How many players can play Sagrada?

Sagrada supports 1 to 4 players.

How long does a game of Sagrada take?

A typical game of Sagrada takes approximately 30 minutes.

What are the best video reviews of Sagrada?

MindForge has curated 122 video reviews of Sagrada from top board game content creators.

What type of game is Sagrada?

Sagrada features mechanics including Compound Scoring, Dice Drafting, Dice Placement, Hidden Victory Points, Pattern Building.

Sagrada - Board Game

Video Z7laxJni19w Rolling Dice & Taking Names News at 37:30 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Voted third place in the 'All Y'all Award'

Cons

Hosts have not played it

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

Azul

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

abstract game — Two and three are kind of the same as you know they're there's some quick like abstract games you can play.

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Looks like a beast on the table but when you hear it's like it's an engine building game you like I could play an engine building game
We sat down to play that game hole holy cow we were literally passing a hat Vil around the table for how much thinking you had to put into that game that surprised me
this game London when we first saw it at Gen Con when Oscar green said hey guys scream hey come take a look at this
the cover of the game box and how plain it is but mm-hmm it really some reason fits this game it just looks nice the cover looks elegant and the art is really good and then you actually get into the game and you find this really elegant cool little card game
engineers it was really cool cuz it's kind of math because you had to like the little algebraic problems you have to solve but it's such a great thing of a dice manipulation game plus the area control game plus a set collection game all merged into one that's one of those I really got to the table a lot in 2017
and Tony this was actually one of the early games in 2017 that really grabbed us one of those that didn't look that great on the table but then you start playing in and it's one of those that we just played over and over and over again and just just really enjoyed it
that rule about when that third dragon comes out yes everything stops correct I kept saying it and kept saying it and reminding people boy we had a flip the table moment when that occurred
oh die another seaman without miniatures look at that
two seam on one two squirrely Awards and neither games had merci ya don't have to put miniatures in the game to make it go no you don't lure in DOS so good
it's what I call the reverse work replacement where you're taking stuff off the board and putting it on your board in order to activate things I just thought was a really unique mechanic
and again tony is one of those shockers for us at the beginning year I had never heard of gentes and we got an early copy and try to try it out and it blew us away

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Video cPu7j2208SM Rolling Dice & Taking Names Analysis at 1:27 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

only a couple years old, still selling well
may achieve evergreen status

Cons

none

Thematic elements

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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my name is Marty these are my musings
I love looking at empirical cells data whether it be for movies or comic books or albums it doesn't matter I like seeing what the top sellers are
those four games have been around for quite a while which goes to show that either one people in this hobby are still buying those games or hopefully hopefully people are coming into the hobby and those are those gateway games that everybody recommends for people to check out
evergreen as' I just made that term up
it doesn't matter how often they refresh that game it's always a fantastic seller thing is though I bet it drops out of the top ten in the next quarter
so to have this game that is a hundred bucks still continue to sell well quarter after quarter year after year is just a testament to how popular that game is
exploding kicking kicking exploding chickens now that would be funny
now when I first saw Dominion on this list I thought wait a minute that should be a board game but I guess when you really think about it it's nothing but cards 100% card game
I love Arkham Horror LCG I have been into LCG games since they first came out
with Arkham Horror LCG every time I play that game I am totally sucked into the story
sweet sweet game if you have not tried it I highly recommend checking it out
Seven Wonders is considered a card game come on it's got player boards it's got a lot of different tokens I think personally that should belong in the board game category and not the cards and dice Hey but maybe I'm wrong
Games Workshop is killing it right now
Dungeons & Dragons since the release of the fifth edition has just skyrocketed in popularity it has taken over everything
it's yugioh TCG key Forge and Dragon Ball super
it's really cool to see ki Forge up in there
While it's not a CCG in the sense of you buy blind booster packs you don't know what's gonna be in there instead you're buying a blind deck and not sure what's gonna be in there I guess it still has a collectible aspect to it
since that game just came out also fourth quarter of last year it was hot it was hard to find
you were you surprised by any on this list or did you think there would be someone this list that weren't on there
smash that like button and flip that subscribe button

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Video wCabA4_K5ME Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 22:03 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Played again with six players.
Everyone remembered the rules.
The host was very happy with that.
It was a good game.

Cons

It dragged a little with six players.
Donna had an issue with one of her dice placements.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — Players draft dice to place on their player boards.
Pattern Building — Players must follow placement rules based on color and value.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

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it's like, falling into a warm comfortable bed. It's just all nice and cozy and you know what to expect
I enjoy train games don't know why but I enjoy a train game
for an old-school euro game I really enjoyed this too it didn't have a lot of flash or dazzle or anything unique it's an older game reprinted
the person who wants to be first has to pay full price person who wants to be second it's got to pay full price then the next people have to pay half price and the last person doesn't underpass it's that half-price and zero price
if you don't have enough money to pay your expenses you're in a world of hurt
there's not a lot of flash to it mm-hmm solid mechanics solid concepts concepts that I enjoy
theme doesn't draw me in but theme turns me off maybe we are sitting there looking at what's flashy too
portability I can't argue with that that is the selling point of that console right now
Oh okay I should not have dismissed this game strictly on theme because it's a solid no little euro game

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Video 3dzhP7Ol_WY Getting Games Playthrough at 22:04 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Clear explanation of how drafting and placement work
Demonstrates endgame scoring and tool usage

Cons

Some mis-spellings or unclear tool names in transcript but that's just the video

Thematic elements

color dice drafting with patterns and objectives
stained glass window design
commentary-driven playthrough

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — draft dice from central pool and place on a window grid with color and value restrictions
Pattern Building — choose a window pattern with shaded spots and placement rules
pattern drafting with individual window patterns — choose a window pattern with shaded spots and placement rules
perimeter placement rule — first die must go on a perimeter spot
placement restrictions — no two same color orthogonally adjacent; no two same pip value orthogonally adjacent
player tools / favor tokens — tools that modify dice value or swap dice, activated by favor tokens with increasing costs
private objectives — points based on color-specific totals in your window
public objectives — points awarded for specific patterns like diagonals, pairs of 1s and 2s, and color-free columns
round tracker — round-based scoring and end-of-game scoring
snake/draft order — draft order cycles in a snake pattern
tools names — Grossing pliers, Egom Brush, Lens Cutter (various effects)
Turn Order: Draft — draft order cycles in a snake pattern

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Quotes (from this video)

completes a full game of Sagrada
we'll be playing for the perspective of the purple player
the first die that we put down must go into one of the perimeter spots
not have any dup colors within a column

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none

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none

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if you donated during our seventh season fundraiser for watch it played then a survey has been sent out to you assuming you donated more than fifteen dollars I need to get some shipping information and some other details potentially based on your pledge
if you wouldn't mind pause this video if you donate it go check your inbox make sure you've got the survey and fill it out and again before you contact me just double check all the other places that the survey could be junk folders promotion folders and so on
if you missed our fundraiser we'd like to support the show still or maybe you're just looking for a really cool gaming accessory then I want to point you over to our friends at Dawg mic games we're currently running a Kickstarter for their newest line of custom made diced our dice storage combination products
this is a game back in 1995 when it first came out then I sucked a bunch of my friends into playing with me we all had our own gangs it's kind of a a gang style skirmish level miniatures game system with a full campaign and we played months and months this campaign and so the game is near and dear to my heart
well pack some plug which is occurring in November 2017 the current month of this recording is a convention focused very much on tabletop games first and I'm going to be attending that and helping them run a few sessions in there learn and play a room
oh my oh wow this this is pretty cool this is pretty cool check this out this is like a movie style poster from mansions of madness Avantika madness the show that we first launched the channel width was mansions of madness first edition and of course we've recently covered the second edition it's not that is awesome that is really really cool Fantasy Flight Games presents mansions of madness that lists here the names of the designers people who worked on the game itself that is Wow Wow that is fantastic I have a find somewhere down here to hang this up this is definitely going in the watcher plate studios thank you so much
oh look at this one this is uh can you recognize it it's Santorini you see it recognizes the Billy if you plate Santorini before then these pieces will stand out to you it's kind of like a young a minimalist design style when you say for these games
this is terraforming Mars so you see that we got the plant Mars there and this little tree growing out of it because it's being terraformed that is fantastic and I love the different sizes this is really really cool Frick's games and stronghold games presents terraforming Mars that is really cool very clever very creative
here's exactly what comes in the package you have 12 grain brick iron coal wood and pumpkin resources exactly as many as you need for the game of charter stone now obviously this is a luxury upgrade this is not something that you need in order to be able to play the game but they really are high quality detailed well-made components and I do think they enhance the experience
if you donated during our seventh season fundraiser for watch it played at the $15 or higher level you're automatically entered into this contest there's nothing more that you have to do but don't worry you never have to donate during our fundraisers to enter our contests all you have to do is go to the link in the description of this video that will take you to the contest enter your email address in there so if you win I have a way of contacting you and also put in the code word the code word is top-shelf gamer without any spaces all one word top-shelf gamer

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Video SQkQVgZvqnI Watch It Played Promotion at 0:38 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Watch It Played promo recognition for Sakurada

Cons

none

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none

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Mechanics unknown.

