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2020
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Description
You want to become the new ruler of the Kingdom of 12. To do so, you use your magical orb. But to channel its power you will need the help of different characters throughout the kingdom.
In King of 12, each player uses the same set of seven character cards. Each round, players choose one of these and reveal them simultaneously.
If two or more players chose the same card, these cards cancel. Otherwise the card effects are resolved. They affect each players magical orb - a d12.
After all cards are resolved, the values of the dice are compared. If two players have the same value on their die, they cancel. The remaining player with the highest value on their die wins the round and gets two points. The second most also gets one point. But in some cases the smallest value may win...
When only one card is left, players compare their points. Players with the same amount of points cancel each other, then the player with the most points wins the round. This player puts one of their cards aside and another round is played until one player wins a second round. This player wins the game.
A nice and highly interactive game of bluffing, mind reading and tactics. Easy to learn and fun to play.
Up to four games can be combined to play with up to 16 players.
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 36:35 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Hated it
- Sour grapes due to bad rolls
- Didn't win most rounds
- Got negated many times
- Sucked
- Not fun
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Perspective
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Players roll a D12 for base power, which is not used again unless a card specifies. Players pick a card to play simultaneously.
- Set Collection — Players collect cards and modify their die value to win rounds.
- Simultaneous Play — Players play cards simultaneously, and if two play the same card, they are out for the round.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the early 1990s saw a temporary craze with the release of the Super Soaker
- I went racing out the garage door the garage door had one of those doors that like you know the the The Swinging like door with the spring and everything like that and I was so excited and I was I was leaving the door sland and broke the barrel off one and I was so mad
- Sour grapes is a comedy about things that aren't funny
- Sour grapes however is tone deaf
- I lost a bet and had to go to that movie it was horrible
- Shot glass is correct
- Spice Girls is correct
- Sugar Hill G
- Suicide Girls nice
- I like it better I think than Clash Royale it's it's good worth a try
- The Escapist team put their heart into every piece of work we put out and the talent brought in was UNM the kind of talent isn't cheap and my mission with The Escapist was to not be driven primarily by views but by direct funding through premium memberships and live streams
- he went on some show and went did an interview that basically probably added like 20 years to his sence
- Elizabeth Holmes finally went to jail right did
- you know all of them are going to be it's with AI art now like none of these people that are like you know just they're not going to pay for they're just going to AI art all of their
- if you plead guilty you going to jail for 40 to 50 years you might as well try to have the trial you might get off right
- Seven years of college down the drain I might as well go join the peace score
- the bench isn't wasn't actually there though they moved it
- he was a comedian from Houston
- they basically just have it listen to every single thing that he sung or said and you just take the sounds that's all it is
- The Smoking Gun that was a website
- It's got $225,000 Canadian though
- he said he was let go for not achieving goals that were never properly set for us
- we were given unattainable goals in a very short amount of time
- I won't be taking Zero Punctuation name with me but fans would hear my voice again soon in a new place
- my mission with The Escapist was to not be driven primarily by views but by direct funding through premium memberships and live streams
- I'm pretty hyped for the next yatsi drop not gonna lie
- it's always good like you know you fall down internet rabbit hole and like watch his videos
- it's like it's like him I really like Norm Mitch Hedberg always made me laugh
- it's like they said um we have that audio to play here they say the audio you're listening for you have to listen carefully it's after the third shot and you hear this cow and then no no no it's like kapow then it's like and it's like now here it's right for the third shot and you hear this kapow
- yippe Jerry Ruben died oh I'm sorry that should be yippi Jerry Ruben died
- The curse of the doors
- it's like a slice a life thing you know
- Seven years of college down the drain I might as well go join the peace corps
- the fingers are mostly they're not completely fixed but they're they're a lot better
- he didn't listen to anybody he didn't listen to his lawyers
- turns out turns out it was he
- she's in prison for serving an 11 year three month sentence for the wire fraud
- the victims of the fraud were like giant companies
- when she's making license plates you know that's a lot of license plates
- The actor strike oh yeah
- you guys are going to do for parking
- it's a 30 foot tall realistically rendered fiberglass sculpture of a human eyeball
- I don't think there's anything about I mean it's part of the the lore
- I must told you yeah basically we sat in a room for two three hours and then left done nothing
- The judge that came in and swore us all in threaten to throw somebody in jail
- you basically lied I was I was unknowingly
- so when the cop pulled you over um there were open beers in your car he said yeah he's like but I was he's like and you were outside a bar he's like yeah he's like and you're 19 I was like yeah he's like were you in the bar he's like no I got a call my friends had been drinking and they said they needed to ride home so I went to go pick him up and I should have checked him
- the thing that John balushi does in that scene was not in the script
- Everything is within walking distance if you have enough time
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 39:52 sentiment: negative
video_pk 88258 · mention_pk 232293
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Considered a 'dud' after playing Perspective.
