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The Mountain

Game ID: GID0340448
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2009
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Description

Guide your team of mountain climbers to the top of the mountain - be sure to get there before your opponents! But beware, one player is "The Mountain" and is trying to knock all the climbers off.
Watch out for Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the inevitable volcanic eruption!

This print-and-play game includes rules, board, cards, and token sheets in one PDF. It even has artwork for all the ~50 cards.

Description

Guide your team of mountain climbers to the top of the mountain - be sure to get there before your opponents! But beware, one player is "The Mountain" and is trying to knock all the climbers off.
Watch out for Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the inevitable volcanic eruption!

This print-and-play game includes rules, board, cards, and token sheets in one PDF. It even has artwork for all the ~50 cards.

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Video xTuGIa80-rM Getting Games Discussion at 19:50 sentiment: positive
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positive
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Thematic elements
  • mining and resource gathering
  • fantasy dwarven mining environment
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • mining resources — Innovative resource mining mechanism as core gameplay.
  • unique meeple distribution — A distinct meeple distribution system influences actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • this is a ravans burger release and they're a huge board game publisher
  • it's a cooperative dice game
  • Back to the Future as a movie franchise is all about time travel
  • you are going to be building out network tiles all across this map
  • hidden movement
  • I think this is a wonderful looking cover
  • this is an incredibly ambitious game
  • the decisions that you make have a lasting impact on game to game
  • history is embedded in each copy
  • there are no scripted narratives or predetermined end points
  • it's a work replacement style game but the workers are communal
  • the unique meeple distribution system and innovative mechanism of mining the resources
  • the card game looks like it has a lot of similar things to fresco the main game
  • in the dice game version you are going to be rolling dice exactly three times
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