Watch “First Impressions of Kemet: Blood & Sand - Off The Table Aug 2, 2021,” a board game review for Kemet: Blood and Sand on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by The Cardboard Herald on YouTube:
We've gotten it to the table, some of us more than once! Had a couple items to discuss first then Kemet discussion kicks in at 14:35. Show notes & full time stamps are below.
00:00 Livestream opening
00:44 Terraforming Mars: Ares Expedition
04:04 Descent Legends of the Dark reviews are coming in
08:06 MTG & D&D crossover
14:35 Kemet discussion begins in earnest
16:25 Kemet history (original base game & expansion links below)
21:18 Blood & Sand Scope & kickstarter
24:30 Book of the Dead expansion & Lovecraft controversy
30:45 Our perspectives & # of plays
32:30 Does it feel like the same game?
36:40 Biggest changes (balance, pyramid, cosmetics & power scaling)
43:30 Visual identity
46:10 Inserts & convenience
47:40 Book of the dead & changes to combat cards
50:15 Disappointments
52:30 Ambiguous rule descriptions & iconography
55:20 Map arrangement & scaling solutions
60:00 What it does best
63:33 Errata & rulebook revisions (links below)
64:45 Final thoughts
LINKS:
Original Base Game BGG Page - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/127023/kemet
Ta'Seti BGG Page - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/161842/kemet-ta-seti
Seth BGG Page - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgameexpansion/254543/kemet-seth
Blood & Sand Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/matagot/kemet-blood-and-sand
Mainly reviews. Kemet: Blood and Sand is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 26 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 5 recorded sessions, 11 unboxings, and 8 other videos.
2 - 5 players
90 - 180 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
About Kemet: Blood and Sand, from BoardGameGeek:
The epic Egyptian game Kemet is reborn with a new revised edition!
With Kemet: Blood and Sand, immerse yourself in a more realistic Ancient Egypt. Here, Gods are powerful, masters of both the desert and the Nile delta. They challenge each other in violent battles and show no mercy. Get ready to become an Egyptian God, open the gates of your city, and let your troops sing the song of war to please you and claim your dominance as master of Ancient Egypt.
Kemet: Blood and Sand features new art and upgraded gameplay with new approachable rules that go beyond the 1.5 version of Kemet developed with the help of the BGG community. Free from the constraints of existing components, designers Jacques Bariot and Guillaume Montiage go even further in fine-tuning the Kemet experience.
The game also features a redesigned map with a twist, bigger and more detailed figurines, and other surprises.
-description from the publisher
Designers
Jacques Bariot, Guillaume Montiage
Artists
Dimitri Bielak, Émile Denis, Pascal Quidault, Pierre Santamaria