Game Info
Year
2024
Players
3-6
Age
14+
Playtime
40 min
Complexity
1.8/5
Collection
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Hungry Gamer Discussion at 34:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fun mechanic
- interactive play with others
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Killer
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Rummy-style set collection — swarms of bugs with a market and Murray interactions
- Set Collection — swarms of bugs with a market and Murray interactions
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Gen Con was everything it was cracked up to be this year.
- it's a crisis management game that hits on all cylinders
- I think this game is going to be off the hook
- I would love to cover this game because these things are so cool
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Hungry Gamer Review at 0:00 sentiment: positive
video_pk 86802 · mention_pk 226014
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Inexpensive and small box game ($20 on Devious Weasel website with free shipping in US/Canada).
- Includes a plastic insert that holds cards and allows for sleeving.
- Theme is well-integrated and makes sense throughout gameplay.
- Gameplay is smooth and simple.
- Players are rarely at a loss for things to do.
- Variety of Royal flies and the Wasp card add interesting strategic elements.
- The tadpole scoring mechanism after being attacked by Murray is clever.
- Scoring system is simple but offers strategic depth and potential for large point swings.
- A fun, quick game that is good for conventions and fills short time slots.
- Shines with 4-6 players.
Cons
- Requires removing cards for fewer than 5-6 players, which is not clearly indicated on the cards.
- The game is 'mean' and 'aggressive' due to Murray's destructive ability.
- Art for bugs other than Murray and the Hawk is underwhelming to the reviewer.
- Requires at least 3 players, and the game is best with 4-6 players, making it harder to get to the table.
Thematic elements
- A frog eating insects and other creatures.
Comparison games
- Mouse Cheese Cat Cucumber
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card drafting (implicit) — Players pass one card from their hand to the next player each turn.
- endgame trigger — The game ends when the hawk card appears in the deck or is drawn.
- Hand Management — Players draw cards, play sets, add to existing sets, trade with the pond, discard cards for abilities, or discard common flies to draw more cards.
- Rummy Style — The game is described as being in the realm of a rummy-style game.
- Set Collection — Players try to make swarms or sets of at least three or more of the same type of insect.
- Take That — Murray the Frog's ability to eat entire swarms from players is a key 'take that' element.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Murray is going to show up and will eat a swarm and why is he going to do that because he's an
- the game play is actually very very smooth and very very simple
- it is mean and it's really mean in the sense that Murray's coming up and you are just detonating people's Tableau
- I think Murray the frog is doing them really well
- this is another game like mouse cheesec cat cucumber that's just always going to be in my convention bag
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Hungry Gamer Analysis at 8:55 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fabulous
- Amazingly thematic
- A blast every single time
- Has not failed to hit once
- Fantastic game
Cons
- Needs at least three players
- Lighter than a typical game of the year
Thematic elements
- Set collection of bugs, Murray the frog eats swarms and leaves tadpoles
- Thematic
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Set Collection — Players play out bugs to score points, with more points for types of flies and even more for big swarms.
- Take That — Murray the frog appears and eats someone's swarm, leaving a tadpole behind.
- Variable player powers — Powers on the different flies can be used to mitigate the frog's actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- my year goes actually from about November 15 to November 15 and that's because in November which we are still barely in I like to announce my nominees and then I take pretty much all the rest of November and all of December to replay those games so I can rank them because if I don't do it that way what happens is there's kind of an end of the year bias
- I'm not so arrogant to think that you're watching this just because you want to play exactly what I like rather because you want to learn about a game and see if it's right for you
- historics really aren't my jam
- like 2.3 to like 3.5 somewhere in there like that's pretty much my sweet spot and what I like medium really mediumweight games medium light medium heavy
- it's a game that I will play a lot and will have it at every convention that I go to and we'll have it at every game day that I go to and I will play it in a second but for me it just doesn't quite have the depth of a game that is a game of the year for me
- it's just everything that I want in a heavy game but it's a wheel brain burn every time you play
- I am so here for this game it is spectacular it is hard as hell but it is spectacular
- I literally I sat at my table because I just played it two-handed because this was before there was a solo mode there is a solo mode now that came with the one of the expansions and I sat there and I looked at it and I I actually said out loud I was like was this that good and I immediately reset it and played it again
- it was a year where the top like it's a crowded top this isn't one of those years where there's a couple up here and then okay let's pull some up and see what I think no no no it is crowded at the top and that is awesome
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