Dune: War for Arrakis - Unboxing & Rambling

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Arrakis is a desert world seemingly dead and barren, yet here lies the most important resource in the galaxy: Spice. Without Spice, space travel is impossible, and humans become little clusters on isolated planets. The noble House that controls Arrakis and the production of Spice wields great power. The Emperor gave Arrakis to House Atreides, but then he conspired to replace them with their old rivals, House Harkonnen. Baron Harkonnen crushed the Atreides in a treasonous attack, and now rules the planet with an iron fist. But Paul and Jessica, heirs to House Atreides, are alive, and are mounting a rebellion with the aid of the formidable Fremen, the mysterious inhabitants of the barren expanses of Arrakis.
Only one House will emerge victorious from the coming struggle, while the other will be lost in the desert sands. It's into this grim reality that players will be thrust in Dune: War for Arrakis.
In this asymmetrical strategy game, players fight for control of the planet, maneuvering troops like the Fremen, the Fedaykin, and the fearsome Sardaukar, while sending Spice harvesters into the deep desert, daring to challenge the great Sandworms. The game features an action dice system with numerous event cards that will enable players to retell the Dune saga differently with each playthrough.
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TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Overview
0:00:25 - Core Box
0:01:50 - Rules
0:04:40 - Punchboards
0:06:25 - Board
0:10:10 - Cards
0:12:50 - Miniatures
0:24:50 - The Spacing Guild
0:29:40 - Smugglers
0:32:30 - Wrapping Up
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Пікірлер: 66

@ptastydactyl 6 ай бұрын

Man Alex! You make some of my favorite content. I love the ramblings and tangents, the jokes and goofy mannerisms and of course the sweet sweet games. Thank you for all your great work!

@henrikwakman7776 6 ай бұрын

Risen to my favourite game ever. Quite love the detail on the minis.

@BillyTheRealDeal 6 ай бұрын

I have read Dune years ago and it took forever, the Audible version is absolutely fantastic. I too received Dune this week and hope to table it this weekend. Keep up the great work Alex.

@brmoogma 6 ай бұрын

I love the huge map, because it gives the feeling to be in the wide desert of arrakis....

@rosenkrustev1514 6 ай бұрын

This looks amazing!

@keep_on_harpin8267 6 ай бұрын

Currently awaiting for my copy, should be arriving this weekend. Really excited for it. Still have not read the Dune books but I am a fan of the IP with the 2000 mini series from SyFy and also the new movie.

@tonymartinez3434 5 ай бұрын

The minis looked detailed, I picked up the all in with upgraded tokens and playmat for $270 on ebay today. Toda Rabah for your videos! Shalom!

@ScytheNoire 2 ай бұрын

Any chance of a review before the re-launch of the Gamefound campaign? Roy Cannaday gave it a 10, but then he admits he was bias to love it based on content and gameplay.

@BoardGameCo 2 ай бұрын

Unsure if I'll get it tabled in time...we'll see.

@artikuma6063 6 ай бұрын

I have to ask - where is your mug from? 😅

@donkeytorin8137 6 ай бұрын

With the new expansion for War of the Ring, now is the perfect time to get it played and reviewed lol one of these days I shall finally get my WotR video....

@lukejw11 6 ай бұрын

I love Dune. I recommend reading the second book as well, though it is much shorter :) This game is very well structured with a few expansions to shake up the standard set up and explore narrative variants, without adding waves of bloat.

@WideMouth 6 ай бұрын

Yeah. This game is primarily based on the second half of the first book. But it does include some elements of the second book.

@gergobardos1831 6 ай бұрын

Hi, I missed the kickstarter and I'm not really sure, does the retail version include the Old man of the desert (Big worm)?

@Deafz 6 ай бұрын

Nope, that was a kickstarter exclusive.

@gergobardos1831 6 ай бұрын

@@Deafz oh man, I would've definitely bought it if I knew about it's existence sooner. Maybe some people will sell them online. Thanks

@nickgiannini8860 6 ай бұрын

The carryall is definitely not supposed to literally carry the harvester. But you made it work!

@robocad 6 ай бұрын

I'm with you. I have all the Rum & Bones Second Tide stuff but don't play often enough.

@BoardGameCo 6 ай бұрын

It's not going anywhere for me, I enjoy too much when I do table it

@nobbynobbs8182 6 ай бұрын

Looks like a cool game but I don't have the physical space where one game is one or more huge box

@xtro9296 4 ай бұрын

I am looking forward to this game, but yes The Dune Board Game 2019 GF9 is my personal favourite.

@BoardGameCo 4 ай бұрын

Nice, that one's getting a big box and reprint eventually

@ChewieHuey 6 ай бұрын

Bring it to the Level Up Retreat next week!

@borgcolect 6 ай бұрын

That would be awesome!! I hope he does!

