Cuzco

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Area Control
• height advantage
• hex stacking
• Stacking and Balancing

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Quotes (from this video)

• these games have amazing table presence by which i mean people are going to glance across the room and go what is that person playing and i want to play all these games
• stacking games have table presence like nothing else
• looks beautiful it looks like a load of sweets on the board
• one of my favorite games of all time
• i don't like that sort of game i find that one of the most frustrating game mechanisms
• the central marble dispenser is your main draw in this game
• absolutely brilliant strategic game quite complex game
• it's actually my favorite of the mask trilogy
• i'm almost scared to say this but i don't really like azul very much
• biggest most overlooked game on this list

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Area Control — Controlling regions

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Quotes (from this video)

• It wasn't just the hundred sort of best designed games this was the hundred games that I feel that I'm particularly sort of connected to
• The games that have a place in my heart really games that I've got a lot of nostalgia for
• It felt a bit like doing a roll and write game but without all of the sort of convenience
• I wish I still had castles of burgundy and notre dame
• The main thing that got in the way for me was all the iconography
• I do use board games as an escape from screens and technology
• I really like the production of cockroach poker
• I found it was a game where I could see the ending coming and then someone would just go and there we go we've got another 20 minutes now
• It feels like something other than a board game
• The decisions you make in the game are very very slight
• Right up my alley
• I do really like push your luck
• That's my favorite game
• Abyss is my second favorite game
• I love pekka pig
• I just think it's ugly

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Quotes (from this video)

• "Kuzco is the remake of Java which is one of Keesling and Kramer's mask trilogy along with Tikal and Mexico which are brilliant games"
• "I already know that I love the game Java so that is high on my list"
• "gingerbread house this is from lookout Spieler look how free that is pretty big pretty mark of quality"
• "Seven for the Queen competing to create a new necklace for the Queen and it won the best unpublished game competition"
• "Coco is a trick-taking game ya fool or Papa is a classic trick-taking game with a twist"
• "the game changes... it's basically an expansion that works for every game"

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Action points — Six action points per turn for various actions
• Auction / Bidding — Players bid with festival cards for victory points
• Elevation/Height — Height more important than majority in cities
• Festival Bidding — Players bid with festival cards for victory points
• Temple Building — Build temples if you occupy highest position

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Quotes (from this video)

• I haven't had that many games that have sort of left out to me and I'm sort of screamed for my attention
• It's hugely satisfying to see those magnets moving around the board as if by magic
• High society is a classic it's a modern classic
• I think Skylands is flying under the radar and I think it deserves more buzz
• After a couple of games once you get into that flow it's really satisfying
• This is a real gateway level game it's so much simpler than those other games
• Blitz Bowl fixes everything about Blood Bowl
• You're not gonna find deep strategy in this box this is simple simple stuff really
• I cannot beat my partner at Bunny Kingdom I constantly try and get close but it's difficult

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