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Game Info
Year
2016
Players
2-12
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
Complexity
1.5/5
Collection
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Description
Players assume roles as nobles at a banquet competing to eliminate opponents through poisoning while surviving themselves using wine poison and antidote tokens.
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Actualol Top List at 15:47 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Party game with spectacle
- Plastic goblets and theme elevate the game
- Interesting mechanisms
- Public information on targets
Cons
- Mechanism needs to be cool to succeed
Thematic elements
- Poisoning at a banquet
- Medieval banquet
Comparison games
- Cash and Guns
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bluffing — put in Poison put in antidotes
- Hidden role — you have a Target that you're trying to kill
- Party Game — this is a party game
- Set Collection — you can do things like swap around cups
- Social Deduction — the public there's actually public information as to who wants to kill who
- Variable player powers — you can also raise a toast
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm John perkus today I'm doing a vlog about my top 20 most anticipated games coming out at essenfeld
- if you are coming to Essen and you'd like to hang out then check out the other video I've posted for more details
- I find from the descriptions in the essm preview on Board Game Geek that the party games are the easiest to understand they're the easiest to read and go oh okay I think I would like that game I find it a lot harder to read the slightly dull description of a Euro game and understand whether it's going to be enjoyable to me
- if London dreg can combine that kind of pressure on decisions uh also with some great horror theme I Lov that it's set in London because that's where I'm set and uh uh I'm always looking for a game to play at Halloween then I think London dread is going to be a game for me
- if this is just pandemic with a bit more of a theme and great artwork then I'm on board
- I really love a party game that tries to bring a sense of spectacle
- it's a bit complicated to explain but I think it's going to be really interesting to play
- to me living in London playing a game where you get to live in a home and have whatever you want in that home is is Fantastical as playing a game with dragons in it
- Those are my top 20 most anticipated games coming out Essen Spiel 2016
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Getting Games Top 25 List at 9:41 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- asymmetric player powers were enjoyable
Cons
- chaotic; feel of zero control
- too random and overly public; difficult to remember what went where
Thematic elements
- poisoning and wine; be the least poisoned
- party drinking game
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric powers — each player has a card granting a rule-breaking ability
- bead-placement in cups — drop antidote beads, poison beads, and wine beads into cups
- End-game scoring — win by having the most wine and least poison
- public interaction — cards interact with other players; can steal or affect cups
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- the rules were really not good there were a couple questions we had where we like passed the rule book around twice trying to figure out some really basic questions
- it's a chaotic game I felt zero control while I was playing it
- I would teach and play it again
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Video 4w2MlnVCP18
Actualol Review at 10:03 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- inventive components (goblets and poison tokens) create a memorable setup
- thematic novelty can wow new players
Cons
- too chaotic and memory-heavy for many groups
- felt frustrating and overbearing to the reviewer
Thematic elements
- betrayal and social maneuvering during a toast
- medieval banquet with wine, poison, and intrigue
- theatrical guessing with hidden information
Comparison games
- Cockroach Poker
- Wink
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Betting and Bluffing — Players bluff about poisons and antidotes to outlast opponents.
- Bluffing and deduction — Players bluff about poisons and antidotes to outlast opponents.
- public target and voting outcomes — Publicly known targets influence decisions and risk.
- secret tokens and cup manipulation — Players secretly place tokens into cups, rotate cups, or swap cups to affect outcomes.
- Voting — Publicly known targets influence decisions and risk.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a lovely slice of bluff and Double Bluff
- the presidency can switch hand many times as players try to get the best deal for themselves
- how much corruption can you get away with
- it's very easy to get into it, plays in about 30 minutes and yet has an incredible depth of strategy
- Pantheon is a solid expansion; it adds a few extra elements without overcomplicating things
- the gods are powerful, copying symbols or boosting science can create big moments
- Checkpoint Charlie works well for what it is a simple speed deduction game
- there's so much going on in this game that it's very hard to pull off thought out moves
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