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Year
2020
Collection
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Description
Alma Mater has players serving as a headmaster of one of the independent universities in the 15th century. Players seek to strengthen their school's reputation and standing. To achieve these goals, players need to recruit the best staff and students, exchange knowledge with other schools, and become experts in the school's four disciplines!
—description from the publisher
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Video 74-zYvCBq4U
Getting Games Discussion at 0:49 sentiment: positive
video_pk 63468 · mention_pk 156877
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Interesting Euro-style with a Renaissance academic theme
- Internal market aspect for books
- Feels similar to Coimbra
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- university/books market
- Renaissance
Comparison games
- Coimbra
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- drafting — drafting a hand of cards
- hand management — managing a hand of cards
- hand_management — managing a hand of cards
- tile placement — placing tiles on a board
- tile_placement — placing tiles on a board
- worker placement — placing workers to take actions
- worker_placement — placing workers to take actions
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a 2020 release from AG reveal
- you are in charge of a university and you sell those books to your opponents
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Video iJNxPRfs2kM
Rolling Dice & Taking Names Interview at 17:40 sentiment: positive
video_pk 13770 · mention_pk 40241
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Light and accessible family game
- High replay with party atmosphere
Cons
- Publisher/designer ambiguous in transcript; data sparse
Thematic elements
- college experiences, social interactions
- Academic life and college memories
- family/friendship oriented
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- drafting and set collection — Players draft cards and collect sets around a college-life theme
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Quotes (from this video)
- bam that's a quote, baby, quotable
- it's one of those things that you should always feel like there's no chance for you to win on both sides simultaneously
- easy like sunday morning
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Video 90HmN_6U-jg
Our Family Plays Games Discussion at 16:19 sentiment: positive
video_pk 6054 · mention_pk 17909
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
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 lifestyle it's a lifestyle we've just committed
- we're all human
- stay positive don't let the travels of this country get you down
- we want everybody to be at the table contributing at that table
- this is a tall order
- we're counting down this is 20 and 21
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