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Year
2016
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Description
In Encore!, first published as Noch mal!, the dice determine which color and how many spaces you can mark off on your playing sheet — but the starting player may first evaluate what everyone's doing, then remove two dice, leaving everyone else to make their choices with the dice that remain...
Players earn points by being the first to check off all boxes in a column, and all boxes of the same color. Players pick a combination of a Color die and a Number die, and check the respective boxes. Only boxes connected to other boxes can be checked.
Make sure to complete columns before other players do! the first to complete a column earns more points than those who complete them later. In addition to points for completed columns, a player can receive a bonus if they checked all the boxes of the same color. The game is over when a player has checked off all boxes of two colors, but you couldhave an Encore! by playing once more!
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 52:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- The production quality is high (pre-punched tiles, nice insert).
- The rules are simple and easy to learn.
- The game offers significant strategic depth ('meat').
- Plays quickly (20-30 minutes).
- The Ankh token allows for strategic tile refreshing or manipulation.
- The Scribe tile allows for an extra turn.
- The game ends when 13 tiles are placed, with scoring based on connected colors/animals and VP tiles.
- Space Cowboys is releasing a series of two-player games, and this is one of the first.
Cons
- The name is potentially confusing, sounding like the movie 'Joker'.
Thematic elements
- Egyptian themed.
- Egyptian
Comparison games
- Splendor
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players choose actions like taking tokens, buying tiles, or using special tile abilities.
- Press Your Luck — Players must decide when to refresh tiles or use special actions like the Ankh.
- Resource Management — Players collect and spend resource tokens.
- Set Collection — Players aim to align similar color tokens or tokens with similar animals for victory points.
- tile laying — Players buy and place tiles on the table.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Since H of sigmar came out you've had a problem because there's a faction that you wanted to play that you struggled getting an army together.
- The Army's beast carburetors by the way if you're familiar with ages Sigma and this is an army with an extremely low model count on the table and extremely limited unit choice.
- So they have these four grand allegiances now order chaos death and destruction.
- The other faction is brand-new like these models let this beast of bones box is your first chance to get a hold of these models and what are they they are called the Aussie arc bone Reapers.
- Doug has gotten Kapow - white wizard gaming that means it's gonna be able to get a lot more distribution
- So in that same theme same mechanic but instead of cards that you're using dice so I think it's a great arrangement relationship between those two entities
- The model starting at the bottom will go all the way through the top and can be used all the way the big game it's really smart this model that Games Workshop has put together.
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Tabletop Tokki Top 10 List at 3:30 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- supports a light-to-mid engine-building experience
- entry point for players into more strategic play
Cons
- some players may find the depth lacking
- noted as a direct replacement for more streamlined experiences
Thematic elements
- set collection with market/tiles
Comparison games
- Splendor
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Engine Building — gaining resources to build an internal engine
- Set Collection — collecting tiles to complete sets
- Tile Placement — placing tiles to create an overlapping market layout and scoring sets
- Tile/market placement — placing tiles to create an overlapping market layout and scoring sets
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- five more disappointing games for you all today
- this game hurts my brain to a degree that is just unreal
- I would definitely recommend checking out Encore
- the rule books I got ... what the who said you how do I play this game
- it's Juicy it has some player interaction
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Board Gaymes James Discussion at 5:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Tureaki was awesome.
- I love Aleif. He's like my favorite Euro designer.
- Darwin's Journey. I actually love this game.
- It's definitely the best pandemic ever, and it is definitely extremely thematic.
- I hardly ever play old games.
- Boop, love it.
- it's not going to hit the table anymore.
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Rob's Tabletop World Analysis at 0:09 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- villain
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Double-sided cards — Eeyores are double-sided cards that begin on their enemy side and once defeated, flip over and take on their final form.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Now you've got my curiosity.
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Top List at 1:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Has enough content to mask the roll and move mechanic.
- The galaxy is built as you play.
- Offers exciting luck-based moments.
- Expansion 'Embers of a Forsaken Star' is pretty much essential.
Cons
- Widey regarded as a sandbox game, but you can't really do whatever you like.
- Quite luck dependent.
Thematic elements
- Galaxy
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — A 20-sided die is rolled, determining boons or banes.
- Player Role Selection — Players can become a member of the Space Police, a Rogue Trader, or a Smuggler.
- roll and move — Despite the host hating roll and move games, an exception is made because the game has enough content to mask this mechanic.
- Tetromino Placement — Players arrange tetrominoes in their ship to gain more energy and actions.
- Tile Placement — The galaxy is built as you play the game on different tiles.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- my sole purpose in life is to annoy people and to upset people I do those in equal measure
- don't hang yourself in the rafters because you got depressed listen to a ball Ginger gazer waffle on for 10 minutes about what he thinks is the best ball go out and find your own best board games you lazy bastards and stop listening to other people formulate your own opinions based on your own experiences yeah
- you could sort of sell it as a Sero in steak I suppose it's [__] big enough
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Board Game Coffee Discussion at 11:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- easy to learn
- family-friendly
- fast-playing
Cons
- light depth
- limited thematic weight
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- rolling rights — players roll dice-like tokens and build rows to score bonuses.
- Set Collection — players aim to complete rows/columns for points.
- set collection / row building — players aim to complete rows/columns for points.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We the really all we do is give you the toys but the people who make you the toys—the elves there's the really the important ones.
- the more subs we get actually helps us more grow and then if we grow we can do more of these and get stuff to you
- donate to Sick Kids it’d be great help just to help the little ones
- Encore is a rolling right game.
- Star Realms is simple to teach and always fun to play.
- Flick of Faith is a rolling right game.
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