Small Samurai Empires Review - Teeny Grandiose Empires

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Күн бұрын

Chris Yi and Mike DiLisio take a look at Small Samurai Empires, a game that mixes worker placement, action programming, and area control in a small box.
00:00 Intro
00:51 Overview
06:00 Review
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Пікірлер: 29

@VerenaFuchs Жыл бұрын

Chris and Mike make a good team. I love the outro! 😂

@philyates7670 Жыл бұрын

This is a really good game regardless of how many players there are. The only thing I wish they'd have done different would be to print the inside of the player screens with lists of actions for the tokens and for end of turns. The meeples, board and tokens are really great with nice artwork, then you have this bland inside of the screen to look at all game.

@andrewv3515 Жыл бұрын

Played at 4p once. Enjoyed it but I love area control and the programming aspect. The tokens remind me of the action tokens in Forbidden Stars. Holding onto it for now.

@Choose2Connect 11 ай бұрын

Community, can anyone shed light into this one? I ordered this game months ago, but the publisher has been very quiet on tracking info or updates to when this will ship/deliver. I've reached out through email and through company FB messenger. No one has opened my messages, and it's been months!

@jeffdiamond486 Жыл бұрын

I'm wearing the same shirt today, Chris!

@Raphaelus13 Жыл бұрын

Got this last year as it seemed neat. Glad you covered it.

@SuperLkelley Жыл бұрын

great review!

@trevorwagner6818 Жыл бұрын

This is one of my all time favorite games!

@raum1988 Жыл бұрын

There was another Kickstarter for an expansion which adds another area, specialized troops and I believe a 5th player. Love this game and excited for the new content.

@Poiuytrew.Q Жыл бұрын

Sort of reminds me of Joraku (area control + trick taking) set in Japan. This one is (area control + worker placement).

@mattbradshaw7007 10 ай бұрын

I thought the same, wonder which is better?

@Poiuytrew.Q 10 ай бұрын

@@mattbradshaw7007 I never played this one. But area control + trick taking seems more nuanced and my copy of Joraku is more compact on the table so I would never seek this game out.

@mattbradshaw7007 10 ай бұрын

@@Poiuytrew.Q I’ve wanted a copy of Joraku for a while anyhow, I’ll just stick to that.

@henrikwakman7776 Жыл бұрын

Fun review!:)

@TheLimestoneCowboy Жыл бұрын

Wait I missed Chris’s thoughts on higher player counts 😢 In other news… I think this would sing in a home brew of the first half only

@Poiuytrew.Q Жыл бұрын

15:47 3+ 16:05 2 player

@TheLimestoneCowboy Жыл бұрын

@@Poiuytrew.Q thanks!

@rulebookrx2411 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to getting my copy of this. I wonder if this is for fans of the Game of Thrones Board Game like I am. I really loved that hidden programming bit. Thanks for the review!

@WolandSilent Жыл бұрын

Do I see some improvements done to the lighting? Looks nicer!

@hamburglar919 Жыл бұрын

Really bummed I missed this game!

@RadeTcg Жыл бұрын

Can we zoom the camera out a bit ? This sort of angle seems strange

@petergross7235 Жыл бұрын

I backed the kick stater so was hoping for a better overall score. But as always appreciate the honesty. I hope the solo mode works well in the expansion in case people don't like it!

@JonTripp115 Жыл бұрын

Funny, I also assumed this was a 2P game, right up until Chris said, "...depending on player count."

@RadeTcg Жыл бұрын

The upside down map bothers me more than I thought it would

@kevinbhieey9188 Жыл бұрын

So why does Chris get all the lighting?

@TheLimestoneCowboy Жыл бұрын

Seems like a thinkier bitoku

@paolacernada9888 Жыл бұрын

worst rulebook I've seen in a lot of time with a lot of grey areas and uncovered exceptions and unclear rules.

@philyates7670 Жыл бұрын

I found the rules quite easy to learn, but the rulebook could have been written better.

@tonygilbert5256 Жыл бұрын

Oh, ouch, Chris, you put the map upside down. While the map is technically vertical, the Japanese spit their country into East and West, which is opposite of what you did. East is South and West is North.