The WORST Board Game Ever?

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Күн бұрын

Firefly: Shiny Dice is... a game A really bad board game in fact, which we are covering in this review for some reason. It's a dice rolling, push your luck tabletop game without much push your luck, the game literally has a hard cap at a certain point. You get victory points by doing missions and getting supplies and cargo, and on your turn you have to roll 15 dice to try to match symbols for missions, defeat foes so you don't crash, and smuggle cargo. Seems pretty simple, until you find out that mission cards are drawn after your rolls, balance and mechanics are completely whack for cargo, and there really isn't any strategy here in this autopilot solitaire game. Downtime is bad as there's no player interaction and you get to watch players roll their huge batch of dice in their own isolated copy of Serenity. However, this board game review will at least try and show you more of how our review scale works, and what really low score games potential look like.
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Table of Contents:
Intro - (0:00)
Overview - (0:11)
How to Play - (0:36)
Pros - (2:14)
Cons - (5:10)
Recommender Score - (17:46)
Ashton's Personal Score - (21:15)
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Пікірлер: 100
@maskedmarvyl4774
@maskedmarvyl4774 2 жыл бұрын
Why do I have a feeling that watching this video is much more interesting than playing the game?
@yourbeardlybro5887
@yourbeardlybro5887 3 жыл бұрын
Haven’t Firefly fans suffered enough? The team that made this game didn’t think so
@foyoGames
@foyoGames 3 жыл бұрын
Still can't take the sky from me
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
we will call it, this land
@thesaintjimmy88
@thesaintjimmy88 3 жыл бұрын
You guys should make this a series, finding and reviewing the worst boardgames you can find. Think the Bad Gear series of videos on music equipment but boardgames
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
We will definitely be doing that! The hunt for the 1/10 published game continues, though I suspect that we will find it soon with all of the suggestions here :D -Ashton
@blacksheep9950
@blacksheep9950 2 жыл бұрын
"This priest dude who is represented by this book." So...Book?
@demonicbunny3po
@demonicbunny3po 6 ай бұрын
Shepard Book.
@somethingc00l1
@somethingc00l1 2 жыл бұрын
I kind of feel bad for the designer. but it seems like he had an idea and without playtesting smacked it in a cardboard box, put a label on it and yeeted it onto shelf’s.
@IPutSpidersOnYou
@IPutSpidersOnYou 3 жыл бұрын
I saw Oath. Looking forward to seeing that on the channel.
@andraslibal
@andraslibal 2 жыл бұрын
It would be nice to take all your feedback and re-design the game with all of these issues addressed. I think games should go through iteration loops like this and get better over time. I just have an emotional connection to the Firefly universe that is why I am saying this, I wish it would have a better game associated with it.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 2 жыл бұрын
agree! I have yet to try the other Firefly game that is more sandbox-y, and I haven't heard of any other Firefly themed games either. Serenity (the movie) left a decent impact on me, and I was pretty bummed out that she felt... not so good in this game to roll on hahaha. Cheers man! -Ashton
@jerk_store
@jerk_store Жыл бұрын
Honestly, you summed up this game in the first ten seconds. After my wife was gifted this game from a supposed friend, I have asked her to reevaluate that friendship.
@zacrussell609
@zacrussell609 2 жыл бұрын
As far as worst games ever go, try the old walking dead game based on the comics - played a four player game of it once and after spending 40min trying to get our heads around the rules we all died on the first turn - thought it was a fluke so played again - died on the second turn after 40 boring rulebook searching shitty mintues But yeah having had Firefly: Shiny Dice being one of my first introduction to board games i can confirm its in my bottom three :P almost ruined the hobby for me before i even started. Just dicovered your channel loving it so far.
@st0ox
@st0ox 3 жыл бұрын
After 20% of the video: That's it for the pros let's talk about the cons.
@rochedl
@rochedl 3 жыл бұрын
You would LOVE, absolutely LOVE Traveller CCG, Firefly the dice game pumped up to the max :). Yea that may be a 1/10 game for you. As for what to do with that game, make it a side quest activity for Firefly the board game :). if you win the mission you win 1,000 credits for the boardgame.
@foyoGames
@foyoGames 3 жыл бұрын
So you're saying Traveller ccg is no good? I have that sitting around here somewhere in shrink.
@rochedl
@rochedl 3 жыл бұрын
I mainly use it as a tool for the RPG game. As a stand alone game it is ok.
