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Oltreé was sitting on my shelf for a bit and I finally got it out to play. It was a really easy teach and the game was quick. Relatively. I played the suggested scenario and chronicle which helped go through the motions. It was a lot of tests and a little bit of story sprinkled through the game. I started with a few buildings built so I think that made the game a bit easier which almost gave me too much free time near the end of the game. Despite the amount of components and the awesome quality it’s a rather simple game. The art is gorgeous and turns can go by quick. I used a card holder I bought on Amazon and it’s been super handy including here, where it held tokens instead of cards.Highly recommend for groups learning something a bit heavier than their average game without the difficulty and time sink usually required. Not sure I’ll keep this game but I’ll play it a few more times to see if it has staying power.

This game is such a treat, it really feels like a Pokémon catching adventure-lite. Picking your starter really defines how you should play the whole game.

In this game I picked the green starter, Braccio, because I was learning the game. Next to the top notch art this game has, the names of the creatures are A+. I have issues with games that name their monsters very basic names with wyld spellingh or difficult to say names just to be “different”. Fleurgtn or azurebrite are not it. Braccio is my boi.

On the back of the board is a different map you can play which adds to this game because it was $14 when purchased. It’s such a good entry type game that has quality all over it. BGG ratings are usually quite harsh if a game doesn’t last over 4 hours, requires a bedroom full of boxes and a crate full of minies.

🏰Maximum Apocalypse

🪨The set up can take a few minutes but it helps to organize the game after opening. I was expecting clunky and fiddly mechanics in this game but it’s rather fun and quick.

🔎Turns are snappy and exploring the map can be very entertaining as each scenario has a different goal or change in tiles. Scenario 1 was a minor fetch quest with the scientist aiding me. Finished it but I had to cheat a little looking through what color deck the item I needed appeared because I had taken ALOT of search actions without having any idea where the items were.

🦇 I can’t wait to dive into the second scenario of the game, picking characters and seeing their deck gets combolicious. As a side note I love the juxtaposition with the priest handling a desert eagle of all things. It’s such a good game so far.

🚂Vagrantsong - A Questionable review

🎶I’ll be going over a short series of questions to answer what this game brings to the table.

🎵What kind of game is this?

A co-op, scenario based, boss battler.

🎼Is the setup fast?

A bit on the longer side: characters have to be chosen, items have to be searched for that character, a scenario has to be chosen and set up, rules for the scenario must be run through, rituals speed up the battle but performing them are a bit of a chore, scenario ending gives you many choices to “level up” or heal, then teardown ensues. A good organization system can help a lot.

🎵Can I solo this?

Absolutely - dual handed

🍎Best player count?

3. 4 scales too hard and takes too long for your turn. The map/haint changes wildly with 4 turns.

🗡️Can I customize my character?

Yes, minor customization. 2 skills and 1 item. Seances are 1 time “power ups” for the next scenario.

🚂How is the gameplay?

The gameplay can go from smooth to fiddly with rules changing as the haint changes it’s mood or a story beat is activated. These are scenario-based.

🎶Is there replayability?

Very much so. You fail forward until

All players die(westbound). Combos can be discovered with items and skills.

🎼Was it difficult to learn?

The game was not hard to learn, very basic movement and action system.

❄️Are the theme and mechanisms paired well? Mechanisms are basic, the theme is very strong through-ought gameplay.

Well that’s it for now, time to catch my train.

🪖Solo play

🪢The first time I played this game I misunderstood the rules and gave this a second try. The gameplay was really good after playing this game correctly. I had to split up my characters and got really lucky with the horrors spawning late-game. This game is fun as the tension builds and the quick decisions you corner yourself into. The base game is great and there are plenty of characters to play with. I am looking to get the expansions to open up that variability and modes in the game. Replaying this game with other characters will be the main draw for me until expansions arrive but it’s a pretty good game without much complexity. The rules can be fiddly as you have to remember what happens with icons and actions. If you can grab this game I highly recommend it as a light-medium tile placement game.

Have you fallen in to a cave full of horrors too or is this too oddly specific?

First post - mainly testing out the waters here on Tumblr but I’d also like to start sharing board games I will be playing over the month of October.

Also a small introduction - Follow me as I track my game progress as a solo board game player. I’ll be showcasing many angles of a few games I love such as scenarios, rulesets, or characters picked. I have been sticking to playing coop games and painting miniatures so that’s most of the content I’ll be uploading.