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Finished! is a puzzle-solving game, a completely new way to play solitaire!
It is a typical day at work. Your working schedule is chaotic as always and it‘s time to focus on the task at hand. Start sorting files and do not fall asleep. If you require a jolt of caffeine or rush of sugar, there is a limited supply of coffee and a small stash of sweets to help complete your tasks and get finished!
You start Finished! with a shuffled deck of 48 cards and try to sort these cards by cycling through the draw stack during eight rounds. You may sort cards only in your "present" area, but helpful actions will let you manipulate your cards in many different ways. If you sort all cards starting from card 00:01 up to card 00:48, you win the game! If this is too easy for you, the game offers four difficulty levels.
Whether or not you win the game, we will invite you to watch a short movie at the end of the game!
- Solo-only game
- Interesting puzzle-solving concept
- Vibrant component colors
- Custom card dimensions, potentially difficult to sleeve
- Rulebook seems 'a little wordy'
- sorting files and staying awake to complete tasks
- a typical day at work, chaotic as always
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card sorting — Players need to sort 48 cards by cycling through a draw stack over eight rounds, aiming to arrange them numerically from 0001 to 0048.
- difficulty adjustment — Difficulty can be adjusted by starting with 'less coffee and sweets in your stash'.
- Resource Management — The game includes limited supplies of coffee and sweets that can be used to help the player complete tasks and avoid falling asleep.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- It's a solo puzzle-solving game. Only you can win the game.
- If you require a jolt of caffeine or a rush of sugar, there is a limited supply of coffee and a small stash of sweets to help complete your tasks and get finished.
References (from this video)
- accessible puzzle mechanic
- compact and portable
- replayable with shuffle variability
- repetition may not appeal to all players
- memory, pattern recognition, hand-management
- Card puzzle about reorganizing and shuffling for a productive workplace vibe
- office-work shuffle puzzle
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Hand Management — Arrange and manage cards to achieve a correct 1-48 sequence
- Memory / pattern recognition — Remember card order to line up the sequence across rounds
- Pattern Recognition — Remember card order to line up the sequence across rounds
- puzzle/organization — Engage in a compact, fast-paced card-shuffling puzzle
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- it's all about deduction. And to have a solo deduction game where you essentially can mess up and it only affects you is kind of brilliant
- the game has a lot of thrill to it
- this is the oldest of the games on my list. It's 10 years old. 2015. Stands up.
- this is it for sure. And this is the high — highest ranked game on BG for all of my top solo games on this list
- Paperback Adventures is my number one solo experience
- Tons of replayability here
- the end game is so fun because you've honed and refined your bag
- it's like you're playing a movie in board game form