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Game Info
Year
2015
Players
2-6
Age
14+
Playtime
60 min
Collection
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Description
Avast ye pirates! Gather your crews and set sail for adventure on the high seas in Rum & Bones!
Based on online MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) style games, Rum & Bones has 2-6 players taking control of legendary pirate heroes, each with unique powers and abilities, as their crews fight over Davy Jones' legendary treasure!
Players will each control up to five heroes at any time, moving them across the game board in an attempt to destroy various key features across their opponents ship. Victory is obtained by destroying enough of these features. Your heroes are not alone, however, as your crew also consists of deckhands and bosuns who, while not controlled by the player, will work on a simple AI to wreak havoc on the enemy!
Of course, what would pirates be without plunder? And in Rum & Bones the most sought after treasure are Davy Jones' mythical pieces of eight! Players will amass these powerful coins during gameplay to unleash devastating abilities and attacks from their Heroes, crushing all enemies before them until only they remain!
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 1:09:31 sentiment: positive
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Click to watch at 1:09:31 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Host enjoyed the first edition
- Likes what they're doing with the second edition Kickstarter
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "Marty it's our anniversary month so it's going to take a lot to drag me away from you there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do just move on to the intro you're so unromantic."
- "I don't know whether people like them or not but hey you know we're gonna do a couple of them."
- "I one day i will pay you back for this."
- "A card laid is a card played."
- "Why did you pick round tokens that just floors me I don't understand that."
- "I'm an old man it's a little small on cards people i know i know you got to get it in there yada yada yada whatever but the font was kind of one of those um Ignacio odds they're intense that's what we're gonna call it now yeah the annossy fine big na SI phan which now for from here on that would be known as a small small fun yes."
- "Everybody knows your gay oh dude that was pretty I was nice was that their slogan you just make that up it's actually on his business card dude."
- "I cannot believe that somebody hasn't come out with one of these before now."
- "You need to drop start craft on them one down man just do that just come drop that on the table and say go for it."
- "It's just it's a nagging gnawing type of feeling I have but I'm going to let those that are way smarter than me to tell me whether or not I'm wrong or right after they have a whole bunch of plays in their pros at these euro games."
- "I'm a blind hog and found an acorn and saw it come it just hit me a blind hog finding an acorn yeah that's a common expression blind squirrel is blind hog Google a hog a hug are you serious why would a hog find ok for squirrels find a core is it a hug Hyundai corns too but ok for this show it's a blind squirrel finding an acorn."
- "Anthony was possessed devil you know anyway I try to tie it together and you messed me up but that's okay I'm good with that."
- "That's only one third of a 20-ounce coke in the hotel i'm at right now."
- "It was abysmal dude it was like being releasing a horror flick in the middle of summer which you picked which idea which was an idiot pic but anyway."
- "Our Marty obviously did not pay attention to that very well because he has been sharing it with every other guy and not me."
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The Dice Tower Game Show at 4:35 sentiment: positive
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Click to watch at 4:35 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Theme and art
- Tactical combat
- Varied scenarios
Cons
- Out of print, hard to find
- Rules complexity
Thematic elements
- Piratical warfare and crew management
- Pirate ship combat and naval battles
- Semi-cooperative/competitive skirmish
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Crew management — Managing ships and crew to perform actions
- Dice-based combat — Rolling dice to resolve ship and crew combats
- Mini-Games — Armies of crew and ships controlled by players
- miniatures — Armies of crew and ships controlled by players
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is for Rum and Bones first edition.
- Dark Souls has 122 votes. NUMBER ONE. YOU HAVE DIED.
- I'm going to go with Elden Ring.
- Cuphead, number four.
- The Oregon Trail is not ON THE LIST.
- Pong also rounding out the bottom with nine votes.
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Top List at 2:31 sentiment: positive
video_pk 69715 · mention_pk 166371
Click to watch at 2:31 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Sheer diversity of different characters
- Really well produced game
- Upgrade system that gives you a sense of progression
- One of the best of these mindless cool mini or not Miniatures games
Cons
- Rummaging through all of the Miniatures trying to find the one that matches your character is a bit of a pain
Thematic elements
- Pirate combat
- Pirate
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combat — Head-to-head combat to take control of assets on the opponent's ship.
- Dice Rolling — Players roll dice to determine outcomes.
- Miniatures game — Features a large number of miniatures.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- if your favorite ball game ain't on this list that's because a we ain't played it or B we think is complete and a dog [__]
- The promise of this game is really really simple you either going to be placing a worker on one of the gears or you'll be taking them off
- Yes if you ain't got it you're a [__] idiot
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The Discriminating Gamer Review at 12:57 sentiment: positive
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Click to watch at 12:57 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- engaging pirate/skeleton theme with flavorful mechanics
- clear and strategic dice-based movement and point allocation
- strong thematic flavor and interesting character abilities
Cons
- rulebook described as thick and potentially daunting; learning curve exists
- potential balance questions due to dice randomness and multiple character roles
Thematic elements
- piracy, rum-induced antics, and undead/characters with special abilities
- pirate-themed naval battles with rum and supernatural elements
- flavored with humorous storytelling and thematic flavor
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice allocation — roll four dice and distribute points to move units on the board
- Resource Management — rum pieces affect actions; some characters ignore rum (e.g., skeleton captain) while others are buffed or debuffed
- rum resource mechanic — rum pieces affect actions; some characters ignore rum (e.g., skeleton captain) while others are buffed or debuffed
- turn-based combat on a board — use movement and positioning to control choke points and engage foes
- variable character abilities — characters have unique abilities (e.g., Miss Mags) that affect play
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the cover of this box looks absolutely fantastic
- I absolutely love these
- this game is really all about just choke points
- Miss Mags... the hottest
- you roll four dice
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