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Game Info
Year
2023
Players
1
Age
14+
Playtime
15 min
Complexity
1.7/5
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Description
A solo card game where players plot a rivers course to create protected valleys for wildlife to thrive and score points by matching animals with scoring conditions.
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Gaming with Edo & Jessica Review at 0:03 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88399 · mention_pk 232937
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Smart design
- Fun play
- Easy to learn
- Challenging for a single player
- Easy to bring along
- Not solvable (replayable)
- Great artwork with personality
Cons
- Can be frustrating if you don't manage space
- Might lead to starting over a bunch
Thematic elements
- Building a river with animals and scoring icons.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card placement — Players place cards to build out a river, with rules about connecting river segments and not going from river to mountain.
- Hand Management — Players work from a hand of three cards and manage incoming cards while building the river.
- Set Collection — Players aim to create regions (islands/valleys) that meet specific animal and scoring icon conditions for points.
- Solo Play — The game is designed to be played against a scoreboard, which the reviewer enjoys.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a button shy game by Steven aramini
- in River Wild what you're going to be doing is building a river
- it's got this interesting um thinky puzzle around trying to get the right icon with the right scoring uh uh value a bright animal with the right scoring icon and but doing it while still growing your your space because if you don't go your space you don't have enough
- for me this one really delivers on a smart design fun play easy to learn uh challenging for a single player and uh you know easy to bring along and not solvable
- this is River Wild
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Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Discussion at 2:56 sentiment: positive
video_pk 87250 · mention_pk 227596
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Small footprint
- easy to carry
Cons
- Limited depth
Thematic elements
- Array
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- there is the wall for September it is button shy month what's your favorite button shy game let me know in the comments
- September it is Button Shy month
- fishing lessons and skulls of sedlick with the solo expansion as well as
- Aqua Rove Kickstarter will deliver
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Tabletop Tokki Discussion at 4:14 sentiment: positive
video_pk 87140 · mention_pk 227193
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- accessible tile-laying with a pleasing aesthetic
- solo variants and expansions add variety
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- nature and habitat scoring with landscape progression
- Tile-laying wilderness landscape building with fauna scoring
- calm, tactile, aesthetically focused
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Set Collection — end-game scoring based on types and counts of animals or features in the landscape
- Tile Placement — players place land tiles to form landscapes and score based on animal pairings and terrain features
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is one of my favorite two-player games
- oh my gosh it is so cool and so inventive
- the components look so yummy
- this rogue agent I believe adds some new characters
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Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 10 List at 2:52 sentiment: negative
video_pk 86176 · mention_pk 222260
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- difficulty determining how to guide the river for a good score
- challenging mechanics to wrap heads around
Thematic elements
- puzzle of guiding river flow to score points
- animal/want-to-save wildlife, river theme
- abstract
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card/board interaction with river path — manipulate elements to route a river for favorable scoring
- expansion integration — optional rules/modules alter scoring or layout
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I love this puzzle of trying to make a path from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain
- Ro is my number one button shy game
- I like trying to figure out which animals can eat which animals to make sure that I have the fewest animals left
- this one jumped up and I think it's going to jump up even more the more I play with the expansions
- I cannot figure out how to get the river to go down to surround the animals to get a decent score
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The Brothers Murph Review at 1:02:21 sentiment: positive
video_pk 85645 · mention_pk 338743
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Strongly Positive
Pros
- Great game
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)
- I will try and solo it before we hang out on Tuesday to record this game is broken and we'll talk about it again.
- I had a mental breakdown because I was just like, I can't I can't get it. I can't figure it out.
- When did we decide to start making um paperbacks way bigger?
- Paperback books are just the size of hard covers now.
- I literally will only I will only actively seek out a place that sells it in the normal paperback size.
- I do. I'm very mean to my books.
- I dogge earring all day.
- I hate reading series that aren't done. It drives me crazy.
- The library in this is true for a lot of libraries around has so much more stuff than you think.
- So free. So free. So incredibly free.
- The Dresden Files has been the bane of my existence cuz it's just been for like a decade plus now.
- I listen to more lecture series than probably anything else on Audible.
