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Year
2025
Players
1-6
Age
10+
Playtime
75 min
Complexity
2.7/5
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Description
A steampunk worker placement game set in a city in the clouds where players research and industrialize for profit
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Board Game Dad Review at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Swift simultaneous play streamlines the engine-building experience.
- Clever bidding mechanic where losers can leave pieces for future rounds.
- Engaging and fun for both adults and children.
- Streamlined engine-building mechanics.
Cons
- Game card-wise kind of plays itself, with limited agency over strategy.
- You're going to play the hand that you're dealt.
Thematic elements
- making the most money
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action bidding — Players commit cubes to actions on the main board. Control (sole or shared) determines if actions can be performed. Losers of bids can leave pieces for future rounds.
- Engine Building — Players build an engine from cards that synergize off of each other, with cards layered in columns for impact.
- Resource Management — Players receive resources from actions and can gain additional dice or increase cube commitment for future rounds.
- Simultaneous action selection — Players privately and simultaneously use dice to plan how many player cubes to commit to their chosen action. Everyone reveals at the same time.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Campania is an exciting engine builder featuring swift simultaneous play.
- The company phase is the heart of the game when players will build an engine from cards that synergize off of each other.
- The cool twist here is that cards can be layered in columns making powerful impact from a small action.
- I don't think I've seen that before. Uh but truth be told when I played this game for the first time, I hadn't even finished playing it before I was already ordering it on my phone.
- I love the simultaneous action in this game.
- It's definitely a five-star game on my shelfie at the perfectboardgame.com.
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The Dice Tower Event Coverage at 3:49 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- first tables I saw filled in immediately
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)
- Everyone is here is in line to say hello to me. Hello everyone, your wishes are granted. I am here.
- There's an energy, I can feel a palpable energy, but no one is racing, scrambling. I've seen no checking into the boards, even though people are wearing hockey jerseys. They're not checking people.
- For the first time in my life, I'm proud of you, Eric.
- The best flicking game ever. Hear that? Came up with that on my own, off the noggin.
- This is the single coolest thing I've ever seen in my life.
- So, this is an opportunity to see some of the stuff that All Play has that is coming up, and then some of All Play's partners as well.
- The unspoken rules are unwritten rules are you get free games when you come to my house. You get free snacks.
- Tons of happy gamers, tons and tons of happy gamers here at Dice Tower East and what I can only assume is a cult gathering.
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Grant Lyon Top List at 0:31 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- a lot of engine building
Cons
- prefer at a higher player count
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — In Campania, you're placing dice behind privacy screens to send workers out to spots on the board to fight for control of those spots.
- Dice Placement — In Campania, you're placing dice behind privacy screens to send workers out to spots on the board to fight for control of those spots.
- Engine Building — And there's a lot of engine building, building cards, building upgrades that get you more points and stuff.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Here are my top five board games in the month of July out of the 25 new games I played.
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TheGameBoyGeek - Hi Quality Hi Energy Board Game Reviews Rules Teach at 0:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Simultaneous play removes downtime.
- Secret ship deployment adds intrigue.
- Area control is a core mechanic.
- Resource management is key to progression.
- Investment abilities can be comboed.
- Variable endgame goals add replayability.
- Sponsor cards and company cards allow for combos.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- building your company with a team of employees and a fleet of ships to become the wealthiest in the land
- the land of compania
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players vie for control of different tiles on the board, which grants them special actions.
- End-game scoring — Players score points based on various factors, including sponsor cards and investments made during the game.
- hidden dice placement — Players use hidden dice placement to send workers out to accomplish goals.
- Resource Management — Players manage resources like machines, electricity, and crystal to construct buildings and take actions.
- Set Collection — Players collect building cards and potentially area cards to enhance their company.
- Simultaneous action selection — The planning phase involves players secretly deploying ships at the same time.
- Variable player powers — Investment tiles provide different abilities that are randomly assigned each game, leading to unique player experiences.
- Worker Placement — Workers (represented by cubes) are deployed to different spots on the board to accomplish goals.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hello my friends, it's the Game Boy Geek here.
- This is a crowdfunding preview. So, all the art and components you see here are not final. These are prototypes.
- Well, there you have Compania. And as I showed in the overview, there's simultaneous play, removing downtime, secret ship deployment with dice, area control, resource management, and comboing investment abilities.
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Grant Lyon Top List at 8:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fits the host's wheelhouse of mediumweight strategy that plays relatively quickly.
- Lots of player interaction.
- Uses hidden dice placement and worker placement.
- Dice pip count determines access to locations.
- Focuses on growing company buildings, buying land, developing factories, and creating an airship network.
