How many players can play Monopoly Deal?

Monopoly Deal supports 2 to 5 players.

How long does a game of Monopoly Deal take?

A typical game of Monopoly Deal takes approximately 15 minutes.

What are the best video reviews of Monopoly Deal?

MindForge has curated 113 video reviews of Monopoly Deal from top board game content creators.

What type of game is Monopoly Deal?

Monopoly Deal features mechanics including Auction / Bidding, Income, Player Elimination, Roll/Spin to Move, Set Collection.

Monopoly Deal - Board Game

Video kmCAJ83K13E No Rolls Barred Other at 0:29

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I hate to hear you throw the word genius around, BUT I AM.
It's a real game. And you have to try and keep Jason Statham excited, otherwise he'll just leave.
We're Londoners.

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Video G9Fd-iyR_eg Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 3:30

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I think Marty for silver River the name of the game one of the neatest aspects for me was how I got my Reece.
Where's the conflict Marty where is the Connolly if you're going to have a 4x game there's got to be some conflict.
Battle does not automatically occur typically in games when you move into a place where somebody else is you immediately fight that's not the case here here you can move in you could be peaceful or if you want to you could say I guess what I'm gonna fight you and we're gonna attack each other.
So there's a bluffing mechanic when you're going against other people I like that.
If you're in for 4x type game but you don't want to spend your entire afternoon playing twilight imperium or eclipse then you definitely want to check out silver River that is now currently on Kickstarter.
The Team's expansion for some of the board game and then finally Tony thank goodness my wallet can't stand anymore there's I know but this one comes out March 13th so you've got basically on the release of this you got one day to save up money to pick up Glen Moore 2 chronicles which we got a prototype of this is by fun tells game and Mattias Kramer the designer who did the original Glenmore.
number one it's a rondell I'm into rondell selection mechanics so I was automatically into this game there was a lot of strategy in that rondell on which tiles you won't pick up.
beautiful mechanic of placing a tile activating all the tiles around it very important strategy so much going on there a lot of strategy in that game.
The scoring mechanism for all these is what you have compared to the person with the least amount.
I hate that I missed playing Glenmore the first time around but now that I've played it I'm so glad to see this new version coming out and like you told me I'm excited to own a copy of this game.
Hey y'all thanks for listening when this episode comes out there will only be a couple days left for the BoardGameGeek best podcast golden geek nomination oh that's a mouthful we would love your nomination and if nominations are already out and if we were so lucky to get one we would love to have your vote thank you so much for supporting your show over all these years and we'll see you next episode.

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Video 4OHWCxS0MJk Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 1:26:32 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Familiar to many people.
Can lead people to discover other board games.

Cons

Often out of stock due to paper money shortage.
Can be frustrating if played with inconsistent house rules.
May not appeal to hobby gamers seeking deeper mechanics.

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Comparison games

Ticket to Ride
Settlers of Catan

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it's a popularity contest
those are your gateway games that will eventually lead to the pandemics
I'm not gonna begrudge anybody to sit and play Monopoly that that's all they know man
if you like monopoly you might like and then suggest something else
I will play Monopoly with you anytime as long as we play by the rules
there's the problem everybody has a slight what do you play with this particular rule no there's no house rules play by the real rules
I think that's a natural step and I think people could easily go from monopoly to ticket to ride

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Video 4OHWCxS0MJk Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 1:33:55 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

people can sit and play it
people might like it if they like Monopoly

Cons

often played with house rules
can be a starting point for other games but not the end goal

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Ticket to Ride

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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it's a popularity contest
those are your gateway games that will eventually lead to the pandemics
I'm not gonna begrudge anybody to sit and play Monopoly that that's all they know man
if you like monopoly you might like and then suggest something else
I will play Monopoly with you anytime as long as we play by the rules
there's the problem everybody has a slight what do you play with this particular rule no there's no house rules play by the real rules
I think that's a natural step and I think people could easily go from monopoly to ticket to ride

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Video uvBOyOk0bn4 Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 2:30

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none

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none

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none

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none

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It's Indiana Jones in the age of sail.
The players going crazy - that's a nice little spin on it.
I want to be a designer, I want someone else to figure this all out.
The United States spent less time in World War Two than I spent on Sea Fall.

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Video tYTMl1Kog-g Watch It Played Discussion at 2:40 sentiment: neutral

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neutral

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none

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

roll and move — traditional roll and move like Monopoly and Scrabble that they might have played when they were kids

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It was just really fun and was unlike all the games I played growing up.
I saw Snakes and Lattes in Toronto and I realized that the board game cafe atmosphere is is just more fun to me.
The board game cafe atmosphere is is just more fun to me.
It was it opened a door in my mind, in my heart.
Made me realize that there was more out there than Monopoly and risk.
The most satisfying thing, of course, working in this sort of environment is uh is the light bulb moment is uh that moment that I had myself several years ago.
Suddenly you're like awesome and we all get to recreate those light bulb moments for other people on a daily, sometimes an hourly basis.
I think really when it comes down to it, nothing really can uh compare to that to that moment of of sharing the games that I love and uh passing that passion on to somebody else.

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Video YBXqAiCyVPc Watch It Played Discussion at 4:40 sentiment: negative

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

none

Cons

House rule lengthens the game artificially
House rule prevents players from being eliminated quickly
House rule is arbitrary

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Free parking — House rule where money paid for taxes or cards goes to the free parking space, and whoever lands there collects it. This lengthens the game artificially and prevents players from being eliminated quickly.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Once you've bought the game it's yours to do with as you see fit there aren't any rules police that are going to come knocking at the door if you don't abide by the rule book
At the end of the day if there's a rule that's just getting in the way of you being able to enjoy that game that you spent your money on then why not change it and get on with enjoying the game
I realized that I started this video in the original table talk episode being a little more staunchly against house rules and as this discussion went on and you guys provide these different responses I had to reconsider my position I think I actually am a little more open to host rules than I first imagined myself being

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I just missed having the option to play War of the Rings, even if I would only get the chance very seldom.
It's hard to get rid of them, but harder still to find storage space for all of them.
I'll tell myself, hey, maybe one of my friends would enjoy this or one of the friends I have yet to make in the future would enjoy this.
My games often find themselves becoming gifts.
There are games I would never part with. Even if I rarely play them, they just mean too much to me sentimentally.
There's just something locked away in here that I enjoy reminiscing about and it creates a value or feeling I have towards the game that I don't want to get rid of it.
I get attached to the games I purchase as well. I don't want my shelving to look bare.
The funny thing is though, isn't it about parenting? You try to do something like that to instill a good idea and then you can create this nervousness, this anxiety in your kid because now they're worried about losing something.
If I ever have to sell a game, I would rather give it to someone with the interest of starting that person in the wonderful world of board gaming.
My solution is research. a lot of research before purchasing a game. Therefore, I have no games that I want to get rid of.
Dungeon craws are my thing. They each do something different and I'm not going to throw any of them away. They are my heart.

