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2014
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Description
Build your own town in Flip City! In this micro-deckbuilding game, you have no hand at all; instead, you play cards directly from the top of your deck. Each card is double-sided, with each side granting different special bonuses. Winning the game requires delicate strategies... and some luck as well!!
On a player's turn, they play cards directly from the top of their deck to acquire cash and victory points. They may continue playing cards as long as they have fewer than three "unhappiness" icons in play. If they do get three icons, their turn ends immediately, but if they stop before then, they can use their cash to either buy a new card or flip over a card they already own, transforming it into a new, upgraded card. Upgraded cards typically grant more cash and VP as well as the option to flip them back to their non-upgraded side in exchange for an extra one-time bonus.
If a player gains eight or more VP in a single turn, the player wins immediately!
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watch it played Discussion at 11:59
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none
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Quotes (from this video)
- for your patience at the end of the video I also have a game that I'm going to be giving away so stick around for that
- I am still putting out the instructional videos to help you learn games in the meantime and hopefully that's Tiding you over until we get back into the game play
- well forbidden stars is a beast of a game it has the two fantasy flight Rule books and I want to make sure I get that game to the table a few times and really understand the Nuance of the game before I attempt to create a comprehensive instructional video for it
- it is going to be a fight to the Finish because we want these bragging rights for at least the whole year until the Next Gen Con
- the winner is Benjamin Nicholson that was easy congratulations Ben
- the deluxe version comes with this huge gash in theide of it so you don't have to worry about opening the box it comes pre-opened
- I feel so bad for Northstar games because I am certain they had no intention or knowledge that the game would arrive in the condition that it did
- the code word is the original English name of this game before it became Flip City now the code word has to be a single word and that title is two words so put the two words together leave out the space between them and then you'll be entered into the contest
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watch it played Rules Teach at 0:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Second nature after a couple of rounds.
- Cards have new abilities when flipped over.
- Apartment building is not as dangerous as a residential area.
Cons
- Three unhappiness symbols cause your turn to end immediately and all played cards are discarded.
- If you reveal another residential area, you don't play it because your turn is already over.
Thematic elements
- building a city
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Once you have collected your cash, you can choose to use it in one of three different ways: buy a building, flip a building, or develop.
- card flipping — 86 double-sided cards to set up the game.
- Deck building — You'll be playing buildings from your deck to provide you with certain benefits.
- hand management — You will be drawing from the deck and again just make sure once you draw you're only seeing the next card underneath and not everything else.
- Push Your Luck — At any point during my turn, I can decide to stop playing buildings unless I'm not given a choice. The residential area is a good example of that and it's on top of my deck so let's take a closer look this symbol here means the effect is conditional and the condition is having the residential area on top of your deck in which case it says you have to play it.
- recycling — Recycling allows you to go through your discard pile and find buildings there that have this Green Recycle Arrow you can then choose to flip them over keeping them in your discard pile but then you gain the effect listed here.
- Resource management — Cash will help you buy new buildings or upgrade ones that you already have.
- set collection — Playing eight points spread across any of the buildings that you play in a single turn is one of the ways that you can win the game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- You may have played games where you're building a city with cards but were they double-sided probably not.
- So this just provides a consistent way of handling those situations should they occur but I don't think you'll find they happen that often.
- The flip side is a new building type with new abilities often times you'll find these more beneficial than the other side of the building.
- This recycle effect gives you an unhappiness symbol that seems bad and it is but you may do it to trigger this effect this says that when the card is recycled you can then shuffle your discard pile into your deck which you may want to do in order to change the building currently on top of your deck to something better.
- This recycle effect increases the limit on the number of unhappiness symbols you can collect during that turn by one.
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Getting Games Playthrough at 0:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- The flipping mechanic is neat and works well
- Strong combination of deck-building with push-your-luck elements
- Upgrading cards by flipping adds strategic depth
- Clear engine-building opportunities, especially with buildings like hospitals and churches
- Variable turn outcomes due to card flips and discard/shuffle interactions
Cons
- Bust mechanics introduce risk that can end turns abruptly
- Shuffling mishaps can disrupt play if not done carefully
- Desire for more building variety; the set feels small for expansion possibilities
- Two building types (e.g., Factory/Office) were not fully explored in this session
Thematic elements
- city development with buildings that flip to more powerful versions
- urban/city-building theme evidenced by cards like Central Park, factory, convenience store, shopping mall, hospital, office, residential area, apartment
- rule-teaching commentary during a two-player playthrough
Comparison games
- Suburbia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- busting/unhappiness — Players accumulate unhappy faces; reaching a threshold causes a bust and ends the turn without benefit.
- buying power and building phase — During the building phase players spend buying power to buy cards or flip/Develop cards from their discard pile.
- Deck building — Players start with a small set of cards and acquire new cards to their discard pile to improve their deck.
- develop (flip immediately) — Purchasing a card and flipping it immediately to its backside (Develop) so it becomes a more powerful version when added to play.
- develop costs and flip costs — Some flips cost money; certain cards (e.g., Station/Power Plant) can modify flip costs or provide extra buys.
- engine building — Cards like Power Plant/Powerful flip interactions enable removing threats from your deck and accelerating turns.
- flip mechanic — Cards have a back side with different types/effects; flipping upgrades cards and changes how they function.
- powerful cards and engines — Cards like Power Plant/Powerful flip interactions enable removing threats from your deck and accelerating turns.
- recycling — Cards with a recycling symbol can be used to flip them to basic side from the discard, potentially unlocking different effects.
- victory conditions — Win conditions include reaching eight victory points in a turn or playing a certain number of cards (e.g., 18) in a turn.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Flip City this game combines deck building with push your luck along with the ability to upgrade the cards in your deck by flipping them over to a more powerful side
- this is a neat game I really like that flipping mechanic
- I really like Flip City
- the right-hand player had a really good advantage of getting that station out early
- I think I played the left player much worse than the right player
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Going Analog Interview at 2:11 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Building and flipping
Comparison games
- Mystic Veil
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck building — Deck building with blackjack style push your luck
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's sort of like war with actual decisions
- It'll take two minutes
- That was amazing. I wonder if that game is like that every time
- It turns out that it was
- So many card games following it have been inspired by that obviously
- The coolest combo you can make in Mystic Veil is like here. The coolest combo you can make in Mystic Lands is like here, right? And the average is like there
- What I made, right? Even if you didn't win, right?
- The most unique way that I have ever encountered an engine builder
- An unbelievably satisfying gameplay experience to destroy
- Betting is like a way to make people care about an outcome
- Poker is a terrible game if you're just playing it right? Uh but the second you're betting with money and you care, right?
- Why do we root for sports teams, right? Like our the day after go Dodgers
- The sitting back and then seeing what happens - yeah there is a really fun aspect to that
- Train making time. When all the technology moves to a certain thing, everybody is making trains, right?
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The Dice Tower Other at 6:29 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
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Cons
- Weird mechanics
Thematic elements
none
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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)
- Shelf 16 is kind of a an odd mix here
- This shelf has twice as many games as most shelves
- one of my favorite two-player games, but it's very difficult to learn and play
- Fantastic abstract strategy game
- Such a classic game and I like it a lot
- I don't know why I like it so much, but I do
- one of the most beautiful dexterity/party games there are
- There are so many games on the shelf
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