Join us as we take a look at the dice selection euro board game Grand Austria Hotel published by Lookout Games
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@StevieInMTL7 ай бұрын
Love the channel! It’s nice to see that a Bond villain can have a 2nd career when things with Spectre don’t work out. 😉
@user-ei3og9dw7q16 күн бұрын
I think they get good health care too.
@matthiascolmelet3064 Жыл бұрын
Great review, as always! The downtime in this game is the reason I only play it as a two player game and I avoid four player games. The house rule you mentioned makes a lot of sense. In fact we use a similar rule with every game we play in our group: as long as no new information has entered the game (cards being displayed, dice being rolled, ...) you are allowed to take back your move and restart it instead.
@chimster12345 ай бұрын
Hey Matt awesome review as always. I love this game but it's definitely swingy and all over the map for us (2P). Sometimes it's a good challenge other times it's so crushing that you feel like you've just wasted time for nothing. Tonight Michelle and I played two and a half games (the first 'half game' was just a rules run-through refresher (rrr?). The first full playthrough went reasonably well. It was fairly low scoring but fun. The second game on the other hand was a gong show and this was because of a particular A-level emperor tile that was drawn during setup which had a penalty that forced both of us to 'return ALL dishes and drinks from our guests AND kitchen to the general supply' effectively undoing all progress we had made up to that point and from which we could not recover from due to unlucky dice rolls. And then add to that the nasty emperor scoring that forced us both to move back 3, 5, then ultimately 7 spaces on the emperor track putting us right back to square one after busting our asses for an hour and youre left with a miserable shit show..;) Aside from that its damn fine game but I think could use some tweaking...like totally ditching that pos emperor tile. The one takeaway I have is that dice suck...not as bad as the rulebook though, but I digress
@plush99999 Жыл бұрын
Great review! Small correction: you can never get more cake than strudel, and never more coffee than wine. Not the other way around.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Thanks for that. However it’s already been pointed out in the comments. I make mistake every so often and flog myself depending on the severity of the offence.
@plush99999 Жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks Perhaps missus bollocks can do the flogging for you - depending on the severity of the offense :). Thanks for the content btw!
@robs5688 Жыл бұрын
Looks like someone got a sweater for Christmas. I once got a sweater for Christmas, although I would have much preferred a moaner or screamer.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
I’ve had this since 1992…Pringle Sports Faldo
@iansutton7416 Жыл бұрын
that house rule on takebacks is a good compromise
@Paul-ro6py Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making the video. Have looked at picking up this game. Would like to get a few plays in first.
@iansutton7416 Жыл бұрын
Nice golfing jumper.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Original Pringle Sports Faldo from 1992 👍🏻
@steveg8984 Жыл бұрын
I love your reviews, Also I like your editing (lighting, Images shown for reference) :D. INFORMATIVE
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Cheers matey 👍🏻
@andrewnr3238 Жыл бұрын
I bought this recently, even blinged it out a bit, then cracked when I tried to learn all the stuff on the cards. It will come off the shelf one day. Love the clean art style.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
There’s printable guides for the staff and guests available that make it easier to digest
@andrewnr3238 Жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks Cheers, I’ll check them out.
@gchhina4899 Жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks I remember most British food tasting like cardboard (e.g. chip butty), but there's enough Asian cuisine and influence that you really don't need to resort to digesting board games 😁
@theshogunstein6475 Жыл бұрын
i see this game always being played, but I have never played it yet...but seems very popular at conventions here.
@velvetunderground177 ай бұрын
Hi there! I came here for the board game review but seeing the amazing picture quality and background blur just couldn't help asking - what camera lens are you using? As a photographer I'd really love to know :)
@BoardGameBollocks7 ай бұрын
This video I used a Sony A7iii with a Samyang 35mm F1.4 prime lens. I’ve just upgraded to the Sony ZVE1 as it has 10 bit 4:2:2 video but I’ve yet to use it.
@jokerES2 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm completely opposite on player count. The more players the worse I think the game gets (and certainly the more random) in addition to the increase in downtime. I prefer this at 2, then 3, then 4.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
There’s more actions available with 4 as there’s more dice. I like it with 2 as turns come round quick but 3 suffers from both negatives.
@psterud Жыл бұрын
This is our second favorite game after The Castles of Burgundy. If one is new to the game, it can be pretty brutal, especially since money is so short and the dice are not always friendly, but after one gains familiarity with it, it becomes more enjoyable. A heavy version of Grand Austria Hotel is Trismegistus, which is very good.