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this is the watch it played promo for Sakurada
this set could quite literally last a lifetime several lifetimes I would think it could be heirloom passed down through generations
none of the pieces you see in this video use stickers this is a heat transfer system that fuses the image to the plastic
the box is finally empty and you can find everything I showed you here
11 time tokens to replace the ones in the game and includes the two blue ones that are used for the easy mode
you dec build but you actually customized the cards themselves as you play
Relax play games
any purchase you make after that point will help the channel here

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Video SQkQVgZvqnI Watch It Played Promotion at 0:51 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Promotes learning Sagrada

Cons

none

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Comparison games

none

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Mechanics unknown.

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this is the watch it played promo for Sakurada
this set could quite literally last a lifetime several lifetimes I would think it could be heirloom passed down through generations
none of the pieces you see in this video use stickers this is a heat transfer system that fuses the image to the plastic
the box is finally empty and you can find everything I showed you here
11 time tokens to replace the ones in the game and includes the two blue ones that are used for the easy mode
you dec build but you actually customized the cards themselves as you play
Relax play games
any purchase you make after that point will help the channel here

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Video 2JchuN96jB4 3 Minute Board Games Rules Teach at 0:08 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

It's a puzzle game for people who love spatial puzzles.
The rising tension of limited placement options as the game progresses.
The triumph of achieving goals.
Tool cards offer different manipulation options.
It is a pretty looking game with nice shiny dice.
The satisfaction of completing a high-scoring window.

Cons

If you don't like the core gameplay of drafting and placement, the changes won't make the game work for you.
Limited interaction.

Thematic elements

artisans attempting to make stained glass windows

Comparison games

Roll Player
Noctiluca

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Placement — Players place dice on their window board with restrictions on color and number adjacency, and specific squares may require matching numbers or colors.
Drafting — There is a central pool of dice that players alternate selecting from, and each turn revolves around the dice draft.
Set Collection — Points are scored by completing public goals and an individual private goal, which involves the total value of one color.
solo mode — The game has a solo mode available.
Variable player powers — Tool cards are used to manipulate dice placement or other game aspects.

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Quotes (from this video)

Sagrada is all about the shiny bright dice.
Sagrada is a puzzle game for people who love spatial puzzles.
the rising tension of having your available placement options get more and more limited as the game goes on
the triumph of getting a row exactly right to match a goal
and well it's simply a pretty looking game those shiny dice are really nice
the best thing about this game is when it all works well and you have a wonderful looking high scoring completed window
however, despite the myriad of tools, tiles and goals in the game if you don't like the core gameplay of drafting and placement
there's also limited interaction.

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Video UlSNl9x0OqY Watch It Played Discussion at 9:28 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Sounds good for a legacy version where the game evolves and changes as you play from game to game.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

Sagrada

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

legacy — the game evolves and changes as you play from game to game

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space the final frontier other than like our minds but no one wants to go in there because that would be terrifying
terraforming mars ares expedition where we again return to mars to give it a good old once over making it fit for human life but this time only using cards
you'd be forgiven for thinking that mars was well and truly terraformed but hey gloomhaven looked pretty finished until they released jaws the lion
if you find a mysterious board game possibly magical don't play it
bigfoot is real i fundamentally believe that
i do love modules in games like first class and taverns of teeth and phone and while this is probably going to be different to those something about having various modules to pit against each other that just sounds cool
i prefer to
is sagrada legacy yep that's pretty much all we know so far about that one but i do love sagrada so a legacy version where the game evolves and changes as you play from game to game sounds good no idea how it will work but i'm very interested
red raven have announced now or never the next game in the raven verse which is what i call it and almost no one else does but it follows near and far above and below and one north hollywood branch of in and out now or never has you and up to three of your friends though i prefer to play with my enemies competing to best rebuild your ancestral village and guide the rest of the villagers on their way home and although the creatures of the meteorite yep apparently there's a meter right now have lost much of their strength many of them remain and you must fight them off to protect traveling villagers now never is a competitive strategy game that has you choose one of four asymmetrical characters to play and you'll be rebuilding your village so that the returning villagers have a place to live and you interact with the other players by hiring their specialists to perform special actions they'll also have to combat dangerous creatures to rescue villagers or while you explore a fancy landscape filled with bizarre places technologies people and meteorites for heaven's sake watch out for meteorites and it includes two modes of play standard and story when playing in story mode you read from a storybook when you explore making choices and learning more about the characters and the world

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Video sz7jmWSp74g kovray Top 10 List at 0:43

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none

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none

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none

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positive

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none

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none

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none

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tomorrow matthew and i are going to live stream sagrada the physical copy of it actually playing that together
they introduced me to like catan
Castell is a big one I like
Gentes Cinque Terre which is hard to get
Ticket to Ride is constantly up there
For Sale... prior to 2000. that's a game I still love today
Resistance and still play it loads
Blood on the Clocktower
Don't mess with Cthulhu it's another great
Deception Murder in Hong Kong is a big favorite
the concept's fantastic the idea that you just buy a pack and you're good to go and there's nothing to build now
this is going to disrupt the entire system
I love teaching that to people

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Video EKT6Zkdpvp8 3 Minute Board Games Other at 1:45:35 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Engaging puzzle-like gameplay
Rising tension as placement options become limited
Satisfying moments of fulfilling placement requirements
Pretty appearance with shiny dice
Tools and tiles offer different manipulation options

Cons

Limited interaction, cannot directly harm opponents
Core gameplay of drafting and placement may not appeal to all
Limited player interaction to hinder opponents

Thematic elements

Creating stained glass windows
Artisan workshop
Players are artisans competing to create the most wondrous stained glass window.

Comparison games

Role Player
Noctiluca

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Placement — The first die you place must be on an edge but from here there are restrictions on where you can place a dye.
Drafting — There are a central pool of dice that players alternate selecting from.
Pattern Building — The same color or number cannot be placed above or beside.
Resource Management — we pay one tool token to use the card and change a three to a four.
Set Collection — Points are scored by completing public goals as well as your individual private goal.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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Video MdCx7m_dLy8 Brains On Games Top 10 List at 2:13 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

beautiful art and approachable entry into more Euro-like design
tight rules with accessible teaching
strong design influence on later titles

Cons

can be punishing for players who dislike dice randomness
some patterns can feel repetitive after multiple sessions

Thematic elements

building stained glass windows for a cathedral
abstract cathedral window design through stained glass
abstract tile/dice drafting with spatial layout

Comparison games

Lanterns Harvest Festival
Blueprints
Chai

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — players draft dice to place on their windows, selecting colors and values for patterns
Dice Placement — dice must be placed on window patterns following color/value constraints
Set Collection — players aim to complete specific window patterns to score

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Walled City is criminally underrepresented in the gaming sphere.
It's a real gem, it's a nice small box.
Lanterns Harvest Festival is a standout for its tile-laying and color-mantling mechanisms.
If you like real-time games, Jab Real-Time Boxing is the best of the best.
Star Trek Alliance Dominion War Campaign is by far my personal favorite campaign-style game.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

puzzle itself is very similar (digital vs physical)

Cons

digital play doesn't feel like playing against a real person
digital play against AI feels slightly different

Thematic elements

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none

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do miniatures really enhance the board game experience
chess is a culture untowards itself
flgs mean
well very simply flgs stands for friendly local game store
if that person does not want to play any ball games don't force them
all your games are more complicated than you think they are
tailor that experience to that person is my suggestion

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Beautiful components and visuals
Accessible at a 20-minute playtime

Cons

none

Thematic elements

artistic pattern-building
stained glass window construction
elegant and tactile

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — draft translucent dice to place on a window grid
Pattern Building — place dice with color/number restrictions, adjacent color conflicts
pattern building / constraints — place dice with color/number restrictions, adjacent color conflicts

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it's so simple it's so slick our four-year-old can play it
this is crazy chaotic fun
this is a hilarious dexterity game
it's the most advanced but at the same time the rules themselves are easy
you can level it to your child
it's engaging for literally all ages
it's a game that can be played for players age like 4 to 99
love it it is a great one

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

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none

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none

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Sagrada

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This is our combined list there's going to be less than 20.
The excitement just cannot be measured.
I'm going to stop saying we're super excited because we are so excited.
It really fills that void of really crunchy brain energy.
I can't wait to play it. It's the characters though because it's just so cute.
The fact that you can select a character and play it in Title Blades one and then potentially have it in Title Blades two and then you just watch your character grow you really get you really get an appreciation for the universe and then also a love for wanting to know more.
For those anybody who's had roommates before like I'm sure we've explored just any like general like living situation cohabitating parents anything I think everyone can relate to this game.
It is coming, it is coming.
So the kickstarter occurred last year hopefully it will arrive this year but it looks like a gorgeous game.
I think just like what I'll say about it is the really the thing I really appreciate about it so far is that it stays in the same realm as Cascadia Calico but it is different enough that I will a hundred percent be playing this probably just as much as I play Calico in Cascadia.
Holy moly dim sum beautiful game.
The trilogy's gonna be fantastic I feel like I'm so excited for just Garfield in general because I feel like they're getting better and better every game they come out with is just like the innovative super neat super beautiful so many things to love about it.
We have a goal to reach we need to play games game games games.
Ryan Lockett is just genius when it comes to the board and he does he doesn't know everything he does it all.
The vegetables are scrum-diddly-umptious.
There's nothing much more I can say.
So much I feel like we should someone should tell us how many times we said excitement to this video.
It's clear that we're very excited about it.
Overall are just getting better production value like unique mechanisms morally draw you more in.
It's going to be so difficult to pick make lists and pick what we're excited for.
Hype us up because we're excited even more.

