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2024
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4
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Description
Will you surpass your teachers' knowledge and grow up to become the best alchemists in the land? Let's find out! It's time to grab your potion ingredients, sharpen your deduction skills, and get mixing!
Little Alchemists is a family-friendly deduction game that's designed to grow with the curious minds of young players. The game starts with simple concepts and mechanisms; you'll start by gathering and combining ingredients for brewing potions to sell. However, as you collect keys by achieving your potion-making goals, you'll unlock new chapters that gradually add more components, mechanisms, and complexity to the experience.
Not sure how to make potions? No sweat! Potion craft takes mere seconds with the free Little Alchemists companion app. To make a potion, players select two ingredient tiles, then scan them using the companion app loaded onto a tablet or smartphone. This reveals the combined result and lets players acquire and mark the corresponding potion knowledge on their secret player board.
With each potion you make, you'll begin to discover the secrets that lie at the heart of alchemy. Players will have to use clever deductions to figure out the arcane properties of each ingredient, then they can use that knowledge to their advantage throughout the game!
Over the course of seven chapters that unlock over multiple playthroughs, players will learn and master many new facets of the alchemy trade, preparing them for what's to come. Each chapter is designed as a replayable experience that expands on the previous chapter, with new layers of game mechanisms that add more subtle depth and complexity over time. Also, fully exploring the world of Little Alchemists will introduce you to many of the concepts from and better prepare you for the original Alchemists game.
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 2:56:32 sentiment: positive
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positive
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- Gotta shoot for shoot for the moon if you miss you'll wind up with the Stars
- I don't know man I mean it's just like when somebody wants to like get all up in my uh area and and and like and like I said I'm trying to give him empathy and saying I understand you know you have a shitty day a lot of people are like probably all up in your uh uh business about it
- It's just like instead of you could just come up with so many real reasons why why that guy's just an idiot and what's my what's my expression I don't know what's your you have enough ammunition stop trying to load a knife into the chamber
- The convention hall was just so so let me let me ask for I'll ask you how did Saturday feel I didn't I didn't really see it much
- My favorite part of John Conan was this year my hug
- I I love and hate you all in equal my favorite Jenna my favorite line that I've used that I stole from you and I've used it dozens of times is I used to have a friend that look just like you
- I don't know he's got he said he's got a fever and he's got sore throat hopefully he hopefully it's mild
- I was like you know what you know you know what really chaps my ass I'm just G to say this right now this really chapped my ass and I I I realize this is political and I apologize for it and and I'm willing to let people say say what they want to say but you know I think that Donald Trump Trump is a complete and total [ __ ] [ __ ] and I think that JD Vance guy is a complete and total [ __ ] [ __ ] as well and there is in a world where I would vote for either of them I wouldn't put them in charge of a 25 cent pay toilet
- It's like you know like wrestlers who come out and just say you know what I was driving into Minneapolis Minnesota that's where we're from yeah just like he said the name we're in the city we're in it's just it's just and so what it does then is that it gives the people that like are are are gonna vote for them it gives them all of the like ammunition in the world to say those idiots blah blah blah couch jokes you know it's just like instead of you could just come up with so many real reasons why why that guy's just an idiot
- I mean you guys pay attention to me but nobody else wrong again SC okay by the way also Twitter I hate that site
- I mean you guys told everybody to f off and they did and now you're suing them because they like what world is this now I don't know if anything they did is illegal not not a lawyer yeah but uh I suspect they probably didn't really do anything illegal in my just observations I don't know they're like oh so much has come to light I'm like huh really
- So Scott we we really need to do that well I forgot what you sent me the the lifetime VIP oh lifetime badge didn't we try to do a lifetime v no we just need we just need Gen Con hot games room VIPs for life bch
- There's a lot of games those see did anyone see the game it was there just demo I think um String Theory I saw it yeah that thing looks ridiculous it's basically there are it's they're hex tiles with these like spools on them I see it and you get actual string and you string together uh all these conspiracy theories
- I was like I'm not gonna play it probably so oh the big bucks yeah it was it was a definitely like i i i i i 50 bucks for a car I hesitate to say this it's a steep hill I hesitate to say this if if I had seen Ted there I would have tried tooo him first TR trade yeah and then I would have felt bad about like I don't know just you would have got over it
