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2004
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Description
50 black stories, 31 crimes, 49 corpses, 11 murders, 12 suicides and one deadly meal. How could that have happened? Black Stories are fiddly, morbid and mysterious riddles for teenagers and adults. The players try to reconstruct the crime by asking, guessing and fiddling about. A spooky card game just right for any party.
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Sir Thecos Discussion at 11:46 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Neutral
Pros
- Always something enjoyable to play
Cons
- Inconsistent quality between stories
Thematic elements
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- STI, I will give this an A. I played this twice. I really like the game. I don't know how much I will like it in the long run, but I really enjoyed and I could imagine actually owning it.
- It's like a um it's kind of a tile puzzling and resource management game. Um in a pretty short play time, very simple, very red, like very streamlined, which I like. Um but it like at the end it wasn't too special.
- One of my most favorite word games. I would give this an A. We're trying to like um prevent goats from taking like the letters from a from a printing office. Very very cool.
- Star Wars Imperial saw to play for the first time. Um and we're actually playing it again today. And I really like what I really like this. Um there was a lot of setup. The setup isn't very streamlined.
- Tiny Towns on my list for a while. Finally, I got a copy and I really like this. I will give this an A for now as well.
- Walking Birano. I will have to like do this here because this one also gets an S. Like always a great game to play. Really love this little puzzly game.
- Wingspan amazing amazing my most favorite game ever. You know that. So of course Srank
- It's a very good uh word game. I would give this a B. I enjoy that one.
- Duel which is fine. It definitely is not as good as Azour. It's It's a fine enough game. I would probably play it again if you asked me, but I don't understand why it exists.
- At the Helm, a deck building game by Buttonsh Games with only 18 cards, which is pretty good. Um, I'll give this an A as well.
- Animal Kingdoms. That one surprised me. It's like a uh you like place cards down in specific regions and you're trying to get like the majority there.
- And then Aon's End, of course, always gets an S for me. It's my most favorite solo game, and that will probably not change for a while.
- And then I've also finally gotten Seventh Content. I got a like a huge collection. I've got almost everything that you can get at retail, uh, including like the cool white box and stuff. Um, and I would give this I've only played this once, but I would give it an A for now.
- Loads of A ranks this time. Not bad. Not bad. Um, and a lot of B's as well and quite a lot of S's. No D's this time and only a few C's.
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Sir Thecos Top List at 18:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Very solid
Cons
none
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players ask yes/no questions to figure out a situation described by a narrator.
- Storytelling — The game presents a short scenario that players must unravel.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is just my own opinion. My opinion also may change over time right? This is just a snapshot of how I feel at the moment about these games.
- Just One, one of my one of the best party games out there.
- It's a solid push your luck game that I'd like to play with my wife's family, with the in-laws.
- The gameplay is very good, but I think the app uh just takes up too much room.
- Merchants, one of my most favorite deck builders of all time.
- You like stare at the screen almost all the time. At least 60 to 70% of the time you stare at the screen
- I'm kind of sorry to putting a Seven Wonders game in uh D rank, but yeah, I just did not enjoy my time with it.
- So, yeah. Um a lot of S and A ranks as usual, but also quite a lot of B's, and we even have a D again this time.
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Sir Thecos Top List at 16:54 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Neutral
Pros
- Some stories are very fun
Cons
- Some stories aren't as good
- Not a main event for game night
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)
- This is just my opinion, right? Yours may very well differ, so let me know in the comments what you think about the games that I will be talking about today.
- It's possible that I will rank a game differently next month.
- So usually my rankings seem to be a little bit more on the more positive side.
- It's not really a game. It's more like an activity, so I would give it a good C.
- This is an amazing small box cooperative game where you like play cooperative poker.
- I urge you if you play this, you should play real time.
- Um it works turn-based, but it's much better real time and it's even better when you speak with a few people with people somehow.
- It's like really great in person, right?
- Wingspan is a number one game.
- It's a good social deduction game that is a kind of um that is like paired with Who Am I?
- Similar to a fake artist goes to New York, just with words instead of drawing.
- It's a very solid game.
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The Secret Cabal Gaming Podcast Review sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging puzzle-solving activity
- Can be played over extended periods
- Interesting concept
- Good for Halloween
Cons
- No points system
- Could be frustrating for some players
- Might get boring quickly
Thematic elements
- Deductive reasoning puzzle
- Various scenarios involving murders/accidents
- Lateral thinking puzzle
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative problem solving — Players work together to uncover the solution
- deductive reasoning — Players ask yes/no questions to solve a mystery
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- An ancestor of mine maintains that if you eliminate the impossible whatever remains, however improbable must be the truth
- This is such a fun activity
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Our Family Plays Games Discussion at 1:03:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- story-driven experience
- supports solo and group play
Cons
- box/damage on arrival noted in discussion
Thematic elements
- choose-your-adventure through cards
- spy-novella style, decision-driven
- story-driven with cards deciding outcomes
Comparison games
- Charter Stone
- Clank Legacy
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card_play — cards drive choices and outcomes
- Narrative Choice — narrative choices impact path and score
- story_decision — narrative choices impact path and score
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We love Santorini. It is so much fun.
- Lightning Train is a bag builder.
- Mystery Flux is fun, but it has player elimination quickly.
- The cover art is amazing.
- Earth Abundance expands Conservas with seeds and sprouts.
- Message in a Bottle is a unique packaging idea.
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Board Game Hangover Top List at 7:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- portable and adaptable to many settings
- good travel activity
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- storytelling through questions
- narrative mystery
- role-played storytelling
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — players piece together the full story from yes/no answers
- narration — one player narrates a short mystery; others ask yes/no questions
- question-driven deduction — players piece together the full story from yes/no answers
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a small card game
- it's easy to explain
- you can start playing without explaining the rules
- one of those cards is like the person you need to find
- you can mix and match these sets as well
- it's a cooperative trick taking game
- mind bug well that's freshy this is a really freshy
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Board Game Hangover Discussion at 6:39 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- portable and quick to play
Cons
- narrative-dependent
- may not fit all tastes
Thematic elements
- Dark, speculative situations
- Mystery solving through storytelling
- Storytelling deduction
Comparison games
- Timeline
- Illusion
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- deduction_storytelling — One storyteller sets a mystery; others ask questions to solve.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's really cool to talk with you have conversations with you of course
- we travel a lot with car so we usually want to involve the driver as well so we can't use any games that have any like physical pieces really
- i would take that pla be honest do you have plans for the rest of your life
- there's going to be the next video
- i could play forever
- there is so much replayability
- it's a six player only game that takes like eight or nine hours to play
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