Shifters

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Card Play — Play cards to this board and they would shift to the right.
• Timing Strategy — You'd get to use them multiple turns, and you'd have to kind of uh plan out the timing of them.

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• So, Nexus, uh looking forward to the final game of this coming out.
• That's Malice of Light Adventures.
• It didn't blow me away. It's not one of my favorite games of the year.
• I already have already said I love this game. I like it more than the Slay the Spire board game at this point.
• But, still, I'm definitely excited to play it Grendel again at some point.
• So, if that's the case, this should be a full recommend, but I already enjoyed uh what I played in the prototype.
• But for solo tactical gaming fans who like vampires, I'm sure it'll be fun.
• Most of the games from this company are amazing. This one's just good.
• Even better for me than Distilled.
• And it's a recommend if you like solo worker placement games or competitive, Luthier is great.
• Quite enjoyed the Last Lighthouse. That is a keep for me.
• But still a good time. I respect the design. 10B is a nice game.
• This one was okay for me.
• But yeah, not a keeper for me. Not my style.
• That by itself made me like it more than the original one.
• Uh that is another call, Unmatched Adventures, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles set.
• This one uh was rough.
• But Cloudspire ain't it.
• I guess I'm keeping this one
• I don't think the system is ever going to win me over no matter how uh popular or fun the IP is for me.
• Without house rules, I think this is kind of broken.
• The rest of my uh 20 Strong collection is holding me hostage.
• So, overall a bit of a mediocre January for me.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• boss fights — At the end of a world, players engage in a boss fight, which is described as slightly different from regular fights, involving cycling through the boss's deck.
• Deck Building — The game is described as a sci-fi deck building game where players play cards out of their hand, which then shift to the right, activating icons above them. Cards eventually fall off the end, triggering actions on the bottom of the card. Players can acquire more cards to build their deck.
• map movement — Players move through a map on different worlds, with each spot on the map potentially involving fighting enemies, doing upgrades, or taking damage.
• Tableau Building — Players build up icons above their played cards, which are then activated by the cards shifting. This is referred to as building the tableau.
• timeline mechanic — Enemies are placed on a timeline, indicating how many turns players have to defeat them before they deal damage or trigger other effects.

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Quotes (from this video)

• This is a sci-fi I'm gonna call it deck building but not really tableau building game.
• The bulk of the game is going to be when you're fighting bad guys.
• It's very, very clever.
• This is a cool solo game and I think that's where it's going to shine.
• This is one of the old school crowdfunding games.
• This is one that I think has a lot of promise with a very, very cool core mechanic of the way the shift system works.

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