Tom Vasel, Mike DiLisio, Zee Garcia, and Wendy Yi take a look at Revive!
Intro 0:00
Overview 1:33
Review 8:26
Mike Score’s 19:37
Zee’s Scores 20:55
Wendy’s Scores 21:50
Tom’s Scores 22:43
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I watched all gameplay videos for this one and it’s a mystery to me why people are hyping it. I feel this is basically this year’s Arnak just in terms of leaving me puzzled. In the playthroughs I watched basically the board state of all players look very similar in the end. Just watch the VP track on the left, they always have about the same VPs in the end and also revealed similar amounts of tech in their tech tree. Being in this hobby for a long time with over a hundred games I can tell this one won’t stand the test of time simply because it’s too samey. Mike and Zee see through it. The other two are caught up in their initial excitement. You’d think they’d know better.
"Card play"…."Card play!…."Card play?"
Great review! I noticed that this appears to take up an immense amount of table space. Is this indeed the case? (I live in a NYC apartment, so…)
i love the cover of this game – a wasteland framed by a beautiful bloom
We played this earlier this week. This is almost the perfect game for me!
Harry Potter does that too. I'm always telling people: "play 7th year straight out of the box".
I’m surprised Mike was as negative as he was about Revive. Thought it’d be one he would love. I was concerned at the beginning of the final thoughts because everyone was being negative for 2 minutes about the game.
The cover font is … rather unreadable from a distance.
I feel like they should've sized that title one or two sizes up.
The rest of the cover is fine. But i can't read REVIVE. i read "rewwe" "reviue " "reuiie"
About the negative comments on the campaign – I feel like they are trying to take some of that front end teach out of this game by making certain elements part of a tutorial. This works great in video games, where you can just jump in and start playing. Having to learn/teach rules is one of the barriers to entry for board games. So, even though this game maybe didn't accomplish all that, I give them credit for trying. I know I'll certainly go through the campaign as designed. It will make sure that it hits the table at least 5 times, and respects the designer's intent.
Best game from Essen 2022 for me. So many things I enjoy in one game.
I really liked this game is definitely on my top 3 of this year and feel like Mike was set to just not like it, it feels a little hypocrite tbh specially when all the bad things he said about the game, are a lot worst in Dwellings of Eldervale which is one of his favorites, I mean, really? Complaining about theme? I still have no idea what the idea of DoE is, other than some generic fantasy thing with workers, you don't play this kinds of games because of theme to start with, and just to be clear I really like DoE too.
I love this game cover. It so screams rebirth, or revive in this case. It makes me happy just looking at it. And for the theme, yes there are games with stronger themes, but I have taught this game three times now and I always teach it thematically. You are expanding out, re-discovering long lost technology (unlocking your engine). I also love looking into the "mythos" of each faction and seeing how it shapes their special actions. This can help you to understand how to best play each faction as much as anything. In the end this game just gives so many endorphin hits, as you describe them, that it's just fun. Happy to see the seal of excellence. Hopefully that will encourage more people you seek out this great game – my game of the year!
Thank you for the review! Fantastic game (10/10 for me) that i loved played all 6 times we got to play! One I would love to play again soon, but there are too many games 😅
No theme and a pain to teach with a front loaded ruleset ….. Hmmm. I'll wait for retail release and see then, but this won't be a "must grab ASAP" title.
Wendy is my fav at explaining the games.
Stellarion
An 8 from Zee and a 9 from Wendy. Hmm, this just got cemented into my To Watch list. My taste tend to be quite similar to theirs.
I accept this is a good game but I can't get over how boring it looks, every part of it.
The worst box cover since Concordia almost made me pass on this one.
Thank you for the review and the playthrough, I enjoyed both videos. Has anyone at The Dice Tower managed to try it solo?
Looks like a great game, on my watch-list. Just curious, what is the cut-off for a Seal of Excellence? The average score here is 8.3 (rounded) and was under the impression SoE was 8.5+…
I don't think it will be a game I get now, but something I watch for the future.
This has got to be game of the year, right?
Have to watch out for this one. The cover did not entice me to purchase at all. Board looks cool, like the theme idea, but that cover… oof.
The cover is actually beautiful. The game…. not sure yet lol
City of iron has a similar deck building aspect. The cards you buy go into your hand before your deck. You also don’t shuffle your decks. You stack your decks in a way where you are manipulating your decks so that you can get the cards you want the most sooner.
Thank you for the review! Much appreciated. In watching the board-play I was losing attention because of the lack of a cohesive theme, but because you all gave it such high marks on the mechanics, I'll see if it catches my attention again, or not, over time.