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Year
1971
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Description
CONTENTS:
a square plastic boardgame
tiles with crosses in 4 colors
round and squares markers in 4 colors
OBJECT:
The object of the game is to form, by skilfully placing the cards, as many crosses or squares as possible, each comprising all 4 colors.
PLAY:
Whenever a player succeeds in forming a four color cross or square, he places one of his counters on the peg in its center:
if it is a cross, a round counter, if it is a square, a square counter.
Each player adds up his score. A cross (round counter) is worth 2 points, a square (square counter)
1 point.
The winner is the player who has scored most points.
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top 10 List at 8:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fast-paced chaos
- great for groups
Cons
- can be hectic and loud
Thematic elements
- speed and dexterity
- family/tabletop
- chaotic party game
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- pile-based constraints — Cards must be played in a prescribed order from piles around the table.
- speed play — Players race to discard cards around the table in a specific order.
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Quotes (from this video)
- "it's absolutely hilarious"
- "it's a ton of fun"
- "Go Fish simple game"
- "shoot the moon"
- "our number one games match-up and it's euchre"
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The Dice Tower Analysis at 3:10 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Getting four things in a row, diagonally, you know, connect four in different directions.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Connect Four — is the game about getting four things in a row, diagonally, you know, connect four in different directions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hey everybody, I'm Tom Vasel.
- This game is about giving good gifts or bad gifts to other people, and you have to figure out which gift they would most want and which gift they would least want.
- It's a pretty good ice breaker type game.
- It works well, okay, seven out of 10.
- Guilds of London, this is a game that does not get talked about much these days, but it is a solid Euro style game with these different guilds in the middle.
- Ice Cool, this game still getting played. It's one of the best kids games ever designed, but also for everyone.
- Mint Control is one of the worst. They really their follow-ups were not nearly as good.
- Dia de Dead from Radical 8 Games. I really wanted to like this game. I like the theming of it, the idea of dice moving up these steps it just misses the mark, 5.5.
- Positano, I was very surprised by this game, one of my bigger surprises from last year.
- It's mean, it's nasty, but it's also short, which makes it very palatable, eight out of 10.
- And Three Chapters, a little card game, one of the last gasps from Amigo USA before they disappeared.
- But I really like Three chapters. You're You're You're spending three turns where basically you are drafting cards and playing cards, and they're going to score at different times.
- So, there you go, folks. The games I reviewed 1, 5, and 10, and 20 years ago.
- Thanks for watching. I'm Tom Vasel, and this has been look back on The Dice Tower.
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Jamie, Tabletoptiktok Review at 0:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Different gameplay every time you play
- Lots of options for scoring due to double-sided creature cards
- The mind game aspect is super fun
- Fits in a small box
- Teaches quickly
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Creatures and scoring conditions
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — In the basic game, actions are performed in a set order (cultivate, harvest/burn, pollinate, prune). With experience, players can choose the order of actions.
- Card Drafting — Players pass a card to their neighbor during the 'pollinate' phase, receiving a new card from another player.
- Discarding — The 'prune' action allows players to discard one card from their hand out of the game.
- Hand Management — Players start with four cards and draw more each round, managing their hand to play plant cards and cast votes.
- Set Collection — Players play plant cards that have scoring conditions based on icons (e.g., water icon) and values, aiming to match the conditions on creature cards.
- Variable player powers — Each game uses four double-sided creature cards, offering 22 different scoring conditions and a 'ton of options for scoring'.
- Voting — Players vote for or against creatures by placing cards face down, determining the point value of creatures at the end of the game. The top creature gets 4 points, next 3, then 2, and the least voted gets -1.
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Quotes (from this video)
- wow, is this a really cool game with such different gameplay every time you play.
- So I really enjoy Four Forest from Gold Seal Games.
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BoardGameCo Top 15 List at 4:11 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- cute concept with small-box footprint
Cons
- felt like a dialback version of Forbidden Island
- lacked novelty and did not bring new ideas
Thematic elements
- Door/room-escape flavor; puzzle-centric
- Small-box cooperative style with door-based puzzles
- puzzle-forward, no strong narrative
Comparison games
- Forbidden Island
- Forbidden Desert
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — Players collaborate to solve a sequence of door-related challenges.
- cooperative puzzle solving — Players collaborate to solve a sequence of door-related challenges.
- open-ended optimization — Core system allows a lot of freedom but can feel unsatisfying.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- I don't love the game, but it is it's one of those things where if the game looked different, had a different theme, (or) presentation, it may well have made it into my collection.
- It looks flat. It looks almost like bad clip art.
- It's basically a video game adaptation that should have been adapted and wasn't.
- I bounced hard off Anachrony.
- I would rather just play Small World.
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