@rochedl
@rochedl 3 жыл бұрын
@@foyoGames it's ok, I mainly use it as a tool for the Traveller RPG, but on it's own the Icons can get annoying.
@foyoGames
@foyoGames 3 жыл бұрын
@@rochedl gotcha....like the 15 firefly symbols
@patrykzukowski7471
@patrykzukowski7471 2 жыл бұрын
You got me at the player mats part. Really. REALLY? Two mats in an up to 5 player game and NOTHING for other players? What the hell am I even looking at. What insane mind came up with this idea.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 2 жыл бұрын
extremely extremely weird. I suppose they thought only 2 players would be playing most of the time? -Ashton
@thecaryou
@thecaryou 3 жыл бұрын
Oh man, could not tell there was text on the card until you zoomed in on it I was confused that is so bad. For push your lucky they should have had it that you started with like two enemies dice then every extra round you to add more something like that maybe. I think my worst is The Oregon Trail: Hunt for Food game it is a 0/10. Took 10-15mins setup first play and then first turn wife flipped one card and died and I died two turns later so bad though we where playing it wrong. Other '1's are Dungeon Roll, Dodoresque, and Umbrella Academy could not learn them form the rules and then still broke.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
ahaha awesome, thanks for the suggestions, will keep in them in mind. Man, those VP cards in this game are straight unreadable -Ashton
@ingloriousbaxter
@ingloriousbaxter 2 жыл бұрын
I just bought this game tonight as my first attempt to dip my toe into tabletop gaming. I’m thinking I may not have done myself any favors
@TheOldMan-75
@TheOldMan-75 2 жыл бұрын
I'm really sorry to hear that ^^ Hope that didn't completely destroy your initial enthusiasm for board games.
@Anal_Flute
@Anal_Flute Жыл бұрын
Catan is a classic board game and I recommend it. Once you get used to the rules, it is so fun. You have to play it with a group or with somebody else, though
@FFWindchaser
@FFWindchaser 3 жыл бұрын
Thank goodness Firefly the Board Game exists. If this was the only representation of that beautiful series, I would cry!
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
heard great things about that! A nice pick up and deliver will definitely do more justice to the space cowboy theme -Ashton
@grog3514
@grog3514 2 жыл бұрын
That game is seriously awesome. It goes from a 7 to a 9 if you use the house rules. But you need all the expansions for it to really get the full effect. Lots of great fan made content as well!
@PsychicLord
@PsychicLord 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how this got through all the play testing? Perhaps they skipped that part ;)
@frrtbro28
@frrtbro28 2 жыл бұрын
Destroy it and bury it in the landfill like they did with Atari's E.T.
@doccatface6868
@doccatface6868 8 ай бұрын
Curious, the only winning move is not to play.
@jzaporteza
@jzaporteza 3 жыл бұрын
I curious what you think of Dead Team. That would be my 1.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
ahaha got it! Will add it to the list. So many horrible games, I'm very impressed with what you guys came up with :D -Ashton
@WilliamUmstattd
@WilliamUmstattd 2 жыл бұрын
Lost the board game could be a 1/10. It would be so cool if they had finished it but half way through designing the rulebook they had to ship it.
@terencemoy5190
@terencemoy5190 3 жыл бұрын
I see you teasing Tainted Grail in the background....still waiting for that review...
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
we're just wrapping up that bad boy here :)
@terencemoy5190
@terencemoy5190 3 жыл бұрын
@@Shelfside Awesome, looking forward to it! Probably too much to expect you to also review the expansions too....right? lol
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
@@terencemoy5190 ahaha we just have the minis expansion covered so far, but maybe at a future date we will cover the expansions, since we do have them, and Daniel is super interested in all of the stories! -Ashton
@terencemoy5190
@terencemoy5190 3 жыл бұрын
@@Shelfside That would be cool. Even if it was just an impressions/thoughts video similar to what you did for JOTL. There are so little reviews out there on BGG about the other Tainted Grail campaigns.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
@@terencemoy5190 noted man! We're also planning to do a thoughts video once we finish the base campaign here of Tainted Grail -Ashton
@A6by
@A6by 9 ай бұрын
If you liked the premise here but would have preferred it to actually work, that game actually exists and its called Dungeon Roll. Which is funny, because Dungeon Roll is a pretty mediocre little dice game, but as someone who's owned both, I gave away Shiny Dice almost immediately and still get out Dungeon Roll from time to time. The main way it fixes the system is by making it way more granular - there are ten different levels you can push your luck through, increasing in how many enemies you face each time, so you'll always be able to handle at least the first few, and it's very realistic to actually handle all ten with good luck and use of the items you earn.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 9 ай бұрын
Oh that's hilarious. Ok will have to put that on the list to try bahaha -Ashton
@propanedaddy5577
@propanedaddy5577 3 жыл бұрын
The Oregon Trail: Journey to Willamette Valley by Pressman
@wei-yeegoh5113
@wei-yeegoh5113 3 жыл бұрын
13:16 nice dice
@neoroxx
@neoroxx Жыл бұрын
when the "cons" bar is x10 longer than the "pro" bar, it tells something 😂
@frankndice
@frankndice 3 жыл бұрын
have you played oneupmanship that will prob blow this out of the water
@Nautingaz
@Nautingaz 3 жыл бұрын
My only 1/10 I ever played was "Defense of the Citadel"
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
noted! Hopefully I can acquire it for dirt cheap ahaha -Ashton
@gaidarov615
@gaidarov615 3 жыл бұрын
1 in 10 factorials?
