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Review of Casting Shadows – Player Elimination Board Game from Unstable Games

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Build your power, transform into your Shadow Form, and eliminate your opponents with the new player elimination board game from Unstable Games – Casting Shadows. The game has great art and fun components, but the mechanics left us wanting more and feeling kind of bored while playing. We’ll give you all of our thoughts in our full review video.

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23 comments

@thediminutivesoldier December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
it infuriates me that each tile has a power and they could have easily put a small symbol on each tile for them. infuriating! My kids (11 and 8) love this game. They ask to play it and I go "ugggghhhhh ok...." Great video. I subbed to your channel.
@Jesse-dt1pf December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
We need more here to slay expansions
@timnguyenqj December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
How dare you guys say that happy little dinosaur is not that good. My classmates think that happy little dinosaur is a really fun game
@xander6153 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
Another thing i’d like to point out is that the shadow form of the meeples suck, like you get a companion, but the shadow abilities they have aren’t great, for example the fox does 1 damage to everybody, terrible for 1v1’s, and still bad even if theres a lot of people, when you get the evolved shadow form theres absolutely no reason to not reroll the shadow fragments because of how useless they become
@ThatGuyBill1985 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
My wife and I are obsessed with this game and have played a large number of 1v1. I should note that we also have the expansion set with freeze and stun mechanics.

A few house rules for the two of us:

- We noticed that some cards and a Hex tile using the freeze mechanic were too powerful in a 1v1 scenario, so we opted to not use them
- Recovery Raven shadow companion does not cost an orb to use in addition to utilizing a conversion spell
- We do not use the No damage tile or the +1 damage tile in a 1v1

We are reading other people's house rules and may try them out as well:

- We like the idea of going in and then out of shadow form once you use it's ability, with the option of using an action point to swap your shadow companion once you re-enter it
- Possibly being only able to attack when you're in shadow form is interesting
- The game favors aggression, and most counter spell cards aren't great, so making them cost less somehow seems like a good idea
- Removing the Swamp shadow companion and having the protect action remove all cursed dice
@MessiahKnight December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
Just got this last night. You guys are ruining it for me before i even try it 😂
@JeremyRiley-g5c December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
Curious what you think of the ice storm expansion and if it adds anything to the game play or not
@JAMing_all_night December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
Thanks for the review
@Mr_CrowFPV December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
Yeah we just got deeper into this creator and I'm finding the same issues with them.

Played unstable unicorns and felt like, why play this when here to slay was basically the same thing but better. And my issue with casting shadows is that it's basically the same thing but with much more setup time and complexity. Laaameeee
@koro9553 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
I mostly agree with your points about the game. it gets kind of repeatative real Quick. But what i dont agree with is the hate against happy little Dinosaurs. I LOVE this game. You can play it with everyone and still it gives room for tactical gameplay. I got a big variety of people top play with but I NEVER had someone who didnt like it. unstable unicorns and exploding kittens had mixed reactions alltough I love them too.
@folds4life502 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
Do I need to buy the vinyl figures to use as tokens (and if not are they worth it)?
@nickolaustriantafelo108 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
I can't hit a like & subscribe for this because cuz all you did was talk s*** about games that I like playing.
@marcinserafin787 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
I thought of a few different rules to implement after my first playthrough that could make it more exciting
1) I printed out 5 additional copies of the hexagon description page for everyone
2) I used the dice as the action counter. After you roll, you collect the smaller versions of the dice. As you take an action, you pass the die to the next person.
3) rule one: after you utilize your shadow form special ability, you devolve back to the cute part (similar to Digimon vs pokemon)
4) rule 2 (not sure about this one) once you evolve, your hp increases by 5/ regenerate all hp to 18.
@TheGreatGolD December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
The oh song
@ConsumeUke December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
You don't have to play by unstabel's rules you can tweek them to make them suit your cup of tea. If you don't like luck then change the dice roll mechanic to that were you roll the dice iduvidualy and get 2 FREE re rolls
it would mean that you would think and stratagise.
just my take tho lmao :p
@MrKingfresh54321 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
L take nit picky complaining about RNG in a board game 😂
@Dragolato December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
I think i've decided to purchase this game as well as happy little dinosaurs and here to slay. Reason being that they seem like a good intro game to people who arent into board games like twilight imperium or comic encounters or stuff like that. Plus they're cheap and they're fun to look at so i guess even with their generally unfavorable rating i'm still going to give them a shot.

Dont know if you guys have any suggestions for some fun/simple intro board games?
@calebelkins217 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
I backed it but I definitely agree. Looks great! Plays 💩
@Chewi_Kitten December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
So this review just talkes about how they could of organized the board better but doesn't actually talk about the issues of the actual gameplay itself so does that mean that the gameplay is actually good and it's the organization is just bad ?
@MasterSorez December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
Im still waiting for mine to get delivered from the kickstarter, while I do, do you recommend any house rules to make this a more fun experience, and not as complicated for me and my friends to enjoy?
@trevorsinnott123 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
I love this game. I have had a ton of fun playing it with my friends. I backed the game on Kickstarter at the highest tier and I'm glad I did. Not every game needs to be complex. Sometimes I just like to play a game where it is quick to learn and I can just roll dice and attack my friends. I also play more complex games as well, in case you were wondering.
@Beno951 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
RNG could be tough sometimes. So we added house rule that using "protect" ability allows to protect from all of the cursed crystals (not just one). Makes the game feel more fair.
And yeah... all Unstable games have problem with lots of small text all over the place. And they should add a lot more iconography into their games.
@That3dPrintGuy79 December 13, 2024 - 7:19 am
I have played this once with my friends in a 6 player game (he got the $150 version) and I think you are kinda correct. First off he explained the game to me and we opted to not play with hex tile powers bc it’s just so much of a hassle to go find the rule book and find its power for every location. Second I agree heavily with the dice reliance, it’s a big bummer when I rolled 3 dark crystals and have to waste almost all my actions just to not take damage. I still think it is a great game and I really enjoyed playing it and I will definitely get it

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