her fear her anxiety
or overcoming problems and problem
solving and so I just think it's a
really it's just so very well done and I
think very approachable for kids but
interesting enough for adults it moves
at a quick quick pace through it and
very quickly becomes engaging where
you're in I don't want to spoil it too
much but there's lots of different
settings you know some you you end up
going on this Grand Adventure through
multiple different
um I
say join you you can with the expansion
you have He-Man some of this classic and
a unicorn as well in the expansion um so
anyway yes really really like this one
As a Dungeon Crawler even though it's
specifically a kids as an adult I I
definitely enjoyed playing through this
as well this is my this is yours was 29
yours is
27 but here's why I put these lower in
fact I'm going to say this now is I i'
no Dungeon Crawler that specifically
made for kids made my top 10 cuz I was
picking for me here but you shout out
none I'm not saying they're bad they
just didn't make my personal level I
like my family more so one made my top
10 I would say like well this one was
the exception this is the exception for
me because when the expansion came out
my son didn't really want to play it cuz
he doesn't really care about Heyman and
like could just had no Nostalgia and we
played through it but um I considered
going and playing it just for me He-Man
is actually in the expansion it's not
called He-Man but it's definitely He-Man
It's like an action figure like you know
okay that's pretty cool all right my
number 10 is the card game one we were
talking about earlier this did not start
no are you kidding this this started out
as a deck builder and it still is a deck
builder but it now Feels Like a Dungeon
Crawl to me and that's Thunderstone
Quest oh so Thunderstone Quest
especially if you play epic which is the
best way to play and if you play the
dice star Library version the the only
way cuz there's so many cards that it
used to be you pick 10 decks of cards
okay and then you would buy cards from
those 10 decks I did instead instead of
having 10 decks of cards I make a pile
of all the swords and there's like two
of each sword in that pile shuffled
together there's two of each bow there's
two of each club and then there's two of
each Warrior two of each cleric and
things like that and so you're buying
all kinds of people and you make your
party and at some point in this game
you're like we'll go through the dungeon
and then you go through the dungeon and
you fight a monster and everything and I
really like it it's not as straight
Dungeon Crawl but I I feel like it's it
it's not just a deck builder it's a deck
builder that becomes a Dungeon Crawl in fact
fact
BGG says that catacombs is a Dungeon Crawl
Crawl
one hopefully not spoil anyone's future
picks here um I like catacombs a lot I
just it's more of a
dungeon run than a crawl if that makes
sense actually run sneak in get out but
Thunder Quest feels that you go in and
you fight and I really like it so that's
go I would have tried get my two
intimidated where do I start yes that's
our next cza I've been dying to play it
Quest on that too yeah you decide where
to start on Monday oh you know that like
like on Monday you're doing no Monday we
play it live not catch a pla no we
switch one's one I thought I saw oh was
I looking at the following week okay so
anyway mine mine is an older game that I
just kind of got into and is um it is
awkward because it is a Dungeon Crawl
that mixes with
dexterity yeah so my number nine oh
buddy Yeah ironic it is catacombs wait
you probably played it I did why' you
play it I played it uh I just discovered
this a couple months ago cuz I stole the
extra copy they had here and it's great
I don't know told so bad there is this
game should not be nearly as fun as it
is because I know technically this is
probably not a Dungeon Crawl no it's a a
Dungeon Crawl it's but fact you said it
wasn't well I mean it's no did I say
catacombs you did
oh I meant a Clank sorry oh good okay I
was nervous about this I'm like this
this G to get catacombs you don't think
that's a Dungeon Crawl I I really sat
and thought about it for a long time
actually but you're not really doing
there's I guess there's a little bit
it's it's it's Edge case it is it's so
that's why it's on my it's on my
honorable mentions because of that so
catac okay you're way C than great
choice okay so there and here's why why
this right here just all of a sudden I
was like okay I'm not sure if this is
going to work you're flicking ends up
you get closer but then when you start shooting
shooting
arrows I mean you're like I can hit him
behind that
pillar I mean it's so good you don't
about ly of sight no but also like the
Barbarian disc he gets the special
ability where he can attack four times
in a row so you flick flick flick flick
oh my God that's his rage he just hulks
from across the room I mean this game is
is that romancer great I think so
there's so much now in the game and the
symbols get kind of overwhelming
later but it's it's you just play with
them as they come out right that's the
thing yeah so this is a great if you
haven't tried it this game really holds
up it's just it's just fun can we catch
bles of that one too yes not on a Monday
though the worst oh that's right it is a
hurts all right mine number nine I think
in my mind it's kind of it feels like a
very classic Dungeon Crawler but with a
zombie theme and I specifically like
zombicide Invader that's my favorite of
the zombicide uh series I guess or
whatever so that's the one I picked but
I think you could put any of the zomb
aside in here I really like how you just
feel the whole game has such a great
tension to it where it's like oh we're
getting overrun there's no way I mean
look at this picture there's so many
baddies on the board there's no way and
then you go in there you're
like like I'm so powerful and then you
like wipe the board out and then you're
like oh my gosh I'm amazing
and the next round it's like oh my gosh
I can't do it again it's so overwhelming
it's just like such a great I'm worried
about getting from one room to another
without running out of air but yes yeah
but that's cool to too you know and then
like you have this oh you're in dark and
you're not in dark and so things will
work differently I just really love the
you feeling the balance of you feeling
so powerful and so underpowered at the
same time you know you're underpowered
there's no way oh my gosh let's just do
the best we can and then oh I just like
wiped the whole floor out this amazing
wa you can't if we go and tag team this
together we can do this it's just such a
great energy to it I really really like
it and Invader like I said is my
favorite because I like the theme the
best as well as um I'm a huge fan of
project Elite and there's that crossover
pack so I can play my my Dante that's my
character from Project Elite I love
bringing it over to zombas side was AOSS
oh it's so good cuz then you can get
them and then you can play these
characters in in Project Elite if you
want it's it's so great it's so exciting
I love it you want to play we can catch
up L it I'll teach you you can use these
guys in Project Delite yes you can it's
a busy Monday
this game might come out of the DI St
Library we come out of it why what what
what do you what because then I will
take the characters since stick him in
Project delete oh all right this is the
only delete ain't leading the only one
you haven't played this the yes have you
played return of living Den Night of
Living yeah I love that one yeah I think
that's my favorite but I don't know that
one's the one that's not causes to
dungeon cry no but that's more like
Defend Your Castle right that's very
thematic but I like this is actually
you're moving up but this is
but I put all the zombies together I
would Marvel no Marvel okay right well
no not living dead then Marvel got it
all right I will say the Marvel one I
think has the mechanisms yeah that I
like better and zombicide gets a lot of
I don't want to say hate but catch a lot
of crap for being too easy yeah you know
but I I don't mind that I i' love that
feeling powerful feeling and you still
have enough tension from how quickly the
Invaders and the aliens coming and
they're aliens come on it's so cool yeah
so good I love Z it's my number nine all
right my number nine if you go look or
read or listen to my reviews of this I
often have said it's not really a
Dungeon Crawler it's a Cooperative game
however it's also a dungeon CW I'm I'm
getting past Tom no this is actually a
series of games uh and I don't know
which one Chris put on there but Castle
Raven law Legends of drift really
bashard l i I really like these games I
do too I didn't think you would they're
very simple right yes the thing about
these games is they're oneoff which by
the way is nice I I like campaigns but I
also like not always having to do a
campaign and in this you you're playing
D and D very very loose D and D you're
just running around you you you turn
over a tile a monster shows up the more
of these games you have the more crazy
you can make it you know you can have a
deck of Monster cards this High um but
if you play with just one set it's more
thematic like oh I'm playing and there's
mummies and skeletons and this one is
dark elves and whatever and then you
have these characters and you roll you
roll D20 and try to hit him you have
special powers you have one shot Powers
You Can level up to level two and that's
it that's the whole game and you get
better and I I find it to be very
enjoyable now they tried to in the
recent one they made a campaign yeah uh
setting for it and Whiz Kids has picked
this up and is still producing them I
put Legends of drist here because he's
the most popular character this is
probably their most popular set I like
the wrath of a Chevon or whatever that's
one I played probably the most
that's the second one Castle Raven was
the first that was vampires R char did
with dragon this was the third one and
then they there's a whole bunch of them
they're all interchangeable and I like
them but but it is kind of a Cooperative
game because you're like okay you go
here and I'll do this because you're
trying to win um but it's fun I don't
understand why you're saying what you're
like a lot of these are Cooperative
Dungeon Crawlers a lot of them are
Cooperative so what do you mean this is
cooperative not Dungeon Crawler it's
really hard to say Dungeon Crawlers I
think KCK door and we fight the monsters
you do that here but it's very much it
almost feels more like a puzzle
sometimes I'm like do not reveal that
tile cuz I'm going to do this and that
and and you have to get the you have to
find whatever it is a certain number of
things CU you're flipping over tiles and
the dungeon is like
random but it's still fun it's hard to
explain but yeah it's they're good I
wondering if you're not going to like
some of my pics then why I think these
are no I'm saying cuz I'm wondering by
that if I have some coer have been fine
they've been pretty good so far come on
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far okay so now we're on number eight
now number eight was you mentioned um it
was almost a crossover with you but it
is this one is the reason that stuffed
fables fell off my list M of Mystics no
this is Hughes
no I don't think you played this by the
way what is this is probably the only
Egyptian Dungeon Crawl out there and
because I've been playing it with a
family arase yes yes
arcad I know how to pronounce it Arc I
was not I was not slapping your this is
a this is a story I'm keeping them on my
lap it's a very story driven game it's
in ancient Egypt which I love the theme
for this it's hard to find a theme that
kind of reaches into this but it is a it
is a pretty simple game it comes down to
push your luck it's got the really
gorgeous minis I don't if we have shots
of minis here at all or not but the the
minis are great and you hoping they're
magically I'm hoping I in but maybe not
you you know you chose the pictures
right you chose the pictures I did
anyway the minis are great on this one
but um he was hoping Z did it for the
boxes are the boxes are put the boxes
are put together and they're and you
just jump from room to room this one
really grabs me as far as like it's the
Simplicity of it you know and there's a
push your lucky element where you can
ignore the monsters in the room to your
detriment when you start rolling the die
and different bad things happen and it's
quick and there it's very rules light so
this one I like as far as a family
Dungeon Crawl it's it's really
approachable too right I mean it's like
not only in the rule sets but also
there's only eight scenarios eight nine
scenarios for the whole campaign it's so
approachable with that yeah so this one
I do like it because also this theme is
more difficult to find in Dungeon crawls
like a good Dungeon Crawl Ani Egypt and
it should be there Egypt's a little bit
Supernatural too has a steampunk kind of
lean yeah but um yeah I wish there was
more ancient Egypt style of dungeon
calls I wanted to play this the length
of time I took them to get it out was
one of the negative factors but also the
fact that it was a campaign at slightly
Legacy it doesn't have to be but it's
slightly you you guys play it I just
haven't got to it and I don't even know
if I will because I'd have to find like
a new copy of it right cuz we didn't got
a copy you destroy you got a copy I
didn't get a copy what about that copy
that I have at my house for you I just
went and bought a copy you're the worst
friend I I'm not disagreeing with that
what's wrong with
you what's your number eight my number
eight no borderline what thank you a Jax
for the Super Chat thank you um my
number eight is labotomy 2 wait wa wait
wait to let us guess oh where's the
build up think about it in your hand
I why why do I need to build up this is
what it is I know what it is I'm sharing
information too it's so good let me tell
you about it Tom I know the theme is
what stopped me from playing this the
theme is what pulled me in it's so good
do you know about the theme of this game
no I assume tell how the tell about the
them of this game is it a doctor or
something what like a doctor brain
doctor or something no no no so like
you're in an insane asylum it's pretty
much Shutter Island you're you're in the
same Asylum and you're trying to break
out because the orderlies and everyone
are going crazy like the ESS have these
tentacle arms and they're bad and
they're attacking you and they're trying
to kill you and there's these hell
hounds too that come around and like try
to what nothing oh my bad all right keep
pounds and they're coming in there and
they're they're trying to take over and
you're trying to break out because