@jorishozee2943
@jorishozee2943 2 жыл бұрын
I know feel as if my idea for a board game isnt that bad
@MoriMemento117
@MoriMemento117 2 жыл бұрын
Oof, turns aren't simultaneous? Ouch. Nope. NOPE!
@thischannelisdead.imnotpos7792
@thischannelisdead.imnotpos7792 3 жыл бұрын
People:this game rules, who need twighlight imperium. Shelfside:hold my beer
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
this game not so good, we need TI x) -Ashton
@maskedmarvyl4774
@maskedmarvyl4774 2 жыл бұрын
Well, you have the dice. Why don't you make a weird D&D cross-over where they enter another universe and start killing Beholders and Mind Flayers to get out again?
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 2 жыл бұрын
not a bad idea. But don't really want to touch the game for a while after playing this x) -Ashton
@geekworthy7938
@geekworthy7938 3 жыл бұрын
I dunno, 2 fun looking mousepads and some fun dice for $10. That's fair.
@taserrr
@taserrr 3 жыл бұрын
I'd rather spend 50 bucks on something good than 10 bucks on something terrible.
@35raksO
@35raksO 3 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for a review of Disney Villainous xP
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
oh goodness, I will see if I can get there after our crazy backlog! we've had a ton of suggestions to review, so maybe sooner than not -Ashton
@grog3514
@grog3514 2 жыл бұрын
@@Shelfside I really dislike villainous. Its multiplayer solitaire except everyone is playing a different game so "winning" is arbitrary and it felt like they tried to force player interaction with the fate cards. It also gives you the illusion of choice. There are 4 spots on your board. You occupy 1 space, another one is only useful in certain circumstances so you use it when its obvious to do so. So every turn you are just picking the most beneficial of 2 options. EVERY TURN. The theme is awesome but its a terrible game.
@HeroineNisa
@HeroineNisa 3 жыл бұрын
I found the game for 10€ on a bargain bin on a store a long time ago. Glad I didn't buy it. Wouldn't even buy it as an april's fools gift.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
bargin bin, sounds about right. It's just so freaking hard to learn its such a turnoff too -Ashton
@fenixproductions9637
@fenixproductions9637 Жыл бұрын
Late to the party but I know a board game that is 1/10. The super mario brothers board game from the 80s, you roll dice to move mario but the players all move the same mario figure and you win if you are the one to push him to the finish line. In other words its nothing but pure luck and not in a fun way
@Shelfside
@Shelfside Жыл бұрын
haha what the heck, that sounds worse than candyland :D -Ashton
@northlakeghost
@northlakeghost 3 жыл бұрын
Gotta at least use it as a prop in a future comedy vid and get something spilled all over it "by accident".
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
yeah, perhaps it can be something we set fire to as well, still thinking about the best way to handle it -Ashton
@AdamJorgensen
@AdamJorgensen 3 жыл бұрын
This sounds like it barely qualifies as a game
@GrievousFrom
@GrievousFrom 2 жыл бұрын
I'd rather be playing Oath, myself.
