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2017
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Description
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!
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Watch It Played Discussion at 5:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
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none
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none
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Roll and Write — Described as a brilliant and underrated roll and write game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The first question I have for you this month is how do you feel comfortable buying a game on Kickstarter if you haven't played it?
- It seems like a gamble. Kickstarter is a lot less like a shop front or a storefront going to a board game shop and buying a game and much more like investing in an idea.
- My golden rule for Kickstarter is I wouldn't back any game that did not have a copy of the rules PDF available for you to read through.
- Long flight coming up? What are the best roll and right games small enough to fit on an airplane trade table?
- How long is too long to allow a retcon in a game?
- If you could only play mass market games, what games would you play?
- IP or no IP?
- I don't really love IPs on games but like everybody in the world if it's the IP that I really like I'm also much more interested in playing a game if it's got an IP that I like.
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Allies or Enemies Top 10 List at 3:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Ultra-simple and ultra-fast
- Pleasant surprise in 2021
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- dice-drafting to grow a garden of vegetables
- garden/farm theme
- Array
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a classic satisfying box checker with a nice theme and some cool twists
- There are few better themes than space dinosaurs and even if the space part is only vaguely present in demeter the dinosaur part is on full display
- The trick is figuring out how to use the realms on hand to create shared bonuses and combo with each other
- Crossing off squares on a map that is just inherently satisfying
- Eight maps all with their own rules
- This is a heads-down brain burner of a puzzle that will make you lose all concept of time
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 3:37:26 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Still sells a few copies.
- Was taken by Boards and Dice to be localized into Polish.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Farming
- Farming
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — The name 'Harvest Dice' implies dice mechanics.
- Set Collection — Implied by the farming theme and selling copies over time.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I feel like Cthulhu could still be milked
- the cases are really solid
- the writing's really good it's a little wordy but I can edit that down
- Origins is garbage it was just absolute garbage
- he made it because I had 2,000 copies of him and I I threw in a dumpster eventually
- I hate the theme
- I'm agreeing to this is if it's overpowered
- that damn Joshy balancing lame who needs that in the game
- it's a super broken busted card
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 3:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- entry-level to the dice-rolling genre
- appealing stock-style tension in scoring
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — the last die drafted can influence yields, adding a trading-off dynamic
- Dice Drafting — roll dice and assign colors to different vegetables; use a stock-like mechanic to influence scoring
- Dice-drafting / dice allocation — roll dice and assign colors to different vegetables; use a stock-like mechanic to influence scoring
- stock/speculation style scoring — the last die drafted can influence yields, adding a trading-off dynamic
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's quite unlike any other Feld
- mishmash of kind of that felian euro and mechanical excellence kind of blends well with a more in-your-face bombastic Euro... meatrashy style game
- mechanically pretty straightforward but there are some interesting twists on the bidding mechanism
- older school roll and right style game
- I quite like that little trade-off
- it's a very simple resource management contract fulfillment game which is not normally my jam, but this one has some cool twists
- overproduced in a good way
- the initiative system where all of the different pieces are put in this column and only the ones in the top half can be used to move
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 7:22 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- clever mechanic of leaving dice to boost values
- easy to learn for newcomers to roll-and-write
Cons
- felt slower and less dynamic than newer titles
- some feel it’s been done better in other games
Thematic elements
- roll-and-write farm management
- vegetable farming / garden patch
- bare-bones, straightforward mechanics
Comparison games
- Vegetable Stock
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Adjacency constraints — vegetables must be orthogonally adjacent in future turns to score
- pig tokens and bonuses — unplaced dice or excess dice can feed pigs for bonus effects
- roll-and-write with dice drafting — draft a cluster of dice to place on a grid and fill in vegetable patches
- yield boosting by leaving dice behind — the last die increases the yield value of a vegetable when placed
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the box is massive and the game is pretty lightweight
- the idea of this game is fairly simple
- I can't really recommend this one
- it's actually a nice little game to try
- one-trick pony. It definitely is a gimmick, but it's a gimmick that works
- it's too dry. There's no real flavor here
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Adam in Wales - Board Game Design Top List at 10:30 sentiment: positive
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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
none
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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Actualol Discussion at 4:35 sentiment: positive
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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
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
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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