The delay being silica gel poisoning I guess

Can I just say how much I appreciate human made captions vs being forced to use the auto generated ones.

You surprise me.

Whoa, really?

Thank you for making SidCon more accessible for so many more players!

I'm not surprised people don't do it, setup is so much work! Not everyone has the privilege of time available so I wouldn't begrudge people cutting corners.

@@NoPunIncluded My comment wasn't intended to begrudge other reviewers, but merely highlight that for the uninitiated, they are usually undigestible. I can imagine how much time it takes, which is why I left a comment praising you for taking the time to do so. I apologise if my comment came across as moaning or negative towards other reviewers, I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to make your video useful for people who have never heard of the board games on your list.

Oh no no, no apology necessary at all!

I think, editing in a couple of pictures (cover art, wide shot of a full game in progress, possibly close-up shot of important/cool components) goes a long way. It's probaby good practice, as a youtuber, to always take a couple pictures of the game during game nights, so you don't have to "steal" pictures from the web or are limited to official product shots. Not sure, what the limitations are here. I wouldn't automatically assume that it's cool to just take pictures from board game geek. And I think it's super important to get SOME idea of the game. The point of watching these videos, for many, is to discover new games or reconsider a game they previously skipped for whatever reason. Sometimes, when youtubers rattle down lists and the best you get to see is the cover of the box, if even that, it feels a bit like name-dropping and nothing else. "Anachrony is a really crunchy worker placement game because you have all these different workers in engineers, scientists etc. and the environmental suits are so cool." -> * proceeds to not show anything of the game *. If you already know the game, you'll nod in agreement. If you don't already know the game... you're about as clueless as before, unless you pause the video everytime a new game gets mentioned and google it yourself. In the end, youtube is also a visual format. If you can't be bothered to edit in pictures of the thing you're talking about, you might as well have put your "podcast" on spotify.

I mean, i was watching the list with a 'ok, let's see what i can take from this', but.. number 1? Yeah, i agree with that.. The quality and niche of people you need to have for Sidereal Confluence to /work/ at a table is often hard to find, and the game is /so/ dense with its faction asymetry that it makes teaching new players very hard. But in the blue moon where the right people are at the table, when the game is kicking off and everyone is exploding onto the scene at the start of the trading phase... it's absolutely majestic. And then people get a chance to unwind and do their things and see their engines work with their hard traded goods, and points get banked, and engines get upgraded, and then.. we go around again on the trading merry go round. There's Chinatown and maybe Moonrakers, but Sidereal Confluence stands above them all when it comes to real time trading, and is matched only by giants of the like of BSG played in its hay-day in terms of human experiences at the table.

I always do this too when I'm explaining games. I'll move a piece or do an action to illustrate what I'm saying, look down, and go: "That's not legal, don't do that."

I did too! Loved it and I appreciate that the rules aren't so tough to grasp

I had it on my short list but NPI put me over the top. We have played it every session since and I only lost once. Instant classic for us, thanks NPI!

Clickbait title.

(as a three-dimensional being)

should have titled it 'top 10 games from the last 50 years up to now.'

How quaint to assume that Efka does not own a time machine and hasn't played all the games ever but has chosen not to break the space-time continuum by not disclosing this knowledge to us in the present day. He's the hero we needed.

Clearly future lists are obsolete

"accidentally" inviting 6+ people has worked great for me to get it to the table

I played Sidereal Confluence once, and then i bought it on my way home from that meet, and i still haven't played my copy, but i must and i will.

Top 10 of all time for that would be insane.

@@KristoVaher Entirely - it's brand new., but crazier things have happened.

I was reading review of a player that said the whole game was decided based on a dice roll making the last couple of hours of gaming seem useless.

@@muCephei_yes, but you gotta still utilize how the dice is used. As a war game the dice for randomness in my eyes is excellent choice and with cards you may slightly add your way… Due to randomness of the die, I had to play game 2 hours longer, but that is the fun of it and tense way when just miss the shot and another player changes the strategy that to get there again it takes time.

That wasn't sting. That was Jean Luc Picard

No it was Sting.

@@NoPunIncluded which one is he?? The guy with the pug is Jean Luc for sure . . .

​@@dirtybird99no. Sting.

@@NoPunIncluded with a cat, right??

If anyone is interested: my special game is Doomtown Reloaded. Fantastic theme and community, still getting expansions.

I think four is good, but can sometimes be a little shy on the trading aspect. The game really shines at five.

@@NoPunIncluded I guess we can always grab someone off the streets then. Thanks for the advice!

Oh and you're 100% right about the teams variant in Venus, it's the best way to play :)

Right, no, yeah, that was intentional obviously, totally normal thing to do. What? No, it's not just now that I noticed this.

@@NoPunIncluded doesn't affect the video. It's quality 👌