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Year
2023
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Description
AI Space Puzzle is a co-operative board game in which most players take on the role of people who have been evacuated from Earth on spaceships and one player performs as a distressed AI that has partially malfunctioned. Its task is to help passengers during this difficult journey, and to do so it must try to create an effective communication system so that the passengers can be directed to the proper rooms while holding the correct security keys. The AI player uses various tokens to convey the required combination of colors and pawns, but the meaning of the tokens is up to the players to decide.
The game includes dozens of scenarios with increasing levels of difficulty, each with new challenges that you must overcome to survive. Beep boop!
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watch it played Rules Teach at 0:12 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 63927 · mention_pk 157451
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- 40 unique scenarios in the book
- Scenarios arranged by difficulty with clear tutorial (gray), easy (green), difficult (yellow), and hard (red)
- Replayable AI-driven layouts with new AI strategies each game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Cooperative deduction where astronauts interpret AI clues to repair the ship
- A spaceship with 16 rooms represented by a 4x4 grid of cards that form the ship's map
- Hidden AI clues guiding players with limited communication
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- AI clue deployment behind screen — AI player selects up to a maximum number of tokens to place behind their screen to convey clues to the astronauts.
- Astronaut actions phase — Astronauts perform actions equal to the scenario's value; four types of actions to move, relocate, or remove astronauts.
- Dice-related actions (optional in some scenarios) — In dice-enabled scenarios, dice are used; players can move dice with astronauts and change die values; dice are carried with astronauts.
- end game bonuses — Rounds end when the round marker is lowered; the AI reveals the final combination; if all conditions are met, the team wins; otherwise they lose.
- End-round and victory conditions — Rounds end when the round marker is lowered; the AI reveals the final combination; if all conditions are met, the team wins; otherwise they lose.
- Key panel and color markers — Markers on a key panel indicate color-key associations; players adjust the panel to assign colors to keys; tokens can be flipped to indicate confidence.
- Neutral tokens and reminders — Purple neutral cubes exist to remind players of other information; these can be used as reminders on the key panel.
- Sabotage mode and crisis cards — Optional crisis/crisis final combination cards and saboteur cards introduce additional challenges and hidden roles.
- Scenario variability and replayability — 40 scenarios with replayability; AI will draw a new final combination card each time.
- Scenario-driven setup with final combination cards — Choose a scenario; 40 scenarios; yellow/green/red difficulty; setup uses a ship map keyed by final combination cards.
- Token rotation/overlap behind screen — Tokens may be rotated and overlapped behind the AI's screen as long as they remain face up.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the game is played over a series of rounds and each round is divided into two phases
- you can never place your screen so it overlaps the ship cards themselves
- the astronauts can talk as much as they want in fact it can be helpful for the AI to hear what they're thinking
- the AI player knows what the astronauts need to do to save the ship which is represented by these symbols they have here on their hidden final combination card
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Foster the Meeple Review at 35:15 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- clever deduction mechanism with clear cooperative feel
- scales in difficulty with scenarios
- good fit for puzzle lovers
Cons
- not everyone enjoys deduction games
- thematic fit may feel dry to some players
Thematic elements
- cooperative clue solving with astronauts
- Cooperative space-themed deduction
- procedural puzzle solving
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative deduction — Team-based guessing game where clues guide the guesser toward the solution.
- tile/astronaut placement — Player turns involve selecting and arranging tiles to convey clues; astronauts move between cards.
- Turn-based actions — Five turns per game with three actions available per turn for clueing and movement
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Quotes (from this video)
- the theme really helps for sure
- it's quick at two players that's for sure
- the rules are simple enough that anybody can play
- it's freaking cute
- straight up Tableau engine builder
- not my type of game
- you probably will love this game
- it's a great little set-collection game
- this is another level of Santorini with gods and powers
- insane amount of variability
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 0:08 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 8825 · mention_pk 26043
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- collaboration to solve spatial and logic puzzles
- space-themed puzzle environment with cooperative challenges
- puzzle-driven, cooperative
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative puzzle solving — Players collaborate to solve spatial and logical puzzles against the game’s constraints.
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Video BOLWdOBW9pQ
Before You Play Top List at 12:42 sentiment: positive
video_pk 3426 · mention_pk 10174
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- deduction-driven co-op with an AI twist
- scenarios offer varied challenges
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- artificial intelligence and cooperative puzzle solving
- space, ship evacuation, AI-assisted survival
- scenario-based, high-stakes cooperation
Comparison games
- Landmarks
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — all players work together to survive and complete objectives
- deduction-based gameplay — players deduce optimal routes and actions guided by a ship AI
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- we did not include any games on our list that are demo only
- this time we have four honorable mentions because they are mainly games that were on our previous list
- it's a standalone game in the same franchise as Mar Kaio but apparently it's a lot more accessible to learn
- the game seems like it's Snappy quick
- two-player only trick-taking game
- it's an asymmetric deduction card game
- we are going to be discussing 10 games that we are ENT anticipating
- we're in the business of crafting and selling dreams
- this is a Tablo building kind of engine building game
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