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2017
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Summit: The Board Game is a survival game which, thanks to its two-sided game board and variable mechanisms, can be played competitively, cooperatively or solo.
In a competitive game, players race up and down the deadly mountain while managing their resources, building their path, overcoming obstacles, and attempting to survive their competition. Summit uses a unique karma system that allows players to actively help or hinder their opponents — but it also affects end game scoring. For a few extra points, you could share some of your valuable food or oxygen, or maybe you can afford to lose some points so you choose to cut their rope and watch them disappear down the mountain.
In a cooperative or solo game, players must now work together to overcome the mountain and survive the expedition. Summit is a game so grueling you need only one team member to survive the ascent and descent, so players may sacrifice themselves for the good of the team. The mountain has a "Sherpa Track" and a "Time of Day Track" added, as well as a whole new deck of cards. It is unlikely everyone will be returning from this expedition.
With over 190 unique cards, nearly 100 tiles, unique resource management and tracking on dual-layer asymmetrical player mats and the ability to customize your difficulty and game length, Summit guarantees you will never play the same game twice!
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 59:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Multiple game modes (competitive, co-op, solo)
- Elegant and well-designed player boards
- Variability from event and karma cards
- Interesting resource management with weight/speed trade-offs
- Asymmetric player abilities
- Multiple difficulty levels
Cons
- Swingy event cards can be frustrating
- Karma cards can be difficult to balance for winning vs. backstabbing
- Tiles can become a non-factor in some plays
- Can be punishing at higher difficulty levels
Thematic elements
- Race to the summit
- Mountain climbing
Comparison games
- Robinson Crusoe
- Clank!
- The Lost Expedition
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric Player Powers — they're asymmetric so they're not everybody has a little bit different everybody's unique ability and the way that the stats are laid out on the card are different per person
- Karma Track — there's a common track that gives you victory points
- Player vs. Player — you are trying to really mess up the other people that are playing with ya you're messing up that Carmen
- Race — this game is a race up the mountain where you are trying to we played it now competitively
- Resource Management — tracks your food your oxygen your weight and your health and ultimately your speed
- Set Collection — there's a big stack of items that you can get there's a big stack of karma cards
- Tile Placement — you got these triangle tiles that you're going to be placing on the board as you're trying to scale the ropes going up the mountain
- Variable player powers — and on the rulebook they have they have agreed that a great job of on your first game set up your characters like this
- variable setup — before we started the mountain you can decide how much oxygen you want to carry how much food you want to have but you'll be negatively impacted by the weight that you're going to carry
- Weather effects — there's these weather dice and after the turn you're going to roll some dice you're going to resolve weather effects whether it be blizzards or there's actually a sunny day Friday on the mountain side
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Quotes (from this video)
- Wow this episode is packed I better get started
- Hey everybody guess what Gen Con is coming up soon Oh more stress more stress I don't need stress in my life
- I'm a loner come on people people like underdogs I'm the underdog here not that it matters because it's not like I'm on Twitter and I
- Basically take two dead of winters and you got two clans that kind of warned against each other
- Timothy Meier and Kobe took me on this project and they did a phenomenal job of really trying to create this awesome experience or 10 up to 10 players can go ahead and play around with these epic battle in which they're they're constantly trying to vie for power and win the game of surviving through the apocalypse and there's lots of fun stuff going on there there's even a timer that people have to worry a go on turns fast so it doesn't it doesn't drag
- Crossfire what's really neat about crossfire is that it phase in three minutes so it's super major quick
- That really creates a lot of interesting chaos and a lot of fun during that three minute time period
- The game actually turned out super beautiful we had an artist named Jen Z and she's actually well known for doing video games like transistor and bashing and she's doing a lot of cool stuff so to have her work with us on that project is an absolute blast
- This game is a race up the mountain where you are trying to we played it now competitively yes there are actually two modes that to most of this game there's competitive and co-op in the the co-op actually has a solo player mode so there's actually three modes to this game solo co-op competitive but we all said yeah we're going to do some little bit of backstabbing we decide to play competitive tonight and with this crew it's a good thing that we did
- My favorite mechanic definitely is the player board and and what that does that tracks your food your oxygen your weight and your health and ultimately your speed
- The flavor texture is really good yeah takes on the Karma card my favorite my favorite was there was a card called cheat codes yeah or gave you a bunch of stuff in the flavor text at the bottom was the cheat code for the contra which is a be a no be a oh
- If he hits $100,000 he has promised after one year of badgering and pestering he will do a Star Wars rebellion how to play video
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 32:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Exciting and cutthroat gameplay.
