I only played a single game of volume 1, and I didn’t enjoy it much. I’d like to give it another go, especially with the new campaign books

They never sent it to me, so there's currently no way for me to play it or review it :) But I have a feeling it wouldn't be a top game for my personal tastes anyway, since I hear there is a good amount of grinding

Supposedly they fixed that in the 1.5 update. Which I backed. 😊 Can’t wait!

That’s awesome to hear. Thanks!

Glad you are enjoying it too!

Sorry!!!

I liked wasted wilds’ upgrade a ton. Max apoc would be in my top 10 for the cardplay focused category, but not my top 3

Your last point is my main fear for this one. Many people on our discord who played it said all the errors were super distracting.

Great additional game suggestions. I love death may die too. Though there isn’t really exploration… well maybe in some scenarios. Categorizing is hard!

Which ones are your faves?

Oathsworn and other boss battlers are so heavily focused on combat that they don’t feel like full adventure games to me, though to be fair the narrative half of Oathsworn does fit some categories. I love that game regardless

I always preferred 2nd edition to 3rd personally, but 3rd was great with the solo/coop expansion. It’s a bummer that it’s so impossible to find cheaply though :(

I have a copy I bought used, still unplayed! One day I’ll have time 😅

That’s why I made them their own category ;)

Yeah people don’t seem to understand that medieval fantasy isn’t the adventure genre. Adventure is about globetrotting and treasure hunting.

@@Quincy_Morrisadventure games can be set in any setting or time period. Medieval fantasy would just be one such setting or period in which an adventure game can be set.

I enjoyed original time stories quite a bit too, but all the missions I’ve tried for the new releases have been a letdown :(

I haven’t yet! With all the shakeups in asmodee lately I lost my contact there, but I’ll try to pick it up at some point

Rise of Fenris was great, but yeah I wouldn't personally call it an adventure game. It has some scenarios that are more adventure-ish, but it's still mainly an empire-building skirmish game (like regular Scythe) to me. Thanks for watching!

@@OneStopCoopShop Fenris has an interesting fun story and development, but yeah, it really is just a coating over Scythe. In terms of Crawler adventure games that don't focus on combat, I would think that (of the games that I own), Star Wars Outer Rims might potentially count. I've soured a bit on the game since it is a bit of a pain to get to the table and a bit long to play for what it is, but still nice (particularly with the expansion which lets you have two automa/AIs to go against). It is mainly exploration and doing missions, with some occasional combat. It might better fit your last category, or this one, I'm not sure (if it fits at all). For the crisis management adventure game, I would think that Dawn of the Zeds would count in that category? I really enjoy this game although I find it somewhat swingy at times (a couple of bad cards have sometimes made me loose rather suddenly and unexpectantly, but it is still a lot of fun for me still). I don't have any survival adventure games. The only one that I had was 7th continent which I thought was kinda boring. Paleo, though, is on my wish list to eventually buy. Wouldn't Frostpunk also fall into this category? Of the card games adventures, Earthborne Ranger is also on my wishlist (I have to cull some games first ;-). Both Mage Knight and Arkham Horror are both top 10 games for me so great choices there. I don't know if Nemo's War would fit in this category but it's one that I own and enjoy. I've also enjoyed Destinies (I don't own it anymore), but to be honest, not so much for the story but more because I thought that the mechanics was very fun and interesting. I guess it might fit in your exploration category. What about your latest crowdfunding game (Flame & Fang) -- would that fall into any of these categories?

@dsarrazin great choices! Outer rim for me is pick up and deliver, which could have been its own whole category. Flame & fang would best fit the card category, but I don’t have a big enough ego to say it’s better than mage knight 😜

Remember that a lot of these games, while expensive, have many hours of play through a campaign and some with good replayability as well.

​@@nihlify I'm not criticizing the cost -- I just can't convince myself to spend that much on a game. As a reviewer, I assume that Mike gets most of these for free but I know that lots of people buy them (otherwise the company would not be making them). It's just too pricey for me. There are many games with a lower cost that have tons of replayability (albeit fewer miniatures usually) such as Scythe or Spirit Island (of course, games like Arkham Horror TCG still cost a lot but the money is spent over time as a bunch of separate optional scenarios so I guess I don't mind that so much). Mind you, there are some games are overproduced (for example, I wish that Foundations of Rome had a version with polyomino tiles and such at a more reasonable cost, with the miniatures available as an expansion). Personally, I wish that most games with miniatures came with a cheaper non-deluxe version using standees (which I personally find often look better anyway). Again, I think having these huge epic expensive games are great (at least when the game is good), but I just can't really buy those and wish that there were cheaper version of them available.

