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Year
2023
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Description
Match colors, steal dino eggs and dinosaurs. Unleash your inner caveman on this new egg-citing cardgame!
Join our adorable little cavemen on a 2-6 player cardgame, on the hunt for delicious eggs and dinosaurs by simply matching colors, BUT ALSO adding a kick of competitiveness and strategy by STEALING, DESTROYING, and BETRAYING your fellow cave friends?
—description from the designer
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Get into games Discussion at 13:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fun family-friendly theme
- magnetic box and nice art
Cons
- simple mechanisms may bore experienced gamers
Thematic elements
- collection and dinosaur eggs
- prehistoric era with caveman theme
- cute, quick play
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- color/shape matching and set collection — players collect dinos eggs and match colors to score points
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is for the podcast listeners
- the art project has that negotiation around the cards
- Six Nimmt is always a classic
- the artwork is truly amazing
- Time Troopers is a solo card game deck builder essentially
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TheGameBoyGeek - Hi Quality Hi Energy Board Game Reviews Playthrough at 3:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- lightweight and approachable
- hilarious, appealing artwork
- works well in a two-player setting
- prototype art looks solid; Kickstarter visuals are promising
Cons
- balance can feel swingy with heavy interaction
- color-restriction events can slow early turns
- hand size and card-drawing decisions may cause analysis overhead for new players
Thematic elements
- Cavemen competing to collect dino eggs and outwit opponents through card-driven actions.
- Prehistoric cave-dwelling competition around a table, with cavemen and dinosaur-related challenges.
- humorous, lighthearted, pun-filled
Comparison games
- None
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- color-based constraints — event cards and plays are gated by color, creating strategic detours and planning requirements.
- Deck Manipulation — use of a main deck and discard pile to refresh options and combos.
- Draw and discard — use of a main deck and discard pile to refresh options and combos.
- Hand Management — players build and optimize a hand of caveman cards to enable key actions each turn.
- interactive take-that — cards allow stealing, swapping, stopping, or canceling other players' actions.
- set collection / pile building — players create and claim piles (dino eggs) to score points.
- temporary effects — certain cards grant effects that last a turn or until the end of a round.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the art already looks really good uh up-to-date stuff look on the kickstarter
- this is a prototype we're playing prototype
- you can absolutely play this two players like no problem like it works really well with two players but I wish that there were more players out because like I don't have enough cards in my hand
- freaking love puns so much I wish I was a pun master
- the artwork is fantastic I it's hilarious I love it
- it's swingy
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