everyone's against you right M or maybe
not maybe not though no Maybe not maybe
you are just like crazy and imagining
this but also maybe not I don't know so
you're going around you're like
collecting medicine in order to like
mitigate your dice rolls and you are
trying to break break out going a little
bit crazy but when you go crazy you get
more powerful that's right you're
killing innocent nurses and orderlies
who have tentacle arms your heck hounds
so you're a bad guy in this no well no
not your head you're on your own
team wow you're on team I want out of
this Asylum it's so good really I love
it it's and it's a really neat evolving
story as you're in the Asylum it's also
like super bloody and um yeah just uh
might not be for everybody I get that
this is a them that I am not I think
they handle it very well the the the
mental illness and it's it's very well
handled but I understand it's not for
everybody it also is pretty bloody like
as you see the Asylum there like blood
streaks across it oh my gosh it looks so
good it's so cool and then you go
outside the Asylum and there's like
things coming out of the trees and a
little bit of Supernatural are you imag
are no you don't know that but I know it
it okay so labotomy 2 I just I really
love that balance of you're going a
little bit crazier and when do you cash
in that crazy and like take a couple
pills to calm down first one you let
yourself go crazy to get like these
super powerful turns and meet these
objectives because you got you got to
balance your crazy sometimes you got to
hide it sometimes you let to show all
joking aside sometimes people say Tom is
there a theme that you don't want to
play I've actually not played this one
because of the theme really that just
bugs me I don't know why the crazy
people the fact that it's not the fact
that it's not real uh I guess if you
could just say it actually I wish they
had just not said that I wish they just
been like you're fighting in your mind
or whatever all right but no why would
you fight in your mind if you can fight
in real I don't understand wow you make
no sense no that would break the theme
this is fantastic number eight labotomy
2 Manhunt because you're hunting the man
let's get bad much more lighter and get
more modern well no this is modern
actually give us some hints this
involves this is this is a theme unlike
any other on my list okay it is technically
technically
superhero he said technically because
when I say who's your favorite superhero
you would not name these four people I
said name four painters from the
Renaissance Era oh really teenage
turtles think of this change is constant
oh another catchup BL I want to play
this so bad this is a one versus many I
forget this one and they actually made a
sequel to this of sorts the Batman
animated adventures which then they
bombed on the Kickstarter and I never
got a copy of it thanks a lot um but uh
I I like the teenage Min Turtles anyway
and I think they're fun and this one's
fun because you roll three dice that
give you actions and then you set them
in front of you and it's important the
order because the die on this side you
also use the die on this side you also
use that's mechanic great it's teamwork
and I really like that and then the bad
guy has his own little thing where he
has a decks of cards and he activates
the stuff and it's just fun I I just I
just enjoy the game overall I like the
theme as you're fighting shredder and
the and
the I just forgot the name of the Rhino
and the bbop and rock Ste bbop and rock
stey thank you wow good pull B and rock
Turtles rock are two of my
favorite oh I agree so good just the
names are great yeah I love this you
know what has kept me from playing this
game I don't think I'm a good enough
painter to paint the minis
I I've almost bought it like three or
four times then I'm like oh but what if
I mess The Minis up I got you I'll paint
them for you no great plastic is fine we
just got a thumbs down CU it's
technically not a dungeon it's a dungeon
have you been to New York it's a dungeon
o escape the dark cast this would have
been on my top 10 list by the way if I
would have remembered I don't know how I
forgot this game you know how to play it
yes I love the whole split
oh yes I will I don't want you to have a
bad first experience that's my number eight
eight no
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respect okay so my number seven again
older game but um it's h this one this
one you can play with kids or
adults and this one is you probably
played it too much but this uses it had
me actually before Marvel United Ready
Set bet the dungeon you play it before
before Marvel United this is the first
chibi game I was like okay I'll give him
a try and this is Arcadia Quest Arcadia
Quest is one that I do enjoy I started
playing this with adults a while back
and then now my daughter's kind of gone
into it because the whole thing is this
one it's always like all right so it's
about the quest but beating each other
is kind of the sport that goes in
between the quest so it's it's like
you're trying to finish it but you're
also trying to go at each other and
death isn't terrible in this so you
don't feel bad when you actually can
kind of kind of like being an asylum not
anything like being an asylum but you
you can kill your child's character and
not feel terrible about it I'm really
trying to figure out how to phrase that
but it's just and I have not played all
the expansions they are a bad
job okay to win but this game is it's
it's a lot of fun and it's got I do wish
they were painted by the way but the
chibies on there it kind of makes sense
in this style game it I thought about
this for a long time and I took it off
the list to put starcadia Quest on no I
just I think they're not dungeon crawls
because you said you fight people on
your way to kill the monsters no you
kill monsters as a side thing to get
Eric Lang says they're walking bags of
loop you're killing the monsters so that
I may kill you
and and truec Quest even more so it's
about it's more King of the Hill than
anything else but I don't get me wrong I
love these games and if you look at my
10 top 10 dungeon crows from last time
Arcadia Quest is on the list but I was
like it doesn't there's no goal in mind
you're just it's more of an arena but
yeah it's it's more of an arena and
there happens to be monsters in the
arena and we're fighting each other I
can see that but um I think it's a
Dungeon Crawl and you should be happy
every place escape the Dark Castle just
to make you happy
but says batter is just another bad day at
at
work but um yeah so cre West this is a
fantastic game though have you played it
I've not no that's cute I'm realizing
now 200 catchup loses from this list oh
Mondays wor no hard feelings though yeah
you should come in Monday and [Laughter]
[Laughter]
Friday my number we are on seven my
number seven
is and letting it build up for you well
we're trying say something massive Darkness
Darkness
too I think okay we need to describe
what buildup
IS it's very big and not come here and
teach how to do
buildup why I don't understand the
reason to build up all right I just want
to talk about the game it's nass of
Darkness 2 I think that this one sets
apart it sets itself apart from other
Dungeon Crawlers with the kind of a
little bit of asymmetry in the players
that you have because every game it kind
of reminds me of um that game that only
me and Mike like um
Zas where you are oh my gosh okay never
mind it doesn't matter because I can't
remember what it reminds me of but you
are playing these individual like mini
games almost so the one that I like for
example I want to get hurt as I get HT
yeah Merchants Cove thank you yeah so
where you each play your own little
comp your own little mini game for this
big shared goal out in the middle now
that one's of course competitive this
one's is cooperative here so for example
the the guy that I like to play you get
hurt and you get rage and you get mad
and then you get to use that rage for
these big powerful moments you know and
then have you played this no and this
makes me sad every time it shows up on a
list because I know this is I played the
first one did not back the second one
because I was not crazy about the first
one and then Tom's like it's the
greatest thing I've ever seen in my life
and I'm like of course it is like it
hurts I just I really love that you you
have this little bit of asymmetry but
it's not enough asymmetry to where
that's the focus of the game you know
you learn how to play your character
really quickly your nose isn't in the
book trying to trying to completely
figure out how your character overhauls
the play because the main goal is still
this out dung this um shared dungeon
that you're trying to go through the
bosses there's so many bosses so much
material in this and they all all feel
very different as you as you I won't say
battle them but as you because that
makes it a boss battler but uh but as
you're going out and trying to defeat
and also meet these goals it's still
it's about taking out the bad guys but
it's also about meeting your objectives
and to me that's why it fits so well in
this and the asymmetry just makes it
sing it's just the right amount of
asymmetry that I want for have you
played with the Care Bear expansion that
stuff I haven't I don't really care for
the look of that one you get the kill
Care Bears all right I thought you had
to play oh really yes you don't play
them they're bad
guys yes I agree all right this is Mike
says he's going to bring a paint of copy
for you bring it cuz I will I would play
my why put on the cruise because she we
the library copy I'm like is it good she
goes yeah it's really good I'm like come
on they just asked me there Mainframe
why is massive Darkness 2 better than
zombicide I think it is just the in
zombicide it feels very syy a little bit
with the aliens that you're fighting I
feel like mass of Darkness 2 has a lot
of unique bosses that you go up against
as well as it's very goal oriented and
again just that asymmetry just just the
perfect amount of asymmetry to where you
feel different and you have to
facilitate that cooperation but you're
also doing your own little mini game
that no one else is doing I like that
all right my NE s is a Dungeon Crawler
and I fight you if you say otherwise
because it is a Dungeon Crawler you
don't fight a ton of monsters you're
mostly running from them or avoiding
them this is manss of Madness second
edition this is if you if you don't
think it's dungeon CW I'm going to just
assume you haven't played it because you
are like walking through them
like open the door and there's a monster
that's what dungeon cowers are there's
loot it's and there's puzzles I just I
really like this game so
thematic like and the app really helps
the music and everything and I'm just
sitting there like nerve-racked like I
can we be done now the only thing this
doesn't have is you never feel super
powerful in this game like ever oh yeah
you're more like ah a monster maybe all
of us together can take out this small
right ctist this this is a slow death
it's Treading Water yeah so good though
so good yeah is this one of those did this
this
replace replace man Madness the first
edition yes thank you Stone Temple GPH
the main difference for the super chat
London um the main difference between
this and the first is the app replace
the human and I know people are against
AI but in this case this case because in
manches the madness the first edition
you to carefully set the whole thing up
and if you made one mistake you ruined
the game really yeah huh okay okay
interesting so manches the madness I I
guess I should I I I say second edition
I don't think the first edition is
available at all that doesn't say second
edition on the box or anything it does
right below Madness
oh let me zoom in okay so I guess it's
zo oh it's really small yeah right yeah
but I think that they faded out the the
first one but just in case you go to a
flee market and you see the first one
you don't want it avoid it okay yeah
unless that's one expansion cuz the you
you definitely want it because the
contact no you absolutely like get it if
you see a first edition get it because
it's compatible with this one and it's
super out of print and super valuable
and the only way you can get
everything yes I don't it it is like you
buying games you should be speculating on
on
games speculation for 300s just give it
to us okay it does feel like seventh
guest the game I like that there go you
see a get for me not Tom he doesn't care
have you played seventh guest the board
game no is it terrible it is a one out
of 10 really it is that bad is it bad I
want to play it more now well you do
yes okay so my number six is uh we are
at number six right yes number six is
the one I'm probably going to get Flack
about about not from you but probably
from you and not even because you've
played it because you just hate the idea
of this game because you have to
assemble the minis but I have played
everyone else's copy of this I've got
copies of this at home I just haven't
taken the time to build it but every I
play it I enjoy this As a Dungeon Crawl
and this is Shadows of Brimstone I'm not
going to give you garbage I just didn't
want to build the minis that's if you
like the game that's that's fantastic
the game is really really good the thing
is this is a very similar game I like
yeah looks good this is Sean's copy this
is it's weird West fully yeah weird West
is a good way interesting but looks more
weird but the great thing is is this is
the only one that you can have like you
can have a cowboy a vampire a nun and a
piano player they all go into there and
they battle because you go through these
portals or Stargates so you could pretty
much go to Every expansion and pull
people from Vikings and all that so
everything that zombie side has in all
the different
iterations this has that can be brought
into one you know so I've heard nothing
but good about this I just refused to
build the stuff play we will play it
soon once I finally build these catch a
Monday oh we're
flicking there we're back what' you do
that was spooky I didn't know you knew
this game what's up I didn't know you
knew this game cuz this is on my list of
ones I want to play you know what I mean
I need to build my copy it's up there
with like swords and sorcery where it's
like those are the games like I want to
play cuz I think I would really really
like them this one I feel like it's
probably I haven't played sword and
sorcery this one feels simpler this one
has a nice leveling up mechanic and you
can also a very good campaign element to
it so you do build your characters as
you go through and the way you can
deviate to different genres and
expansions is really good with this so I
