Aw good to see love for another channel and the final frozen image of this video when it finishes is lovely 😁

Great video as usual! I do still want the game very much, but good to see some reasoned criticism to temper the hype. Also, kudos on wearing the 48 badge

When efke played the palmflute I laughed my ass off!

The 7th Continent is a harsh, unrelenting realm full of monsters, extreme conditions and psychological trauma. But it's a bit harsh to compare it to Luton! Thanks so much for the Patreon mention guys!

Subscription earned at 8:54. Love you, El!

"Either way, you're getting crabs". Haha

You really captured my own feelings on this one. I'm glad I kickstarted it, because I love supporting a creator's crazy, beautiful vision...but, for me, the experience is wearing thin about halfway through the first curse. And here's something I dont think you talked about: once you get past the initial sense of wonder at how they do everything with the cards, you ask yourself: WHY are we doing this with cards? This is a 90s vintage computer RPG--a good one, yes, but still. I'm growing annoyed at the number of times I have to pick cards randomly from one deck and shuffle them into another. The computer should be doing that for me.

Lolol straight up... you guys do make some wicked amazing videos lol thank you!

Ooooh I'm liking the camera upgrade. Noticed it as soon as Elaine came on screen!

Loved your video and must say I felt the passion you show while playing it. Only thing I would like to point out is that the basket being the best item makes a ton of sense narratively. This is due to the fact that if you are going to go arround half dressed in an unknown land full of half tools and weird bottles and cans, having somewhere to carry your stuff is super important. Imagine just going to another country without a without a suitcase!

I was worried for a second when I saw you lying down on the ground. I actually thought that hat was part of a new hairstyle ! Also that shopping precinct looked like the one in Blackburn, there's food for thought.

This game was fantastic. I can't wait for the new expansions towards the end of the year.

I’ve played this 3 times now, it seems people love it or hate it, I’m of the latter. Those 3 games probably cost me a total of 10 hours of pure boredom. Time I’ll never get back. So glad it wasn’t my game, especially when I was told how much it cost.

Looking at that hat: now I know where all trimmed pieces of the beard were going. Winter is coming and I probably should trim mine as well.

(For players/owners who haven't played Frankenstein, *minor SPOILER!!!*) The complaint about Victor Frankenstein comes off as a really silly quip. It's revealing you didn't play very far into the game --- because it eventually turns out Dr. Frankenstein *does* have a creation there, a resurrected man he can awaken/summon. As a person who adores the novel, I did appreciate this quite a bit, that it is a strangely plausible "hidden history/origin" scenario of the literary character --- not the pop culture take. (I also don't think the character card looks very much like a monster; why, just cuz he's got a scar above his eye that's stapled shut? What about a sewn neck, bolts in the head, green skin...?) ...In general though: I think your review is half-fair, half a complaint about a game you expected 7th Continent to be, and that it failed to be that game. An exploring game. And, there's fairness to that. Anyone interested in the game's premise should clearly understand the exploration theme is strongly matched by the survival theme, & this is very much a game about puzzling together the most optimized deck/resources --- as much as it is also about discoveries across a big, hours-length map, with a wide-ranging lore & backstory (both the continent's & your characters!) the in pieces it will take playing ALL the game/curses to put together. I'd read about this nuance, but playing it made me really get it...and also get that that would probably be a letdown for many people who got hooked by the prospect of a huge place/game to explore. But I'm into it.

A couple from England just saved me $89. We live in such a wonderful world. Thanks NPI family.

'Hewlett Packard Lovecraft' buahahahah

I missed first KS, after your review not sure if I should back new campaign :D

Only just found out about this board game and so I'm late to the party but, was pleasantly surprised to hear a joke/reference to the Isle of Wight. You don't hear it mentioned much here in Sweden where I live or much in general on the internet. Homesick now.

My nr1 game!!! I will back the new stuff later this month!

You guys are fantastic! Love all the humor, the varied and creative camera angles, the eloquence, and the ultimate substance of your reviews. Thanks so much for all your work!

16:10 Some drunken students have inevitably perished searching for an Iceland. :)

"either way your getting crabs" LMAO!!

I don't think the game glorifies Lovecraft. He comes across as insane and eccentric, and it struck me as a negative portrayal, which I appreciated.

Hi Efka. Great review, as always! I noticed a russian rock band "Mumiy Troll" vinyl sitting on your fireplace. Do you listen to russian rock? On vinyl??

