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Gosu X

Game ID: GID0145894
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2023
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Description

The Jalaanx universe is dominated by 8 Immortals, demigods engaged in conflicts since the dawn of time. Alliances are made and broken every time a new war comes. The Red Moon approaches, forge a new alliance and be prepared for an epic battle. Even if a military victory is always honorable, especially for the great Goan-Sul, a hidden 9th demigod offers new ways to win the battle...

Gosu X is a combo card game in which players build up their army using the card from their deck made of 3 clans. Those clans are drafted at the start of the game, and the 2 unchosen one change the game rules ! A game is played in 3 rounds maximum.

Each round, you will:

Add cards to your Army (Troops, Heroes and Immortals) and trigger their effects.
Engage in a Great Battle. The player with the strongest Army wins a Supremacy Token.
Honor the Song for the Dead. Each player sacrifices half his army.

There are several ways to win: get 2 Supremacy Tokens OR unlock 5 Activation Tokens OR have 15 face-up cards in your Army OR reach an alternate victory condition (Goan-Sul or Justice).

Description

The Jalaanx universe is dominated by 8 Immortals, demigods engaged in conflicts since the dawn of time. Alliances are made and broken every time a new war comes. The Red Moon approaches, forge a new alliance and be prepared for an epic battle. Even if a military victory is always honorable, especially for the great Goan-Sul, a hidden 9th demigod offers new ways to win the battle...

Gosu X is a combo card game in which players build up their army using the card from their deck made of 3 clans. Those clans are drafted at the start of the game, and the 2 unchosen one change the game rules ! A game is played in 3 rounds maximum.

Each round, you will:

Add cards to your Army (Troops, Heroes and Immortals) and trigger their effects.
Engage in a Great Battle. The player with the strongest Army wins a Supremacy Token.
Honor the Song for the Dead. Each player sacrifices half his army.

There are several ways to win: get 2 Supremacy Tokens OR unlock 5 Activation Tokens OR have 15 face-up cards in your Army OR reach an alternate victory condition (Goan-Sul or Justice).

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Video LcqDIFrg6uI The Dice Tower Analysis at 1:41 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Looks cool
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Fight to win the great battle
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • So, because of that, I actually never got a copy of it um and haven't played it.
  • Um so, you drive cars around and shoot at each other. That's basically the game.
  • Looks like Carcassonne with Islands. That looks pretty good.
  • Do we need a card game version of it? And the answer to that is we really don't. Just play Camel Up.
  • This is a war game from Don Greenwood, Avalon Hill.
  • But if you like choose your own adventures type games, that's what this is.
  • It is a tile laying game that is about as exciting as it looks in this picture here.
  • So if you like Klask, um which is a fantastic two-player game, this is just a version for four.
  • I really like awkward guests, so why didn't I play the second one?
  • He gave it Seal of Approval. A seven out of 10. Well, there you go.
  • I think I'm going to have to go with the Bottom of it. It is a fantastic three-player trick-taking game that I like very much and think you definitely should check out.
  • If you really like what we're doing here at the Dice Tower, then there are different ways to support the Dice Tower. One of those ways is through Patreon.
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Video tFmyhBesT_4 Board Game Critique Top List at 13:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Pulls in a different direction than Rift Force
  • Hidden information and bluffing elements
  • Satisfying gut punch when armies flip
  • Great for those who love mind games with twists
  • Short, mean, and punches above its weight
Cons
  • You do not need both Gou X and Rift Force unless you want both.
Thematic elements
  • card duel
  • Gelonx universe
Comparison games
  • Rift Force
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • bluffing — You're bluffing what's underneath the whole time.
  • card combat — two-player card duels about lining up your forces and smashing the other person.
  • Hidden Information — Gou X is whole hidden information. You build an army of troops and heroes in three rows drawn from the Gelonx universe.
  • Set Collection — And the clans have powers that fire when you get a few of the same tribe together.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • We're telling you which ones to buy and which ones to leave on the shelf. No filler, no mercy.
  • And we don't agree on all of them, which is the fun part.
  • If it made the cut, what you do messes with what everyone else is doing.
  • No quiet point salads where you barely look up from your own board.
  • Long enough to sink into and feel like a real game. Short enough that you lose, hate it, and demand a rematch on the spot.
  • This is the one I'd grab off a burning shelf.
  • Every character plays like a different game.
  • Learning a new fighter is learning a new game from scratch.
  • The cards do double duty, too.
  • It's my top pick on this entire list, and I'm not sorry about it.
  • One of you is the Nixon White House burying a scandal. The other is the press trying to expose it.
  • Every single card hurts a little to spend.
  • It takes those huge heavy political card games and crushes all that tension into 30 minutes.
  • The asymmetry is the heart of it.
  • The cards are loaded with photos and history. It feels like the era it's about.
  • Skip it if history as a theme leaves you cold. Or if you wanted something breezy, because this one bites hard.
  • So, you're walking a tight rope every round.
  • It's the rare party game that rewards being smart.
  • Buy it if your group likes word games with a real edge.
  • Adam would walk straight past Sky Team to grab Unmatched. I'd do the exact opposite and never look back.
  • Short games are not lesser games.
  • 30 minutes is plenty. Plenty for tension, plenty for a real decision, plenty to feel like a hero or an idiot.
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Video EcpzbZ9u7Yc Getting Games Discussion at 16:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • interesting idea of changing rule sets per game
  • strong two-player appeal
Cons
  • still unplayed beyond this discussion; evaluating balance requires play
Thematic elements
  • faction asymmetry and tactical duels
  • Two-player dueling game with modular factions
  • abstract/strategy-driven
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Asymmetric Mechanics — players select multiple factions which alter rules for the game
  • Duel mechanics — two-player head-to-head with strategic interactions
  • faction selection with asymmetry — players select multiple factions which alter rules for the game
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • this Ram was always full with all the things that need to happen
  • open this is a very long preamble but I’m pretty excited about it
  • this is my full-time job and I acknolwedge that
  • I feel like I leveled up in a video game
  • the project management software has templates built in to plan things out
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