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Why is Arcs Like That? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 4 days ago by db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/boardgames@sopuli.xyz

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I'm the sort of weirdo that sees a movie-length game review and am desperate now to find other weirdos who got just as excited about it to play Blighted Reach.

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[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Picked up a copy at Gencon last year and absolutely love it. I will never turn down an opportunity to play some Arcs.

Also need to find 3 people dedicated enough to play the campaign.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

If there's a TTS version of it, I'm always game. 🤘🏼

edit: A quick search returned a helpful link from that other place (not gonna link to it), and I'm gonna check it out!

https://discord.gg/woodland-warriors-476234833572397056 join the leder games discord, there are plenty of games that launch daily and lots of people who are willing to teach, or are also new :)

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

Did the campaign one weekend, it was really cool. Man it was exhausting though.

[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Tldw? Because a 90 minute review is insane.

[–] pigsaw@mastodon.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

@AwesomeLowlander @db0 It's not a review, it really is an essay asking "why is it like that?" and "why can't I say clearly whether I have fun playing it?"

And the tl;dw (I think) is that it's based heavily on Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. It's telling a story with a narrative arc, with you as the protagonist, and great stories can be many things, but they don't always need to be "fun".

But it's also an amazing video essay, wonderfully produced, and is a great watch.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

I personally love emergent gameplay and emergent storylines, however I am not into TTRPGs anymore. Blighted Reach seems like it would create an amazing emergent multi-generational storyline around a mechanically tight and enjoyable BG and I think that sounds awesome!