Tom, Chris & Wendy take a look at the Fireland Expansion for Darwin’s Journey!
Link to the Base Game review: https://youtu.be/PICcgOneLvo
0:00 Intro
1:51 Overview
5:18 Final Thoughts
Check out Great Tables, Games, & Bags at: https://www.boardgametables.com
Join the Dice Tower Discord here! https://discord.gg/DRYCamS6DJ
Support The Dice Tower at http://www.dicetowerkickstarter.com
Support the channel by becoming a member!
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiwBbXQlljGjKtKhcdMliRA/join
Subscribe to our newsletter, “The Dice Tower Digest”: http://dicetowerdigest.com
Check out the friendliest conventions on Earth!
Dice Tower Cruise – http://www.dicetowercruise.com (January 15-21, 2023)
Dice Tower West – http://www.dicetowerwest.com (March 8 – 12, 2023)
Dice Tower East – http://www.dicetowereast.com (July 5-9, 2023)
Find more reviews and videos at http://www.dicetower.com
BGG Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/365448/darwins-journey-fireland-expansion
source
Nice to finally see the review. Would like to know Mikes or Camillas opinion of the game.
I pseudorandom setup games all the time! Just makes things interesting!
Compared to the first-first review this was quite a jump. Very happy for the game, us viewers and the DT that the game got a second chance.
I disliked the randomness in the adventure-cards. Especially in the first turn getting a really good option, can push you a lot. Also if you cant choose one (that especially happens at the start of the game) and are forced to go down that timetrack, can really mess you up. At the moment I like the basegame more, but would love to play with the additional options of the divers tracks of this expansion. Anyway its a fanstastic game.
Thank you for considering the comments of your viewers, and for giving this game a second chance! Great review!
Why would a publisher purposely remove an expansion that makes the game better and is needed to fix some flaws?
This should have just been in the base game.
Makes no sense. They released it all at the same time.
Glad you took my advice on this 🙂 🎉 😊
Was this exclusive to KS? I can't find any retailers selling it. If so what a bummer. Another potentially great game spoiled by exclusive KS expansions that should've been in the base game, or AT LEAST available for purchase
Is this expansion in the base box or is it something extra?
I had the opposite experience. The firelands made the game feel more "messy" to me and I really, really disliked the adventure cards. Some players got some really strong ones, while others got some that were useless for them. That level of randomness does not belong in a game like this.
Thank you for going the extra mile and reviewing the expansion. I’ve played the base game four times so super keen to try the expansion based on the review. Also keen to try Tuscany which I have but have never played.
It's a little funny Tom dislikes the negative points since Ark Nova is his #1, and often you end that game with negative points. But I know what he means.
Is the Fireland expansion only in the KS version? Will it be sold separately in retail?
One nerdy thing I don't like in Fireland…there is not a new set of species for the expansion, you just use the Galapagos ones.
So if I didn't kickstart the game, I need to preorder the game and the expansion to for later this Fall to have the best experience with it?
No thanks.