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The dream of maintaining human life on the surface of the moon has now come true. The project to build cities on Earth’s beloved satellite is under way. Things are moving full speed ahead too, the possibilities are enormous because this is 1977, the year when lunar living becomes reality. The most enterprising companies have decided to sponsor teams of scientists, builders, publicists and freelance nightlife entertainers to set out to construct the best client base in the galaxy. On top of this out of the world chance, the Lunar Colonization Authority shall assign the capital of the Moon to the best of the projects that are presented, making the chance for an even juicier reward!
In LUNA Capital, the players must optimally manage the elements of the game to build the best possible lunar settlement, and to make it worthy of becoming the capital of the entire off-planet colony. They will have a series of construction cards in a common “market”, and each of the players shall be tied to a number of project tiles. The players take turns drawing cards and the tiles that accompany them, and then place them in their personal playing area. The cards must be laid out in a maximum of three lines and must be placed so that they are always in ascending numerical value. Once the card has been placed, the tiles are then put on the spaces for them on the cards, in an attempt to group together the various projects in the most efficient way possible.
The tiles show what projects are available, all of which are essential for the construction of the city worthy of the term. They include oxygen collectors, greenhouses, residential complexes and (of extreme importance) sales offices to sell apartments with the best views in the galaxy. Each of these categories scores according to how they are arranged within the personal area of each player. Whoever is able to best take advantage of their arrangement and placement shall become the mayor of LUNA Capital.
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Getting Games Top N List at 15:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- attractive production/visuals from De Vere Games
- combination of card drafting and tile placement
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- card drafting and tile placement on the moon
- Moon-based settlement building
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — draw/choose construction cards
- Tile Placement — layout tiles to build a lunar settlement
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Quotes (from this video)
- "it's heavy but it only has one resource and that's money"
- "it's fully cooperative and you all play as robots that are trying to essentially take down the human corporations"
- "this is now a multiplayer experience it's not just two players"
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Watch It Played News at 2:38 sentiment: positive
video_pk 90369 · mention_pk 241400
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- unique combination of tile laying and card drafting
- tiles show available projects
- each tile type scores according to how they are managed
- whoever best arranges their cosmic cityscape should become the mayor of luna capital
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- competing to design the best settlement on the moon to become the lunar capital
- the moon in the late 1970s
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — The game's unique combination of tile laying and card drafting or make you see stars.
- tile laying — The game's unique combination of tile laying and card drafting or make you see stars. The tiles show what projects are available including oxygen collectors, greenhouses and residential complexes and of extreme important sales offices.
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- near and far and above and below have been hugely popular games in designer ryan lockett's asian series and red raven have had a lot of big games
- now or never alex core is an asymmetric city building game where you and up to three friends compete to best rebuild your ancestral village while also trying to guide the rest of the villagers on their journey home
- according to red raving games who are famous in part for their story-driven narrative you'll be exploring a fantasy landscape filled with bizarre places creatures technology and people not unlike enter the name of your town's rival here foes enter your rivals town collective noun their sports team sucks
- when playing in the story mode you'll be reading from a story book when you explore allowing you to make choices learning more about the characters and the world as you go
- i recently played the ancient world second edition which was my first real foray into the world of red raving games and i i really liked it i loved it actually i thought it was ace
- welcome to the moon it's the end of the 1970s and while a car that gets more than 10 miles to the gallon is still science fiction life on the moon isn't
- the game's unique combination of tile laying and car drafting or make you see stars
- you uh you like katan? if you answered yes my next question is yeah but how much do you like it because if it's a lot then boy howdy do i have a product for you
- katan 3d edition is well it's a mega deluxe 300 version of katan where according to the totally non-biased catan shop.com the island comes alive with this long-awaited 3d version that comes with terrain tiles based on hand sculpted designs by katan designer klaus toiver himself
- this is a really show-stopping version of what i consider to be the most important board game of the last 50 years
- if you're like me then you are desperately in search of a life partner but have been single for five years and are slowly accepting your fate but you also are bored game apps and the latest app to grace my phone as i bought it the day it came out is railroad inc challenge
- railroading by horrible guild which just delivered on its latest kickstarter is a railroad network building roll and right game where you try to score points primarily by making a network of railroads and stations but let's face it i ultimately fail to do so
- the app version is fun and easy to use i can vouch for that i've been enjoying it and you can challenge your friends to matches as well as play the score attack mode which is the solo way to play to get the best score you can
- so if you like ball game apps and rolling right then this is one that i would personally recommend especially because i played the imperial settlers rolling right in the so clever line of games so often now that i think i've slowly worn away the digital pathways in my phone
- making its way to game found 11 while admittedly not about a plucky band of nerds in the 80s who befriend a girl with magical powers is about football which we can all admit is equally exciting
- 11 which is inspired heavily by football manager video games will have one to four players take the role of managers as you attempt to grow your football clubs over the course of a season to outperform your opponents and their teams
- i thought you know i am i think it's difficult to do board games about sport but there's a lot of passion and pedigree behind this so i'm hopeful and i think this is going to be one to look out for whether you like football or not
- the hunger a new deck building game from board game mega designer richard garfield of magic the gathering fame and not unfortunately a game about the hunger which is a 2004 hit from los angeles punk band the distillers
