Set a Watch: Digital Edition

very good

Fun game! I had never played the physical board game, but I enjoy this digital version quite a bit. It is a pretty simple system that is easy to pick up with a good tutorial for the basics, but has a surprising amount of tactical depth. The six characters each shine under different circumstances and the stream of monsters you face each night really makes you think. Recommended. Looking forward to any future expansions they might release and the new characters and systems that come with them!

It's all right

I own and love the physical version, and this one does a great job of translating it into a digital format. If you've never played the board game before- this is a dice management game where you always have a party of four heroes. They have to survive a set number of nights, and each of these nights, one hero stays behind to run the camp while the other three stand watch. These three have to fight a stack of monsters, using their dice to either directly hit the monster or to activate one of their abilities. Meanwhile, the one back at camp is gathering firewood (to better see the enemies coming), checking maps, reorganizing their abilities and other strategic things. It is very easy to learn, and intuitive to play. The tutorial does a pretty good job for new players, but (unless I missed something) it missed an entire part of the camping phase, where you can spend doubles or triples on magical effects... I would not have bought it if they kept the AI generated card backs, but they heard the complaints from a lot of people and fixed it. Additionally, the version I have played runs great and is really well done. (Though, it oddly, feels more difficult than the one in my closet. Maybe that's just me.) The music is good, too, but I wish there was more of it. Also, more variety in the vocal cues, too. I know they're just grunts, but they all sounded the same. I hope this does well enough so we can get all those great expansions.

Adaptation fidèle du jeu de plateau du même nom (éditeur Rock Manor Games) vous choisissez 4 héros qui traverseront les étendues sauvages afin de triompher de vos ennemis (8 tableaux à traverser + tableau final). A chaque voyage l'un des héros restera au camp pour se reposer, se soigner et accomplir des actions essentielles à l'aventure. Dans le même temps les 3 héros suivants partiront en ronde afin d'abattre les monstres et créatures qui rôdent dans les ténèbres. Set a watch est un jeu exigeant, comportant une part de hasard mais la bonne gestion que vous ferez des actions du camp et des habilités de vos héros détermina votre réussite ou votre échec. Ce jeu est atypique et passionnant (pour les amateurs du genre). Espérons que les extensions suivront pour enrichir le jeu de base. A testouiller sans hésitation !

Very well done adaptation of the boardgame, I'm very impressed and I look forward to many plays! Well worth the money

Game is Broken, I was supposed to take 2 damage and the game broke and kept making me take 2 damage again and again and again. till all my characters dead.

So far I can say that it's a solid adaptation of original board game with really nice hand painted illustrations

I have both the boardgame version and its stand-alone expansion "sword of the coins". This digital adaptation do a good job : original artworks are nicely reproduced, board management is smooth, it's easy to check gravveyard, deck, characters abilities, etc... Also, Set a watch without sword of the coins have a perfect difficulty curve, well represented in the steam adaptation. In fact, with the expansion, the boardgame is too easy. However, more character/monster is always fun. BTW, for roughly 10 bucks it's a good shot. I will give the same amount for more content.

Great game with a poor UI that looks like a mobile port. Can not see all of the creature cards that you are facing, so can only use abilties on the first four or five cards, so sometimes abililtes that let you selct two unrevelaed cards will only let you choose one. UI scalling option in game settings does not seem to do much, if anything.