- Offers competitive, co-op, and solo modes.
- Strong thematic presentation.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Climbing a mountain and racing down.
- Climbing a mountain
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative play — A co-op version of the game is available.
- Mountain Climbing — Players aim to reach the top of a mountain and then race back down.
- Player Elimination — Implied by the 'cutthroat' nature, though not explicitly stated as a mechanic.
- Solo Play — A solo version of the game is available.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This little twist is enough to me to make it probably the love-letter version of game then I'm going to play.
- Hats off to DC you got it right this movie is so good if you haven't seen it yet you got to go check this out it treated the character with respect it was a good story.
- It is that decision that it really makes the game kind of tough two times.
- This is a cutthroat game and which is why this is going to make it a really cool game to see play live.
- It's bombing it is taking finally the u.s. realizes that Michael Bay should stop making transformers.
- But it is so much fun I bought a copy instantly.
- This is Emerson's golden ticket he has got a lien he has got the Chocolate Factory
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Quackalope Unboxing at 0:54 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Nice job recreating the atmosphere of climbing a mountain.
- The core game system is liked.
- The deluxified production is nice.
- The game offers a chaotic and fun way to play.
Cons
- Requires players to be okay with a little bit of chaos.
- Some event cards are bad.
- Adding extra weight from gear makes movement slower and requires more food.
Thematic elements
- mountain climbing expeditions, yetis, and losing your mind
- mountain
Comparison games
- Earth
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Competitive play — Players can compete against each other to reach the summit.
- cooperative play — There is an option to play the game cooperatively.
- Hand Management — Players draw and play cards from their hand to perform actions or influence the game.
- Karma Track — A karma track affects end-game victory points, influencing competitive play.
- Push Your Luck — Decisions about carrying extra weight or taking risks can impact survival and progress.
- Set Collection — Players collect cards which might be gear or actions that affect gameplay.
- Solo Play — There is an option to play the game solo.
- Tile Placement — Players place tiles with ropes to create pathways up the mountain, connecting ropes to create new paths or cut off others.
- Variable player powers — Each climber has unique asymmetric stories and abilities.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This let's go is the board game all about mountain climbing all about Expeditions all about yetis and losing your mind and freezing to death off a cliff
- It's random it's chaotic you have to be okay with a little bit of chaos
- The yeti expansion brings a new level of excitement and distress to your Expedition as you and your friends you your Rivals are stocked across the Frozen landscape by an unrelenting foe
- This adds in a mental side of the game
- Wreck your table with these I mean you could Dent your table you absolutely could Dent your table
- West sending a yeti in my direction and just laughing maniacally as it barreled through me and ripped me off the Rope
- The game is not a perfect I heard it's like a Disney line now it really is
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Getting Games Discussion at 6:43 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- sponsored video for a game that didn't align with personal taste
- not personally enjoyable enough to warrant keeping
Thematic elements
- mountain ascent
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- racing up a mountain — competitive or cooperative play; involves assembling ropes as you ascend
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I don't necessarily love stock market games
- this is a very complicated Euro with a whole bunch of honestly very cool stuff going on
- it's a racing game up the mountain
- I paid a lot of money for this game
- it's a gorgeous production
- it's easily my favorite race game
- looks like it has a compelling idea behind it
- I just find those kinds of things really aesthetically pleasing
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Playthrough at 0:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Provides a real feeling of scaling Everest
- Fun crazy mountain climbing game
- Can be a heavy take that game
- Can be a fun cooperative or solo puzzle
- Challenging with various difficulty levels
Cons
- Potentially the most ruthless board game
- Unforgiving
- Can lead to death from hypothermia
- Yeti can be brutal
- Can be very slow if weight is high
Thematic elements
- Climbing a mountain, survival
- A mountain
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Competitive play — The game also has a competitive mode described as 'ruthless' and 'heavy take that'.