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Video 3766RwY_ohM Watch It Played Analysis at 23:01 sentiment: negative

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negative

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none

Cons

hard to be content playing because better games exist

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Munchkin

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I used to flip the table a lot but now I don't flip the table nearly as often as what I used to
I think game designers buy fewer games than game players do because game designers have more exacting standards
I don't think there's anything wrong with you determining for yourself what games you like more and which ones you like less that doesn't make you a snob I think the snobbery comes into play on how you treat other people who don't share your same interests
I think you can get caught up in Chasing The Cult of the new and that will burn you out I think over time I don't think that can be a sustainable Joy

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I have this smile forcing its way onto my face it doesn't matter how many fingers I try to on or if I think of Margaret fater on a cold day it doesn't work
I always make sure mine are standing straight up I cringe when people place them upside down on their side or anything
Michael you're like a terrible architect your people keep making these horrific houses
I sleeve the cards for almost all of my games
I'm especially bad about neatness with magic the Gathering I change my sleeves every month or two because I can't stand the bent edges and slightly gunky feel they get from being in your hands so much
I just wanted to reach into the screen and straighten it some of the Ed in my videos are done to cut out shots of me straightening components in Carone
if someone places a tile that shifts the whole play area I cannot continue until all of the roads and cities are lined up again
When playing Dominion I put cards in order by cost value and then alphabetically
I'm sorry for the distress I caused by sweeping all of the pieces of my Twilight Struggle into the box I feel bad about it it's now organized I hope you're happy
I cannot play a game that uses paper money I will be holding in my hand the entire game folded up like I'm one of the participants in a back alley craps game from one of those mob movies
when a monster is in range of the heroes and they're all facing random directions I have to take their pieces and the monster and make them all face each other otherwise it just looks silly to me
it gets me when someone keeps the communal dice in front of them when they are done rolling
one of my many quirks is seeing game components and not knowing what game they came from
I count all of them cubes dice mles cards boards other pieces I'll even look up the quantities on Board Game Geek if the rules don't cover it I need to do it before playing a game the first time
I have these lying around blank cubes you know those were handy for prototyping games and things but I mean that's for a game collector that's no good
I have to take their pieces and the monsters and make them all face each other
I need to shuffle the cards seeing people shuffle cards horribly bothers me so much

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Video cbBFm3Wk_iY Watch It Played Discussion at 1:05:18 sentiment: other

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Acknowledged

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none

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none

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economic

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none

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Pap, you still haven't received your Tekkaido that you backed at a pretty high amount because you got your own character in the game.
It's funny. We we talked about that at some point. Just like the humor, like the humor of doing something like a pep talks where I would talk about, you know, like some advice for particular games and it's something I like that. I like that. I love that idea of a pep talk.
Rebel Mage here uh, left a message just said, "Pep, just want to say you're a great co-host for watching play. Keep up the good work."
For me, it's probably going to be Star Realms. Star Realms is very high on here as well for me. Um, but I kind of want to skip that just because of how repeatable Star Realms is anyway. And I'm going to go to Sheriff of Nottingham.
Uh, this is self- serving, but I would dress up as a Mounty and be my character from the Dead of Winter promo that's in the fundraiser.
I'd want to find something I already look like and kind of like I wouldn't just go as my favorite character. I'd go as a character that I think I that I could that I could best look even kind of naturally almost, right?
Yes, we talk about it somewhat frequently actually. Like, oh, we should probably cover some of the old older classics. Yeah, cuz there are still people today who pick up those games and and want to uh learn how to play them, right?
Every game. But the one that always comes to mind for me is uh Pathfinder and any game that's kind of trying to do what the Pathfinder adventure card game is doing because in that game whenever you level up and complete missions, you get like draw a random item out of the box or do this or do that.
Like Seall has something similar to that. They have an emnity thing. If you attack someone then they remember that other players remember that in in the game's mechanics and then that comes back to haunt you later or whatever.
The whole idea of under Mountain is like it's constantly shifting and like it's the surroundings are changing. So every time you go down, things will be a little different anyway. So it' be really cool to make like a legacy style dungeon exploring thing around the end of that naturally.

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Video VnVL5ajaqJI Shelfside Discussion at 0:16 sentiment: negative

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negative

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none

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none

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Array
Real-estate capitalism

Comparison games

Operation
Yahtzee
Scrabble

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Target board games selection is gonna get a 7 out of 10
there's an entire corner of the store dedicated to just board games
I'm thoroughly impressed
the fact that there's an entire corner of the store dedicated to just board games means that there's still a notable presence of games that's definitely gonna include something you're gonna want to want

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neutral

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none

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none

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none

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Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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board games make me so happy
I try to be happiness focused
I don't speed up my playthroughs

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Video ttqY2ZIfX-A Watch It Played Discussion at 2:47

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none

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none

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none

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i don't believe in the concept of must-have game oh this is a game you must have there's no game you must have there's no game that everyone enjoys
you know what i i have to say i think the mountie from dead of winter is my favorite promo
i don't want to say no very very well could be
if you enjoyed seeing me at this convention that we're now meeting in person and we're shaking hands if you enjoy seeing the things online that you do understand you made it happen like you've literally made it happen because none of this works uh without some kind of financial support at the end
I always say that and then I don't actually keep to it.
You know what uh oh gosh hold on one more second oh I'm gonna get something else really the stream should be over this chat is we're closing it down in just a couple of minutes this is the last time I'm getting up it really is I promise you
I won't belabor the story here because you should buy this book.
I don't have a link in the description to it I'll try to think to put it there but this is a great tips and tricks guide
I really felt like the fifth edition is really quite quite cool.
I like what they've done with it so anyway.
I would love a a game based on the television show the prisoner
I highly recommend it to you go out and watch that that show it's so so good
I would love to do a rules tutorial for twilight struggle
it's it's a fantastic game it really is
I am not a number that is right that is a quote from the prisoner
I hope you stay safe wash your hands be careful keep distance from everyone
Let's just stay safe I just want all of you to stay safe
Stay safe out there I care about you all and I really appreciate the caring and thoughtful things that people have said to me as well

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neutral

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none

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none

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none

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monopoly is out
it's dream home

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Overall sentiment (raw)

neutral

Pros

Iconic and broadly familiar
Family-friendly with wide appeal

Cons

Long playtime for full games
Luck can dominate early rounds

Thematic elements

Array
Modern day, capitalist economy
Casual, competitive

Comparison games

Cards Against Humanity

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Auction / Bidding — Unowned properties may be auctioned to players.
Auctions — Unowned properties may be auctioned to players.
roll-and-move — Players roll dice to move around the board and acquire properties.
Roll/Spin to Move — Players roll dice to move around the board and acquire properties.
Trading — Players trade properties to complete color sets.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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quarantine really brings up the best ideas and those doesn't it I am I'm slowly losing a mind as you can tell
this entire thing is just clicking you know
I think this is 13 that's probably 13 we got to boardgame canta by sticking the angry Joe dude I'm so big brain the methodology there

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neutral

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none

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none

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none

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Downforce is now available to play as a beta
I almost had it... but it just couldn't quite make it happen
Fair Dinkum time
test test test test everything

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neutral

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none

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none

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none

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Downforce is now available to play as a beta
I almost had it... but it just couldn't quite make it happen
Fair Dinkum time
test test test test everything

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Very neat gameplay.
Simple but elegant design.
Enjoyed the give and take.
Excited to play with a higher player count.

Cons

Felt it might be better with more than two players.
Scoring for ships is binary (20 or 0).

Thematic elements

Trading and obtaining monopolies

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — Players draft dice, which contribute to scoring.
Roll and Write — Players send off ships with values of goods.

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This is the only cooperative role practice if we're wrong it's a cooperative gem.
Oh my goodness this is like it's it's one of the heavier villain rights for sure but it's so cool.
My first impression of this game is these dice are beautiful and wow there's a lot going on.
This one's cool because of the track the board track.
This is another really I'd say it's really heavy.
It's super neat because you get an asymmetrical character board that has different abilities different advisors.
I wasn't able to connect my paths and I was getting so frustrated because I was just sitting there I was like this isn't working this isn't working this isn't working and there was no alternative for me and I just got a little frustrated.
This is a fantastic game hadrian's wall.
My first impressions amazing super crunchy though holy holy.
This game has won my heart.

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positive

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none

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none

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none

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Card game — A card game with 'Monopoly' on the front, noted as a good card game and a strange outlier.

