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2019
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Description
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims. – R. Buckminster Fuller—
What if the future is non-dystopian? No pandemic, zombies, or post-apocalyptic rubble? Imagine instead a future in which humanity explores the fringes of the achievable, in which scientists and technocrats rewrite the human condition by expanding into new spheres — the developing world, the cloud, and space. Win by solving humanitarian problems, demolishing societal and technological barriers, and guiding human progress towards a future of your design.
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Heavy Cardboard Top List at 35:55 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Favorite entry in the Pax series
- Real sense of accomplishment
- Enchanted by the game's offerings
- Cool thematic underpinnings
- Thoughtful design
Cons
- Very complex
- Very strange
- Can be too much initially
- Requires multiple plays to get strategy
Thematic elements
- Humanity breaking free from bonds, Utopian/Dystopian themes
- Future, humanity's progress
- The game presents ideas about humanity's future, possibly satirically or as a straight-faced simulation.
Comparison games
- Pax Pamir
- Pax Renaissance
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- player interaction — Players have levers to impact each other, both positively and negatively.
- Resource Management — Managing resources is key to developing patents.
- Tableau Building — Players develop their own tableau with patents and inventions.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Dez & Seagull is an intriguing concept. It's a deck building game, it's an area control game.
- The Expanse is a deck building game, it's an area control game. It's a very cinematic experience. It's a challenging game.
- Dice Throne is exciting. It plays quickly. It's satisfying.
- Spirit Island is a challenging game. It's very thematic. It has a lot of complexity. It's cooperative. It has deck building and area control.
- Root is a strategic game. It's asymmetrical. It has area control and variable player powers. It's got a charming theme.
- Terraforming Mars is an engine-building game. It's strategic. It's a long game. It has tile placement.
- Gloomhaven is an epic game. It's a campaign game. It's challenging. It's a dungeon crawl. It has card drafting.
- Twilight Imperium is an epic game. It's a very long game. It's a grand strategy game. It has area control, negotiation, and is a 4X game.
- Scythe is beautiful. It's strategic. It's an engine-building game with area control. It has a unique theme.
- Brass: Birmingham is an economic game. It's strategic and deep. It has network building and resource management.
- Ark Nova is a complex game. It's strategic and engaging. It has action selection and set collection.
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Heavy Cardboard Discussion at 2:00:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the colonist and I feel so bad for whoever had to sort that afterwards
- Yakob this is how you should store your games you're never going to play them more than once
- ah World War II war game number 567
- this is Atlantic Chase
- we're going to be getting started late just so you know it's probably going to be 7:30 but um this is this is what I'm streaming here in about an hour and a half realistically cuz uh uh stress btic Odyssey is still set up on the table
- stress btic Odyssey is still set up on the table
- it's going to take me a solid 40 minutes to put up stress spct Odyssey
- this feels like a a worthy game for a giveaway
- this is Weather Machine from VTO lerta
- what's your best piece of corrective criticism what what's something that we could do better here on heavy cardboard
- I'd like to hear that as well that's that's actually a really great idea
- the community is really amazing uh inclusive welcoming Comm Community
- if you are watching this and not a patreon I'll see you tomorrow night for laav otherwise if you're a patreon I'll see you in about 90 minutes
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Board Gaming Ramblings Unboxing at 25:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- really enjoyed it
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Transhumanity
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Trick-Taking — Let's do another trick-taking game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- nobody, including us, need this many games.
- This is Divan. Mhm. I don't know anything about this game. I bought it because it looks beautiful.
- This could have easily been a Reiner Knizia game I feel like.
- And I love a reason to play Lost Ruins of Arnak Lost Ruins of Arnak because I think it's a great game.
- We have to empty our unplayed game shelf from everything that's not 2025 releases and then we'll put it in there and the rest go on the floor until we manage to play them.
- And it's based on the problem called what is called again it's based on the seven bridges of somewhere.
- I feel kind of like bad about bringing a hundred games back home.
- I I usually they go in, they go out. And that's also the thing like if I haven't played a game in a month, I will not remember the rules most of the time.
- The longest line I saw was for coffee. In the morning before the whole office.
- What's more important for you for the channel? Playing the popular ones or the less known niche ones?
- My favorite animal beside the monkey which is my favorite animal. The capybara.
- We are basically very lucky because we share a lot of hobbies.
- The building thing Ah, it was too much building. I didn't like that too much.
- It's been super fun. It's so many people. It's been so long since we did a live.
- Thank you so much for watching. Like it. We wouldn't have done this if it wasn't for you.
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Quackalope Discussion at 14:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- part of a three-pack of Pax expansions
- highly anticipated by the narrator's circle
Cons
- expansion complexity may be daunting to newcomers
Thematic elements
- pax series / historical reconstructions
Comparison games
- Pax Pamir
- Pax Premier
- Root
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- historical simulation / negotiation — focus on historical factions with strategic depth
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- you are a pepper farmer
- this is eclipse this is a four second dawn for the galaxy 4e game that i have actually played
- i'm teaching alex this
- i'm so excited that i now know how to play this game
- it's a tile laying game where you're laying out a map
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