Game Info
Year
2024
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
40 min
Complexity
2/5
Collection
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Description
A track-building game where players are Japanese artisans crafting wooden Kokeshi dolls to trigger chain reactions
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The Board Game Garden Review at 19:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
extremely positive
Pros
- great game
- great components
- satisfying gameplay of bumping up tracks
- has a solo mode
- love the theming
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Kokeshi dolls
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- solo — This one does have a solo mode.
- Track Advancement — bumping up the tracks.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Realm of Reckoning is fantastic.
- The moment that I heard that one of the mechanisms is close drafting, immediately I was like, yes, let's play this.
- You are building up a tableau and then you are scoring in different ways based off of the game and what people decide to score and yeah just such a cool game.
- Recommend uh Realm of Reckoning.
- This is a tile placement game that I played in Edmonton that I really enjoyed.
- Absolutely loved it.
- One of my top games for the month of June.
- This is another tableau building, hand management game that I absolutely loved as well and was quite a big surprise to me that I enjoyed it as much as I did.
- Gen Con is officially 2 weeks away when I am filming this.
- If you guys are going to Gen Con and you see me wandering the halls, definitely come up and say hello.
- I'd love to meet you.
- I've been very, very excited for that part of Gen Con.
- I am just overall very excited to get back to Gen Con this year.
- I am very, very excited for that part of Gen Con.
- I've been recently getting more into the Pokemon TCG, and honestly, just TCGs in general.
- I'm really wanting to get back into Magic, Pokemon, TCG, Lorana as well.
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Sir Thecos Analysis at 11:33 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- The first one, two or three games are really amazing when you play it.
Cons
- Then like falls off a little bit.
- The longtime potential isn't quite there for me.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Endangered
- The Otmus Project
- Deep Sea Endeavor
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Mechanism — Keshi has a really cool mechanism as well.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is just my opinion, right? Yours may differ from mine, and if it does, that's great.
- It's a nice little abstract game for two players um trying to like again get like uh like the largest or smallest difference um between your own tableau and the one in the middle um that is shared.
- Really really nice tableau builder.
- I think I personally for my collection would put it in B, but um that wouldn't be quite fair because I need to like evaluate the game as it is.
- Um, but I find it has like a loads of like little small parts um that are just not optimal.
- It's one of my most favorite smallbox games, not just of last year, but ever.
- Come on. Please, please release the physical version. I'm begging you, man.
- I would say like the components are amazing. You actually build like up 3D terrain which is pretty amazing.
- But it's still not it's not one of my most favorite dungeon crawlers because I just think like these scenarios are like a little bit too long almost.
- But I think Unmatched is like way superior.
- That may change because I'm playing a lot of dungeon crawlers at the moment, but currently it is definitely S my my favorite one.
- So, you see, I this was a strong month. I didn't play a whole lot of games, but I played a lot of really good games.
- Let me know in the comments which were the best and worst games you played last month.
- Especially want to give a shout out to my generous patrons. The big thanks go out to Thagon for supporting me at the highest tier.
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Grant Lyon Other at 26:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Moving meeples on tracks
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combo Building — It's like moving up tracks, but using these like combos and these synergies to be like, "Move up here. Move up here. Move up here. Get this. Get that."
- Engine Building — And Kokeshi is an engine building game...
- track movement — ...you are going to be putting these tiles on various tracks on your board, and those tiles will let you sort of move up different meeples...
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- If you are interested in new board games that are coming to stores, to friendly local game stores, and other places right now, and you don't have to wait like 18 months to get the game, then this is the video for you.
- I always try to include about 25 different games in this video, and I want there to be something for everybody, right?
- So, if you are looking for like an introduction to worker placement, uh I think this is a good one for that.
- So, yeah. And I love penguins. Love penguins.
- This is intentionally a weird game. Uh it's leaning into It's weird.
- This is a game that combines dice and deduction in a pirate theme.
- This is another one I couldn't really find a lot of information on, so I don't know exactly how it plays.
- So, yeah. And I hope you found something that you like.
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The Board Game Garden Other at 64:03:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- So much fun.
- Absolutely loved that game.
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)
- This is basically a board game industry kind of conference thing that is presented and run by Asthma Canada.
- I kind of think of this as the Canadian Gamma, which gamma is kind of like the industry board game industry convention conference that is held every year in the US, but we kind of have a little mini version for us here in Canada where board game publishers as well as retailers and media all come together to just talk new games, better ways to help support the board game industry here in Canada.
- So, we're here. Of course. There he is.
- We've all been the first giants content creators in the wild behind the bushes in their natural habitat. In their natural habitat or oi none of that things batteries.
- Guys, I am obsessed with this card game. It is fantastic.
- This is the final version of nature. I believe this is like the retail edition.
- As someone that loves like potions, witchy things, this is a party game that I could get down with.
- This is a fantastic game if you haven't played it yet. Such a good hand management card game.
- This is a very fun game. If you guys have seen me, I've talked about Ohanami quite a bit, which is a game where you're creating gardens of cards in a line that are either having to be in uh like ascending or descending order. This has that kind of vibe, but plays in a very different way.
- Katan on the Road. I actually just did a how to play of this game and it's actually quite enjoyable.
- Toil and troubles. Toil and troubles. This is a game from grandpa beck.
- I love the like magical kind of uh forest creature kind of vibe to it.
- Dixit kids, which is very cute. I love this.
- One thing, one like big highlight for me was just being able to hang out with friends, either local friends. All of us are very local, but it is really nice to have some specific thing that brings us all together, to be able to hang out and play games.
- Obviously, like I mentioned, I played Denup a ton. That was a huge highlight for me.
- Remember, you are somebody's reason to smile.
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kovray Event Coverage at 7:36 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Satisfying tile activation
- Fun engine building
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Kokashi on BGA
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action activation — Placing tiles activates different columns and abilities.
- Engine Building — Players build an engine by placing and activating tiles.
- Tile Placement — Players place tiles on different columns.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's a gem.
- It's a bop.
- It's just this combo-tastic game where there's a bunch of different actions happening that you'll have to go through.
- It is such a clever game that is still very unnatural because you're trying to create gaps with tiles, and my brain despises that cuz I like when things go together nicely.
- It is the silliest game because what you're trying to do is you have stacks of cards in front of you in different stacks, and you're trying to get each of those stacks to have all of one item.
- This is such a good small card game from Capstone.
- The art on Dixit is just unparalleled.
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Board Game Dad Top 10 List at 10:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Delightful, approachable; works with both adults and kids
- Fast to teach (under 3 minutes)
- Good player interaction and cascading effects
Cons
- Limited to four players
- Might want more player count or expansions
Thematic elements
- Cause-and-effect chain reactions
- Shelf of Kokashi dolls and a stacking shelf
- Delightful, approachable
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Chain reactions — Doll movements trigger cascades up the tracks for points.
- Engine Building: Triggered/Cascading — Doll movements trigger cascades up the tracks for points.
- Tile Placement — Move a Kokashi doll up a level; trigger tiles or other dolls to move and activate effects.
- Tile placement / engine building — Move a Kokashi doll up a level; trigger tiles or other dolls to move and activate effects.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "The theatrical run"
- "It's very intuitive"
- "I love how the auctions work in this game"
- "This is not their first board game at all"
- "Donkey Hot the Ingenious Adalgo is one to check out"
- "Shallow Sea is the name of that game"
- "Seven Wonders Dice is the best Seven Wonders game made so far"
- "Origin Story plays one to five players"
- "Epona is my choice for the number one game this year"
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