#237: Flamecraft

Boardgames So Very Wrong About Games
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2022-11-08T11:00:02Z

"Let us go then, you and I,
When the board is spread out against the table
Like a beast euthanized inside a stable;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted tracks,
The muttering attacks
During restless nights of one-play bad games
And sepia box lids with familiar names:
Rules that follow like a tedious argument
Of soporific intent
To lead you to an overwhelming question …
Oh, do not ask, “What to play?”
Let us go and have our say.

In the room the gamers come and stay
Talking of Asmodee."

-The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Games Played Last Week:
00:55 -Keep the Heroes Out (Luís Brüeh, Brueh Games, 2022)
06:49 -Air, Land, & Sea: Spies, Lies, & Supplies (Jon Perry, Arcane Wonders, 2022)
11:46 -Skymines (Viktor Kobilke and Alexander Pfister, Deep Print Games, 2022)
15:00 -Calimala (Fabio Lopiano, ADC Blackfire Entertainment GmbH, 2017)
18:46 -Resist! (Trevor Benjamin, Roger Tankersley, and David Thompson, Salt & Pepper Games, 2022)
21:25 -Tindaya (Lolo González, Red Mojo, 2022)
26:04 -Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood (Jamie Jolly, Shadowborne Games, 2022)

News (and why it doesn’t matter):
31:36 Teotihuacan: Deluxe Version in 2023
32:23 Mosaic: Wars & Disasters Expansion on KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/954412004/mosaic-wars-and-disasters-expansion
33:28 From The Red Cathedral to The White Castle
35:15 Non-US patrons! Send us a Patreon message for a chance to get a copy of Target-exclsuive Horizons of Spirit Island
36:36 Slay the Spire on KS: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/contentiongames/slay-the-spire-the-board-game
41:36 Dragonlance: Warriors of Krynn by Stephen Baker and ROb Daviau

43:16 Feature Game: Flamecraft (Manny Vega, Cardboard Alchemy, 2022)

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Now I am curious, I have only played a single learning game of this.
Looking through the rest of the list I can’t wait for Feierabend to give this a listen :slight_smile:

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They seemed less agreeable to it than dicetower.

I bet there’s a real risk of looking like an arse if you say you dislike flamecraft even if it’s principle gimmick seems to be lifted from munchkin (jokes)

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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

They are. I feel their critique (so far, have to go to a meeting now) It’s very cute but after playing I immediately thought: it’s great that my nephew likes Dragons so much. I need to see more of it but it may end up at my sister’s house.

Skymines sounds good though :slight_smile:

I agree about the Tindaya rulebook and please don’t ever compare it to Spirit Island just because it is an island setting with 2 gods.

I think I need to get Resist!

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