Game Info
Year
1949
Players
3-6
Age
8+
Playtime
45 min
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Description
The classic detective game in which players move from room to room in a mansion to work out who committed the murder and with which weapon and in which room
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Video wh5QWyajT30
Watch It Played Discussion at 13:17
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none
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none
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Quotes (from this video)
- I just missed having the option to play War of the Rings, even if I would only get the chance very seldom.
- It's hard to get rid of them, but harder still to find storage space for all of them.
- I'll tell myself, hey, maybe one of my friends would enjoy this or one of the friends I have yet to make in the future would enjoy this.
- My games often find themselves becoming gifts.
- There are games I would never part with. Even if I rarely play them, they just mean too much to me sentimentally.
- There's just something locked away in here that I enjoy reminiscing about and it creates a value or feeling I have towards the game that I don't want to get rid of it.
- I get attached to the games I purchase as well. I don't want my shelving to look bare.
- The funny thing is though, isn't it about parenting? You try to do something like that to instill a good idea and then you can create this nervousness, this anxiety in your kid because now they're worried about losing something.
- If I ever have to sell a game, I would rather give it to someone with the interest of starting that person in the wonderful world of board gaming.
- My solution is research. a lot of research before purchasing a game. Therefore, I have no games that I want to get rid of.
- Dungeon craws are my thing. They each do something different and I'm not going to throw any of them away. They are my heart.
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Getting Games Review at 18:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Remains engaging as a deduction game
- Fun to play with family and kids
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players deduce murder details by information revealed through clues and discussion; movement is dice-driven
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "this is a worker placement game"
- "the main economy of the game is money"
- "a simple full drafting combo-tastic style game"
- "engine-building, combo-tastic style game"
- "we solved the puzzles"
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Watch It Played Interview at 55:50 sentiment: neutral
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neutral
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none
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Downforce is now available to play as a beta
- I almost had it... but it just couldn't quite make it happen
- Fair Dinkum time
- test test test test everything
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Getting Games Interview at 22:11 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 90334 · mention_pk 346520
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- mystery solving
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I've owned this table since 2006. I picked this up for 60 at a used furniture store.
- I call it the tank.
- I will honestly be emotional today I don't have this table anymore.
- Trans-Siberian Railroad is currently my favorite by a squeaker.
- Imperial Steam is supposedly a heavy logistics type train game.
- I would love to play oath.
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Watch It Played Discussion at 10:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
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none
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none
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The first question I have for you this month is how do you feel comfortable buying a game on Kickstarter if you haven't played it?
- It seems like a gamble. Kickstarter is a lot less like a shop front or a storefront going to a board game shop and buying a game and much more like investing in an idea.
- My golden rule for Kickstarter is I wouldn't back any game that did not have a copy of the rules PDF available for you to read through.
- Long flight coming up? What are the best roll and right games small enough to fit on an airplane trade table?
- How long is too long to allow a retcon in a game?
- If you could only play mass market games, what games would you play?
- IP or no IP?
- I don't really love IPs on games but like everybody in the world if it's the IP that I really like I'm also much more interested in playing a game if it's got an IP that I like.
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Board Game Coffee Discussion at 6:38 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Nice 50th Anniversary edition with pewter pieces
Cons
- A marked card makes it impossible to play due to cheating concerns.