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The first question I have for you this month is how do you feel comfortable buying a game on Kickstarter if you haven't played it?
It seems like a gamble. Kickstarter is a lot less like a shop front or a storefront going to a board game shop and buying a game and much more like investing in an idea.
My golden rule for Kickstarter is I wouldn't back any game that did not have a copy of the rules PDF available for you to read through.
Long flight coming up? What are the best roll and right games small enough to fit on an airplane trade table?
How long is too long to allow a retcon in a game?
If you could only play mass market games, what games would you play?
IP or no IP?
I don't really love IPs on games but like everybody in the world if it's the IP that I really like I'm also much more interested in playing a game if it's got an IP that I like.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

none

Cons

The video was supposed to be the kickoff of a series but didn't gain traction.
The thumbnail is very busy and hard to read.
The design is considered bad and muddy.

Thematic elements

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none

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I've determined on on Twitch when you're trying to to build up a following on Twitch you uh they make you commit to a schedule and yet you stream the same time every week
This is just I I've determined on on Twitch when you're trying to to build up a following on Twitch you uh they make you commit to a schedule and yet you stream the same time every week
My epidemic sound subscription last they want uh 15 bucks a month for their service which now that I'm looking at other competing services I think is pretty good but what you're gonna get this stream is no music and I'd be told by many people that the music is great it's great to have on in the background it'd be maybe a little bit more easy to listen to than my dulcet tones but apologies no music on this stream except for yes you're right that jazzy funky lobby music
The way they made the blaster noises you know like the pew pew was they went to uh you know those cables that hold up telephone poles that have like they have like plaque plastic sheaths or condoms around them I guess to protect the metal from corrosion so they take that plastic sheet off sheath off and they hit that that tie with a fork and that was the sound of blasters and Star Wars I was like oh amazing
So one of the most important things your thumbnails and your titles and so he has a big subscription to a bunch of different board game channels and he looks through and there's like you know things fly on like 60 videos a day or something like that and he just steps through and you know the ones that jump out and grab his attention he clicks on
I know one of the people that I and many others have looked to for advice and guidance not personally but just by watching what he does is let me see if I have it open here watch yeah watch played of course rodney smith
So you've got uh this kid Matthew Jude who's stuff I really like listen to Matthew dude he's cool I dig him um and he he's they're doing the YouTube thing where they they cut out a person they put an outline around them to separate them from the background and then I don't know these ones to me look a little bit cluttered there's a whole pile of stuff going on there and I don't know it's another thing you got to look at I don't know if they read that well when they're really small
It drives me nuts that you spell it Quackalope because if you're trying to be like like Jackalope and Jackalopes from antelope and that's e-l-o-p-e and then quack anyway drives me nuts Jackalope is also e-l-o-p and you went a
So the key color that he's picked for me for
My take personally is that what Jessie's doing here I don't know it looks a little too me too YouTube it looks a little too fast food I guess to me you know what I mean like fast food they always you notice the big fast food companies they always go hot reds hot yellows hot oranges
So you know the the type of video in the corner in red and his his background is blue with stripes I don't know color theory wise if the red works all that well with the blue I don't find that those are necessarily colors that go all that nicely together so I might do something something different
But you know what do I know of Quake he's got 30,000 subs and I don't
Engagement is the most important stat so that's uh you know did they click on the thing and clicking on the thing is all about thumbnail and title and if they clicked on the thing did they keep watching the thing and that's a whole other it's a whole other work stream getting them just keep watching which is something I'm clearly working on as people fly out of this stream like it's on fire
So again you got to rely on your strengths I don't know that that's one of my strengths so I got to come up with something else but yeah so I don't know necessarily that it's their thumbnails that are getting them all those views their content is very good their banter is good they've got other other other things going for them
The text on the Thinker Themer thumbnails is way too small like I can't I can't read it
I think it's just readable it's clean it looks cool slightly cartoony slightly has a tie on you know it can can go both ways I think that's good this uh the kerning is not very good on it currently but currently auto kern no still don't like that touching anyway
So what I would do now to to modify this I think Michael you whoa what the hell is this I I think Michael Todd's eyes are kind of off putting in this I don't necessarily think that I would click on that and I don't know I don't know I I don't know so what I might do for this one is the reason it's called small brain big sack by the way that's another thing too is it's click baity really only if you don't fulfill your promise
So I have to pay attention to what um what publishers value and what they want
The very first one I did was for castles of burgundy it's nice to go back and see how things have improved if you think they look crappy now wait till you see the older videos
I am a creative generalist and companies they just want they want cogs for their machine and if you're not a super specialist cog first of all you're really hard to replace
The job search petered off tapered off as soon as I found out there there just didn't seem to be anything out here in Oshawa and I've kept at this so I have tried from the very beginning
I saw the other how to play videos that people were doing and I had criticisms of them I thought why would you put setup near the beginning of the video that is like the most boring thing about a board game how to play video puts me right to sleep if I did it and I did it at all I would put setup like at the end of the video because I know that you have to excuse me you have to capture people's attention right away you have to hook them right off the top
I am determined to turn this into a job just because I find that I can't rely on the market to give me a job that I would want to do that's fulfilling that I'm good at uh because I'm a specially shaped cog I believe that about myself in certain areas
So $500 and this is remember I'm spending full-time hours so you gotta ask yourself would I spend full-time hours making like a fraction of minimum wage doing the stuff if you're dumb like me maybe you would
So what I kind of have to do is tool my content according to what publishers want and in my experience so far what publishers want is not how to play videos
So subscribers can be misleading because people don't usually unsubscribe that's an interesting take but I could challenge you on that let me just read what Vinnie says The Dice Tower has just under three of course Dice Tower 300K despite having multiple content creators under their umbrella I'm really curious about the lone board game content creator with 1 million subscribers though
The trick with doing something different than nobody else is doing is you have to think of something different than nobody else is doing and bank on it being something that people will find compelling I've had all kinds of ideas for stuff that nobody else is doing and I've run it by my friends and family they're being like that no that's nuts nobody would have watched that what are you doing
If you look too much like you're trying to appeal to the YouTube crowd I.E younger people are like thrill seekers I don't think it's going to appeal to board game people
So the very best thing if you want stuff to happen on Reddit is for somebody who's not you to promote it for you
The reason why I don't like content and content creators is because I'm talking about perfectly shaped and sized cogs to fit in the machine that's just the machine needs something to call what we're doing and it's going to use the most commoditized term the most soulless commoditized term it can possibly come up with
The reason why I don't know if their thumbnails are that's another case where like I don't know if it's neces like everything's necessarily worth emulating and Shut Up & Sit Down just because you know they've got a huge fan base because it might not have been the thumbnails that got them that that fan base you know what I mean so you could be the top of your game but have not the greatest thumbnails
It's against the law like hate to sound like a giant nerd but that's the law you gotta check that box and the FTC has been cracking down on certain influencers on social media because they don't disclose like that and you gotta I mean people deserve to know whether you're being paid to make the thing right
First Look that's a I don't know get on my case if you think that's a little bit skeezy but um there are certain words that and people in marketing know this there are certain words that are attention grabbing um free is one of them you is another if you start your YouTube video or any video out and you work the word you into the introduction it's grippier so I try to do that on TikTok
You know I think the other thing that people look at they'll look at this logo and we'll take a look at at John Gets Games too because I think it's worthwhile but they'll look at that logo like oh yeah Shut Up & Sit Down I like what they do they'll click on it if they never heard of them I think the next thing they look at is time
I've barely done any top fives top tens on my channel because again I'm a I'm special I don't want to be I don't want to be like everybody else and then I don't succeed like everybody else and then I complain but like uh this was one that I did that that Monopoly one again was supposed to be the kickoff of a series so top five best board games to take camping that's widening the funnel because now you're not trying to attract people based on one single board game they might be interested in zero of the board games that I talk about in that video but you're casting the net wide enough to include people who like board games and who go camping and want to take board games camping or want to know what I think about taking board games camping you see Ryan's top 10 beige games you've suggested that before on the discord server haven't you
I think that's a lot of people I don't know I don't think that's a lot of people it's so small so small and sad
The exception I take to that is that she doesn't three minutes four minutes look she puts it right in her banners and her banners again you can tell that she looked at Ronnie Smith too and thought okay I'll do a similar thing even down to the color that she's using
You know what I mean so I think three minute teach of a really complicated game is a bit far-fetched
But you know I think the other thing that people look at they'll look at this logo and we'll take a look at at John Gets Games too because I think it's worthwhile but they'll look at that logo like oh yeah Shut Up & Sit Down I like what they do they'll click on it if they never heard of them I think the next thing they look at is time
I find really short rules coverages like rules girl three minute board games only good for quick overviews yeah I agree and they're fine for what they are I'm just saying don't call them how to plays don't call them rules videos right I think Jay from three-minute board games we should take a look at him too um
I think the other thing that people look at they'll look at this logo and we'll take a look at at John Gets Games too because I think it's worthwhile but they'll look at that logo like oh yeah Shut Up & Sit Down I like what they do they'll click on it if they never heard of them I think the next thing they look at is time
So you're looking at the thumbnails but you're not looking at this time like look at this Beyond the Sun playthrough and review an hour and 59
It's very compelling but I thought that about the Monopoly video I thought that about other stuff too Secret Life of Board Games didn't work
I think the other thing that people look
The thumbnails are all templated they have the logo in the bottom left they've got a white banner across the bottom sixth sixth of the shot
face it board level on this one face it board level on this one face it board level basic board level face it board level face it board level right that's their their hallmark thing
This i'm gonna straight up say this looks like ass this is this is not not well designed at all
I would shut up and sit down more for entertainment not really for recommendation recommendations since their taste don't match that's totally cool
the trick with reddit is that you have to be they have sort of rules if you don't if you haven't posted 10 times before you self-promote um they boot your ass right off the platform
I hate the word content and content creators is because i'm talking about perfectly shaped and sized cogs to fit in the machine
you'll always know whether it's paid or not because I always check the box that says contains paid promotion
hopefully this doesn't get around hopefully this doesn't get shared on reddit
Secret life of board games didn't work

