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2022
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Description
After the death of the beloved sheriff of Eureka Springs, Ruffians are coming in droves to take advantage of the defenseless town! It is up to you and your fellow townsfolk to wallop these troublemakers into oblivion. And who knows—if you play your cards right, you may just prove yourself worthy of becoming the new sheriff!
Townsfolk Tussle is a co-op boss battler for 2-5 players. In each game, your goal is to take down four unique Ruffians, each one tougher than the last! You'll build up your townsfolk with gear, explore Eureka Springs, and concoct unique strategies to take down even more unique hoodlums.
—description from the publisher
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Board Games UnLocked Top List at 38:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Wacky and phenomenal theme.
- Great variety in bosses and items.
- Bosses have multiple stages and unique final forms.
- Set collection adds unique abilities.
- Expansions add necessary content.
Cons
- Typically requires fighting four bosses, making for a long session.
- Expansions are considered necessary for full experience.
- Panic Roll's next game is a Euro, which is questioned.
Thematic elements
- Wacky, 80s/60s cartoon style.
Comparison games
- Cuphead
- KDM
- Trespass Odyssey
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Boss variety — Every single boss is different.
- Final boss forms — If you fight him last, every boss has like a final fight system that is completely different than all the other fights.
- Multi-stage bosses — Each boss has four levels to it depending on when you match up with it.
- Set Collection — If you get a certain number of items of a particular set, you get a unique ability.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is up there with my top games of all time. Like it's probably in the number three or number four slot
- the bosses are super unique. Uh they each have their own special rules and conditions.
- the characters are insanely diverse and they just keep on going.
- It's great. It's just uh it can be mean.
- it's one of those games, you know, most games that offer all those modes don't work that well, and this one is great with everyone.
- I'm completely enamored with the with this one.
- It just does everything in my opinion. It does everything right. uh for me in a boss battler
- Sentinels of the Multiverse is my number one.
- The bosses are crazy varied.
- this for me is the best DC game ever made, the best Marvel game ever made because it doesn't have the IP
- It is a little awkward for certain player counts.
- it's famous for having a lot of effects to track.
- It's just like nothing else does this.
- Aon Trespass Odyssey is easily my number one.
- there's way more mitigation. It's a cleaner, tighter boss fight.
- the inverted paradigm system that they included where when you are taking damage, you get stronger. When you're when the boss is taking damage, they get stronger.
- there's never a moment where you're like not about to get, you know, rocked for fighting against an enemy you've already fought before.
- the enemies in this game are extremely creative and varied.
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Board Games UnLocked Top List at 1:54:17 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly Positive
Pros
- Amazing gameplay experience.
- Loved the theme and art style.
- Bosses have different abilities based on the fight level.
- Buying phase allows for creative and powerful character builds.
- Expansions add more bosses and interesting mechanics like set bonuses.
- The company's customer service was praised for sending a replacement box.
- Fantastic expansions released.
Cons
- The terrain order is fixed and not randomized, which the speaker would prefer.
- Secondhand market price is high.
- The campaign aspect was not discussed positively.
Thematic elements
- Boss battler with a Cuphead-style rubber hose animation aesthetic
Comparison games
- Primal
- Odelin
- Vagrant Song
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — The game is broken into a buying phase and a fight phase.
- Boss Battler — The core gameplay revolves around fighting bosses.
- Deck Building — Players purchase item cards to deck out their character.
- Variable player powers — Characters can be customized with items to create unique builds.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Um, this one for the price of the game and for what you get like all those monuments and stuff that you get or the you know the the wonders.
- They're like painted. They're all like chunky wood stuff. you know, it's a they're that's just retail relief and it's super nice.
- This game is just so good. I really this theme that I just absolutely love.
- That Cuphead style, what is a rubber hose animation?
- So it completely changes the way that you're that you fight them versus all the other ones.
- The components are outstanding for this game.
- This one was one of those that I saw the cover, I nabbed it, and it's was such a a surprise for me, you know, like uh it's it's because it uses that brand.
- Technically, you are not fighting the boss, but you're fighting things on the boss and the boss is fighting back for you.
- I this one I just absolutely love it.
- Every single boss is completely unique in in their their systems and mechanisms.
