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2020
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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!
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Watch It Played Top 10 List at 5:50 sentiment: positive
video_pk 90937 · mention_pk 243508
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- reputation building through staff and students
- 15th-century universities
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — advancing through four disciplines
- discipline_based_scoring — advancing through four disciplines
- inter-school_interaction — cooperation with other schools to achieve goals
- staff_and_student_recruitment — recruiting staff and students to improve standings
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- we love breakfast
- ten one minute rounds sounds easy it's not, it's a hectic chaos
- this is a push or luck game so if you take the highest number dice then you move closer to the water
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 18:24 sentiment: negative
video_pk 87232 · mention_pk 227541
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Considered a miss.
Thematic elements
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Um I'd have slight concerns about the replayability of the game, but please do correct me uh on that.
- Maybe a little bit maybe a bit oversaturated in terms of how many there are out there.
- Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with either of those.
- Um I also thought that there wasn't enough mitigation in terms of activating the spots that you wanted.
- Um and pretty much the uh the cards not doing anything terribly interesting either.
- Um but I just like it in every way. But I'm a big sucker for really good Dawn games. I think he's a brilliant designer.
- Um hopefully I'll get copies of those for for sale relatively soon.
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Foster the Meeple Discussion at 6:12
video_pk 86701 · mention_pk 225396
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Cornell University
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Bob Vance Vance Refrigeration Bob Vance Vance Refrigeration Bob Vance Vance Refrigeration
- Fashion show fashion show fashion show at lunch
- it's Halloween oh this is perfect this perfect timing
- The pens happened the pens happened
- Do you know who I am I'm Lizard King I'm the Lizard King
- that's dice jail when the dice rolls are bad you send them to jail
- well you're wrong because we talked to them
- if you think that any of them are wrong well you're wrong
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The Brothers Murph Unboxing at 3:52 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 81313 · mention_pk 201142
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- schools
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Our board game collection has surpassed the 1,000 board game mark.
- It feels like it's time to do another collection tour.
- This is Tiny Epic Galaxies. It's a really fun dice rolling, resource management, engine building kind of game.
- Terraforming Mars. This is a classic.
- The feeling of terraforming Mars is just epic.
- Too Many Bones. This game has some of the coolest dice I've ever seen.
- It's a cooperative adventure game with really satisfying combat.
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Rules Teach at 0:00 sentiment: positive
video_pk 79757 · mention_pk 193316
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Gaining an additional master when filling lecture halls with six students.
- Gaining prestige from bookshelves when other players purchase books from your university.
- Chancellor's ability provides a permanent advantage for the rest of the game once acquired.
Cons
- The cost for using action spaces increases with each subsequent use.
- Bookshelves, once flipped, do not flip back.
Thematic elements
- Becoming the most prestigious university
- 15th century Europe
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players compete for limited action spaces, with costs increasing for subsequent players.
- Drafting — Players draft setup cards and chancellor cards.
- Resource Management — Players gain and exchange knowledge in the form of books, attract students and staff, and complete research.
- Set Collection — Players collect books of specific types to pay for professors and potentially gain prestige.
- Track Advancement — Players advance on the prestige track, book reputation track, and research track.
- Worker Placement — Players send masters to perform actions on the main board or university board.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- you take the role of chancellors of your own university
- gaining and exchanging knowledge in the form of books attracting students and staff to university as well as completing research trying to become the most prestigious institution
- The number that is placed here determines the turn order for the next round
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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
Video topics + discussion points
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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Board Gaming Ramblings Top 10 List at 4:56 sentiment: positive
video_pk 33457 · mention_pk 99452
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- crunchy euro with meaningful choices
Cons
- limited strategies; not sprawling
Thematic elements
- education/economics
- academic environment
- crunchy euro
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- book_mechanism — Books economy drives progression on science track.
- Resource Management — Manage students and teachers for optimal combos.
- resource_management — Manage students and teachers for optimal combos.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is just a snapshot of right now
- it's hard to make this list
- we like these games and we want to play them
- it's fun when we do this top 10
- top 10 is not set in stone
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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
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
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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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
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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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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