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Game Info
Year
1987
Players
2-6
Age
13+
Playtime
180 min
Collection
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Description
In this classic Steve Jackson (I) game of world domination, each player is a secret society attempting to spread its tendrils into special interest groups throughout the world. This latest edition comes with additional cards and reworked graphics to bring the venerable game up to date.
Re-issue of:
Illuminati (Small plastic box with 54 black and white cards and paper money)
Expansions:
Illuminati: Y2K
Illuminati: Brainwash (re-work of Illuminati Expansion Set 3)
Illuminati: Bavarian Fire Drill
Illuminati: Mutual Assured Distraction
Spin Off:
Illuminati: Crime Lords
Illuminati Family
(3 games)
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The Dice Tower Unboxing at 5:21:52
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Click to watch at 5:21:52 · YouTube ↗
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hello everybody. Welcome to the Dice Tower most boring unboxings in the world
- This is a box made by AEG.
- Well, that looks interesting.
- I reviewed Pirate King before. This is a nicer box for it for sure.
- The embargo is as of the moment that I opened it.
- Rocket Ranchers, herding cats in space.
- Sushi Go Party! is a fun little game. It's quick.
- This is a fun little game, it's quick.
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3 Minute Board Games Top List at 27:17 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Mixed
Pros
- Had some novelty and cool ideas at the time
- Theme and ideas are neat and cool
Cons
- Has not aged well at all
- Sluggish and outdated by today's standards
- Caused many people to believe the Illuminati is real
Thematic elements
- Conspiracy Theories
Comparison games
- Illuminati Trilogy
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- Hunter is another one of those games we ended up playing a lot at University mostly while drinking
- Hunter has several problems it takes a lot longer to play than it should for what it is especially when you're doing the coup those can drag on quite a long time and also fundamentally it's pretty racist
- I think the hunter idea of a Banana Republic itself is pretty dated but the idea of a corrupt government where players of different office members competing for positions and stockpiling money definitely has potential just there's got to be a better way to interpret it
- Cosmic Encounter is still going strong and that is an achievement and a half
- it's core idea of a simple gameplay element Modified by a whole bunch of variable Powers has had a profound influence on all of gaming and unlike a lot of designs from this period it still holds up pretty well today
- so happy birthday to me for 42 years old today here's to 42 more
- if you want to do the same thing yourself just go to board game geek click on advanced search and search by year published range and just fill in the year and feel free to post your list Below in the comments
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kovray Review at 26:09 sentiment: positive
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Click to watch at 26:09 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- tight, multi-layer design with coherent flow
- beautiful production and thematically consistent art
Cons
- dense rules can intimidate new players
- some players might find the theme-idiosyncratic
Thematic elements
- reverent vs irreverent traditions with battles of ideas
- medieval manuscript and scriptorium culture
- layered grid-based resource/collection with lore-driven battles
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- grid tile placement — Place tiles on a 3x3 grid to trigger color-based rewards.
- theme-driven conflict with factions — Dragons, knights, squirrels, dogs, angels and demons create interaction dynamics.
- Tile Placement — Place tiles on a 3x3 grid to trigger color-based rewards.
- token/coin economy — Tokens and coins are spent to score points and activate strategies.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is a very interesting game I really appreciated the way that the card pairing works I think it's really cool
- Production in this game is super cool there's some surprises in the box
- it's unlike any board game I've played
- the more you put into this game the more you get out of it
- the battle system is so much fun and very smooth
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Tabletop Minions Discussion at 11:36 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Played frequently in college
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none
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Quotes (from this video)
- 3D printing has really changed the way that the hobby is is is is accessible to people.
- It's setting yourself up for failure to take a look at the super fancy stuff that you see, you know, from Golden Demon winners on, you know, Instagram or whatever and go, "That's what I want my first group of Space Marines to look like."
- The idea that at some point in my life that Steve Jackson from Steve Jackson Games, who made all the games that I played in college, would email me and say, "Hey, thanks for talking about our game on your YouTube channel." like that was pretty crazy.
- People will forgive bad video, but they won't forgive bad audio, especially in the hobby space...
- Consistency is key.
- You should only ever compare yourself to yourself in the past. You shouldn't compare yourself to stuff you see online or friends or anything like that. Compare yourself to yourself.
- Licensing IPs to use in games can very frequently end in problems because every time you sell a model, you got to pay the licensor.
- My biggest hope is definitely easier and safer 3D printing.
- As far as fears for the future of of wargaming, it's probably AI. I just, you know, just I'm very anti-AI and I don't want that stuff kind of getting into our wargaming.
- If you're interested, give it a try. It, like I said, doesn't cost anything, really.
- In a word, sum up how you feel about 13 years of running this channel. Content.
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