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A blackbox is a device, system, or object which can be viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs, or transfer characteristics, without any knowledge of its internal workings. Its implementation is "opaque" – or black. This kind of system may exchange matter with its environment. The term originates from military signal engineering and originally designated enemy equipment that was not meant to be opened due to the danger of booby traps.
Similarly, or not at all, this game is new and different each time you play it. You know for sure that you will put some time in, and hopefully get some fun out of it. Rest assured, however, that no incendiary devices are included.
This game originates from the urge to create a versatile modular sandbox simulation of a boring Euro game, also known as cube-pusher, or JASE (just another soulless euro), with the aim to re-create any of these games, and mashing them up as preferred, or not. Luckily, it got a bit sidetracked in development and while I hope, or fear, its ancestry still shines through, it became more of a beast of its own.
Blackbox consists of a large number of Modules, all of which plug into the Proto Module, and the exact composition of which decides how the game you play this time actually works, which mechanisms you will get to use, how you will score and a variety of other variables.
—description from the designer
- Highly regarded game
- Box damage upon delivery
- Unnecessary stands included
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I don't know I'm not loving it.
- It seems it seems like a little bit of a game of chicken.
- I found that mechanism interesting so if like if that mechanism was in a game that I found more compelling.
- It's good, it's good enough for the show, it's it gives it like a nice little logic puzzle.
- It has a ton of game.
- My character was getting developed, I was getting all kinds of cool stuff to do.
- I thought it was cool.
- The rule book is good but you want I for some reason I was like annoyed with the real book.
References (from this video)
- Pretty cool game
- Works quite well
- Figuring out where mirrors are by tracking a light beam
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players deduce the placement of mirrors based on where a light beam enters and exits a grid.
Video topics + discussion points
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.
References (from this video)
- Pretty cool game
- Works quite well
- Figuring out where mirrors are by tracking a light beam
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players deduce the placement of mirrors based on where a light beam enters and exits a grid.
Video topics + discussion points
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.