I really wish more of these big games would embrace an option with acrylic standees. With a good illustrator tey can look fantastic and barely take up space

I love minis and I also paint, but I am running out of space. I do hope we see more games offering standee options.

Your storage solution matches my style. I greatly appreciate that you don't NEED to 3d print an insert for boardgames. You can just stack cards next to each other and put in an A4 seperator.

As a mini painter i am really happy that they did go for these awesome minis. Standees are always the worst option, especially for a game where the monster spins (is it looking in my or your direction again? I only see a thin line in the air) Spinning discs you can just print if you really want and sell the awesome minis. Not everything needs to be “you better keep up with the releases or you are out of luck” imo

This review is excellent. I got a much better sense of whether Primal would suit me from this video than any other review I've watched on it. Thanks for taking the time to walk through so many facets of your play and storage experience!

Thank you for detailed review

Loving the game. I've cleared through the campaign once solo three handing. I'm looking forward to getting multiplayer games in soon. I agree with a lot of the points made here. One thing I'd emphasize is that I feel the expedition mode with recommended sets seems a really solid way to get into the game without the time in between choosing gear. I do hope they offer an alternative retail accessible version and sell the minis separately for those that want them. The game is accessible enough that it could get a lot of traction. For me, I love the minis. I consolidated all the content besides minis into the card sleeve box with all minis in the large box. I plan to create an insert for one expansion box go have one choice monster, terrain, and characters so I have just what's necessary to play if taking it outside my house.

Amazing review

Thanks for the review! What is setup time like (I may have missed it while playing MC lol)? Also, even if I'm playing alone I still consider it "analysis paralysis". I loved Jaws of the Lion but had to get rid of it because of AP.

Great review. I missed the previous KS, but I read that they plan to relaunch the game later this year for a reprint. Is that your understanding as well?

Great review. The size of the game is crazy. I found using a briefcase storage with an insert to hold all the cards, tokens, boards, and books super helpful. It makes setup, upkeep, and tear down so much easier and faster. I also chose to put the minis on display which makes it easier/faster to access them as well. Trying to store the game in boxes even if you condense to the core box is impractical. I picked up MHW after getting Primal just to see how it is. The game is fun and faster than Primal without a lot less admin work to keep track of. However, Primal wins out for me for one simple reason and that is freedom. You are very limited in choice of builds for MHW. Upgraded weapons give you set cards to replace. Even the choice of weapons is limited for each type of hunter. I could see some people preferring that simplicity as it’s makes upgrading faster.

I finally bought some glass display shelves because of this game. The large box is only necessary to store the minis. Without the minis, the rest of the contents can fit into one expansion box and terrain box.

Got the game a few weeks ago, love it but the space and time commitment is tough as someone with little free time. Still I cancelled most of my pledges a few years ago but kept Primal and I am glad, the game itself is excellent.

I think that the large minis are awesome and really add to a game like this. I just need to find a way to fit it into the core box. I think some people have been working on an insert for that. I'm glad this isn't going to be a drip feed LCG myself.

I’ve actually been dreading this game arriving. I didn’t have a clue how big it is. I’m not buying games with minis anymore, it’s ridiculous. Give me standees any time.

Afterthis review, I'm definitely buying the game if there ever is a miniless reprint.

Fantastic observations, terrible channel name. Subscribed I think I agree with 99% of your impressions, you hit all the nails and thus I am very interested in seeing how you feel about games I do not own and I'm interested in buying. The one exception in which I disagree is tracking rounds. I too used to forget until I put a little note on the aid, tracking to 10 is important for some monsters, and also the more defensive heroes with low dmg output.

I loved the monster Hunter board game and have been floundering to find something else as engaging. This just might have to be a pick up for me.

3 hours per play? maybe it's different solo, with 3 players we consistently hit 1 hour per encounter, but have not tried it solo.

I playing the app game of this. Fun and pretty but hard to punish.

I’ve yet to see a review of this game that makes me regret my choice of going the MHW all in. I got mine a year earlier and I’ve not seen anything gameplay wise that is superior to MHW. Not saying it’s not a good game, just saying I’m not seeing the “superiority” of this game over MHW. I’m also all in on Icebourne as well.

I passed on this solely because of that game board. Seems really lackluster not being able to move around.