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Video rnjPIM66L0o Shelfside Analysis at 4:22 sentiment: neutral

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neutral

Pros

Familiar example to illustrate dice probabilities
Demonstrates how combining dice affects outcomes

Cons

Not deeply explored as a probability instruction example

Thematic elements

Economic competition and property development
Board game on a property trading board
Casual, example-driven

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Rolling — Rolling two dice to determine movement; outcomes influenced by sum
Probability of sums — Two dice create a bell-curve distribution of possible totals

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randomness is a very good tool for building tension
let's say i roll this mana and then you can change that mana by paying stuff
the attack modifier deck is swingier than dice
you could change the die faces but at a cost
this game doesn't have dice how does that work
snake eyes

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Video EmDdEPE-7HU Board Game Coffee Discussion at 18:11 sentiment: neutral

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I'm Mark Maya and this is boarding coffee
we're going to be doing some micro reviews throughout the episode of any games that I've played
so the purpose of this I'm gonna show you my collection I'm gonna help you build yours
we're going to be giving away it's kind of we're going to be doing some micro reviews throughout the episode of any games that I've played granted in this pile I think there's a lot of games I haven't played so we might just switch through those but the micro reviews are there to help you make informed decisions when building up your collection if you don't win
now we're gonna have 24 videos over the next 12 days and we're giving out 55 5-0 we're giving out 50 games over 50 games
The winners will be announced live after these 12 videos are released
the idea since this is the season of giving we give to you and we want you to pay it forward and give to the kids
ah an unexpected party this was an unexpected game to be released because it's about The Hobbit like the dinner they do in the beginning the movie or something
it's dense it's like a I think it's like a work replacement I don't know because we've never played it I opened it I started reading the rules got distracted probably by another project and never got back to it so I have no idea
so the spill is sponsored by smirk and Dagger who who is giving it away
this episode we are giving away Ganesha and deep state for two winners and that's from crowd games
so that's three lucky winners I'm gonna win one two three
you gotta subscribe to board game coffee on YouTube you gotta like this video and tell us and this is this is for Logistics when picking winners make sure we do get a winner that is in the eligible in an eligible country
out of the old games you used to play from back in the day because we had a few oldies here Monopoly risk uh clue Etc are there any of those games that you're still playing today
but even if you weren't which one do you have the most fond memories of
it is possible to win multiple prizes because it's all randomly selected if your name gets pulled out two three times you're gonna win two three gifts
I apologize for the companies who are sponsoring the sponsoring this giveaway
we will be announcing all the winners after all the 12 videos are are released and we will be announcing though that we will be announcing those live
you can enter every video because you can win multiple times
thank you again to our sponsors uh crowd games and smirk and Dagger they made this possible
remember have fun keep gaming be social see you next week

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Video L_3HHxZHDMI Nights Around a Table Discussion at 2:42 sentiment: negative

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negative

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none

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should be avoided at all costs

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Ask a Board Gamer! My first question actually launches with a tragic story - i've got bad news for you Brent - i've got some bad news for you - i got bad news - Uh-oh - A fire has destroyed your entire board game collection - new stuff included - Oh no! - i know! - Oh sh*t - And you have to rebuild - i wanna know: what's the first thing you rebuild with?
I would start with Splendor - Dragon Strike - Citadels - Hansa Teutonica - Mysterium - Boss Monster - Kingdom Death: Monster, hands down - 1313 Dead End Drive!
I love it so much! I've never won a game - I have a massive amount of fun.
It was the first real unique board game I owned.
D6 is basically designed for individuals who don't know how to play Dungeons & Dragons, but it's a really simplified D&D board game version.
It was like mousetrap almost. You build up this elaborate scene and you trigger traps and devices... Clue to the next level!
I probably would start off with Scythe. I've spent so much money buying all the expansions. I've spent a ton of time going over strategy, playing with other people, teaching other people. It's a long game to get to learn if you've ever played it. I just have to get that one back.
It is by far the best game that I have ever played. I absolutely love cooperative gameplay.
I don't really like counter-operative gameplay, even though I know that nobody else ever calls it that.
I tried Munchkin once, and I don't want to lose my friends over a game.
Cosmic Encounter you want to avoid, and of course, uh, Monopoly, because everybody should avoid it at all costs.
Kingdom Death: Monster is probably one of the most critically acclaimed and, like, artistically inspired.
When you look at the miniatures and you look at the details, the time and the effort and the inspiration that goes into it is very very nice.
Can you still get it? - Yes, you can! They do a lot of limited print collectors models of sorts. Those are irreplaceable.
I don't know how I'm gonna put my kid through college since I have to buy it all again!
There's been a fire, and it's destroyed your entire board game collection. What game do you buy first to replenish it? - Dinosaur World.

