It's summer, and you're riding the sun-drenched half-pipes of Pelican Park. Locals know there's no ledge too high, no rail too long, and no ramp too dangerous for you and your crew. Nail rad trick combos and show off your skills, but be careful — the longer you stay on your board, the more likely you are to bail!
The object of Skate Summer is to score the most points by doing trick combos, collecting goal tokens, and visiting S-K-A-T-E-R locations. The game is played in rounds. Each round has the following phases:
1. COMBOS: Players simultaneously play trick cards, earn rewards, and roll dice to check their balance.
2. SKILLS & POINTS: Players simultaneously improve their skills and score points for combos.
3. MOVES: Players take turns navigating the park, picking up goals and gear.
4. ROUND END: Each player resets their board and draws up to their hand size, then the "Pro Skater" first player marker passes to the left.
If any player's score has hit or passed the endgame token at the end of the round, the game ends and players count up their endgame points. The player with the highest score wins!
- Very thematic with strong art/components
- Excellent flavor and vibe; engaging endgame bonuses
- Longer playtime (45–60 minutes) may be heavy for casual players
- skateboarding tricks and runs
- urban street skateboarding vibe; themed around performance and style
- thematic, energetic
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- movement and goal collection — Use tricks to move around the board and collect goals/gear for end-game points
- push-your-luck / endgame bonuses — Tricks provide movement and endgame bonuses; play continues until a score token ends the game
- trick cards / balance checks — Play trick cards and roll dice to test balance; too many hits causes a bail
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Board games make the best gifts
- Gift guide for 2022
- I'm Alex from Might I Suggest a Game
- We're going to be giving away one of the games that's on my list today
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- If you're looking for a super simple card game with really beautiful art that's going to be easy enough to explain to your parents
- This game is tactile and fun
- Thanks so much for sticking around for my holiday gift guide for 2022
References (from this video)
- Underutilized skateboarding theme
- Interesting puzzle on trick selection
- Strong press-your-luck mechanic
- Very thematic gameplay
- Already playtested and approved
- skateboarding
- trick_combos
- modern_sports
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- welcome back everyone it feels great to be back in the saddle and ready for a brand new year with brand new opportunities to give you the best board game recommendations out there
- i'm alex and welcome to might i suggested game a channel devoted to helping you find the perfect board game
- having to go through all the awesome releases that are scheduled for this year and narrow it down somehow was a gargantuan task
- i tried to generally order this list from lightest to heaviest game
- I think skateboarding is a totally underutilized theme in board gaming especially for a generation that was raised on tony hawk pro skater
- these tiny little dragons are adorable
- as a self-proclaimed wingspan superfan personally i mostly just see the similarities in the plethora of dog breeds
- i'm stoked to see this one fulfilled and get to play it in person
- the whole thing seems really thematic which is really my number one reason to try any of these games out
- i love poetry i even write a little bit of poetry myself
- if i'm going to play something this heavy i really want to be into the theme
- i think that's a brilliant idea i think it should have been done way earlier than this
- i'm alex your board game sommelier signing off