It's a beautiful game and the most concise review was done by my friend on game night: "I love everything about this game except the gameplay"

It's so sooooo good that you do these. And HOW you do these reviews. So much info, with no empty hype, but with valuable and transparent opinions. Your channel saved me soooo much money due to me only buying things I'd actually enjoy! Thank you

Thank you for this video! Mythic Battles is my favorite skirmish game line. A note of correction, you don't need to discard 2 of the same dead unit's cards, they can be different. So once you start losing units you'll get a lot more flexibility, as two destroyed unit cards can be spent as an Art of War. This really escalates the late game as your coolest powers are going off more often. And a tip for more interesting and faster drafting: limit the draft options. Monolith curates monthly draft sets for each Mythic Battles game so you can focus on a limited set rather than a table full of options. You can just as easily deal out a limited selection of each draftable type. I hope you enjoy the game more going forward!

5/10 damn this game deserve so more !

A case for Mythic Battles: Pantheon Why I like Mythic Battles (MBP/MBR/MBI) This has been my favorite game out of 200 others, since 2018! I played it around 12 times per year for the first 2 years, and now it is a special treat, whenever I pull it out and play, I’m very satisfied playing this 4 or 5 times per year. My 3 oldest children (16, 13, 12) love this game! For me Mythic Battles is an objective based skirmish game, with the option to slay your leader. At its heart it is a card management game (similar to Memior ‘44), the miniatures are just icing on the cake. Yes there are dice, but the luck can be mitigated like nothing I’ve seen before. The thing that makes this game shine the most, are the unit dashboards. They make the immersion so rich, you forget about the game mechanics behind it all! Epic card driven skirmish game! Drafting You get to draft your own team between 120+ units. You get to assemble crazy combinations of Greek gods, famed heroes, heroic troops, and mythic monsters based on a point system. You make decisions about the units you chose such as: power over speed, ability to fly or climb, high defense, low attack but potentially devastating special attacks or powers, someone may be brutal up close vs. a unit with high range, or purpose you want a unit that specializes in area attacks. Variety (replay-ability) The variety and repeatability is off the charts with this game! Choose between Greek /Norse/Egyptian Gods, heroes, monsters, and troops! The game has beautiful miniatures for every unit, but the game play is primarily driven by card management. It reminds me of Memoir ‘44 in that respect. Thematic X Factor Each unit feels like you are using their unique powers! The Hydra regenerates, Hercules can throw terrain trees at the enemy, Medusa petrifies, the Phoenix can fly and when it is killed it flares up and is reborn, and Zeus can shoot lighting across the battlefield! With most games you can see straight through the dramatic theme right down to the stale mechanics, but with Mythic Battles, it feels like I am ramming my Minotaur straight through Achilles and Leonidas, not counting numbers to see if/how much damage I do. It feels like Echo is using her power to stop characters dead in their tracks. Objective based skirmish game I love that as much fun as it is to beat the crap out of legendary figures, the aim of the game is collect 4 gems, but you better protect your Deity, or you can lose the game. Great combat mechanic Combat uses a special dice system that empowers you to mitigate randomness. Your almost always assured to deliver a blow, but you can gamble halfway or gamble big if you want. I always feel that the randomness in the dice is dulled and I am in control of what I want to accomplish. Tactical possibilities This game is very tactical, and I am empowered to play how I want. I can draft a team that nullifies every strength of my opponent, or I can exploit the weakness of great units that appears to be invincible. I can surprise the enemy with a lightning quick move, or set a trap to take down their God. Component & Art To top it off this game has gorgeous art, from the multiple duel-sided game boards, to the card art. The components are top notch as well, providing epic looking miniatures, beautiful looking jewels, and plastic terrain to add to the immersion. This game begs to be painted and dares you to go even further by building and designing your own terrain, but you don’t have to. ‘Epic Gaming Night’ experience This game always delivers an epic experience, and there is always an epic story to tell and remember from your play-through. Summary Unit actions are controlled by what cards you play Each unit feels like you are using their unique powers: Hercules can throw terrain trees and rocks at enemies, Medusa can petrify units, Zeus can shoot lighting; Hades gains lives with each destroyed unit Object of the game is to collect 4 power jewels or eliminate their opponents deity Very well balanced Combat uses a special dice system that empowers you to mitigate randomness Always epic battles and stories Very tactical game Players have control of what they would like to do

Hmmm…well, I’m glad you reviewed this, but you seemed to have missed the mark. The campaign is an afterthought, it is primarily a 2 - 4 player skirmish game. And on that element it shines. The dice are not the focus of this game, you can almost always guarantee 2 hits, but you can press your luck and try for more. I mostly choose the first. This is first and foremost a card driven objective based skirmish game. It is card management, but the rules give you plenty of freedom and flexibility. The hallmark of this game are the dashboards and the unique powers. There is no other skirmish game that has this much diversity. Sorry you didn’t enjoy it, it would be a different story if you played with me 😎. There are layers of tactics and strategy, and that’s beyond the drafting of your armies (which you don’t have to make complicated).

