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HONK!

Game ID: GID0160753
Game Info
Year
2022
Players
2-5
Age
5+
Playtime
20 min
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Description

A quick family card game of geese honking and bumping each other out of the pond to be the last goose standing

Description

A quick family card game of geese honking and bumping each other out of the pond to be the last goose standing

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Video NQsc88P-DIk Rolling Dice & Taking Names Top List at 4:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Egyptian theme
  • Unique action selection mechanic
  • Plays in one hour
  • Player elimination handled well in playtesting
Cons
  • Player elimination
Thematic elements
  • Egyptian
  • Ancient Egypt
Comparison games
  • Blood Rage
  • Rising Sun
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • action selection — Players choose from a handful of actions on the board, moving a token to the right on a track. When the token reaches the end, a tile is drawn and the action resolves.
  • Player Elimination — The winner is the last person standing, and there is player elimination.
  • tile drafting — Drawing tiles with icons when an action selection token reaches the end of its track.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • my top games I played at Gen Con that are not available for sale yet
  • this is 100% of Euro game but there are no victory points
  • The goal generate the most money by the end
  • his goal is to create a campaign that totally recreates the story in that video game
  • The multiplayer supposedly was really really good
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Video ZEiHDu4GqoU Board Game Dad Top List at 4:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Kids can play it on their own
  • Swift to play
  • Accelerates quickly
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Collecting geese that lay eggs
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • action selection — Picking up cards off the table.
  • Set Collection — Collecting geese by first collecting the food it likes to eat and then feeding the goose using sets of cards.
  • tile laying — Picking up a goose reveals more tiles underneath it.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • If you're looking to get somebody a family board game for the holidays then first of all you are an excellent Gift Giver.
  • All of the games on this list are brand new there's nothing on this list that was published earlier than 2021.
  • While the age group goes as young as children of age four these are not children games these are family games meaning that they are picked to be just as enjoyable for the adults in the room as they are for the children.
  • This channel is called Board Game Dad and many of my viewers and subscribers are board game dads and if there are any games that I am not aware of they are sure to leave excellent recommendations in the comments.
  • I really like asking my kids to step up to a new challenge and give them something that is going to have them solving problems in a creative new ways that's why we play so many board games in my house.
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