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Mosaic: Wars and Disasters

Game ID: GID0217833
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2023
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Description

The story of civilizations is punctuated with wars and disasters. Civilizations either survived them and continued on their journey, or succumbed to them and faltered. Will your civilization be strong enough to weather the storm?

Mosaic: Wars and Disasters contains many new elements to allow you to explore deeper strategies and face new challenges.

Admin note: While this box is listed for 1-6 players, no rules are included for incorporating the expansion elements into solo play.

Description

The story of civilizations is punctuated with wars and disasters. Civilizations either survived them and continued on their journey, or succumbed to them and faltered. Will your civilization be strong enough to weather the storm?

Mosaic: Wars and Disasters contains many new elements to allow you to explore deeper strategies and face new challenges.

Admin note: While this box is listed for 1-6 players, no rules are included for incorporating the expansion elements into solo play.

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Total mentions: 2
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Sentiment: pos 1 · mix 1 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video sOAe7z-Tddw Watch It Played Top 10 List at 10:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • expansion adding new gameplay elements, leaders, technologies, disasters
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • expanded gameplay elements — Adds new leaders, technologies, towns, naval units, and disasters.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • it's survival of the fittest
  • you good at making predictions I knew you'd say that
  • care for what you wish for
  • the game where blank minds think alike
  • "Sabika implements three interrelated rondelles"
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Video 4LqeFMGE9_E The Board Gaming Doctor Discussion at 16:42 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • Increased interaction through naval units
  • Asymmetric leader options add variety
Cons
  • Disasters can feel underwhelming or poorly timed
  • Expanding play length, particularly at higher player counts
Thematic elements
  • Military influence, areas of control, and disaster events
  • Civilization-like with large deck of technologies and war/disaster events
  • Empire-building with shared board & variable tech
Comparison games
  • Through the Ages
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Area Majority — Compete for influence across cities, militaries, and wonders
  • Area majority / majority control — Compete for influence across cities, militaries, and wonders
  • Disaster events — Disasters and event cards that affect play and scoring
  • Events — Disasters and event cards that affect play and scoring
  • Technology deck expansion — New technologies (including Navy) and naval play
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • The Mundus cards really only affected the new wonders and diluted the base game.
  • I think a 7.0 is a very appropriate score for this game.
  • This is a lightweight game that has a puzzle aspect to it.
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