Well dang, there's a couple of shots of me just reading the script aloud you can see in the Pros. Written review coming! -Ashton

Maybe you should have varied your opponents more. My wife hates skirmish games and loves this as much as I do. She defends and collects runes because she dislikes confrontation. One of my buddies is always aggressive for all out combat and damage (plus one lucky dice roller) so playing him feels way different from a strategic standpoint. And another friend is a total euro guy trying to maximize every decision in the game. The four of us played a few free for all 1v1v1v1 matches and it was glorious. The only time I did not enjoy playing this game was the 1v1 with my euro gamer friend because the draft probably took longer than the match with him over thinking everything and every turn putting him into a state of analysis paralysis. Then again, to each their own, just an idea. Still enjoyed the review and your opinion 😊

Love your honest reviews! I feel your complaints wirh the game are fair, and know you look for a specific experience. This is why the reccomender score is such a great idea! This is one of my absolute favorite skirmish games. Did Daniel get to try it out? I would love to hear his opinion on it. What he likes in games seems to alliagn closely with my own!

I own Mythic Battles Patheon 1.5 set. All of the complaints that you have, I also have. The rules and players aids are not the best and I found that I needed to create my own player aids since there can be a lot that is missed. I also really liked the dice combat... at first. Then it feels fiddly and I just want to get to the results. Overall, I thinks its a pretty good system but I think it needs some more love in the rules department.

Got to say you do an incredible video, just the right pace

Great review. Good considerations

I’m here for the heroscape mention! Having enough of the classic game is pretty key to enjoying it unfortunately. There’s some really fun armies, they just get sooo expensive. I’m definitely getting the new stuff, but I’mostly just excited for the synergies that will mix with the old stuff I already have.

love the game. not keen on the 1 hour setup and draft for what can be a 1 hour unbalanced game... scenarios were really really really poorly balanced in the pantheon version of this game

I love the Mythic Battles system and play this and Pantheon regularly.

Still waiting for that John Company review. An actually thoughtful, well researched, and masterfully crafted game, instead of 'how much plastic can we cram into a box'

Hi, thank you for this video. I was wandering to get aboard on Iset campain, despite of having The Edge skirmish game already, but now I think that this game is not for me.

Fair points. I liked the game, even if I eventually sold it: it requires a bit too much preparation to be enjoyed as an beer- and-bretzel game, but if you want to play with an higher level of competitiveness for regular play, including theorycrafting and competitive list building, the rule set has so many conflicts/poor wording on powers that limits that aspect. Still, I personally rate it as 7/10

Thanks for the review! I discovered your channel just today, am also an SJ dweller. I recently got into board gaming and I was very on the fence about getting in on the kickstarter for this. After hearing you talk about the game systems in depth, I think I'll pass on it for now. Another kickstarter that piqued my interest is Sovereign: Fall of Wormwood. Is that also on your radar for reviewing? I'll definitely be checking out your other reviews for games that are on my watchlist.

Heroscape mentioned 👀👀👀 I really hope y'all review the new edition!

Learned a new term. Aggressively Average. :D Thanks for the review video

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I watched this review again…I really like you guys and appreciate the amount of time you put into these reviews, but hate this reviews. I think it really doesn’t present this game well. If anyone wants a counter argument (other than my last post) I’d be happy to give one for each con mentioned. This review just doesn’t understand what this game or what makes it shine. I respect your opinions, but from a review standpoint, this one really misses the mark, in my humble opinion.

Do kemet next

I've got Pantheon and Ragnarok. Great game system, tons of fun. You can combine the two games/heroes/units/gods since they use the same system. Not getting Isfret since it is the least interesting theme for me, and I have so much already with Pantheon and Ragnarok.

The "reference cards" are not for you or your opponent to use during the game, they are recruitment cards (as seen in the screenshot from the campaign you've shown) so you don't have to take out all the big boards for the draft. Makes drafting easier. And yes, the scenarios are obviously not meant to be competitive, that's what the competitive mode is for, duh. They are thematic. Still, good review overall, thanks for showing this awesome system some love! Some of the takes sound borderline braindead to me though, like simultaneously suggesting a system like Gloomhaven for an army sized skirmish PVP game - that would be a real slog - while also wanting to simplify the dice rolling to a point where degrading stat-lines and positioning doesn't matter anymore due to the oneshottability. Or being mad that you attack a lot in a PVP Skirmish game... 🙈 could go on, but won't.

5/10? 😂

Good game. Terrible company.

Yeah, this game is too much.

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