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Dogs With Jobs

Game ID: GID0098942
Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-5
Playtime
22 min
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Description

Players recruit teams of unique working dogs to complete jobs for the city while managing their hand and organizing the most efficient team across eight rounds

Description

Players recruit teams of unique working dogs to complete jobs for the city while managing their hand and organizing the most efficient team across eight rounds

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Video eQhnWwXeUyE Board Gaymes James Playthrough at 0:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Cute and endearing theme with dogs having jobs.
  • Engaging gameplay with interesting decisions.
  • Appealing components with unique dog types.
Cons
  • Can be confusing at times, especially with expansions or specific job requirements.
  • Refreshing the available dogs might need more options, as expansions can lead to being stuck with unhelpful dogs.
Thematic elements
  • Dogs with jobs that have different jobs.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • action selection — On a turn, players can perform up to two actions, choosing from options like recruiting dogs or completing jobs.
  • Hand Management — Players spend cards from their hand to recruit dogs, with card values contributing to costs.
  • Set Collection — Players aim to collect sets of dogs or jobs that meet specific criteria for scoring.
  • Set completion — Completing jobs requires matching dog experience or categories to job requirements, often leading to bonus points.
  • Tableau Building — Players collect dogs that have different jobs and assign jobs to them to score points.
  • Variable player powers — Different dog types have unique abilities that players can utilize during the game.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • The dog penguin penguin dogs. Like how do penguins interact with the dogs? And the dogs were just like, "Do you see this bird? You see this bird? It can't fly."
  • I think I think refreshing cuz there was like because of the expansion out of beekeeping and penguins, we got kind of stuck like I'm I'm like I need therapy.
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Video aAHZPNQox-I Board Gaymes James Event Coverage at 25:55 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Charming theme
  • Unique dog abilities
  • Interesting dual-use cards
Cons
  • Lose points for uncompleted jobs/unused dogs
Thematic elements
  • Dogs with jobs
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Hand Management — The job cards also that are left in your hand at the end of the game will lose you points. You took on too much work and you didn't get it all done.
  • scoring — You want to have the most amount of reward points by the end of eight rounds because you have eight hours in your day. You want to get as much work done as possible.
  • Set Collection — Recruiting your own team of up to four types of dogs.
  • Worker Placement — You only have two actions in your eight hour day.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • Oh, we got Guardian Club here from Chris Couch Games.
  • Yes, lots of shiny map rocks.
  • Uh, it's very light. It's lighter than our neck.
  • We got poop shuffle as well over here.
  • We're just putting it out as cards instead.
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Video u8mYsQyaVVc Grant Lyon Review at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Easy to learn
  • Has a bunch of decisions to make
  • Easy system to wrap your head around
  • Makes for some tough choices
  • Nice little engine building aspect
  • Quick, easy-to-learn strategy game
Cons
  • Negative points for any units that haven't completed a job
  • Negative points for any uncompleted jobs in your hand
Thematic elements
  • Working dogs (herding, rescue, therapy, etc.)
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card drafting/discarding — You can recruit dogs by discarding job cards from your hand as long as the reward points are greater than or equal to the experience level of the dogs.
  • End-game scoring — Whoever has the most points at the end wins, but you also get negative points for any units that haven't completed a job and any uncompleted jobs in your hand.
  • Set Collection — It's a set collection game.
  • special abilities — Once you have a dog on your team, you can use its special ability at any time on your turn.
  • Worker placement (implied) — You add those dogs into your team in different units. You can use your dog units to complete jobs as long as the categories match.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • Sure, you love dogs, but do you love working dogs?
  • I'm not talking about a dog wearing a cute little tie and going into an office. I'm talking herding dogs, rescue dogs, therapy dogs, and more.
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Video 0mEB838UO7k Tim Chuon Unboxing at 13:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Cute theme
  • Great art
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • dogs with jobs
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • I did ask for a copy and Bezier graciously gave us a copy of Rebel Princess.
  • This game is an asymmetric trick taking game.
  • princes are bad in this game and each round has a different rule.
  • also got some postcards of dogs with jobs. Super excited about this game.
  • I love the art in this game.
  • photo from Flip 7 getting a whole page spread with Junior, my other model, Florane, and Phil from One Minute Board Games.
  • they did showcase the Super Boss Monster commercial.
  • Thank you all so much for joining me on another haul, specifically the Gen Con haul.
  • This concludes the Gen Con series.
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Video 3m58_gKfmmY Our Family Plays Games Discussion at 45:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Beautiful artwork
  • Solid play for a first-time game
  • Nice components
  • Good gateway game
  • Appreciated the designer's effort to improve based on feedback
Cons
  • Needs some improvements
  • Limited slots for dogs (initially thought to be three, clarified as four)
  • Could have more purposeful events
  • Feels like a first-time game in some aspects
Thematic elements
  • Recruiting and managing a team of dogs to complete assignments and earn rewards.
  • City
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Multi-Use Cards — The game features cards that can be used for multiple purposes.
  • open drafting — Players can draft cards openly.
  • Set Collection — Players collect sets of dogs to match abilities to tasks.
  • Take That — There is a 'take that' element in the game.
  • Worker Placement — Players place dogs to complete tasks.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
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  • Threaded is really good.
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  • It makes you think. It does make you think.
  • We got more. We going to come with more.
  • My my addict addiction friends out here, come on next week.
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