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Now Boarding is a real-time cooperative game in which you work together to fly a fleet of airplanes. You must deliver all the passengers to their destinations before they get too angry — and new passengers are constantly arriving! Upgrade your plane to fly faster and carry more passengers to handle the load. The twist: All players take all their turns at the same time! This allows for clever hand-offs of passengers. It's a whole new level of pick-up-and-deliver game.
Year Published
2018
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Now Boarding game_review at 2:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Elegant, simple, and easy to teach
- Cooperative and accessible for new players
- Minimalist design that remains grounded and strategic
- Engaging planning with adrenaline under time pressure
- Expansions improve replayability and depth
- Humorous tone and theme enhance group experience
Cons
- Component quality is not flawless and some rules are uncertain
- Not perfect; some rule wording is wishy-washy
- Weather/randomness can disrupt planning and require recalculation
- Limited base replayability without expansions
Thematic elements
- Cooperative logistics under pressure with a humorous, satirical tone
- Airline industry, airports, and the scramble of passengers between cities
- Satirical, light-hearted depiction of travel chaos
Comparison games
- Brass Birmingham
- Brass Lancashire
- Kitchen Rush
- Now Boarding Europe
- Now Boarding UK
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Anger/pressure mechanics — Anger cubes accumulate at airports and must be managed to avoid penalties.
- Cooperative group planning — Huddles and collaborative sequencing of actions in real-time play.
- Network/route building — Using airline-specific shortcuts to optimize travel times and earnings.
- Pick-up and deliver — Move passengers from airports to destinations by loading them into planes and routing them.
- Pickup-and-delivery — Move passengers from airports to destinations by loading them into planes and routing them.
- Real-time bidding — Sand timer-based decisions create constant urgency and require quick planning.
- Resource management — Spend money to upgrade airplanes, add seats, or unlock routes.
- Resource/upgrade management — Spend money to upgrade airplanes, add seats, or unlock routes.
- Route planning and shortcuts — Using airline-specific shortcuts to optimize travel times and earnings.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Congratulations you are now in charge of an airplane what could ever go wrong
- The greatest trick the devil ever pulled is convincing everyone that airlines are fun
- It's cannonballing into a swimming pool
- This is one of the best simple elegant strategic easy to teach
- We gave it the title of Game of the Year
- There are so many good cooperative entry level real-time board games
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Rhino Roundups kickstarter_spotlight sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cooperative gameplay
- Fast-paced real-time action
- Requires strategic coordination
- Dynamic tension as new passengers appear
- Accessible complexity
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Airline Management
- Logistics
- Real-time Decision Making
- Passenger Transport
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I have selected and will be showing you the most interesting board games that are live on Kickstarter right now
- Today we have very diverse games
- The map is modular and changing throughout the game and the characters are unique and have distinct resource systems
- It's already one of the hottest campaigns this month
- Requires fast decisions good planning and also good coordination between players
- Two games in the price of one
- You can mate maids with Butler's maids with maids as well as Butler's with Butler's as any combination is allowed
- Creating awareness about the struggles of an arranged marriage that many girls still even today are going through
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