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Yōkai

Game ID: GID0396113
Game Info
Year
2019
Players
2
Age
12+
Playtime
20 min
Collection
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Description

There's confusion among the Yōkai!

These Japanese spirits have become intermingled in Yōkai, and to calm them, you have to group together members of the same family. They're hiding, however, so to carry out your task successfully, you have to be clever and not make any noise to avoid frightening them...

Description

There's confusion among the Yōkai!

These Japanese spirits have become intermingled in Yōkai, and to calm them, you have to group together members of the same family. They're hiding, however, so to carry out your task successfully, you have to be clever and not make any noise to avoid frightening them...

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Video HSWwpJUNXAs Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top List at 5:34 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Unique and weird.
  • Easy to take anywhere.
  • People who play it love it.
  • Has a campaign mode.
Cons
  • Not talked about much.
Thematic elements
  • Memory and tile placement.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Campaign — There's kind of like a miniature little campaign mode, things get harder and harder and harder.
  • Cooperative — It is a Cooperative game.
  • Memory — It is a memory Tile game. Your goal is to get all of the four of each thing to be touching without breaking up the map, and everything stays face down the entire game.
  • Tile Placement — Your goal is to get all of the four of each thing to be touching without breaking up the map, and everything stays face down the entire game.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • I cannot stand push games I avoid them at all costs one of my least favorite mechanisms
  • guess what I really like this is one of those things that we have thoughts onite but the quack of quber does one of the best best jobs of making a enjoyable push your luck sty game
  • this is a game where you literally are a nobleman and you're trying to be grow your prestige you're trying to get greater land you're trying to gain influence in court and it's really fun
  • I have played a bunch of ccgs and lcgs and collectible card games and tradeable card games and all that stuff
  • they're all money pits so I can only do one at a time
  • this is a very friendly scene much more friendly than magic or Pokemon
  • another game I just hear no one talking about and you're all shame on you for not hearing about this and talking about it because it's awesome
  • this is a two-player social deduction game it's crazy
  • it's oh so much laughter and sillyness
  • this is the loudest game on our list or my list at least
  • everyone's just yelling we actually ran a game of this at a at a convention this past summer
  • this is just such a clever word game
  • it is one of the be in my opinion it is one of the single best word games out there
  • genius stes games does a really great job of giving you games that give you educational opportunities without making it feel like an educational game
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Video ljGbzIAro0g Our Family Plays Games Discussion at 59:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • beautiful presentation
  • engaging solo play mentioned as strong
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • machi-building with charming charm
  • forest/marmot-like town with potatoes
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Bag Building — build town with thematic resources (potatoes) in a charming setting
  • machi-building — build town with thematic resources (potatoes) in a charming setting
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Quotes (from this video)
  • We got new equipment.
  • We hope the stream is smoother this week because... our streams have been lagging.
  • Pack of Penguins is a fun, family-friendly card game where penguins race to collect the most eggs and fish each round.
  • No luck. No dice. You have to determine your destiny.
  • Omaha Gaming Convention is for everybody.
  • There we go. Headliners on the list.
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Video lsPCiHMWsLs Crimsonboardgames Top List at 21:32 sentiment: other
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly desirable despite lack of solo
Pros
  • Extremely cute artwork
  • Unique art style
  • Potential collector's item
Cons
  • Does not have a solo option
Thematic elements
  • Harvesting potatoes
  • Mount Yōtei, Northern Japan
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Set Collection — Implied by 'harvesting potatoes and stuff'.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Next we have Song of the Wild Kin one to four players area movement cooperative game deck bag and pool building. That all sounds perfect to me.
  • So, we don't have anything to show yet really. So, we only have the box art. But look how cute that looks.
  • Action-packed co-op game.
  • This could again be very gimmicky. But I'm curious to see.
  • I mean, it's obviously Cthulhu themed. Love that.
  • I don't know. It might suck, you know.
  • This is just an insta buy for me. I'm just going to get it.
  • Um they just look so cute and they're both one to four or like at least this one's one to six and this one's one to four players.
  • I'm very, very sad that this does not have a solo option because it looks so freaking cute...
  • Look at how stunning this looks. I mean, excuse me?
  • But, some for some reason this grabs me even more.
  • I hope you guys enjoyed um that um I'm very excited about UK Games Expo.
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