Space Base The Emergence of Shy Pluto Review, Is Shy Pluto worth it? Spoilers saved for the very end
Channel: Tabletop Bellhop
Date: 2021-11-02

In this board game review video, we take a mostly spoiler-free look at The Emergence of Shy Pluto for Space Base. We're careful to not spoil any of the storyline for this Saga expansion and save any mechanics based spoilers for the very end of the video, with plenty of warning when we get to them. 

Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto was designed by John D. Clair, the designer of the base game of Space Base, and features artwork by Chris Walton. It was originally published in North America by AEG in 2019. This story-driven expansion plays two to five players and features a number of scenarios, with each game taking from half an hour to about an hour and a half with that game length depending mainly on player count. 

This review is one segment of episode 151 of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, Filling The Cube. You can catch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8cjMYXl6uY

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Timestamps:

00:00 INTRODUCTION AND SHORT GAME OVERVIEW
02:41 COMPONENT OVERVIEW
04:40 WHAT DOES SHY PLUTO ADD TO SPACE BASE?
09:35 OUR THOUGHTS ON SHY PLUTO
22:14 SHOULD YOU PICK UP THE EMERGENCE OF SHY PLUTO?
25:17 SPOILERS: TALK ABOUT NEW MECHANICS AND MODULE
38:35 CLOSING 

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From the publisher, 

A strange new galactic body has emerged within the Milky Way. The greatest minds of The United Earth Services find themselves bewildered by the sudden appearance of Shy Pluto. Get the crews to their stations — it's time to deploy your ships.

The Emergence of Shy Pluto is the first installment of Space Base "Saga Expansions." This expansion to Space Base is a collection of story-based scenarios that introduce new content to the game via a narrative structure. Not only are new ships added, but new scenarios are included as well. Once the story is completed, it may be replayed or the contents may be added to the Space Base base set.

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Links:

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Read the written review of Space Base: The Emergence of Shy Pluto on the Tabletop Bellhop Blog:
https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/shy-pluto/

Watch our Shy Pluto Unboxing video: 
https://youtu.be/uv4zE_HNQBo

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