Thematic elements
- Mystery/Deduction
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm Mark Maya and this is boarding coffee
- we're going to be doing some micro reviews throughout the episode of any games that I've played
- so the purpose of this I'm gonna show you my collection I'm gonna help you build yours
- we're going to be giving away it's kind of we're going to be doing some micro reviews throughout the episode of any games that I've played granted in this pile I think there's a lot of games I haven't played so we might just switch through those but the micro reviews are there to help you make informed decisions when building up your collection if you don't win
- now we're gonna have 24 videos over the next 12 days and we're giving out 55 5-0 we're giving out 50 games over 50 games
- The winners will be announced live after these 12 videos are released
- the idea since this is the season of giving we give to you and we want you to pay it forward and give to the kids
- ah an unexpected party this was an unexpected game to be released because it's about The Hobbit like the dinner they do in the beginning the movie or something
- it's dense it's like a I think it's like a work replacement I don't know because we've never played it I opened it I started reading the rules got distracted probably by another project and never got back to it so I have no idea
- so the spill is sponsored by smirk and Dagger who who is giving it away
- this episode we are giving away Ganesha and deep state for two winners and that's from crowd games
- so that's three lucky winners I'm gonna win one two three
- you gotta subscribe to board game coffee on YouTube you gotta like this video and tell us and this is this is for Logistics when picking winners make sure we do get a winner that is in the eligible in an eligible country
- out of the old games you used to play from back in the day because we had a few oldies here Monopoly risk uh clue Etc are there any of those games that you're still playing today
- but even if you weren't which one do you have the most fond memories of
- it is possible to win multiple prizes because it's all randomly selected if your name gets pulled out two three times you're gonna win two three gifts
- I apologize for the companies who are sponsoring the sponsoring this giveaway
- we will be announcing all the winners after all the 12 videos are are released and we will be announcing though that we will be announcing those live
- you can enter every video because you can win multiple times
- thank you again to our sponsors uh crowd games and smirk and Dagger they made this possible
- remember have fun keep gaming be social see you next week
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Video EmDdEPE-7HU
Board Game Coffee Discussion at 18:11 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 89133 · mention_pk 322193
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm Mark Maya and this is boarding coffee
- we're going to be doing some micro reviews throughout the episode of any games that I've played
- so the purpose of this I'm gonna show you my collection I'm gonna help you build yours
- we're going to be giving away it's kind of we're going to be doing some micro reviews throughout the episode of any games that I've played granted in this pile I think there's a lot of games I haven't played so we might just switch through those but the micro reviews are there to help you make informed decisions when building up your collection if you don't win
- now we're gonna have 24 videos over the next 12 days and we're giving out 55 5-0 we're giving out 50 games over 50 games
- The winners will be announced live after these 12 videos are released
- the idea since this is the season of giving we give to you and we want you to pay it forward and give to the kids
- ah an unexpected party this was an unexpected game to be released because it's about The Hobbit like the dinner they do in the beginning the movie or something
- it's dense it's like a I think it's like a work replacement I don't know because we've never played it I opened it I started reading the rules got distracted probably by another project and never got back to it so I have no idea
- so the spill is sponsored by smirk and Dagger who who is giving it away
- this episode we are giving away Ganesha and deep state for two winners and that's from crowd games
- so that's three lucky winners I'm gonna win one two three
- you gotta subscribe to board game coffee on YouTube you gotta like this video and tell us and this is this is for Logistics when picking winners make sure we do get a winner that is in the eligible in an eligible country
- out of the old games you used to play from back in the day because we had a few oldies here Monopoly risk uh clue Etc are there any of those games that you're still playing today
- but even if you weren't which one do you have the most fond memories of
- it is possible to win multiple prizes because it's all randomly selected if your name gets pulled out two three times you're gonna win two three gifts
- I apologize for the companies who are sponsoring the sponsoring this giveaway
- we will be announcing all the winners after all the 12 videos are are released and we will be announcing though that we will be announcing those live
- you can enter every video because you can win multiple times
- thank you again to our sponsors uh crowd games and smirk and Dagger they made this possible
- remember have fun keep gaming be social see you next week
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Video q1-Yl1y1QQ0
Beyond Solitaire Analysis at 28:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging for students familiar with the game.
- Effectively integrates Latin into gameplay.
- Simplifies mechanics for classroom use.
- The added writing component enhances learning.
Cons
- Some students may not be familiar with the game.
- Requires careful management of the deduction process.
Thematic elements
- Roman house
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players try to deduce who committed a crime, with what weapon, and where.
- movement on a board — Simplified movement using a projected whiteboard and magnet.
- question asking — Players ask questions in Latin to gather information.
- Secret information — Players hold cards with information they can use to disprove suggestions.