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positive

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none

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none

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the best game in your collection is bears versus babies
we prioritize patrons
you gotta flip the box upside down or the other way around
top shelf villain
this is a really nice little hobby zone kind of thing

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positive

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none

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the best game in your collection is bears versus babies
we prioritize patrons
you gotta flip the box upside down or the other way around
top shelf villain
this is a really nice little hobby zone kind of thing

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hello everybody my name is ilya and my name is tyler together we make up coverage a couple that loves to play board games and we also love pokemon
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how do you win the giveaway well stay tuned because we in the spirit of pokemon we thought we'd do a fun challenge with this video
i have no idea what's going on
we're gonna dive into that and keep an eye out for a code word because that is how you're going to be entered to give away
this is the easy one is it a snail
that's six points right off the bat tyler's off to a strong start everybody
it's not toast but it's the mouse from root
okay do you know what yeah it's from decorum yes it's the house from decorum
i hope you get this one i think he will i believe in you
oh they're tiles oh my goodness
it's a doozy everybody i actually think the problem here is that once i get stuck on a game it's hard for me to get out of get up or maybe don't get out of it who knows
here's the component ah ship shape yeah
i am doing progressively worse
well it is supposed to increase with difficulties though so well this is an elephant
uh hippogriff lion thing this one could be tricky a lion with wings sitting on a statue it's a sphinx sphinx
i like this challenge i don't think i like this challenge
my brain doesn't think in 3d when it's looking in a 2d image
final answer i don't have an answer at all
oh uh for forbidden something is one of the is it one of the forbiddens it has to be like forbidden island final answer yes you are correct it is forbidden island one of the idols you have yeah exactly
a snail is it a snail it's a snail
did you rotate them at all or anything or is that just that is the proper orientation
oh geez a calico cat it is a calico cat yeah
oh it's the sagrada board yeah easy i thought this would be a bit more challenging
what why did you take it at this angle that's the proper angle why couldn't you take it head-on it looks like almost an egyptian thing
besides ankh i love this challenge what egyptian themed game might we have
oh gosh a tiny town's hammer final answer uh has to be final answer that is incorrect no it's the hammer from the happy game
you got the one point good job that was the trick i knew you would say the tiny towns
oh no oh no
thread thread so throw in that thread in the comments down below in order to be able to entry to win
a game within a game about games i think maybe it's because there's a little like fingerprint on your computer screen right now but it looks like it's a frog
way to drag me tyler dragging you like but it kind of it looks like there's a it's a frog and this eyeball is there so like now i have to get my brain out of that get out of there get out of there
oh geez it's from um parks yeah yeah and what is a hiker it is one of the programs yes meeples i guess
an egg a rice ball what the heck
it's the box okay um it's um oh gosh um the artichoke game
it is correct it is called abandon all artichokes you get 1.5 points for that one because you didn't get the name yeah i couldn't remember i knew it was artichokes
and that is our code word everybody thread thread so throw in that thread in the comments down below in order to be able to entry to win
point salad evie version exactly
and they don't sell this in north america so if you could win one of the few copies in north america that got imported that's actually a good disclaimer because the game is in um korean korean yeah
so it won't there's it's fairly language independent but there's a few cards that do have and you can easily just translate over with your phone and it's pretty easy to get the grasp but it plays identically i want to say to points out
i want to say law students of arnak well that's not the game
yeah so in order to enter our giveaway to win a copy of evie points out
if you enjoyed this type of video let us know because we're always happy to do the challenges and do something fun and to shake things up
and if you're new to our channel make sure you hit that thumbs up button hit that subscribe button and join us in the comments where we talk about board games because we love love love chatting about them

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Overall sentiment (raw)

neutral

Pros

none

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)

it's not about like being the best
there are somewhere between 100 and 150 games nowadays it's nine days of gaming
the thing that's really cool about WBC is that it is very much couched in this tournament structure

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Video Mtnbz-xU_ok Meeple Mountain Review at 0:11 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Colorful and visually appealing components
Quick playtime (under 30 minutes)
Engaging strategic choices
Good for family game nights
Lovely components that enhance the theme

Cons

Negative points for empty spaces on the player board.

Thematic elements

Being an artist creating arrangements of colorful umbrellas and street art for the city streets.
Aguada, a city in Portugal

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Pattern Building — Players create patterns with umbrella tiles on their boards to unlock murals and score points.
Resource Management — Players manage coins, which are needed to take certain umbrella tiles.
Set Collection — Players aim to match umbrella colors to tourist tiles for scoring.
Tile Placement — Players place umbrella tiles on their player boards.
Worker Placement — The game involves placing workers (tourists) to score points.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

the game feels like these choices ramp up as the game goes on because near the end sometimes you have those choices that are very hard to make and you really are making the choice of where you want to score your points at
and for those reasons this game is a really great game and it includes some tough choices but then it plays under 30 minutes I mean that's a dream come true for a lot of people
the components are absolutely lovely these tiles are not just normal tiles but they make it so it actually feels like umbrellas are filling up the streets with a lifted appearance uh you know with the Dome shape the colors are nice and bright

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Video 9OUp2mXZLRY kovray Top 10 List at 18:13 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Beautiful game
Nice tactile elements
Nice table presence
Good game

Cons

Can be punishing (negative points)

Thematic elements

Crafting stained glass windows

Comparison games

Azul
Azul Summer Pavilion
Queen's Garden

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — Drafting dice from a common pool.
Dice Placement — Placing drafted dice onto a personal player board with restrictions on adjacent dice based on color and value.
Set Collection — Collecting sets of dice values or colors for scoring.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Gateway Games well for those of you who do not know Gateway games are essentially games that are easy to uh kind of introduce you into the hobby get you involved a little bit more they're not too overly complicated and they're a lot of fun
essentially the game that you put on the table and you see somebody's eyes just Firework and all of a sudden they have a collection of 58 board games a month later
so it's a very quick game you can play it like slower if you want to but there's no need to you can choose the time and you place it and then place other tiles and you can all so place them on top of each other which is nice building it
I feel like not a lot of games you can rearrange like you always rearrange your hand and I am the chaotic person that never rearranges my cards so like if they can go like together everyone's like give us a moment we gotta make sure all of our twos and all the things go together in other games not Scouts and I'm just like nope this is my hand so this game is perfect for me
essentially what's really fun about this game is as the game progresses you're always doing something on your turn even when it's not your turn
it's very very satisfying with the marbles clicking together
it's a lot of fun to just grab the tiles that maybe the other players need or that you really need to make sure you're getting the right ones to score yourself the right points
that tight little finish at the end where you don't know if somebody's gonna end the game because they've made a horizontal line
the quick start guide is something that I'd love to see in more games because this game essentially has a two-page document that walks you through your first feature
this is a Cooperative real-time game
it's cozy yet delightfully crunchy in a way as well
it's so hard and my brain wants to do all the puzzles at the same time
for us I think I'm speaking for both of us when I say like it's just to luck based like getting those files that you want
I swear there was one game where we rolled 11 four times in a row like consecutively and everyone was just losing their mind and I was sitting there just raking in the points and it was amazing and I was just mad
but it can be a mean game
the quick start guide yes I want to see more of this in games
this is a breath of fresh air
it is cozy yet delightfully crunchy in a way as well
this game burns my brain so very very much

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Video 2VsnhsQhGsI Tabletop Tolson Review at 0:02 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

strong legacy-story integration with tangible progression
high-quality components and packaging
introduces fresh twists to the Sagrada core experience

Cons

campaign setup can be heavy for new players
balancing and pacing may vary as the campaign unfolds

Thematic elements

window crafting with journal, boosters, and evolving rules
Legacy-style progression in a glass-workshop
Array

Comparison games

Sagrada

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I love the colors in this game
I am thrilled to get started
it's beautiful, I love the components
I am playing this tomorrow night and it's going to be my very first time playing
the window booster packs are so cool

