Milla, Zee, and Tom take a look at Trailblazer: The John Muir Trail
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Just checked the rules and there is a shorter game variant that is 10 days long. Don’t know if that would change Tom’s opinion on the game
I am still not sure where I am landing on this one. I have played ot twice (2 player and 3 player) and my initial impression after playing my first 2 player game was a 9. After a second game, I'm thinking maybe 8.5. I have not played 4 player, but it seems it opens up the spots quite a bit at a glance (every main resource space gets an extra spot, plus additional location spot), but having not tried it at that player count I don’t know how realistically those added spaces free things up for a whole extra player in a game that gets fairly tight in later rounds.
My copy is "theoretically" coming on Tuesday.
The hiking and elevation tracks being so weird and clashy is enough to put me off this one. Thats so strange to me.
im not sure if i can buy another hiking game. Parks is a permanent fixture in my library
I've been on the edge for this game and have watched a few videos on it ever since its Kickstarter. However, Camilla's overview and the discussion with its range of opinions, all of which I value, made this a game that I now want to buy. Thank you, guys!
I was lucky enough to see how this game developed over the years. It's a great game and has the feel of hiking.
Rajas of the Ganges – first player passes left unless someone takes the action that gives 2 fame and first player.
I wish I had ordered this game at the belgium shop that buys kickstarters. I love hiking and good nature-themed games. But it was just too expensive for me, considering there was only so much to find about this game on the internet. I couldn't risk it.
Beautiful looking game. Tempted to play for that alone but over all seems a tad convoluted for me.
Another strange thing with this game is that you are filling your backpack AS you hike? A lot of hikers dumping their stuff on the trail and you just went out with an empty backpack? 😂
Game looks pretty cool tho!
We really liked it at 2 players. Think it might get long at a higher player count
Also we house ruled the destination cards at 2 players… At the end of each round we eliminate the bottom one, slide and refresh (unless they are all getting replaced) bc otherwise at felt like we didn’t get to see enough
SO glad I KS’d this one!!!! ❤️❤️🏕️
#tomhatesfun
This was the first Kickstarter I ever backed and it arrived yesterday! Loving this game. Fantastic theme.
Just want to say that I really appreciate the production in the rules teach part of this video, being able to see the cards, scoring summary, etc. clearly really helped.
I want a concise review.
There is a rules error at 6:20. You can only take a hardship token for each missing resource when taking the hike/climb action or for missing food/water in the sunset phase. You cannot take a hardship token for a missing resource in order to purchase a destination (or field) card.
Love the theme of the game! Glad to hear the thoughts because I do not like long games so this is good food for thought! Now to decide…
I absolutely love the theme and debated backing this for a long time, but I get the strong sense that I'd be super frustrated with this being ALMOST great, but just missing the mark; wishing little things here and there were just a bit different. I was also really thrown off by the art, because some of it is amazing, but then some just seems a wildly different low quality style.
Lived in the Sierra Nevadas for 20 years and backpacked (and other activities) throughout. I miss them sorely as we recently moved away. I'm a newbie board gamer and never was excited about a game's theme, but rather the actual mechanisms. Appreciate Tom's comments, but for the first time, the details in the theme of this game might satisfy my grieving heart to scratch what is itching until we get to go back out there again. Backpacking, or hiking, it's all about the details sometimes, so hopefully, this game won't seem so overwhelming, even though we are only used to light to mid weight games. Also, we would be playing 2 players, so hopefully the 12 rounds wouldn't seem like the game drags. The only weird concept is adding things to backpack, but reality sets in and every ounce you add in the heavier backpack is a huge decision lol! Still, I'm gonna hike to the store and get this game!
Is it comparable to Adam Kaluza's K2 ?