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2022
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Description
Eight Gods is a quick 2-6 player card game played in taverns and homes throughout the Wandering Sea (i.e. the Sleeping Gods world). Rules are also included for a solitaire game commonly played in the Wandering Sea.
In more detail, Eight Gods can be played by 2 - 6 players in about 20 minutes. Each round, players are dealt a 6 card hand. Then, they give two cards away, play their hand, and score their hand. Scoring also happens in the gift and play phases, so there are many opportunities to score points and various strategies are viable. The game has a variable ending, once enough Gods are asleep. It is a morphed form of cribbage that very loosely tells the story of putting the Gods to sleep.
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Getting Games Top N List at 6:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- thematic integration with Sleeping Gods World
- interesting cribbage-inspired twist
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- mythic gods and cribbage-like scoring
- Sleeping Gods World
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card-based play — deck of cards with variable ending and cribbage-inspired scoring
- variable ending — ends depend on how many gods are asleep
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- "it's heavy but it only has one resource and that's money"
- "it's fully cooperative and you all play as robots that are trying to essentially take down the human corporations"
- "this is now a multiplayer experience it's not just two players"
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Getting Games Top List at 0:48 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- mentions scoring based on end-hand
- double-turn option adds strategic depth
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none
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Comparison games
- Arboretum
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- draw and place gate cards — Players draw gate cards and place them in the middle; placing triggers abilities and scoring depends on end-hand; each player has a single double-turn opportunity but it decreases hand size.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I am biased but I also think this game looks pretty cool
- I'm intrigued by this one
- I plan to do another one of these in like six months
- I thought it was absolutely awesome
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