@gchhina4899 Жыл бұрын
Great review! Interesting sweater choice.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Vintage Pringle Faldo Sports circa 1992
@enriquevivar27 Жыл бұрын
Hi there! This is off topic but I finally got a copy of Colossus of Maroussi by Henry Miller (you are the only one who shows Miller books in a board game channel). Man, this book is incredible. What a reading experience! Thanks for reminding us that Miller is still one of the best!
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
One of his best and unread books. Miller changed my life.
@enriquevivar27 Жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks I was able to find the book second hand (a 1960 edition). It is in a terrible condition but that gives it a peculiar feel to the reading. There are sentences that are for framing and I am not using the internet to look up the places in Greece where the novel takes place. Miller pushes fantasy like few others and that has to be respected. I'm going back to him this year (The novel that follows is The Air-Conditioned Nightmare). All the best!
@mrdrofficer Жыл бұрын
Still the best cinematography in the biz.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Really?
@hunterkarr5618 Жыл бұрын
Yes I second this. You have great slo-mo, lighting and even appear to have dolly shots. The dice tower and even susd is bollocks compared to this
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
It’s all hand held. No dolly shots or gimbals.
@chimster1234 Жыл бұрын
I agree..by far!
@awakecommonman5291 Жыл бұрын
Only recently got GAH(Santa brought me it),really enjoyable but yeah, any games involving dice, even when they can be manipulated, can be ... frustrating to say the least. Also the randomness of the guest cards can be enough to make me kick the dog. Played a game where I desperately needed RED(or green) guests...but nah, the pricks never showed up at my hotel. Still though , a light, fun Euro game that I'd always be happy to play.
@thiagodonascimento7926 Жыл бұрын
Great and fun review, as always. Although it is sometims quite difficult for me as a non-native speaker to understand you : ) Have you tried other dice drafting/placement games like the ones from WYG, Signorie or Madeira?
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
I heard Madeira is pretty complicated
@PandaPandaPandaism Жыл бұрын
Excellent review as always BGB. I just played this one for this first time on Monday, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. We played with the Skeleton Key expansion that left the first player marker as a psuedo-action instead of doing the snake-draft turns. I found that pretty interesting since it gave extra Krone income to third and fourth player that round so you never felt shafted by going last, and it smoothed out the downtime a little. I really want to get more plays on this game.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Is the alerts waltz expansion worth picking up? It’s quite expensive.
@PandaPandaPandaism Жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks Wasn't my copy unfortunately so I can't comment as we didn't play with the Waltz modules, but the Key module and the upgrade kit were really nice thematic additions. If you got them second hand I'd say they're worth it, but probably not at Kickstarter prices.
@the_Zinabi Жыл бұрын
Nice review. How do you rate this compared to some of the other dice drafting games you've played?
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Prefer Marco Polo due to the character abilities and Troyes with the Ladies Expansion, but this is still a solid game.
@the_Zinabi Жыл бұрын
@@BoardGameBollocks I'd say the same. Marco Polo 1 I really like, MP2 I found good, not great. Got Pulsar 2849 to try at some stage.
@MercesLatres Жыл бұрын
Props for outro music 🤘
@Vicky-ce6iv Жыл бұрын
Just got this, it's fun! But can be quite brutal
@zivpesso6293 Жыл бұрын
Just played this today. As someone new to board games I found the decisions interesting. I did get overwhelmed by the amount of cards/icons and found that to be my least favorite aspect. I also got completely destroyed by my opponents who have played the game before and are more experienced board gamers. For Euro games like these with lots of options, what is usually your first playthrough like? How many games does it take you to notice the combos and feel comfortable with the game?
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Once you’ve played a few euros you’ll find the mechanics tend to repeat.
@leooshea8089 Жыл бұрын
Thank fuck for this channel.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
😂✊🏻
@dhirajpallin25726 ай бұрын
I'm a bit unclear from this review, what the shared or interactive elements of the game are between players.
@BoardGameBollocks6 ай бұрын
You’re just trying to destroy the same enemies. I did say you need to swap towers to upgrade them so there’s that as well.
@petermillen6924 Жыл бұрын
Action selection resource conversion victory points to gain “the Emperor’s favour”. It’s going to be a long year.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Fret ye not…plenty of trash to be played, Sire.
@petermillen6924 Жыл бұрын
Never give a Sacher an even break…
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Chocolate cake?
@petermillen6924 Жыл бұрын
So I’ve been torte.
@BoardGameBollocks Жыл бұрын
Musnt crumble then…
@Tomáš_Nithrania Жыл бұрын
turn order in this game is a fucking abomination. Everything else is fine. But im too shy to play with my PP, as you suggested, to fill up that downtime. I had to set up a solo game on a separate table once just to not die of boredom. Ive never played this game after that experience.