do like this as a great dunge the whole
the box is massive you know and it's a
money pit cuz this is all you get but
it's they made so much from this that
they they're like you know what we're
decided to never publish another game
that's the thing that's all they do now
is Shadows of Brimstone yeah no more
fortunate glory and all that it seems
like this just this you go to their
booth and it's you might find one game
then Chaz of Brimstone and then 800 ex
everywhere why don't they come built I
mean if once they're built they still
fit in the
Box N I take the insert out so I would
argue that they do it slightly for cost
and slightly because of snobbery because
at this point they used to be like well
it's more expensive to make pre-built
miniatur like everyone in all board
gaming is doing it so stop saying that
I've never built any I want yeah they
say they're better quality when you
build baloney that is straight up
baloney have you seen awaken Realms
Miniatures you seen my Miniatures
they're amazing I know that is the one
hold back for a lot of people it's the
assembly on this I want to try that I've
never built a mini all
right um my number six all right here we
go build up you ready oh here we go you
don't have to say the word
oh I don't I just go into it no don't go
into it build it up okay I have a number
six uh it's the
lion that
good agree is it Gloom
smart can never play this or David yeah
no we're not no ever I will not play
with you cuz we both want be the hatchet
no I will be the hatchet see I don't
know how to play the game if I'm not the
hatchet I will be the hatchet I need my
favorite you can't have two hatchets
guys no you do get two hatchets you get
one for each hand could you play two
hatchets you play two copies of the game
and both play the hatchet the hatchet
can we play together oh man you're going
to have the exact same time on the
car well actually you can you can you
can bring in other people I would bring
in one of the frost there's some really
cool Frost people interesting yeah yeah
so I like this one I first of all I just
love the Simplicity of this game for a
Dungeon Crawler to be able to to open a
map and boom everything you need to know
the special scenario rules are printed
right there the dungeon layout is right
there that you're going through is not
standard in the industry oh my gosh show
right another Dungeon Crawler that I can
go from box to playing in six minutes
like they're just so hard to find I love
the ease of this I love this is the
approachable Gloom Haven that I want
Gloom Haven is a lifestyle game it's the
one that you get together with your
dedicated group for like 5 years and
play every other Friday night or
whatever this gives you that experience
without having to be a lifestyle game it
teaches you how to play the game so it
has a really easy entry point and I love
the card play in it um I I love that
each card which is going to dictate your
actions that you do you have a top
action and a bottom action you get two
card plays one you have to use the top
the other you have to use the bottom of
it and so it has this puzzly nature to
it as you're talking and cooperating um
trying to figure out your actions and do
everything you need to do do but also
schedule your rest cuz that's the only
way you get your cards back so when do
you take that breather just a really
great puzzle with such an easy into
gameplay experience I mean you take the
box out open the book you're 90% ready
to go I love that it's an approachable
campaign again I think it's 25 maybe 30
scenario something like that but again
it's it's just it's an approachable
campaign gives you that full big
experience in something that doesn't
have to be a lifestyle so yeah Gloom
Haven Jaws the lion my number six so I
played this a couple times of course
Gloom Haven a lot more this whole system
fell off my list only because I'm like
it's not going to ever hit the table
again I can't imagine why I don't play
it on Steam and I actually play it out
there I mean this is almost gone the
same way as
seventh for me you know I'm but um I
haven't opened Frost Haven so I don't
know if that's going to change my mind
but this one is one this one is the one
I would go back to if I didn't go back
to one yeah I don't I don't play on
steam or anything like that I just wish
more company yeah I'm I'm still stuck on
the book thing you should be I I don't
understand it it doesn't make any sense
does it well that's why I'm really
excited cuz the title blades 2 comes out
here in like I mean it's going to be
delivered in like what two three months
or something like that and same thing it
has this book system and it has that
title blades world you know from The
Cutting Cuddl cutting you know Mr cuddon
Mr Cuddl Mr cuttington cuttington say
Cuddl all right my number six is a big
grandiose sprawling Dungeon Crawl and uh it
it
the defining characteristic is you open
the door and the door gives you all the
information of what's in the room and
that's Chronicles of dragar I don't
believe either of you have played this
one not oh I've always love that
cover so there's a couple things about
Chronicles and dragor that are really
fun one of them is the board itself s
there so you have a pull of cubes and
you will use these cubes to activate
different actions so you can see
different color cubes activate different
actions so that's fantastic and then you
can get cards that give you more things
to put your cubes on so the the building
of your character is immense wow really
cool then the I wasn't kidding the
there's like a little big door that is
like a Panet when you pull it out you
open it up and it shows you what's in
the Next Room it shows you the monsters
and stuff that will be in that room so
it might say put door 37 there might be
two door 37s so you put one there and
even if you played it a lot you're not
sure what will be in the next room
that's interesting oh that's cool so
it's kind of like um araas in that in
that you're still rolling Dice and
chucking and killing each other and I
like all that it's it also has this
whole 3D thing where they the trays
themselves go up and stuff that's not as
neat as it could be I would be okay if
it was just flat although it does make
setting and setting stuff up a little
easier right trays are just easier to
set up than
tiles I like it very oh another thing I
like about is every once in a while you
get to a page in the book where you flip
the page and it shows you like a a table
with a bunch of items on with numbers
and then you're like I will touch this
one and then you turn that number and
read what it says what it's going to
happen oh that's interesting so there's
a little bit of that I would like that
more if there was at least some notice
like I get say there's a green potion
and a blue potion I'm like we'll drink
the blue potion it's like you're
poisoned like well there was nothing in
the dungeon that gave us any indication
to not drink the blue potion so you said
this is campaign it is campaign it is
campaign well you could play the first
couple levels and that would feel like a
oneoff okay but yeah that no it's a
campaign but I like it a lot Chronicles
of drar that artwork is [Music]
great all right we're in the top five
now these better be amazing oh these are
through they are oh yeah you will not
disagree with any of no with four of
mine I want to say Okay I want looking
back I think three of these top five are
in my top 10 of all time really coming
up how about you last year not the one
coming up yes Ready Set B all
right all right so mine is the only I
think the only space one in my list here
but it is not zombie side Invader this
is another one that surprised me how
much I like this but this is Deep Rock
Galactic oh I want to play Deep Rock
Galactic is I played it a couple times
and I played it a couple times on the
cruise I played a couple times at East
oh we're going to catch up P it is we
don't need him for this oh no you need
me for this no one else how to play it
doesn't matter knows how to play it too
watched you guys play spectacular at
like 1:00 a.m. so this yeah well we did
I was a little tired that game was very
loopy though I do remember seeing bits
of that and yeah watch I know oops all
right but this is great because it's
Dungeon Crawler typical typical Dungeon
Crawler but the great thing is you can
dig anywhere you want to and you make
your own path so you I just there's
something about being able to go around
and come in a different door in the back
of a room and I have not played this
game so I know nothing about the IP and
sorry the video game that's based on so
I know that it's apparently does it
really well because I did play on the
cruise with somebody's like oh yeah this
red does this I'm like okay nice but the
way you can drop weapons and it's really
fun this one again is one that had no
interest in the IP this one surprised me
and the Min look great I mean it's dig
duug you get to dig around looks cool
it's really fun this looks neat so is up
there what's that very unique has a nice
little twist on the genre that's cool
yeah all right my number five is is
different okay hold on all right so now
let's guess
one okay I think aoty the first one I
has been universally panned there was a
first one yeah I think so yeah that's
why it's called ab botomy 2 why because
it goes one and then two she's on fire
today okay all right M number five it's
a one versus many game and I think
that's really unique in the Dungeon
Crawler one versus many you know D and D
doesn't count right d with Tom that's
such a I'm looking through my list this
is you can tell me it's not a dungeon
you haven't played that one and I'm
going to tell you you're wrong it is uh
others I'm not giving you time I don't I
don't consider the others a Dungeon
Crawl I do consider it a Dungeon Crawl
because it's just somebody else is
playing the the dungeon part you know
the one is kind of the dungeon but
you're not really it's more of a
scenario okay fine it is scenario based
but so is like massive Darkness where
you have objectives that you're trying
to do it's not just kill the big baddy
it's complete an objective yeah okay I'm
right you can say it it's okay think you
can publicly say it no I'll never do
that are you
kidding I do enjo here thank you so the
others is the Dungeon Crawler it's just
again the one is playing as the dungeon
and you are playing as playing as one of
the seven deadly sins and again it has
that same kind of thing I was talking
about with labotomy where you have to in
labotomy you're kind of balancing your
craziness to get power in this you're
taking on corruption so the one is
playing as this deadly sin and you might
take on corruption and depending on um
what that sin you're playing against
that that corruption will mean different
things you really have to balance your
corruption without going too corrupt
because you go too corrupt you die and
so if you're playing the many you're all
these characters and you win if you
complete your objective before your all
all of your um Heroes if you will become
corrupted and so you have like eight
characters so one of them becomes too
corrupted you're like oh well they're
gone get another one and you just keep
going through them so you have this time
I think it's really neat because the
seven sins feel so thematic and it it's
when you're playing it it's hard to tell
who is more powerful I feel like the
first time you play it it feels like the
one is way too powerful I will always
feel that way really I've always got my
butt kicked by the one I have to have
you ever been the one I've never have
okay no I have yes I feel like it's
because they look at it as going in you
have to take out all the bads and no you
have to really focus on that objective
and getting through and understand how
you progress the game but you can't just
let the the one take over either the
deadly sin and so it's a really good
balance and kind of puzzle of that and I
I really like it for that I love that it
is not you against the game in this but
there is an actual person there and I
love the action selection or I'm sorry
the action turn sequence of this that
the one gets to decide when to go um
because you guys each get uh two turns
each but they only get four and so it's
like I'll wait I'm not going to go yet
so it's this real tension of when are
they going to take their big turn and
really like hose you so I I really like
this game a lot and I think it's it's
fun playing a Dungeon Crawler where the
dungeon is a person who's thinking and
and planning against you and also
corrupting you it's really good so
happens every other Thursday here at the
all right finally after six picks we
you catacombs catacomb yes CAC is that
good okay good catacombs I think it's
fantastic I like how each it's dexterity
right at the end of the day if you're
terrible at dexterity you may have a
hard time with this game right but it's
so thematic like the wizard has a fire
spell which is a big range thing that he
can shoot and he has there's there's
just all like some people can move
before they shoot because they're the
ninja or whatever and the monsters have
different special abilities uh some of
them are easy then you get to the boss
you get to a store in the middle of it
like and you buy equipment I it's just
so much fun it really is um I think fun
is the best way to say this it is just
fun really yes it seems like the
crossover I've always wanted but never
thought was possible dexterity and
control and I don't know why I just
haven't put it together and played yeah
I I again it shouldn't be as good as it
is no that's the big thing it's not the
only uh dexterity on my it's the only
one that made my top 10 the uh where is
it way down farther the dungeon um the
one with dice where you're Hing dungeon
dungeon uh fighter fighter oh number 23
who is that that one where you throw
Target and you w you have to put your
armor around neck yes okay yeah the NSFW
moves from Roy well I can't help the way
Roy plays it but I was scarred but that
one is silly this one is also silly but
feels like an
actual again like I said the stuff just
feels realistic I really like that
aspect I like that the Archer has a
bunch of little arrows and you can just
shoot them that makes sense from a range
point of view yes and yeah it's
fantastic and line of sight is up to you
I mean you can't say oh no I can make it
cuz then you're like well prove it right
that's that's the thing like can I can I
reach you I don't know can
you like that's there's no arguments
like just turn
yeah I really like that all right that's
my number five and they only get better
that's a good [Music]
[Music]
one okay so my number four is a
crossover and it
is not me it is with K I thinking it
might be with you later I do not know
Jo's the lion no no what oh that's right
