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Harvest Dice is a fast, fun dice game of dice drafting and veggie doodling.
Each round, players take turns rolling and selecting dice in order to plant veggies in their gardens or feed them to their pigs. Keep an eye on the ever-changing market though. You want to make sure you have plenty of desirable vegetables come harvest time!
Year Published
2017
Transcript Analysis
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Adam Porter top_100_list at 10:30 sentiment: positive
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Click to watch at 10:30 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Nice location-based drafting with creative vegetable drawing
- Drafting mechanism provides meaningful tension
Cons
- Rules can be a bit dense for a light theme
Thematic elements
- Farming
- Vegetable-themed drafting and placement
- Drafting dice with location-based placement and scoring twists
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice_drafting — Roll dice representing vegetables; pick and place into grid placements
- leftover_die_ripple — The remaining die affects scoring for the round
- location_based_placement — Place vegetables adjacent to existing ones according to column rules
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is a pirate themed dice rolling game very simple Yahtzee type
- Beastie Bar is a take that style game where you're laying down cards which represent a queue of animals trying to get into a nightclub
- this is a simultaneous selection game where you've got a bunch of different locations representing a farm
- it's a clever roll and write it's one that stands out a little bit from the pack
- it's a mind games of bluffing and double bluffing and pushing your luck
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Actual Law - Anjaan Perkis general_discussion at 4:35 sentiment: positive
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Click to watch at 4:35 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Accessible and charming farm theme
- Nice interplay of drafting, scoring, and pig power
- Good for light play in social settings
Cons
- Drafting can slow pace at higher player counts
- Might be less appealing to players seeking heavier puzzle design
Thematic elements
- planting vegetables, farming economy
- farming/dice drafting theme
- light and accessible farm-theme storytelling
Comparison games
- other roll-and-write games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice drafting — Players draft dice to place vegetables on their sheets
- roll-and-write — Dice values are recorded on individual sheets each turn
- row/vegetable value management — Balancing vegetable values and end-of-round scoring through rows and pigs
- Simultaneous Play — All players act in a round with minimal downtime
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's quick and it's snappy and I love trying to interpret these types of cards
- I love that this brings these art cards into a different type of game
- it's like right up there with party games is one of the best of the year
- I can't wait for this game to be available to a wider audience
- Harvest Dice is a rolling right game
- I would recommend Harvest Dice if you like roll and write games
- this one's a cute one
- it's a nice one to play in the pub
- the artwork is wonderful I really like the style they've used
- I would highly recommend Hollywood Golden Age
- there's actually no text in the game
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