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Year
2016
Players
1-4
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
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Description
Lotus is a beautiful game that grows into a unique work of art every time you play.
Clear your head and take in the quiet strength of the lotus garden. It takes skillful care and nurturing to grow these flowers to their full potential, but, once picked, they provide their owner with wisdom. Beware, for there are others who will do anything they can to get their hands on these mystical flowers. You'll need to enlist the help of creatures native to this land to take control of the lotus garden and achieve true enlightenment.
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Getting Games Discussion at 13:35 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- asymmetric powers add depth
- interesting departure from a pure Texas Hold'em feel
Cons
- begins like Texas Hold'em but drifts away from it
Thematic elements
- poker-like card game with asymmetric powers
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric Player Powers — powers that modify cards and swap elements in play
- Asymmetric powers — powers that modify cards and swap elements in play
- communal pool of cards — players pool cards together and then reveal them to determine the best set
- hidden pockets — each player has private pockets with cards only they can access
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I am super duper excited about it
- it's almost one of the greatest gaming experiences I've ever had in my life
- it's kind of like a civilization themed card game
- this is a party game and I don't normally get party games but this one just looked too fascinating to pass up
- there's a timer on it we had a lot of fun playing with it
- got this stunning artwork on the cards
- it's a very quick little game where you are essentially trying to hide potions on a 4x4 board and then reveal them to make a set of three of a color before all of your opponents first person do that three times wins
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Watch It Played Discussion at 4:44 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Host made a point of coming back to play a second time.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Looting and gaining gold
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players are constantly collecting new characters.
- Player elimination/hindrance — Players can attack opponents' characters to prevent them from looting.
- Resource Management — Characters are used to loot and get more gold, which is how you win.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The Expo is basically a small convention there was around 300 people in attendance lots of special guests and several activities
- I don't like to offer opinions and reviews on games that we feature here on the channel but I will say after playing this game pep and I both said okay we need to play this again before the weekend is over and we did
- The monsters in the game are actually six-sided dice
- It was just pandemonium
- This is very much a party game if you want to play it serious I'm sure it loses a lot of its fun but these guys in my opinion were doing it right
- You'll hear some comparisons to bejweled and games like that because you have this contraption with all these marbles in it
- This one has that in Spades as well
- So over the course of the game you're deploying your thugs to shake down businesses for goods to complete jobs and gain influence over various city blocks
- And unsurprisingly it adds pets to the game
- Certainly a game because of the length and well how far apart we live from each other we would not normally get to play and it was fantastic
- Essentially you'll have one player who knows from this grid of 12 suspects who the guilty person is and they will have to give Clues saying yes or no to questions about the suspects however the only thing you have to go by are the looks of the suspects themselves
- Well pretty much everyone talks about when they come back from a convention sure the games are fun and everyone has a good time playing them but one of the things that you really take with you are the memories of the people that you play the games with
- These cons really have become little mini camps for adults
- So a big thanks to him
- And this popcorn stuck around and honestly it was really good still so don't judge us too harshly for eating it
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Watch It Played Discussion at 9:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- really really good hunting down gems like this
- won the Spiel des Jahres
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)
- Settlers of Catan has probably brought more people into this hobby than anything else and for that I'm truly truly thankful I really am.
- Playing a solo game helps clear my mind... I find it quite a good form of meditation, a good way to get into that very important state of flow in my brain.
- The more intense it gets, often the more I can relax whilst I'm doing it.
- Hunting down gems like this, I know a gems and have to convince other people to play.
- It's the thrill of the hunt. It's the hunter and just like the hunter-gatherer in me going out and finding the rare exotic board, bringing it back, plucking its feathers, it's great.
- If you've got any board game adjacent hobbies, what do you do on your time away from the board? Let me know down below.
- There's enough people on this planet for more than one person to be interested in everything.
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Getting Games Top List at 17:34 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- cooperative deduction with secret pictures
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- grid_deduction — two players deduce the partner's secret image within a grid of illustrations
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a trick taking game
- this is a deck shedding ladder climbing game for two players
- don't break space-time Continuum
- I strongly recommend you subscribe to it
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Watch It Played Discussion at 13:30 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed/neutral
Pros
none
Cons
- Older rules may be confusing or misrepresented
Thematic elements
- abstract strategy
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- move-to-exhaust opponent moves — dominant strategy by causing the opponent to run out of moves
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I am very good friends with people who with whom I disagree greatly
- it's not a reflection on you as a person or as even them as a person
- Gloom Haven is Great Value
- Skull King will be the one I'll probably go for
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Grant Lyon Other at 52:08 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Neutral
Pros
- Lightweight 'and write' game
- Focuses on spatial puzzle and efficiency
- Potential for comboing bonuses
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Writing on sheets and scoring points
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- flip-and-write — Every turn, players are going to choose a colored shape to draw on your score sheet. And every score sheet, everybody's sheet has five different regions, five different colored areas that score points in various different ways.
