Finally someone covering the 6 player mode! Great video 👍

Ah, this is why I've appreciated and enjoyed your reviews for many years now... Fun, rambling-yet-to-the-heart-of-it, understanding, insightful, and most of all... human.

I'd have clicked on this review anyway but I appreciate you mentioning the 6p game. Won't call out any other channels but one review I watched they specifically referenced they refused to play it lol. Not very helpful for a review! Anyway you're the best (I am entering this comment before watching so if I reserve the right to edit you being the best afterwards :P)

Just realized that Paul Atriedes has a lot of names. When Paul is accepted into the Fremen tribe, he is given the secret "sietch name" Usul, the Fremen word meaning "the base of the pillar". He chooses "Paul Muad'Dib" as his common name of manhood, to be used openly. The Bene Gesserit also refer to him as the “Kwisatz Haderach” which is more of a title but still kinda like a name. I am not entirely sure but I think the Fremen (desert people) also refer to him as the “Lisan al Gaib” which references Paul's clairvoyant abilities, while they also refer to him as “Mahdi” which refers to his role among the Fremen as “The One Who Will Lead Us to Paradise.” Some of these are names and some are titles. I guess when his father passes away, he was also assumed the title of Duke of House Atreides.

Most interesting and informative review of this I've seen. I wasn't even aware of the 6 player team mode and had an impression that this was just basically a newer edition with a different name and some updates/new mechanics. Hearing it presented as more of a stand alone expansion that combined seamlessly with the rest while providing multiple new experiences has me revisiting and reconsidering my prior opinion about it. Now I'm taking a second, good long look at it.

I love your reviews- my favourite reviewer across all the channels now. You seem to paint the picture of what it’s like to play and how it feels better than other reviewers. Cheers :) now to decide whether to get this in addition to the OG Dune Imperium!

Great video. This really amps up my enthusiasm for it - I’m new to Dune Imperium, and I’ve read if that’s the case, jump to Uprising. Great discussion and ideas as usual. Thank you.

Awesome video! I never played the original Dune Imperium but picked this up immediately and I've been loving it as a 2p game. I'm glad to hear the 6p team game is so solid. I have no idea if I'll ever get that many people together who can commit but now I really want to.

Having played both DI with and without both expansions and DIU, I'm not sure why so many people think DIU is superior. Admittedly, DIU is really fun because of how much rides on specific combats. I have scored 5 points in a single round. While this is very dramatic and exciting, I don't think it's better. DI already had plenty of luck in my opinion. DIU has more luck because so many of these extremely valuable battles come down to who is holding which Intrigue cards. Ultimately I guess it depends on what you value more. If you want really epic moments, at the expense of less skill, DIU is better for you. If you want a game that's more balanced, less swingy, with more paths to victory and not as much luck, DU with expansions is the clear winner in my opinion.

Aside from the great review (including the fact that, yes, you are allowed to like both versions), i truly appreciate the decidedly non-clickbait title.

Solo, two-player... Dune just keeps making a multi-player experience work for fewer, and I am delighted it does. Admittedly I'm a fanboi, but this series of games consistently evokes the theme and at the same time makes for a fun time.

Love the thoughts on the 6 player mode. So if I'm getting this right, out of the box I'd be getting a solo experience, a midweight 90 minute experience at 3/4p and a big weekend event experience at 6p?

I don’t know if I missed it in your video but what do you recommend for people who have everything so far? I really wish they did make this a standard expansion instead of a standalone one. For the price point in hard pressed not to get a completely different experience over a reiteration of something I already have even if it may be slightly better.

Does the two player game feel very different? It seems like adding real rivals from the solo game to the two player game would change it quite a bit from the original where House Hagal was basically just a space blocker and combat spoiler.

Pulling off spies is tight.

Thanks! Can you say if you have Uprising it would be useful to get the original?

I have a feeling a lot of these changes may be great at higher player count, but I play the game exclusively at 2 players, and it seems the spy mechanism would only make it less tight.

whenever you review games of interlocking mechanisms and social power im re surprised at how you bounced off porfiriana and renaissance

I’d be curious about what could be built with everything, since I have it. Become an amateur game designer in your spare time! 😅

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