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World Championship Russian Roulette

Game ID: GID0392632
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2017
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Description

Congratulations, you've made it to the world championship! Unfortunately, it's the World Championship of Russian Roulette. In this press-your-luck bluffing game of simultaneous play where no player has to wait for their turn, you play the part of a captain of a Russian Roulette team competing against the world's best Russian Roulette teams.

The first team to accrue 15 victory points or the last team with their brains still intact wins. You earn victory points by bidding on how many pulls of the trigger you will survive. Any time you lose a teammate, you earn a severance package in the form of an action card. Action cards allow a player to peek at the top three cards of their gun deck before bidding, shoot at another player instead of at themselves, change a bid, and more.

But there's more! World Championship Russian Roulette is also a bluffing game. At the beginning of every round, players place one of their gun cards into their "pocket", providing them the opportunity to cheat by pocketing their bullet card. Careful though. Get caught cheating and the penalty will blow your mind.

Description

Congratulations, you've made it to the world championship! Unfortunately, it's the World Championship of Russian Roulette. In this press-your-luck bluffing game of simultaneous play where no player has to wait for their turn, you play the part of a captain of a Russian Roulette team competing against the world's best Russian Roulette teams.

The first team to accrue 15 victory points or the last team with their brains still intact wins. You earn victory points by bidding on how many pulls of the trigger you will survive. Any time you lose a teammate, you earn a severance package in the form of an action card. Action cards allow a player to peek at the top three cards of their gun deck before bidding, shoot at another player instead of at themselves, change a bid, and more.

But there's more! World Championship Russian Roulette is also a bluffing game. At the beginning of every round, players place one of their gun cards into their "pocket", providing them the opportunity to cheat by pocketing their bullet card. Careful though. Get caught cheating and the penalty will blow your mind.

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Video lmw_YehoAh8 The Dice Tower Discussion at 9:00 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • Remember enjoying it
Cons
  • Has been a while since played
  • Might not play as much these days
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • pressure — It's a trick a pressure thing
  • Simultaneous Play — simultaneous play.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • I know it has its own little like um uh you know sub cult of people who enjoy it.
  • I don't particularly like it because I think it has a very strong rich get richer.
  • If you start winning an Outpost you were going to continue winning because if your engine gets going faster than mine there's not much I can do about it.
  • But yeah this one does not This one is one I wanted to like a lot more than I did.
  • it's a good back and forth two-player game.
  • I like the theme of it a lot. Seems like most music games I play aren't very good.
  • I I find this one amusing.
  • It almost feels like you could play it randomly and have the same amount of fun, but it's a nice way to pass some time.
  • It's a great little filler.
  • I don't think a lot of people have played this one.
  • It was replaced by Nobody is Perfect, too, because they didn't get it right the first time.
  • This is what a lot of people were talking about.
  • It was one of those games that I saw a little bit of buzz and I was like, "Ooh, I'll have to play that sometime." and then never heard anything else about it.
  • I think that's just a really solid two-player game from Catalia.
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Video 8-T05EN_BfI Unboxing at 0:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Unique theme
  • Interesting
  • Looks fun
  • Encourages laughter and fun
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Russian roulette
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • bidding — You're going to earn points by bidding on how many pulls of your guns trigger you can survive.
  • bluffing — It's a pressure luck bluffing game.
  • Deck Building — You're going to get some of these bang cards. You're going to be putting some of those bang cards in your deck.
  • Push Your Luck — It's basically a pressure luck game.
  • Set Collection — Every team is going to have their own set of cards.
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  • My friend keeps telling me that he can print a gun with his 3D printer. I'm not impressed. I've had a Canon printer for years.
  • Please, please, please like us on Facebook and subscribe to us on YouTube or Sean will come to your house and cause all sorts of problems with your dog. He will.
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