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Video 2VsnhsQhGsI Tabletop Tolson Review at 0:11 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

beautiful components and color palettes
tight dice puzzle with crisp rule set
strong replayability through varying patterns and objectives
compact footprint and good insert quality

Cons

dice are not tiny as some players prefer
some fragility concerns with detailed components

Thematic elements

dice drafting and pattern-building to simulate window design
Stained-glass window workshop in a cathedral
Array

Comparison games

Catan

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I love the colors in this game
I am thrilled to get started
it's beautiful, I love the components
I am playing this tomorrow night and it's going to be my very first time playing
the window booster packs are so cool

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Scales well with skill level
Teaches visual-spatial skills
Approachable for abstract game fans

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — You roll some dice, you select some dice, you've got rules with where and how you have to play them.
Pattern Building — You have to play them in specific ways that create patterns.
Set Collection — Completing objectives based on dice placement.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

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hello welcome to quack thank you for being here today I'm going over my personal list of the top 10 family games of all time
when I think about a game that's crunchy that's approachable that is workable for about eight years old uh you know anyone that's an adult I think a family game is a game that almost anyone in the household can play and it's one of those games that you as a child aspire to be able to be competitive in
this is our favorite game to bring out for date nights at a little local restaurant I'm telling you we grab railroad Inc more than almost any other Rolland right game and more than almost any other two-player game that Sher and I experience
bullet is this perfect hybrid of a video game idea brought over into a board game Space
the artwork is very very approachable to what I would consider a family game genre that's something you'll see throughout this list is that I I'm trying to get things that are bright and colorful and friendly and give me as a 12-year-old something that I a world that I want to explore
it's very very approachable you roll some dice you select some dice you've got rules with where where and how you have to play them it'll teach you some visual spatial uh kind of environmental skills as you play really lovely game cannot uh cannot recommend this one highly enough
Dice Throne is a Yatzee style roll select powers and abilities and take out your opponents with the Marvel theme on top of it
it's about the community it's about the family around the table more than it's about the game
this is a worker placement resource management game where you're building out this arsenal of dragons that you have
this is an excellent game to play with well a range of adult figures Sher and I have had a great time with this and it almost never intimidates someone it doesn't look very intimidating
when I think about staying up late at night sitting down and playing a game with a family bunny kingdom is at the very top of that list
Marvel United gives you such a range of options when it comes to the mechanics when it comes to the characters that you can play when it comes to how challenging it can be versus how approachable and accessible it can be
let me know what are your favorite family games of all time
do you like the parameters that I put on this category bringing the age range up just a little bit or do you think we should cater maybe to a little bit of a younger audience

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Jesse loves it
Shir is really enjoying it
Will finish the campaign

Cons

Awful colored pencils provided
Catch-up mechanic hands points to the other player
Don't like coloring the board
Mistakes can't be erased
Different window shapes are frustrating
Not clicking with Jesse

Thematic elements

Stained glass window crafting

Comparison games

Sagrada
My City

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — Drafting dice and placing them based on color and number.
legacy — The game changes and evolves over a campaign.
Pattern Building — Placing dice to create patterns on the board.
Set Collection — Collecting sets of symbols.
Tool usage — Using different tools introduced throughout the game.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

we have officially played all of the games that we have brought back from Gen Con
this is going to be a hot and heavy video we're going to go through every game we brought home why we brought them home and what our initial impressions of them
10 Penny Parks should be on your on your radar like it's one that you might want to consider it does something different it's Unique it's got a cool theme
this is four science from gray fox games this is a real time uh stacking and building game trying to solve a science experiment
three ring circus by games you know I forgot about it still think trick draw T it for me I this would be number two though is okay that it can take number two for you
it is a tableau you have your three rows of cards and you have to sequence your numbers and the colors in the order that you want them to
we finished playing all of my city played through the entire campaign
we started the Legacy version of sagr and as any of you know this is a legacy game so we don't want to start another Legacy game while we're in the middle of a few other titles a few other campaigns

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Video 21G1fi-wPcU Quackalope Unboxing at 36:47 sentiment: negative

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative (due to not being played)

Pros

none

Cons

has not been played due to slow progress on another legacy game

Thematic elements

Comparison games

My Island

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

we have officially played all of the games that we have brought back from Gen Con
this is going to be a hot and heavy video we're going to go through every game we brought home why we brought them home and what our initial impressions of them
10 Penny Parks should be on your on your radar like it's one that you might want to consider it does something different it's Unique it's got a cool theme
this is four science from gray fox games this is a real time uh stacking and building game trying to solve a science experiment
three ring circus by games you know I forgot about it still think trick draw T it for me I this would be number two though is okay that it can take number two for you
it is a tableau you have your three rows of cards and you have to sequence your numbers and the colors in the order that you want them to
we finished playing all of my city played through the entire campaign
we started the Legacy version of sagr and as any of you know this is a legacy game so we don't want to start another Legacy game while we're in the middle of a few other titles a few other campaigns

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Overall sentiment (raw)

neutral

Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

legacy campaigns

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

200 games in one go
The Shelf of Shame
these games aren't going anywhere
I'm killing two birds with one stone
The joy of a legacy game is that you can all pitch in together and buy it

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

none

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)

If I bring Cheetos to your game night I hate you
Cheetos and Doritos and other O's that have on your fingers not Al loud
don't try to do the Chopsticks and try to pick them up with chopsticks don't do that
Don't they all say that though don't they all say that
I'm the only female that she spoke with so the only woman you represent I'm representing for the women women at PC's
We just don't want to see people sitting over at a table struggling talking to F
No one's not going to be alone here
You can learn new games you can try stuff before you buy stuff
what makes a theme sing for you and what makes a theme kind of really feel like those Nails on the chalkboard for you

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

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it was a little too long 12 hands was too many I would have preferred playing the 500 instead of a thousand
this system was had its cool things it had some cool things but it also had just some garbage ideas
it's just like who came about these rules it's just like these aren't streamlined these are garbage they are horrible
the Marvel superheroes game was like the Marvel Universe
spacehulk spacehulk spacehulk space Hulk I knew it was Warhammer I just didn't know
it's the one where you uh you're playing as a disease trying to kill everybody take over the world it's like an AA control game
I think it's in my top 25 or 50 games of all time
the game just chef's kiss
Shadows of Brimstone game and it's just like yeah doing nothing
Brimstone is our money maker they they'll milk the dead
it's sort of a Rog likee and I think it doesn't get enough credit
like you're doing the same thing just longer and more tedious and more like that's that's bad
the deluxe version of it um had a basically kind of a foil cover like as the person's casting a spell and so there's this kind of rainbow effect foil cover of like the magic that's coming up
it was it was insane yes crazy what people go foil covers bring to the end
the Cliffhanger game with a more compact box size streamline rule book and over a decade's worth of Polish and AATA worked in this is the ultimate edition of the classic Cliffhanger Adventure game
the cards were tiny
Shadows of Brimstone game and it's just like
we couldn't get any traction we couldn't get anybody to notice the game even existed anywhere
it was like it sold it we sold out day and a half just because it had a foil had a foil rainbow cover
I hate those things yeah I pick every box sleeve off of every game I've ever got
we would rather be cheated out of money than refuse a customer service request from somebody who honestly needed it
the owner said why isn't that guy allowed in the store and they told him why and he's like it's a free country he can say whatever he wants
I was like Rich if like quite literally Rich you should just tell people that I will be there and that will get more people to come in and and sell stuff and I and give me the table for free
I don't make anything so what's the point of
I don't have to pay $5 just so sit at a [ __ ] table now
we're not coming here anymore you come to my house for board game night that's it
well how about you buy it and when you're done with it bring it back to me and I'll give you the money back minus five bucks

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Video Ca2J2c-zB48 Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 24:17 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Mother-in-law loves it

Cons

Slow with five or six players
Lowest score ever in one round
Took forever when helping someone

Thematic elements

Dice drafting and placement

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Cooperative play (variant) — The game was played cooperatively, with players assisting each other.
Dice Drafting — Players draft dice from a central pool.
Dice Placement — Players place drafted dice onto their player boards according to specific rules.
Set Collection — Players aim to create specific patterns or sets with their placed dice.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I like this one a little bit more because first off, it's Lord of the Rings.
The art in this game is topnotch. It very much has a Lord of the Rings feel to it.
Do you feel it somewhat capture at least the spirit of the game?
I definitely do think it captures some of it with like the line of sight like the guards will can only see in front of them.
Those two things right there, the dice roll and the dual value cards, is what turned this game into something that I just freaking loved.
One of the best new trick taking games I've played in quite a while.
I went in prepared for control decks and didn't have face on one of them.

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Video 1xX8i2diU0g Board Gaming Ramblings Other at 6:32 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Really fun
A lot of game in a short time
Very interesting with a lot of interaction
Anyone can score at any time

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Area control with units on a map.

