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Year
2013
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Description
Coal Baron – or Glück Auf in German, after a greeting German miners use when wishing one another luck – has players sending miners underground to dig tunnels and acquire coal, which comes in four levels of quality and is used to fulfill contracts.
The game lasts three rounds, and in each round players take turns placing their workers on action spaces; you can place on a space occupied by another player, but you need to place additional workers in order to do so. Each player has an individual elevator shaft, and will need to use workers to extract coal and bring it to the surface, while also competing for contracts and scrounging for cash in order to do everything else that needs to be done!
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Watch It Played Discussion at 7:01
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Pros
- modernized more user-friendly and ergonomic Quality Hardware
- new art
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- digging for coal
- Underground
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Worker Placement — a worker placement game that has two to four players sending miners underground to dig tunnels and acquire coal which comes in four levels of quality and is used to fulfill contracts.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a new year but the same old me
- we start this week by talking about a couple upcoming board game tournaments
- there's not much more than an announcement for an announcement which is how the board game industry likes to do things
- Let's quick fire these New Year's news items
- I really like this thematically and I've Heard lots of good things but maybe I'll be playing the roller right before the original
- The players it seems control the fortunes of this company together in this wonderful player co-op
- well interestingly not the journeyman expansion
- though all reference to it has since disappeared
- so as there is a Star Trek Voyager flux game how could I not want to try out the solo version
- you can't have Burns night without haggis
- it really is a fantastic little game
- this new version is being described as a deluxe edition
- finally I wanted to finish with some good old-fashioned watch it played news
- we personally wanted to say thank you to everyone that's here watching what we do
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The Brothers Murph Unboxing at 162:34:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Strong Positive
Pros
- absolute banger
- Been playing this one a lot lately
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Our board game collection has surpassed the 1,000 board game mark.
- It feels like it's time to do another collection tour.
- This is Tiny Epic Galaxies. It's a really fun dice rolling, resource management, engine building kind of game.
- Terraforming Mars. This is a classic.
- The feeling of terraforming Mars is just epic.
- Too Many Bones. This game has some of the coolest dice I've ever seen.
- It's a cooperative adventure game with really satisfying combat.
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The Board Gaming Doctor Discussion at 21:08 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Straightforward to understand
- Clear and thematic economic engine
Cons
- May feel routine to some players with repeated play
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Caverna
- agricola-style worker placement
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action point / programmatic action system — Fixed action economy where steps require action points.
- Action Points — Fixed action economy where steps require action points.
- Set Collection — Acquire and fulfill orders to score.
- Set collection / order fulfillment — Acquire and fulfill orders to score.
- Worker Placement — Place workers to gather resources and fulfill orders.
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Quotes (from this video)
- and so I really like that the ramping difficulty is really nice as well
- thematic integration the push your luck mechanism of brewing your beers feels what I imagine to be very thematic
- I soundly lost
- I feel like it is a marriage between The Best of Both Worlds
- I would happily play if someone recommended it
- I really enjoyed the puzzle that this game provides
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The Broken Meeple News at 33:28 sentiment: other
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Overall sentiment (raw)
nostalgic but not strongly compelling
Pros
- solid, familiar mining theme with tactile components
- play mat and metal coins add quality
Cons
- theme feels dated for some; price/board content expectations high
- could be overpriced for what you get
Thematic elements
- Industrial era mining
- Mining for coal and iron; classic resource management
- Historical but lightweight in theme
Comparison games
- CNC Publishing line
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- tile placement/resource management — purchase and manage resource tiles, track finance and growth
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Quotes (from this video)
- I think this looks like magic the Gathering it really does seem like it
- it's just too much and people are just throwing hundreds of dollars into it
- as always yes I've been quite negative on the kickstarters and that but just remember as always it's only a game
- the hype train on this one that's going around at the moment
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