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2019
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Description
Twin temples of two forgotten divinities containing ancient relics have been discovered in India. You set off on a treasure hunt, racing to find them before your rival, but your progress is slowed by a constantly shifting maze of paths... And eternal damnation awaits anyone foolish enough to uncover the three cursed relics of Garuda!
MOVE QUICKLY... CHOOSE WISELY! A treasure race packed with tough choices, twists & turns!
In this 2-players game, each player moves around their own temple, which has spaces for room tiles and hiding places for 9 sacred and cursed relics around. These relics are placed randomly, face-down, around the temples and worth victory points once flipped face-up.
The first player to score 25 victory points wins the game. However, a player loses if they reveal all three cursed relics! Each round, the players compete to win a new room tile by using cards allowing them to throw fate sticks. The player with the most fate points showing on their sticks wins the room tile and places it in their temple. Each player attempts to create paths leading to their relics, enabling them to flip them face up and score victory points. Yet, Naga symbols on some sticks let you activate cards with powerful effects, so that you can never take anything for granted.
A GAMEPLAY WITH DUAL-USE CARDS AND STICKS
Players must decide how to use the cards in their hands: for throwing sticks or activating their effects? Card effects can be applied on you or opponent's game and are relating to:
Sticks results
Relic positions
Room positions
Card drawing
Results on Fate sticks can be used to win the room at stake (using their Fate points) or to activate cards (using their Naga symbols). There are 3 types of sticks (number of Fate points or Naga faces are different for each type).
DILEMMAS, TWISTS, LOW BLOWS!
No temple room or Relic is locked in place, they can be moved/removed as you or your opponent activate cards… You could turn everything upside-down! For example:
Make the maze slide
Swap the positions of relics
Place a Trap room in your opponent’s Temple
Change the results of the sticks
Discard action cards from your opponent's hand
Make him throw again his sticks…
IF YOU...
Have ever dreamed of being an Indiana Jones, chasing relics in an Indian modular temple...
Adore putting a spoke in the wheels of your opponent...
Love gameplays balanced between strategy (cruel choices, anticipation) and fun...
then Naga Raja is the perfect game for you!
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 1:07:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Highly strategic and engaging gameplay.
- Satisfying push-pull mechanics.
- Clever use of spatial elements.
- The card play and dice rolling are well-integrated.
- The catch-up mechanic works well.
- Deepens in strategy with repeated plays.
Cons
- The spatial element might not appeal to everyone.
- Can be a bit complex to grasp initially.
Thematic elements
- Exploring a cave to find relics
- Cave exploration with relics
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players select cards to play, then roll dice, and finally activate special symbols on the dice.
- Card drafting/play — Players use cards with matching icons and special abilities to influence dice rolls and claim tiles.
- Catch-Up Mechanic — The loser of a tile acquisition draws extra cards, providing an advantage for the next round.
- Dice Rolling — Players roll custom dice (rods) with pips and special symbols to compete for tiles.
- Hand Management — Deciding which cards to play for their pips or special abilities is key.
- Resource Management — Managing cards is crucial, as running out can hinder your ability to claim tiles.
- Set Collection — Players aim to collect relics by creating paths to them, with point values for each relic.
- Tile Placement — Players claim tiles by rolling dice and place them in a 3x3 tableau to create paths to relics.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The simple brilliance of that is these are low numbers because some where there's high numbers that it will allow you to exchange cards with other people but you won't those low numbers face up so that you can use their powers.
- So I'm like, uh, so there you go. It killed the American Dream and the economy because everybody was too busy playing solitaire and not doing word processing.
- There's definitely some interaction when everybody come to my side of the galaxy and started smacking me down.
- This came out of nowhere this is a surprise hit Tony for me unless some other stuff knocks it out it's the nomination for two players squirrly award for the year easily.
- And you're sitting there going, and then I saw stickers, I went, how many pieces needed stickers? A quick calculation tells me over fifty.
