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2018
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Description
Roll The Dice & Race Your Opponent To Complete The Square!
A worthy winner of the HPC Game Of The Year 2018/19 award, this outstanding puzzle game is every bit as clever as its name suggests. Each player receives their own 6x6 grid and a set of the nine different shapes, plus seven ‘blocker’ pieces. Roll the seven dice together and place a blocker in each of the co-ordinates that appear on the faces. Now race to fill every other space on the grid, before your opponent.
As unlikely as it seems, the puzzles really can be solved in each of the 62,208 possible combinations, often with multiple solutions. Sometimes you’ll quickly see a solution... sometimes you’ll be tearing your hair out. Brilliant!
—description from the publisher
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Grant Lyon Discussion at 0:33
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Quotes (from this video)
- If you're looking for a family-friendly board game convention, next weekend I'm going to be at the Chicago Toy and Game Fair.
- I've probably been to 70 board game conventions, and this is honestly one of the most family-friendly ones I've ever been to.
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Grant Lyon Review at 0:11 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Works for all ages
- Addicting and fun to replay
Cons
- Can be very challenging
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — To play the game, you roll a bunch of dice and then add blockers to your board in the specific grid points shown on the dice.
- Puzzle solving — Then it's a race to figure out the puzzle and get all of your pieces onto your board.
- spatial reasoning — If you want to make it even harder, you can flip some pieces to their white side. and white-sided pieces can't touch each other.
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- People often ask me, "What's a board game I can play with my kid and not be incredibly bored?"
- Shoots and Ladders pretty boring if you're over the age of 10.
- It was awesome. This really is a game that works for all ages.
- It's more about what kind of brain you have than how old you are.
- And it is not an easy puzzle.
- A round of Genius Square takes less than 5 minutes, and it's pretty addicting.
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Adam in Wales - Board Game Design Discussion at 15:34 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- publisher provides samples to designers to aid understanding
- clear communication channels for feedback
Cons
- not deeply explored in the interview context
Thematic elements
- hands-on, tactile puzzle-solving
- puzzle-centric product line from a UK publisher
- publisher-to-designer conversation illustrating collaboration
Comparison games
- Causal
- Quizzle
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Tile Placement — solving layout-based challenges with physical components
- tile-placement puzzle — solving layout-based challenges with physical components
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Quotes (from this video)
- The key is building human relationships with publishers, not just pitching a concept.
- If there's something that doesn't need changing, we're not going to change it.
- Ownership for designers and publishers should be shared and respectful.
- Audacious creativity and positive energy are important to work with designers again.
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