Game Info
Year
2026
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
35 min
Complexity
1.5/5
Collection
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Description
Players take on the role of clans venturing into mysterious lands claiming territories and scoring points through strategic card placement and drafting
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Jamie, Tabletoptiktok Rules Teach at 0:04 sentiment: positive
video_pk 81608 · mention_pk 203490
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- easy to teach
- quick to play
- portable/compact
- engaging drafting and grid-building
- varied scoring options
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players draft a set number of cards from a hand and pass the remainder to the next player, building a shared hand.
- drafting and passing cards — Players draft a set number of cards from a hand and pass the remainder to the next player, building a shared hand.
- First-player penalty — Whoever scores the most in a round must go first in the next round, which is a penalty due to uncertainty.
- Round-based play with limited rounds — The game is played in three rounds with scoring each round.
- Scoring on different patterns — Cards score points based on patterns like surrounding numbers, rows/columns, and terrain matches.
- Tile Placement — Players place cards on a growing central grid, with each placement affecting future options and scoring.
- Tile/card placement on a shared grid — Players place cards on a growing central grid, with each placement affecting future options and scoring.
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Quotes (from this video)
- mirror of the sky. One point for each surrounding number that is different than this card's number.
- abandoned idol. two points for each surrounding terrain that matches the most common terrain surrounding this card.
- three points for each card equal to this card's number in the same row or column.
- Nice and small, very portable, quick teach.
- So go follow the page so you can be notified on launch.
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Getting Games Rules Teach at 0:03 sentiment: positive
video_pk 81360 · mention_pk 201564
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Incredibly close first round scores suggest engaging gameplay.
- Variable scoring conditions on cards offer strategic depth.
- The grid building aspect creates interesting spatial puzzles.
Cons
- The definition of 'edge' scoring can be risky depending on opponent placement.
- Some card effects rely on specific adjacencies that can be blocked by opponents.
Thematic elements
- Building the Secret Valley
- Highland clan journey
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players draft cards simultaneously by selecting one and passing the rest to an adjacent player until a set number of cards are in hand.
- Grid Building — Cards are placed to form a specific grid size (e.g., 3x5 or 5x3) which influences scoring based on edges and columns/rows.
- Set Collection — Some scoring conditions involve collecting or matching specific terrain types or numbers adjacent to a card.
- Tile Placement — Players place terrain cards into a grid, with placement rules requiring orthogonal adjacency to previously placed cards.
- variable scoring — Each card has unique scoring objectives based on surrounding elements, card values, or grid position.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is my quick play video for the Secret Valley.
- players are going to be building the Secret Valley out using these terrain cards, placing them into a grid in order to get the most victory points as they can for their specific clan.
- That means one of these cards will be remaining in our hand. So, we're going to play all but one card before we score up all of the cards.
- newly placed cards must go orthogonally adjacent to a previously placed card
- The round is going to end once each player has placed all five of their clan markers
- That is an incredibly close first round
- Once you do this three times, the player with the most victory points wins the game.
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Rahdo Runs Through Review at 0:03 sentiment: positive
video_pk 81394 · mention_pk 201769
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Clever and charming
- Punches above its weight in terms of decision-making
- The order of card play is everything
- Every placement is a tricky and interesting decision
- Does a lot with very little
- Perfect restaurant game, very portable
- Excellent solo mode
- Huge bang for buck proposition
Cons
- Memory element can be significant, especially in two-player
- In two-player, the game can become about directly countering the opponent rather than just optimizing your own score
Thematic elements
- exploration and discovery
- the valley
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — Players start with a hand of cards and build a collection of cards.
- Drafting — Players can choose to draft cards by picking one and passing the rest, although the rules suggest not doing this on the first play.
- grid placement — Players play cards into a 4x3 or 3x4 grid (depending on player count) which then score based on their position and adjacent cards.
- Hand Management — Players manage a hand of cards, deciding which to play and when.
- scoring — Cards have unique scoring mechanisms, and the game is played over three rounds with scores tallied at the end of each.
- Set Collection — Some cards score points based on matching terrain types or numbers of adjacent cards.
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Quotes (from this video)
- If I can remember all... 13 cards, I've won the game.
- This game is crazy puzzly.
- It's literally just a very small deck of cards, uh but it it punches so above its weight.
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Board Game Hangover Top List at 5:06 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 81023 · mention_pk 199122
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Worldwide release in English
Cons
- Old game (2021) on a hotness list
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Habitats
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players draft cards from a hand and pass the remainder.
- Communal Play — Everybody plays cards together to create a single ecosystem.
- Tableau Building — Players play cards on the table to create a single ecosystem.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Create your hero and go on an amazing adventure in this unique land of Evershade.
- This game has a very robust character creation and upgrading system.
- We love this game a lot. We love the prototype.
- It's a fantastic experience.
- it's a rogue light, which means you go into dungeons, try to get as far as possible, hopefully destroy the bad guy, and call yourself victorious.
- This game has one of the most interesting mechanisms I've heard of lately. Let's see how it works. This game has upgradable dice.
- the art style is epic, is different.
- it's impossible to finish that game.
- It does take a lot of table space.
- Minecraft is one of your, if not the favorite video game, right?
- Is it weird that I want to play it more now?
- support the channel because we make these videos every single month. It takes a lot of time, effort, and we love doing it.
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