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Sail or Die

Game ID: GID0274700
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2024
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Description

Sail or Die supplies you with 15 points and a handful of cards. You want to keep the points and ditch the cards.

To start a round, the first player plays any single card to the center of the table. Each subsequent player can:

• Play as many cards as the previous player, but in a color that's not face up on the table.
• Place a point token in the center, then play as many cards as the previous player in a color that's already present.
• Place a point token in the center, clear all played cards, then play exactly one more card than the previous player in any color.
• Retrieve their tokens from the center, then pass, sitting out until play resets.

When only one player hasn't passed, reset by removing all played cards and point tokens in the center from the game, after which this player takes the start player marker, then plays a single card of any color.

When a player has no cards in hand, the round ends when the player to the right of the start player marker has finished their turn. For each card still in hand, a player removes one of their point tokens from the game.

After three rounds, the player with the most points wins. In a tie, the tied player who had the fewest cards in hand at the end of the final round wins.

Description

Sail or Die supplies you with 15 points and a handful of cards. You want to keep the points and ditch the cards.

To start a round, the first player plays any single card to the center of the table. Each subsequent player can:

• Play as many cards as the previous player, but in a color that's not face up on the table.
• Place a point token in the center, then play as many cards as the previous player in a color that's already present.
• Place a point token in the center, clear all played cards, then play exactly one more card than the previous player in any color.
• Retrieve their tokens from the center, then pass, sitting out until play resets.

When only one player hasn't passed, reset by removing all played cards and point tokens in the center from the game, after which this player takes the start player marker, then plays a single card of any color.

When a player has no cards in hand, the round ends when the player to the right of the start player marker has finished their turn. For each card still in hand, a player removes one of their point tokens from the game.

After three rounds, the player with the most points wins. In a tie, the tied player who had the fewest cards in hand at the end of the final round wins.

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Video ErAEbrMUAvo Getting Games Discussion at 43:26 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • funny art and silly theme
  • fast, approachable feel
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • climbing/sh shedding with goofy art
  • fantasy-themed party-ish climber/card game universe
Comparison games
  • Surfacea Orus Max
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • climbing/sh shedding — deck-building style with a must-follow trick-taking base; players shed/cheat to optimize points
  • deck-based power / cheating mechanic — points can be spent to cheat; ends with few cards and high points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • there's a deck construction element but it does not say that it's a deck builder
  • opposing factions race to control or eliminate ancient Titan artifacts
  • Beyond the Horizon ... 2.0 reimplementation sort of of Beyond the Sun
  • the scoreboard itself is a mini-game of snakes and ladders
  • it's essentially a 3X type game that really focuses on building out a communal Tech tree
  • the gam play is simple on your turn you just do one of the six actions that shows up here
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