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A mission gone wrong. Tensions continued to mount aboard your colony ship as the days dragged on. An anonymous act of sabotage has sent the ship plummeting to the surface of a frozen uncharted planet. Damaged beyond repair, the scattered remains will do little to protect you from the brutal cold.
In the engine-building, worker placement game Cryo, leaders of separate, hostile factions compete to survive and claim control over the underground caverns on a remote icy planet. You need to act quickly and strategically to avoid further sabotage from other factions. Send drones out from your engineering platform to scavenge resources and save your crew still in cryostasis. Gather different materials to upgrade and customize your platform, fine-tuning new actions to suit your individual strategy. Utilize multi-use cards to your advantage, and claim the underground caverns for your faction to survive.
Though unplanned, a new chapter for humanity has begun. Scavenge, build, explore, and lead your faction to victory within this frozen world before the sun sets!
—description from the publisher
Year Published
2021
Transcript Analysis
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Our Fair Place Games general_discussion at 18:48 sentiment: positive
video_pk 11534 · mention_pk 33914
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Combination of worker placement, hand management, and area majority
- Themantic sci-fi setting with colony-building flavor
Cons
- Complexity and depth inferred but not explicitly quantified in transcript
Thematic elements
- Sci-fi survival and colonization
- Planetary colony on a distant world
- Competitive, resource-driven colony building
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- area majority — Players vie for control in regions to gain scoring or benefits.
- hand management — Players manage a hand of cards to execute actions or gain benefits.
- worker placement — Players assign workers to action spaces to gain resources or take actions.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's been difficult it's been a difficult week
- we're tired retired and we appreciate all of our allies
- we're hoping and we're not going to run this too far we're just hoping
- diversity and inclusion and we want to use our platform to help the board game hobby
- we're vaccinated we armored up we armed up but we still wear our masks
- seven and seven yes we're gonna fulfill these games seven seven seven baby seven seven
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One Family Plays Games (OFPG) top_10_list at 32:31 sentiment: positive
video_pk 10382 · mention_pk 30574
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Good thematic integration
- Interesting worker placement mechanics
- Resource collection challenge
- Unique theme
- Potentially underrated game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Survival on dangerous frozen planet
- Alien planet in caves
- Science fiction survival
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Majority — Area majority when deciding what goes into cave chambers
- Resource management — Collecting cryochambers before sun goes down
- worker placement — Using drones to gather resources in different locations
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- do those things that's going to keep us safe yeah so that we don't get overcome again
- the games from 2021 that we loved and we picked our top 10 games from that
- board games that bring the fun to the table
- i used to read yes you did when we first got married i would read yes i loved uh books
- i can do so much more yeah with board gaming than with golf
- they want to be known as the steam platform for board gaming
- embracer is becoming that you know so big that they're gonna be so diversified for geek culture
- we want to be that one-stop shop where if you're looking for people of color you want to hear what they have to say
- diversity inclusion that's what we're shooting for
- it's a beautiful game and you know the market you know because you gotta always look at the market
- i ain't mad at you
- the dice ain't nice
- we love you guys we we we're just glad you're still with us and keep on coming back
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Our Family Plays Games general_discussion at 35:03 sentiment: positive
video_pk 8315 · mention_pk 24492
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Underrated and engaging
- Strong space-themed puzzle element
Cons
- Can be heavy for casual players
Thematic elements
- Survival, science fiction
- Space colony with a sabotaged ship facing planetary weather
- Sci-fi, tense, strategic
Comparison games
- Gaia Project
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- hand management — Manage a hand of cards to optimize actions.
- set collection — Collect resources and cards to fulfill goals.
- worker placement — Place drones to gather resources and take actions.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a great game
- it's a hit
- it's beautiful it's got great chunky components
- the sweet spot
- it's a puzzle
- it's a fun game
- it's the love of the game
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Rolling Dice and Taking Names game_review at 2:22 sentiment: positive
video_pk 7471 · mention_pk 22143
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- strong theme alignment with mechanics
- compact gadgetry and multiple uses of cards
Cons
- learning curve for new players
- some players may want more direct interaction
Thematic elements
- cryo-freedom and rescue in a frozen ship
- Space voyage with cryogenic passengers
- thematic Euro with space exploration flavor
Comparison games
- Hadrian's Wall
- Raiders of the North Sea
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- energy and drones — use energy to provision pods and recall drones for actions
- Multi-use cards — cards serve as ships, upgrades, or in-game actions
- worker placement — assign workers to collect resources and perform actions
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- back it you won't regret it
- we're in year nine
- it's a heavy flipping right
- this is a matrix tonight
- it's a deck builder
- the rules are easy guys
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