yeah yeah you said no no uh math of
Darkness 2 no no
horri okay you know what it's zombie
side that was my next when she said
zombie side I said that was my number 27
or something like that I thought you
were kidding all right so I put black
plague on here I K about look at the
setup we have with this we actually put
up the walls on it oh my gosh you did
and is that rice paper on the wall yes
it takes time to put up those walls and
that's why black plague is probably not
the best as far as I think um Undead or
Alive's copy huh is this your copy yes
you put effort in yeah yes wait did you
you did that you the those are 3D
printed and I printed the walls and they
slid down in there and it's oh it's
really the problem is though when you
get a room full of zombies you can't fit
them all the it look better in the
picture than it do reality but then you
get to go in there all
all
gone not necessarily in Black Play No
say there's but
um I did alive I think mechanically that
was very
realistic gross like
that what are you stepping in stabby not
slashy okay best one mechanically I
think is Marvel zombies and the Marvel
ones um then I think it's Undead or
alive but I like the theme of black
plague and green hord I put them both in
the same thing but um this is is such a
fun silly game and I like black plague
the only thing I don't like is that
whole stupid we got to find the dragon
grease and find this to be able to take
out the big one yeah I know it's it's
got walls but then you can you can house
rule a lot of those things away like
we've house ruled most things to make it
like Undead or alive I say that's the
thing about these is you say house rules
but really it is just kind of
backward the rules you know it's like
this is my favorite theme I'm going to
take that rule from Marvel Zombies which
which I recognize as Superior in
gameplay but I prefer this theme I'm
going to backwards make it compatible
yeah and that's one thing seon does do
is they do listen and they were like
that's a good idea they put in their
next next book so I like this and again
Marvel Zombies I think does it better I
just love the way they do with their I
think bystanders or whatever but I I
love the whole system this is under it's
probably that quintessential for me the
the Dungeon Crawl and even the 2.0 the
modern day some people just like that
modern day theme you know so the 2.0 I
think is a great one too call good call
27 it's matter with you my number four
is a crossover okay much better and if
you say it's not a Dungeon Crawler I
will agree that you haven't played it so
it's manes Madness too did I do good
though right that was better that better
you're getting
there W if you just repeat what I said it's
fine I mean great I'm standing by itm
plagarism I will be reporting you to the
dean oh wait that's me I no I love
mentions aboutness for everything you
said I think it is one of the most
thematic cthulu games where you feel in
it you feel the tension of going up
against cthulu and that like
slow death that that like overwhelming
you don't want to give up and you're
just crawling through and trying to make
it work and you know there's it's not
going to be possible but you just don't
give up you know and I I love this game
I think that the app elevates it where
it gives you that little bit of
background creepiness and just enough of
little blurb stories to keep that theme
involved to where you don't get caught
up in the mechanisms because this is
very like token heavy and um exception
kind of heavy is what I find but I feel
like the app takes that out of it a
little bit I have heard uh people say
before like well why isn't it just an
app game it could just be an app game
and I disagree I think you need that
board and it's very well organized and
what is run by the app and what's not to
where it is still a board game but the
app is absolutely necessary and just
really pushes that theme forward and
gives you that tense feeling that I want
from the cthulu game so man m is the the
different scenarios feel different they
play differently and I just appreciate
the variability but at the same time one
that's like a detective situation yeah
it's really fun but at the same time I
don't mind replaying the scenarios there
are some scenarios that i' played five
six times and I'm still like ah all
right one more time this is going to be
it I'm going to do it this time and I'm
so excited to get in there and try so
yeah Mansions of Madness is is fantastic
and it's my number
four my number four is the newest one to
my list I had zero expectations going in
when playing this because the game it's
based on is not a game that I enjoy it's
a drinking game basically and this is
Tales from Red Dragon in that is how
good this is people that's crazy I'm not
a big red dragon in fan but this they
brought the silliness of that game so
there's a lot of things I like first of
all I like like the fact that you unfold
the map and everything's there the
terrain the monsters on the side I love
the system on how the characters work because you have these you like attacks
because you have these you like attacks and things that you can use the attacks
and things that you can use the attacks are done by pulling chips from a bag
are done by pulling chips from a bag which is fun that's a good way to
which is fun that's a good way to activate that's that boss battler we
activate that's that boss battler we played Adventure game yeah yeah I like
played Adventure game yeah yeah I like that style um I like that you have these
that style um I like that you have these cards and use you can use a card and
cards and use you can use a card and then you put tokens on it like it has a
then you put tokens on it like it has a cool down three like you put three cool
cool down three like you put three cool down tokens so you can use again but one
down tokens so you can use again but one of your actions could also be take a
of your actions could also be take a token off one of your cool down cards so
token off one of your cool down cards so you can get to use them faster and I
you can get to use them faster and I just find that sort of thing to be fun
just find that sort of thing to be fun to use these different actions um it's
to use these different actions um it's great it has Silly humor it is a is the
great it has Silly humor it is a is the story good in this too I mean it's just
story good in this too I mean it's just it's it is but it's like silly story
it's it is but it's like silly story like they're they're they're sitting in
like they're they're they're sitting in the end recounting one of their
the end recounting one of their Adventures I don't know if they're lying
Adventures I don't know if they're lying a lot in this fish thing yeah yeah but
a lot in this fish thing yeah yeah but it's just it's entertaining and you're
it's just it's entertaining and you're running around and you level up like
running around and you level up like between almost every Mission which is
between almost every Mission which is nice that's that feels good is this
nice that's that feels good is this Legacy like onetime playthrough or is it
Legacy like onetime playthrough or is it campaign it's campaign depends on how
campaign it's campaign depends on how much you drink but no there's no Legacy
much you drink but no there's no Legacy that mean it's campaign I think it's
that mean it's campaign I think it's like destroy Stu 20 missions or
like destroy Stu 20 missions or something like that huh yeah I really
something like that huh yeah I really like it and I think this is one you
like it and I think this is one you could play with your
could play with your kids I mean it'll be like so why it
kids I mean it'll be like so why it what's the drink you're like they love
what's the drink you're like they love root beer you know whatever it is but
root beer you know whatever it is but other than that it just you it's it's
other than that it just you it's it's cartoony it's fun and one of the
cartoony it's fun and one of the characters comes with Pooky and
characters comes with Pooky and basically they're like a an insane
basically they're like a an insane rabbit and you roll a die and that's
rabbit and you roll a die and that's what the rabbit does he'll like run to
what the rabbit does he'll like run to the nearest enemy and bite him you're
the nearest enemy and bite him you're like well that was good he's like Elfin
like well that was good he's like Elfin yeah yes he really is oh am I am I
plz so that's my number four tales of the red dragon
the red dragon in
[Music] okay so my number three is um I know
okay so my number three is um I know it's not going to be on your list
it's not going to be on your list because you pretty much said it's not
because you pretty much said it's not going to be on your list and this is
going to be on your list and this is It's Clank catacombs for me any of the
It's Clank catacombs for me any of the clanks on here and I know I consider
clanks on here and I know I consider these a Dungeon Crawl this one in
these a Dungeon Crawl this one in particular is literally a Dungeon Crawl
particular is literally a Dungeon Crawl I don't know I mean it's just that I I
I don't know I mean it's just that I I was G to say you don't fight monsters
was G to say you don't fight monsters you do you're discarding card you get
you do you're discarding card you get prisoners cards you fight that are
prisoners cards you fight that are monsters in the row here's the thing
monsters in the row here's the thing though if someone walked up to you and
though if someone walked up to you and said I'm looking for a good Dungeon
said I'm looking for a good Dungeon Crawl and you said Clank catacombs and
Crawl and you said Clank catacombs and they went and bought it and took it home
they went and bought it and took it home and played it I think they would be
and played it I think they would be disappointed I really do I think they
disappointed I really do I think they would they might be like that was a
would they might be like that was a great game but that was not what I was
great game but that was not what I was looking for I think they' be
looking for I think they' be disappointed when they open the box I
disappointed when they open the box I think they' be happy after they played
think they' be happy after they played it I agree I think they might it's a
it I agree I think they might it's a great game it's one of my favorite games
great game it's one of my favorite games I just don't think it it's okay so even
I just don't think it it's okay so even not catacombs but I think catacombs is
not catacombs but I think catacombs is the most Dungeon Crawl of them all I
the most Dungeon Crawl of them all I think all the clanks kind of lean into
think all the clanks kind of lean into that because you're crawling down
that because you're crawling down through the dungeon and it l my
through the dungeon and it l my honorable mention so well it looks like
honorable mention so well it looks like it looks like Chad has your back thank
it looks like Chad has your back thank you chat there so but no I this game and
you chat there so but no I this game and like you said you do like the game
like you said you do like the game itself I love this game this is
itself I love this game this is everything that I wanted Clank to be at
everything that I wanted Clank to be at the beginning to give you that cuz Clank
the beginning to give you that cuz Clank is one of my favorite systems but it
is one of my favorite systems but it always the problem was you have those
always the problem was you have those certain paths you hit every time you're
certain paths you hit every time you're going to play the map and you're going
going to play the map and you're going to go through and do the certain thing
to go through and do the certain thing this right here the randomness I like
this right here the randomness I like the prisoners being added to this I like
the prisoners being added to this I like a lot of the things that white cubes
a lot of the things that white cubes have been introduced a while back all
have been introduced a while back all those things just gel in this and I'd
those things just gel in this and I'd like to see them more build in this
like to see them more build in this system I think this is a great great
system I think this is a great great game well I agree that it doesn't it's
game well I agree that it doesn't it's not classically what a Dungeon Crawler
not classically what a Dungeon Crawler is but I think that's what sets it apart
is but I think that's what sets it apart yeah you know it's still a Dungeon
yeah you know it's still a Dungeon Crawler just a little different and
Crawler just a little different and that's what makes it unique and really I
that's what makes it unique and really I think makes it sing and the push you
think makes it sing and the push you like the bag building I I just love that
like the bag building I I just love that pulling out and and I love anything has
pulling out and and I love anything has push your luck and this has it in Spades
push your luck and this has it in Spades yeah so Clan catacombs yep it was my
yeah so Clan catacombs yep it was my honorable mention um my number three
honorable mention um my number three this is a game that Z is actually I
this is a game that Z is actually I think a big um push for this he's kind
think a big um push for this he's kind of the champion of this game but uh I
of the champion of this game but uh I have really really fallen in love is
have really really fallen in love is what is it was that a good buildup no
what is it was that a good buildup no just I know what it is this is my number
just I know what it is this is my number 20 well it was 29 but betrayal push it
20 well it was 29 but betrayal push it down one what is it it's now 30
down one what is it it's now 30 claustrophobia it is yes claustrophobia
claustrophobia it is yes claustrophobia the number number number
the number number number 1647 190 or something 1642 perhaps I
1647 190 or something 1642 perhaps I don't know I can't read the box from
don't know I can't read the box from here uh but claustrophobia I
here uh but claustrophobia I I love this game and I love it and like
I love this game and I love it and like just what you were talking it feels like
just what you were talking it feels like a classic Dungeon Crawler not but it's a
a classic Dungeon Crawler not but it's a little different like the others was one
little different like the others was one versus many this is strictly a
versus many this is strictly a two-player game and one person is a
two-player game and one person is a three player variant but yes but it's a
three player variant but yes but it's a variant it's not the game it's variant
