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Ugly Christmas Sweaters

Game ID: GID0370038
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2020
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Description

In Ugly Christmas Sweaters, players compete against each other through trick-taking and drafting to collect and assemble sweater pieces.

Various gameplay cards (which are drawn at the start of each round) determine gameplay and bonus scoring. The end of a round is triggered when a player completes three sweater builds. At the end of each round, victory points are awarded based on sweaters built and bonus scoring (points for sweaters following round-specific goals and hidden objectives). Build your sweaters quickly!

At the end of the third round, scores from each previous round are tallied together and the player with the highest total score (best sweaters) wins!

Description

In Ugly Christmas Sweaters, players compete against each other through trick-taking and drafting to collect and assemble sweater pieces.

Various gameplay cards (which are drawn at the start of each round) determine gameplay and bonus scoring. The end of a round is triggered when a player completes three sweater builds. At the end of each round, victory points are awarded based on sweaters built and bonus scoring (points for sweaters following round-specific goals and hidden objectives). Build your sweaters quickly!

At the end of the third round, scores from each previous round are tallied together and the player with the highest total score (best sweaters) wins!

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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Charming and unique theme.
  • Guarantees a reward for all players, making it less punishing.
  • Flexible rules and multiple objectives add depth.
  • Strategic element of cards going into the supply for future bidding.
Cons
  • Can be more complex than typical trick-taking games due to balancing multiple objectives.
Thematic elements
  • Making ugly Christmas sweaters.
Comparison games
  • trick taking games
  • co-op
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Drafting — Players play tricks to win the right to draft sweater cards.
  • Set Collection — Players collect cards to complete sweaters based on secret and public goals.
  • Trick-Taking — The game uses trick-taking as a core mechanism.
  • Variable player powers — Cards played in tricks go into a supply and are bid on in subsequent rounds, adding strategic depth.
  • Variable trump — Trump suits can shift each round due to 'perfect fit' and 'fad' cards that introduce special rules.
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  • That was the funniest thing I've witnessed.
  • I remember talking to him at WSBG when he was there for a couple years. We were like, "We should play Tichu." And I was like, "I want to play teach with you." And then it just never happened.
  • This uses trick taking in, I believe, area control uh, on a board.
  • Time chasers is a weird trick.
  • It's very heavy.
  • But I again I haven't played it. So they're saying it's a card shedding game with double-ended cards.
  • Shallow sea is the game for you because they sponsored this RNR show.
  • Bad Comet is again a really great company with um, exceptional production quality as well.
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