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‘SETI’ is One of 2024’s Biggest Board Games. But is it any good?

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0:00 SETI: Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
0:25 Overview
3:28 The fun stuff!
7:03 [Spoilers]
8:20 Conclusions
14:26 Some alternatives
15:43 Behind the scenes

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28 comments

@stuartcoyle1626 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Who needs SETI? I've got Cosmic Encounter and have discovered hundreds of aliens.

@CallipygianMoose November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Not the most appealing box art on this one.

@andrethannhauser6302 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

You don't need to scan the whole universe, just terraform Mars.

@davetalbert8387 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

The review gives me a big Terraforming Mars vibe — a game that I loved, though I recall that SU&SD didn't.

@melo0187 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Yeah, not for me. I'm going to play Disco Elysium now, thank you

@crepusculo1027 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Sorry Tom, but, you saying that you don't like SETI because it's not like Arcs, feels to me like a burger-lover saying they didn't like sushi because it doesn't have enough bacon and cheese.
Your review and opinion is still totally valid, but I just think you're just not the target for this type of game.
For what it's worth, your review convinced me to get it 😀

@Pimlka November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Shut up and seti down
And also, great review!

@davidnicolau3927 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Oh dear, that dial-up connection noise at 0:40 or so brought back memories

@dieslowly November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

I hope this video title is a reference to Review with Forrest Macneil

@kaitai7302 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Too late, I already have a copy of Search for UAPS. Can’t wait to hear about it on the podcast.

Also while playing it with a group at my library, we found out that the app does not connect you to one game while playing on multiple devices. Instead it creates a separate instance of that game on each device. We were a bit confused by this at first since the game didn’t clarify about that.

@xCriticalStrikex November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

intrepid is a cool space game.

@AggToaster November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Fun fact space is actually flat.

@Sipulih November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

No Uranus joke?? oh maan…….

@TheRealActualPaincake November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

"I probe Venus, and play the James Bond: Golden Eye card in defence postition!"

@UtterMarcus November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Are you really comparing SETi to a push your luck dice game? ouch

@MJ-ze3vw November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Nice recommendation of Sol: Last Days of a Star. Despite being an almost abstract game, it's incredibly thematic and thought-provoking. And the best part is, it mostly achieves that through in-game mechanics rather than the flavor text. I'd love to watch an entire episode on it, although perhaps it's not new enough for a video.

@wigoow1206 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Space may not be flat, but the solar system is (almost). That's because formed from a rotating cloud of gas and dust simliar to the rings of saturn.

@Robinson_Crusoe November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

At first i was super confused thinking this was a re-upload, then even more confused because i thought another member of the crew did a Seti review and Tom decided to do a second one just for good measure. Only then did i realize i actually watched the "first" video on the no puns intended channel XD

@Orange_Pith November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

i like your coffee mug

@sykes1024 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Rotate the board?! That's NUMBERWANG!

@McSlobo November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Looks like the flippable alien boards might need some sleeves after a few games, if anyone cares.

@Ends_Of_Invention November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

god that data looks delicious

@sertaki November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

Flat space is already a thing!
We (meaning scientists) already proved that it has to be. It just means something very different than one would think without knowing a lot about complicated physics.

@kivipaperisakset3999 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

I think SETI might be good for many people for whom board game nights are few and far between, and the people playing can change a lot between sessions. There is not the same chance to feel games feel similar, if you only play now and then.

@clickthecreeper9463 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

1:13 our solar system (and our galaxy, to a slightly lesser extent) is actually quite flat, due to the conservation of angular momentum which affected the dust as the system was forming.

@NexusBaum November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

I really like that wheel thingy

@jonathanlevy9635 November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

1:24 most of our solar system do in fact move in one flat plane

@NexusBaum November 9, 2024 - 5:52 am

look! it's Tom! <3

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