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Le Roy des Ribauds

Game Info
Year
2024
Players
2
Age
10+
Playtime
15 min
Publisher
Matagot / TLAMA Games
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Waiting on more creator content
Description

A quick two-player medieval card duel adapted from the comic series where players vie for control of the court

Description

A quick two-player medieval card duel adapted from the comic series where players vie for control of the court

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Sentiment: pos 1 · mix 1 · neu 0 · neg 1
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Video ZV3FQFwRBeE Chairman of the Board Top List at 55:00 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
  • Looks lovely
  • Sophisticated feel
Cons
  • Too slight
  • Too random
  • Didn't give enough to get into
  • Abruptly ends
  • Could have done with more going on
Thematic elements
  • Love Letter style
Comparison games
  • Love Letter
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Area Control — Win condition is to trap a card in between two of these assassin cards.
  • Card Play — When you play a card or flip a card face up the power will activate.
  • Hand Management — Win condition is to have three queens in your hand.
  • Set Collection — Win condition is to make the have three kings in the center of the table.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • This game is called Cat Earth and it is very, very silly, but I think in a good way.
  • This is the Crew Mission Deep Sea, and I'm going to tell you, I absolutely love this game.
  • Wavelength, and I think this is probably one of the best party games I have played in a long time.
  • It's a game about trying to read people's minds.
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Video yns35MLNVbI BoardGameCo Top List at 12:01 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • Fun challenging puzzle.
  • Fast back-and-forth puzzle.
Cons
  • Very hard to fully prevent a win condition.
  • Limited depth after a few plays.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • action selection — Taking two basic actions to manipulate the board state.
  • Set Collection — Score depending on card types like assassins, kings, and queens.
  • Victory condition — Three victory conditions to achieve.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • When you don't have 20 minutes to watch a full review and you're not looking for a how to play or an hour-long play-through and let's be honest when the interest is a little lower, too.
  • A game should stand on its own.
  • I try not to let the ecosystem of games color my reviews, but inherently enough knowledge and experience will affect like if this is the first game I've ever played getting into board games, this would have been a 4.5 out of five.
  • But honestly, I think its biggest criticism is there's just better games out there, especially ones that do point scoring combination.
  • Overall, I I found Pies to be in this weird place where the actual trick is almost more multiplayer solitaire uh rather than a trick-taking game.
  • The premise of setting up the player to your left, I really like that idea.
  • The puzzle of timing the melds is the thing that combined with the abilities is the thing that hooks me on this.
  • It's a clever puzzle, but one with a limited amount of place to it in my opinion.
  • There is an interesting tension to the game because of the fact that the cards enter your tableau first.
  • It is the most common rating I have on this channel.
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Video kwfWxZKGqc8 Board Gaming Ramblings Other at 2:38 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • It's a small game with only 20 cards.
  • Can be kept in a pocket and brought somewhere.
  • Reminded speaker of Circus Flip or Flip Circus, and they liked this better.
  • You have different winning conditions that you're both trying to complete.
  • You have cards in your hand and you're changing them out with cards on the table to get more opportunities and information.
Cons
  • If it was in a bigger box, it would be a call.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
  • Circus Flip
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Hand Management — You have cards in your hand and you're changing them out with the cards on the table so you want to almost always have more opportunities and more information than your opponent.
  • variable winning conditions — You have different winning conditions that you're both trying to complete.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Double call
  • Did not like this one too much this was sadly very boring
  • I think the main reason I didn't like it is that it's all about destroying for the other person
  • It's a bluffing a double psychological game
  • it was good it was fine it was but it was for me I would not choose this over Hanoi G Ro or Shadow Oro
  • The big problem is that it felt too random
  • This is one that we have been enjoying a lot
  • The only negative for me is that it's a bit long
  • I think that the concept of this sounded more exciting than in I thought it was
  • it was just a fine game that I don't need to play again
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