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Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
75 min
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Description
Lewis and Clark are tasked not only with exploring America, but with ridding the land of numerous invasive monsters that have appeared.
Corps of Discovery: A Game Set in the World of Manifest Destiny is a co-operative deduction game in which players each take the role of one of the crew on the expedition and set out to explore the land. The game board allows for different maps to be inserted into it, so you have many adventures ahead of you.
In addition to finding and killing monsters, you must also complete numerous daily challenges that require specific resources that you can find on the board. You have to use logic and deduction to reason out where the resources you need are located. Ally yourselves with Sacajawea and the indigenous people of the area to help you on your quest.
The game comes with two chapters: Fauna and Flora. Each has new mechanisms, a different goal, and new components to give each chapter a different feel.
—description from the publisher
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The Dice Tower Top List at 5:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Art evokes classic comics style
- box and art feel retro and appealing
Cons
- Limited art in the game; more art would help
Thematic elements
- old-time feel, Prince Valiant style
- Comic-book inspired fantasy setting
- graphic novel/illustrative
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- art is incredibly subjective.
- I love aquariums.
- This is absolutely gorgeous artwork.
- The art just screams anime in every way.
- It's the best art I think of 2025.
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The Dice Tower Top List at 0:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- strong blend of cooperation and deduction that remains accessible
- tangible, appealing components and physical map pieces
- satisfying integration of theme with mechanics during play
- high replayability due to modular scenarios
Cons
- can be punishing in tight situations; a bad draw or poor deduction may doom the group
- rulebook clarity could be a barrier for new players
- as a heavier title, setup and teach-in time can be lengthy
Thematic elements
- survival, deduction, cooperation under pressure
- cooperative survival in a modular scenario-driven map f Exploration relief with resource gathering
- scenario-based, map-first discovery with hidden information
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — players work as a team to survive and complete the scenario, sharing information and coordinating actions.
- cooperative play — players work as a team to survive and complete the scenario, sharing information and coordinating actions.
- Deduction — the board includes hidden or revealed resources and locations; players infer where resources lie and what the map requires.
- Resource Management — players must acquire and allocate wood, rock, water, and other necessities to sustain the group and resolve the scenario.
- scenario-based modules — each game or session uses a different map and condition set, creating varied challenges and replayability.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the map has all these different ways, and where they're located is very deduction-based
- this is a nice marriage of the two—cooperative play and deduction
- I love the pieces on this
- it's a good heavy euro where you have action bidding; you don't just place out a worker
- the interaction of the player spaces and the gears that you put out that allow you to basically pick from adjacent action spaces
- everything in this game is so logical and cohesive
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The Dice Tower Top 10 List at 5:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Historically themed with evocative setting
- Potential for teach-and-learn ahead of cruise
Cons
- Not fully explored by the speakers yet
- Rule depth may slow beginner players
Thematic elements
- exploration, discovery, and expansion
- Historically themed world (Manifest Destiny era context)
- euro-style resource/action optimization with thematic ties
Comparison games
- Manifest Destiny games (general)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- resource collection and action selection — Roll-and-use mechanics tied to a historical exploration theme
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Quotes (from this video)
- If we get enough votes, maybe we'll get a chance.
- Our bottom five, numbers 10 through six of our top 10 games we want to play on the Dice Tower cruise this year.
- No Thanks is referenced as a benchmark in the bidding/auction space.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 2:33 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- engaging mix of survival and deduction
- adds thematic tension that enhances deduction
Cons
- survival pressure can overwhelm the deduction experience for some players
Thematic elements
- survival pressures, resource management, and deduction
- survival/deduction scenario with wilderness exploration
- tension-filled, time-sensitive questing with deductive elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative survival with deduction — players work together to find essential resources while deducing their needs
- Deduction — finding water and other resources drives the deduction process
- resource-driven deduction — finding water and other resources drives the deduction process
- time-sensitive quests — specific quests remove or reveal resources, increasing tension
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Quotes (from this video)
- There is a ton of theme involved.
- The theme is super there. And if you love this idea of a game, go for it.
- it's cozy. It's one of those games that has some cool thinkiness to it.
- placing a number in between two other numbers and collecting one of those numbers that you placed in between of.
- I think that it offers a nice balance between thinking and social interaction.
- the balance and the cool synergies of the engine
- this is one of those cozy games where you can hang out and talk with people
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