- Writing Component — Students write a narrative of the game's events at the end.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I just use games as kind of an extension of that as another as a thing to communicate
- I just simplified it I just gave everybody stats
- the thing is the game has to be fun on its own if it's not fun on its own then it's not going to be fun as a classroom game
- the worst educational experience I've had with an education game is escape room
- I have found that I like I like hard games that kick my butt as a solo player but I'm way more forgiving when I'm like playing with other people
- Earthbound Rangers is just a lovely fun game it's a campaign game and I hate Campaign games so it's doing something right
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Beyond Solitaire Analysis at 32:45
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Pros
none
Cons
none
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I just use games as kind of an extension of that as another as a thing to communicate
- I just simplified it I just gave everybody stats
- the thing is the game has to be fun on its own if it's not fun on its own then it's not going to be fun as a classroom game
- the worst educational experience I've had with an education game is escape room
- I have found that I like I like hard games that kick my butt as a solo player but I'm way more forgiving when I'm like playing with other people
- Earthbound Rangers is just a lovely fun game it's a campaign game and I hate Campaign games so it's doing something right
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Video 37Ivw3KtV1w
UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 21:01
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none
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- played the game once on camera and then gave his review of the tutorial and it at least he's being honest about it
- all he kept doing was comparing it to another game the entire time
- the cooldown system what they call it yeah so basically if you use it if you use this action you gotta way to turn you put it on your Tableau and then at the end of you turn it slides over and once it slides off then you can take it into your hand and use it again right
- I don't like this it's the best way to do it because everyone forgets when they can take it back like you put it and you slide it and you get slides off it comes back to your hand it's it's really simple it makes it very easy to know when something when you get something back too and he's like I don't need that
- he literally watches the guy play the game wrong make mistakes and then complain about the things he did wrong
- publishing zombies
- there was like a line I couldn't believe like they haven't roped off in the back it's changed a lot since the last time I've been there and they had it roped off and people were like around the block and [__] waiting to take the picture it was weird
- it's just like a popup Rocky store they s like Rocky M bilion [__] those people that come take a picture with the Statue yeah
- you can say hi to two of us what a deal two alab Boomers two the Boomers two Boomers the original Boomers Boomer OG y
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Get into games Interview at 28:54 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- familiar classic with social deduction elements
Cons
- older editions can feel clunky
Thematic elements
- Array
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a glorious day because we have our friends here.
- Beanie's first campaign and Mommy's first campaign and Daddy's first campaign.
- Don't be precious about it.
- It's never going to happen; life is what happens when you're busy making plans.
- Get into games on air; Rent Shuffle and Roll at rentshuffleandroll.co.uk with code gg50.
- Learning through board games—sharing, planning, flexibility, and teamwork.
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The Dice Tower Top List at 1:01:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- pioneering deduction game
- core mechanics are still relevant
- inspired many subsequent games
Cons
- roll and move mechanic is dated
Thematic elements
- murder mystery
- mansion
- deductive
Comparison games
- Sleuth
- Mystery of the Abbey
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — you're doing a deduction game you've got a sheet of paper and you're crossing things off and you're taking notes
- note-taking — the note taking crossing referencing listening to other people
- roll and move — the roll and move part of this
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's all about the narration, the story, the the you know, and that's I still get caught up in this map.
- It was called Remote Possibilities.
- Scotland Yard, it just it's one of those games that's way ahead of its time.
- Sid Sackson was Way ahead of his time.
- This game almost just This started a genre, but then didn't.
- Cosmic Encounter is the or one of the original asymmetric games.
- Also introduced the traitor mechanism, which was a really cool concept that again didn't really become a thing till years later.
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Jamie, Tabletoptiktok Game List at 0:22
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Pros
none
Cons
none
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Host mentions it as the first deduction game they were introduced to as a child, involving finding clues.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So, today I want to talk about logical deduction games.
- So, where you're given certain clues you have to put together and then you have to figure out the solution.
- None of these games require guessing. You should be able to figure all of them out from the clues given, which I also appreciate.
- So those are five logical deduction games that I love and one I would love to try.
- All of them have the information there. It's just if you can put the information together correctly in order to come up with the right answer.
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Beyond Solitaire Interview at 13:35
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- mystery
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We're theming at mysteries. We're theming at games.
- Stars and wishes is uh just like a really great uh safety tool that you would play at the you would use at the end of a session
- So, yeah, it's a really great um it's it's it's a it's a it's a quick uh safety tool. It's not invasive.
- I am technically a professor of English. My PhD is in comparative literature.
- My mission has just been that board games are for everybody, right?
- There's the violence that does happen doesn't happen on screen.
- So, um, at least for my first book for Player Elimination, the part of the stakes is that um, Ren's business isn't doing so hot and she's worried that her business is going to close, right?
- I did have multiple agents tell me off the bat that Ren was not a good protagonist because she has a disability.
- Like, that in a cozy in a cozy in particular, you know, like kind of in a romance, it's kind of like the romance of of mystery genre in the sense of like, you know, at the end it's going to be okay.
- What's with the solo gamer hate
- I only really named like Katon and maybe Clue.
- It was just fun. It was just fun to to it's it's a fictional world. Why can't I make up fictional board games?
- you might not know about board games but you get it's a small town. It's a a niche hobby. Um, and it's a welcoming hobby that people are, you know, are there.
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