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2013
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Description
Funemployed is a card-based party game in which everyone's trying to become employed. Apply for real jobs, like astronaut, lawyer or priest, with unreal qualifications, such as a dragon, the ability to speak panda, or a DeLorean. In the game, each player uses their qualifications to convince the other players that they're the best qualified for a job. To do this, players tell the story of why their qualifications make them the best fit for a job by role-playing and acting like they are on an interview. Find innovative ways to use your qualifications and become the most "funemployed" player at the table!
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Board Game Sanctuary Discussion at 3:41 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Applying for fictional jobs
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Creativity and justification — Tests creativity skills as players try to apply for fictional jobs using a series of left-of-field qualifications.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- modern board game to introduce two new players to the board gaming world
- modern board game designers had looked at some of these classic board games looked at the rules looked at the pros and the cons and some of the flaws and tweak them to make them more interesting dynamic fairer and more immersive
- board games are a way to bring people together face-to-face
- mechanics which is essentially how the board games would have improved significantly in modern board games
- game designers are now taking a lot more risks they're pushing the envelope with the different ideas and concepts of the different mechanics they're using in their games
- board games have become more immersive over time
- board games have exceptional educational value
- it is what first draws your eyes to a board game when you walk into a shop
- board games are lay to spend quality time with the people that you love and the people that you care about
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Stonemaier Games Discussion at 24:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great for group humor
- encourages improvisation
Cons
- can be edgy for some groups
Thematic elements
- humor and improv
- job interview pitch-style
- on-the-fly performance
Comparison games
- Categories
- Fake Artist Goes to New York
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- prompt-based improvisation — players pitch themselves for jobs using spontaneous prompts
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- There was no logic to it. And why not just stop it from going to New York?
- Laugh people. It cures everything.
- There's a druid character.
- It’s like battleship with dungeons.
- There you go.
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Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Discussion at 1:05 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative to mixed
Pros
- Prompts can spark creativity for storytelling
Cons
- Described as a 'pitch' game that some find not a true game
- Perceived as less game-like due to minimal structure
Thematic elements
- satirical career scenarios
- Humorous job-interview themed prompts
- input storytelling with prompts to inspire improvised storytelling
Comparison games
- Snake Oil
- Apples to Apples
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Pitch-style prompts — Players craft stories or pitches around prompts to entertain judges
- Storytelling — Players craft stories or pitches around prompts to entertain judges
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I started rooting for that character ... I didn't even care about winning anymore I wanted to see the story play out I wanted to see this character make their Valiant escape
- there's not a clearly defined goal and you know it kind of damaged my enjoyment of the game
- I hate those quote unquote pitch games like fun employed or snake oil not just rifling stories doesn't feel much like a game to me
- everyone was in character and playing their part for about a round round and a half and after a round and a half it just naturally people stopped doing the accents
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No Rolls Barred Playthrough at 0:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fast-paced, playful banter
- easy to teach; good for party/game night
- creative variability from hands and center deck
- strong audio-visual humor through impersonations
Cons
- humor can verge on tasteless or crass for some players
- some jokes may not land with all groups
- sufficiently loud/interactive group required to shine
Thematic elements
- satirical auditions; celebrity impersonation and over-the-top pitches
- office hiring scene; mock interviews with job roles
- humorous and improvisational
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bluffing / social bluffing — players pitch why they fit the role, leveraging the cards and the employer's curveball
- card drafting / pool drafting — center 10 qualification cards are face-up; players exchange cards to shape their resume
- Hand Management — players manage four qualification cards to craft a resume and pitches
- role playing / improvisation — participants perform pitches as fictional job seekers or celebrities
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the cards that Blair currently has will be used against us
- I am the antidote to bad celebrity impersonators
- we're pitching ourselves as a celebrity impersonator
- the producer will reveal a qualification from her hand
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Adam in Wales - Board Game Design Analysis at 18:42 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Requires players to be funny
- Awkward when humor levels differ
- Creates social tension
Thematic elements
- creativity
- sales pitch
Comparison games
- Snake Oil
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Your cards are ordered, you must never change the order of your cards
- If nobody guesses my card I get zero points and if everybody guesses my card I get zero points
- I've got to come up with a clue that's just obscure enough that some people around the table will get it
- Evolution is my absolute favorite game
- It's like a jigsaw but you build it all together - a game can be this
- Social deduction games can get quite loud and aggressive
- I really don't like games which require you as a player to be funny
- I find it so awkward and cringy, to be honest I won't play these games anymore
- There are billions and billions of possible combinations that we could make
- Hand management is a really satisfying part of many many card games
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BoardGameBollocks Top List at 1:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- high laugh factor
- very approachable for new players
- great with larger groups
Cons
- humor can feel repetitive after many plays
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Monikers
- Balderdash
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players curate a set of skills to optimize job suitability and scoring through social interaction.
- card drafting / hand management — Players curate a set of skills to optimize job suitability and scoring through social interaction.
- Deck Building — Players assemble a hand of skills and match them to quirky fictional job descriptions in a humorous application process.
- deck-building / job cards — Players assemble a hand of skills and match them to quirky fictional job descriptions in a humorous application process.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's absolutely hilarious
- it's absolutely astonishing
- we've got three rounds in the first round
- it's a fantastic party game
- the neighbors called the police because I thought we were having a riot
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