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Year
2012
Collection
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Description
Among the Stars takes place in a war-ravaged galaxy where the warring alien races have declared peace in the wake of a threat with the potential to destroy them all. An Alliance is established to build space stations throughout the galaxy in order to promote trade among the races, strengthen diplomatic relations, and defend against this impending threat. Each player takes the role of one of those races trying to build the greatest space station. Through card drafting, the players select locations, and use these to build their station, scoring victory points based on the placement. The construction lasts four years, and the alien race with the most points at the end wins.
Among the Stars Family
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All mentions
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Watch It Played Announcement News at 4:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Intriguing environmental/building theme and risk/reward decisions
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- balance between progress and destruction
- Earth in the year 2442, a new underwater city built to withstand rising seas
- final scoring based on city-building decisions and risk-taking moves
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Market Pricing/Manipulation — Black Market vendors influence decisions and costs
- market/vendor interactions — Black Market vendors influence decisions and costs
- Resource Management — players manage resources to build a city while balancing progress and destruction
- resource management / building — players manage resources to build a city while balancing progress and destruction
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Tales of Arthurian Nights by wizkids which is the re-implementation of the classic Tales of Arabian Nights from z-man games meaning that the title is a pun which I personally respect
- the deck contains 40 cards in four suits numbered one to ten with some cards depicting either Batman or Bruce Wayne
- it's a deep sea City new Eden is being built with the main Dome standing on a white smoker
- the balance between progress and destruction we are told that only those who keep an eye on the balance between progress and destruction can collect points in the final scoring
- you'll do this by drawing Mission cards then discussing your plan of action
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Getting Games Discussion at 22:11 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- interlocking systems and market-centric play
Cons
- rules parsing is challenging
Thematic elements
- interlocking systems with market dynamics
- underwater city-building with market and damage mechanics
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a work replacement Style game that very much reminds me of dwellings of el reveal
- I like Tableau building I like interesting work replacement systems
- I am quite looking forward to digging into this game to see exactly how it works
- I genuinely don't really understand and honestly I wouldn't say I'm particularly compelled by the mechanics that are explained so far
- this game has this interesting River idea where six cards will put face up in the middle of the table
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 1:44:06
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none
Thematic elements
- Movies, TV shows
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I'm not an image guy.
- Oh, my God, me and I look so freaking young.
- We're innovators.
- I don't know how to like talk about the game without like It's It's incredibly complicated.
- I don't know how to win that game.
- The raw and write is really good. Which is and it's really simple.
- It's a trading card game where the sizzle is more than the steak there.
- Harvest now, decrypt later.
- I feel like I've talked about it for a long time.
- You got to watch The Blues Brothers.
- He's the second coolest guy of all time.
- We're only on two We've only done two slides.
- This is a super super deep cut.
- I don't know what the name of this thing.
- This is a movie that was on HBO or Cinemax all the time when we were kids.
- My favorite movie of all time.
- You don't know what you're talking about, man.
- There's not that many laughs.
- This is a deep deep deep deep cut.
- We're trying to throw our goblins cuz like tossing goblins is the only thing I could think of.
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watch it played Rules Teach at 0:19 sentiment: neutral
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Click to watch at 0:19 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Explore and harvest resources from abandoned facilities on war-torn planets to restore power to your civilization or fade into the shadows.
- The Great War is Over but the alliance now hangs by a thread with the various races of the Galaxy struggling to regain stability.
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players take a total of three actions per round from a selection of five different actions, repeating actions is allowed.
- Area Control — Players establish bases on facilities and can seize control from opponents.
- Card Drafting — Players draw facility cards from different decks (economy, science, military, hostile) and must have a total of four in hand.
- Resource Management — Players collect resource tokens (credits, science, military) during the production step and use them to buy technologies or establish bases.
- Set Collection — Players collect Aid to the Alliance cards and gain victory points at the end of the game based on these cards and costs paid.
- Technology Acquisition — Players can buy technologies from those available to their race, which are then placed on their player board and can be used once per round.
- Worker Placement — Players move mobile headquarters to facilities on the board, which is important for establishing bases or seizing control.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- In this video we're going to learn the two to four player game New Dawn published in North America by stronghold games
- The game is played over five rounds and each round is broken into seven steps
- At the end of the game you'll collect the victory points shown here for the Aid that you gave to the alliance which is represented by the costs that you paid
- The player with the most victory points wins and if there's a tie the player with the most bases wins and if there's still a tie the tied players share the victory
- There's also a black Dy which you will roll together with a white dye to determine random regions on the board when required
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Board Gaming Ramblings Discussion at 9:03 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Unique thematic hook with oxygen mechanics
- Strong thematic fit for underwater exploration
Cons
- Did not fully grab the reviewer; not a repeat keeper for them
Thematic elements
- cooperative work replacement and auction-driven resource management
- underwater exploration with oxygen-based action economy
- thematic and tense with a need to balance oxygen and actions
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction / Bidding — Auction-like elements to acquire scarce resources.
- Auction/ bidding — Auction-like elements to acquire scarce resources.
- Oxygen-based actions — Actions require oxygen tokens; managing oxygen is key.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a really neat game and it's so small it's easier to keep
- I think Airlines Europe is what Ticket to Ride needs to be
- it's the tech tree of games
- this has some cool elements to it and it really fits the theme
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Totally Tabled Top 20 List at 2:32
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Pros
none
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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)
- Cooperative campaign-based fantasy RPG board game
- I'm excited to see if he can capture maybe a little bit of that pandemic Magic
- this appears to be an engine building game
- oh the art the art in this looks incredible
- I'm a huge fan of sleeping gods and so a standalone sequel set in the same world
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Foster the Meeple Top List at 19:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Might go on list
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Science fiction
- Space station construction
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — In a time of galactic peace draft rooms to construct the best space station
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We love trick taking games
- This game is so much freaking fun
- I adore GMT games, they are becoming one of my favorite game publishers
- If you remember Vast Crystal Caverns is in my top five games of all time
- We bloody love it
- We can't stop playing
- It's a blimp game not a train game
- That's just work
- I don't think I want to play it
- I'll get it eventually
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The Dice Tower Other at 6:18 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
none
Cons
- Being replaced by new version
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
- Lightseed Arena
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Shelf 16 is kind of a an odd mix here
- This shelf has twice as many games as most shelves
- one of my favorite two-player games, but it's very difficult to learn and play
- Fantastic abstract strategy game
- Such a classic game and I like it a lot
- I don't know why I like it so much, but I do
- one of the most beautiful dexterity/party games there are
- There are so many games on the shelf
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Board Game Replay Discussion at 1:26 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- distinct from Seven Wonders due to its card drafting twist
- space-station theme with visual appeal
- fast, approachable feel
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- space station construction and optimization
- Space; building big space stations
- light, abstracted space-building
Comparison games
- Seven Wonders
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — take a card, play one, pass the rest to your neighbor; rotate through players
- pattern/color bonuses — bonuses for colors and patterns laid out on cards
- tile/board placement — align components orthogonally to maximize bonuses
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- we're going to be running our first contest ever in the series
- stay tuned hopefully in the next week or so I'm going to have this come up and there'll be a whole separate video just for the Sheriff of Nottingham contest
- I want to interact with you more I want to get more feedback from you guys I want to hear more about what you've been playing
- I'd love to just chat games with you I think that'd be a lot of fun
- I appreciate you sticking around and listening
- we're really excited to get to Eclipse this week
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