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Back of the Book:
Space-the final frontier. These are the voyages of some unenterprising Troubleshooters, their mission: to seek out strange new life, new civilizations ...and terminate them...to boldly go where no clone has any business going.
Welcome once again to the darkly humorous world of PARANOIA. Instead of the daily humdrum life-or-death routine of Alpha Complex, in this adventure the Troubleshooters get to do something really exciting-explore Outer Space (Where the ceiling would be if the Outside had one).
These eager Troubleshooters get to enjoy the exciting, slightly gut-squashing effects of lift-off. The survivors get a lesson in weightlessness and a lucky few learn about the curious effects of hard vacuum. So much fun hardly seems fair.
All this leads to a question-What do you get when you mix together:
• Deranged computers in space stations (no relation to a 2001-year-old science fiction flick)
• Ravenous flesh-eating aliens
• Sneezes in zero-G
• Some low-budget special effects
• Really impressive extraterrestrials (out to conquer Earth, of course)
• And no less than 36 clones? Answer: A disgustingly fun mess!
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 27:51 sentiment: positive
video_pk 93538 · mention_pk 317883
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Faction mechanic adds a new layer to deck-building
- More calling cards than the original Clank!
- Variability in the map layout due to double-sided tiles
- Combos between factions, contraband, and crystals create a nice deck-building engine
- Interesting new mechanics like hacking computers to access artifacts
- The space theme is preferred by one of the hosts
- Great for people who enjoy deck-builders
Cons
- Only played once with two players, so not a full review
Thematic elements
- space
Comparison games
- Clank!
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players have actions to hack computers, move around the ship, and collect artifacts.
- Deck Building — Players build a deck of cards which they use to perform actions, with the goal of activating abilities and creating combos.
- faction synergy — Certain cards have faction symbols, and matching them can activate special abilities, adding a new layer to deck-building.
- Modular Board — The middle section of the board consists of three double-sided tiles, offering variability in the map layout.
- Press Your Luck — Drawing cubes from a bag is a core mechanic, and the higher the threat (represented by the rage track), the more cubes are drawn, increasing risk.
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Quotes (from this video)
- We're going to have a championship and the winner of the championship will get to determine how we refer to that game from now on as either gliders in arena or dice in a bowl and they will also be deciding who on Saturday will be wearing the squirrel onesie that Tony I do have in my possession so sorry one of those we're gonna have to wear Oh
- This is not a game that's hard to learn. It's just hard to play.
- I was thinking it okay oh by the way thank you blue peg pink peg for bringing it up yet one more time on their podcast that's fun okay I said it wrong I'm sorry geesh
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3 Minute Board Games Review at 0:11 sentiment: positive
video_pk 86748 · mention_pk 320566
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- game play is absolutely killer
- deck building is a way to do something in game
- rising power of deck building is counterbalanced by the game trying to kill you
- great pacing
- can have most points and best deck and still lose because you got greedy
Cons
- can be eliminated
- game can get nasty at the end
- not much to do once escaped or eliminated
Thematic elements
- ultimate Heist, space pirates stealing artifacts
- space
Comparison games
- Clank catacombs
- Tyrants of the Underdark
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — you may play these cards in any order but you must play them all.
- Bag Building — add all the Clank cubes to the draw bag then draw cubes as shown on this track. black ones are discarded and the ones in your color go on your damage track.
- Combat — swords are used to defeat enemies and bypass guards.
- Deck Building — you start the game with a basic deck of cards and can add better ones to it. deck builders are at their best when they are a way to do something in game and in Clank the rising power that comes with the mechanic is counterbalanced by the game trying to kill you more and more as it progresses.
- Movement — boots are used to move about. boots lets you move a space and you may only move into this space once you have unlocked it.
- Push Your Luck — the closest Treasures are worth the least amount of points.
- Resource Management — the top left corner is its faction, blue is its skill value and is used to buy new cards.
- Set Collection — there are also these green hacking spaces, you'll need to place both of your markers on one of these in two different board sections in in order to access the final board.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Clank in space is one of the many Clank games and it's the first and only one I've played
- still the theme works here if you don't mind the kind of cringe reference humor in the game because the game play is absolutely killer
- the best thing about this game is that you can have the most points and the best deck and still lose because you got greedy
- Clank! in! space! needs more hog throb, gold medal game
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Fabulous Games Discussion at 9:41 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 13741 · mention_pk 40135
Click to watch at 9:41 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- strong sci-fi references and flavor
- engaging when playing with a dragon/mascot theme
- slows players down to encourage exploration
Cons
- not as beloved as the original Clank
- space theme may be less appealing to some players
Thematic elements
- space fantasy with a dragon and a reptile-ish mascot atmosphere
- Space-themed dungeon crawl with a heist twist
- fun, sci-fi flavored
Comparison games
- Original Clank
- Clank! Legacy
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — Build a deck of cards to perform actions and gather loot.
- deck-building — Build a deck of cards to perform actions and gather loot.
- Push Your Luck — Take risks to get better loot while avoiding the dangers of the space dungeon.
- push-your-luck — Take risks to get better loot while avoiding the dangers of the space dungeon.
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Quotes (from this video)
- every game deserves a second chance
- it's a good game, it's a middleweight game
- the components are cheap
- we're not fans of real time games though but you know what we're going to try it
- we always have fun and try to play with family
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