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Video xJWmuNz7giw UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 2:38:17

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Giving out one deck is sort of like what are you gonna do in one deck?
The cards look amazing.
it feels like a Tetris game like if Tetris made this game people would Rave if it was a Tetris branded it would be so far
great filler weight game
The way the DMV and where I live goes they they give you a ticket you go and you sit down in this big room with all these chairs and it's like it's in this old mall where that has 95 of them all is is vacant and they're actually planning on tearing the whole thing down
it has an ending that makes you think and makes you actually go whoa that's huge
it is the most graphically violent like movie that it is it I don't it's and it's very um it's very psychological as far as the horror goes
it's one of those things where uh I I I want I I seriously want other people to watch all of Martyrs so I can actually talk to them about the ending so I can discuss what you think theUATION the ending means
it is it is a extremely difficult watch
the ending has stuck with me for like days
it is completely and totally like uh totally popcorn TV it is there's nothing there is it is perfectly solid B material that you can just have on and like you can literally not watch it
it's like the monster's not gonna come out of the movie
the one genre that will be affected least by the strike will be horror because most horror films are independent
Mario made a billion bucks let's not discredit that
the sound is like unreal it was like one of the best sounding movies I've ever heard
Dunkirk had the rapid noise
I hated seeing it the movie before yeah it's awful and then I noticed a bunch of movies followed that afterwards it annoyed me every time afterwards too
250 000 views and you only got 30 bucks

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Video wSewWxaPsOk Shelfside Travelogue And Venue Review at 6:29 sentiment: neutral

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neutral

Pros

Extremely familiar and accessible
great for casual play and socializing

Cons

Can be long and repetitive
controllering luck-based outcomes

Thematic elements

economic competition and resource management
Property trading and capitalism in a stylized city
commercial strategy with social interaction

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

dice-driven movement — Players roll dice to move around the board and buy properties
property acquisition and rent — Owning properties generates income via rent collection

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Hero Quest is the greatest game of all time
this place is a definitive board game hub
I love Uncommons... there's so many memories made

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Video tM56vYKtWrY UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 2:44:47

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I'm not saying that you're right or wrong here but I mean people do do so it just seems like a lot of work to get a free game.
I feel like if you had printed it all out and set it on a table and started playing it you would have been like oh that's a problem.
I do not think it's worth the price.
It's a trick taking game where every trick has a contract.
The reprint's relevance and price are questioned, suggesting it might be a 'money gouge'.
The icons are not as big as advertised and difficult to read.
The lack of appeal for Dice City is a recurring theme.
It's really fun and what it comes up with makes everybody sort of like, 'Oh, why did you play that?'
The creators of the promo pack were from the same team as Cards Against Humanity.
It's so mind-boggling to me that they were like, 'Yeah, this will be fine.'
The process of getting marijuana legally in some states is convoluted and expensive.
A general decline in personalized customer service across various industries.
The US predominantly uses the Imperial system, while most other countries use the Metric system.
I made a video for carcass on maps and the rules go for East or West map you know so I tried to upload one video to two separate pages and it won't let me do it
I just thought it was weird you know so I try to go do something you fought the law it's got upset got upset set his goons out Nicki came over here and whooped my ass she was upset she had to take her for like from L.A
it's just people stations like I don't understand that one
wingspan wingspan I don't understand that but I love it
I just called it idiotic and stupid what they did because they got a cease and desist from stonemeyer games
how did you [ __ ] think this was gonna go like did you think they're just gonna be cool with that adding like nuclear missiles to [ __ ] wingspan
it's so mind-boggling to me that they were like yeah this will be fine
duh you know you reach out to the company first like I that's like that seems stupid idiotic like you you're in the industry you're one of the people create Cards Against Humanity get your head out of your ass you should know this
well I'm glad they got slapped down another money
I destroyed the [ __ ] out of the box but I was super proud of it because it was a hard shot
I'm gonna show you this board game Atlas baby board game trick shots
I haven't planted an unboxing video soon where I unbox a game with a guitar and it's just me smashing the game with a guitar
so don't tell me there's something wrong with these guitars if it's a diesel guitar
it's just weird to me if you got the money sometimes it's just more convenient to buy it than fix it man
the rat's gonna rape me again in January so I've been gearing up to see how the changes have come to Disney World
I think it'll die just like the Dice Masters died
it's just such a it seems like a scam to me
it's like carrying a gun it's a pain in the ass
he likes to imagine it's for the skin
I really do every time I'm with my wife and we pass somebody at Walmart I'm like ah they're having a good trip
I think alcohol is way more destructive than wheat is in my personal opinion
that's one thing with people who are always on weed you know there's never arguments usually usually it's over food but other than that there's no argument everybody's having a little easier you know
it's it's like I I I I don't do Coke you know
I spent it or snorted it differently I wasn't inject it I'm glad I didn't do that
I mean I mean I I I don't whenever you hear about you know like cops make those mistakes and they're they're hideous and what have you and but I always try to that's all you do here though is the mistake
it's it's pageantry to me
all right everybody thanks so we did start late but uh we should be doing it normal time next week no we are no you got the draft thing oh that's right that's right it'll be late again tomorrow night late again next week

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Video YP5alT2PFOk UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 3:19:54

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there's there's a version of Monopoly yeah
Artisan dragons with five in their breath craft goods and wonders with skill that's top shelf
I don't have any information on a game called Flame crap because it doesn't exist in the data I was trained on
Securing valuable resource spots and diversifying your access to resources are key strategies.
they have figured out how to do parkour in board game mechanics
get your ass on Board Game Geek get ass Board Game Geek
it was seven eight guilt eight guild and one not guilty and then so the lady who is not guilty she just said I just want to talk about it for a minute okay we talked about it for five minutes and we revoted and it was guilty done
the worst thing is to be the alternate oh you know watch the whole thing and then you got to just stop and you leave

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Video 2wOBFvN0Vto UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 2:12:10 sentiment: negative

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negative

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none

Cons

did not perform well algorithmically
completely died

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none

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none

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the most gamery one I did was definitely Blood on the clock tower
welcome to time Jinx you know we almost called this the dating game but they sent us a cease and desist
the outlier doesn't know they're the outlier it could even be you so think about whose answers don't quite fit or seem a bit odd then on your device vote for whom you think the outlier most likely is
the curtain for hypnot is about to go up you'll love it there's hypnosis and people thinking they're cartoon characters or inanimate objects then they have to figure out each other's identities laugh Riot
sadly it was a bunch of you know get this old white men that weren't all that excited about the fact that there was a young woman that wrote a wrote a like a basically an RPG based on D and D that was people were that was doing well and so they were just like shock and awe
I posted a video of uh of uh the the computer reading Ticket to Ride rules I just threw it up see what would happen in your feed throw it out in the world yeah
it's actually like reading stuff out of order
I've never seen that kind of play it's never been done I mean yeah he's and here's this thing that sucks is he's his YouTube channel he's a kid right so he can't have comments turned on
the lead actor in parasite the main the father not the not the um the businessman father that's it yeah it's a it's odd yeah

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Video eFlGRRwHKNE Shelfside Top 10 List at 7:11 sentiment: positive

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positive

Pros

mass market appeal
cultural ubiquity

Cons

potentially long downtime
can be repetition-heavy

Thematic elements

economic acquisition and management
urban property market
competitive arcade-style

Comparison games

Chinatown
Sideral Confluence
High Society
For Sale

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Auction / Bidding — properties are bought, sold, or auctioned between players
Economic pressure — managing cash and rent to outlast opponents
roll and move — move around the board according to dice rolls
Roll/Spin to Move — move around the board according to dice rolls
trading / auctions — properties are bought, sold, or auctioned between players

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Bridge invented in the 16th century
Dominion holy cow was this the game that made deck building the meat of your game as opposed to deck building being preparation for your game like a TCG
Chess was definitely People's First access to 1 V1 wargaming
Monopoly was many people's first exposure to multiplayer board gaming and seeing how those Dynamics were like you could also play with all sorts of people as opposed to risk which is more of a conflict heavy crowd
the original Pandemic this is the one that propelled Co-op board gaming into the scene where it's Cooperative with a board
four to five plus people with hidden roles a minority of them are bad then their goal is to kill off the good people during the night phase

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none

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played the game once on camera and then gave his review of the tutorial and it at least he's being honest about it
all he kept doing was comparing it to another game the entire time
the cooldown system what they call it yeah so basically if you use it if you use this action you gotta way to turn you put it on your Tableau and then at the end of you turn it slides over and once it slides off then you can take it into your hand and use it again right
I don't like this it's the best way to do it because everyone forgets when they can take it back like you put it and you slide it and you get slides off it comes back to your hand it's it's really simple it makes it very easy to know when something when you get something back too and he's like I don't need that
he literally watches the guy play the game wrong make mistakes and then complain about the things he did wrong
publishing zombies
there was like a line I couldn't believe like they haven't roped off in the back it's changed a lot since the last time I've been there and they had it roped off and people were like around the block and [__] waiting to take the picture it was weird
it's just like a popup Rocky store they s like Rocky M bilion [__] those people that come take a picture with the Statue yeah
you can say hi to two of us what a deal two alab Boomers two the Boomers two Boomers the original Boomers Boomer OG y

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negative

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none

Cons

Received as a joke/mockery from son
Host does not want to spend time on it
Host would prefer the Scrabble with poker version

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Comparison games

Scrabble with Poker

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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

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Obligatory chapter that readers would expect.

