Game Info
Year
2023
Players
1-4
Age
10+
Playtime
45 min
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Description
In the three-dimensional construction game Nunatak: Temple of Ice, you build a step pyramid together in a mountain of ice — but this game isn't co-operative, so watch your step! (A "nunatak", by the way, is a hill or mountain completely surrounded by glacial ice.)
For each pillar stone placed, you receive cards with different values that will affect your score in the end. For every four pillars built in a square, a new level of the monument opens up, with the temple of ice growing step by step. Who can place their stones most wisely and rise to the icy challenge?
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Very straightforward
- Beautifully produced
- Great for kids
- Perfect cafe game
- Tons of variety
- Really enjoyed it
- Recommend this one
- Good for area control fans who don't like mean games
Cons
- Setup is a bit fiddly
- Probably plays better at three and four players
- Player might not focus on all scoring avenues initially
Thematic elements
- Building a temple of ice.
- Temple of Ice
Comparison games
- Flip Ships
- Robo Rally Dice
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- AI Opponent — Includes an AI character ('Siku') that functions as a third player in a two-player game for scoring majorities and blocking.
- Area Control — Placing ice cubes on a central board to build supports and compete for majorities in rows and columns.
- set collection — Collecting cards of different types (architects, elders, builders, rhinos) for scoring.
- tableau building — Players add building cards to their tableau.
- Worker placement (implied) — Placing architect pieces on a track to gain bonuses.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Our lives have been extremely chaotic in the past month, haven't they, Jeff?
- It's literally chaos and all you can do is just be like, 'What is going on? What's next?'
- The games are chaos. And also, I do know the sound is probably like I can hear it's a little echoey in here even though we have the sound panels.
- Doomlings is a lightweight strategic card game with unique characters, weird effects, and endless replayability.
- The beauty of Doomlings is you can keep adding more and more to it to expand the variety in your game, which we love.
- It is very easy, very straightforward. Uh, and very, very quick.
- But what I will mention is that this game can be very mean.
- I personally freaking loved it.
- I also love the artwork. I love it.
- This would be a good place to start with kids.
- It's more gamefied.
- This is for people that love railroad ink and want more railroad ink.
- It's not like a take yourself seriously kind of game.
- I think it's a great game for kids.
- it was actually way way way better than I thought it was going to be
- if you like area control but like you maybe don't like super mean area control games, this would be one to check out.
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