Comparison games

Concordia

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Control — Players put units onto the map focusing on different regions.
Card Drafting — Playing cards to put out units and then taking them all up.
variable scoring — Regions are randomly drawn to indicate scoring opportunities.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

You can keep it just because like I would justify this box I won't call it even a box, like the size of the game, it's a wallet game.
It's a challenge adventure so it's going to be oh you randomly got killed by a bear.
Morii is, I thought it was a clever trick taker because you the cards that you're most likely to win the trick with the higher values have negative points on them and the lower values have plus points basically on them.
This was really fun I really like this you have, you play cards to put out different units on the map.
This is not the worst roll and right I have played.
The thing about this game, which we also saw another game recently did the same thing, is that you're spending a lot of brain power on the things that are not fun.
Horrible game, let's get rid of it and never talk about it again.
I really enjoy that, it's kind of going to be weird to not have it on the shelf because it's always been here.

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Video 3Ndq1AwcEak Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 15 List at 30:42 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Interesting dice drafting with color/value constraints

Cons

none

Thematic elements

dice drafting and color/value placement
stained glass window building
abstract/artistic

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

color_and_value_placement — avoid placing same colors or adjacent values
Dice Drafting — draft dice from a bag and place on scoring cards
dice_drafting — draft dice from a bag and place on scoring cards
snake_draft — draft in a snake order depending on number of players

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

the dinos are so cute
it's an easy beginner drafting game
the rondelle idea of this of going around this circle and you only have three tiles that you can draft from
In Bot Factory you are doing a little worker placement where you're placing a worker onto one of four different Factory floors

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Video x8egULH_65w Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 10 List at 22:53 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

tight puzzle with beautiful components
great with or without expansions

Cons

dice luck can influence outcomes

Thematic elements

pattern drafting with colored dice
Stained glass windows for a cathedral
abstract, puzzle-like

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — draft colored dice to fill a window pattern according to constraints

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I highly recommend it.
It plays exactly the same as Ticket to Ride as far as your cards go and claiming routes.
This is a really fun tile-laying game.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Scales depending on players, so you can have more complex or more advanced players playing with higher uh challenge cards, so everyone's always satisfied sitting around the table.

Cons

mistakes might happen, but they can be rectified usually if you catch them within a round or two of them going on.

Thematic elements

finishing a piece of artwork

Comparison games

Azul

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Placement — putting down these colored little bits of dice with numbers and colors being the way that you organize your region.
Puzzle solving — filling out your board as strategically, as responsibly, and as cleanly as you can.

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Quotes (from this video)

A board game, really any board game, has two jobs, two responsibilities, checkboxes it has to tick in order to be worth its weight in gold in order for it to take up space on your shelf in order for you to pay any attention to it at all. It needs to be fun. I mean, that's category number one.
And playable means a lot of things in a lot of different seasons of life.
The playable part seems to take more and more center stage, more and more relevance.
So I've pulled together a list of the 12 board games in my permanent collection. the games that I consider fixtures in my hobby space that are extremely playable that I am not intimidated almost in any situation to pull off the shelf, teach to a new gamer, teach to an experienced gamer that I think we're going to continue and always continue having, owning, getting to the table and having a good time playing.
Whatever the case though, whatever you do, remember to do the important thing. Pick games to own that are both fun and playable and preferably start with the letter C if you can.
You're wrong. The reason why everyone knows them, at least the modern ones, is because they're fun.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Turns Sagrada into a fun roll and write
Lots of stuff in the box
Gameplay remains fantastic
Artisans box is phenomenal

Cons

The base Sagrada was not top 100 material for the host

Thematic elements

Creating stained glass designs by drafting dice.
Sigrada Familia, Barcelona

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — Players draft beautiful dice to place on a grid representing stained glass designs.
legacy — A legacy version of the game with a campaign that permanently alters the game, but it can still be played after the campaign.
Roll and Write — Incorporates elements of roll and write with the use of colored pencils.
Set Collection — Drafting dice to fulfill objectives and create stained glass patterns.

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I figured, hey, it's 2025. Let's finally get to it. There's nothing to it but to do it.
When in doubt, err toward omission. A null field is always better than a wrong field.
I don't do the thing where, oh, it's number 13, it's number 12. No, I just tell you what the games are. I'm I'm not trying to hide it.
This is one of the greatest of all time and it's so criminally overlooked.
This is the hardest of hard science fiction you will ever see in the board game industry.
It's a little miracle of design.

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Video EzyPn3aMjbE Watch It Played Discussion at 13:23

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I very rarely very rarely want to play the big old Euro at the full six player count.
Power Grid is the game that's so popular, so successful, but still feels like an underdog when compared to other games.
The auction here is very tense at six players.
Cursed Court is a fantastic betting game that really shines at higher player counts.
Lifeboats. H you want to play a game with six friends but you don't necessarily want six friends at the end of it.
Zu Vardis, that's a fantastic game where everyone's trying to help each other get to the top of the board, the zoo in Zuardis. But you also want to be the person who gets to the very top the first.
The jazzy pattern, which doesn't always make for great cognition of a board and what the heck is going on.
It's an incredibly dark board. I think they reprinted it with a lighter board, just they already did this. It's like no one can This is very dark. No one can see what's happening.
I did learn that if you mix red wine and white wine together, that's how you make rosé. That's fact according to Viticulture.
the main thing that I've learned from games is that little insight into different worlds all around the world and beyond because of board games.
I've learned that from board games. And while I can't say I've learned a bunch of hard facts, I think board games have kind of opened up the world to me a little bit from my table.

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Video Jc32_rkQV_Y Grant Lyon Other at 11:48 sentiment: positive

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positive

Pros

Updated art
More colorblind friendly
Reduced randomness/luck in scoring

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Stained glass window construction

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — you would score for the pip values of those dice in your display at the end of the game.
Set Collection — Now, you just score three points uh per color dice that you have.

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I don't include anything in this video unless it has been confirmed by the publishers themselves. So, this information is coming straight from them.
Oh, in in March, I'll be at Dice Tower West. I'll be doing my comedy show there and playing some big group games there.
This is the first game that used the mechanism where you know, you'll be spending money to get these different cards, and those cards will help you get points by the end of the game. But, whoever spends the most money automatically loses.
So, you know, that's the unique aspect of it of So, you know, you're trying to think of both clues that work well together, but also clues that sort of stand alone, uh right, as they get erased.
The Color Monster is uh game meant for young children. So if you don't have young children, this is probably not for you.
It is maybe the best at like sort of encapsulating that Mario Kart feel in a board game.
Sagrada to me is one of the best pretty and puzzly games out there.
And then he was like, 'Yeah, you know, the second one maybe I
All Play is releasing a new edition of High Society.
This is an auction bidding game from the designer Reiner Knizia, who has a lot of different auction bidding games.
All Play is also releasing a new version of the party game French Toast.
The Op is releasing Flip Seven with a vengeance.
This is a new version of the great card game Flip Seven that just has a lot more player interaction.
they call they literally call this a meaner version of Flip Seven.
WizKids is releasing Fantasy Realms: Greek Legends.
Uh this is a new version of the game Fantasy Realms uh that came out almost 10 years ago.
I have a new project coming on this channel soon and I'm going to be dropping some trailers for that and telling you guys more about it soon but I'm really I'm really excited for this thing I've been working on and I can't wait to tell you more about it.

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Video 8wYTu8NS2uk BoardGameCo Top List at 16:23 sentiment: positive

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Positive

Pros

Nice twists to a simple and accessible game.
Good for fans of Sagrada, legacy games, or coloring.
Pleasant legacy game experience.
Good legacy system.

Cons

Didn't drastically change Sagrada.
Didn't significantly alter the game experience.

Thematic elements

Sagrada

Comparison games

Sagrada

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

legacy — It's a series of, you know, games. You're basically playing Sagrada, but you're playing Sagrada with unlocking, with coloring, with new mechanics, new elements.
Roll and color — It's got that simple accessible charm of rolling a bunch of dice, coloring in a bunch of boxes.

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I've been pushing this video off for a long time now because every single time that I was going to do this video, I had like one or two more games in my collection that I needed to just get to.
I got to a point where I realized if I keep waiting for that one more game I have to finish, I'm never going to do this video.
These are games that you have to theoretically destroy components in order to play them.
I really like Sagata Artisans.
Rise of Queensdale is like Charter Stone, just better in my opinion.
But My City Rolling Ball is delightful.
I think this was excellent and I will always wonder which game is better depending on your experience of which one you've played first.
I've played My City more times than any other game, period.
Ticket to Ride Legacy was the first game since Penel Legacy season 1 that gave me the highs of what a legacy game can in a system that was familiar and yet really opened up and explored this whole board as you went through it and just continued to unlock things.
This is my favorite Legacy game experience.
It's one of the perfect legacy games for me.
It's so good. It's so good.