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none

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none

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the competitiveness gets crappy if like you if you cannot admit to yourself that you're competitive because that's when you will start being like horrible
humans are I think generally really really honest with each other I think we'd be shocked really to realize how often we're quite honest that it's such a cultural norm and I think there's something lovely and delicious and interesting and empathy building about making consensual spaces where we go no we're going to do you
games are this wonderful Embassy space where we can meet each other and uh we can kind of hang out
the higher up that I was the better I was doing in a tournament the less eye contact there was at the table and stuff
the joy that I experience of those kids of of completely fooling me and lying to my face I think actually does build trust and it's wonderful
it turned out that they'd all been playing uh we one night werewolf in the dressing room and that was like a sign for like how they'd all sort of got this like developed an in team language of like of of lowering the mask to reveal that they were actually aw wolf
I've been like loving it which is a game uh I think it's published by Hobby Japan called Builders high it's a kind of weird mix of engine building and shedding it's a card game right where you are building laying down buildings um you've got to fulfill some kind of there'll be some City contracts out right uh you're You're Building buildings but you've also got to get rid of everything in your hand and there's also you some cards have got money on and some of them are buildings and the buildings once you've built them do stuff have special powers so you're slowly building an economic engine the wrinkle in the game is that you can only spend exact amounts of money so if you get because you're it's you're basically public you're doing stuff for the city your public industry so you've got to um use up every bit of money in your contract you can't have money left over that doesn't go anywhere so um it's a really interesting game of think actually quite a lot of spending is harder than it first looks it's also a race because there's this amazing point you can't you can't end the game until you've claimed one of the contracts by building a set number of buildings and they're they're different targets right and and then the game and then what you're doing immediately there's this beautiful art where it immediately turns and you are having to shed your hand so suddenly everything you've been doing in the game up to then get money get buildings build this thing you now don't care about and you're just trying to spend everything in your hand and empty your hand onto the table so there's this lovely Arc and this lovely turn and for me the artwork is never going to be hung in the Lou um it's you know the Box looks nice but for me it just does something that um a lot of other games it just doesn't feel like anything else in my collection
it just does something that a lot of other games it just doesn't feel like anything else in my collection
it's found a kind of like ecological niche in every game night I've had there's always time for it
Tim you are the most fantastically autistic person I've ever assessed
on one level it's like well it's your special interest him you know that that's like a quite a pat answer is that you're autistic and you find meaning by diving into something in its totality and then when you're very safe in that kind of area of knowledge like almost like throwing out grappling hooks and kind of like doing boarding actions on adjacent topics and using board games as a way of like relating to everything else from this kind of uh you know Fortress of Solitude of board games
as someone who's been particularly craving like human connection and human contact and I sometimes found that difficult and has found essentially what I would describe as a I'd characterize as kind of a uh an accessibility Aid uh through games
we think of autism as being a uh a social impairment right as as having deficits when it comes to connecting with other human beings but I just you know and I sort of don't want to speak to soon is but like I've loved talking to you right and at no point has my talking to you felt to me difficult or strained I feel like I'm just vibing out with someone who I've only just met
we all mask to an extent for different reasons

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Video b80bl01a8sk Beyond Solitaire Analysis at 17:41

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none

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none

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none

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the board game is not it's programmed to facilitate a social interaction and then the social interaction develops the rhetoric so how how do we approach that it's different
this is just that but with a different kind of text and this type of text still has an author it still has a purpose right it still has you know constraints to it um they're just a different type of constraints so the rhetorical situation still exists
the punitive nature of that helps them much it's not going to encourage them that's for sure so I was I was trying to think of a way like how do I improve engagement not necessarily make them read but like how do I improve engagement
I don't want this to be like the EAS the skate class right like we all took that in undergrad like I remember my dinosaurs class like I get my easy 3 credits for science I took biological toxins and poisons I really enjoyed it actually but oh that's fun
I do feel strong about meeting them where they are like what they're interested in and what's relevant to them in their lives
you know you you plow your way through 101 and 102 and drag these students through like you can do it just finish the paper and then all of a sudden they're very excited
we want to legitimize it I guess to some degree that I don't know maybe sounds a little bit too like we're not we're not to that level that we can legitimize anything necessarily but just the more people doing it I think the better

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Video JPEMsfPOd9I Get into games Interview at 15:49 sentiment: negative

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

nostalgia and familiarity

Cons

long play time and potential for monopolistic plays

Thematic elements

Array

Comparison games

none

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Mechanics unknown.

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This is a glorious day because we have our friends here.
Beanie's first campaign and Mommy's first campaign and Daddy's first campaign.
Don't be precious about it.
It's never going to happen; life is what happens when you're busy making plans.
Get into games on air; Rent Shuffle and Roll at rentshuffleandroll.co.uk with code gg50.
Learning through board games—sharing, planning, flexibility, and teamwork.

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Video vuhe_iyrWkw UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 9:44

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none

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none

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none

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Forest Bower has a wonderful story it's not a story he has a wonderful story not much about how how he he struck at rich
I bought it at 11 bucks I woke up there at $72 and I thought I'd be cute I thought I'd be super cute and I was like yeah I'll hold on to this until the inauguration because surely it'll go up till then
that son of a biscuit had to have his wife launch her own shitcoin the next day day which plummeted the value of his coin which is fantastic
I made like 1,200 bucks or over two days which uh and like I was telling Scott like the only reason I only made 1,200 was because I didn't have more money to throw at it that very moment
Karcassonne Power Grid was 2004 Kis was 2000 uh Ticket to Ride is 2004 Kis was 2005 Twilight Struggle 2005
Dominion it's a good game because it's it's it's foundational right it's like how many games did did Dominion create right like just that mechanic of deck building or deck uh yeah deck building
Lords of water deep is a good game
Castles of Burgundy oh that's got to be in there at least in my opinion
I should probably kick it in I got an early morning
well next week I'll I'll be able to let it fly but I just couldn't too fresh too fresh

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Video Z8I_eb4_2wI Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Other at 10:23

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none

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none

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none

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I'm going to go and find out which board game facts are worth remembering and which ones should be lost in the shuffle
The longest game of Risk took 1,000 hours and was played over several months in Finland ultimately ending after the players had continually taken turns for 42 days
I picked number one I don't think they're I think they've scrapped the Monopoly one and I don't think they're actually going to make it
Psycho Killer is a really great just casual card game if you're doing like a Halloween game night for non- gamers or casual gamers
it just plays on all of the horror tropes in the bee horror movies that you know and love throughout the years

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Video TTEmuCNG0S0 Shelfside Review at 0:00 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Highly accessible and culturally familiar
Strong core mechanic of trading and negotiation
Rich nostalgic and educational value about property economics

Cons

Long play time and potential for dragging
Player elimination can end games early
Heavy reliance on luck in dice rolls and card draws

Thematic elements

capitalism, property trading, wealth accumulation
A city-wide property market on a board game
observational, nostalgic, analytical

Comparison games

Monopoly Deal
Monopoly with Speed Die
Catan

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Auction / Bidding — Acquire property through purchase or auctions; trade with others.
Chance & Community Chest — Draw cards that affect movement, finances, or other events.
Property Trading & Auctions — Acquire property through purchase or auctions; trade with others.
Rent Collection & House Building (house rules) — Collect rent on owned properties; optional house building mechanic exists in many editions.
roll-and-move — Players roll dice and move their tokens around the board.
Roll/Spin to Move — Players roll dice and move their tokens around the board.

