I was not expecting this much praise from you. I might have to pick this one up as I love the Dune theme.

its always nice when a game has its own art - especially a book based ones Its worse when a second worse game uses said art like it was with Dune Betrayal or Game of Thrones B'Twixt

Small rule correction: Special Elites (Fedaykin/Sardaukar) are downgraded to Regular, not Elites. They are basically Elites with the extra ability of ignoring 1 shield, they don't have 3HP. Also with the bans, the rule our group missed is that Harkonnen only gets 1 ban per round (unless the markers hit bottom), even if all 3 markers go down - Harkonnen just chooses which is in effect.

It’s coming back to gamefound! I also missed out on the first campaign, so now I need to start saving for the all in pledge

Thanks for the encouraging review - I'm waiting on my pre-ordered KS version through a retailer, so I have the option to back out. But reviews like this confirm my decision to go ahead with it. BTW, you might have noticed that an opportunity to get the KS version has just been announced on the CMON website. As part of a NEW expansion it says "Fans will also have the chance to pick up things they missed the first time, including the Exclusive Edition core box, the Smugglers expansion, the playmat, the plastic tokens, and for those buying the core game at retail, a new box containing only the stretch goals from the original campaign."

Great review, as usual. And the opening joke was a felicitous and clever one :)

I've been waiting for this one. Thanks for the review.

I love, respect and trust your reviews, because we both come from the same games and love dudes on a map game. Used to play a lot of Shogun (Ikusa now) and Axis and Allies when I was a teenager. So everytime I see a dudes on a map game I get excited.

Well, I’m happy I kickstarted this all in. Haven’t played yet.

I backed this game fully. I have all of the bell and whistles and the freaking nice roll up play matt. The day it went live on Kickstarter I backed it right away. Now next from CMON which I backed fully is DCeased Zombicide.

Own it and love it. Played about 4 times now. However the atreides/fremen has not won once. Feels very difficult for the green player.

I got my copy a few weeks back but haven't got it to the table yet though I've played rebellion 2 times in the last week 😅 Roy, from the dice tower, gave this a 10/10 as well so it must be really good! Can't wait to play it!

Wow awesome I'll have to check this one out!

Excellent video as always. You need a bigger game table! 😉

having War of the Ring and Rebellion, I think I can wait until this is available for the cheaps.😊

I went all in on the KS, haven’t been able to play yet. Can’t wait.

Totally agree. This takes the best parts of Star Wars Rebellion and The War of the Ring. My best game of 2024.

I love Rebellion so much and with the shorter playtime on this game I look forward to it being my onboarding process to get more people (traditionally, the folks that wouldnt have the patience for them) into Rebellion, WotR, and aBoFA. The rulebook on WotR is a daunting affair on its own (especially with expansions sprinkled in). I need to get more plays in of this game myself. I'd love it if Corey K. would take some plays of this and add some of his old magic and see if Rebellion could be streamlined into a second edition.

Looks like a really good game. Some of the game mechanics remind me of War of The Ring. I really like asymmetrical games. Will have to save up for it. Spice spice baby Spice spice baby All right stop Collaborate and listen Paul is back with a new prescient vision Jihad grabs a hold of you tightly Slice like a crysknife daily and nightly Will it ever stop? Yo, I don't know Eyes blue within blue they glow Ride Shai-hulud like the Mahdi Light up the atomics over the wadi

I played once at 2p (with some rules goofs) and once at 4p. 2p was definitely better but 4 was also great. Even though it's considerably shorter than SW:R or WotR, it's still a bit long for my tastes, but one of the most thematic and exciting games I've ever played.

Cody, do NOT go hunting for the KS exclusives! They just announced a new campaign for all of the original stuff + a new expansion on Gamefound. I'll be getting that 😎

Fully agree, this is an amazing game!

Cody, if you do try and buy the plastic tokens be careful they aren’t the original set that they shipped. There was an issue with inconsistent coloring on some of the hidden information tokens and they are in the process of replacing all of the plastic tokens. Definitely would hate to see you spend a fortune on the bad tokens.

Cody, you and yer frakking review cost me a $ hunny. 😉 I love DUNE (OG game back in the day, and Imperium / Uprising today), but this just did not ring my bell whatsoever during crowdfunding. I adore SW: Rebellion, and I thought this might be for me... Something just left me so meh about it until your take. Luckily my partner loves all things DUNE, and she won't have any trouble wiping the floor with me in this game!

Hm, the combat system seems very simple ... the story of Dune, the cycle itself, is fantastic! Greetings from germany (I like your input, subscription is out)

Great vid and I have hovered around with this one. May I ask a couple of questions? A mate of mine has War of the Ring. We are giving that a go and loving it. Does this game fill that same space or do folks think this worthy game to have alongside WotR? Also, given some Kickstarter exclusives, does the retail base game have staying power? I would hate to spend £100+ only to ‘need’ an expansion fairly quickly. Thanks all.

Rebellion was FFG's effort to make WotR with the Star Wars IP. I just picked up WfA about a months ago and had to pay through the nose for Smugglers. But I know the price would only go higher. If I had known the designers were the same a WotR I would have backed the KS.

This game is excellent I love it.

Gotta get the playmat. It's amazing

Only have enough money for one: Nemesis or War for Arrakis….which one do you buy?

Got mine some time ago but none of my friends likes Dune, so it's been hard to get it to the table... Have you tried the solo mode? (appologies if you mentioned it in the video, was multitasking while listening :P ) I might have to try the solo until I convince someone to play it

Did you already play it with 4 Players?

just bougth the core set didnt play it yet...... but now i want the extra exclusive stretch goals pieces ..i hope i can get them

Just a question please: I love very much SWRebellion because different starts and such different strategies (and I often play it with pleasure) but I completely hate WOTRing because always the same start and such boring strategies (and I sold it back with pleasure) > So do you think Dune WFA is closer to the first one (SWR) or to the second one (WOTR) ? - TY

Will you be getting everything from the gamefound project?

I know in the video you said this is on with SWR. I'm looking for a thematic 2p game to play with my wife, who is open to all games as long as they're engaging and don't gave a ton of rules grit and need to reference rules constantly. Which would you recommend I get considering most of our collection is Euros but we want something more interactive and replayable? Cheers!

Are there any games you reviewed that you do not recommend?!...

A while back if I remember correctly, I think you said you hadn't played War of the Ring yet. If that's still the case, after bowing your head in shame 😂 😉, you will try it now, right?

Thanks for the review. Any plans to review Burning Banners?

Out of WfA, WotR, Rebellion and BoFA, BoFA is the best one.

Did you know that some of the cast of movie Se7en were cast in the original David Lynch Dune movie but were later sacked ? .. ... ... .... ... Two were let go: Morgan Fremen and Brad Pitt who kept asking the reverend mother 'What's in the box ?'.