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Video WF0xzIGKH9k Hungry Gamer Top List at 5:55 sentiment: positive

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positive

Pros

Played several times
Mrs. Hungry Gamer's favorite game

Cons

Was played before the list was made, so didn't technically count towards list completion.

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none

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And so there we have the new list. And as you can see we got Flamecraft Duel's played which is a really good head-to-head two-player cozy game set in the world of Flamecraft with the adorably cute theme of this is the lunchtime game that the Flamecraft dragons play tiling.
The deluxe edition is just a freaking triumph [snorts] of production. Beautiful beautiful game.
This is a very cool production. It looks like a book.
Really clever game in that it uses this idea of you place multiple workers down on each space that you do and that determined who gets to act first. And then all the worker placement spots activate in order.
It is the most generic name with the most beige-y generic looking boards. But really good.
It's not a flip and write game but it's basically a flip and write game except instead of writing you have little cubes you're putting out. And it's just a really satisfying fast game and the way it works out and the way the cards come out and the way you get to customize your own board, it's a really really satisfying game.
everything I'd heard was it didn't quite stick the landing and it didn't quite stick the landing but I did have a good time with it.
This is a co-op real-time word game that is just so very clever.
And one of the cool things about this new expansion is this is one of those expansions that is a sometimes used. And I find that that is very very rare.
This was all the rage at Gen Con and what a cool game.
It's probably Mrs. Hungry Gamer's favorite game.
This is a dungeon crawl that's actually a pretty light and simple dungeon crawl as far as the gameplay goes but like a Dungeon Universalis has all of the rules that you can imagine. Rules for almost everything and the s- stick is it has this beautiful cardboard scenery. I mean beautiful scenery.
This is not one that's like a Tales from the Red Dragon Inn or a Wanderer's Cult of Barnacle Bay that I'm like, 'Okay, yeah, get this to the table.' This is one that I'm going to play by myself a lot.
I really like adventure card games. I don't really care about Cthulhu. So, I'm curious how this is going to drive for me.
And he [clears throat] loved it. He played it multiple times at the con. And so, now I'm extra excited to play this game.
This is a game that was my honorable mention game of the year two years ago as kind of like my heavier than normal game for me that I thought was really really good.

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Video -XKzi3OyxCY The Board Game Garden Discussion at 4:28

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none

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Remember, you are somebody's reason to smile.

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Video ddIc2AQKvg8 Hungry Gamer Review at 0:09 sentiment: positive

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positive

Pros

Really fun game that has not changed.
Simple and clean game.
Very satisfying pattern making.
Easy to understand and jump into.
Accurate playtime of 30 minutes.
Built-in mitigation with tools.
Different tools and objectives each game.
Cute dice tray in the expansion.
Expansion allows for up to six players.
Lightboard significantly improves the game experience.
Expansion speeds up the game by reducing drafting.
Expansion reduces randomness in a satisfying way.
New expansion tools are satisfying and interact well with the lightboard.
New secret objectives offer strategic choices (colors vs. numbers).
Shared objectives increase table interaction and complexity.
Expansion is a nice refresh of the game.
Expansion is very good.
Lightboard is a must-own for anyone getting Sagrada.

Cons

Can be screwed by dice rolls and drafting.
Tool activation cost for subsequent uses might be unnecessary and slow down the game.
Shared objectives can be confusing for new players and slow down the game initially.
Potential for Analysis Paralysis.

Thematic elements

Making stained glass windows
The Sagrada Familia cathedral

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — The core mechanic involves drafting dice from a common pool.
Pattern Building — Players place dice onto their player board to create stained glass patterns.
Set Collection — Players score points based on sets of colors or numbers in their window.
Variable objectives — The game features public and private objectives that change each game.
Worker Placement — Tools can be activated by spending favor tokens, acting as a form of worker placement.

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It's really pretty. It's just silly how pretty it looks at the end of the game.
The lightboard. That is fantastic.
This is a game that you can be hit with some AP. Absolutely.
just the lightboard I think that is a must a must own for anyone getting Sigrada because just that one change drastically changes the experience of the game

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Video pc_81XOiZAI The Dice Tower Discussion at 15:42 sentiment: positive

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positive

Pros

Super adorable
Really like what Bitewing does
Looks good

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Sea Creatures

Comparison games

Gingham
Arribada

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Pattern Building — Described as a "little tile laying pattern type games" where players try to get different patterns.
tile laying — Mentioned as a "little tile laying pattern type games" where players draw and lay tiles onto a map.

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for a year we had to try and pronounce this until somebody announced that they were going to call it Mysterium
This game made such a splash. Like I forgot that people for a year were importing copies of it because it was so different.
It's actually pronounced Schüttel's. Like shirtless with an uh with that little uh Is that called an umlaut? Yeah. The the the little uh The the dots over the Yeah, the dots over the U. Yeah, but I'm still going to call it Schüttel's.
You're rolling uh little gnomes out of a cup. You're trying to roll a Schüttel out of a cup.
It's like basically a stock market game and depending on how many of the pawns you roll out of the cup, like that's number active.
This one is really interesting in that it is nothing like the game it's based off of.
This is Flamecraft Duels. I honestly wish they probably wouldn't have called it Flamecraft, maybe like Flame Duels or something like that would make more sense to me um because I don't think this one is anything like a two-player version of Flamecraft. This is a straight abstract game.
It's got really great PVC cards with some crazy like metal clasp on it. Like the whole thing is overproduced, but it may it just brings to the uh it brings so much to the occasion when you're playing this game.
It's a really cool abstract game with really cool puzzlingness and thinkingness uh connected with this just top-notch production.
Is Transformers higher or lower than Wedding Crashers?
The Bonfire of the Vanities from 1990. A hard-drinking journalist in ignites a scandal in New York City by reporting on a hit-and-run perpetrated by a Wall Street fat cat and his mistress.
Is Baby Geniuses higher or lower than The Bonfire of the Vanities?
Alien versus Captain America: The First Avenger. I mean, I know who'd win in a fight, but it's cuz Cap is undefeated.
So, this We're going to do three in a row.
I think that there is an unfair bias against Nick Cage.
National Treasure was 46. Oh. And then Twilight was 49.

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Video 6SqaewO8kvM Grant Lyon Expansion Roundup at 17:22

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none

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — expansion for the refreshed version; introduces shared objective cards

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Oh no, where'd mine go? I can't remember.

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Video SSkE6UddZ0s Board Games UnLocked Discussion at 6:41 sentiment: neutral

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neutral

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none

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none

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none

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Mechanics unknown.

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I got 66, so not great. Not great. So, I ate on this one.

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Video VlE0kaq7gUw The Dice Tower Playthrough at 12:20 sentiment: positive

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positive

Pros

It's a fun escape room experience.
The puzzles are engaging and require teamwork.
The final solution involves pressing a button to close a portal.

Cons

Some clues were initially confusing or seemed irrelevant.
There was a sense of overwhelm due to the complexity of some puzzles.

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Code breaking — Multiple instances of deciphering codes, like QR codes, and numerical sequences such as "24 A3" and "416".
Deduction — Players use clues and available information to deduce solutions, such as figuring out the order of items or the meaning of symbols.
Dice Drafting — Mentioned in the context of using dice, specifically "Use all dice" and referencing that dice might be irrelevant in some scenarios.
Pattern Building — Implied by the organization of symbols and pieces, such as "shelf has five symbols, game has four symbols and row has three."
Set Collection — Referenced by collecting various game pieces and items like "pie pieces", "coupons", and "hats" to solve puzzles.

