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Mar 17, 2026·Unboxing·06:01·44·Watch on YouTube

Cloudspire The Uprising: Shada Faction Expansion Unboxing | Components & First Look

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Watch “Cloudspire The Uprising: Shada Faction Expansion Unboxing | Components & First Look,” a board game unboxing on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Tabletop Gaming Guild on YouTube:

In this video, I unbox the Shada Faction Expansion for Cloudspire, the strategic tower-defense board game from Chip Theory Games. I take a detailed look at everything included in the box, including faction chips, scenario content, player aids, and overall component quality. If you’re expanding your Cloudspire collection or curious about the unique mechanics and playstyle of the Shale faction, this unboxing gives you a clear first look at what the expansion adds to the game. 👍 Like the video, 🔔 subscribe for more board game unboxings, reviews, and tabletop content, and comment if you’d like to see a Cloudspire playthrough, faction overview, or full expansion review next! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKqfRANVatVXgR-JyzXLT2g/join About Tabletop Gaming Guild Tabletop Gaming Guild is all about the memories and experiences that playing games with friends and family can create. To celebrate these experiences we produce video reviews, unboxing, playthroughs, and how to videos for tabletop games. It is our belief that tabletop games can help bring people together and create a shared sense of community. Links: Website: https://tabletopgamingguild.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/fEYRsWe Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopgamingguild Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/tabletopgamingguild Our logo was done by Reed Pritchard. You can check out more of his art at https://www.instagram.com/inkfeatherhummingbird/ Review & Sponsorship Disclosure Some of the products featured in our video reviews are provided to us at no cost by publishers or manufacturers for the purpose of review. We are not paid for our reviews, and receiving a product does not influence our opinions or final assessment in any way. If we ever receive payment or financial compensation connected to a review, we will clearly and prominently disclose that information within the video and its description. Our goal is to provide honest, unbiased coverage to help our audience make informed decisions.

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Cloudspire: Shada – Faction Expansion

Cloudspire: Shada – Faction Expansion

Expansion

2026·Adam Carlson, Josh J. Carlson, Ryan Howard, Josh Wielgus

Videos
6
Creators
5

Mostly unboxings and reviews. Cloudspire: Shada – Faction Expansion is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 3 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
90 - 180 min

About Cloudspire: Shada – Faction Expansion, from BoardGameGeek:

The Shada is a powerful new elemental-based faction that takes advantage of terrain differences the way no other faction ever has. Each Shada minion has a specific type of terrain it can move on in addition to path, forcing you and your opponents to view the map differently and take advantage of each unique layout. In addition to the unique terrain movement abilities, each minion has a special ability it can take advantage of while on that terrain. The faction's spires also benefit from specific terrain placement, boosting their abilities and promoting strategic tile control and variety. Terrain bonuses become even more lethal with fortress upgrades that tie boosted CP and multi-terrain types into spire placement. Combine Your Forces The Shada boast a unique promotion system in which their four basic minion types (stone, wind, fire, and water) can combine with each other and form unique and powerful new minions. Fire and water become steam, and wind and stone become dust. These new minions boast new terrain allowances and abilities, and their high combination variety allows you to adapt your strategy to every new opponent. Your fortress upgrades will also boost your combination abilities, allowing you new opportunities and Source rewards for combining units. The ambitious Shada player can even grab the Bioweapon die, allowing them to combine already promoted units for explosive results! -description from the publisher

Designers

Adam Carlson, Josh J. Carlson, Ryan Howard, Josh Wielgus

Artists

Jared Blando, Anthony LeTourneau

Publisher

Chip Theory Games

Categories

ExplorationFantasy

Mechanics

Programmed ActionsCooperative Game
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