- I mean you know when I think about it the booth that was ridiculous for us from my my booth they had so many games at the end of the C they had to pack back up and take home
- I mean you know it's like oh yeah we you know we offered to pay more we offered this with that and just like yeah nothing you can do like you'd think there was only one convention in America it's crazy
- I mean you know it's like oh I I I I I I 50 bucks for a car I hesitate to say this it's a steep hill I hesitate to say this if if I had seen Ted there I would have tried tooo him first TR trade yeah and then I would have felt bad about like I don't know just you would have got over it
- People are still going to get really really sick from it and people are going to get really are going to you know die from it as well right but it is one of the nice things about viruses is that you know viruses are with us forever is that they do you know as they mutate and change and whatever you know our bodies adapt and and and grow more used to fighting it because you're just get exposed to it you get exposed to it you get exposed to it just except when long Co would hit you w you know you're believe everything you read
- they're hex tiles with these like spools on them
- you get actual string and you string together all these conspiracy theories
- sold out every day fairly quickly
- how's your hand he's like it really started to cramp up
- The Cat In The Box hat they had in the booth 50 bucks
- it's a really good game
- it's so good brilliant
- You're gonna be sad you passed on that
- perfect game for me
- it's a meaningful ending apparently
- and then you can start over with different characters different race different um class tons of classes tons of races tons of quests
- was landmarks one of the very few games I did play was things in ring
- if you don't advertise with me f off
- I will not be blackmailed with money but I will be blackmailed with chocolats
- there's a lot of dark chocolate
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slickerdrips Discussion at 41:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fantastic game, especially with a child.
- App works well and teaches the game.
- Unlocks new ingredients and jigsaw pieces.
- Incremental difficulty increase.
Cons
- Might be lost on adults without children.
- Big Alchemist was not enjoyed by Ra.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Big Alchemists
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Logic puzzle — A logic game that starts simple and adds complexity over time.
- Set Collection — Players combine two components to make a potion and fulfill customer orders.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the Restriction is supposed to be and when we moved which was a few years ago now it did get to these shelves are it get the games to fit on those shelves I think we did that and maybe had a bit of room to spare but since moving it's yeah there's a lot of extra shelves downstairs
- 300 is the mark of too much and that includes like the shelves of tiny games of the game and the C crazy
- it's size is driving it more than the numbers and as I said it's it's got a it's got to shrink down to mostly this room and there are big gaps but yeah it'll happen
- Mansions is like a cube to itself Eldritch horror is a Quee to itself
- Shadows of Brimstone that's probably the game that's it's probably tied from tied with Marvel United for a game that's taken up the most amount of space
- box size is the issue and that's why like it's so one of them may be um like Imperial like Imperial was a cool idea and a a great train game but like one of the major things it's get it's got against it is that's one whole cax Cube for that game also box size is the issue
- the game is always a favorite I think we've all got a copy of the game it never needs taken anywhere
- My number one wish list for board game arena is more Cooperative games
- I am continuously and constantly in gam castles of burgundy and I'm still no better at it
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Let's Table It Review at 0:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- App-assisted gameplay makes it accessible for younger players
- Good component quality and innovative design (special screens/holders for ingredients)
- Clear and appealing colors/graphics that engage younger players
- App teaches players step by step, aiding learning
- Strong replayability through evolving content and unlockables
Cons
- App-assisted format can be a deal breaker for some players
- Some players were unhappy with changes to progression in a follow-up game
- Not every player may enjoy the app-dependent flow
Thematic elements
- Array
- Fantasy
- Informational / review-focused
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- App Assisted — A companion app determines potion results and guides learning and play.
- App-assisted gameplay — A companion app determines potion results and guides learning and play.
- End Game Bonuses — The player with the most coins wins the game.
- Endgame condition by coins — The player with the most coins wins the game.
- Fulfillment and selling to customers — Players collect ingredients and craft potions to sell to customers for coins based on demand.
- Market and deck refresh — Used tiles are discarded, two new ones are drawn, and the market is refilled as needed.
- tile drafting — On a turn you select two ingredients from your supply to combine into a potion.