variant it's not the game it's variant do okay it's trash
do okay it's trash okay so I love that one player is
okay so I love that one player is playing as the heroes and they're
playing as the heroes and they're controlling six different Heroes but
controlling six different Heroes but it's not overwhelming because you're
it's not overwhelming because you're rolling six Dice and then deciding or
rolling six Dice and then deciding or I'm sorry I think it's four di no it is
I'm sorry I think it's four di no it is six Dice and you're deciding which one
six Dice and you're deciding which one is going to take which action that turn
is going to take which action that turn um and so it's very easy to control all
um and so it's very easy to control all of them at one time the other one is
of them at one time the other one is playing the the baddy that they choose
playing the the baddy that they choose the the the hell sounds or the uh
the the the hell sounds or the uh there's a couple different ones in there
there's a couple different ones in there so I really like that balance of one is
so I really like that balance of one is one is playing good and one is playing
one is playing good and one is playing bad but you both have these objectives
bad but you both have these objectives and they're very unique objectives to
and they're very unique objectives to win of you're playing the baddies you're
win of you're playing the baddies you're just trying to kill off the heroes and
just trying to kill off the heroes and the heroes are trying to do something
the heroes are trying to do something make it out alive you know and they're
make it out alive you know and they're having to discover these tiles and
having to discover these tiles and finding an exit to it also keeping you
finding an exit to it also keeping you at Bay or maybe they're trying to find
at Bay or maybe they're trying to find the center to go through and um complete
the center to go through and um complete some objective or complete a ritual in
some objective or complete a ritual in there make open a portal something like
there make open a portal something like that so I just just love that you get
that so I just just love that you get that Dungeon Crawler Crawl Experience in
that Dungeon Crawler Crawl Experience in a two-player game that's very
a two-player game that's very specifically designed for two-player and
specifically designed for two-player and really sings at that player count and
really sings at that player count and both sides play so
both sides play so differently but mesh so well where you
differently but mesh so well where you always feel it's very similar to what I
always feel it's very similar to what I was saying with what was it the
was saying with what was it the zombicide Invader where it's like you're
zombicide Invader where it's like you're always overwhelmed and like the other
always overwhelmed and like the other person oh my gosh they have it there's
person oh my gosh they have it there's no way they're way too powerful but also
no way they're way too powerful but also I'm really powerful so you feel really
I'm really powerful so you feel really weak when it's not your turn and really
weak when it's not your turn and really powerful when it is and I love that just
powerful when it is and I love that just Journey that you go through on every
Journey that you go through on every play of this game so the reason I don't
play of this game so the reason I don't love this one and and I I understand it
love this one and and I I understand it why why why you and Z who this is the
why why why you and Z who this is the only game he likes and I speak for him
only game he likes and I speak for him um uh I don't love it because I don't
um uh I don't love it because I don't like
like being prisoner like you have no identity
being prisoner like you have no identity really and I also don't love that you
really and I also don't love that you just fight demon demon demon demon this
just fight demon demon demon demon this is another reason I'm not as big a fan
is another reason I'm not as big a fan as normal zombie side because you keep
as normal zombie side because you keep fighting the same stuff I like games
fighting the same stuff I like games where there's different things like oh
where there's different things like oh we're fighting skeletons now we're
we're fighting skeletons now we're fighting this in fact last night
fighting this in fact last night remember we just you were fighting
remember we just you were fighting skeleton skeleton skeleton after a while
skeleton skeleton skeleton after a while you're like a ghost and you were like
you're like a ghost and you were like yes you didn't even care the ghost was
yes you didn't even care the ghost was harder it was just something different
harder it was just something different in this game there's different kinds of
in this game there's different kinds of demons right there are and they play
demons right there are and they play differently but but I just wish there
differently but but I just wish there was more variety that is a weird hang up
was more variety that is a weird hang up I guess but for me I know but they all
I guess but for me I know but they all still look the same no well not in the
still look the same no well not in the picture but like the Miniatures and the
picture but like the Miniatures and the stuff
stuff no I'm okay BR my painted one and you'll
no I'm okay BR my painted one and you'll be like Oh I'm wrong and I'll be like I
be like Oh I'm wrong and I'll be like I know I told you but that cover it just
know I told you but that cover it just throws me off it doesn't have the title
throws me off it doesn't have the title I don't know why the I love that really
I don't know why the I love that really the game we just reviewed Kel did the
the game we just reviewed Kel did the same thing I love it it's so striking I
same thing I love it it's so striking I absolutely love it all right my number
absolutely love it all right my number three for a decade or so was the
three for a decade or so was the definitive Dungeon Crawler and still
definitive Dungeon Crawler and still stands as the gold standard for many
stands as the gold standard for many people oh really yeah this is descent
people oh really yeah this is descent second edition okay I still like descent
second edition okay I still like descent I as a board game
I as a board game Roy not D and D no but descent the first
Roy not D and D no but descent the first edition and for when the second edition
edition and for when the second edition came out there was almost no other
came out there was almost no other dungeon Growers out there and I just I
dungeon Growers out there and I just I think this one is fantastic it there's
think this one is fantastic it there's so many different monsters that can show
so many different monsters that can show up in this game the different characters
up in this game the different characters the leveling up system they had nice
the leveling up system they had nice small little dungeons you play through
small little dungeons you play through you play go through a little dungeon
you play go through a little dungeon then you go home and on your way back
then you go home and on your way back you have an encounter and you come back
you have an encounter and you come back and and you fight another dungeon they
and and you fight another dungeon they immediately made every monster from the
immediately made every monster from the first edition compatible which is great
first edition compatible which is great nice um descent they they added
nice um descent they they added lieutenants and huge bosses if you play
lieutenants and huge bosses if you play through the campaign it was epic and
through the campaign it was epic and mega your character was hugely powerful
mega your character was hugely powerful by the end um I think it's way better
by the end um I think it's way better this is my number three descent Third
this is my number three descent Third Edition is my number 32 really I know
Edition is my number 32 really I know you didn't like it that actually you
you didn't like it that actually you know what I didn't even put descent
know what I didn't even put descent first edition but I would put that above
first edition but I would put that above descent Third Edition I don't care for
descent Third Edition I don't care for that one as much I don't think it's
that one as much I don't think it's terrible it's better than uh 15 others
terrible it's better than uh 15 others including Escape Dart castle and let me
including Escape Dart castle and let me throw another one out there uh one deck
throw another one out there uh one deck dungeon that also sucks but um I will
dungeon that also sucks but um I will say this one I only played a couple
say this one I only played a couple times and I loved every yeah again the
times and I loved every yeah again the first time you play this you're just
first time you play this you're just like ah it here's the thing I know it
like ah it here's the thing I know it has Falls it does it's still fun feel
has Falls it does it's still fun feel like house on the hill yeah has fls I
like house on the hill yeah has fls I don't think it do fall bet house a hill
don't think it do fall bet house a hill I don't know that I ever had a
I don't know that I ever had a conversation with anybody about it where
conversation with anybody about it where the word fall didn't show up broken okay
the word fall didn't show up broken okay yeah but and thank you Rod Father Tom
yeah but and thank you Rod Father Tom gets a tip for a great game yay um this
gets a tip for a great game yay um this is just it it's amazing it's a it's a
is just it it's amazing it's a it's a good game it's been a while since I
good game it's been a while since I played it but yeah it's fantastic when
played it but yeah it's fantastic when you said quintessential dunge car I
you said quintessential dunge car I thought you going different direction of
thought you going different direction of that well no I mean but from I think
that well no I mean but from I think this came out 2005 as I forget what the
this came out 2005 as I forget what the year came out but for a while fany
year came out but for a while fany flight ruled dungeon crawls no one else
flight ruled dungeon crawls no one else even tried well they tried but you ever
even tried well they tried but you ever he a game called tomb from a yeah yeah
he a game called tomb from a yeah yeah so
[Music] anyway okay so my number two is pretty
anyway okay so my number two is pretty much the the first reason I started to
much the the first reason I started to be able to cast from my phone or tablet
be able to cast from my phone or tablet to my TV in my game room because this
to my TV in my game room because this game is what made me think okay everyone
game is what made me think okay everyone needs to see this and feel immersed in
needs to see this and feel immersed in this and it is actually the first triple
this and it is actually the first triple Crossover with both of you and this is
Crossover with both of you and this is It's Mansions of Madness do the same
It's Mansions of Madness do the same thing you got to cast it up and get that
thing you got to cast it up and get that sound this is one that initially I was
sound this is one that initially I was like I'm not a huge cthulu person I'm
like I'm not a huge cthulu person I'm like okay I don't want to do with you
like okay I don't want to do with you I'm not here in cthul I think it's over
I'm not here in cthul I think it's over okay whatever but done a lot but this
okay whatever but done a lot but this right here man it just feels so good to
right here man it just feels so good to I mean when you solve that mystery and
I mean when you solve that mystery and every single one is different it's
every single one is different it's really good I really enjoy this game and
really good I really enjoy this game and and I haven't played everything end up
and I haven't played everything end up there's so much more to explore in this
there's so much more to explore in this but it's I really I mean you guys have
but it's I really I mean you guys have said enough about this but it's a
said enough about this but it's a fantastic game and to be able to cast it
fantastic game and to be able to cast it up there and again I know Z is not much
up there and again I know Z is not much on theme music but I would hope with
on theme music but I would hope with this you kind of let that ride in the
this you kind of let that ride in the background cuz that's what creates that
background cuz that's what creates that whole atmosphere I know I feel like
whole atmosphere I know I feel like you're right but it's you were here this
you're right but it's you were here this morning I know I'm like I don't speak
morning I know I'm like I don't speak for you Z but need some music with that
for you Z but need some music with that so man and Madness I love this game Z
so man and Madness I love this game Z loves the music for this game he's not
loves the music for this game he's not here I'm just going to say whatever he
here I'm just going to say whatever he does he likes he wants you to blare it
does he likes he wants you to blare it like loud he wants to he won't be he
like loud he wants to he won't be he doesn't want to be able to think know
doesn't want to be able to think know this this makes me so happy yes just
this this makes me so happy yes just crank break my hard Z say it's true a
crank break my hard Z say it's true a huging on this one so there we go that
huging on this one so there we go that is not it there we go there's men of
is not it there we go there's men of Madness right there that's my number two
Madness right there that's my number two okay all right my number two come I sure
okay all right my number two come I sure hope it's oh I know it I know I know I
hope it's oh I know it I know I know I had a build
had a build up what is it what is it what is it see
up what is it what is it what is it see now this is one it's really surprising
now this is one it's really surprising it caught me off guard how much I liked
it caught me off guard how much I liked it it made me like video it's been of
it it made me like video it's been of the original sin
the original sin oh what okay no I mean ijy slide I
oh what okay no I mean ijy slide I almost wondered this adventure game I
almost wondered this adventure game I guess it's dungeon I know right I went
guess it's dungeon I know right I went back and forth on this but no because
back and forth on this but no because you're going and as you go into
you're going and as you go into locations you trigger different actions
