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Game Info
Year
2016
Players
2-5
Age
12+
Playtime
90 min
Collection
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Description
Description from the publisher:
History is a harsh river that flows steadily through the ages. Since the dawn of time, numerous civilizations have risen over the fallen ashes of others, and yet every one of them had once shone brightly in its own moment of glory!
The Flow of History is yet another innovative civilization game from Taiwanese designer Jesse Li. Players develop their nation using a unique bidding/price-setting mechanism to purchase new cards, but what is paid to the supply might also be harvested into the pockets of other players later, which puts a twist on your strategy of bidding cards, and also simulates economic inflation in the game. Don't forget to build a formidable military to clash with cultures led by your enemy, and create an unforgettable tale of your civilization in The Flow of History.
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Getting Games Discussion at 31:12 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- deluxe version of a Kickstarter-backed game
- interesting mechanics when experienced for the first time
Cons
- not yet tried by the presenter at the time of recording
Thematic elements
- civilizational development and power balance among factions
- civilization-building with auction and card-building elements
- complex, multi-layered euro-style design
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- auction-style resource and civilization development — deluxe edition of a civilization-building card game with auction mechanics
- card-building mechanics — cards interact to develop civilizations and influence game state
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's essentially kind of a Cold War type of game where you're trying to build these nuclear bombers and nuclear submarines
- this is an adventure style game where each player will first of all it's fully cooperative and each player is gonna take on the role of an asymmetric hero
- it's a sprawling game with so many ideas packed into one box
- this game is all about timing
- you are trying to influence six different guilds and the more influential you are in the guilds you are the more special actions that you will gain
- the puzzle for this one like figuring out what you can feasibly accomplish within a round
- I'm looking forward to playing this one again
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Getting Games Discussion at 35:11 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- interesting auction dynamic with currency and sniping
- versatile for various strategies and early game conservatism then bolder mid-game bidding
Cons
- ambiguous long-term balance of currency vs card power
- rules nuance may require careful reading
Thematic elements
- resource development and public card drafting
- civilization-building with a public auction bidding mechanic
- tableau/engine-building with auction pacing
Comparison games
- Century Spice Road
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- claim marker and currency — one claim marker per turn; bid currency is pooled to claim cards; no end-game currency scoring
- public auction bidding — cards in the middle are bid on with currency; winner gets card and currency returns to the bidder upon being outbid
- Sniping — sniping allows others to outbid and take the card; risk-reward with dynamic bidding
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's designed by yuffie rosenberg
- the entire game was on the phone
- I think all of us who played it are looking forward to playing more
- I would probably be more excited to play War of the Buttons again than some other games
- thematic idea is that government corruption is being crackdown on but gift-giving is used to circumvent it
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UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 24:42 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Very solid
- Hit many perfect levels
- Had moments where players felt smart
- Easy to teach
Cons
- Did not connect with people enough
- Did not do as well as expected
- Could have had much longer legs
- Host was bothered by its performance
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
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Quotes (from this video)
- And then and then um you know, could I get some bacon? And she's like, of course you can get some bacon now. But I'm I with the bacon, if you could if you could make it really rare, like really rare, like very I mean like raw if possible, if that's possible, if I get get that. And she's looking at him like, 'What do you'
- It is the greatest game. Every single group of people that I've introduced that game to that I've seen people immediately take out their phone and buy it.
- He's like, 'It's raining outside. this this this guy standing next to me with a with a Viking sweatshirt on and and he's with with with Crocs with Ver Crocs and and uh and and gym shorts screaming at me that I yelled at this kid a couple of You know what? I'm just going to throw my cigarette away and get back on my bus and drive away.
- I'll fight it and send it to you.
- And the thing is like she's got like 20,000 subscribers and it's just she just doesn't care. She's just like yeah I'm going to do this. This is this is what I'm going to do. I'm just going to talk about every episode of Columbbo and I just god bless her heart you know.
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