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Quotes (from this video)

Darn nostalgia.
Monopoly is kind of an odd game to talk about because most people don't even play it correctly.
If you think about it as a critique of 1940s America, then actually it's a 10 out of 10.

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Video AAQUihfo5pg Shelfside Discussion at 10:51 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Widely known, approachable gateway to board games

Cons

Long sessions and luck-driven elements can be tedious

Thematic elements

Array
Real estate and capitalism on a board
Casual, competitive with negotiation

Comparison games

Twilight Imperium
Settlers of Catan

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Auction — Properties can be bid for when unowned or bankrupt.
Auction / Bidding — Properties can be bid for when unowned or bankrupt.
roll-and-move — Player movement determined by dice around a square board.
Roll/Spin to Move — Player movement determined by dice around a square board.
trading/negotiation — Players trade properties and negotiate settlements to gain advantage.

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I hate this game.
You're dead before me.
Your game's a tree.
I'll be backstabbing you because you're dead before me.
This game called Gaia Project.
Monopoly. All right?
That John Company second edition, it absolutely positively gets reviewed.
Song for War really captures the feeling of a combined arms game.

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Video UqwSlSYxBzU Tim Chuon Discussion at 3:58 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Strong nostalgia for many players
Easy to grasp for families

Cons

Potential for long sessions
Balance criticisms with player count

Thematic elements

Array
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Economy, negotiation, and capital accumulation
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Family-friendly, property-trading world; long-form casual session
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mixed

Comparison games

The Settlers of Catan
Carcassonne

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Asset management — Monetary resources must be managed to build houses/hotels and collect rent.
roll-and-move — Players roll dice to advance along a track and land on properties to buy them.
Roll/Spin to Move — Players roll dice to advance along a track and land on properties to buy them.

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You don't plan your passions. You don't plan to say like, 'Oh, I'm gonna do that.'
You never know how much you truly love it until you spend a lot of time with it.
If you ask yourself, should I do that? And answering yes could potentially change your entire life.

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Video ylbJh1Tiy-Q Watch It Played Discussion at 1:49 sentiment: positive

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positive

Pros

Genuinely good card game version of Monopoly

Cons

none

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none

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Mechanics unknown.

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The most expensive game that I own is frankly a huge anomaly in my board game collection because that's Foundations of Rome.
It's a showstopping game. It does something fantastic, which is it's a huge box, but it doesn't make the setup any longer to be bloodily long to set up.
To me, that one game was an investment that I'll have probably for the rest of my life and I'll be able to play and enjoy.
Is $200 worth of components and value and craft in this game? Maybe.
The price per evening at that point gets lower and lower until you're thinking, 'Wow, this game gave me a month's worth of Nights Out, but spent in playing the game for $5 a pop.'
Foundations of Rome is in my top 10 games of all time.

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Video Tg3I-RgwO5k Sir Thecos Discussion at 13:13 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Very decent card game

Cons

Nothing special

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Monopoly

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Card game — Described as a card game.

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STI, I will give this an A. I played this twice. I really like the game. I don't know how much I will like it in the long run, but I really enjoyed and I could imagine actually owning it.
It's like a um it's kind of a tile puzzling and resource management game. Um in a pretty short play time, very simple, very red, like very streamlined, which I like. Um but it like at the end it wasn't too special.
One of my most favorite word games. I would give this an A. We're trying to like um prevent goats from taking like the letters from a from a printing office. Very very cool.
Star Wars Imperial saw to play for the first time. Um and we're actually playing it again today. And I really like what I really like this. Um there was a lot of setup. The setup isn't very streamlined.
Tiny Towns on my list for a while. Finally, I got a copy and I really like this. I will give this an A for now as well.
Walking Birano. I will have to like do this here because this one also gets an S. Like always a great game to play. Really love this little puzzly game.
Wingspan amazing amazing my most favorite game ever. You know that. So of course Srank
It's a very good uh word game. I would give this a B. I enjoy that one.
Duel which is fine. It definitely is not as good as Azour. It's It's a fine enough game. I would probably play it again if you asked me, but I don't understand why it exists.
At the Helm, a deck building game by Buttonsh Games with only 18 cards, which is pretty good. Um, I'll give this an A as well.
Animal Kingdoms. That one surprised me. It's like a uh you like place cards down in specific regions and you're trying to get like the majority there.
And then Aon's End, of course, always gets an S for me. It's my most favorite solo game, and that will probably not change for a while.
And then I've also finally gotten Seventh Content. I got a like a huge collection. I've got almost everything that you can get at retail, uh, including like the cool white box and stuff. Um, and I would give this I've only played this once, but I would give it an A for now.
Loads of A ranks this time. Not bad. Not bad. Um, and a lot of B's as well and quite a lot of S's. No D's this time and only a few C's.

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Video FAz9QayE8Dg Tim Chuon Analysis at 2:50 sentiment: neutral

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neutral

Pros

none

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none

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Property ownership — The host explains that landing on an owned spot requires paying the owner money, and landing on an empty spot allows buying the property.
Resource Management — The host discusses the need to acquire money in the game, noting that passing 'go' grants $200.
roll and move — The host uses Monopoly as an example, mentioning rolling two dice and moving a character that many spots on the board.

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If you want to learn how to absorb board game mechanics a lot faster, especially when someone's teaching you and you're like, "How do I absorb all this information right now and learn how to play?" This video is for you.
there is no such thing as a bad question or a dumb question. Let me rephrase that and let's say there exists avoidable questions.
Because there's something about doing that physical action and connecting this tactile response to the information that you're absorbing. When that connection is made together, you learn games a lot faster.
So, in summary, what do we learn today? Number one is repeating information in your head as they are teaching the game because when you reiterate what they're saying into your own head, that helps you learn a lot more, especially when you're getting double the dose of that reinforcement.
And lastly, number three. Now, I think this one is one that's going to be a lot harder, especially if you are new to gaming, but it comes in time and you'll be a natural at it in in no time.
So, with that said, I hope that helped you in some way in learning your next game. Use these tips the next time you are learning a game from someone.
If you made it to the very very end, go ahead and comment connect because that's exactly what we're doing with all three tips. We are connecting questions together. We are connecting tactile information and we are connecting the dots so that way we can play games better, faster, stronger just like the song.

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Video SfY8hytsR1U Board Game Sanctuary Discussion at 1:35 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

social interaction and negotiation
long-tail replayability due to property combinations

Cons

high luck factor
economic pressure can feel arbitrary

Thematic elements

economic competition
classic property trading game
stock-market flavor

Comparison games

Catan
Ticket to Ride

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Auction / Bidding — Bargaining for property and expanding control through rent and cards
Auction and negotiation — Bargaining for property and expanding control through rent and cards

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I think player agency is basically when players make meaningful choices in the game based on the game state.
Chance often takes the power away from making really big meaningful decisions.
The illusion of choice can often creep into games, and maybe the designer has already pre-planned all the pathways.
Spirit Island has such high player agency because there is no way a designer can sit there and go, 'Oh, if that person did that move...'
you take ownership over your creature spirit and how you actually play them.
The sense of player agency is heightened by the social level of interaction.

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Video 0mEB838UO7k Tim Chuon Unboxing at 10:31 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

A spin on a classic

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Monopoly

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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I did ask for a copy and Bezier graciously gave us a copy of Rebel Princess.
This game is an asymmetric trick taking game.
princes are bad in this game and each round has a different rule.
also got some postcards of dogs with jobs. Super excited about this game.
I love the art in this game.
photo from Flip 7 getting a whole page spread with Junior, my other model, Florane, and Phil from One Minute Board Games.
they did showcase the Super Boss Monster commercial.
Thank you all so much for joining me on another haul, specifically the Gen Con haul.
This concludes the Gen Con series.

