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Bring the world of Sally Face to the tabletop with Sally Face: Strange Nightmares. Strange occurrences are happening at Addison Apartments. Explore the apartments as Sal and his friends, and work together to investigate the surrounding mysteries.
Play through different episodes with events and characters that echo the video game. Players must solve mysteries, stop cultists and prevent the Red Eyed Demon from spreading corruption while advancing through the story.
Players roll custom dice and use the results to perform a variety of actions to solve mysteries but if they dabble too much the powers of evil may become too strong to stop. Unsolved mysteries allow the Red Eyed Demon to spread corruption and the heroes may lose their lives or sanity. However, death and insanity aren’t the end. Heroes may persevere while mad or as ghosts. Such a fate brings the Red Eyed Demon ever closer to his goal of total domination. Players who complete the story face a climax which is a different challenge in each chapter.
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Sir Thecos Playthrough at 0:21 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Visually faithful to the video game IP.
- High component quality (deluxe version).
- Engaging dice rolling and strategic depth.
- Dedicated and functional solo mode.
- Thematically strong adaptation of the video game.
Cons
- Rule book lacks clarity in certain areas.
- Limited replayability due to fixed story cards.
- Dark theme might not appeal to everyone.
- Challenging finale, difficult to win.
- The deluxe version's component quality is not representative of the retail version.
Thematic elements
- Investigating strange occurrences
- Allison apartments
Comparison games
- Greyfold
- Neon's End
- Yatsi
- Dice thrown
- Cthulhu Death May Die
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — The game can be played cooperatively, but a dedicated solo mode is featured and works well.
- dice manipulation — Players can reroll dice up to two times.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are rolled each round and used for various actions like moving, defeating enemies, and adding progress.
- Push Your Luck — Rolling demon dice can trigger negative effects or the player's curse.
- Set Collection — Collecting specific items like the glitter pony is part of progressing the story.
- Story Driven — The game progresses through a story deck with multiple scenarios.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's going just too well at the moment. So, it can only go wrong quite soon.
- This one here says like dye. That means that we have to like usually it says like which kind of dye we have to spend in order to use that. It doesn't tell us of any dice like that at the moment.
- The finale boss at the end is tough, and the game spirals out of control quickly.
- All in all, Saliface Nightmares is a well produced and thematically strong adaptation of the video game with engaging mechanisms and a thoughtfully designed solo mode.
- While the rule book could use more clarity and the replay-ability is somewhat limited, fans of the original game will most likely enjoy the experience here, especially if they're into dice driven games.
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Sir Thecos Top List at 18:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Quite decent actually
- Very fun to review
- Can definitely suggest this game for fans of the video game
Cons
- Nothing that I will keep like in the long run probably
Thematic elements
- Based on the video game Sally Face
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Count of the Nine Estates. Um, a game people keep suggesting to me and I've played it over the years off and on and I think it's not bad.
- Distilled clear Srank. It's such an amazing game. I absolutely love this.
- Draftosarus, also the game I very much enjoy. I will give this an A. S would be too much, but it's such a cute and nice uh drafting game.
- Cluster. Uh you have um a circle made of like a rope like a ropes circle rope circle so to speak and everybody gets like the same number of magnets and you put the magnets in the middle and when you put down your last magnet you win.
- Exobase also a game that I will bring a video to you at some point.
- Magic Keys in English. I think um this is like a children game actually. It's a children's game, but we play like with like I think we were like four adults playing that.
- Malus Hotos. I just released a preview video for that for the Kickstarter campaign and I enjoyed this game a lot.
- Micro City is a pretty decent game in a small box. Um, but it's also nothing all too amazing, right?
- Reforest clear as this is an absolutely amazing game.
- Sally Face Strange Nightmares uh for the video game uh Sally Face and I found this game quite decent actually.
- Stone Spine Architects uh in the roleplayer universe. And I like this a lot. I will give this an A.
- Switch and signal. I'm a little conflicted on that one.
- Yatsi. Yeah, this is like a guilty pleasure, right? We all know it's not an amazing game, but Yatsi is the basis for like a lot of other games with this mechanism of rolling your like rolling your dice and then being able to reroll some of them twice.
