Game Info
Year
2020
Players
1-10
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
Collection
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Description
A stacking and matching card game with hexagonal cards that look like cubes as players build structures on the table
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Pros
- The game is quick to play through.
- The artwork is cute.
- The 3D stacking aspect is interesting and creates cool patterns.
- It's fun to make up house rules.
- The solo mode is cool.
Cons
- The rules can be confusing.
- Players sometimes forget to say 'uh oh' when they have one card left.
- The rulebook is complex, leading to house-ruled interpretations.
- It can feel ridiculous due to the complexity.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Uno
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card shedding — The primary goal is to be the first player to run out of cards, similar to games like Uno.
- Hand Management — Players must manage their hand of cards, deciding when to play them to gain advantages or avoid penalties.
- Pattern Building — The stacking of cards creates visual patterns and a 3D structure on the table.
- Set Collection — Players collect sets of cards (e.g., all of the same number or suit) which can be played simultaneously.
- Special action cards — Face cards (Jack, Queen, King, Ace) and a Zero card have special abilities that affect gameplay, such as skipping turns, drawing cards, or allowing extra turns.
- Stacking — Cards are stacked on top of each other, with specific matching rules for suits, numbers, and faces based on the orientation of the cards.
- wild card — A wild card allows the player to change the suit and orientation of the game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- That is a horrible dad joke.
- Speaking of shedding, two guys are in the tool shed chatting and one guy says, 'Over there is my stepladder. I never knew my real ladder.'
- Cards must match all surfaces they touch.
- The golden rule was basically does it work in 3D space?
- It's a non-euclidean space is what it is.
- The artistry, my stacking, the stacks. Hi, Dy.
- It's really funny cuz the game is called stacks and then you say uh oh.
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