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2023
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Description
Get ready for Rubber Paper Scissors, the ultimate 2-player party AND strategy game! Battle it out in "rock (rubber), paper, scissors" duels to seize control of the shop window. Collect items, outwit your opponent, and strategically position your squad members. If strength and luck aren't on your side, flip the situation over to be crowned! Ready for non-stop excitement?
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Meeple University Playthrough at 0:11 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88449 · mention_pk 291378
Click to watch at 0:11 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- quick to play and lightweight
- depth and strategic decision-making for a two-player game
- engaging drafting and blocking decisions
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- back to school / shopping for items to collect
- stationery shop
- cute, light-weight world where hexagonal characters collect items in a stationery shop
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — tokens include glue gun, finger skateboard, tape helmet, crown; different values affect scoring potential
- crown mechanic with hidden tiles and immediate win — three crowns exist; collecting all crowns yields an immediate win; some crown tiles may be unknown until revealed
- noughts and crosses style scoring — three-in-a-row (row/column/diagonal) of your hexagons scores three points
- Rock-Paper-Scissors — to determine who gets first and last pick each round
- rock-paper-scissors for turn order — to determine who gets first and last pick each round
- set collection scoring across item types — five of each item exist; scoring increases based on quantity and which position in a set you reach
- tile drafting from stacks with face-up and face-down options — nine stacks; one face up and one face down; players pick from either; face-down is revealed and then the other player picks
- token types and scoring values — tokens include glue gun, finger skateboard, tape helmet, crown; different values affect scoring potential
- variant tokens and goggles options — plus two-point tokens or multiplier tokens; goggles variant lets you peek at a face-down tile twice per game
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Quotes (from this video)
- there's nine little stacks of these tiles
- you can win the game immediately by collecting all four crowns
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Meeple University Top 10 List at 16:56 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88387 · mention_pk 290463
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Very easy game with a clever hook
- Can force opponents into unwanted picks
- Plays very quickly
- Very portable
Cons
- Terence keeps winning
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — Whoever wins it chooses first then whoever loses it chooses second and whoever wins it is left with or stuck with whatever's third.
- Instant win — There's also an instant win collection that you can do as well if you if you get three crowns then you instantly win.
- rock paper scissors — The rock paper scissors engine.
- Set Collection — You're trying to build up sets of different different collections different icons.
- Three in a Row — You're trying to make three in a rows on the grids.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Welcome to our top games of August 2023
- Please also let us know what is your top game or games in this month
- Inside job was I believe a Gen Con release
- It's the fourth game in the Forbidden series
- This one was definitely a Gen Con released
- Forest Shuffle this was another Gen Con release
- Great Western Trail New Zealand
- Last Light by Royal Kennedy and Gray Fox Games
- Rubber Paper Scissors
- Sweet Mess Pastry Competition
- My most favorite out of the Great Western Trail series ever being made ever ever
- Hopefully you've been doing bread you have a great day great weekend and we'll see you next time bye
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The Dice Tower Top List at 5:47 sentiment: positive
video_pk 80057 · mention_pk 280457
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- surprisingly fun
- silly and easy to play
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- crafts/school supplies
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Rock, Paper, Scissors — Players play rock, paper, scissors, with the winner choosing between tokens or placing their marker.
- Set Collection — There's a bit of set collection for different items and an instant win condition for collecting three golden crowns.
- Tic-Tac-Toe Grid — The game uses a nine-spot tic-tac-toe board for nine rounds.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I think it's truly astonishingly great.
- The rules get out of the way. You're immediately in your opponent's head.
- Brilliant, truly amazing.
- This is the most streamlined version of it where I feel like they they really smoothened out some of the weirder edges.
- Brilliant, absolutely amazing.
- Brilliant, interesting tactical, you know, not combat but like area majority type decisions.
- oh my gosh, this game is incredible.
- It is so simple structurally but it does have a lot of powers.
- It's just incredible how much gameplay you get out of this.
- This is like a more approachable version of Agricola.
- It's actually my preferred game in that whole series of It's one of my favorite Uwe Rosenberg games, actually.
- This is I think Knetia's best two-player two-player game.
- And yeah, this is one of my favorite two-player games of all time, if not my absolute favorite.
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