I didn’t think to include Dawn of the zeds, but you’re right it’s a great one!

I liked the concept but ultimately it was too much traversing and grinding for me. I played the 1.edition though,heard the 2.nd edition kinda fixed this.

Haven’t played it myself, so no way I could include it. But I’ve heard positive things about

Oh yeah, Isofarian Guard deserves to be on this list. It's the closest to a true Skyrim in board game format. Incredible experience.

I’ve never played it. Heard pretty good things though

I had some interest in it, but I watched the video we have on the channel (Bairnt's I think?), and didn't enjoy a lot of the fiddly bits I saw in the play. But if I ever see it at a convention I'll try to give it a go!

Mansions? Yeah that one is a super fun thematic adventure each time

What did I say!? 😬😬😬

So each planet has 3 scenarios, and I’d say you can play each scenario 2-3 times before you might find it too repetitive. So 2 planets is looking at maybe 10-15 plays. Hope that helps!

@@OneStopCoopShop Thanks. It does.

You might want to listen to our recent podcast episode on the game. Peter didn’t like 7th Continent at all, and we compare the two games in more depth

Good one for sure, though I played it too much and now don’t enjoy it a ton.

I might replace Tamaashi with Runebound 2nd edition, my personal favorite of that series. For exploration, I might replace tainted grail and ISS Vanguard with… hm, I’m not sure. Some of the other category choices also have great exploration: agemonia, mansions of madness, etc

I haven’t tried it, but I looked over it. The new combat makes things exciting, but maybe roughly balanced. Running out of time and limits on ability cards should help with power leveling. But it doesn’t address getting and recharging a billion adventure cards, which was my biggest issue.

F&G - My buddy has it. I know it's super random and very long, though, so I'm hesitant. ToE - Used to play it back in the day. Great theme and fun! IG - I'm a bit scared of the grind. Outer Rim - This would fit well into a 6th category, pick up and deliver, along with a lot of pirate games and such. I didn't love it though. Fallen Land - I've heard this is great! Hexplore it - Yeah, I need to try this again. Kinfire - I should have a review coming soonish. It's good, but not top tier for me personally.

Fallen Land is a masterpiece!

You're welcome 😂

Like I said in the video, for dungeon crawlers I only focused on ones with a lot of exploration. Red dragon Inn is entirely focused on combat, so it didn’t fit the focus of the list

@@OneStopCoopShop you're right. My bad :D

Lord of the Rings LCG, Heroes of Terrinoth/warhammer quest ACG, Pathfinder ACG, to name a few

Watch my review of each :)

I have a review of kinfire coming later this week. I haven’t gotten to play any of the others you mentioned.

@@OneStopCoopShop oh interesting, looking forward to your review. i think secrets of the lost tomb could be a real gem for you. full of quirky creative ideas and emergent stories.

@denisloebner4882 I watched one of Colin’s old plays from the channel when the new campaign lost. I’ll be honest that it seemed a bit too random and silly to me 😅😅

@@OneStopCoopShop thats true. id say on a level with the amazing dungeon degenerates in regards to its sillyness; the mishmash of tones that can happen do fit with the general narrative though as the tomb is some kind of time traveler.

You seem to have a very narrow definition of adventure, which for you seem limited to the age of discovey / age of exploration. For me it's more like BGG state it : "Adventure games often have themes of heroism, exploration, and puzzle-solving. The storyline behind such games often have fantastical elements, and involve the characters in some sort of quest."

Yeah, like Francois I’m not really sure what you are taking about, but define things however you like for yourself 😅

So Homer's Odyssey one of the most well known and genre defining stories of the Western adventure genre isn't "adventure" because it takes place before 1492? I'll have to respectfully disagree, but you do you I guess.

lol. What an absolutely wild thing to think.

In my real life I think I had several adventures, no one of them was to find treasures, and I am also quite sure in all ages there were adventures. I like your definition of adventure, but I think there is more in that word!

It was in the top 5, so almost made the video 😅