locations you trigger different actions with which might change the story and
with which might change the story and bring the baddies onto the board which
bring the baddies onto the board which you have to battle in order to further
you have to battle in order to further the story so I did consider this a
the story so I did consider this a Dungeon Crawler you're trying to go
Dungeon Crawler you're trying to go through you're going through the
through you're going through the different pages that are revealed as
different pages that are revealed as they go as you go through the story book
they go as you go through the story book um but this one
um but this one really that's so sad sorry just all Z's
really that's so sad sorry just all Z's comment I play on
mute why like I feel so small and so bad now oh don't even I'm so sad I want to
now oh don't even I'm so sad I want to talk about Divinity or just yeah I do
talk about Divinity or just yeah I do want to talk about the V original it's
want to talk about the V original it's so good so this game made me care this
so good so this game made me care this board game made me care about the video
board game made me care about the video game and if I'm being completely
game and if I'm being completely transparent here like explained video
transparent here like explained video games to me like I I don't know I never
games to me like I I don't know I never understood cool down until I played this
understood cool down until I played this game and I was like wow I love cooldowns
game and I was like wow I love cooldowns this is amazing and you can see it going
this is amazing and you can see it going down and it's like it's a really
down and it's like it's a really powerful thing but you don't know when
powerful thing but you don't know when you get it back and oh my gosh and the
you get it back and oh my gosh and the status is that they have cooled down as
status is that they have cooled down as well they're going to bleed for three
well they're going to bleed for three rounds so you're planning out there
rounds so you're planning out there bleed like oh do I let them slow trickle
bleed like oh do I let them slow trickle to death or do I go in there and like
to death or do I go in there and like you know stabby stabby and I love that
you know stabby stabby and I love that that balance of it as you're going
that balance of it as you're going through the card play is fantastic in
through the card play is fantastic in this it has a great as you go through
this it has a great as you go through the campaign and you're building up and
the campaign and you're building up and changing out your cards um and leveling
changing out your cards um and leveling yourself up as you're growing in this
yourself up as you're growing in this character it it made me care not just
character it it made me care not just about the video game but also about this
about the video game but also about this whole system of video games with the
whole system of video games with the cooldowns with the statuses and I am
cooldowns with the statuses and I am loving the story for a generic fan
loving the story for a generic fan you know you have this power source that
you know you have this power source that you're tapping into but this um collar
you're tapping into but this um collar on that's that's holding it back so
on that's that's holding it back so you're not very powerful eventually you
you're not very powerful eventually you break that collar and you get your full
break that collar and you get your full power and you're leveling up all the
power and you're leveling up all the time oh it's so good so well produced
time oh it's so good so well produced also just easy to get to the table again
also just easy to get to the table again with that with that fold out book that
with that with that fold out book that makes sense and the goal the goal of the
makes sense and the goal the goal of the campaign is don't tell me don't spoil it
campaign is don't tell me don't spoil it no you you got to know how to win the
no you you got to know how to win the game Jo okay that's that's like rules
game Jo okay that's that's like rules okay go ahead okay you just have to make
okay go ahead okay you just have to make it through like every every
it through like every every okay Sor you can you can you can spil
okay Sor you can you can you can spil off for me okay survive I can't play out
off for me okay survive I can't play out okay it's ruined dead the whole time you
okay it's ruined dead the whole time you go into a location and you have no idea
go into a location and you have no idea how to get out and so you're going
how to get out and so you're going through and exploring this location to
through and exploring this location to try to find the exit to get to the next
try to find the exit to get to the next location which you have to try to get
location which you have to try to get through and it furthers the story in
through and it furthers the story in such a great and unique way with each
such a great and unique way with each with each session I I absolutely adore
with each session I I absolutely adore Divinity original sin completely caught
Divinity original sin completely caught me off guard something that we were
me off guard something that we were doing a live play for and came in you're
doing a live play for and came in you're like oo this looks big and heavy hey hey
like oo this looks big and heavy hey hey Miller you're in charge I'm like okay so
Miller you're in charge I'm like okay so I took it and I I was at home I was like
I took it and I I was at home I was like oh I'm likeing this there are a couple
oh I'm likeing this there are a couple things that I remember liking a lot
things that I remember liking a lot about this too and one is the fact that
about this too and one is the fact that it's not really a map like a big like
it's not really a map like a big like board you've got four rooms or something
board you've got four rooms or something and you can kind of make your way over
and you can kind of make your way over just steps away with the arrows and then
just steps away with the arrows and then two the um activations were pretty
two the um activations were pretty simple you either go normal and you're
simple you either go normal and you're slow or fast yes so there's no like long
slow or fast yes so there's no like long thing like you're two you're six you're
thing like you're two you're six you're all this it is just here's the heroes go
all this it is just here's the heroes go are they slower or faster well right so
are they slower or faster well right so you had a location simp and if you're on
you had a location simp and if you're on the beach you can go anywhere you want
the beach you can go anywhere you want on the beach so it's not like I have to
on the beach so it's not like I have to go through this to get to this room to
go through this to get to this room to get to that room you're on the beach so
get to that room you're on the beach so it's all interconnected so movement is
it's all interconnected so movement is really easy and there's a fantastic
really easy and there's a fantastic player Aid also so you know if there's a
player Aid also so you know if there's a baddy on the board you have to go into a
baddy on the board you have to go into a combat round period so you turn to that
combat round period so you turn to that page of your of your player Aid and you
page of your of your player Aid and you know exactly what to do and all the
know exactly what to do and all the steps are right there if there's not you
steps are right there if there's not you can either rest or you can adventure and
can either rest or you can adventure and boom there's the two the the two pages
boom there's the two the the two pages in The player book so it's so easy for
in The player book so it's so easy for new players to jump in to jump out it
new players to jump in to jump out it scales really well anyway I could keep
scales really well anyway I could keep going if you want but I won't because
going if you want but I won't because you've already checked out my number
you've already checked out my number twoin the original thing is fantastic
twoin the original thing is fantastic you played it I well I still I'm not
you played it I well I still I'm not convinced it's a dungeon CRA but but it
convinced it's a dungeon CRA but but it is I only played it that one session I
is I only played it that one session I found it to be fairly hard actually
found it to be fairly hard actually which I was not I felt like it was like
which I was not I felt like it was like oh man we were beating on this one guy
oh man we were beating on this one guy for a while then he finally died I was
for a while then he finally died I was like well that that a
like well that that a regular like slow drip we poisoned him
regular like slow drip we poisoned him and then bled him to death it was
and then bled him to death it was interesting it was interesting it didn't
interesting it was interesting it didn't hook me as much um but maybe actually if
hook me as much um but maybe actually if anything I was like I wonder what this
anything I was like I wonder what this game is like the video game yeah that's
game is like the video game yeah that's true but I'm I'm too busy playing balers
true but I'm I'm too busy playing balers gate so all right my number two is a
gate so all right my number two is a crossover sort of with Camila and this
crossover sort of with Camila and this is also a tie basically between all the
is also a tie basically between all the Havens okay we got Gloom Haven Gloom
Havens okay we got Gloom Haven Gloom Haven jaw of the lion Frost Haven we'll
Haven jaw of the lion Frost Haven we'll just show Gloom Haven here here this is
just show Gloom Haven here here this is a Dungeon Crawl but it's also a tactical
a Dungeon Crawl but it's also a tactical very thinky game very thinky game this
very thinky game very thinky game this is not to kick the door down and Bash
is not to kick the door down and Bash everything and it can be the app is
everything and it can be the app is phenomenal right the app has made me not
phenomenal right the app has made me not want to play goom Haven again I don't
want to play goom Haven again I don't know if I will or not and Frost and I'm
know if I will or not and Frost and I'm sitting there going do I wait for the
sitting there going do I wait for the app
app yeah um I'm not going to talk about
yeah um I'm not going to talk about Bloom
Bloom Haven buttons and bugs or whatever it's
Haven buttons and bugs or whatever it's called cuz not yeah coming well we'll
called cuz not yeah coming well we'll talk about that in the future but these
talk about that in the future but these there's and it it's such a robust system
there's and it it's such a robust system the best thing about ghoul Maven by far
the best thing about ghoul Maven by far to me is the uniqueness of it the
to me is the uniqueness of it the enemies the heroes are all different
enemies the heroes are all different there's not like one of the main Heroes
there's not like one of the main Heroes the CRA um oh what's the guy called the
the CRA um oh what's the guy called the cra cra oh yeah you're hero cart cart
cra cra oh yeah you're hero cart cart yeah uh what is he you know is he you
yeah uh what is he you know is he you can't
can't and say oh he's a barbarian well he
and say oh he's a barbarian well he throws rocks that's a big deal he sets
throws rocks that's a big deal he sets traps he's also kind of aute but he's
traps he's also kind of aute but he's too big of a brute and I find that stuff
too big of a brute and I find that stuff to be interesting like the hatchet guy
to be interesting like the hatchet guy is is he like an Archer no he's a
is is he like an Archer no he's a hatchet red but yeah yeah so it's really
hatchet red but yeah yeah so it's really interesting and all the different
interesting and all the different characters are cool someone just said
characters are cool someone just said there um that it's repetitive it doesn't
there um that it's repetitive it doesn't have to be repetitive because let me
have to be repetitive because let me tell you this you can break the rules
tell you this you can break the rules let's say you're bored of playing the
let's say you're bored of playing the game take one of those boxes that you
game take one of those boxes that you have the characters that that you're not
have the characters that that you're not supposed to unlock to whatever happen
supposed to unlock to whatever happen just pull it up open it and play it who
just pull it up open it and play it who cares I've opened every box and looked
cares I've opened every box and looked at them all I don't care what's Isaac
at them all I don't care what's Isaac going to do to me you know I be careful
going to do to me you know I be careful I know wow as you say this the words
I know wow as you say this the words belt off the screen you've been banned
belt off the screen you've been banned from board game Gloom Haven but but
from board game Gloom Haven but but really there's so many characters and
really there's so many characters and then there's that expansion that
then there's that expansion that authorized unofficial expansion added a
authorized unofficial expansion added a ton more stuff and the
ton more stuff and the characters and Gloom hav it just the way
characters and Gloom hav it just the way the character is done it is it's pretty
the character is done it is it's pretty good so that's
good so that's true bonor got killed by the CRA Rod had
true bonor got killed by the CRA Rod had an ability that would like do one damage
an ability that would like do one damage to everyone next to him so he'd run up
to everyone next to him so he'd run up to a group of enemies and boner was
to a group of enemies and boner was always standing in that group of enemies
always standing in that group of enemies and he' hit everyone it would also hit
and he' hit everyone it would also hit Bonar Bon like what are you
Bonar Bon like what are you doing maybe you shouldn't stand by the
doing maybe you shouldn't stand by the enemies all the time this the digital
enemies all the time this the digital one or the huh digital yeah yeah they
one or the huh digital yeah yeah they were it's great because digital also has
were it's great because digital also has no Mercy you're like well maybe it
no Mercy you're like well maybe it didn't hit you did's like nah no you got
didn't hit you did's like nah no you got hit yeah age can't bend the rules this
hit yeah age can't bend the rules this what again my short list too but because