- Pattern Building — It's about putting the shapes in the right places to score the most points and be more efficient than anybody else at the at the table. But you want to try to, you know, not block yourself and connect uh collect as many bonuses as possible.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- October is always an interesting month for retail releases because the largest board game convention in the world happens in October.
- This video focuses on North American releases.
- I've got my next dates for my next one Sunday se uh Sunday, November 2nd.
- This is uh thematically you are advancing your clan and seeking the favor of the gods at the dawn of the Inca civilization.
- This is the League of Legends trading card game.
- It is mostly a dice game.
- This is a trick-taking card game with a lot more theme.
- This is a uh, you know, and write game. It's not a roll and write.
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The Board Game Garden Other at 63:18:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really enjoyed this game.
- Really want to get a copy of it.
- Reminded host of Gonchan Clever and similar games.
- Gave similar vibes as Tedoku.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Gonchan Clever
- Tedoku
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Flip and Write — A flip and write game that the host really enjoyed and wants to get a copy of.
- Polyomino — Uses polyomino shapes.
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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The Board Game Garden Discussion at 12:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Absolutely loved it.
- Very, very fun.
Cons
- You're really trying to score really well in all of the different mini games so that you are able to score again a still good score if that makes sense.
Thematic elements
- grouping and scoring
Comparison games
- Gong Shan Clever
- Tedoku
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — There's going to be a row of cards and each player is going to draft a card from that row.
- Flip and Write — This is a flip and write that kind of gave me the vibes of Gong Sean Clever mixed with Tedoku.
- polyomino placement — It has polyomino shapes. So there's going to be a row of cards and each player is going to draft a card from that row and it's going to have a specific colored polyomino shape that then you're going to be drawing into these different kind of mini games.
- Scoring Sets — Each of the different colors is going to score in different ways. Whenever you cover up different things, it then allows you to do something else somewhere else.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- April was crazy when it came to board games.
- I played a ton of new to me games, which was so much fun.
- Leaf has always been a game that has really intrigued me because it has such a cool mechanism with these different leaves that you're going to be able to play a card that'll then get you a specific leaf shape.
- And overall, it's such a simple game, but it is just so lovely.
- I am obsessed with this game. I really want to play this one solo.
- If you enjoy games where you are bumping tracks, this game right here is the ultimate bumping tracks game.
- This is such a good game. I am in love with this game.
- It revolves around this seven bridge theory or concept where there are seven different bridges and you can only go over a bridge once.
- And this game is a one versus many where the one player and very cool part of this game is you play it in the pitch dark. So fun.
- It has a very sketched kind of art style to it, which I've always loved. And that game is just so beautiful.
- And during this game, we were all just being so chaotic and just ending the game just like very abruptly and people just like not being prepared for it and just being chaotic and it was just the funniest thing.
- And this game really messed with my brain.
- Can't get enough of it. It's my most played game of April.
- And this one I did a preview for. is a solo only game from Salt and Pepper Games where you are running a bakery or bake shop and you're trying to achieve these different um customers orders by first folding this piece of pastry which I think is such a unique part of the game.
- Three Sisters is one of my favorite Roland rights.
- I'm so sorry that I decided to do 10 games for this video. I will try for future months to only stick to five so these videos aren't too crazy long, but I just could not not talk about all these games cuz I just had a great month of gaming.
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Watch It Played Rules Teach at 0:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Combines magic and spells into a classic game.
- Offers a blend of sorcery and strategy.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- magic and spells
Comparison games
- poker
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Hand Management — Players must play a spell on their turn as long as they have cards in hand, and if they have no cards, they must pass.
- Press Your Luck — The game continues until a player reaches 25 points, with rounds repeating and players adjusting their score based on set wins.
- Set Collection — Players form sets by combining cards in their pocket with those in the community, referencing a hierarchy of set types (high card, pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, straight flush).
- special abilities — Advanced spells like Voidwalk (extra pockets), Enchantment (persistent effects), Chronomancy (shift ability), and Rift (extra play area) offer unique rule variations.
- Take That — Players try to outwit their opponents by forming the best sets to score points and potentially claim owls with special effects.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Hello and welcome to Watch It Played.
- And that's everything you need to know to play Hocus.
- If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to put them in the comments below and I'll gladly answer them as soon as I get a chance.
- But until the next episode, thanks for watching.
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watch it played Rules Teach at 0:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging card play and interaction
- Strategic decision-making with card placement
- Interesting spell effects that change gameplay
- Clear scoring and end-of-round resolution
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- magic spells
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players compete to win 'communities' by having the best sets of cards.
- Card Drafting — Players draw cards from a deck to add to their hand.
- community building — Cards are placed into 'communities' which are scored at the end of the round.
- Hand Management — Players must decide which cards to play, discard, or keep, managing their hand for optimal strategy.
- player interaction — Players can influence opponents' hands or choices, such as through the 'portal' mechanic.
- pot building — Cards are placed into 'pots' which contribute to scoring or rewards.
- Set Collection — Players aim to collect sets of cards (e.g., pairs, triples, straights, full houses) to score points.
