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2019
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Description
Breathe deeply… Let the whisper of thought come to your ear… Harmonize your chakras and let go so that the negative energies will disappear. Meditate on your strategy and let your feelings guide you towards victory!
In Chakra, each player has a board that shows the seven chakras they must fill with gems that represent the energy flowing in their body. To score points, a player must harmonize each of their chakras in the best possible way. To do so, they must take the gems and place three of them of the corresponding color in each of the chakras. During a turn, each player (who starts the game with several inspiration tokens) chooses one of the three following actions:
Take up to three gems from one column and place them on top of their individual board — or by spending a token, place them in a more strategic position.
Spend one token to use one of eight available actions; moving gems up or down by the number of chakra spaces indicated on the action is the key to reaching a perfect alignment.
Meditate to reclaim an inspiration token and secretly look at the point value, which is common to all players, that a harmonized chakra (3 same-colored gems) will score.
When a player manages to align five of their chakras, the last turn is played before you perform the final scoring.
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The Board Game Garden Top List at 13:36 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Relaxing and puzzly
- Grew to love it
- Hidden gem
Cons
- Initial dislike before playing more
Thematic elements
- Balancing chakras
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players use action tokens to perform actions like moving crystals.
- Area Control — Players can lock chakra areas by placing crystals, which takes away an action token.
- Set Collection — Players collect crystals of specific colors to balance chakra areas.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I have accepted that games are going to, you know, move quite a bit.
- it really truly shows how much we can change as gamers throughout the years, and that that's okay.
- I am purely judging the games on if I enjoy them multiplayer.
- I am just a girl that loves puzzles.
- It is truly not my top 100 games of all time. It is really just my top 100 games as of right now in 2026.
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Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Top List at 6:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- strong thematic cohesion with meditative feel
- short playtime with accessible entry point
Cons
- abstract nature may not appeal to all
- hidden information or luck elements may be limited
Thematic elements
- chakras, balance, gems, and meditation
- abstract strategic realm focused on internal balance and energy
- meditative, abstract
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- final scoring through alignment — end-game scoring triggers when five chakras align
- gem placement and chakra alignment — place gems into chakra spaces to achieve balance and scoring opportunities
- inspiration tokens and meditation — use tokens to take actions; meditation reclaims tokens for continued play
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Quotes (from this video)
- the flotilla is home to the very last of us humanity
- two distinct and interwoven modes of gameplay as you try to outpace your opponents in bringing prosperity to humanity's new home
- the dragon will never stop and in this game it continues with the not stopping until it destroys everyone who is dared to invade its lair
- the Beagle journey across the Galapagos Islands discovering new species and researching them
- you begin the game as the sink side fleet commander commissioned by world leaders
- the Beast has invited you to his castle for a fancy masquerade
- this is the one game that you need to stay away from if you worry about dark humor
- Chocolate Factory is a euro game of literal factory building and moving chocolates using a push' Balcon belt component
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The Board Game Garden Top List at 2:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- calming, relaxing puzzly experience
- great for players who enjoy balance and color challenges
- replayable with interesting color dynamics
Cons
- no official solo mode (fan-made exists)
Thematic elements
- chakra balance and color management
- abstract, meditative pacing focused on color chakras
- relaxing, calming
Comparison games
- Resist
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — placing a disc to move chakras and trigger actions
- Drafting — drafting crystals to place into chakra tracks
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Quotes (from this video)
- Chakra is wonderful
- I absolutely love it and I'm so freaking happy I didn't get rid of it
- Dutch Blitz is the best time
- Rove is absolutely amazing
- Witchcraft is a fantastic card based game
- Azul I am so excited to talk about my number 72
- Role Player is wonderful wonderful game
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The Board Game Garden Top List at 13:18 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong thematic cohesion and accessible rules
- Engaging balance and optimization puzzle
Cons
- Some players may prefer heavier or lighter games
Thematic elements
- spiritual balance and wellness
- balancing chakras through gem movement
- calm, meditative, puzzle-forward
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- color-based scoring — endgame scoring depends on balancing different color tracks
- Compound Scoring — endgame scoring depends on balancing different color tracks
- Tile Placement — placing gems to balance chakras and advance on color-based tracks
- tile/gem placement — placing gems to balance chakras and advance on color-based tracks
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Quotes (from this video)
- Heaven and Ale is a fantastic game and I would love to see a reprinting of this one.
- Books of Time is fantastic.
- Animal Kingdoms is fantastic.
- Wizards of the Grimoire is fantastic.
- The Magnificent is fantastic.
- Chakra is such a wonderful game.
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The Dice Tower Review at 13:18 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- From India which is cool
- Simple market concept
Cons
- Wish loved this one
- Rules are clunkier
- Becomes uninteresting
- Rinse and repeat gameplay by second half
- Would prefer Distilled instead
Thematic elements
- Tea market game
- India
Comparison games
- Distilled
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Market game — Buy items from market, make tea
- Simplified distilled — Similar to distilled but simpler version
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is an excellent, excellent trick taking game that you should have in your collection
- One of the most brilliant trick-taking games I've ever seen
- The game has the word kids in the title, but it's better than you might think, but it's simpler than you might think
- Really pleasant. Really surprising how good this is
- There are games that are fine and then there's games that have a lot of tension and those like those games that are really tense, that's when I love it
- It's awful. It's really awful
- I think that it's wonderful. It's an eight for me. Oh, I lost that bout, but my popcorn's popping. Love it
- This is a cool trick taking game
- I would 10 out of 10 times recommend you play distilled instead of this
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The Broken Meeple Top List at 2:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Simple to teach
- Nice quaint puzzle game
- Hidden gem
Cons
- Not long
- No solo mode
- Best as two-player game
Thematic elements
- Chakra harmonization in the body
- Abstract/Chakra alignment
- Abstract puzzle
Comparison games
- Four ring puzzle
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Three actions available including a clear-up exercise
- Puzzle — Players match colored gems in columns to harmonize chakras
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's a nice quaint little puzzle game that most people have probably never heard of
- there's a lot of different ways to approach it but the rules pretty straightforward
- this is another underrated gem in my book
- area control game in 90 minutes or less there's not many of those around really
- really has kind of won me over as a really solid deck builder and i didn't think i'd be saying that very often
- it is so good in fact that this has the easy chance of hitting my top 100 next year
- i love how simple this game is but you've got a lot of decision making to do
- in terms of a modern cluedo there is no better version to get than this
- one of the easiest games to teach especially if you already know how to do trick taking games
- really low complexity ratio with a pretty decent amount of depth
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