- the hunger you as vampires will be racing against time to hunt humans the ultimate challenge as you deck build your way to points by fulfilling secret missions
- the more you hunt the slower you and your deck become but more points you may possibly receive but if you're too slow then you know the sun comes up and your poof dusty dusty vampire remains
- i loved rhino knitting's deck building and racing game the quest for el dorado so another giant of ball game design making a deck building racing game has well most likely has my money
- platformer another game coming to game found from awaken realms light and what drew me to platformer was honestly the name platformer because i like 80s and 90s platform games like crash bandicoot castlevania and rolling thunder
- platform games aren't something that have been very prevalent or seemingly easily transposable to the world of cardboard and tabletops so platformer looks like a solid attempt at bridging that gap
- two to four players will be competing against each other on the hunt to gain coins and fight monsters by navigating the platforms of the game in a race to beat out your friends
- it's going to be family weight with a fair amount of player interaction as you push each other around and off different levels or maybe you push a monster onto the platform below where your opponent is standing
- maps are generated randomly and they reveal themselves only as you climb up and up the layers of the game so you never know really what's coming for you other than the boss monster at the end
- i'm interested in this one i like the nostalgia of it and it'll be coming to game found later this year
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kovray Top 10 List at 31:45
video_pk 89951 · mention_pk 239772
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- tile drafting/settlement engine
- moon base development
Comparison games
none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's such a brain burner surprisingly because it looks very friendly
- this game is cute but mean and i love it
- it's so beautiful so that's what sells me
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kovray Convention Recap at 27:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Really fantastic game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- null
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- null
Comparison games
none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- that game is very fun even if you have no idea what the answer is
- it is a gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous game
- there's a lot of instant gratification in this game which I loved because every single turn you would score points
- it gives you a sense of a bit more freedom in the decisions you make
- I think the expansion makes the game better
- this game is absolutely beautiful you can tell right by looking just at the cover
- single action on your turn makes it very very smooth and very very quick paced
- I'm in awe this is probably one of the most gorgeous games I think I've seen
- watching the gameplay and having the game explain to me I'm like I really need to play this
- Starship captains just looks incredible
- and the cube Tower in that game oh my God that's incorporated into the box wonderful
- the folks from AEG and flato just high energy really great at just making that an experience
- Rolling dice it's just like hilarious
- just like no one remembers who wins it's always just the experience of it
- the game is just so wonderful too
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kovray Top 10 List at 13:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- It is a good game.
- I think more people should play it.
Cons
- It's just so big.
- There's so many components I think it deters me from playing it.
Thematic elements
- Building a city
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I think this game deserves much more love than it has gotten
- it's a work replacement in real time which is just brilliant
- this one is a lot of fun it's super super random it's also really it's kind of chaotic
- I really like the combos of rice
- Scout is amazing it's a game you can bring anywhere it's small it's compact
- it's like pattern laying
- it made my brain explode and I want more of that
- who doesn't love Marvel United it's very fun
- it's super well done I think it's a lot of fun
- Zap Attack it was very fun and we still haven't gone back to it and we should because it was a really good game
- Yak is fun it's very cool because you just like go around and try to collect resources build up these cubes to build up your pyramid and then score points based on how you've grouped all of your different color uh cubes and it's it's it's simple it's easy and the um Yaks alone are amazing and they go around there they're so cute and there's a little baby yak
- what is our Z game we only have one and it's called zapotec which we both really want to play yes it's gonna play this yes we have wait when did we play it about a year ago I'm thinking of um yeah yeah we played zap okay Zap Attack it was very fun and we still haven't gone back to it and we should because it was a really good game
- it's just been so long that's what happens when you have so many games
- well that's been at least recommendations 26 recommendations there are some doubles in there but you know what we'll let you do the math how many games you recommended let us know in the comments down below not like we can compare our lists or anything does Tyler's double game count we don't know we'll find out boom
- well if you've played any of these games that we've mentioned and you would also recommend them to other people in the board gaming hobby or who want who you want to play board games with let us know down in the comments below what are some of the games we missed and if you're feeling ambitious for it why you type the alphabet down the whole suggestions go from your collection because we love to hear what your recommendations are for each letter and which letter do you have the most games of true bars is s s
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Watch It Played Discussion at 5:53
video_pk 86730 · mention_pk 225526
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Pros
none
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Thematic elements
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a crafting Tableau building game where Adventure cards help wbe Trailblazers explore these new lands
- I was wrong so wrong I was so wrong this game is nothing to do with anything that I thought it was
- it's a euro game... it's got lots of thuggery and violence and throwing people in the Hudson River
- I think the app that restoration games have produced for it really does enhance the gameplay because it offers so much more possibilities for it
- it's a simple game about buying and selling stocks
- Zigurat is a Cooperative Legacy game with the story of the zigot fting over six chapters with players making decisions that affect all future games
- ahoy there kitten is the next game we're talking about where players are pirates who are also cats and as a cat shiny little coins not interest you
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 51:22 sentiment: positive
video_pk 84098 · mention_pk 213131
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Entwined drafting escalates in tension
- Fast and efficient playing game
- Nice retro 50s sci-fi kit vibe
Cons
- Not the prettiest game
Thematic elements
- Capitalism/City Building
- Moon
Comparison games
- Red Cathedral
- White Castle
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — Entwined drafting escalates in tension. The bundles get bigger and bigger every round.