- Buds and Blooms from Mark Tuck. Also a game that I enjoyed playing.
- And actually, you know what? I'm actually missing one game. I also played Wingspan.
- Wingspan would also be an S of course and would be up here.
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BoardGameCo Other at 11:57 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
- Does not know a lot about the game.
Thematic elements
- Content within the Sally Face world.
Comparison games
- The Binding of Isaac
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is the most chaotic opening. I probably should just restart, but it's too late now. We're here.
- This is based on the video game, not based on the board game, which also is not based on the video game.
- Teamwork is optional and betrayal is rewarded.
- A big fan of Terraforming Mars said this is the best Terraforming Mars experience they have ever had, period, full stop.
- A lemonade apocalypse game. That's what it is.
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TheGameBoyGeek - Hi Quality Hi Energy Board Game Reviews Review at 1:07 sentiment: neutral
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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)
- This is a crowdfunding preview, so all the art and components you see here are not final. These are prototypes.
- The base game's strongest asset was the story deck, and the expansion brings four new story decks into the game.
- These are designed to deepen the story and introduce unexpected challenges.
- Well there you have Sally Face Strange Nightmares Corruption and as I showed in the overview, there's new story decks each with their own items, mysteries, stories, and finales keeping things fresh with some of the stories coming with their own boards and a new set of mechanisms.
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The Brothers Murph Playthrough at 1:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging story progression
- Challenging dice mechanics
- Cooperative experience
Cons
- Can be difficult with corruption
- Requires careful risk management with dice
Thematic elements
- Investigating dark mysteries.
- An apartment complex.
- Players progress the story by reading from story cards that reveal new mysteries.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- character abilities — Players have unique specialties and abilities, such as using specific dice faces or special actions like moving characters or mysteries.
- Corruption Track — A corruption track can lead to all players losing if it reaches a certain point.
- Dice rolling and allocation — Dice are rolled and allocated to perform actions like moving, dealing with threats, and progressing mysteries. Dice faces have specific uses (might, intellect, arcana), with a wild face and a player specialty.
- Risk Management — Players can reroll dice up to two more times but risk rolling demons which trigger curses.
- story progression — Players advance the story by reading cards, which usually reveal new mysteries.
- threat management — Mysteries can add negative effects to the apartment, deal damage, or increase corruption, and players must clear enemies before working on mysteries.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We are the brothers. It's time to return to the game house for return to Sally Face.
- Absolutely. We have the new corruption expansion. Uh, and we're going to be doing one of the stories from that.
- In Sally Face Strange Nightmares, you will take on the role of kids from the popular game Sally Face as you investigate dark mysteries taking place around your apartment complex.
- Each turn, players will either progress the story, reading from story cards, which will usually reveal a new mystery to solve.
- If a player rolls three or more demon faces, they must trigger their curse carrying out its effects.
- The rules are all the same.
- We're going to use the power of love and music to defeat the dark.
- My goodness. And her teeth removed. Rough.
- The redeyed demon. Each player may choose to suffer corruption. If they do, they set their handity sanity and health to eight.
- We fumbled at the at the one yard line. We were so close.
- We rolled incredibly well that entire game.
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The Dice Tower News at 28:18 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Seems really cool for fans of the video game.
- Very distinctive art style that people like.
- The artwork has a resemblance to '90s cartoons like Daria.
Cons
- Reviewer does not like the art style.
- Some imagery is off-putting.
- The game is based on a video game, which might not appeal to all board gamers.
Thematic elements
- Horror-driven adventure based on a video game
- Story-driven
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Choice-driven — Player choices impact the narrative.
- cooperative play — Players make choices and go through the story together.
- Narrative Adventure — Focuses on story and player choices.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm still not sure what this is for.
- this is probably I don't see how this is not being used for nefarious reasons
- This is so weird.
- You know what I want to use this for? No joke.
- This is no longer crowdfunding is not the right way to go about this unfortunately.
- Hamsterium.
- I am crazy for hamsters on drones.
- I was very very charmed by this game.
- It's a game split down the middle, right?
- Shattered Peaks.
- Don't No need to reinvent the wheel on this one.
- Come play games with us Orlando at the Curry Royale Resort.
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