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Lacuna is a game for 2 players about collecting flowers on a pond at night. It takes seconds to set up and plays entirely on a cloth mat.
The rules are simple: draw an imaginary line between 2 flowers, place a pawn, and collect both flowers.
—description from the publisher
Year Published
2023
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Total mentions: 6
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Video N4W2xLh-I1k
top_10_list at 14:31 sentiment: positive
video_pk 62526 · mention_pk 155231
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- beautiful, tactile production
- instant setup
- friendly to non-gamers while being strategically rich
Cons
- spatial planning can be demanding for some players
Thematic elements
- spatial placement and majority of colors
- Nighttime pond, flowers and spatial control
- calm, contemplative
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Control board territory by strategic pawn placement and endgame flower collection.
- area control via placement — Control board territory by strategic pawn placement and endgame flower collection.
- set collection — Aim for four flowers in four or more colors; majority color control matters.
- set collection/majority — Aim for four flowers in four or more colors; majority color control matters.
- spatial placement — Place pawns to claim flowers along lines; endgame sweep for flowers remaining.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- No patchwork, no Seven Wonders Duel, just genuinely underrated games that deserve a spot on your shelf.
- Buy this if you want something quick, portable, and full of meaningful decisions.
- That swing was massive.
- You can plan ahead because you know what your opponent might take and how it affects the board.
- The app is brilliant. It actually enhances the experience rather than feeling tacked on.
- The brilliance is in the timing and indirect interaction.
- Buy Tether if you want something that teaches in 2 minutes, but reveals depth of a repeated place.
- Buy Lacuna if you want something beautiful and tactile.
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Video rtPaehv60hs
game_review at 20:34 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 62490 · mention_pk 155107
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Visually striking, tactile setup with satisfying interaction
- Simple core idea with deep strategy and planning
Cons
- Strategy can feel repetitive and the theme is abstract
- Endgame can feel hollow or less exciting compared to setup
Thematic elements
- minor strategic competition across seven colors with lateral scoring
- abstract color/area-control with a tactile play area
- abstract puzzle with elegant physical components
Comparison games
- Hansonica
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- color majority / area control — You aim to be majority in four of seven colors by the end
- lacuna (distance) measurement — Distance/positioning between colors determines control
- tactile setup — Unique cloth/mat setup and color tokens drive play
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is an own it for me.
- The quality of the cards is incredible.
- Nine turns is a big hook for White Castle.
- I would call Lacuna an own it as well.
- Spot is a play it for me, not quite owning it.
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Getting Games playthrough at 0:06 sentiment: positive
video_pk 13198 · mention_pk 38633
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- short, elegant rules (four or so core rules)
- geometric, abstract aesthetic
- strong two-player tension and interaction
- endgame ambiguity adds drama and requires careful thinking
- ruler-based disambiguation is a satisfying tactile addition
Cons
- endgame ambiguity can be tricky and require careful measurement
- two-player only limits group play options
- setup can feel fiddly if you try to avoid clustering tokens
Thematic elements
- Proximity/area influence and color-majority control within a geometric motif
- Abstract, geometric board with color tokens (flowers) used to determine proximity and control in a two-player game
- Abstract
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- blocking / strategic placement — Placing pieces can block lines and influence which tokens can be captured later, shaping defensive and offensive options
- color-majority win condition — There are seven colors with seven tokens each; you win by achieving majority (at least four of a color) and maintaining majorities across colors
- Compound Scoring — After all placements, you take all tokens that are closest to your pieces, forming your personal collection
- endgame ambiguity resolution with a ruler — When proximity ties occur, a ruler may be used to resolve the ambiguity and determine which tokens are closer
- placement with line rules — On your turn you place a piece along an unbroken line of two adjacent flowers of the same color and then collect two flowers; placing also blocks lines for future moves
- proximity-based scoring — After all placements, you take all tokens that are closest to your pieces, forming your personal collection
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Lacuna is a cozy game of mystical geometry
- it's interactive
- one of the best abstract games out there
- there's only like four rules
- this feels like the arcade cabinet of board games
- you just start playing and it’s still competitive on your first play
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Video cEooPFaIhtU
No Pun Included general_discussion at 15:23 sentiment: positive
video_pk 7336 · mention_pk 21680
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Beautiful presentation and approachable entry
- Head-to-head decision-making with depth
Cons
- Requires precision in measuring distances; some players dislike manual measurement
Thematic elements
- minimalist, contemplative abstract
- two-player abstract interpretation of collecting flowers from a lake at night
- Array
Comparison games
- Dorfromantik
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — placing pawns to collect flowers in a lake area
- area_control — placing pawns to collect flowers in a lake area
- distance_measurement — measuring distances to optimize pawn placement
- Measurement Movement — measuring distances to optimize pawn placement
- set collection — collect four flowers of a color to win that color
- set_collection — collect four flowers of a color to win that color
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Thank God you said that! Honestly, I was just winging that last bit - I had no idea where I was going.
- You know what I love? Giving a game of the year to a game that didn't win game of the year.
- This is the best jumping in point into the series and if you want to see what the older version was like, the app version on Steam is pretty spiffy for that.
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Video ret2atPVYv8
Rolling Dice and Taking Names general_discussion at 0:00 sentiment: other
video_pk 5289 · mention_pk 118453
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Overall sentiment (raw)
hot_release
Pros
- popular at Gen Con
- high demand
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Disney characters
- collectible card game
Comparison games
- other Disney products
- collectible card games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Collectible Card Game
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Gen Con is back baby
- y'all we recorded an entire episode 301... and then we go into the process of sending the files to each other and it's only happened what maybe one other time Tony in 300 episodes where we didn't have the recorded file
- please do not wear a backpack that's juts out about 16 to 24 inches from your back
- when you land on one of those letters your opponents will draw a card
- nobody feels out of the game or you don't have a chance
- this game a seller game for me is that it's no fun if there's no way to win the game
- so I'm wondering if the convention center if they would move it to the field
- we went by there every day there was one or two gentlemen there that we just almost became friends with
- games of the con I loved this game
- I've played over three four thousand games on the iPad
- go back to the roots that maybe started this whole deck building system
- as tyrants of the underdark first time I played that game I thought wow this is a really brilliantly well done
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Video NllpLe1iBq4
Getting Games update_vlog at 22:50 sentiment: positive
video_pk 3422 · mention_pk 10164
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Compact session length, enjoyable with friends
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Karma, cards and Karma mechanics
- Fictional fantasy setting
- short, efficient play
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card-based drafting — Compact two-player focus with a quick session length
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I had so much anxiety about making this change for months and months, arguably years if you watch the last update, but people really took to it.
- You mean Getting Games? That just that really sealed the deal.
- It's just a fun thing to consider.
- I'm really looking forward to it as opposed to putting these things off and like stressing about them.
- recording my opinions episodes live as well as other vlogs. I did a 2024 favorites video talking about all my favorite games from last year.
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