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Video dkViBAwawoY The Brothers Murph Top List at 1:24 sentiment: negative

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negative

Pros

none

Cons

Five Tribes has done it better than any other game, including Monopoly.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Five Tribes

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Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization is the engine builder to end all engine builders.
In Twilight Struggle, one of the more interesting times in history is played out. And I love that each card is a real event that happened.
Gaia Project built on Terrammystica and perfected the form. It's the best one.
Gloom Haven: Jaws of the Lion has the best tutorial system I have ever seen in a game, and I think it legitimately creates new board gamers constantly because of the way they make it so approachable.
Each Spirit in Spirit Island can be played over and over as you learn how to master their abilities, and there are so much content in the box. It also just plays amazing solo.
Dune Imperium Uprising took Dune Imperium to a whole new level of scale and scope, and it's got them worms.
It's impossible to have a bad time playing Star Wars Rebellion, especially if you love Star Wars. Okay, mostly only if you love Star Wars, but it's really fun. It's Lord of the Rings in a box, and it's perfect.
For a solid like 6 years, Terraforming Mars was absolutely the king of the board game hobby. Unreal staying power.
Dune Imperium uses art based on the movies, but it doesn't feel at all like a movie tie-in cash grab.
The scale and epic stories that come out of Twilight Imperium fourth edition make it everlasting. Every time you play, you get a permanent memory and story. It's truly impressive.
The sheer amount of content in Gloom Haven and the card play makes this dungeon crawler a Eurogamer's delight.
Ark Nova takes Terraforming Mars' cardplay in Civilization's action card mechanisms and put it into a theme we're just way more interested in. just the absolute pinnacle of mashing up mechanisms into a masterpiece.
Pandemic Legacy Season 1 has deserved every single ounce of acclaim and accolades it's received over the years. It was an absolute phenomena when it came out.
I don't want to say anything nice about this game. I don't want to say anything nice about this game. I don't like this game though.
Fine. Fine.
Brass Birmingham is objectively a board game. Done. Easy. That was nice. Words that are written.
Brass rhymes with ass. Got him. You're done.
Brass Birmingham has one of the best examples of positive player interaction and a game I'd actually seek out to play for a player. Was that so hard?
So, that was one nice thing about every single game in the Board Game Geek top 100. Many games that we actually don't even really like, but there's always something nice to say. Exactly.
Just engage.
We had a lot of fun making it.

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Video ktv9DcnXJgM Gaming Rules! Interview at 1:53:06 sentiment: negative

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Negative

Pros

Popular because it's popular and has momentum.
Many different versions exist.

Cons

Considered a bad and rubbish game by most modern board gamers.
A terrible, terrible, terrible game.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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I don't think Project L should have the video theme category applied to it. I don't think so.
my solo cadet mode for captain's chair is the best video to watch to learn how to play the game.
you only score points for your tracks if you have completed at least one of your missions.
Many of you, especially Mage Knight fans, will know Ricky because he did the solo playthroughs of Mage Knight, which helped make Mage Knight what it is today.
I have news. I am not allowed to share that news. I am under um effectively an NDA.
Marvel Champions is a fantastic, fantastic game.
The stream was crashing and literally every 30 minutes the stream would crash and my software would crash and people would be in the chat saying the stream's gone down.
Too Many Bones is a good game, but me being so far out of my comfort zone that I literally cannot understand how to play the characters that I'm playing whilst hosting a live stream. Yeah, I don't want to do that again. That was uh that was horrible.
Monopoly is in that situation where it's popular because it's popular.
It's still a terrible game. It is. It is a terrible, terrible, terrible game.
The Lord of the Rings: Fate of the Fellowship, the new pandemic style game from Matt Leo. I'm going to pick that one. But caveat, I've only played it once and I haven't actually played that many games that technically have come out from 2025.
You can't. There's too many games coming out every week.
If you are not a Patreon supporter and you want to support me directly, you can for as little as $1 a month or $3 a month if you want access to the Slack channel, patreon.com/gamingrules.
The secret word for this month is the game that arrived this afternoon that none of my patron supporters were able to guess.

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Video WU_cqOxlDQ8 Grant Lyon Other at 26:47 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

more fun than original Monopoly
distilled down to just cards
takes only 20 minutes to play
good way to get new people into gaming
happy it exists

Cons

not sure I'm going to be playing all the time

Thematic elements

NFL

Comparison games

Monopoly Deal
Monopoly

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Card Drafting — You are basically trying to get cards and build sets of properties and there's a lot of action cards and money cards.
player interaction — You can charge other people rent. You can steal cards from other people.
Set Collection — Instead of collecting sets of properties, you are collecting sets of NFL teams. You know, you are trying to get three cards for the Seattle Seahawks, and then you've got a set, one set, and you're trying to get three different sets.

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One of the nice things is it feels a little less punishing than the original game.
Monopoly Deal, I think, is a much more fun version of Monopoly.
This game feels bigger than it is, and I mean that as a compliment.
And so, you know, it's just full of those kind of mind games.
Silver Frost is maybe the most punishing of the games in the series because you are doing worker placement out with your meles, gaining resources, using those resources to build cards.
The game is actively trying to screw you over, and you have to manage it as well as the other players out there.
I love Love Letter. Uh and uh it's one of my most played games of all time also cuz you can just throw it in a pocket and bring it anywhere with you.
And it's inside of a fun Stitch plushy.

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

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none

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Mechanics unknown.

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But by far the worst part of producing content here on this channel has to be filming gameplay videos.
Gameplay videos are the most challenging form of content to not only justify but also produce on, I would say, any board game channel.
Would you rather have a gameplay video that is more fun or more accurate?
But no matter how many fancy angles, B-roll, music, whatever we add, no matter what, board gameplay videos still get some of the lowest views across the board.
So, what do you prefer? quick, accessible 60 to 90 minute gameplay videos or giant aggressive behemoths that take three plus hours to play, table, and cover.
The leadup to filming is substantial as well.
So, as you answer those questions, I wanted to give you a quick run through of the production timeline we're talking about.
What takes a 1-hour gameplay recorded 1-hour gameplay and potentially turns it into a 12 or 13hour production nightmare?
So, would you rather engage with a well prodduced video that lives a little bit longer on the channel that is worth coming back to and consuming at your own speed? Or are live streams just more fun?

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none

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none

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none

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none

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I don't feel any pressure to create content.
This is my full-time job, right? I don't have another job to go to.
I'm producing all of this content and honestly, if I could produce more, I would because I love what I do.
The category here or the criteria here is massively popular, really well-respected, solid Euro games that have been around for a while and stood the test of time and are known as just really, really good games.
No games do. It doesn't need all of the bling and everything else.
I think most people in life are affected by what's called seasonally adjusted disorder.
Entering is absolutely free. It doesn't cost you anything whatsoever.
The secret word this month is haggis.
All of my advertising revenue from all of my videos goes to charity.
I don't make any money out of the videos themselves on YouTube. People call me crazy. They would be right.
It's only 70 to go.
I have not. No. Not Not even heard of that one.
I would strongly recommend you just do it because you want to do it. Don't go out and spend £4,000 on a fancy camera, lights, and everything else and think 'Right, I'm going to be the next big channel and I'm going to get 50,000 subscribers in 6 months.'
One thing that really annoys me is when the games come out at retail like the same time or even before and they're cheaper.
I personally believe it is fundamentally, morally, and ethically wrong for me to sell a pre-production prototype copy of a game.
It's International Unplayed Games Day. And the date that I've chosen... is the 1st of July.
I have already got two of them on my channel, if not three, and I'm doing another one next Wednesday.

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