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2020
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Description
Prepare for work in the lab!
Too Many Bones: Splice & Dice allows players to create their own tyrants using baddies from their Too Many Bones base games and add-ons! Build a tyrant alongside your standard TMB games, or work for Nobulous outside of a TMB game and port your creation in later.
In addition to the brand new tyrant creation system, Splice & Dice brings new tyrants, encounters, and new dual baddie-type baddies into play - forcing players to invent new strategies and builds for their favorite characters.
—description from the publisher
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Board Games UnLocked Top List at 54:18 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Adds significant strategic depth and replayability.
- Innovative 'create-a-tyrant' mechanic.
- High-quality components typical of the publisher.
- Modular nature allows for varied gameplay.
Cons
- Increases the already high complexity of the base game.
- Can be difficult to explain the core mechanic.
Thematic elements
- Adventuring, combat, and character progression
- Fantasy world with 'tyrants' and 'monsters'
- Campaign-driven with a focus on creating the main antagonist.
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign — The expansion adds a campaign element focused on confronting a tyrant.
- Character progression — Players develop their characters through dice and abilities.
- Cooperative boss battle — Players work together to defeat a 'tyrant' whose abilities are influenced by player choices during the journey.
- Modular gameplay — Features modular components and mechanics.
- risk-reward assessment — Players must be 'wary and selective on who you're defeating during that travel' as defeating certain enemies can strengthen the tyrant.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this was a solid solid expansion
- my brain hurts but they were so good
- this game is awesome
- phenomenal tutorial system
- this game fixes all of that
- this is just a top tier expansion
- they did a really good job with it
- this one is extremely hard
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Box of Delights Rules Teach at 0:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds new ways to play (Builder Tyrant, Nobulous Apprenticeship Program)
- Introduces new tyrants and baddies for existing games
- Offers replayability with random stacks and card draws
- Provides a unique solo experience with the Nobulous Apprenticeship Program
Cons
- Some new tyrants require components from other expansions (Undertow)
- Can be challenging to manage threats and progress simultaneously
Thematic elements
- Building a tyrant through splicing baddie parts.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative (implied) — While demonstrated solo, the game is described as having multiplayer capabilities, suggesting a cooperative or competitive element.
- Deck Building — The 'Knob deck' provides daily challenges and opportunities that players must navigate.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are drawn from a bag and rolled to determine benefits, influencing splices and actions.
- Modular Board — The 'lab mat' and 'tyrant mat' provide distinct areas for managing the game state.
- Player Progression — The 'progress chart' tracks the advancement towards successfully building a tyrant.
- Press Your Luck — Players decide whether to complete immediate tasks to gain actions or save resources for future turns, with the risk of facing escalating demands.
- Set Collection — Baddies with specific attributes (like poison, ranged attack) and dice are collected to fulfill card requirements and advance the progress track.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is too many bones expansion splice and dice i've not opened it yet
- what i'm going to do for you is play nobody's apprenticeship program i'm going to go through the box set up and play this game
- the objective of the novelist apprenticeship program is we're going to play over the course of seven days and we're going to be successful if we successfully create a tyrant who's successful in battle against the nobulus's prototyrant before the end of day seven
- the game is one of managing threats building tension getting through these threats and managing this enough that you can then divert attention to the lab
- remember we want at least one positive splice per day
- i hate this card it's horrible
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