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Year
2020
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Description
Cloud Control is a fun and fast paced game of creative imagination where you try to score the most points by shaping clouds into recognizable objects before time runs out.
Let your imagination run free as you turn, twist, overlap and animate cloud cards in unlimited creative ways of communication.
The sky is your canvas!
The game is simple to play and fun for all ages. On your turn:
1) Draw a word card and flip the timer
2) Use cloud cards to craft shapes for the words on your card
3) Other players try to guess the word and if they do, both of you earn points!
Components:
300 Shape Cards
64 Cloud Cards
50 Point Tokens
1 90 Second Timer
1 Card Holder
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Review at 0:18 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Engages players in creative shape-building and guessing
- Family-friendly and accessible, not overly aggressive
- Supports odd-number player counts without strict team rules
- Clever, compact loop of drawing, guessing, and voting that can feel very satisfying when done well
- Adds a light strategizing element through the drafting and timing decisions
Cons
- Lightning round can disrupt the game flow and feel restrictive
- Requires spatial reasoning that not all players enjoy or excel at
- Rules around exact lines/requirements in the lightning round can bottleneck scoring
- Not ideal as a go-to party game for larger groups; better for family or intimate gatherings
- Some players may find the brain-burn required exhausting rather than relaxing
Thematic elements
- Array
- Sky and clouds
Comparison games
- Pictionary
- Concept
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — During the lightning round, players take turns selecting one card at a time from a shared pool, assembling components for their word depiction while contending with time pressure.
- Movement / Manipulation of Components — Players can move and animate the already-placed cloud shapes to alter the depiction and aid clarity without making noise or breaking the flow.
- Pattern Building — Players arrange cloud-shaped tiles to create recognizable pictures or forms that represent the target word, effectively turning abstract pieces into a coherent silhouette.
- Timed play — A fixed timer (90 seconds) drives the core pace of each guessing round, forcing rapid ideation and quick decision making.
- Voting / Social Scoring — At the end of a round, players vote on who made the best depiction; voting cannot be for oneself and a catch-up style scoring can reward the best creative effort.
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Quotes (from this video)
- cloud control uh this is a game all about making shapes you are making shapes and pictures out of clouds
- it's not like an aggressive game this is a fun party setting game
- this is a fantastic uh you know option for that because you're playing you know you are your own team but you're also trying to get everyone else to guess as well
- our daughter loved this game she was like a savant she was making shapes that like i thought would have thought impossible
- it's a hilarious hoot
- you can move pieces up to help you along
- i love the way it makes your brain think both in terms of guessing like what is that but also in terms of making like i've got very big constraints here i'm going to use 16 shapes to make this very detailed thing
- this is not one for adult party game we're going to bring to a party
- it's family settings you have a lot of fun with this
- not one that i would suggest for parties
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The Dice Tower Analysis at 2:31 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Drawing clouds
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Implied by 'draw pictures with cards that have pictures of clouds in them'.
- Pattern Building — Players 'make pictures' by drawing clouds with cards.
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