what again my short list too but because I've played the app more than I played
I've played the app more than I played the game yeah kind the system's great
the game yeah kind the system's great all right to the number
all right to the number [Music]
[Music] ones this is it is it number one number
ones this is it is it number one number one game let me look here what have you
one game let me look here what have you not
not said what could this Poss this one
said what could this Poss this one worries me cuz I was quite certain this
worries me cuz I was quite certain this was a Dungeon Crawler and no one's
was a Dungeon Crawler and no one's mentioned it I wondering if we have a
mentioned it I wondering if we have a crossover on a number one and you
crossover on a number one and you mentioned something that made me think
mentioned something that made me think that you don't think it's going to be on
that you don't think it's going to be on anyone's list wait is it oathsworn
anyone's list wait is it oathsworn because if so you are wrong no but I'm
because if so you are wrong no but I'm glad it's not now yeah good because
glad it's not now yeah good because that's Dungeon Crawler that's a
that's Dungeon Crawler that's a fantastic boss
fantastic boss battler vagrant song No I will
battler vagrant song No I will say wow one name Rasputin
say wow one name Rasputin oh I think we have a
oh I think we have a crossover says cthulu death may die yep
crossover says cthulu death may die yep oh that's my number 35 I don't like it
oh that's my number 35 I don't like it what really yeah I don't like it is it
what really yeah I don't like it is it because Rasputin are you anti- Rasputin
because Rasputin are you anti- Rasputin well yes I it's okay to be anti
well yes I it's okay to be anti Rasputin no I just I was bored by it
Rasputin no I just I was bored by it really go ahead I won't say anything
really go ahead I won't say anything else I know I'm in a minority go ahead
else I know I'm in a minority go ahead and love it you are yeah you're wrong at
and love it you are yeah you're wrong at least you put above escape the Dark
least you put above escape the Dark Castle so all right this is barely but
Castle so all right this is barely but yes that is s us pretty close all right
yes that is s us pretty close all right so this is um cthulu death B die this is
so this is um cthulu death B die this is pretty much um monster just obstacles
pretty much um monster just obstacles for you to just to just cannon fodder in
for you to just to just cannon fodder in this you're just trying to get to the
this you're just trying to get to the big bad this one it's really part I've
big bad this one it's really part I've ever heard people say look the game is
ever heard people say look the game is broken because if you get Rasputin and
broken because if you get Rasputin and the kid you're going to win you know
the kid you're going to win you know which is fine because the game is hard
which is fine because the game is hard enough if you give me an advantage love
enough if you give me an advantage love the kid Lizzie bordon so good CRA gave
the kid Lizzie bordon so good CRA gave her mother 40 wax she's so good so this
her mother 40 wax she's so good so this are right this are right here is it's so
are right this are right here is it's so fun and it is it is a hard game it's
fun and it is it is a hard game it's very simple rules-wise but it's it's
very simple rules-wise but it's it's great I mean again I'm not a huge cthulu
great I mean again I'm not a huge cthulu fan but this one kind of actually I've
fan but this one kind of actually I've never even fought cthulu in this game I
never even fought cthulu in this game I like say you're not a huge cthulu fan
like say you're not a huge cthulu fan what was your number two yeah I know it
what was your number two yeah I know it doesn't make any sense it doesn't make
doesn't make any sense it doesn't make any sense and I had the choice of that
any sense and I had the choice of that or Journeys in Middle Earth I went to
or Journeys in Middle Earth I went to man Madness too but um anyway so yeah
man Madness too but um anyway so yeah this is number one I'm sure it's a
this is number one I'm sure it's a crossover with you're number one right
crossover with you're number one right it is a crossover with my number one my
it is a crossover with my number one my favorite thing about it is it ties into
favorite thing about it is it ties into I I realized as I was doing this list
I I realized as I was doing this list that I really like this mechanism
that I really like this mechanism because it has it in loty too and it
because it has it in loty too and it also had it in the others but this idea
also had it in the others but this idea of you taking on something bad and
of you taking on something bad and trying to balance going crazy taking
trying to balance going crazy taking corruption whatever I love that in this
corruption whatever I love that in this one that you're getting these Madness
one that you're getting these Madness and as you do it's unlocking more and
and as you do it's unlocking more and more skills and more powerful skills so
more skills and more powerful skills so you can't be afraid to take that uh
you can't be afraid to take that uh Madness you have to take it to really
Madness you have to take it to really build up and be able to do this game but
build up and be able to do this game but don't take too much because because once
don't take too much because because once you start taking it man it snowballs
you start taking it man it snowballs quickly so you have to know and really
quickly so you have to know and really play when to when to do it and when to
play when to when to do it and when to take it on and um I love that feeling
take it on and um I love that feeling and I love the two you kind of mentioned
and I love the two you kind of mentioned this of the the two-part system of the
this of the the two-part system of the game so the great old one is not going
game so the great old one is not going to come out until one of two triggers
to come out until one of two triggers happens mid game and I I love that
happens mid game and I I love that mechanism you know we kind of joked
mechanism you know we kind of joked about oorn which I don't think is a
about oorn which I don't think is a Dungeon Crawler um but one thing I love
Dungeon Crawler um but one thing I love about that is how you have your story
about that is how you have your story phase and then you have your battle
phase and then you have your battle phase this kind of gives me that same
phase this kind of gives me that same feeling cuz in the beginning it's
feeling cuz in the beginning it's setting up for that great old one he's
setting up for that great old one he's like laying down his plans right and all
like laying down his plans right and all his little minions are coming out and
his little minions are coming out and they're doing his little dirty work and
they're doing his little dirty work and you're trying to fight it and complete
you're trying to fight it and complete this objective and if you get too far in
this objective and if you get too far in your objective he comes down early or if
your objective he comes down early or if you don't he you know they get so far
you don't he you know they get so far then he comes down at this one spot and
then he comes down at this one spot and then it just changes the course of the
then it just changes the course of the game and it's like freefor all frenzy
game and it's like freefor all frenzy trying to make sure you don't go too mad
trying to make sure you don't go too mad but meet that objective and take him out
but meet that objective and take him out and you're you know if you play once in
and you're you know if you play once in you're climbing up cthulu to do it and
you're climbing up cthulu to do it and there's just the scenarios feel very
there's just the scenarios feel very different um oh yeah this is Z's other
different um oh yeah this is Z's other favorite dungeon Coss I know when you
favorite dungeon Coss I know when you said I forgot about this one when you
said I forgot about this one when you said this his favorite claustrophobia
said this his favorite claustrophobia wow I know Z Lo's this one why didn't
wow I know Z Lo's this one why didn't put it on the list okay so I I love cath
put it on the list okay so I I love cath def die and I love that that mechanism
def die and I love that that mechanism and idea of balancing the bad to make
and idea of balancing the bad to make yourself more powerful you know but not
yourself more powerful you know but not getting overzealous to where you end the
getting overzealous to where you end the game I love it yeah number one the best
game I love it yeah number one the best ever Tom actually number one is actually
ever Tom actually number one is actually you got to know what number one is it's
you got to know what number one is it's one of my favorite games I'm in massive
one of my favorite games I'm in massive Darkness 2 that's correct oh yeah sorry
Darkness 2 that's correct oh yeah sorry massive Darkness there's one surpris is
massive Darkness there's one surpris is not on your list but I guess we'll that
not on your list but I guess we'll that a second massive Darkness this is so
a second massive Darkness this is so fantastic because every character plays
fantastic because every character plays differently that is and it's also kick
differently that is and it's also kick the door in Chuck Dice and it's one
the door in Chuck Dice and it's one scenario I don't got to play through a
scenario I don't got to play through a camp I'm listening this hurts me how
camp I'm listening this hurts me how good it is I I love this game um I I
good it is I I love this game um I I also like the fact that when you're in
also like the fact that when you're in darkness you're better usually like when
darkness you're better usually like when you're you're not better but here you
you're you're not better but here you get to roll an extra Darkness die so
get to roll an extra Darkness die so they still use the Darkness thing from
they still use the Darkness thing from the first one but they have made it
the first one but they have made it better in this yes yeah there's nothing
better in this yes yeah there's nothing there's not even one thing even remotely
there's not even one thing even remotely better about the first edition why would
better about the first edition why would you call it two just to maybe not back
you call it two just to maybe not back it on this I actually think I didn't
it on this I actually think I didn't realize that's what you're talking I
realize that's what you're talking I would argue that Sean lost 50% of their
would argue that Sean lost 50% of their sales on this by calling it massive
sales on this by calling it massive Darkness 2o I really do are that they
Darkness 2o I really do are that they first and I almost I almost didn't play
first and I almost I almost didn't play play this I was like ah first one second
play this I was like ah first one second one I don't really need more of the same
one I don't really need more of the same is it more different than Mansion of
is it more different than Mansion of Madness one and two it's about the same
Madness one and two it's about the same okay wow cuz that's big wow it's it's
okay wow cuz that's big wow it's it's one of the biggest changes between first
one of the biggest changes between first and second I've ever seen the good news
and second I've ever seen the good news is you can get this Joey it's expensive
is you can get this Joey it's expensive all right what's the one you that your
all right what's the one you that your surprised isn't in my top 10 Imperial
surprised isn't in my top 10 Imperial assault I thought it would be up there
assault I thought it would be up there that's 13 okay okay all right uh so yeah
that's 13 okay okay all right uh so yeah 11 was vagrant song yeah s is good um 12
11 was vagrant song yeah s is good um 12 is Madara which would be higher if the
is Madara which would be higher if the art was not so idiotic you saw yeah that
art was not so idiotic you saw yeah that that's that's a word I have other words
that's that's a word I have other words well sexist whatever it might be it's a
well sexist whatever it might be it's a great game but yeah then Imperial salt
great game but yeah then Imperial salt level seven Omega protocol is great mice
level seven Omega protocol is great mice and Mystics yeah mice and Mystics on my
and Mystics yeah mice and Mystics on my short list then a really dumb looking
short list then a really dumb looking one but it's a good game super fantasy
one but it's a good game super fantasy ugly snouts oh assaults okay then zombie
ugly snouts oh assaults okay then zombie side bloodborne is pretty
side bloodborne is pretty decent yeah it's based on the video game
decent yeah it's based on the video game it's kind of a plug and play h
it's kind of a plug and play h um Cutthroat
um Cutthroat Caverns really I don't know if you guys
Caverns really I don't know if you guys could I don't know if I want to play
could I don't know if I want to play Cutthroat Caverns with camil why
Cutthroat Caverns with camil why Chronicles so cut Cav there's a big
Chronicles so cut Cav there's a big enemy in the middle and we're all
enemy in the middle and we're all playing cards doing damage to the enemy
playing cards doing damage to the enemy the only person who gets experienced is
the only person who gets experienced is the person who hits him last and I could
the person who hits him last and I could play a card that's like camil trips and
play a card that's like camil trips and falls she only does one damage and then
falls she only does one damage and then I kill the guy and take it but if you
I kill the guy and take it but if you die and you can die you take different
die and you can die you take different damage from the monster then the other
damage from the monster then the other people have to keep going by themselves
people have to keep going by themselves and you might not make it so I need you
and you might not make it so I need you guys to stay alive I need you to help me
guys to stay alive I need you to help me kill the monster but only one person
kill the monster but only one person wins the game this sounds to be
wins the game this sounds to be cooperative Tom it is it's the only
cooperative Tom it is it's the only semic game I like also it sounds
semic game I like also it sounds terrible I saw kfire Chronicles and for
terrible I saw kfire Chronicles and for me that was an adventure game for me
me that was an adventure game for me that's why I didn't put on here which