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Sir Thecos Playthrough at 0:13 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 85252 · mention_pk 218119
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Elegant game once learned
- Challenging puzzle game
- Decent game
Cons
- Requires a lot of table space
- Difficult to record for a channel
- Can be fiddly
- Host finds it hard to reach high scores
- Least favorite of the day for some players
Thematic elements
- The first snow of the season brings new life to the land and the creatures who inhabit it. The sun beats down on the fallen snow, creating a rushing river that threatens to flood the magical land below. Carve out the most harmonious land possible, plotting the river's course to create space for the local wildlife to thrive.
- realm of wild
Comparison games
- Ancient Realm
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- End game scoring — Points are awarded for various elements at the end of the game, including protected lands (islands), largest protected land, and sets of wildlife.
- Route Building — The core mechanic involves forming a river by playing cards and shaping its course.
- Runestones — These special components can be used adjacent to an island to act as any type of animal, helping to fulfill scoring conditions.
- Set Collection — Players aim to collect sets of wildlife (e.g., frogs, jackaloupes, unicorns, dragons) on islands to score points based on scoring conditions.
- Tile Placement — Players place cards to create a landscape, with rules for connecting land to land and river to river. Mountains can connect to both.
- Variable scoring conditions — Each island has different scoring conditions based on the wildlife present.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's very risky what I'm doing here, but let's just see.
- This game is way more crunchy than I expected it to be. It's really crunchy.
- It looks way cuter than it actually is.
- I know that nowadays it's like kind of stupid to do that because um nowadays it's like all about short form content, all about Tik Tok and all that kind of stuff, right? Um but um so I know that it's not clever for like the growth of my channel to do that, but I don't care, right?
- I want to do what I am having fun with and I also want to do like what you as my community who enjoy like watch my videos, right? what you like to see and I often I always get the feedback that playthroughs are the thing that you enjoy the most.
- If I have to grow smaller in order to the content that we all enjoy, I'll do that.
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Review at 0:07 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 69481 · mention_pk 166005
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Nice little solo puzzle.
- Easy to understand scoring.
- Appeals to a calming color scheme.
- Quick and short design for portability.
- Good for those who like to solve puzzles and maximize scores.
Cons
- Experienced issues with spatial puzzles.
- Fell flat, felt like just placing cards.
- Difficulty in improving scores after the initial tier.
- Did not quite hit for the reviewer.
- Found other Button Shy games more enjoyable.
Thematic elements
- Creating a river cascading down and creating little islands or protected lands in the middle.
Comparison games
- River Wild
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area control/enclosure — Closing off areas to create protected lands.
- card drafting/placement — You are creating these cards and they are going to connect. You are placing cards to create protected lands.
- Set Collection — Scoring points based on creating protected lands, meeting requirements like having a deer and a rabbit.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- River mild is the exact same game just with a mild color palette.
- It's a nice little solo puzzle where you are creating this River kind of cascading down and creating little Islands or protected lands in the middle and scoring points based on that.
- The experience felt kind of it sort of fell flat for me a little bit in that it was just place this card place this card.
- Unsurmountable is one that sort of is in that same space of connecting up those paths doing something kind of similar but that one I love that one's fantastic.
- For me not so much but still River mild love the new color scheme I will say that much.
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Review at 0:14 sentiment: positive
video_pk 67627 · mention_pk 163783
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Zen gameplay despite being a wild game.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- creating protected lands by placing cards along a river system.
- the realm of the wild, where the first snow of the season brings new life to the land and creatures inhabit it.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card placement — Players will be placing cards along the river system in order to create protected lands.
- Set Collection — The game involves evaluating scoring goals based on the required wildlife in surrounding protected lands, which can also include animals from runestones.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Every year in the realm of the wild, the first snow of the season brings new life to the land and the creatures inhabit it.
- Higher top, the tallest beaks, the sun beats down on the fallen snow that creates a rushing river that threatens to flood the magical land below.
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Sir Thecos Playthrough at 1:10:03 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 10809 · mention_pk 31917
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Interesting puzzle element
- Multiple scoring opportunities
- Creative landscape building
Cons
- Challenging to record
- Difficult to score well
- Complex placement rules
Thematic elements
- Creating harmonious landscapes and rivers
- Magical land with wildlife
- Ecological storytelling
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Tile Placement — Create connected landscapes with rivers and wildlife
- tile/card placement — Create connected landscapes with rivers and wildlife
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I want to do what I am having fun with
- It's really unbelievable to me that there are so many people who actually like what I'm doing here
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