1565: St. Elmo’s Pay – Headspace Review with Jason Perez
25 October, 2020 |
Your Opinion
Jason Perez takes a look at 1565: St. Elmo’s Pay, a 1-2 player, head-to-head card battle game with an historical theme depicting the Great Siege of Malta.
Due to this being a war game with realistic art, some of the featured cards contain graphic images.
This review contains a bit about the game’s historical background. If you are not interested, feel free to skip ahead to the actual review using the YouTube bar. However, if you are interested in a deeper look at the history, please check out the interview I did with designer Tristan Hall.
0:00 Intro
1:37 Gameplay Walkthrough
12:37 Historical Background – The Great Siege of Malta
17:22 Thematic Headspace
20:17 Strategic Headspace
22:48 Solo Mode Thoughts
24:54 Final Thoughts