I'm curious about what your top ten games would be efke?

I absolutely cannot wait for the second KS!! This game looks so good!

I enjoy the discovery... we haven't hit 25 hours yet, but we are at around 16. I don't care about the story, maybe that's the difference you wanted or expected a story. I went in black.

Thank you for another great review! I am really sorry that I missed the ks for your channel, next year count me in! I was definitely going all in with the next 7th continent ks but now I start to doubt about it...

Went all in on it. The only one kickstarter I have ever backed. Hope it'll be worth it!!

a quick question: How did you end up getting a polish version of a board game "Tajemnicze domostwo" that's visible @7:00?:)

H.P. Lovecraft Heroic Quality # 7: Naming his cat.

We changed players, after a few rounds not playing you're completely fresh!

Elaine - your sweater is awesome!

Is that Untold: adventures await in the background?

Thanks for saving me $100+, was dangerously frothing at the mouth for this!

AH... Monty Python! Where is the icelandic saga!!!!! Great video!

I'm sad this game didn't get an endorsement with five solid hours of joy up front, whereas First Martians does despite (for me at least) a good five hours of misery has to be endured before you can begin to consider enjoying the game (and even then its dry and dull in my opinion!)

I was super interested in getting this game, but "5 hour red herring" pretty much killed my interest in the game. I don't want to waste my time merely "puttering about". Thanks for saving me $150+!

I'm not clear: can I start with one of the smaller stories instead of the first 20+ hour campaign? Would I be missing some experience or information needed to play the smaller expansions?

Is the woven basket really that good? We never build it and always throw it away the first chance we get.

I wonder does the retail edition address any of the issues raised here? With the characters, and intro curse game length?

Was genuinely scared for you approaching the horse - never approach one from behind!

That's a nice Мумий Тролль album at the back!

Excellent horse-bothering

Thank you for always saying something negative about games. You guys are helping me save a ton of money and buying only what really fits my interest. Keep up your good work, hype murderers.

Will I enjoy this if I am Zamfir, or if I can whisper to horses like Zamfir (probably does)?

10:50 😂💀 I'm dying.

I love it when what's her name crinkles her brow.. that's a Passmore Crinkle.

I think you are suppose to play with multiple curses after the first curse thus being more like 6-25 hours once again.

Thanks for telling me it'll be alright. I don't hear that much.

What's the album next to Etta James? What are the games on top of Meeple Circus and Great Western Trail? Is that Gheorghe Zamfir in the over-dubbed music? (Why do I ask so many questions?)

Still jazzed about 7th Continent and First Martians. I just watch videos of them because I can't play them yet.

I played it the other week. The guy who brought it was clearly a fan as was his young niece. I firstly made the mistake of thinking it was going to be a relatively small game, maybe an hour or two but quickly we realized that this game was going to take the whole session of the club (5 hours) and probably wouldn't be finished by then. Secondly I found the whole structure of the cards and rules to be fiddly and tedious. The 4th player and I were both sitting around bored for the 2 hours we played, completely unengaged by the game, its story and its mechanics. i found the turns structure to go on too long. I loved Choose Your Own Adventure gamebooks as a kid and I'm still a very heavy role-player to this day but this game was just head bangingly dull to the point that the 4th player and I pretty much gave up after 2 hours as we were bored senseless and moved on to something else.

11:00 to 11:30 is, in my opinion, the unfortunate part of this review. I wonder what your opinion of the game would have been had you not done this. What I heard when you said this was "We got tired of trying to figure it out, and we skipped ahead to the end of the book to see the solution" and this is what likely ruined it for you. We haven't finished the first adventure yet, but we're not going to do that. I'll be interested to see if our opinion of the game is the same as yours when we start to do the other curses. Thanks for the review, the first half was a very good description of what the game feels like.

It's shocking and interesting to hear your thoughts given that it seems every other reviewer has just gushed about this game. This video also makes me curious if you two ever disagree on a game. Have you reviewed a game with the two of you giving different opinions?

Either way your getting crabs classic

No Pun Included - You never explained why you skipped the end of the VG curse. I'd love to know if you were bored, about to die and couldn't imagine starting from scratch again or just didn't like the game at that point. It seemed strange that you'd short circuit the starter curse and then burn through the remaining curses. I'm curious if your 3hr play times for those curses also involved skipping ahead or if you played it legit... most people are reporting 20-30 hrs for Voracious Goddess and 8-12 hrs for the other curses.