- special abilities — Players use unique spell cards with various effects like drawing cards, placing cards, or manipulating pots.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- hey everyone welcome to watch it played
- my name is Rodney Smith and this is Pep McDonald and we're here today to play hocus
- and we've played this a few times the two of us offc screen and pep has got a Flawless winning streak so far
- I've chosen to harness the power of chaos I think it suits you just fine pep
- I'm hoping this is going to set me up really nicely for the next couple of turns here
- I'm going to take it back to basics oh one of the three spells here here indeed
- I'm going to open up a portal oh you're going to take a peek in the pot aren't you
- my goodness you got fours and threes here four four four three and three pep did you win this
- your streak untouched untouched it's intact
- I hope that gives you a good sense of the card play the interaction
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Meeple University Review at 0:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- New solo variant added
- Engaging engine-building feel around flower construction
- Aesthetic visuals and Garden theme noted positively
Cons
- Timing placements can be challenging when everyone is optimizing
- Some cards do not have play symbols and don't help in area control
Thematic elements
- growing flowers to gain majority and presence for scoring
- garden/flower garden
- engine-building/garden creation vibe
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — Guardians and petals determine which player controls a completed flower.
- Area majority / presence control — Guardians and petals determine which player controls a completed flower.
- Deck cycling / draw management — If you don't like your cards, cycle one or two cards from hand to the bottom and draw the same amount.
- Deck Manipulation — If you don't like your cards, cycle one or two cards from hand to the bottom and draw the same amount.
- Flower completion / engine-building — Complete flowers by placing the required petals; completing yields points and benefits.
- Guardian placement and movement — Move guardians between flowers to influence area control.
- Hand Management — Players start with four petal cards in hand and choose from actions each turn.
- Power tokens & Elder Guardian — Earn special powers and an Elder Guardian that modifies limits or grants bonuses.
- Set Collection — Petal cards contribute to completing flowers for points.
- solo mode — A new solo variant with a bot that draws cards and can trigger additional completion of winter Lotus.
- Team / Family variant — Family variant with two-versus-two team play.
- Unique Player Powers — Earn special powers and an Elder Guardian that modifies limits or grants bonuses.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- build your engine and get your points to take control of the Lotus Garden
- look there's my worm that means I contributed the most
- this is the new version with a few tweaks
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Getting Games Rules Teach at 0:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Asymmetric spells create varied strategies
- 24 spells across eight schools provide strong replayability
- Spell books allow for multiple distinct playthroughs with different power options
- Gorgeous artwork that evokes magic
- Not a pure poker variant; gameplay centers on optimizing spell-powered hands
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Texas holdem
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Build Community — Place one card from your hand face up into a Community; up to four cards per Community; the number of Communities depends on player count.
- Build Pocket — Place one or two cards from your hand face down into one Pocket; you may not have more than two cards in each Pocket.
- Build Pot — Place one card from your hand face down next to a Community; there is no limit to the number of cards in a Pot.
- Owl Cards — Owl cards in the pot score points and can be spent later to apply their bottom-text effects.
- Showdown — At the end of a round, reveal pockets and determine the strongest five-card hand from pocket plus community cards; the winner claims the cards and points from the relevant Community's pot.
- Spell books and basic spells — Each player begins with three basic spells; there are eight Schools of Magic with 24 spells total, chosen in three spell blocks.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- there are four different suits of cards in the game and they range from 0 to 14 in value
- you never allowed to have more than two cards in each pocket
- the game is about maximizing these spells that you have in front of you that nobody else does
- there are 24 different spells to choose from
- the artistic style of the game definitely evokes magic in pretty much every way
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Board Game Animal Top 10 List at 4:19 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- unique and visually appealing
- easy to teach and quick to play
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- unique, distinct theme
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- set collection / drafting — quick, teachable, and simple with a strong visual theme
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is the greatest card game they've ever played
- Last Lighthouse was one of my favorite games period of 2024
- button shy is one where you are likely going to find a game or two that you will enjoy
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Board Stupid Analysis at 13:47
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Pros
none
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)
- It's now at this point the most prestigious board games award in the world.
- There is no public influence and there is no industry influence either because they just journalists they don't take review copies they don't take payment.
- You can only have the award logo on your box for three years.
- The rules have to be clear, they have to be concise, there can't be any weird ambiguities.
- It's independent as it can be, that's really cool.
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No Rolls Barred Top List at 8:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- visually stunning; calming but competitive
- interlocking components and art style feel premium
- interesting tension between beauty and control
Cons
- thematic messaging can be harshly competitive for some players
- might be punishing to players who fall behind early
Thematic elements
- flower arranging and territorial control
- Flower garden with lotus motifs
- calm, meditative
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — players compete for controlling the central flower patterns
- tile/card interaction — interplay of tiles and tokens to claim points from a single bloom
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is my list and my subjective opinions are objectively correct
- you could fry an airgun
- it's mysterium with a traitor mechanic
- i've never wanted to eat a board game piece
- the rule book has just the nicest texture
- one of the nicest box covers in the hobby
- the whole experience is crafted with such love and care
- be warned playing this game will make you want to take a holiday you can't afford
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