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This is the entire thing, right? See if we can get this letter out.
Have we tasted it yet?
The library is compromised.
You guys are the sidelines now.
Dear to the DAR team. My name is Captain Timeline and my crew and I need your help in saving the planet.
We neutralized a scientific threat to your world, but to do so, we needed to open an inter galactic portal at the headquarters.
Closing the portal needs to happen on Earth and our side simultaneously.
Since our technology must not get into the wrong hands, we have hidden it in this room and covered it with a series of clues that only your team can solve.
We strongly advise you work together to close the portal and save your planet.
You will recognize the next steps by solving the puzzles laid out for you.
The first clues are in this letter and envelopes covered with our space runes.
If you get stuck, we will try to help you as much as our intergalactic communication system allows us.
Just scream into the into the portal.
Good luck, the Dice Tower team. You have 1 hour. Start now.
What if we don't save the planet?
I don't even like this planet.
I need my space glasses.
Under the table.
I WAS HOPING FOR BOARDWALK.
You could HAVE BEEN MORE SPECIFIC.
APPARENTLY, they have crazy glue in this galaxy.
Timeline symbols.
They're they're fans of our thumbnails.
I really hope there wasn't an order that I hope not.
Organize them from my favorite one. From youngest 12 to oldest Tom.
Yeah, but Tom's not in all of them. You know they don't have date.
That's the oldest tom right there.
Well, he was an amoeba. He was definitely primordial.
How about 10 to one? 1 to 10.
This is another 60 to 51 though. One to 100.
Why is 20 to one all the way?
Okay, this is 10 to one. What are you? Oh, you're going the opposite. What are we doing? This is a complete. This is so fun to watch.
No, we should read it like a book.
You rock like Earthlings.
Like American Earthlings.
So, uh, yep, that says stuff.
How does that relate to this?
Wiz, speaking of bathroom, go ahead and see if that helps.
We're ignoring this. That how might be related to this.
Yeah, I just put these down here. I I'm not sure if that's how they go.
Oh, glue. Got it. Got it.
Spell colt.
Cutlet. Cutlet. Cutlet. Cutlet. Yes. Chicken cutlet. We're all going to eat chicken cutlet.
Humans, do you hear me?
Each envelope has its own task.
It would be presumably E L L. Something with UT or TU, urinary tract.
There's nothing that makes this or begins a word this way or ends a word this way.
In my encounter is clearly like the first or the last.
They're getting zen.
I'm going to go start checking games over here.
The Mayan calendar.
So, this is called brute forcing your way through a puzzle.
I'm taking off your shirt. I'm checking.
Have we tried ripping these open yet? and seeing if there's Skittles inside.
We may need this.
I don't think so. I don't think so. It's not going to be dates because this only a couple of correct. Yeah, you may need. We may need.
So, we might not need this envelope cuz you may need it.
Yeah, we just need this game.
Go to the Can I join you?
Act like you occup. Okay, so we have part of a puzzle here that we'll need to get extra pieces on later.
There's a key. We have a key. If anybody sees a lock
portal, we have a key.
There's that thing of keys up there, but that doesn't require the thumbnail thing.
It's timeline.
It's timeline. It's not going to be date. Okay.
I'm out cuz I have no idea what the subject is.
Well, you should know the order these videos came out in.
2008.
We know the these are later ones.
We got these two pieces that obviously will become part of something bigger. And then this thingy.
This is a little newer, but still.
These are very old.
It's crazy how that works.
New York.
Check it. One of the oldest.
You're the librarian.
Clue everything. I think it's on one. Go get it.
Ryan Clue is clue is on anymore. Shelf. Shelf two.
Okay, on shelf two.
Shelf two.
I'm up to shelf 27. I'll be right two right here.
We take every game out.
Yeah, I think it's it's time to use your height. See if magnetic breakable.
Okay.
No, it's going to be under the shelf.
Oh, we have a We have a box. We need the key.
Dad's always been there.
A key.
I'm a savior.
Why did you put it back?
Oh, we'll never reach it.
Like, we literally made it just here. We go.
I got it.
I jump out. I didn't want to jump out.
There's snakes.
Oh, we have a piece of the pie.
Piece of the pie.
We got differences. Lines matter. differences and then this is part of something else. I'll go put this with the other table.
Okay, this one this one isn't part of anything yet.
Different pins or the magnets as well.
That's the refrigerator.
I know this one as well.
That's the pins.
What's this? Difference.
Oh, we have more of these.
1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 12. Okay, this is just one of these codes.
Okay, so this says find the differences. So probably between the picture and what's actually up there right now.
Oh here.
Okay. Well, we start with shelf first, right? Then we got to know the row and then we would go.
So yeah, let's pin wall.
Well, regardless, we don't have these.
Yeah, we do. That's actually right over there by the Yeah, that's an odd one. I wonder if that's Did you guys do a second? A second code.
No, the queen did it. I already know.
Oh, hey. Can I have that? Is that your QR code?
QR code.
See a QR code back there.
Oh my gosh. Way to pay attention.
I FOUND THE QUEEN.
Does anybody else have a There's an A in the back, too. I shouldn't be playing this game.
Give me Okay, here we go. Let me try and see if this is a word. Okay. Yep. A R C T. Is that a word?
No. So far, all I'm seeing is different. This is different.
And this is different.
So, it's definitely There's two sentinels up there. One got moved over there.
I think we can take out the vase. There might be a clue attached to it. the dice tower in one or more of the symb.
Oh no.
Let me move this sentinel over here. Swear it has other things.
Actually, I think it means that this is not actually a clue.
Actually, this is a something. So, it's got to be like this.
Got it.
So, A and then uh G, A M Mama. Yeah. E game again. Perfect.
13 shelf probably.
Yeah, that's the same sticker that we use for the library shelves. So, let's go to 13.
N E Dain Glass. Is that G Slass windows? Yes. Stained glass windows.
Crazy.
Joey.
Oh, Wendy over there.
Joey, you did the pin, right? The queen.
Yeah, I did.
What did the queen say?
Hey. Hey.
Yeah. Hot thing.
So, which is No, we figured it out first.
What game is it?
Oh, and Wendy, what was on the pin? It was one of these papers. It was supposed to be the difference. We needed for that.
Yeah.
Did we find Sakra? I thought I stole I got the wrong game.
You're like, what? Somebody stole.
So, what did we just scare the pin? Wendy, where was the pin that you found? This had 13. It has a 13.
A different pen.
I paper. I was like, "Oh, that's what I needed."
That's supposed to be related to the game.
What the heck am I doing here? Uh, is there a reason I'm doing this?
The taper was attached to this.
Okay. What do you What do you think is happening here?
I think you're doing great.
Is this escape room sponsored by Sacrada?
Get out of here.
I'm helping. You're doing great. But no, you shut up.
Got a lot of friends.
24 wine. Hold on. 24 A3.
I'm missing an orange.
24 A and it's game number 13.
Very, very cute.
I like how we have disdain for something that's actually What was it you guys? It was an aliens escape from aliens in outer space, which Yeah. Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
Oh, yes. Oh, yes.
Okay. Does that look right? be related to because this has some type of symbology on it. The difference lines matter.
Lines matter.
Tap it out like Morse code.
It could be. That's that's um art gallery or art society. It has a nine on the back which seems pretty telling.
We put all this here. We have just done that.
We wouldn't have needed the dice. The dice are irrelevant. If it was toast, father and son.
Do we do we know librarian what shelf campus is on off hand?
It's on one shelf.
Let's wait and see if more stuff surfaces.
So, art society's B shelf.
The last one was picture game with pictures which is huge.
And this guy doesn't match up anything yet, right?
Wait, is this where uh this is art society? So, it's on a B.
Keep an eye on Joey. He likes to come around and paw at it like a cat.
You're not wrong. So, are you using my name in vain?
No. Crazy an accolade.
Yeah. Art Society was on B. this.
Did we ask a clue?
Oh, wait. That's the same thing. So, I don't know what that matters.
Wait a second. Joey, you're a genius.
Boom. Hear that, Camila? Where? She's gone during that. Repeat it when she comes back.
Hey, guys. Yeah. Not you. You're stacking clear things. And there's the there's the black dots. So, I want to do the black dot.
Okay. I didn't see those.
No, it doesn't quite line up with the red.
Does it say Tech 9? I wonder if you take them in the opposite order.
I have a T-Mobile ring.
I don't change it.
Wow.
Let's cut. Let's cut to that.
This is how I'm judged.
Hey, Joey, you got a fax coming through.
Live like a waffle is what that says.
Hello.
Help humans. Do you hear me?
Nope.
Use all dice.
Yeah, use all dice. What are you doing?
This is the front.
We have to use the extra dice.
This is the one that's got me here because of that E. But I don't think anything else seems to be like there's a lot of and also it's just a very big coincidence that shelf has five symbols, game has four symbols and row has three.
Humans, can you hear me? Find the games in the transparent bags.
Okay, let's get the game. So, art society picture. Yeah, they were all in the same for them.
Am I on the wrong shelf? Art Society is No, not Art Society was like over I think it's on it's one over here.
What's the oneonone?
I got Art Society, too.
Mike's doing all the actual stuff here.
And we just need uh canvas, right?
That's interesting. I didn't see anything in our society before. I thought fridge.
Fridge. Good.
I like that place.
Black dot. Thin fridge. Tiny fridge.
Tiny fridge. Tiny fridge. A tiny fridge.
Oh, there's a there's a chest back here. We're going to need a key that we don't have, I think.
But there was a number on the front of the picture.
Yeah. So, this it can't be a six then cuz six is missing.
Crap. That doesn't work.
That doesn't work.
Yeah, we know, Tom. It's three digits.
416.
Okay. fly.
We'll try Let's try 416.
I said we just start checking every game.
Hey, we got it, guys.
Wait, what?
I found him in this first try.
All right, so here we go. Pie pieces.
Hi.
And QR code. That is the coldest QR code I've ever had in my life. Are we still one is working? Well, should we try this?
That's usually on the bottom. No, it's not.
Oh, it's going to be very important later.
Does that do that? Yep.
Got it. Oh my god.
Oh wow.
Oh 42. There is these are blank on the back, right? I think it could be something like that's that's why I think it's like this. It's like this. We just need that. We need that one.
Yeah. Maybe Z was right with the vase there. Right there. Let's go.
Oh my gosh. Found it the whole time. I've got a phone. Oh, you made fun of my phone. My phone's not scanning anything.
What's going to do this? There we go.
Oh, hats. Hats. All right. So, it it has an order. Okay. Yes. Has an order.
We're going right. We've got this hat right here.
It's gone. It's out of there.
Chicken set a hat for Oh, they want this order. Maybe try to throw them down more aggressively. No, maybe you're right. Maybe we do these first and then I think these are those hats.
That could No.
Oh, you can move stuff.
This is really just Tom getting us to organize his hats.
Yes.
So, does this does this go here? Does it go on top of the hat? That imagines.
Let's get all brains together for this. These can move around. Okay. These are clearly spots on the wall. I don't know if this is an order.
Looking at the order.
Okay. Yeah. I think we need to move them to where they are.
Okay. Move to where they are.
Okay. Okay.
So, if we try to do that for all of them.
Okay. A light.
Yeah. I think that is that one.
Got it. Activate.
Activate. Ah. Go here. Go here. Gamer sign. Gamer sign. Everyone run over Emry.
Oh god. Run. Nimble like a cat.
Jack. It does come off. Oh boy. That's never working again. It doesn't work now. Oh, good.
It came off.
Is there any number on there? like a little number sticker or anything.
It didn't say take it off the wall. So maybe it said take it off. Go in the room. Maybe it's in the room.
Costic burn.
I left the light on.
You're a small gamer.
So that's probably hotel. If I'm not out in 2 minutes, just wait a little longer. I'm really stupid.
Why you closing the door?
Good for you. Leave now.
No, there's nothing in here. I don't know.
There was nothing on the back where your hand is. The other one. There's nothing written there. No.
No. These are just from Hobby Lobby. No.
Let's go to Hobby Lobby.
On and off button.
Is it down below it on the floor? What was it pointing?
On the table. Something about the table.
Humans, can you hear me? Inside the room on the table.
Hey, I found a thing. It was sitting there right in front of you.
Wow. I'm never in that room ever.
Okay. Do we have a three-digit code? 042.
No. I think this is it. I think this is the game right here. This is it.
I'm feeling it.
It's a spaceship in there. Portal in there.
Okay. It's a TV remote and a coupon to Sears. Oh, that's out of date, I think.
Press the power button to close the portal.
Oh, yeah. Done.
Why did the aliens have to start there? That's right. the portal right away.
The aliens knew where this was the whole time.
Also, we found this, you guys. Um, I've been looking for that.
Really? That's the first along the way. I think I'm the reason why that's been there.
Also, that's a really nice room. I don't think I've ever been in there.
Yeah. This whole thing was for you to discover that room. It also looks like a Bluetooth speaker.
Yeah, I missed it. Some computer thing. It's a huge thing. Nothing in here.
Right. Right. Right.
There's a light on it. It would have been nice if they could have like sent us some advanced technology instead of like pieces of paper and yeah QR code.
Right. I won't be visiting your planet basic level stuff.
That's right.
Put my lunch in that.
What is the cash reward for the person who actually pressed the button to close? Oh asking for a friend.
Keep the goo.
That's the gift that keeps on giving. lunch.
That's actually I need that cleaning goo that you can put and you like crack your car and it pulls out the dirt.
Oh, I need this. More goo.
There's goo everywhere, guys.
Oh my goodness.
I'm going to throw this out there. They're still filming. We might not be done.
No, you're done.
We might be in a simulation.
Wait, that is it squatching? It is. It is a body.
Oh, this is what we all look like on the inside.
Oh, it's a freaky alien. Is that the alien? I think we were supposed to undo it at the front.
Good job, Elena.
Stick your tongue out. Yeah. Yeah.
Oh, disgusting. You still want it back.
Nothing good is coming from that.
Can you reach that?
Go. Oh, that's disgusting.
Look really cool. It's cleaning all the dirt out of Chris's crevices right now. You'd be nasty. My pores are going to look great in the morning. M. This should be on a dermatologist YouTube channel.
Oh, it's it's staying by.
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Oh, Dr. Pimple Popper, can you help?
Oh, there's definitely there's definitely more. Yeah.
Did we do it? How long did it take us? You can have it back on. 14 minutes.
I'm not thrilled about this part. I got to tell you, it doesn't get better the more you play with it.
We did 2 minutes better.
Yeah. Boom. 2 minutes better than all your faces.
But they needed more help. More clues. Edit that out. I want that stricken.
We don't need your honor.
The only clue that bothered me is that we already had all the QR code pieces.
Yeah. Yeah. That was probably your fault though, right? Can't imagine it can't be.

