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Game Info
Year
2014
Players
3-5
Age
13+
Playtime
90 min
Collection
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Description
Chimera is a three-player card game of two against one similar to climbing- and shedding-based card games like Tichu, The Great Dalmuti, Big Two, and Dou Dizhu (Fight the Landlord).
Each hand, one player is designated Chimera and the other two players team up as Chimera Hunters to defeat the Chimera. Players compete for points in several hands of play by playing sequential pairs, trips, straights and other card combinations, and whoever has scored the most points once the designated point score has been reached wins. Chimera is normally played to 400 points, although longer or shorter games can be played.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 21:02:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- I like that.
- Acquiring powerful artifacts through alchemy labs
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Saving magic from industrialization, managing dice and resources to study Chimeas.
- Victorian world
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice management — Players need to manage their dice to study different species of chimeas.
- Engine Building — Explicitly called an engine building game.
- Resource Management — Players need to manage their resources to create new unique chimeas.
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Quotes (from this video)
- You can feel good you're a board gamer because if you buy a physical board game, no one can ever come and take that from you.
- It's like a long-term rental. As soon as these companies decide, h we're
- If you were at East, you didn't miss anything.
- Happy birthday, mama.
- It's always been an engine builder and it's always been a relaxing kind of game.
- My wife can now fall asleep to it, which is a new thing, which is great, which is fantastic. Which is good. Uh, it's just it's just more accessible and less of a puzzle than it used to be.
- Judge Vance, who many of you might not know, but if you watch Dice House for a long time, back in the day, the Chief, Bart, the Chief, who used to be a board game breakfast contributor, he started a show called Ham Tag, which was a riff on our top 10, half as many, twice as good.
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Drive Thru Games Top 10 List at 23:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Shifting alliances make the three-player game exceptionally engaging
- Rich card-driven play with tight balance and pacing
- Appealing three-player sweet-spot design with depth
Cons
- Five-player rules are more involved and can slow down play
- Three-player optimal; may be slower or less engaging with other counts
Thematic elements
- Mythic competition with chimera as a central mechanic
- Three-player ladder-climbing style with shifting roles
- Strategic ladder-building with strong tactical depth
Comparison games
- Fight (similar bidding dynamic)
- Teach You (ladder-style family game family)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Bid to win with runs and card-combos — Players bid and execute runs with a toolbox of cards and combinations.
- Seasoned drafting with traps — Trap cards alter the balance and force players to adapt mid-game.
- Three-to-five player ladder mechanics — Runs with a shifting team/alliances concept that changes every round.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Arboretum is an absolute perfect game and I just it comes out and I play and this is why it didn't have my top 50
- this is exploding kittens this stays in the collection
- it's the most back project ever in the history of Kickstarter
- the shifting team Alliance thing is the best part of Chimera
- Arboretum is an absolute perfect game
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