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Each round in Blank Slate, pick one of the 250+ word cue cards (which have 500+ total cues) and reveal it. Each player then writes the word they think best completes the phrase, trying to exactly match another player's word without giving a single hint.
Year Published
2018
Transcript Analysis
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Total mentions: 4
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OPG Voices general_discussion at 10:25 sentiment: positive
video_pk 9551 · mention_pk 28271
Click to watch at 10:25
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Simple and quick to play
- Promotes humorous collaboration
Cons
- Subjective humor can vary by group
Thematic elements
- blank minds think alike
- house party; prompts with blanks
- light, party-driven
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Be good humans. Let other people live their life in their way.
- Live and Let Live.
- Two-player games are vicious.
- One board gamer at a time.
- It's such a cute and clever game.
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Rolling Dice and Taking Names general_discussion at 13:41 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 7359 · mention_pk 21771
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- easy to teach
- great party ice-breaker
Cons
- subject to taste in humor and prompts
- can stagnate with repetitive play
Thematic elements
- word association with prompted prompts
- casual party game
- light, social interaction
Comparison games
- Just One
- Codenames
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- matching prompts — scoring based on shared responses among players
- word association — players guess a common word based on a prompt
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- you're not going to make them do the 45 minute history lesson
- the kickstarter's three two three two three two three
- this is a vast playground for cooperative and competitive play alike
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Foster the Meeple general_discussion at 6:06 sentiment: positive
video_pk 3260 · mention_pk 9627
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- easy to learn
- great for families and mixed-age groups
- promotes quick, clever wordplay
Cons
- prompts can feel repetitive over time
- humor and success depend on group dynamics
Thematic elements
- color words / word association
- dinner table / casual party
- light, witty
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- scoring through matching — Points are awarded when players pick similar words to others.
- word association — Players write a word that fits a prompt, aiming to match others' words.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's basically like a drawing version of the game telephone
- it's on the box literally Telephone Game sketched out
- this one is holiday themed yep and it is chaos
- food and play games eat food play games
- we're going to be talking about four amazing games that you can play at your holiday party
- it's a great convention game just saying
- not to be confused with Blank Space by Taylor Swift in blank slate
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Going Analog general_discussion at 29:18 sentiment: positive
video_pk 118 · mention_pk 314
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- highly accessible and quick to teach
- great for large or mixed-ability groups
Cons
- limited player counts (best with two teams, 4 players or similar)
Thematic elements
- Filling in blanks with shared prompts
- Word-creation party game
- Light, quick-thinking word association
Comparison games
- Codenames
- Dixit
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- fill-in-the-blank prompts — Round prompts with a blank to fill, aiming to match others
- two-layer prompting (top and bottom word prompts) — Two-word prompts per round with different scoring for top vs bottom words
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is not a paid placement or anything like that we did get a free copy of it
- the big hook here is we roll a bunch of dice and the lower the number the more powerful your action
- it's a Euro but with more player interaction than not
- I want the big box right now because we're going to want everything
- Nature is evolution, but upgraded with modules and a bigger future plan
- Time Up is up there with telestrations as one of our favorite games of all time
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