- If you played Shadow of the Colossus, uh, then you're going to love I I feel like it's just a shoe.
- Plays super well solo.
- Phenomenal cooperative game.
- It has so much content. There's so many uh spirits for this game that are all 100% unique.
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Tim Chuon Rules Teach at 0:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Gear has a giant impact on the fight ahead.
- Characters are asymmetric with unique abilities.
- Terrain pieces have unique abilities and create fun interactions.
- The "crit roll" mechanic is described as "one of the best things in the entire game."
- The "hit and run" tactic is a fun part of the game.
- The game offers a "brutal" but fun experience.
- Satisfying gameplay loop of moving and attacking.
- "Sneaky spirits" ability allowed players to get free items.
- Prospector's vest granting an extra moxy is useful.
- The final boss fight, despite being brutal, was engaging and led to a win.
- Crit rolls were highly effective and rewarding.
- The game offers a strong sense of progression through gearing up.
Cons
- The "permanent possession" debuff is detrimental.
- Negative consequences are frequent.
- Low rolls can be frustrating (e.g., missing attacks).
- Some mechanics are confusing (e.g., moxy usage).
- Player characters can die or be heavily disadvantaged.
- The final boss fight's win condition was initially unclear or difficult to achieve without killing the boss.
- Character death can happen quickly.
- Some abilities or gear might be less impactful than others.
- The "royal retreat" event offered a difficult choice between coins and feats.
- The "bloody prince" town event led to immediate negative consequences.
- The "deal with the devil" mechanic could be punishing.
- Losing important gear due to effects can be disheartening.
Thematic elements
- Cooperative defense against ruffians.
- A town where the sheriff is dead and townsfolk must fight incoming ruffians.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Moxy is used as action points to perform various actions.
- Area Movement — Players move characters on a board with orthogonal movement rules, influenced by terrain.
- Asymmetric Player Powers — Each character has unique abilities and stats.
- Boss battles — The game involves fighting distinct bosses with unique mechanics and stats.
- Card Drafting — Players draw 'feat cards' (secret goals) and 'town event cards'.
- cooperative play — Players work together towards a common goal of defeating ruffians.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are used for combat, event resolution, and other game effects.
- Item/Gear System — Players acquire and equip gear that provides stats and abilities.
- Terrain interaction — Specific terrain pieces on the board have unique abilities and effects.
- Variable Player Order — Player turns are determined by 'beaten order' which can change.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a very gear-heavy game. What you put together here is going to have a giant impact on the fight ahead.
- The crit roll that I rolled by accident earlier, by the way, is really, really fun. This is one of the best things in the entire game.
- This is a brutal game and there are gonna be a lot of bad things happening.
- You want that or you want accuracy? I want Mox, but I'm at zero accur. Oh, god. I'm just going to stick to Mox.
- It's like waiting around for payment eventually.
- The whole thing is the fight phase.
- They don't call me Grandma Melba for nothing.
- What a game. What a brutal game.
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Board Game Animal Top 10 List at 3:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- more characters and bosses increase replayability
- terrain features add tactical variety
Cons
- could raise game duration
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Unmatched
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- character expansions — adds more characters, bosses, and terrain features to the base game’s framework.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is really just a tremendous accomplishment of an expansion
- everything that came out this year was excellent and held the high standards that I have for Dominion
- more of a good thing is a good thing expansion which I Define as a situation where you already love the base game and what comes in the expansion is just essentially more of the base game to love
- more sets are good is kind of like saying that the pizza is good from your favorite pizza place every time you order it
- it's not increasing the size of the game or complexity but just giving more to love
- Carnival of chaos fantastic get it
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One Stop Co-op Shop Top 10 List at 3:58
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Pros
none
Cons
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Thematic elements
Comparison games
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Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- The bosses are also quite varied in their activations and they have multiple forms and different ways to defeat them.
- You can stun lock the bosses and do kind of silly things.
- components and the storage solution. It's just really nice miniatures, nice components, and they all go in the box extremely well.
- simple stamina card system that gives you cool card combos and gives your characters different attacks to try out.
- emergent storyline, crazy events that can happen, upgrades and penalties, and the amazing enemy activation system
- incredible modularity. You’ve got the different bosses, each with their own unique deck and mechanics.
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