The PROBLEM with Tigris & Euphrates

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This used to be the NUMBER ONE game on boardgamegeek! So what went wrong 25 years after its release? In fact, it's not even top 100 anymore! Ignoring how Tigris and Euphrates is out of print, this game is a masterpiece when it comes to gameplay design and balance in a tabletop board game, as players can place their tiles ANYWHERE, which opens up a crazy complex decision space to outplay each other. Plus the rules are simple with just 2 actions a turn and the goal of getting the most victory points... but you only count your points in the scoring category you're weakest in. It's hard to grasp its strategy, and when friends get together for game night for something relaxing or exciting, Tigris & Euphrates somehow isn't really doing either of those. Support us: https://www.patreon.com/shelfside https://ko-fi.com/shelfside Our Website! https://www.shelfside.co/ Purchase Games We’ve Reviewed! (Paid Link) https://amazon.com/shop/shelfside Shelfside Social Media: https://twitter.com/ShelfSideYT https://www.instagram.com/shelfsideboardgames/ https://www.facebook.com/ShelfsideYT/ https://discord.gg/U7QQKqYT62 Links to our other stuff: Ashton's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/ashtonwu Daniel's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/doyduh2 Table of Contents: #1 on BGG? - (0:00) What is T&E? (Brief How to Play) - (1:26) Explaining the Awesomeness - (4:27) The Problem(s) with Tigris & Euphrates - (9:57) Ashton’s Personal Score - (18:00) The following music was used for this media project: Music: Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Artist website: https://incompetech.com ♪ Biscuit (Prod. by Lukrembo) Link : https://youtu.be/EtZ2m2Zm3vY Broke For Free - Something Elated [Creative Commons Music] https://soundcloud.com/user-231592479/broke-for-free-something-elated Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors Track 1 Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 5 Age of empires 2 Age of Kings Track 1 Age of Empires 2: The Conquerors - Track 8 Eastern Intro - Rome Total War Original Soundtrack - Jeff van Dyck 🎵 Song: 'Scott Buckley - Phoenix' is under a creative commons license. https://youtube.com/user/musicbyscottb 🎶 Music promoted by BreakingCopyright: https://youtu.be/4HhM66X978U The Mediterranean (Total War: Rome II OST) #boardgames #tabletop #tabletopgames