- Satisfying dice placement, worker placement combo system.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Growing a company
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — And then if two people are trying to go to the same place, whoever has more pips on their dice is going to get to go to that place.
- Company building — You're going to use your workers to grow your company's buildings to gain greater income. You want to buy more land, develop factories, create a network of airships to move your goods.
- hidden dice placement — In the game you are using hidden dice placement. You are like have a privacy screen and you're using dice placement to send workers out onto the board.
- Worker Placement — You are using dice placement to send workers out onto the board.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Aquatica is one of the most unique games I've ever played because you're going to be getting these cards and sort of sliding them up into your board notch by notch.
- And so you have these epic turns where you're like I'm going to slide this up that's going to help me get this card that's going to get me this and that's going to get me and ba ba ba
- So, that adds this tension because every time you play it, you have to respond to what your opponent is going for and sort of block them off.
- I love the mechanism I split you choose.
- And I don't feel like it's used in enough games.
- And so you are playing mind games the whole time where you're like, "Ooh, how do I how do I put something decently enticing on the top but not enticing enough that they want to keep that?"
- Maybe they think, "Ooh, there's probably something better underneath that." And then I screw them and then I put something there that they don't want.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 42:47 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast-paced for a Euro game
- Simultaneous play keeps downtime low
- Quick setup
- Simple actions to understand
- Nice anime-style art
- Includes investment cards for interesting dynamics
- Can be customized with base/advanced rules
Cons
- Luck of the card draw can be a significant factor
- Can be challenging to get specific resources needed for buildings
- It's hard to know what other players are doing until the end due to simultaneous play
- Can't ignore control-based building cards
Thematic elements
- Worker placement with dice and area control to generate money
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players place cubes on action spots to gain control and take actions.
- Dice Placement — Dice are used to determine the value of actions, and players assign them to spots.
- Investment — Players can spend money to acquire special abilities that provide benefits during different phases of the game.
- Resource Management — Players manage three colored resources to build buildings.
- Simultaneous action selection — Players choose their actions secretly and reveal them at the same time.
- Tableau Building — Players build buildings by playing cards, which generate income or provide other benefits.
- Worker Placement — Players place workers (dice) on action spots, but it's blind placement, and control is determined by majority.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The Grim Reaper begged for more time.
- When Chuck Norris met the Grim Reaper, the Grim Reaper begged for more time.
- I'm sorry. I got all tongue tied there.
- Board games is a luxury item. It's a luxury. You don't need it. You don't have to have it.
- The market spoke and we're giving it to them.
- You guys are cutting out the local game store. You're you're cutting out the your bread and butter.
- Well, last week they pulled the plug on Altered. It is now a dead game.
- It is now a $650 console. Really? Remember in times when you bought consoles and they got cheaper over time? Yeah, that time's gone.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Top 3 List at 3:14
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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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 love Klask.
- it's all about luck in Flip Seven.
- It's a two-player game.
- Goa and it's my number three.
- We got to play Goa. It's not on my list, but no, it is because it's really fun.
- Fields of Arle is a game we played many years ago.
- You're trying to get the peat away.
- My number one is Keyflower.
- Probably it is one of my favorite cooperative games.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 3:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Was a treat, a treat.
- Really enjoyable game.
- Surprised me.
- Fantastic game.
- Really enjoying this one.
- Thought really cool.
Cons
- The money pieces could be improved.
Thematic elements
- Dice placement
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — just placing out kind of an area control game
- Dice Placement — Kind of dice placement, and you have a little sole screen.
- Engine Building — An engine-building area control game
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a series that we do where we talk about the different games that we reviewed over the course of the week and other videos.
- It's going to be Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era, came
- Thiefdom, a game where you're running around as thieves on the board. A lot of cool features in this game, but at the end of the day it's just a little too long.
- Uh I did Coral Castle, a drafting game which I found to be very enjoyable. Very simple. I don't The components could be improved, but I like how the game plays.
- What a fantastic game. I'm really enjoying this one. The money pieces could be improved, but just placing out kind of an area control game, but if you don't win, your stuff stays on for the next turn. An engine-building area control game I thought really cool.
- Regret as a game design tool. Oh cool. I use a game design tool every day. Near misses in games that you have to play repeatedly have actually been shown to motivate continued play. They generate a negative emotion, regret, along with a positive one, motivation.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 8:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Very Positive
Pros
- Fantastic game
- Stuff stays on for the next turn if you don't win
Cons
- Money pieces could be improved
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — placing out kind of an area control game
- Engine Building — An engine-building area control game
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a series that we do where we talk about the different games that we reviewed over the course of the week and other videos.
