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Outfoxed!

Game ID: GID0237372
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2014
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Description

Game description from the publisher:

Mrs. Plumpert's prized pot pie has gone missing, and now it's a chicken chase to crack the case!

In Outfoxed, you move around the board to gather clues, then use the special evidence scanner to rule out suspects. You have to work together quickly because the guilty fox is high-tailing it towards the exit! Will you halt the hungry hooligan before it flies the coop — or will you be outfoxed?

Description

Game description from the publisher:

Mrs. Plumpert's prized pot pie has gone missing, and now it's a chicken chase to crack the case!

In Outfoxed, you move around the board to gather clues, then use the special evidence scanner to rule out suspects. You have to work together quickly because the guilty fox is high-tailing it towards the exit! Will you halt the hungry hooligan before it flies the coop — or will you be outfoxed?

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Video g5h-Og3KtEM Stonemaier Games Top List at 4:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Wonderful for families to work together
  • Great for learning reasoning and deduction
  • Adorable art
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Identifying the thief of Mrs. Plumpert's pie
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • cooperative play — Families work together to solve the mystery.
  • Deduction — Players use clues to deduce the thief.
  • Dice Rolling — Players roll dice to find evidence tokens.
  • Set Collection — Finding evidence tokens to gather clues about the thief's clothing.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • This is about a game where you start out with maybe very little information and you end up solving the mystery at the end of the game.
  • the QR codes do some really cool things in this game. My favorite is similar to that time stories example where you get to pull up your phone and you kind of you for a location and you get to really look around that location. like as you move the phone, it it makes you feel like you were inside a room looking around.
  • You feel super clever whenever I find something in the newsletter that really helps us solve the mystery.
  • The reason in games like this that other players can't see what you see is that we all see the world through a different lens.
  • The one catch that I'll mention for this and many other detective and mystery solving games if you're trying to design one yourself is uh I think sometimes and some of the reason the maybe the one reason that I sometimes bounce off these types of games is when there aren't really limits to how long players are actively talking with each other.
  • I think it does have a little bit of a spooky carnival feel to it.
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Video mqJ-XtQ6dTI Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Top 100 List at 12:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • clever theme and social interaction
  • easy-to-learn yet tense bluffing game
Cons
  • thematic humor may not appeal to all audiences
Thematic elements
  • bluffing, deduction, and hidden identities among woodland creatures
  • forest animals vying for berries while predators lurk
  • humorous and light-hearted with strategic tension
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Betting and Bluffing — players mislead about their actions and intents
  • bluffing — players mislead about their actions and intents
  • Hidden identity — roles and intentions are concealed among players
  • Hidden Roles — roles and intentions are concealed among players
  • movement card timing — players reveal and move on a shared schedule to avoid predictability
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • "The future of Paris is in your dice filled hands"
  • "is based on the Stratego universe"
  • "the game supports brief skirmishes, sprawling campaigns and custom scenarios"
  • "you are a pioneer who has taken a break from his research into dinosaur genetic manipulation in order to travel out west and strike it rich"
  • "the druid with the most power points at the end of the game... claims the throne"
  • "the tropical lands that surround the valley of the Ancients are all up for grabs"
  • "the raid ability allows players to capture valuable treasure cards from their opponents"
  • "they want what's theirs and they're ready to pounce on you at any time from anywhere"
  • "oh Fox now let's say just for a moment that you and I are various woodland creatures"
  • "Ocean Crisis depicts a real-life environmental disaster"
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Video 7u910YDf0eE Board Game Hangover Top 10 List at 7:23 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • cooperative play
  • great for developing reasoning and inference
Cons
  • group coordination is essential
Thematic elements
  • cooperative deduction under time pressure
  • detective mystery town
  • mystery adventure for kids
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • cooperative deduction — players gather clues and use a detective gadget to deduce the suspect
  • Deduction — players gather clues and use a detective gadget to deduce the suspect
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • On your turn you will roll this giant dice and the color you roll is the color of the fruit you put into the basket.
  • But if on your turn you roll the raven it moves closer to your garden.
  • This is your first competitive game because you will play as one of these worms that will try to get to the finish line.
  • Biggest lesson this game teaches you is losing alone.
  • In this game, you will learn a new skill called dexterity.
  • The toy factor. It looks like a toy even though it trains your dexterity and other skills.
  • In this corruptive game, you're trying to stop the fox before it gets into its cave.
  • The farther you move, the more treasures you will get.
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Video iyYYgK0IYg4 Actualol Top List at 8:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Basically Cludo for young kids
  • Cooperative gameplay prevents upset
  • Magical contraption mechanism
  • Adults can help children take turns
  • Teaches logical deduction
  • Popular with all parents of young kids
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Cooperative detective work
  • Mystery solving with fox thief
  • Clue-gathering and suspect elimination
Comparison games
  • Cludo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Contraption Reveal — Mysterious fox is slotted into contraption that reveals clue attributes
  • Cooperative Clue Gathering — Team works together to find clues and eliminate suspects
  • Race Against Escape — Team must solve before fox escapes
  • Suspect elimination — Use clues to determine which foxes are not the thief
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It isn't Christmas without some board games.
  • It's you that will be playing it with them.
  • It's such a simple idea, but it just works.
  • These are the Ferrari of board game accessories.
  • We are a species of gamers.
  • Board games are beautiful.
  • If you want to buy a present for a board gamer, you can't buy them a game.
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Video T9Pqf46kX80 Rolls in the Family Top List at 9:34 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Accessible first deduction game for kids
  • Tactile, engaging components (decoder mechanism, suspects)
Cons
  • Rules ambiguity can appear for some players
Thematic elements
  • Deduction and clue gathering
  • A cooperative detective mystery featuring foxes
  • Cooperative, family-friendly mystery
Comparison games
  • Clue
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • cooperative deduction — Players work together to deduce which fox is the culprit using clues and a decoder mechanic.
  • Dice-rolling with paws/eyes — Dices determine movement and actions, with limited rerolls to achieve clue outcomes.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It's a very fun introduction to some Modern mechanisms like there's a lot of modern games that use this kind of bag building or deck building as the card equivalent of that mechanism.
  • I think Monza is a great pick
  • Out Fox is what I would say is like kids first deduction game
  • This is the game that I would say is first kids introduction to the Roll-and-Right genre
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