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mixed

Pros

Stunning on the table
Teaches in minutes
Plays in 30-40 minutes

Cons

Becomes 'colored Sudoku' after a few plays
Core act never evolves
Late game can feel like a lottery
Almost no meaningful interaction
Solo island design

Thematic elements

Creating stained glass windows
Inspired by Sagrada Familia stained glass windows

Comparison games

Patchwork

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Dice Drafting — you draft translucent colored dice into your window
Pattern Building — a 4 by 5 grid of colored or numbered spaces

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Quotes (from this video)

A game can top every ranking, win every award, sell out every print run, and still sit on your table and leave you completely cold.
A game being widely loved does not mean it was built for you.
Your table is not our table.
If we are hard on a game you adore, that is a data point about us, not a verdict on you.
Race for the Galaxy instead.
It delivers the same engine-building tableau satisfaction, the same thematic richness of building a galactic civilization card by card in under 45 minutes.
Brass: Birmingham.
It is a game I admire far more than I enjoy.
Dune Imperium again.
Two of our 11 alternatives are the same game. I think that tells you something honest about what our table actually wants out of an evening.

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Positive

Pros

Kids really enjoyed it
Good fun

Cons

none

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Memory — You have to try and remember where the either the color or the number of flags, no, the number of not flags, sails that the boat has.

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Quotes (from this video)

We played Return to Dark Tower because we decided to pick another massive game.
So, Sunday is always the day we take the kids. It's a little bit more chilled.
I feel like more people took care of their hygiene.
The artwork is beautiful, especially on those foily ones. Really nice.
It was a truth or dare game.
The main problem is the Shop and Drop boxes are small and board game boxes are not small.
It's like Christmas. It's going to be like this. It's going to be amazing.
It's clear that UKGE isn't the one for new releases because new releases of Gen Con and Essen.

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neutral

Pros

none

Cons

none

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Refreshed version — The host mentions playing the new refreshed version of Sagrada.

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Hey, I'm Alex Radcliffe from Board Game Co, and this is news and week in review.
So, I definitely be It's definitely worth being aware of that at the very least as you choose how to spend your money on board games and as you choose how to spend your money on Prime.
Effectively, Spirit Island is something that the rights to a lot of the things are held by Flat River Group, but the right to the game itself, he has.
I always thought Spirit Island deserved better, you know, better everything kind of just to some extent.
Because Awaken Realms is one of the fascinating companies. Like they have they are responsible. They get they they kind of moved into the Seeman problem where people love to hate to an extent, but people love to hate they How to put this?
My own two cents here um is that when a company is successful, they either can be comple- or individuals. Individuals, companies, whoever, they can either be like almost completely pure of heart and then they earn a lot of respect for being completely pure of heart.
But because they've been so successful, you fall into that range of almost some groups of people will love to hate them even as they continue to put out things that are massively popular and have huge audiences and they're clearly delivering things to people who want those things.
I think the complaints people do have are legitimate. I think they're often over-magnified because of the success of those companies, and I think those complaints often ignore the very large groups of people who are fans of those companies and enjoy what those companies put out and do not have the same issues you do.
I cannot get over the fact that I played Eureka over 50 times in like a 2 and 1/2 week period.
I hope you enjoyed this video and as always, I hope you have a good one.

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neutral

Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Quacks of Quedlinburg
Parks 2.0

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Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

But even when I played for the first time, it does not mean anything until you score a goal.
It's very easy to grok that you want to put your goals out first and then get the resources, but it's so hard to implement until you played it a couple of times.
I really enjoy this game. I like teaching it because it's one of those lighter strategy games that really get people into the mindset or into trying heavier strategy games.
And it is so much fun to just watch people act like they don't care initially about whatever green team. And then like when they're winning like I have I have 17 points.
I like teaching heavy games when it's very logical.
The fun thing about Settlers is that you only are teaching kind of like 70% of the game because when the aliens come out, they have their own set of rules, and you cannot teach them until they actually show up.
But if you're a hobbyist it's like this like when can we play this again? It's It is so my wheelhouse. It's not even funny.
And it doesn't outstay its welcome. It's really pretty at the table.
It's not a stressful real time game.
Are you Amanda from the BGG podcast? ... Someone recognized me from my voice

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