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Age of Automaton

Game ID: GID0017407
Game Info
Year
2024
Players
2-4
Age
14+
Playtime
90 min
Complexity
3.2/5
Collection
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Total mentions: 3
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Sentiment: pos 2 · mix 1 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video AzPwLaZPwoQ Board Gaming Ramblings Top List at 4:21:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • surprised by how fun it was
  • enjoyed myself playing it way more than I thought I would
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • spoiler alert is the worst Legacy game I've ever played
  • it's a fun trick taking game I'm looking forward to play like all the chapters
  • it was a complete bust for me at least
  • it just fell flat
  • it wasn't exciting at all
  • it's lighter than I remembered
  • it's a medium game
  • it's like you are there's a city and it's in a crisis and there's like Point SCS basically
  • it's like a semic coop thing because everyone can end up losing but it's a very fun game
  • it is a a great game I really really like it I was very happy to be able to play it again
  • it's such an amazing game
  • I just love age of innovation
  • it's my number one as well it's a fantastic game for all the reasons you said
  • playing heyo because it's really fun
  • everybody's just like vibing
  • it's it's just like silly fun
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Video _kcLGU86viQ Board Gaming Ramblings Other at 5:40 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • Enjoyed it enough to put it on the shelf.
Cons
  • Not enough of a draw to pull it out and play again.
  • Been in the collection for a while.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It's a good one. Next up is another good one called Formosa Tea.
  • It's a flip and cube placing game.
  • This is the one that I wanted us to get.
  • This is the way that doesn't spill.
  • It is a longer game. I would have liked to play it but there is too many games so we're not playing it.
  • He played it when it arrived. We never did.
  • it's supposed to be fun, but there are so many fun games.
  • this made it into the top 10 from last year.
  • I love the worker placement like bidding that you bid with work.
  • But I like so much about it. I just don't like how long it is.
  • So even though I love and adore it, I don't think I will play it again.
  • my number one game from last year was galactic cruise. Galaxy Cruise.
  • And those are 20 more games leaving the shelf for different reasons.
  • And if you have too many games, take a hard look on yourself and see if there's something that you don't really need to have there because I promise you it feels good.
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Video -bBI3Gk7P4I Board Gaming Ramblings Discussion at 15:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • tight design and clear planning path
  • interesting balance of risk and reward when upgrading workers
Cons
  • hard/complex; not forgiving
  • limited action spaces can create bottlenecks
Thematic elements
  • automatons and gears
  • industrial age with automatons
  • tight, planning-heavy
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • limited action spaces / blocking — few action spaces that get blocked quickly, creating pressure
  • Resource Management — managing resources and upgrading workers to higher levels
  • resource management / upgrades — managing resources and upgrading workers to higher levels
  • Worker Placement — using workers to perform actions, with potential to lose workers if misused
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It's a very fun little game.
  • We are going to keep it.
  • This is a roll and write game. It was fine enough.
  • I thought this was a fun resource management game.
  • The core concept are very good. I do not recommend playing this game.
  • It's so easy to teach. People understand it even though they haven't played a lot of games.
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