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the early 1990s saw a temporary craze with the release of the Super Soaker
- I went racing out the garage door the garage door had one of those doors that like you know the the The Swinging like door with the spring and everything like that and I was so excited and I was I was leaving the door sland and broke the barrel off one and I was so mad
- Sour grapes is a comedy about things that aren't funny
- Sour grapes however is tone deaf
- I lost a bet and had to go to that movie it was horrible
- Shot glass is correct
- Spice Girls is correct
- Sugar Hill G
- Suicide Girls nice
- I like it better I think than Clash Royale it's it's good worth a try
- The Escapist team put their heart into every piece of work we put out and the talent brought in was UNM the kind of talent isn't cheap and my mission with The Escapist was to not be driven primarily by views but by direct funding through premium memberships and live streams
- he went on some show and went did an interview that basically probably added like 20 years to his sence
- Elizabeth Holmes finally went to jail right did
- you know all of them are going to be it's with AI art now like none of these people that are like you know just they're not going to pay for they're just going to AI art all of their
- if you plead guilty you going to jail for 40 to 50 years you might as well try to have the trial you might get off right
- Seven years of college down the drain I might as well go join the peace score
- the bench isn't wasn't actually there though they moved it
- he was a comedian from Houston
- they basically just have it listen to every single thing that he sung or said and you just take the sounds that's all it is
- The Smoking Gun that was a website
- It's got $225,000 Canadian though
- he said he was let go for not achieving goals that were never properly set for us
- we were given unattainable goals in a very short amount of time
- I won't be taking Zero Punctuation name with me but fans would hear my voice again soon in a new place
- my mission with The Escapist was to not be driven primarily by views but by direct funding through premium memberships and live streams
- I'm pretty hyped for the next yatsi drop not gonna lie
- it's always good like you know you fall down internet rabbit hole and like watch his videos
- it's like it's like him I really like Norm Mitch Hedberg always made me laugh
- it's like they said um we have that audio to play here they say the audio you're listening for you have to listen carefully it's after the third shot and you hear this cow and then no no no it's like kapow then it's like and it's like now here it's right for the third shot and you hear this kapow
- yippe Jerry Ruben died oh I'm sorry that should be yippi Jerry Ruben died
- The curse of the doors
- it's like a slice a life thing you know
- Seven years of college down the drain I might as well go join the peace corps
- the fingers are mostly they're not completely fixed but they're they're a lot better
- he didn't listen to anybody he didn't listen to his lawyers
- turns out turns out it was he
- she's in prison for serving an 11 year three month sentence for the wire fraud
- the victims of the fraud were like giant companies
- when she's making license plates you know that's a lot of license plates
- The actor strike oh yeah
- you guys are going to do for parking
- it's a 30 foot tall realistically rendered fiberglass sculpture of a human eyeball
- I don't think there's anything about I mean it's part of the the lore
- I must told you yeah basically we sat in a room for two three hours and then left done nothing
- The judge that came in and swore us all in threaten to throw somebody in jail
- you basically lied I was I was unknowingly
- so when the cop pulled you over um there were open beers in your car he said yeah he's like but I was he's like and you were outside a bar he's like yeah he's like and you're 19 I was like yeah he's like were you in the bar he's like no I got a call my friends had been drinking and they said they needed to ride home so I went to go pick him up and I should have checked him
- the thing that John balushi does in that scene was not in the script
- Everything is within walking distance if you have enough time
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The Dice Tower Review at 8:38 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Passable
Cons
- Don't love the cover
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card reveal — Players reveal cards simultaneously before the dice roll.
- Dice Rolling — Players roll a 12-sided die to determine winners.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So, we're going to jump right into these here. I'm going to take a look at them and tell you what I think about them.
- This game is now 20 years old.
- It's not nearly as good as made by the people who made War of the Ring.
- This is my favorite because all the pieces move like rooks sort of and you're trying to take over other people's pieces and each one has a special power and I like the theming of it.
