Game Info
Year
2012
Players
2-10
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
Complexity
1.3/5
Collection
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Description
A real-time competitive game where players race to catch escaped amoebas by rolling dice to determine their characteristics then quickly locating matching tiles in a circular lab layout
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 15:26 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Great family game.
- Effectively challenges memory and reflexes.
- Takes common memory game concepts to a new level.
Cons
- The reviewer found it difficult to keep up with the changing elements.
- Can be disappointing for players who struggle with the memory aspect.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Dice determine the elements to match.
- Memory — Players must remember patterns and track changes.
- Pattern Recognition — Players need to identify the correct tile based on changing criteria.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.
- We're just we're flying by the seat of our pants we're bunch of flying squirrels around here tonight.
- For the price of that game let me say C Mon FFG you boys need to go take some lessons right now.
- If I were to tell someone to go out and pick a game I'll say you really need to check out that theme before you pick between the two.
- It felt like I was doing and I was enjoy and I enjoyed that part of it.
- For a bunch of soon to be 50 shutouts ok we had a blast playing this game.
- It's just a brawl 2vs2 brawls you go in there you fight each other try to beat the crap out of the other person and if you do you win it's a quick game but some really cool mechanics I can't wait try it out.
- I'm not willing to compromise the quality of the vacation that I'm going to put on in order to try and do it at a time that wouldn't be ideal for what I'm trying to do.
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The Dice Tower News at 14:42 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Good boxes that look good on the shelf.
- Good storage.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Escaped amoebas
- Laboratory
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Players roll dice to stop the escaped amoebas.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is the new way they're doing campaigns.
- The core box comes with a three-chapter campaign, and when you buy a campaign, it's just three chapters.
- So, it's a much more like, I guess, approachable, you know, campaign.
- Questline, which is a card drafting game set in their definitely not D&D universe.
- It sounds a little bit like Fantasy Realms.
- This is a new standalone board game set in the same world as Isle of Cats
- Your expedition to the frozen lands in the north has suddenly become a rescue mission and you must rescue as many penguins as possible before the ice melts.
- So, it's an open drafting and penguin placement board game.
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Grant Lyon Top List at 12:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Quick deduction gameplay
- Updated art and graphic design
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Amoeba escaping
- Lab
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — This is a deduction game at its core.
- Dice Rolling — One player is going to roll four dice, and that's going to tell you the sort of color and the pattern and the direction that an amoeba went to try to escape the lab.
- Set Collection — Whoever can do that first collects a token, and whoever gets five tokens first wins the game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Uh The Op is also releasing the card game Tap Four.
- Uh this is a plays two to eight players in 15 to 30 minutes and it is uh you know, a strategic card game, but maybe on the edge of lightweight to medium weight card game.
- So, the op is creating a more mass-market friendly version of this underground hit card game.
- So, if you like card games, then check out Tap Four.
- And finally, Tycoon Games is releasing Everdell Emberland.
- Uh this is a new game set in the Everdell universe.
- Um whereas Silverfrost, which was one of the more recent Everdell versions that came out, sort of made the game tighter and more punishing, Emberland makes the game a little bit more open and a little bit more friendly.
- And, you know, comes with the same adorable artwork and same, you know, cozy vibe to it, but still with a lot of sort of engine building and strategic decisions.
- So, that is Everdell Emberland.
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