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Year
2020
Players
2-5
Age
12+
Playtime
45 min
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Description
In Rajas of the Ganges: The Dice Charmers, players use eight symbol dice to develop their province, gather goods, and sell them at the market; win over influential personalities in the palace; and sail up and down the Ganges River.
As in the original game, you win this race for wealth and fame if you are the first to have your fame marker and your money marker intersect on the two tracks running in opposite directions.
—description from the publisher
Rajas of the Ganges Family
(2 games)
Part of the Rajas of the Ganges family — see Rajas of the Ganges for the combined view.
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Getting Games Discussion at 31:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- familiar core concept in a tighter 30-45 minute package
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- dice as resources with drafting and writing progression
- Roll-and-write variant of Rajas of the Ganges
Comparison games
- Rajas of the Ganges
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice-based drafting — dice used as the main resources; planning actions over rounds
- roll-and-write — dice-based resource management with a writing component
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 39:51:20 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 84835 · mention_pk 216251
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Thematically consistent with the original game.
- Sharp and engaging gameplay.
- Fast, fun, and satisfying to play.
Cons
- Extremely cutthroat and involves significant hate drafting.
- Goals are open information, leading to targeted disruption.
- Not suitable for players who dislike direct negative interaction.
Thematic elements
- Capturing the feel of the original game in a tighter package.
- India
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Drafting — Players draft cards that represent dice, revealing their values only after being taken.
- hate drafting — Players can deliberately take cards that opponents need, even if not beneficial to themselves, to hinder them.
- Set Collection — Collecting sets of three matching cards (representing dice) to cash in for bonuses and points.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It make me to have a lot of fun because when I'm playing the board game, I always laugh.
- I'm learning something because when we are playing board game, we used to speak in English.
- whenever I learn a board game and not only learning some other times I get time to teach the board games to other people. I feel that I achieve a lot in my life.
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The Brothers Murph Analysis at 19:03
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is my worst pick. This is actually the pick my lowest pick on this whole list.
- I feel like this one's going to be pretty good.
- That dropping down to your eighth pick is wild.
- Oh my god, that's not good.
- Again, that is what I expected. That is your lowest pick of your draft.
- For a nine pick, that's a gift.
- That's a solid score for a nine.
- Wow, that's low for your nine.
- That's a really great Your nine and 10 were really solid.
- For a total of 54,000.
- Helge, if you're watching this, you screwed me over, damn it.
- Multiple in the top 100, yeah.
- It came down to three.
- The worst designer? Yeah, who's got the worst bottom seven?
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Meeple University Rules Teach
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none
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none
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is Rogers for the Ganges: The Dice Game
- it's a bit of a filler game in a way
- it's so easy to play if you want to have that feeling just do the roll and ride not the whole board game and that's what i think
- it's a very gentle dice draft
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Jenna's Cozy Corner Discussion at 16:49 sentiment: positive
video_pk 36959 · mention_pk 161573
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Accessible variant for fans of the base game
- Compact and portable
Cons
- May have less depth than the original game for some players
Thematic elements
- Roll-and-write style dice drafting with cross-track competition
- The Ganges river region with dice-driven progress
Comparison games
- Rajas of the Ganges (base game)
- Arc Nova
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Drafting — Draft dice to advance tracks and cross thresholds toward end-game triggers.
- Flip/Roll and Write — Roll dice and record results on your personal track sheets.
- roll-and-write — Roll dice and record results on your personal track sheets.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I actually really enjoyed Moonrakers.
- I did not enjoy Steam Up very much.
- I really really enjoyed Haven.
- Dale of merchants has been on the Shelf of opportunity for a while.
- Dwellings of Elder Vale I freaking love.
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 5:12 sentiment: positive
video_pk 11314 · mention_pk 33247
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Smooth, highly replayable for a two-player title
- Considered among the better two-player dice games
Cons
- Dice luck can dominate in tight plays
Thematic elements
- Dice drafting and route-building in a two-player dynamic
- Indo-Ganges river civilization
- Accessible, score-focused with dice luck
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Drafting — rolling and drafting dice to build routes and score
- set collection/route scoring — collect patterns for points across a board
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Quotes (from this video)
- mandala still utterly fantastic
- one of the best two player games i've made
- it's so so good and repeated plays are not changing that at all
- my god is this game fantastic even better than i remembered it
- it's got that real novelty factor and that physicality to a party game that does make people remember it
- the scoring does feel a bit too tight
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The Dice Tower Review at 1:54 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
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none
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Comparison games
- Rajas of the Ganges
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — Dice charming game related to Rajas of the Ganges
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Quotes (from this video)
- man, I I I love this game
- I don't know what happened here. This game has been universally scorned
- It's a fantastic experiment from Freriedman Freeze, but I don't want to buy a game where a lot of the games aren't that great
- robots versus ducks. You know, the never-ending war
- This is fantastic a game, but I think it's fundamentally broken
- I really want to like this game
- One of the creepiest covers of all time. The animals are staring into your soul
- definitely for me one of the best of the Uve Rosenberg tile laying games
- I hate. I really do hate this game
- It's a really funny little game
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