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Year
2018
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Description
Kluster is a dexterity game for 1 to 4 players, very short, easy to transport, incredibly fun, really simple, accessible to everyone and still full of strategy!
Kluster’s rules can be explain in no time: Magnetic stones are equally shared between players, who must, in turn, place one stone inside the area delimited by the cord. The first player to get rid of his or her magnets wins. But beware, when stones kluster together during one player’s turn, he or she collects them!
That’s all you need to know to play Kluster!
—description from the publisher
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Watch It Played Top 10 List at 16:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Visually pleasing with nature theme
- Engaging tile-laying and resource management
Cons
- Theme might trigger allergies (humorously)
Thematic elements
- Pollination, flower collecting
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Resource Management — Players earn and spend pedal tokens.
- Rondel — The game has a Rondell mechanism for the supply.
- tile laying — Players take turns laying tiles of varying shapes.
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Quotes (from this video)
- who needs Rodney and Chaz it's Paula and Matthew it's our Channel now
- I'm Kind of a Big Dill is a party game designed by Adam Bane and Grant Lion
- I think the name came first and then the game
- what I like about this game in particular is it gives you direction right rather than being like I have to decide for myself if I'm bluffing or not
- but in these days it would be like a playlist on Spotify it's the early '90s baggie jeans and flannel shirts rain Supreme
- I Made Mixtape an I split you choose card game where competing Maestro aim to make the best compilation possible out of an album collection
- I think the theme of this sounds really fun I think the way it looks looks really cool like I love the visuals of it I'm really excited to check this one out actually I really am
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Watch It Played Discussion at 6:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- visually appealing and accessible
- thematic and relaxing to play
- likely to be a good intro to tile-laying
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- ecosystem, pollinators, biodiversity
- Nature meadow with pollinators and flowers
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- petal_tokens — Matching petals earn tokens that power actions later.
- pollinator_support — Tokens enable pollinators to be supplied to tiles for scoring.
- tile_laying — Players lay tiles to create a meadow of flowers.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's simple sleek and really goodlooking it's super easy to learn but each choice is Meaningful
- what a cool two-player game
- it's brilliant
- it's such a good engine builder I like 51st state
- Zenith is marvelous
- Lone wolves is a two-player dueling trick-taking area majority game
- delicious decision
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Sir Thecos Top List at 21:47 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- works well
- fun
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Magnetism — you put magnets in the middle and trying to like get rid of all your magnets if you uh if some magnets are pulled towards each other and uh stuck to each other you have to take them all into your hand and well you want to get rid of all your magnets
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Quotes (from this video)
- this one is an abstract game that actually worked pretty well
- oh boy oh boy this is a game I don't have to think about it I I I could even think about giving it lower than a d but I will give it a d now
- the design doesn't work at all it's so specific there's like so much text on the cards it's i' I've I've never seen cards like that
- this is we have the suspicion that this is AI generated or at least some of it uh like what the regarding the rules in the design because wow this is really cumbersome
- it's a solid game this is like a game that is has a cool premise it works very well but it's nothing special but still I keep coming back to it because the Bame Marina implementation is so great
- Kaber of course uh this needs to be an S tier because it's my top three game in both my list solo and general
- Secret identity I will also give an a yeah it works really well
- it's very very tough but I like it it's always fun
- very good Abra game I can just I just recomend can recommend that to pretty much everyone
- Not turn I just reviewed on my channel uh I like this game I will give this a B I think B is fine uh it's a good game it has a very interesting Bing mechanism and a it has a few mechanisms that are very unique
- Missana uh I'm still really torn now that I played the cave of Gins which is really good um I might rank this higher I would also give this a B I don't know this game I think this game like will become even better like when you have more expansions right the base game is okay it's fine probably just a b Toc
- just one srank one of the best party games out there definitely srank uh I always like to pull it out it's one of my most favorite party games
- K grip also clear srank let me just put it up here clear srank game is one of my most most favorite portable solo games ever
- Kites Kites I will give a H A or B uh it's a very good game but I think I will give it a b it's also like a fun time you play like one two three four games and then you're over it and then you don't want to play it for a few weeks right at least that's how I feel but every time I pull it out it's very very fun I like it
- fun facts also clear S rank I like this a little bit more than just one uh but they're both incredible party games so definitely also S rank
- belati um a game that is not very well known I think internationally but a very cool deduction party game I also have to give this an S it's always a fun time like really really fun party games
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Sir Thecos Top List at 14:30 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Cool game
- Fun activity
- Pretty fun
Cons
- Nothing groundbreaking
- Not everybody likes this
- A little bit flawed regarding the game design
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
- Cockroach Poker
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Magnet Placement — Everybody gets like the same number of magnets and you put the magnets in the middle and when you put down your last magnet you win. If two magnets or more magnets uh like stick together after you put them then attracted to another then you take all the magnets.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Count of the Nine Estates. Um, a game people keep suggesting to me and I've played it over the years off and on and I think it's not bad.
