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Pioneers

Game ID: GID0245506
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Description

In a game of Pioneers, the players attempt to populate the cities shown on the game board with their pioneers, using coaches to transport them around the map. Each pioneer has a specific profession, and can only be settled in a city where their work is needed.

After all the pioneers riding in a coach have been deployed on the game board, the player controlling the coach earns money and victory points. In addition, the players construct roads between the cities, expanding their own network and earning money from other players who use the roads. At the end of the game, each player will be rewarded with additional victory points based on the number of their pioneers in their largest network of connected roads. The player with the most victory points wins!

Year Published
2017
Transcript Analysis
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Video vR6W2tMdqxc John Gets Games general_discussion at 19:50 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • interesting vibe for some players
  • fits into the heavier range for fans of mid-weight games
Cons
  • not frequently chosen due to overlap with other heavy games
Thematic elements
  • space/colonial style
  • expansionist exploration
  • strategic
Comparison games
  • SeaLand
  • Spectaculum
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Space/resource management — engine/building style with thematic exploration.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • "Point City... looks like this really cool game about pretty tactical about building up a really streamlined engine and just trying to get a bunch of points"
  • "I’ve been fatigued by rolling rights"
  • "the more you pull back or pull me back from being like in instruction mode the faster you’re going to find I end up"
  • "Nostalgia definitely does apply"
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