- Layers expansions bring it up to a nine. Layers is amazing.
- I think the base game is fine, but when you I mean it's it's very it's enjoyable, but when you add the expansion it's fantastic.
- Nothing here I think is amazing.
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The Board Game Garden Discussion at 37:05 sentiment: positive
video_pk 42164 · mention_pk 127921
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- hand-management / push-your-luck
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — draft and manage cards for scoring
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Level Up Retreat is probably one of my favorite, if not my favorite convention.
- If you see me at a convention please come and say hi.
- You are somebody's reason to smile.
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The Board Game Garden Weekend Board Game Convention at 28:57 sentiment: positive
video_pk 41057 · mention_pk 124535
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- underrated feel
- clever card play and dice manipulation
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)
- we are calling it boaton
- I am so so excited
- this weekend we did end up putting together our little paper here of just all of the games that we played
- Scholars of the South Tigress was so good
- it's chaotic fun
- you are somebody's reason to smile
- Viking Seesaw was the best boat game of boaton
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BoardGameGeek Top List at 7:40 sentiment: positive
video_pk 11626 · mention_pk 34142
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- unique and highly replayable due to the cancellation mechanics
- often induces laughter and lively interaction
- simple to learn yet surprisingly strategic
Cons
- thematic cohesion is looser than purer euro titles
- some players may dislike the cutoff of tie-break cancellations
Thematic elements
- dice manipulation and competitive round-based conflict.
- Abstract competition with dice as a central mechanic; competitive action selection.
- humorous, highly interactive, chaos-filled competition with cancellation mechanics.
Comparison games
- Duel Dice games
- Other anti-coordination titles
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cancellation rule — If players have identical values, they cancel; the highest different value wins the round.
- card-driven die manipulation — Cards can add value to dice or invert outcomes to influence round winners.
- high-risk, high-reward power — Special cards and combinations create big swings, encouraging careful timing.
- simultaneous dice-drafting — Each round you roll and then modify values via cards to maximize outcomes.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- After five years it's where you can really start to be like, 'Oh, is this game still around? Is this game still good?'
- The turns are slick and easy.
- It's sort of like a deck building game in slow motion where the cards that you're gaining and which ones are in front of you are going to be changing but not completely every single turn.
- You can actually play with all this stuff because it's a short, simple game.
- This looping mechanic is really, really cool and cooperative because you can set each other up.
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Chairman of the Board Review at 0:02 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Fast setup and short play time (about 20 seconds to set up, ~15 minutes play)
- Simple rules that are quick to teach
- Engaging bluffing and deduction through simultaneous card selection
- Cards interact with dice in interesting ways (rotate, flip, add, double, or set to 12)
- Clean production and nice artwork
- Replayability via different character cards and setups
Cons
- Loses some magic at 2 players
- Relies on dice randomness despite player decisions
- Primarily a light filler; may lack depth for some groups
- Not a 'classic' filler game for heavier players
Thematic elements
- bluffing, dice manipulation, simultaneous action
- abstract, casino/dice-and-card microgame
- mechanics-driven with minimal theme
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card elimination — played card is discarded; at end of round players discard one card to reduce future options.
- Deck Manipulation — cards modify die value via rotation, addition, doubling, or setting to 12.
- dice manipulation through cards — cards modify die value via rotation, addition, doubling, or setting to 12.
- duplicate cancellation — if multiple players play the same card, those cards cancel each other out.
- Limited Points — highest die value earns 2 points, runner-up 1; first to eight points ends the round; first to win two rounds wins the game.
- point-based rounds and two-round win condition — highest die value earns 2 points, runner-up 1; first to eight points ends the round; first to win two rounds wins the game.
- Secret card selection — each player secretly selects a card to play this round; duplicates cancel during reveal.
- Simultaneous Reveal — all players reveal and resolve actions after cancellations.
- simultaneous reveal and resolution — all players reveal and resolve actions after cancellations.
- Variable Set-Up: Player — different preset roles (e.g., gambler, parasite, knight) alter interactions.
- variable setups with character cards — different preset roles (e.g., gambler, parasite, knight) alter interactions.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's going to take around 15 minutes to play
- super light game with very little rules overhead
- it's all about bluffing and thinking what your opponent is going to do
- the production for king of 12 is excellent
- it's simple and it's pretty streamlined
- this is a decent filler
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