@tzera_rhuon
@tzera_rhuon 3 жыл бұрын
I spent the majority of the video looking at Tainted Grail 😊
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
its coming out! It's getting there! Hopefully by the end of the week -Ashton
@tzera_rhuon
@tzera_rhuon 3 жыл бұрын
@@Shelfside Awesome! I particularly like how your reviews are structured and as my lgs has preorders available it will help in making an informed decision. I LOOOOOVE how combat and diplomacy are handled, I'm not quite sure about some other aspects.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
@@tzera_rhuon whoa awesome! Didn't know it was available at LGS's. I would wait until the review drops until making a decision! -Ashton
@Myratres
@Myratres 3 жыл бұрын
Just try to get Exo: Mankind Reborn. Thats a very very big dumbsterfire from the 7th Ring of hell....
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
oh boy, will add it to the dumpster list then -Ashton
@wayner396
@wayner396 3 жыл бұрын
Battle of the sexes is the worst game I've personally played. It's concept sounds fun on paper but it's the only game I've just straight up trashed.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
ugh, I've seen that game at retail stores and just find the premise really sickening. Maybe I can get it for lke $1 at a thrift store -Ashton
@wayner396
@wayner396 3 жыл бұрын
@@Shelfside the biggest issue with it is the questions are so far out of left field that nobody knows the answers to any of it. Yeah a horrible games review of it might be worth $1
@twothirdsanexplosive
@twothirdsanexplosive 3 жыл бұрын
Our friend had that because it was free in a box of giveaways. It's as stereotyping as you expect from the title. I feel like it is as bad and dumb as all other party games of that era that just was something thrown up from assume executive's head and mass produced.
@Cpt_nice
@Cpt_nice 3 жыл бұрын
The Game of Goose is the worst game I have ever played, although I guess that's sort of cheating.
@kennethespinosa7457
@kennethespinosa7457 3 жыл бұрын
1/10? I think that’s reserved for the game of life.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
ohhh man that would be super interesting coming back to after all these years. RNG the game, such a poor educational game for kids honestly -Ashton
@paulthomas4908
@paulthomas4908 2 жыл бұрын
I played game of life with my kids the other day at their request. I slowly went around the board, collected money and lost it all paying for college and taxes. It’s basically the struggles of real life concentrated into and hour of boring depression.
@cdshannon23
@cdshannon23 3 жыл бұрын
Play Karma King. My sister gave it to me and it's literally the worst game ever. It's War but add a shit ton of randomness. Awful
@nitorishogiplayer3465
@nitorishogiplayer3465 3 ай бұрын
Funny that Firefly is the name of both the worst board game and thr worst Atari video game But i still think Ludo is the worst board game ive played
@garyk2629
@garyk2629 Жыл бұрын
Try Outdoor Survival. I dare you.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside Жыл бұрын
Noted :D -Ashton
@VincentDeloso
@VincentDeloso 3 жыл бұрын
Dream Heist is a 1/10
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
just looked it up... seems like someone really liked inception x) -Ashton
@thetrivialone
@thetrivialone 3 жыл бұрын
So sort of shit Elder Sign?
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
Hmm... Elder sign does the theme A LOT better, and is not as dumb with its dice rolling IIRC. It is also coop, with less downtime. I would 100% always play Elder sign over this ahaha -Ashton
@meathir4921
@meathir4921 Жыл бұрын
This sounds like an awful version of Deep Space D6
@sniperd
@sniperd 3 жыл бұрын
"Are you the Traitor?" was pretty bad. There are much.. much.. much.. better hidden identity games. Just feels like baseless accusations. Nobody had any fun.
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
just looked it up... and it looks like there's almost no mechanics to have discussion? Now I'm very curious to play -Ashton
@sniperd
@sniperd 3 жыл бұрын
@@Shelfside Perhaps we can make a trade? I'll mail you my game and you ... uh... mail me anything :)
@MadMadChad
@MadMadChad 3 жыл бұрын
Overrated show as well
@mnm1273
@mnm1273 3 жыл бұрын
I owned a game that was a 1/10. It was called something like 3D noughts and crosses (or tic tac toe). It didn't contain a rulebook in the box (which I'd say is quite the negative). But given the few options and the lack of randomness it's a solvable game whatever the ruleset is (I think as a kid I solved it applying normal noughts and crosses rules of dropping anywhere and three in a row wins). So it's not really a playable game. It's actually one of the few board games I think I got rid of. That and physical tetris which may also be a 1/10 game (can't remember the rules well enough to be sure). I think it ressembled this one www.siammandalay.com/products/3d-tic-tac-toe
@Shelfside
@Shelfside 3 жыл бұрын
oh man its 5 stars though! And looks so pretty. What a shame :( -Ashton
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