- It's going to be Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era, came
- Thiefdom, a game where you're running around as thieves on the board. A lot of cool features in this game, but at the end of the day it's just a little too long.
- Uh I did Coral Castle, a drafting game which I found to be very enjoyable. Very simple. I don't The components could be improved, but I like how the game plays.
- What a fantastic game. I'm really enjoying this one. The money pieces could be improved, but just placing out kind of an area control game, but if you don't win, your stuff stays on for the next turn. An engine-building area control game I thought really cool.
- Regret as a game design tool. Oh cool. I use a game design tool every day. Near misses in games that you have to play repeatedly have actually been shown to motivate continued play. They generate a negative emotion, regret, along with a positive one, motivation.
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 21:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really enjoyed it.
- A solid game to put in your collection.
- A good 1-hour euro.
- Definitely a 1hour euro.
- Has depth to it.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- simultaneous bidding — The game involves players bidding at the same time.
- Worker Placement — The game is a worker placement game with simultaneous bidding.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Anything with Lord of the Rings attached to it. I'm interested.
- It was great. This was great. I'm ready to play this again.
- Frenzy is a good word for it, right?
- This has got a Seven Wonders feel to it.
- This is much better use of those cards.
- This is much better than the two-player version of Seven Wonders.
- This game sounds good. We're bringing it out at Mother's Day and we're going to play that with my family.
- I love deduction games.
- This is Got Five from Blue Orange.
- I love those things.
- Y'all, let's flip this around. Instead of an office desk, if you were to get one of these E-Win desk, and they're good size, 62 in long, 24 in deep, you could raise this up. This could become your gaming table, especially if you put a game topper on it.
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Board Game Hangover Top List at 10:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique dice selection mechanism
- Simultaneous hidden action selection
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Running your company
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players select actions using dice placement, with a unique method of choosing dice values.
- Area Majority — Having the most cubes on an action space grants the ability to perform the action.
- Dice Placement — Players place dice on the board to use actions.
- Resource Management — Actions provide resources which are spent to build cards for victory points.
- Simultaneous Play — Players choose actions secretly and simultaneously.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Create your hero and go on an amazing adventure in this unique land of Evershade.
- This game has a very robust character creation and upgrading system.
- We love this game a lot. We love the prototype.
- It's a fantastic experience.
- it's a rogue light, which means you go into dungeons, try to get as far as possible, hopefully destroy the bad guy, and call yourself victorious.
- This game has one of the most interesting mechanisms I've heard of lately. Let's see how it works. This game has upgradable dice.
- the art style is epic, is different.
- it's impossible to finish that game.
- It does take a lot of table space.
- Minecraft is one of your, if not the favorite video game, right?
- Is it weird that I want to play it more now?
- support the channel because we make these videos every single month. It takes a lot of time, effort, and we love doing it.
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The Dice Tower Event Coverage at 1:12
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hey everybody, Tom Vasel here and we are going to the opening day of a board convention here in the Philippines and this is the first day.
- So, the game buying area is finished.
- Here's one of these from Table Toys, one of the Spiel des Jahres nominees.
- And here's the big stage where this morning's They'll have a presentation this morning.
- This is the view from the stage. You can see kind of the whole thing. They're expecting 20,000 guests, at least 10,000, 15,000. It's going to be a packed thing.
- The energy here is pretty high.
- The ultimate play for fun, board card game.
- I just think it's kind of neat, you know, you have all this and then you can just go outside and see sort of a jungle-esque nature here.
- It's 9:30, the convention really opens at 10:00.
- We did our bingo game, our Metro Bingo, which was a lot of fun.
- The line is almost all the way out the door.
- But this is not bad for the convention for people to buy this many games.
- Well, that was a long day.
- I had a good first day. A great time, a lot of people.
- I saw tons of games being played and bought. It was a really great time.
- Thank you everybody for joining me. We'll come back to you for more. There's still three more days of the convention to go.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 11:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Solid, familiar Euro mechanisms with a fresh shell
Cons
- Brand recognition and print quality vary by printer
Thematic elements
- industrial/strategic city-building
- Hidden worker placement with strategic planning.
- midweight Euro
Comparison games
- Other hidden worker placement games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- hidden worker placement — Players place workers secretly to unlock actions while managing information.
- Worker Placement — Players place workers secretly to unlock actions while managing information.
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Quotes (from this video)
- People love that cover.
- Flamecraft, which is their evergreen game, has sold 400,000 copies. That is crazy.
- Rain as a title is pretty uninspired.
- Pantheon has another expansion coming.
- Cichlades has an expansion coming. I love how they go and they go and make this the ultimate edition.
- Unmatched Stars and Stripes is releasing very soon in June.
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