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Demon Worker

Game ID: GID0091105
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Year
2016
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Description

Who will become the next demon king? In Demon Worker, you send demons with special abilities to the human world, weapons factory, and other locations to collect resources efficiently, with both humans and weapons being examples of those resources.

With these resources, you can summon new demons and create impulse points — and whoever ends up with the most impulse points will claim the demon throne.

Description

Who will become the next demon king? In Demon Worker, you send demons with special abilities to the human world, weapons factory, and other locations to collect resources efficiently, with both humans and weapons being examples of those resources.

With these resources, you can summon new demons and create impulse points — and whoever ends up with the most impulse points will claim the demon throne.

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Video f7VAtv9ylJY Tabletop Tokki Top 10 List at 10:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Compact design with a unique drafting twist
  • Good for 3-4 players
Cons
  • Limited to 3-4 players; not ideal for two
Thematic elements
  • Worker drafting and resource management in a demon economy
  • Demonic domain; feeding demons
  • compact, efficient
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Worker Placement — Draft workers at the start and deploy them to gather resources; end-game upkeep costs apply.
  • worker placement with drafting — Draft workers at the start and deploy them to gather resources; end-game upkeep costs apply.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • this is the game where you're going to be putting together a spooky Carnival filled with Oddities Horrors beasts and all sorts of variety of attractions in order to shock and thrill your audience
  • it's cute it's very light-hearted but the set collection elements are actually really fun
  • it's like being at a party and going from Booth to Booth
  • one of my all-time favorite aesthetics in board gaming
  • this is a really cool game ... it has a niroshima hex vibe
  • the reference materials are so well put together that it's never difficult to know what to do next
  • this is a gorgeously punishing game that I own
  • the Bloody Inn is a card game where you lure and guests into your murder hotel
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Video 9hFbUTtmFUw The Dice Tower Top List at 11:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • unique early-draft mechanic creates a fresh puzzle each game
  • balanced demons with different power and end-game value
Cons
  • risk of suboptimal draft if not balanced
Thematic elements
  • work placement and demon drafting
  • demon workers in a workshop
  • puzzle-like worker placement
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • one-time_draft — draft demons at the start and then play with fixed hand
  • Worker Placement — assign workers to different work areas each round
  • worker_placement — assign workers to different work areas each round
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • This game is all about balance and efficiencies with a good dose of theme.
  • The race to get your stars out is kind of what's driving this game.
  • The two main reasons why this game is on my list. First is the tech trees.
  • This game offers me the perfect balance of euro mechanisms and card play combined with randomness of events.
  • That patching mechanism is just so fun and engaging that patch history is my number 75 on my list.
  • The production wheel. These wheels have rotating spokes that split the wheel into two sections.
  • Kickback actions are one of the reasons why I love this game.
  • The theme in this one is, well, to be fair, not exactly sure beyond being an empire looking to expand.
  • What sets this one apart is you only draft once during the game at the very beginning.
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