Episode 422 – 1, 2, 3, Tidal Blades 2!

We’re testing out a new review format, with our thoughts recorded in real-time after 1, 2, and 3 plays.

0:00:00 Fact for 422

Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacking – the hijacking lasted 16 days!

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0:04:00 What We’ve Been Playing

Fleet: The Dice Game
Carnuta
S’mores Galore: Roast and Write (our review)
Adventurous
Tag Team – we begin to unpack WHY we struggle with this game, and talk about whether we’d go for the new Arthurian legends box.
Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders

0:16:20 The Family Gamers Community

Say hello to our three new members!

#Backtalk

We talked about games that are too tempting in the Facebook community and on the #backtalk channel of the Discord.

Andrew found the weird cat game he mentioned: it’s Catlantis.

0:22:20 1,2,3 – Tidal Blades 2!

We give our thoughts on Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders. We really enjoyed this game, but it is a LOT.

(First play conversation was originally from episode 415.)

0:28:10 after the second play

We get a little more comfortable with the largeness of the game.

0:40:30 after the third play

Verdict: We think Tidal Blades 2: Rise of the Unfolders is overall a better game than Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef.

Are we going to come back to this game and play it more and more? Maybe. We really enjoy this game. It’s immersive, and when we start playing we don’t really want to stop. But we need to allow 3+ hours for a play session. And that’s really hard for us to do. And we don’t have the space to leave it set up. Maybe we can at least play it a few more times over the kids’ summer vacation?

We recommend this to families with a heavy caveat: this is a big game that requires a big commitment.

0:58:40 New Backtalk Question

Last week we talked about the game or game type you can’t help but buy. This week, let’s flip the question.

Is there a game you want, but you won’t let yourself get? Maybe it’s too expensive, maybe you just know it won’t get played in your house. Does this kind of game even exist for you?

Tell us on the #backtalk channel on our Discord, or in our Facebook community.

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