As photographers, players are invited to the forests of Loco Momo to see who can capture the best shot! But the local animals aren’t quite prepared for their group photo and are scattered about. When calling them over one by one to line up in front of your lens, they may just bring along a friend or two to really help you fill out your photo. Then position them in the best spots to create a charming photo worthy of the best photographer of Loco Momo!
Loco Momo is a competitive game featuring drafting, tile placement, and set collection elements, falling under the broader mechanic of “tile drafting.” Players first choose an animal tile, and based on its unique movement, the animal moves to a different clearing, potentially allowing you to take even more animals of the same background color. Players then place your newly obtained tiles on your scoring board, which scores points based on specific arrangements (e.g., number of identical/different animals in a row, matching animals vertically, linking background colors, etc.). Like any good drafting game, take which benefits you most, but maybe keep an eye on what others may need! But distinguishing itself from others in the genre, Loco Momo offers an approachable theme and (family) friendlier atmosphere as the scoring system removes some of the bite of “hate/spite” drafting.
- Plays well solo and up to four players
- Simple to learn but has advanced scoring options
- Interesting scoring avenues
- Collecting tiles and filling up a photography board.
- Azul
- Ethnos
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Movement programming — Characters move differently (clockwise, counterclockwise, diagonally) to predetermined spots.
- Set Collection — Collecting tiles to fill up a personal board for scoring.
- tile drafting — Players move characters to collect tiles of a specific color from columns.
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- Iwari is gorgeous, and on top of that, it's an incredibly solid game.
- If you like slick rolling right games, check this one out.
- This is one that Camilla introduced me to, and I think it's a phenomenal game.
- The goal of the game is to do this kind of Sushi Go style set collection for points, but then also to not set up your opponent, your next opponent, for a that good of a move.
References (from this video)
- Cute
- Simple
- Quick
- Interesting animal movement
- Not much to think about.
- Photographers capturing animals in a forest.
- Forest
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Movement programming — Animal movement is a key mechanic for collecting tiles.
- Pattern Building — Players build patterns on their boards using collected tiles.
- tile drafting — Players draft animal tiles from a grid.
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- Parks number 25 beautiful there's a couple of expansions that go with it they're they're fine but Parks base game love it yes love it love it love it
- it's a dice drafting game and I love dice drafting games and you have little coasters and you roll your dice Fe coaster right and you keep one and then you pass the coaster and then you keep going around until you have you've collected all your di
- Dune Imperium um you can play it with two players but you'll have to have a dummy player so essentially it's a three player game uh worker placement Builder um takes after the Dune yeah the science F right um and it's just it's your basic deck builder except what this one adds and I love it is when you go to certain locations you can start to add troops to the Battleground and at the end of every round a battle takes place
- the art is beautiful the mechanics are fantastic it's thinky my brain hurts when I'm done I love it
- it's a great engine builder the game's beautiful um it's super fun it's thinky enough but easy enough to teach yeah great wingspan the component is also very good so beautiful
- traumatized by having to put the little deal on every little trolley before we played it
References (from this video)
- Cute bunny on the box
- Green box is appealing
- Has Dice Tower seal of approval
- A bunny running from a bear
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- Pixies blew us away I love it love it love it love pixies
- the actual comic covers win you over the comic covers are great
- if you a comic lover you're going to probably love this game but if you're someone like me it's going to be all right
- the gang um it is poker on steroids now
- it is not a co-op game it's a it's on the box contrary to what it's on the box contrary to what is written on the box TR they made a mistake it is not Co-op
- we lost every time we played that thing what seven times
- some people don't know how to build a poah hand
- the thing about the game you can't talk so there's no Alpha gamer
- I'm confused most of the time with this gambling stuff that's why I don't do it in Vegas
References (from this video)
- simple, approachable
- puzzle-friendly
- not everyone enjoys Azul-like drafting
- Drafting and grid-placement puzzler
- Forest animals with a camera theme
- Cutesy but clever
- Azul
- Calico
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- drafting / movement rules by animal — Each animal has its own movement rule; draft and place into a grid to score.
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- It's such a clean idea. It's so incredibly simple. But I love that you can teach this game in a minute.
- This is the game that kind of put Awaken Realms on a map.
- One surface in which you roll or flip and write. In every one of these games, everybody has their own sheet.
References (from this video)
- beautiful cover
- cat-theme in Japan resonates with host
- Cats in Kyoto with charming art
- Kyoto, Japan; cat-themed components
- delightful, cozy, curious
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- tile/area control with cats on cover — multi-player interaction around a Kyoto setting with cat themes
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- I am so excited for this game
- this polyomino game... I love polyomino games
- I cannot tell you guys how excited I am to play this one
- the cover of this game I love it so much