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! Sponsor Message If you want to see an estimate of what your fee would be to work with First Move, visit firstmovefinancial.com/familygamers and scroll down, there’s a fee calculator there, as well as a way to set up a quick phone call to see if they’re a good fit. 0:04:00 What We’ve Been Playing Fleet: The Dice GameCarnutaS’mores Galore: Roast and Write (our review)AdventurousTag 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