@EpicGamingNight 6 ай бұрын

I want to play this!!!

@BoardGameCo 6 ай бұрын

You and me both :)

@briant2438 6 ай бұрын

Totally jealous. I missed the campaign for Dune. Would have loved to get this one but the exclusives are going to be hard to get unless they reprint

@BoardGameCo 6 ай бұрын

Ya for sure

@polrudolf Ай бұрын

Its kickstarter or retail version?

@BoardGameCo Ай бұрын

Kickstarter

@chadvader974 5 ай бұрын

new board game smell amnesia kicking in around 6:30 :P

@frankndice 6 ай бұрын

Devon kicked my ass too. I’m still anxiously waiting for my copy

@BoardGameCo 6 ай бұрын

Lol nice

@frankndice 6 ай бұрын

@@BoardGameCo nice you say?!?! I was put to shame sir in a way no man should be shamed

@srebme2 6 ай бұрын

Did he forget to teach you some of the rules too?

@frankndice 6 ай бұрын

@@srebme2 no

@a.c.s.6204 6 ай бұрын

Im curious if you ever considered moving to a 0-100 rating rather than 0-5.

@BoardGameCo 6 ай бұрын

No. To me, a system doesn't really work. If I can't remember what my score was at any given time. Then it's no longer a score. So much as a whim. To me each score I have represents a feeling I have about the game, which makes it easy to to define how I would rate it. If I can't remember whether I rated a game an 87 and 86 or an 85.. then that's not really a rating

@a.c.s.6204 6 ай бұрын

@@BoardGameCo makes sense!

@srebme2 6 ай бұрын

Audible books while driving: do you ever drive around the block or idle in the driveway because you want to keep listening? Maybe it’s just me…

@BoardGameCo 6 ай бұрын

Lol not me...but I also only use audible on longer trips.

@bryantolbert1092 6 ай бұрын

😊b. V. VZ I😊9

@sirtrevis 4 ай бұрын

I do. Totally. Yep.

@kevincragun5853 6 ай бұрын

I love Dune and I thought doing an Arrakis faction battle would be cool, BUT can’t see the replayability of it with such a large board. Oh well. I guess I can play chess!!

@srebme2 6 ай бұрын

Wait! You don’t wake up until 8:30 or 9:00? Does that mean that Rina is getting herself and four kids up and out of the house every morning by herself. If yes, she is killing it as a parent and I have mad respect!

@BoardGameCo 6 ай бұрын

Lol yep, these days at least...with the 3am bedtime, that comes with the 8:30 am waking up. And yes, she is killing it. The older 3 are pretty independant but even so, 4 kids is always still going to be work.

@tmorton42 5 ай бұрын

Dude, please cur down on the caffeine. If you could slow down your speech, I could maybe follow you a little You should watch this video, not on speed.

@st0ox 6 ай бұрын

Man, you need a knife blacksmith sponsor 😂

@BoardGameCo 6 ай бұрын

Lol I agree

@st0ox 6 ай бұрын

@@BoardGameCo didn't you find a bigger knife to open shrink wrap ^^? Cool knife, though! Don't think that would be legal in my country (Germany).

@sidneyleejohnson 6 ай бұрын

Wonderful external big box but the stupid plastic insert inside a cardboard box is like nearly always for CMON hot garbage and immediate fodder for a 3rd party insert/organizer replacement. Tinkering Paws I hope you're listening. I call them out as they seem to have mastered the art of designing rail systems for minis. To clarify, CMON is focusing on getting the board game contents to you safely and not the ease of play. How many times can you play with these plastic organizers before they are a heap of plastic that has been torn apart and perhaps taped repeatedly. How many even want to attempt to get this stack back in the cardboard box they came in? Of course CMON is just too big to bother by backers to get them to design a long term organizer so why bother? Gametrayz? Black Magic? CMON execs are spitting out their drinks in laughter at the thought of outsourcing organizer design to them and offering the upgrades in the campaigns. Every time I open a CMON game I back I roll my eyes and ask why oh why do I put up with this? But then I drop a fortune on a storage solution and wait months and regain my sanity.

@MrTwangstaable 5 күн бұрын

LOL 8 months

@X4-Commander 6 ай бұрын

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@OGMacGee 5 ай бұрын

I know that's not your intent here, but saying things like "games are not good enough anymore" or talking in terms of games being "worthy" of your attention... those sound a bit elitist... It's very clear that the hobby has reached a point now that there's so many games out there that no one can possibly give their time and attention to all of them, even if they're all the best. So you have to choose what you think you will have the most fun out of and there are games out there that are touted as mediocre that can bring a lot of fun to the person. it's not about a game being the best or great or "worthy", it's about what experience you can get out of it. And not every game is a good fit for everyone. It's a question of tastes rather than worth.