- Unlockables and progression — Progression via keys to unlock boxes and access more content; levels can change between games.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I enjoy the act of discovering new potions and the fact that the app will change each game is really neat
- Little Alchemist is a fantastic blend of Discovery deduction and Hands-On experimentation
- the app makes it super accessible especially for the younger players
- the app actually teaches you how to play the game step by step
- there is so much content as you play you'll get to earn keys to unlock boxes with even more content
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Let's Table It Top List at 2:30 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Family-friendly
- Engaging for kids and adults
Cons
- Learning curve to master evolving rules
Thematic elements
- Alchemy and deduction in a family setting
- App-driven sessions centered on potion making
- Progressive rules with evolving sessions
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- App-driven progression — Sessions are driven by an accompanying app and rules evolve between sessions.
- Ingredient collection and potion scoring — Players gather ingredients to create potions and score points.
- Sequential session structure — Gameplay unfolds over multiple sessions with new twists.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Little Alchemist a fun app driven family logic deduction type game.
- So great with all the kids, you know, everybody could play.
- Chronicles of Crime is that kind of quintessential app assisted.
- In the app, you will select which mystery you want to solve, which case you want to go on.
- You explore locations, and as you move your device around, it moves around the crime scene and you're looking and you're just shouting out the things that you see as you go.
- Animals of Baker Street is 100% app free. This is a good one to unplug, have the family play with the kids.
- I love Unlock as opposed to some of the other escape room type mystery games because you don't have to destroy anything.
- fully replayable.
- you can just hand this off to somebody else to enjoy and you don't have to reset it really that much.
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Board Stupid Interview at 0:34 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Accessible for families with kids 7+
- Engaging, kid-friendly player screens and components
- App-guided progression with clear educational framing
- Incremental difficulty that scales with players' comfort level
- Strong thematic integration of real-world alchemy concepts in approachable form
- Campaign structure and evolving components add replayability
- Clear social interaction via common board and shared discovery mechanics
- Prototype/demo availability at expo encourages hands-on feedback
Cons
- Dependence on a supporting app may limit players without devices
- Deeper experience compared to the original Alchemist may feel lighter
- Campaign length could extend sessions beyond casual play
- Some players may desire more player interaction or competitive tension
- Rule clarity around chapter progression may require onboarding
Thematic elements
- Alchemy, potion-making, deduction, and light educational flavor with a gentle, whimsical tone
- A family-friendly setting where children explore alchemy, potions, and discovery in a cozy attic-like environment that expands as the game progresses.
- Chapter-based progression guided by an app, with escalating complexity and ongoing discovery that mirrors a kid-friendly adventure
Comparison games
- Original Alchemist
- Terraforming Mars
- Kahora
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- App Assisted — An accompanying app guides chapter progression, confirms ingredients, and reveals new puzzle pieces and clues.
- App-assisted gameplay — An accompanying app guides chapter progression, confirms ingredients, and reveals new puzzle pieces and clues.
- Deduction — Players formulate theories about what ingredients do and publish them on a common board to influence the eventual conclusions and scoring.
- Deduction and theory publication — Players formulate theories about what ingredients do and publish them on a common board to influence the eventual conclusions and scoring.
- market interaction — A social element where kids can buy red potions or other components from a demo stand, adding a light economic flavor.
- Market Pricing/Manipulation — A social element where kids can buy red potions or other components from a demo stand, adding a light economic flavor.
- Pattern/ingredient matching — Mix ingredients to produce potions; color outcomes guide deduction and scoring opportunities.
- Progressive campaign/chapters — The game unfolds through seven chapters, each increasing in complexity and intracomplicity, providing a sense of journey and learning.
- Public versus private information — Most information is shared, but some elements (like a few hidden outcomes or special effects) are revealed or inferred through play.
- Resource Management — As the game progresses, players acquire pets, new components, and more board space, increasing strategic options.
- Resource management and board growth — As the game progresses, players acquire pets, new components, and more board space, increasing strategic options.
- Set Collection — Players gather ingredients from a shared pool to enable potion creation and theory building.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's our upcoming family game and you can play with kids from seven years old and up
- it's very simple
- we have developed like an app assisted game
- fantastic
- mega mega fascinating
- this is going to be released at Gen Con most probably
- Spiel release but yeah we have the prototypes
- educational piece added to the game
- mega mega fascinating we were thrilled about this
- we demo both of the games so you can come and play
- we are super excited about this one
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