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2021
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Description
Our ancient ancestors created images on the walls of caves to tell stories about the world around them and the animals they shared it with — and perhaps they, like you, played games to make those stories come to life...
Great Plains is a mysterious game about a not-so-mysterious behavior of our kind: two players competing for the dominance over the Great Plains! With help from the spiritual animal world, they overcome hills, cross the lowlands, and invade each other's territory in order to become the tribe who will live on.
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Video 23-rjCi8oIk
Getting Games Discussion at 20:30 sentiment: positive
video_pk 90547 · mention_pk 242054
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- great plains and tribal dominance
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
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Video 1S5E_0Tw9Aw
All You Can Board Top 5 List at 1:53 sentiment: positive
video_pk 89938 · mention_pk 239666
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- quick to teach and play (~20 minutes)
- compact, affordable package with solid components
- replayability from variable map setup
- production quality noted as nice
Cons
- initial visual may feel drab to some abstract-game fans
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Fjords
- Blue Lagoon
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- animal powers — ability cards (eagle, bear) modify movement or positioning
- Area majority scoring — scoring based on who has the most pieces in meadow-type areas
- quick setup and short playtime — rules described as two to three pages, quick to teach
- Tile-based map setup — tiles are laid out in a random order to create the map (variable map setup)
- Two-phase play — initial phase places three caves per player, followed by a second phase where pieces are moved and scored
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's probably my biggest surprise so far of 2021
- it's a two player card battler we're big fans of card battling games
- under 30 dollars and it plays quickly
- it's a beautiful looking game on the table
- the most laughs we've ever had is when the cards flip over
- it's basically an excuse to laugh
- this is one of the meanest games that we own
- a game of pretty gardens and petty grudges
- it's a roll and write version of Biblios but it retains a lot of what makes Biblios such a great game
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kovray Top 10 List at 4:59 sentiment: positive
video_pk 86999 · mention_pk 226739
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — two-player game; 'you'll take a roll of the foxes or the snakes' and traverse the board from one side to the other
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Quotes (from this video)
- there's skyscrapers all around
- you actually have the control
- it's a nice little like chess type game where all the insects in this game have different like abilities
- you'll be reliving the same day
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Video 1B8ZAFMK45Y
The Dice Tower Top List at 12:55 sentiment: other
video_pk 80057 · mention_pk 194257
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly Recommend
Pros
- Very few rules
- Rules get out of the way
- Immersive gameplay
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Snakes and foxes
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players try to get onto special spaces to get power tokens.
- Area Control — Players try to control the yellow spaces for points.
- Set Collection — Players try to get onto special spaces to get power tokens.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I think it's truly astonishingly great.
- The rules get out of the way. You're immediately in your opponent's head.
- Brilliant, truly amazing.
- This is the most streamlined version of it where I feel like they they really smoothened out some of the weirder edges.
- Brilliant, absolutely amazing.
- Brilliant, interesting tactical, you know, not combat but like area majority type decisions.
- oh my gosh, this game is incredible.
- It is so simple structurally but it does have a lot of powers.
- It's just incredible how much gameplay you get out of this.
- This is like a more approachable version of Agricola.
- It's actually my preferred game in that whole series of It's one of my favorite Uwe Rosenberg games, actually.
- This is I think Knetia's best two-player two-player game.
- And yeah, this is one of my favorite two-player games of all time, if not my absolute favorite.
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Video vjxxEuoCKkI
All You Can Board Top List sentiment: positive
video_pk 62910 · mention_pk 155837
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- abstract strategy with thematic flavor
- hex-based map with cave tokens on a grid
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Stellar is not a super well-known, well-talked-about game. I found it randomly in a local board game store.
- it's basically a two-player only game, asymmetric
- Lost Cities is a hand management game
- Patchwork is a tight, solid Uwe Rosenberg design
- Santorini is my favorite abstract game
- Castles of Burgundy... there's nothing like it for me in two-player
- Race for the Galaxy is my number two two-player game of all time
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Video _i4cJTuruFg
All You Can Board Top List at 48:15 sentiment: positive
video_pk 62916 · mention_pk 155921
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- clean, simple design with deep decision space
- two-player capable with strong replayability
Cons
- some players may want more thematic flair
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's just such a satisfying game for me to play
- the scoring is so low it makes every point matter so much
- this is a voting game that you are going after you're interested in manipulating tokens on the board
- Mission Deep Sea is the Pinnacle version of the crew
- Ghost Stories is fantastic cooperative game
- Cascadia is such a great game
- Kingdom Builder ... it goes up to five to six players
- KeyForge unlike anything else I've played out there
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All You Can Board Top List at 50:48 sentiment: positive
video_pk 62916 · mention_pk 155925
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- highly polished and simple yet deep
- tight encoding of long-term strategy in a short playtime
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's just such a satisfying game for me to play
- the scoring is so low it makes every point matter so much
- this is a voting game that you are going after you're interested in manipulating tokens on the board
- Mission Deep Sea is the Pinnacle version of the crew
- Ghost Stories is fantastic cooperative game
- Cascadia is such a great game
- Kingdom Builder ... it goes up to five to six players
- KeyForge unlike anything else I've played out there
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Video sEkzUELgQwg
Quackalope Discussion at 10:42 sentiment: positive
video_pk 6822 · mention_pk 20201
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- noted as a potential hidden gem
- low price point highlighted as a good entry for two players
Cons
- no solid long-term stay assertion yet
Thematic elements
- two-player strategy (as discussed)
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card-driven / bidding — two-player strategy with a focus on positional play
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- you are a pepper farmer
- this is eclipse this is a four second dawn for the galaxy 4e game that i have actually played
- i'm teaching alex this
- i'm so excited that i now know how to play this game
- it's a tile laying game where you're laying out a map
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Chairman of the Board Top List at 3:50 sentiment: positive
video_pk 4777 · mention_pk 13996
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- elegant two-player abstract feel
- snappy under an hour
Cons
- not as thematic as other euro titles
Thematic elements
- area control and strategic placement
- Two-player or two-actor duels in a prairie/grassland theme
- classic euro
Comparison games
- Babylonia (area control lineage)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players place/shift pieces on a map to control regions.
- tile/board interaction — Modular or variable map influences scoring and strategy.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this was definitely the hardest to rank these games
- none of these games I thought were bad this month
- this is an absolute delight
- ultra smooth ultra fun
- this is a thinky filler game with a great weight and repercussions
- you can teach this one in 30 seconds
- very elegant and easy to teach
- the elegance of the system is amazing
- I'm absolutely hit for me
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Video ggBkWOpe-gQ
Chairman of the Board Top List at 3:10 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 253 · mention_pk 94464
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- clean, smooth design and engaging head-to-head competition
Cons
- prefers classic games to the point of comparison; not as compelling as canonical titles
- felt overshadowed by other games in the same style
Thematic elements
- territory control and route building
- abstract map of regions, rhinoceros-style route control
- abstract strategy
Comparison games
- Babylonia
- Kingslike
- Blue Lagoon
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — claiming and contesting control of planes/regions
- Network/Route Building — connecting regions to maximize points
- route-building / connection mechanics — connecting regions to maximize points
- token-cutting / resource modification — tokens are cut to unlock actions and capabilities later in the game
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- there's next to no replayability of the game
- it was too slow to get going it was such a churn and a slog to start gathering resources
- i'd rather play one of those canonical classics
- I would happily play this one again
- it just felt like a bunch of different games mashed together in a pirate themed game
- not for more experienced gamers
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