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Getting Games Discussion at 25:28 sentiment: neutral
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neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- hand management; bid-based dice allocation; dice-driven actions — two-player tile-connecting/treasure-flipping with unique dice mechanisms; bid and dice allocation
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's an ongoing ripple effect of me changing the channel up and not making reviews any more
- I've been thinking about doing this for a while and I finally went about changing my audio setup in here
- thanks for watching
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Tantrum House Analysis at 5:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- So clever from start to finish
- Lots of twists and turns in this case which I really loved
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- There's a forgery and a theft of a famous relic called the Nagaraja. You're tasked not only with finding out who is behind the forgery but finding the authentic Nagaraja as fast as you can.
- India
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Forgery — There's a forgery and a theft of a famous relic.
- Relic Recovery — Finding the authentic Nagaraja as fast as you can.
- Theft — There's a forgery and a theft of a famous relic.
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Quotes (from this video)
- two games six cases one concept
- I'm Kevin Del
- I think it really plays best at the four player count maybe three it takes about an hour to an hour and a half to play each case
- The Orange Box came out in 2023 and the blue box came out last year in 2024
- at the core perspectives is a Cooperative deduction experience
- each box has a tutorial and three cases a case is divided into four acts You'll Play one act at a Time
- Players work to piece together a mystery using fragmented information
- each player has a portion of the story hidden from the others and through clever questioning and discussion you'll reconstruct the full picture
- the goal solve the mystery by answering questions asked at the end of each Act
- you can play and act put it away and then come back and do it another day but I think your best experience is going to be playing all four acts in one case at a time about 60 to 90 minutes
- I'm going to give you a breakdown of my favorites from least favorite with the main theme for each of the cases all the way to the most favorite and I won't be doing any spoilers
- The Orange Box all has cases from recent history 1994 2008 and 2016 whereas the blue box cases are a lot older 485 1207 and 1858
- I find this part just really fun
- even though I'm ranking these games I want to be clear just because one ends up at the bottom doesn't mean it's a bad game I genuinely enjoy the overall experience of these games and every game on the list has something great to offer
- okay with that caveat I'm going to go from my least favorite all the way to my most favorite
- I ranked this lower because the theme the story didn't really draw me in
- all right number three is lost mine it's in the blue box and it's set in the Western United States in 1858 a few years after the famous gold rush it all started with the death of your father and some missing gold I really really like this one but there was just one puzzle that kept it from the top two spots the theme worked really well in the puzzles and the story throughout all four acts I think you'll have fun with this one
- all right number two is the devil in the detail it's also from the blue box and is set in France in the year 1207 and I would definitely agree with the title you have to be extremely observant to do well in the game it has a great blend of puzzles as you go from act to act you are trying now not only to figure out the murder of one of the nuns in the abbey but also who was behind the heretical image that was found
- number one is nagaraja it's the first case in The Orange Box my favorite it's so clever from start to finish there's a forgery and a theft of a famous relic called the nagaraja the story is set in India in the Year 2005 you're tasked not only with finding out who is behind the forgery but finding the authentic nagaraja as fast as you can lots of twists and turns in this case which I really loved and I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did
- now ultimately both boxes are going to offer fun a collaborative mystery solving experience but I think you should start with the orange box if you haven't played either now and if you've already played The Orange Box then I would totally recommend the blue box
- Have you played either one did you have a favorite case let me know down in the comments and don't forget to like And subscribe for more board game content
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BoardGameGeek Top 10 List at 5:05 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
none
Cons
- Overpriced map purchased at the gas station is useless.
- Eternal damnation awaits if cursed relics are found.
Thematic elements
- Treasure hunt for ancient relics
- Temples in India
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bluffing — The host mentions enjoying a good bluffing game.
- Maze — An ever-shifting maze of paths.
- Push Your Luck — A player loses if they reveal all three cursed relics.