that's why I didn't put on here which one kfire kfire Chronicles as Adventure
one kfire kfire Chronicles as Adventure yes okay uh paper dungeons uh uh rolling
yes okay uh paper dungeons uh uh rolling right one Nova Adis we haven't played
right one Nova Adis we haven't played enough bit but I don't feel like it's
enough bit but I don't feel like it's going to go much higher it could be
going to go much higher it could be corequest would have been way higher on
corequest would have been way higher on my list but it's a kids game for me and
my list but it's a kids game for me and I don't want to play it unless I'm
I don't want to play it unless I'm playing with my son or something that
playing with my son or something that makes sense and I feel the same way
makes sense and I feel the same way about stuff fables and mice and Mystics
about stuff fables and mice and Mystics see stuffable I play all my own yeah we
see stuffable I play all my own yeah we talked about that for me I also had a
talked about that for me I also had a fire team zero is on my short
fire team zero is on my short list it's um gosh it's it's I don't how
list it's um gosh it's it's I don't how to describe it's a Dungeon Crawler but
to describe it's a Dungeon Crawler but it's really really simple then that's
it's really really simple then that's pretty much what I remember it wasn't on
pretty much what I remember it wasn't on my list because I haven't played it in
my list because I haven't played it in so long it's been like at least a year
so long it's been like at least a year since I played it but it's I don't know
since I played it but it's I don't know what the game is I I don't know how to
what the game is I I don't know how to describe it fire team Z like a seal game
describe it fire team Z like a seal game or something it's not no but it is a
or something it's not no but it is a scenario based it's very simple board
scenario based it's very simple board it's a it's not tiles it's already set
it's a it's not tiles it's already set up oh this one I never played it oh
up oh this one I never played it oh really has very simple rules and that's
really has very simple rules and that's what I remember of it but again it's
what I remember of it but again it's been like a year and I didn't go back
been like a year and I didn't go back and look it up um to remind myself how
and look it up um to remind myself how to play but that but that was a short
to play but that but that was a short list one for me as well other than that
list one for me as well other than that Clint catacombs and sword and sorcery we
Clint catacombs and sword and sorcery we talked about those now the one every was
talked about those now the one every was asking about is hero Quest itself yeah
asking about is hero Quest itself yeah and I like hero Quest back in the day
and I like hero Quest back in the day very nostalgic for it but it it really
very nostalgic for it but it it really doesn't hold up and we played heroquest
doesn't hold up and we played heroquest 1.1 what's it called um dungeon Quest
1.1 what's it called um dungeon Quest Saga or dunge yeah so look for that
Saga or dunge yeah so look for that review next week actually but spoiler in
review next week actually but spoiler in spoiler it's heroquest with a slightly
spoiler it's heroquest with a slightly different combat system yeah they're
different combat system yeah they're fine but you just go through and do the
fine but you just go through and do the same thing over and over and over and
same thing over and over and over and they're great for kids as a kid I think
they're great for kids as a kid I think I would have played that to death right
I would have played that to death right ex I wouldn't now because all these
ex I wouldn't now because all these dungeon CS exist and I would be playing
dungeon CS exist and I would be playing one of these to death if I could
one of these to death if I could convince my parents to
convince my parents to drop $200 that game I can't imagine
drop $200 that game I can't imagine being a kid in today's gaming World
being a kid in today's gaming World whose parents aren't Gamers and you're
whose parents aren't Gamers and you're trying to persuade your parents to back
trying to persuade your parents to back a Kickstarter for you on
a Kickstarter for you on seon right yeah there's no way I really
seon right yeah there's no way I really want galac my would never have done that
want galac my would never have done that yeah there's no way I'm getting Galactus
yeah there's no way I'm getting Galactus so when are you going to get this in a
so when are you going to get this in a year maybe I'm not sure you don't even
year maybe I'm not sure you don't even like Marvel
like Marvel then
then said that heard that so many times
said that heard that so many times absolutely you still hav played your
absolutely you still hav played your last
last Kickstarter yeah good point I hear that
Kickstarter yeah good point I hear that from my wife the argument against oath
from my wife the argument against oath sworn is it's a boss battler not a
sworn is it's a boss battler not a dungon CW and that was boss Battlers and
dungon CW and that was boss Battlers and Adventure those were the ones at man
Adventure those were the ones at man there were some that didn't make it
there were some that didn't make it because I don't want to spoil a future
because I don't want to spoil a future list but yeah oorn will make an
list but yeah oorn will make an appearance at some I can tell you
appearance at some I can tell you something that didn't make the list
something that didn't make the list because they suck escape the Dark Castle
because they suck escape the Dark Castle one deck dungeon dungeon Quest I hate
one deck dungeon dungeon Quest I hate that game dungeon that old old old G
that game dungeon that old old old G barung maora Heroes of
barung maora Heroes of Arcadia and those are the only ones I
Arcadia and those are the only ones I think that suck because the next one's
think that suck because the next one's Quest kids which I my son loves and I'm
Quest kids which I my son loves and I'm not going to say anything bad against it
not going to say anything bad against it it's just that I if my son was not in
it's just that I if my son was not in the room I'm never playing that game
the room I'm never playing that game it's for him you know basically yeah
it's for him you know basically yeah anyway lots of this is a plethora of
anyway lots of this is a plethora of riches though what about too many bones
riches though what about too many bones did you not not put that on I haven't
did you not not put that on I haven't played enough to do it is that a dungeon
played enough to do it is that a dungeon cwl I did not I consider that more
cwl I did not I consider that more Adventure yeah yeah I think so or boss
Adventure yeah yeah I think so or boss battler cuz you're going through this
battler cuz you're going through this adventure in order to get to the main
adventure in order to get to the main boss at the end so I I thought of it for
boss at the end so I I thought of it for a minute and I I discounted it because
a minute and I I discounted it because of that okay I would not consider it a
of that okay I would not consider it a Dungeon Crawl and then Journey's Middle
Dungeon Crawl and then Journey's Middle Earth you guys didn't put on because you
Earth you guys didn't put on because you had Mansions right I haven't played it
had Mansions right I haven't played it yes okay yes and and and the thing is I
yes okay yes and and and the thing is I thought about that I don't know that I
thought about that I don't know that I can consider journeys of Middle Earth uh
can consider journeys of Middle Earth uh a you're not going from room to room
a you're not going from room to room you're going from outside area to
you're going from outside area to outside area yeah that's true yeah
outside area yeah that's true yeah H and also man Madness is a oneoff I I I
H and also man Madness is a oneoff I I I I was very enamored with Journeys in
I was very enamored with Journeys in Middle Earth when I first played I
Middle Earth when I first played I really was I like it a lot but then and
really was I like it a lot but then and I sit around thinking which one do I
I sit around thinking which one do I want to play I'm like I don't want to
want to play I'm like I don't want to play that same beginning Mission I know
play that same beginning Mission I know and or find some people to keep going
and or find some people to keep going through I just want to play one time I
through I just want to play one time I can grab three people who never played
can grab three people who never played match of Madness before and play it with
match of Madness before and play it with them right yeah I agree it's okay folks
them right yeah I agree it's okay folks to make Dungeon Crawlers that are not
to make Dungeon Crawlers that are not campaign oriented I wish there was more
campaign oriented I wish there was more of them
of them it's also okay to make them campaign for
it's also okay to make them campaign for some of us like that no no but I mean I
some of us like that no no but I mean I don't I don't think there's a bad idea
don't I don't think there's a bad idea with having both or or like I mean
with having both or or like I mean labotomy 2 for example you have it's the
labotomy 2 for example you have it's the main campaign but then they have the
main campaign but then they have the nightmare scenarios which are one at a
nightmare scenarios which are one at a time it's you had one nightmare that
time it's you had one nightmare that you're going through and so it's one off
you're going through and so it's one off scenarios I like that there's a good
scenarios I like that there's a good balance of that and there's multiple of
balance of that and there's multiple of them there's like 10 or 12 of them in
them there's like 10 or 12 of them in there and so it's a good amount it's not
there and so it's a good amount it's not if you want to play here's one no they
if you want to play here's one no they they balanced it well oh Anthony wants
they balanced it well oh Anthony wants to know why they hate for Dungeon Quest
to know why they hate for Dungeon Quest because lit Lally I think I I might be
because lit Lally I think I I might be off I think it's like you have a 17%
off I think it's like you have a 17% chance of surviving the game what no you
chance of surviving the game what no you you go in a room you're like you turn a
you go in a room you're like you turn a card over it says you found nothing and
card over it says you found nothing and that's the best possible thing oh that's
that's the best possible thing oh that's hard that's so dumb I hate everything
hard that's so dumb I hate everything about it everything now one deck dungeon
about it everything now one deck dungeon have you always hated that one one deck
have you always hated that one one deck dungeon just so fiddly it just feels
dungeon just so fiddly it just feels super random and there's all these
super random and there's all these fiddly pieces
fiddly pieces you're that's what I
you're that's what I played I played the app I didn't play
played I played the app I didn't play the actual one deck dungeon you thought
the actual one deck dungeon you thought it was fidly there yeah because you're
it was fidly there yeah because you're just sliding D never play the card game
just sliding D never play the card game then nah we've not played dungeon un
then nah we've not played dungeon un universalis because none of us has a
universalis because none of us has a spare
spare life we got that game when we opened up
life we got that game when we opened up we were like
we were like what so that's a lot all right yes Pete
what so that's a lot all right yes Pete we noticed you only said good about the
we noticed you only said good about the seon games there's other good games too
seon games there's other good games too you know I'm just saying all righty GL I
you know I'm just saying all righty GL I am a Zer for
am a Zer for seon it's true we are anyway good
seon it's true we are anyway good dungeon crawls let us know yours in the
dungeon crawls let us know yours in the comments tell us your favorite one if
comments tell us your favorite one if you see someone else who said your
you see someone else who said your favorite game thumb it up and we'll see
favorite game thumb it up and we'll see what game gets thumbed to the top all
what game gets thumbed to the top all right it's like a voting thing not okay
right it's like a voting thing not okay so just say the name of the game and
so just say the name of the game and then underneath that make another
then underneath that make another comment about why you like it then
comment about why you like it then someone else thumb that up so that way
someone else thumb that up so that way there's no repetition and then we'll
there's no repetition and then we'll give an award to no we're not g an award
give an award to no we're not g an award if it's escap the Dark Castle we will
if it's escap the Dark Castle we will give an award to it there might be 50
give an award to it there might be 50 people who vote on that now just as a
people who vote on that now just as a just just to get something a spiteful
just just to get something a spiteful spiteful really well that game actually
spiteful really well that game actually does have a lot of fans it does I found
does have a lot of fans it does I found that out after my review so I'm one of
that out after my review so I'm one of them all we'll do the adventure games
them all we'll do the adventure games not anytime soon because we got dice to
not anytime soon because we got dice to West coming up and stuff but but I'm
West coming up and stuff but but I'm already put my list together for I'm
already put my list together for I'm very excited far it's definitely fresh
very excited far it's definitely fresh and I'm I want to talk about them I have
and I'm I want to talk about them I have things to say Tom you have your list
things to say Tom you have your list done I have it probably 50% done I've
done I have it probably 50% done I've got to Wile it a little bit but we got
got to Wile it a little bit but we got time to work on your intros then
time to work on your intros then so that was hurtful I'm okay with true
so that was hurtful I'm okay with true until next time I'm Tom vassel I'm Joy
until next time I'm Tom vassel I'm Joy Evans I'm Camila and we're going dungeon
Evans I'm Camila and we're going dungeon deling we're going to crawl yes on
deling we're going to crawl yes on [Music]
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