The LOOP (2020)
(2020)Catch Up Games, Pandasaurus Games
The LOOP is a quirky, cooperative, time-traveling strategy game where 1 to 4 players become temporal agents working together to thwart the evil Dr. Faux. Players engage in deck building and crisis management as they attempt to prevent the villain from completing a destructive time travel loop.
The Verdict
based on 20 reviews
The LOOP is a fun and chaotic cooperative game where players must constantly adapt to ever-changing conditions, making strategic use of its core 'LOOP' mechanic. The reviewer highly praises its impressive components, engaging art style, and dynamic, challenging gameplay.
The reviewer considers 'The LOOP' to be one of their favorite cooperative board games from 2020, praising its innovative, creative, engaging, and fun gameplay, which skillfully combines elements from different genres.
Liege of Games reviews "The Loop," praising its innovative cooperative deck-building and area manipulation. The reviewer highly recommends the game, calling it one of their favorite and best games of 2020.
This video from Before You Play offers a comprehensive look at The LOOP board game. It includes a rules overview, a full playthrough of the game, and concludes with a dedicated review segment.
The reviewer highly recommends The LOOP, praising its fun-but-simple deck-building, high replayability through varied scenarios and distinct agents, and the consistent challenge it offers. They appreciate its unique, goofy time-travel theme and quick Dr. Faux turns, comparing it favorably to a 'next-step Pandemic game'.
The video from Board Game Sanctuary offers a comparative review of the cooperative board game 'The LOOP,' evaluating if its unique mechanics and theme offer a better experience than 'Pandemic.' It highlights the engaging gameplay and replayability of 'The LOOP.'
Geeks Under Grace highly recommends "The LOOP," praising its clever card system, distinctive cube tower, engaging sci-fi theme, and stylized art that together create a fresh and high-quality cooperative board game experience.
Brody Sheard highly recommends The LOOP, a cooperative deck-building game where players work together against Dr. Foo, rating it as excellent and a game he always wants to play.
The reviewer highly praises "The LOOP" for its clever and satisfying card-looping mechanic, providing a variable and engaging cooperative puzzle that feels challenging yet fair, making it a favorite despite minor concerns like potential for alpha playering.
This video from One Stop Coop Shop provides a review of the cooperative board game 'The LOOP'. It likely discusses the game's time-travel theme, unique art style, cooperative mechanics, and the challenge of stopping Dr. Faux.
ProZD reviews The LOOP, praising it as a quirky and fun cooperative game with addictive card play and a satisfying loop mechanic. He enjoys it despite some minor flaws with the cube tower, finding it best with two players.
The reviewer highly praises 'The LOOP' as a crunchy, cooperative, deck-building puzzle with a quirky theme and satisfying 'loop' mechanic that allows for powerful, multi-card turns, making it a strong contender for best game of the year, particularly highlighting its excellent solo mode.
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