- cooperative play — The gameplay demonstrated is a cooperative mode where players work together against the game's challenges.
- Expansions — The gameplay includes the Yeti expansion and the sanity system expansion, suggesting they are the latest additions.
- Resource Management — Players manage food, oxygen, and weight.
- sanity system — A new system where players gain or lose sanity, impacting their abilities and resources.
- tile laying — Players draw and place tiles to create paths up the mountain.
- Time Track — A tracker that advances, potentially leading to climbing at night, which slows players down.
- Yeti threat — An expansion feature where a yeti moves down the mountain, targeting players and causing damage.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is a fun crazy Mountain clim CL in game if you want a game that you know gives you a real feeling of scaling Everest yeah this will do that
- it is potentially the most ruthless board game I have ever seen
- This adds in a sideboard where we're going to be getting positive and negative results based on cards that we have and based on rolling of the event die at the end of every round
- you could also die from hypothermia here if your mark on your little Focus track here or your sand track here drops the whole way down to where that second Mark is
- my Sherpa's got what two Foods left yeah okay that's not a whole lot is it
- my movement is haved permanently so if my movement is haved I can't move on this turn I'm stuck where I am
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Board Games for One Top 10 List at 21:09 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- varied difficulty settings
- supports solo/coop play as well as multiplayer
Cons
- unclear solo options in base edition
Thematic elements
- Cooperative/competitive ascent with variable difficulty
- Adventure ascent of a deadly mountain
- procedural, modular narrative via setup
Comparison games
- Rising Sun
- Forbidden Island
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — players work together yet compete to ascend first
- cooperative/competitive mixing — players work together yet compete to ascend first
- tile laying / card playing — players use cards and tiles to ascend or descend the mountain
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- A lot of the fun was in the interactivity and watching others' plans unfold.
- I didn't want four-player solitaire; everyone needs to stay engaged.
- Diplomacy is the ultimate trust and treachery game.
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Board Stupid Discussion at 3:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Tight, challenging gameplay that rewards planning
- Great production values and tactile components
- Strategic depth with multiple paths to victory
Cons
- Very punishing if mismanaged
- Complex for first-time players
Thematic elements
- Budgeting and public projects to grow a subway system
- Urban planning and rail development in a growing city
- Euro-style city-building with personal and public agendas
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Engine Building — Personal boards receive upgrades and public projects adapt based on choices.
- engine-building with upgrades — Personal boards receive upgrades and public projects adapt based on choices.
- Resource Management — Raise funds to procure resources for city development across regions.
- resource management / budget allocation — Raise funds to procure resources for city development across regions.
- Rondel — Players rotate the Rondell to take actions three times around per turn, managing budgets to buy resources.
- Rondell (dial) rotation and scheduling — Players rotate the Rondell to take actions three times around per turn, managing budgets to buy resources.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the harmonies between the players
- three types of cards in the game
- this is insane it is definitely the heaviest fiest most brain burning game I will probably ever produce
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Our Family Plays Games Top List at 8:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- engaging thematic tension and climb dynamics
- varied routes and player interaction
Cons
- potential entry barrier for new players due to complexity
Thematic elements
- competition, risk management, planning
- Mountain ascent / competitive climb with shared objectives
- goal-driven ascent with tension and escalation
Comparison games
- Yeti (Summit series expansions)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action_selection — Players choose actions to advance on the mountain and manage risk.
- Modular Board — Variable terrain/layout changes the route and difficulty each game.
- modular_board — Variable terrain/layout changes the route and difficulty each game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Our goal is to make this world a better place one board gamer at a time.
- We love you bye now.
- A down is a down.
- Ticket to Ride San Francisco is a compact, accessible entry to the series.
- We are going to talk about life and board games.
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