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Oriflamme

Game ID: GID0236194
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Description

In Oriflamme, the players find themselves in the middle of a medieval feud over the French royal crown. The King is dead! Long live the King! As heads of influential families, players strive to come to power with cunning and malice, power and strength, virtue and infamy. Their goal: the king's throne!

In this tactical card game, hidden cards are played in turn. By tactically uncovering and activating their effects, players can outdo or get them out of the way, because all players have the same goal in mind — to collect the most influence points for their family and thus win the game.

Year Published
2019
Transcript Analysis
Browse transcript mentions, sentiments, pros/cons, mechanics, topics, quotes, and references.
Total mentions: 2
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Sentiment: pos 1 · mix 1 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video OGhPESDGKPY The Dice Tower unboxing at 1:39 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Quality components in the Devir edition
  • Excitement during unboxing
Cons
  • Limited detail in packaging info
Thematic elements
  • medieval warfare and chivalry
  • Medieval France
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Ooh, it's a box in a box in a box.
  • Ah, it's Oriflamme. This is the Devir version of it.
  • This is the new version of Arkham Horror: The Card Game, like a second edition of sorts.
  • I like Star Wars Unlimited.
  • Oh, be still my heart.
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Video w0eJ-Jm3pf4 Chairman of the Board top_10_list at 6:22 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • Beautiful artwork and atmospheric presentation
Cons
  • Rule memory is heavy; not everyone enjoys every-card-does-different-ability design
  • Online version may outperform the physical edition for some players
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • bluffing and trapping with hidden/face-up elements — Character cards with various abilities, bluffing tools, ambush options, and shifting threats drive the deception and scoring
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • allegory is a game that really did intrigue me actually a very stunning looking game actually I love the artwork in this one
  • there were too many negative cards in the game
  • I wanted to like this one I thought there were too many negative cards in the game
  • I thought that was a fantastic mechanism however I thought it was a bit hamstrung by the fact that the rest of the game was pretty light
  • the potential was off the charts with this one but the rest of the game just held it back
  • this was convoluted it was drawn out in a very long game for no reason you were constantly going bust often um you know without having made a single decision and it was just a frustrating mess of a game that I absolutely despised
  • hierarchy is a tiny little micro game by button shy
  • I remember it being at least a quality design
  • the online digital implementation of it is better than the physical card game
  • objectively this game is so clever it's very meticulously designed and if you like trick taking and you like co-op gameplay you're gonna love it
  • I've played this one over a hundred times I'm just completely warm out on this game
  • Village Green is a nice design, but the restrictions were a little bit debilitating
  • every single placement is important here
  • the fun part I thought decision wise there was almost nothing here
  • it's one of those games where you never go to calculate scoring it's just a fun activity
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