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Year
2023
Players
1-4
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Description
An abstract tile-laying and drafting game in which players assemble constellations from uniquely shaped tiles and set them into the night sky
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Video 23-rjCi8oIk
Getting Games Discussion at 41:29 sentiment: positive
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positive
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Cons
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Thematic elements
- constellation-building; tile drafting
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Meeple University Playthrough at 0:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Lovely components (neoprene mats)
- Aesthetic and theme are appealing (Southwestern US, starry skies)
- Engaging puzzle with multiple scoring paths and objectives
- Tight, competitive play
Cons
- Layout can be tougher and placements tricky; rules can feel heavy at times
- Advanced variant and extended setups may add complexity
Thematic elements
- astral/space, stars and planets
- Southwestern United States
Comparison games
- Patchwork
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cashing star to gain a planet — Cash in a star tile to obtain a planet, subject to having no connecting branches.
- End Game Bonuses — First to fill a sky triggers bonuses; end-of-game scoring objectives and planet sets.
- end-of-round and end-of-game scoring — First to fill a sky triggers bonuses; end-of-game scoring objectives and planet sets.
- outer/inner orbit placement — Spaces are divided into inner and outer orbits with placement constraints.
- round tracker and 12 rounds — The game runs 12 rounds with first player order mechanics.
- scoring by stars, branches, and planets — Points come from star connections, branch control, end-of-round objectives, and planetary bonuses.
- Snake draft — Draft order reverses each round, taking one of each available tile.
- three star clusters and three branches draft — Each round uses three star clusters to draft and three branches to draft for placement.
- tile drafting and placement — Players draft and place tiles into their maps with adjacency rules to build scoring constellations.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is a tile Drafting and tile placement game
- we will go in a snake draft order taking one of each
- this aesthetic is definitely doing it for me
- it's a very tight game it's always good to have a tight game
- Glimpse looks of like Patchwork in the sky it is actually true
- Planet scoring so each Sky scores two points for each different planet within it
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