- Set Collection — Finding relics and riches.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it seems there's always another game on the shelf waiting to be discovered
- this episode is made possible in part by oceans from north star games
- You know what's even better than the idea of a lifetime spent exploring space doing so from the comfort of your own home where the potato chips are kept and that's why I joyfully wept gently for several minutes in secret where nobody else could see my shame once I discovered that this month's countdown would be starting with the economic space strategy game Master of Orion the board game
- The winner being granted the coveted title of emperor of the galactic council which is essentially just an honorary title for a glorified administrative desk job
- Now that we've conquered space which took way less time than I was anticipating let's now turn our attention towards conquering the sea because it's just sitting there being all damp and such
- Aquatica with a recent second edition from arcane wonders is a strategic but easy to learn family engine building game about underwater kingdoms
- You know I always enjoy a good bluffing game or do I perhaps I was bluffing just now you can't no I'm unknowable I barely know myself
- Vindication is a wonderful feeling like when you warn someone not to sit on wet paint but they ignore you and then immediately get eaten by a crocodile
- Every year sorcerer city gets built and rebuilt in magically new ways with blocks moving and rotating in crazy directions
- It sounds like a workers compensation insurance nightmare but that's what you get for hiring Howard Howard and Fine as your city planners
- Keith Forge's world was always in a constant state of change but now a vault containing mysterious dark amber is open causing strange and unusual transformations unlike anything seen before
- If you're anything like me then you also have a hilarious crocodile-based anecdote locked and ready to go at a moment's notice but you'd also probably fare pretty well if you ever came time to live underground
- Fallout shelter the board game a post nuclear worker placement board game for two to four players from fantasy flight games based on the hit mobile game from Bethesda softworks
- Three orders nobles civilians and religion unlike today where it's organized around media influence and high fructose corn syrup
- Typically a roll and write game is only a proper roll and right game if it's from the Roland Right region of France
- Otherwise it's a sparkling dice based activity
- And now for some lip smacking cracking action in the upcoming hidden role deduction game from Fun Tales Feed the Kraken featuring three asymmetric factions for feuding friends
- In 1871 with Canada only four years old the prime minister calls for a massive undertaking a transcontinental railway to link eastern and western provinces
- It would be a nation defining project shaping not only the economy of this young fledgling country but also his identity as the well-mannered cousin of the United States who lost a bunch of weight and finished community college
- Brazil Imperial coming from Meepo BR in 2021
- The best monarch receives a title a Brazilian emperor which is essentially just an honorary title for a glorified administrative desk job
- Losers are banished to a ship lost at sea where they inevitably go madam pledge allegiance to a kraken
- That's our list of games we wanted to make sure did not go overlooked this month
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watch it played Rules Teach at 0:12 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Clear rule explanation by the host
- Good visual demonstration of setup and steps
Cons
- Some rules are dense and may require replay to fully grasp
Thematic elements
- Relic collection and temple exploration with curses influencing outcomes.
- Two temples with relics hidden inside; players seek treasure while their archrival pursues the opposite temple.
- Step-by-step hands-on teaching of setup and gameplay with explained rules and card effects.
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- End Game Bonuses — End conditions include 3 cursed relics face up, 25 points, or ninth room tile placed.
- endgame conditions — End conditions include 3 cursed relics face up, 25 points, or ninth room tile placed.
- fate sticks and fate points — Players use fate sticks and track fate points to determine the first player and to gain tokens.
- Hand Management — During the Call of Fate and Confrontation steps, players play cards with Naga tokens to resolve effects.
- hand management and Naga cards — During the Call of Fate and Confrontation steps, players play cards with Naga tokens to resolve effects.
- relics, amulets, and scoring — Relics grant points; cursed relics are worth more but can cause loss; amulets grant powers and points.
- round structure (four steps) — Each round has four steps: Call of Fate, Confrontation, Exploration, New Deal.
- temple tile placement — Players place temple room tiles to form paths from entrances to relics.
- Tile Placement — Players place temple room tiles to form paths from entrances to relics.
- tile rotation and movement — Tiles can be rotated or moved to modify paths and connections, influencing relic/entrance links.
- Tile/Map Shifting — Tiles can be rotated or moved to modify paths and connections, influencing relic/entrance links.
- trap tile — A trap tile can be placed to block placement and affect endgame tile counts.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- to set up place a temple in front of each player one has a yellow border and the other is gray
- three of the relics are cursed
- you keep it secret from your opponent but you can examine this at any time
- the game will continue like this until one of three possible things happen
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The Dice Tower Top List at 30:49 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great two-player interaction
- beautiful artwork
Cons
- complex for new players
- not ideal for solo play
Thematic elements
- mythic Indian temple building with competitive play
- temple-building in a head-to-head arena
- tableau-building with direct interaction
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action cards — spend dice-based resources to trigger effects.
- tile placement with dice — connect tiles to a temple and resolve via dice/strength.
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