The Isle of Cats - Playthrough & Review

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4 жыл бұрын

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Filmed a 2-player board game playthrough and review of "The Isle of Cats" designed by Frank West and published by The City of Games. Let us know what you think about the game in the comments section below!
The Isle of Cats board game tutorial - • The Isle of Cats - How...
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Round 1 - 00:41 - 7:50
Round 2 - 07:51 - 14:37
Round 3 - 14:38 - 22:05
Round 4 - 22:06 - 29:24
Round 5 - 29:25 - 39:13
Scoring - 39:14 - 43:04
Review - 43:05 - END
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@BeforeYouPlay 4 жыл бұрын

What is your favorite game that features polyomino tiles?

@UnfilteredGamer 4 жыл бұрын

Dominos! Errr...... yeah!

@toddkauk6099 4 жыл бұрын

Patchwork

@robthecramer 4 жыл бұрын

Spring Meadow or Indian Summer. Both really good games.

@BeforeYouPlay 4 жыл бұрын

@@UnfilteredGamer lol those aren't polyominoes!

@BeforeYouPlay 4 жыл бұрын

@@toddkauk6099 Great choice! I feel like that was the first one that was a big hit

@MrRalphF 3 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the prolonged discussion of 2 vs 3 players. We're a family of three and are always trying to glean the real pros/cons of games with respect to three players in particular.

@andymcguire237 4 жыл бұрын

Hi guys! I love this game and preordered it immediately after my first play. My only (minor) complaint is the art on the 5-fish tokens, i.e. the two shadow fish that make it look like a 3-fish token.

@majbritpedersen6533 4 жыл бұрын

Really nice playtrough! I have only played the family version, but after watching this, I really look forward to play the full game :D TY!

3 жыл бұрын

I discovered your channel recently and I'm loving it! It's exactly what I want in a review: they teach me what I need to know about the game at the same time that they are friendly and entertaining to watch. I backed this in KS after your review. I am excited about your Uwe Rosenberg series now! :-)

@elisebalk 4 жыл бұрын

The fish with three visible and two shadow fish is worth 5 fish. The individual fish are worth 1 fish

@kwilliams2729 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That was fun to watch😊

@Braymiller1 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed your playthrough. My copy is shipping next week, I hope. Thanks for sharing this!

@BeforeYouPlay 4 жыл бұрын

Exciiiiting! I hope you enjoy the game. Thanks for watching!

@johnwheeler6839 3 жыл бұрын

I love Bunny Kingdome's two player draft because not only do you get to see a guarantee new card you also get rid of one ever time you pick cards.

@zurich2528 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool video Thank you!

@BeforeYouPlay 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@keithbarry29 3 жыл бұрын

I know this was done earlier in the year but I played the family version a bunch with my kids but want to teach the wife the real version so this video was very well done!

@Quackalope 4 жыл бұрын

Quack :) keep it up!

@BeforeYouPlay 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@sophside9931 4 жыл бұрын

Your hair is sooooo beautiful. Also, I like your guys chemistry when you play, super chill and fun.

@NS-mm6jq 2 жыл бұрын

The girl has beautiful hair too

@UnfilteredGamer 4 жыл бұрын

Shoot, watching this I notice the wedding rings. I need to start wearing mine more. I'm always so nervous I'll lose it - I lose things...often. Great video guys!

@BeforeYouPlay 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I don't always wear mine but I try to!

@timborocksloud 2 жыл бұрын

I bought this game, I think it's a well designed game, quality components, the theme and the artwork are fun and quirky, rules were clearly written and concise. I just didn't find it to be that fun. Maybe because we only played it two player (me and the missus). After watching your review, I think I need to try and play it with more than 2 people.

@simontherrien9744 4 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t change anything, but I do believe that the token of a bunch of fish represents 5 fish and not 3. There are 2 darker fish drawn behind the 3 fish.

@BeforeYouPlay 4 жыл бұрын

Lol! You’re totally right! When we read this, we both facepalmed. At least it didn’t change our math

@asellers98 2 жыл бұрын

I hate cats, but love this game. I have played the family version to get use to it 3 times. Ready to play the full version.