Will you be reviewing The 7th Citadel? Please say yes.

Aww, man - that hat!

I can truly understand you... I had the same feelings. Loved this game for the first hours but now, I just want to sell it :(

Fine...I'll subscribe...

This game, gloomhaven, or kingdom death monster? Pick your favorite

"Just like any other Lovecraftian story-based game, you'll just get the same punchless punchline." Could you explain what you meant by that? Were you saying that every Lovecraft/Cthulhu game's story doesn't work well? If so, I would immensely disagree with that, as game like Mansions of Madness and Eldritch Horror, just for example, have great storytelling elements.

The Isle of Wight jokes hurt. Well, they would if it was not true.

Efka, I love you, honeybear!

Great review -- thanks. But dammit... I wanted to love this so much... :( In the end, if it's just about wandering around aimlessly and the end result is clichéd story beats, then it's a pass for me.

It's almost like Kickstarter was designed for people with too much money...

Greggs is horrible? WHAAAAATTT. Sine leaving the UK many years ago, I still miss a good Greggs sausage roll lol It's a shame if you didn't KS this it costs so much.

Jesus christ, man ! My poor dog almost jumped out of het skin when you switched to your actual attempt at music... she's still staring at me, so I've paused the video, because I am not sure about what's coming

I do have to disagree on your overall conclusion (but that's not a bad thing - world would be very dull if we all agreed on everything) but do have some caveats for the game. First - don't play with more than 2 players. Its certainly at its best with two. Second - don't go burn out on the game. Play for a couple of hours at a time (no more than three). My other half and I are basically playing it on some weekday evenings after work - for the last two weeks, with proper gaming and stuff at weekends and loving every session. It's not everyone's cup of tea certainly but its certainly accessible and fun.

Issues with stretch goal characters seem silly.

This sorta sounds like another "really over stuff Kickstarter game", may not be for me :/

Ludonarrative dissonance ... amazing.

Gheorghe Zamfir you're not.

there are 2 ways to play 7th Continent : 1/ you play the regular rules and you do end up in a frustrating food hunt = YOU'LL HATE THE GAME 2/ you "house-rule" the food part and focus on exploration = GREAT GAME After 15h, i decided to create my own character that has special abilities : * Has a special back-pack where i could store unlimited food. * Could always make a fire for food purpose. * Could use some herbs (to add +1 or +2 cards taken back) * Had special "Trekking Shoes" = so moving was reduced by 1 card to pay for new location and going backward was free. I then didn't feel like cheating but using a unique "more balanced" mechanism and actually had fun creating this character with her "very" special abilities (based on a real french female explorer). -For "resetting the game" when going to a new location ! I just didn't do it ! Hihiii.. My table is big enough to start placing new map-tiles on another corner of it. So when i gotta come back to the previous map, i just moved back to another part of my table. -Finally, i did prefer the white box than the base game, BUT i waited 1 year before playing it to recharge my 7th continent's motivation. Will from France

Is this zelda the board game?

LUTAN.... wasn't that a Monty Python joke, at one point???? This is one game I must have!!!!!!!

Lovecraft and Frankenstein were SG characters which clearly homage to genre. No issues with including them. As for game itself, we are 12h in and enjoying it so far. Pity you have not. It seems as if you tried to game it too much, i.e. Save and hunt a lot, rather than moving on with adventure.

Elaine spooked that horse! Rude!

Can't let your characterisation of Lovecraft go completely unchallenged; he married (a Jewish woman) despite his family's disapproval, rather than under pressure from them, and he ws extremely well-travelled in the USA. Not an archetypal hero, though, I agree.

Is there a game that NPI likes at all? Thus far I haven't watched one. Meh.

Tried this game this weekend. Was bored out of my mind, soooooo bad. I would never buy this. No replayability, story is paper thin, nothing exciting happens, extremely repetitive: items, forests, birds, whales, yawn.....

I wonder, for people who don't like this game, what is your ideal game? A half hour mini game that you can set up in your car and play on go with some magic in it which makes it somehow to be played different every single time!? WTF guys!? I love your reviews, but this is just....almost personal for you!? You weren't invited to do scenario like in Gloomhaven so you need to criticize!?

We changed players, after a few rounds not playing you're completely fresh!