I hate to post stuff before I play it, but I’m too excited to keep this to myself and my wife just doesn’t get it. Plus, with exactly 298 logged plays of the various Bullets, I’m giving myself a pass. This is really about the box and not about the two new expansions that released, though I’m very excited to dig into those. 

This is up there with Slay the Spire for being my favorite kickstarter unboxing. It’s about as close to that childhood Christmas feeling as I can get. 

This new storage system is both super gimmicky and fits everything really nicely. It’s actually smaller than I thought it was going to be, which is a major positive, and will definitely take up less shelf space than the 6+ boxes I had before. Even if the box eventually wears down, just having everything in one place with nice sturdy card holders and dividers is a massive game changer. Bullet has always been (to me) the best game with the worst rules and storage. 

Quick elevator pitch for the game for the uninitiated:

Boss battler that plays in about 15 minute with highly asymmetrical heroins to play as. You pull numbered “bullets” out of a bag and place them on your grid, blasting them away with your pattern cards before they reach the bottom and kill you. Each horoine has a super evil boss on the backside of their player mat that you can battle against. It’s all anime themed, and even if that’s not your jam, it fits the gameplay surprisingly well. If Dice Throne is battle Yahtzee, this is battle Tetris. There’s nothing like it and it has a killer original soundtrack on streaming services. Start with Bullet ⭐️, it’s one of the two core boxes and has the least barrier of entry (some of the ❤️ bosses are unusually cruel which can be a bit of a buzzkill if you aren’t yet mindlessly addicted).

Happy Bullet noises (Bullet Cubed, Bullet ❤️/⭐️/🍊/🐱/🖼/etc)