@musicforall1859 Жыл бұрын

Hey guys, Have you played Planet Unknown? What would be your thoughts if you have to pick Isle of Cats Or Planet Unknown? I really enjoy your content! Thanks!

@Cleansweep38 4 жыл бұрын

Great play through! Fyi: last round of the game, had the man bought the last 3 fish cat, the lady would not have bought a 5 cat, leaving the man able to get all of his cats and the lady may have not covered all her rats plus lose some red points! The man may have lost points on the fish lesson card and still might have lost, but it would have been tighter I think.

@artofstu42 3 жыл бұрын

One thing I’m trying to get clarification on that didn’t come up in this play through: multiple time when playing I’d run out of fish before running out of baskets. The rules specifically state that regular baskets get discarded after being used. I took this to imply that unused baskets could be kept for the next day which would also keep that speed value in play. Don’t know if this is right or not since the rules don’t say what happens to rescue cards if you don’t use their baskets, only that they’re discarded if you use them.

@johnwhitesnake6353 3 жыл бұрын

I believe they still get discarded as the cards also help you move up on the player track.

@gfreakand4eyes 3 жыл бұрын

Also not sure if you’ve already discovered this but the pile of fish that look like a bundle of three fish is actually a bundle of 5. In this play through they counted the bundle of 5 as 3. I did the same thing for a long time haha. If you look closely you can see the other two fish in the background. This might help “save” fish for later use. You’ll have to keep a fish “bank” to exchange fish amounts.

@monkeyunit4533 3 жыл бұрын

It does say in the rules in the rescue cats section: Empty fields Once both the fields are empty (or when all players have passed), the rescue cat phase isover. Any rescue cards that have been played, but have not been used, are immediately moved to the discard pile.

@Torabayama 2 жыл бұрын

How do you think you would rank this one in comparison to New York Zoo? I've been on the fence regarding a polyomino game for a while and was trying to narrow it down between these two....

@BeforeYouPlay 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people prefer this one but I (Monique) prefer NY Zoo between the 2 games.

@Torabayama 2 жыл бұрын

@@BeforeYouPlay thanks, I went back and forth trying to decide what to order. I ended up ordering Isle of Cats before I saw your post! Hopefully I can add NYZ in sometime as well.

@jakubhruza1229 3 жыл бұрын

Turtles wouldn't work though... They would only create square shapes :D definitely not those kitty katty zig zags :D

@Flip5ide 2 жыл бұрын

How do you feel about this game after two years? Still play? Keeping in the collection?

@BeforeYouPlay 2 жыл бұрын

Hi there, we borrowed a friends copy for the filming of this one, so we unfortunately have only played it once more after we filmed the video. We never did try the expansion that came out later on either.

@chrisjohnphillips6352 2 жыл бұрын

What do each of you prefer between Isle of Cats and New York Zoo?

@BeforeYouPlay 2 жыл бұрын

I think for both of us we would say NY Zoo.

@traptown6396 4 жыл бұрын

Before You Play

@dondre5000 11 ай бұрын

It took me a while to figure out why you were getting change on a 5 fish purchase. It dawned on me that you thought the large tokens were worth 3 fish each. The token design was a poor choice for this game.

@boratpausenot26 2 жыл бұрын

Barenpark but I love this one now too

@Lubisek 2 жыл бұрын

The bigger fish token is worth 5 not 3.

@twinkle04evr 3 жыл бұрын

I thought they comes with 5 fish and 1 fish tokens

@BeforeYouPlay 3 жыл бұрын

Hmm, honestly can't remember what the denominations were. We may have missed it. The good thing is that it doesn't affect the game as long as everyone is incorrect together :)

@twinkle04evr 3 жыл бұрын

The 5 fish has 2 fish in the background (shadow), that's why it's hard to tell.

@user-si1eu2ni4v 4 жыл бұрын

Wondering advocat 60

@user-dj8wo4ce2g 4 жыл бұрын

Openminded advocat 26

@user-of3bc7xl7g 4 жыл бұрын

Openminded hunter 97

@PackoJlHukoB 4 жыл бұрын

Openminded man 44

@vanyaserra1 3 жыл бұрын

If you two are a couple, what a gorgeous couple (of course as individuals you are both gorgeous, I thought that was assumed). WOW. I know that has no play on how well /bad you can do playthrough.