Just found this channel. I love this guy's energy. Way more relatable than many other review channels for me personally.

This guy's the boardgame youtuber equivelant of a Guy Richie movie.

I still remember when a friend bought Scythe at GenCon in 2016. We had never heard of and could not understand what the game was. Then we played it, and played it and played it.

Is Bollocks still worth your time bother today and in the future? Absolutely yes. The best board game channel, period.

The fact that there are people out there who know exactly the right combination of factions and order of actions to win in the most efficient way possible shows how by-the-numbers Scythe gameplay is.

Thanks for sharing. Many great Scythe memories. One of the few games that I painted the miniatures.

On the topic of plagiarism: Scythe openly borrowed from games that came out before it. The designer has discussed in particular how it used elements from Kemeth (action selection system) to create the system that Scythe uses (as well as other inspirations). Its one of the good things about the hobby in my opinion, ideas are shared, re used and rehashed rather then locked down with copyright. This is made even better when designers feel free to openly discuss inspirations from other games without fear of being labeled a copycat.

I understand your negatives but for me this game is always a blast when it hits the table and i enjoy every minute of playtime - even the first slow rounds

This is still my favorite games since i started in the hobby around 2008... Still fresh, still exciting, an absolute masterpiece. And I have played hundreds of games... Also one of the rare big games I enjoy playing at 5 players. I didn't bother buying the legendary box because i love the art of the main box too much! Solid and satisfying mechanics, the combat is a great puzzle in my mind because you're always tempted to avoid it in order to maximize your power and possibly reach that objective on the power track, there's always this tension... plus you know that if you might win a combat but get weakened in the process and get attacked right after, the game feels like a delicate dance. I loved the campaign (Fenris). No game is for everyone and I have no problem with some people not clicking with it. It is true that some factions are easier to win with than others, but once you know them there are ways to counter them, and the beginning of the game doesn't feel slow to me because i'm trying to optimize many turns ahead to be in the race so it keeps my thinking, cozy in my starting den, then the second half of the game kicks in with all the mechs, and I'm on my toes the whole time trying to explore the map, epic...

We enjoy a game of scythe, our base game is all painted with metal coins, realistic resources and the neoprene mat. I love setting it up, and it looks amazing on the table, at two player we don't get a lot of combat in as there isn't really a need for it at that count but the odd occasion we get a skirmish in. its not a bad combat system in my opinion, the use of valuable power makes you way up the benefits of kicking off and you never know what cards your opponent has. If the game was more combat focused it wouldn't work. still get a bit confused on some of the mech movements though lol.

Agreed. Scythe was an epic trail-blazing effort by Stonemaier Games. It still looks fantastic and the artwork is among the very best I have seen employed on any game. There are few games that do it better even to this day and, like Twilight Imperium it has joined the immortals of gaming.

Nice review! Scythe was the game that got me really into the hobby. I love the efficiency puzzle it provides. Is it wrong that I don’t mind combat? I think the mind games involved with it can be fun (I’m going to crush my opponent so should I save on might and vice versa). I also think that when you get an experienced group the time for the first rounds shrinks drastically. Anyway thanks again for the content!

As always, thanks for the review. Great overview of the turn options.

Excelent video, i think the air ships is a way to acelerate the start of the game, because u can take your workers away in the firts moves

Never played it but just got a copy. Actually can’t wait.

I call the modern board game scene the zombicide syndrome, boxes and boxes of stuff that makes people rush to buy but won't ever play

Love scythe

Fenris may or may not had quick start things, and combat things, and different game ending things. Worth checking out again in my humble opinion. Do you have house rule things for scythe as well?

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Scythe has so much eye candy straight out of the box that I couldn't help but accentuate the beauty further by upgrading to metal coins, metal mechs, a third party Factory decoration and I plan on eventually having my characters painted by someone. If I have to pick one negative about Scythe (and it's the same one I have with every game but when it's Scythe, I feel it more), it's that everyone calls resources whatever they feel like even after I've made it clear what their proper name is. Me during the teaching: This is metal. It's used for the deploy action. Player: I'll trade for two steel Another player: I'll trade for two iron. Me: 😓

I own scythe. Everybody i play it with loves it... except me. I hate it. Cruel world.

Great review, thank you and cheers!

Great review, and fully agree with you, although now it has been shelved probably for good for us, replaced by games with more interaction like Dune Imperium. I love that steampunk lore though, pretty unique too.

Have you ever tried Dawn of the zeds? it's a wargame with zombies

🤔 Seeing as you have The Legendary Box in the thumbnail, I'm going to guess you're going to say "yeah. Scythe is still worth playing today."

funny played this game and i have never understood the hype doesn't do any mechanic particularly well its like a jack of all trades and a master of none! whats worse is some of the combinations of characters are really not balanced so you need to know whats at least a reasonable combo. The area control and combat is just better in a million other games and the resource management isnt done particularly well. Maybe what people like the versatility of what you can do but there are many better even sandbox style games. This game goes in my massively overhyped list but I'm glad as always that many people like it.

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Good video!

Agree the combat experience is weak. Also agree its a mile stone game, aging gracefully

What happened to the poor box?

Bullet tooth tony of boardgames

Ive never got Scythe, everyone adores it and it is unquestionably beautiful and surprisingly affordable for the luxurious production values...but for me its completely sterile. It's an IKEA game.

Was always interested in the game but never got it and now it feels like there are just too many other games like it.

Played it. Hated it

Scythe is too slow and non-interactive for my tastes. It's like they managed to design the first ever multiplayer solitaire game that has a central, shared board. It is still easily Stonemaier's best game, but that is sadly a low bar.

I got rid of my copy and all it’s expansions , it’s neither a good “dudes on a board” game or “euro”. Everyone is fascinated by the art and miniatures. Too repetitive as a game

Think you're a bit of a hard man, don't ya?

The epitome of fake variability over actual replayability and balance. Factions and player mats are awfully unbalanced, and the combination of the two make it worse. Stonemaier had the opportunity to correct things. Instead the two new factions in the expansion are the worst factions, and the two new player mats are the strongest ones in the game. Stonemaier made a combination illegal when the game came out, then another years after. Now after more years have passed, it is clear in the community that these combinations are not even the strongest ones… This makes it impossible to play Scythe competitively on any serious way, and then you’ve got the fact that it’s predictable, slow, plodding, and that there’s no incentive to attack other players unless in the very last turns😟 I’ve discovered modern board gaming with Scythe. But objectively, it’s not great. Production and artwork are great. Gameplay isn’t.

Nah. I was never tempted by this flashy chunk of wank-material. I do agree with your assessment of its role in driving the current Kick$hitter marketing paradigm but I don’t see that as a positive. Still, there is no point in fighting against the success of this behemoth.

Combat system is boring and therefore useless miniatures.