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Shifting Stones

Game ID: GID0285293
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2020
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Description

Leave no stone unturned! Nine mystical tiles lie before you in a grid of rocky ruins. Rearrange the tiles to match one or more of the patterns in your hand. The catch is that you must sacrifice a card every time you swap or flip a tile. Carve out the most points in Shifting Stones, and your victory will be set in stone!

—description from the publisher

Description

Leave no stone unturned! Nine mystical tiles lie before you in a grid of rocky ruins. Rearrange the tiles to match one or more of the patterns in your hand. The catch is that you must sacrifice a card every time you swap or flip a tile. Carve out the most points in Shifting Stones, and your victory will be set in stone!

—description from the publisher

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Total mentions: 6
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Sentiment: pos 6 · mix 0 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video wQWZwu8N0ts Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 10 List at 13:55 sentiment: positive
video_pk 85644 · mention_pk 220018
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Fast-playing puzzle
  • Two-player asymmetry adds depth
  • Simple to teach but offers strategic decisions
Cons
  • Theme is very abstract
  • Higher player counts reduce speed
Thematic elements
  • Pattern making and spatial reasoning
  • Abstract/tile-puzzle with stones
  • Abstract, puzzle-focused
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Hand Management — Play cards to perform actions and decide how many actions to take per turn.
  • Hand management / variable actions — Play cards to perform actions and decide how many actions to take per turn.
  • Move/flip actions — Move adjacent stones or flip tiles to adjust patterns.
  • Pattern Building — Use cards to create patterns with colored stones on a 3x3 grid.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • This is a really fun lighter game.
  • Calico fun game.
  • This is a really fun one. It makes you think.
  • We really like that one.
  • It's a lot of fun. I like Honeybuzz.
  • Lost Ruins of Arnack is a really good one.
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Video 6tEXNWdfh6E Sir Thecos Analysis at 1:12 sentiment: positive
video_pk 85278 · mention_pk 218210
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • pretty cool game
  • very nice puzzle
  • works quite well multiplayer
Cons
  • multiplayer it is very very luck based
  • very luck based
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 clearly um an Srank game.
  • This is an amazing game that definitely deserves an S rank.
  • Can you give a really simple game an S? Yeah, I think you can if it works well and it does work really well.
  • I know almost all the cards by now. It's not that exciting anymore.
  • Azul is amazing. I love this.
  • This is one of my most favorite dungeon crawlers to be honest, and it's not very wellnown, I think.
  • It's just really luck based.
  • I like this a lot.
  • Cluster is like where you put like magnets in like um a circle made out of um some string and you are trying to like place magnets so they don't are not attracted to other magnets otherwise you have to take them into your hands and when you have no magnets left you win.
  • It's not a bad game but it's more like an activity right and not everybody likes it.
  • The theme sells it for me, right?
  • This is like Yatsi just a little bit more interactive because you have like uh you have like specific cards in the middle like 16 cards in a 4x4 grid in the middle with like the things you need to reach with your five dice by rolling three up to three times but you like put your token on it when you reach that so you block it for other players.
  • This was one of the most positive rankings within the last I don't know a few months because we don't have one single D title and we have only one title in C and this one is like nice curve here right so actually if you ignore C and D we have a nice curve here how it should be in a tier list just very positive
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Video yFbvK9Wg08E Let's Table It Discussion at 13:38 sentiment: positive
video_pk 82825 · mention_pk 208077
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • thinky and satisfying when patterns align
  • travel-friendly and compact
Cons
  • can be frustrating when plans are disrupted by the other player
Thematic elements
  • pattern-based tile/disc manipulation
  • puzzle world with shifting stones
  • thinky, puzzle-like
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card-driven actions — Cards determine possible moves; planning is key.
  • grid-based tile swapping — Cards allow swapping or flipping adjacent tiles on a 3x3 grid.
  • pattern-based scoring — Cards dictate patterns that score points when matched.
  • Tile/Map Shifting — Cards allow swapping or flipping adjacent tiles on a 3x3 grid.
  • Two-Player Strategy — Two-player, thinky engagement with evolving board state.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • I'm happy and sad at the same time.
  • being super honest about that kind of stuff.
  • we are going to say goodbye to Grand Austria Hotel.
  • reviewers don't always mesh with our taste because a fairly famous reviewer did not like this game
  • it's an easy no-brainer for us. It hits the table often and it's always fun when it does
  • Phil Walker-Harding is one of our favorite designers.
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Video 4iEQadFX8wQ Get Into Games Discussion at 38:53 sentiment: positive
video_pk 61703 · mention_pk 154380
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Accessible and quick to learn
  • Online adaptation is excellent
Cons
  • Physical components lack the tactile heft of real stones
Thematic elements
  • Array
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 a big topic and it probably requires a couple of episodes
  • I love the action queue in Ark Nova
  • the upkeep of the score for you
  • it's chill but surprisingly strategic
  • it's the perfect gateway game for many people
  • the admin is done and it makes it smoother
  • you can play from the same IP address
  • the tactile nature of moving the cubes up and down
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Video HLsLhk6zWW0 Foster the Meeple Discussion at 3:30 sentiment: positive
video_pk 13121 · mention_pk 38361
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • puzzle-like
  • fast to play
Cons
  • rules clarity can be tricky initially
Thematic elements
  • pattern matching and pattern fulfillment
  • Abstract puzzle setting built around shifting stones
  • abstract
Comparison games
  • Tetris-style mosaics
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Pattern Recognition — Players aim to arrange stones to match objective patterns.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • “it's another episode of board games and brew where we don't have brew”
  • “we launched our merch store”
  • “Arc Nova is a tableau builder”
  • “it's been chaos because everybody is trying to outsmart everybody”
  • “159 games in a week or 10 days”
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Video DxiKSuaoue8 Stonemaier Games Discussion at 21:30 sentiment: positive
video_pk 3706 · mention_pk 10917
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Elegant, thinky puzzle
  • Accessible two-player abstract with depth
Cons
  • Limited player count may reduce replay variety for larger groups
Thematic elements
  • abstract strategy with a stone/pattern motif
  • Two-player abstract logic game with pattern matching on a 3x3 grid
  • abstract, no explicit story
Comparison games
  • Number Drop
  • Fantasy Realms
  • QE
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • pattern matching — Players try to match tile patterns to scoring cards on their hand.
  • tile manipulation — On a turn a player may move, swap, or flip stones to alter the pattern landscape.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It's a beautiful game. It's not an expensive game.
  • This is a mind puzzle in addition to the physical puzzle.
  • Number Drop is another puzzly kind of game.
  • This is a closed bidding collection game. You can bid as much as you want.
  • Fantasy Realms is a card game where you're putting together a hand and there are these symbiotic relationships among the cards.
  • One Deck Dungeon was actually a major inspiration for Vantage.
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