- Distilled clear Srank. It's such an amazing game. I absolutely love this.
- Draftosarus, also the game I very much enjoy. I will give this an A. S would be too much, but it's such a cute and nice uh drafting game.
- Cluster. Uh you have um a circle made of like a rope like a ropes circle rope circle so to speak and everybody gets like the same number of magnets and you put the magnets in the middle and when you put down your last magnet you win.
- Exobase also a game that I will bring a video to you at some point.
- Magic Keys in English. I think um this is like a children game actually. It's a children's game, but we play like with like I think we were like four adults playing that.
- Malus Hotos. I just released a preview video for that for the Kickstarter campaign and I enjoyed this game a lot.
- Micro City is a pretty decent game in a small box. Um, but it's also nothing all too amazing, right?
- Reforest clear as this is an absolutely amazing game.
- Sally Face Strange Nightmares uh for the video game uh Sally Face and I found this game quite decent actually.
- Stone Spine Architects uh in the roleplayer universe. And I like this a lot. I will give this an A.
- Switch and signal. I'm a little conflicted on that one.
- Yatsi. Yeah, this is like a guilty pleasure, right? We all know it's not an amazing game, but Yatsi is the basis for like a lot of other games with this mechanism of rolling your like rolling your dice and then being able to reroll some of them twice.
- Buds and Blooms from Mark Tuck. Also a game that I enjoyed playing.
- And actually, you know what? I'm actually missing one game. I also played Wingspan.
- Wingspan would also be an S of course and would be up here.
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Sir Thecos Analysis at 15:15 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Mixed
Pros
- It's not a bad game
Cons
- it's more like an activity right and not everybody likes it.
- I don't know how long I will keep this.
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dexterity — Cluster is like where you put like magnets in like um a circle made out of um some string and you are trying to like place magnets so they don't are not attracted to other magnets otherwise you have to take them into your hands and when you have no magnets left you win.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is clearly um an Srank game.
- This is an amazing game that definitely deserves an S rank.
- Can you give a really simple game an S? Yeah, I think you can if it works well and it does work really well.
- I know almost all the cards by now. It's not that exciting anymore.
- Azul is amazing. I love this.
- This is one of my most favorite dungeon crawlers to be honest, and it's not very wellnown, I think.
- It's just really luck based.
- I like this a lot.
- Cluster is like where you put like magnets in like um a circle made out of um some string and you are trying to like place magnets so they don't are not attracted to other magnets otherwise you have to take them into your hands and when you have no magnets left you win.
- It's not a bad game but it's more like an activity right and not everybody likes it.
- The theme sells it for me, right?
- This is like Yatsi just a little bit more interactive because you have like uh you have like specific cards in the middle like 16 cards in a 4x4 grid in the middle with like the things you need to reach with your five dice by rolling three up to three times but you like put your token on it when you reach that so you block it for other players.
- This was one of the most positive rankings within the last I don't know a few months because we don't have one single D title and we have only one title in C and this one is like nice curve here right so actually if you ignore C and D we have a nice curve here how it should be in a tier list just very positive
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Review at 0:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fascinating and has many levels of things to think about.
- The offer system is mechanically intriguing.
- The incentives in the game are interesting.
- The game is considered a hidden gem.
- The online implementation's art style (beans) looks great.
Cons
- At five players, the game felt fast, leading to fewer actions per player.
- Wished for a couple more rounds to round things out at higher player counts.
- The luck of the draw can result in a player getting a complete set easily.
- The original art style might not be liked by everyone.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Bonanza
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Hand Management — Players start with a hand of cards and must decide which to offer and when to draw more.
- Offer/Auction — Players make offers by placing cards face up, and other players can buy these offers. Players can also buy their own offers.
- Scoring penalty — Sets can score fewer points if other unwanted items are present in the storage area ('spoiling' the set), with a minimum score of one point.
- Set Collection — Players aim to collect sets of four of the same type of item (e.g., beans, jewelry) to score points.
- Turn order manipulation — Passing in the offer phase determines the turn order for the subsequent buying phase, creating a strategic element.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I think this game is fascinating and I really enjoyed my one play of it.
- There's so many levels and of things to think about.
- My only complaint about this game after playing it the one time is it felt fast for the number of turns that I played.
- This is definitely a a hidden gem.
- I think the mechanical intrigue of the offer system here was even more interesting for me.
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Board Stupid Top List at 3:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- pub-friendly
- easy to learn
- replayable with magnets
Cons
- risk of spills and small parts
- requires careful setup
Thematic elements
- dexterity puzzle with magnets and rope elements
- pub table environment; casual social play
- n/a
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dexterity — manipulating magnets and rope-based components to balance pieces under constraints
- Stacking and Balancing — manipulating magnets and rope-based components to balance pieces under constraints
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's waterproof so will be entirely Pub friendly
- Skull is an amazing game
- Hanabi is a legendary game
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