Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
You and your people will start with very little - only the most basic skills and limited resources. But you know where that gets you? Not very far at all in the endless winter!!! To ensure you prosper over your opponent's villages you must immediately get to work upskilling, building your culture, constructing your camps, and killing your animals for meat to survive. In this game of multiple mechanics and mini-games, you need to try to keep all of these survival elements in balance.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:03 Theme overview (Themer)
01:32 Mechanics overview (Thinker)
14:05 Table hog!
14:53 The card play / hand management is excellent
15:04 A balanced strategy seems to be best
18:11 Area control and worker placement are lower tension
21:02 Good ways of getting 'unstuck'
22:35 Base game gets a little repetitive
27:25 Historical fiction
29:52 Preferred player count
31:18 Solo mode
34:17 Is this for us, or for you?
More Information: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/305096/endless-winter-paleoamericans
Thanks for stopping by for our mechanics & theme board game review of Endless Winter. We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create. Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience. #boardgames #thinkerthemer
You and your people will start with very little - only the most basic skills and limited resources. But you know where that gets you? Not very far at all in the endless winter!!! To ensure you prosper over your opponent's villages you must immediately get to work upskilling, building your culture, constructing your camps, and killing your animals for meat to survive. In this game of multiple mechanics and mini-games, you need to try to keep all of these survival elements in balance.
Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
01:03 Theme overview (Themer)
01:32 Mechanics overview (Thinker)
14:05 Table hog!
14:53 The card play / hand management is excellent
15:04 A balanced strategy seems to be best
18:11 Area control and worker placement are lower tension
21:02 Good ways of getting 'unstuck'
22:35 Base game gets a little repetitive
27:25 Historical fiction
29:52 Preferred player count
31:18 Solo mode
34:17 Is this for us, or for you?
More Information: boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/305096/endless-winter-paleoamericans
Thanks for stopping by for our mechanics & theme board game review of Endless Winter. We're Amy & Maggie aka ThinkerThemer. We're an Australian couple with two very different perspectives of what makes a great board game - Amy (Thinker) is all about the mechanics and enjoys tight, competitive games, and Maggie (Themer) is all about the storytelling and the theme of the game, and the 'world' that the designer is trying to create. Subscribe to our channel to hear us talk about these two elements of a game, and how well integrated we feel these are in delivering a cohesive and wonderful game experience. #boardgames #thinkerthemer