- Set Collection — The landscape or the moonscape cards you have to play they have to be played in ascending order.
- tile laying — You lay the cards out first and then you build the tiles on top. You claim the land on the moon and then build on the moon with your Luna Capital.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Do you care about this or are you just here for the games?
- Notice that thing right there on top of our car. Uh, guess what's in there? Let me see. I You can see I've already unlocked it. There's my keys. If I pop it open, boop. Hello. There we go. I don't know. There's uh 50 or 60 games in there of various inundry sizes.
- This is another tile lane game. You know how much I love them. It's another entwined drafting game. You know how much I love that.
- I know it's not the prettiest game, but it does have kind of a nice retro50s sci-fi kit vibe to it.
- The entwined drafting escalates in tension.
- The landscape or the moonscape cards you have to play they have to be played in ascending order. So you can't just put stuff wherever you want. So you are creating a vice that you will find yourself stuck in as the game goes on.
- Wow, really surprised me. I mean, I love Sim City style games and all that.
- I love the uh team up here, Steve Finn and Phil Walker Harding. I want to see that combo a lot more.
- It's got a very very tight draft, which honestly I think is best at two players.
- The presentation is very good except for the fact that it's not colorblind friendly.
- Theme is such an important integral element to Euros. And it always breaks my heart when publishers ignore that.
- And that one extra bit attention to detail that so many games ignore in the pursuit of language independence really elevates the game, makes my city that I'm building feel like it has character, like it has a story, like it has a unique identity.
- For me, it's an Azul Killer or most of the other ones in this.
- Do you want just the games or do you want this little uh slice of life?
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Video TxERItzfODw
kovray Review
video_pk 68819 · mention_pk 165110
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's like a mini city builder in my opinion
- it's just like stressful at the end
- there's a lot of game to discover too
- there's definitely some really tense moments
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kovray Review at 5:36 sentiment: positive
video_pk 68819 · mention_pk 240775
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging tile-placement decisions
- Varied scoring with multiple pathways to victory
- Thematic art and a satisfying space-building feel
Cons
- Steep learning curve due to many interacting tiles
- Potential for analysis paralysis with upfront information
- Tableau-building depth may be overwhelming for some players
Thematic elements
- space city-building on the Moon
- Moon settlement / space colony
- Array
Comparison games
- Cascadia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- concessions — short-term and long-term concession cards drive end-of-round scoring
- demolition / reset — demolition tiles allow a reset mechanism to affect tiles placement
- Point Salad — multiple scoring paths (vital systems, crops, city tiles, and sets) offering diverse routes to points
- projectiles and tiles — place project tiles (projectiles) on the board to influence scoring and city layout
- scoring variety / set collection — multiple scoring paths (vital systems, crops, city tiles, and sets) offering diverse routes to points
- Tile Placement — place construction cards orthogonally adjacent to existing cards, with a maximum of three rows; numbers must increase left-to-right and cannot repeat within a row
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's like a mini city builder in my opinion
- it's just like stressful at the end
- there's a lot of game to discover too
- there's definitely some really tense moments
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Board Games for One Review at 1:00 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- enjoyable theme and approachable weight
Cons
- weight and mechanics are not fully clarified in the quick setup
Thematic elements
- space-age development and resource management
- lunar-city economy and base-building theme
- light, whimsical enterprise vibe
Comparison games
- Wingspan
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Engine Building — developing infrastructure to generate long-term income
- engine-building — developing infrastructure to generate long-term income
- Resource Management — accrue and spend resources to build and score points
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is like the Super Smash Brothers kind of. I know, I know.
- If you're a heavier gamer and you don't like, you know, people messing with your plans, you'll hate this.
- This was absolutely beautiful. I love how well it moved.
- The goddess made me do it.
- I would buy it.
- Moon Colony Bloodbath... engine destroying game, sick sense of humor
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