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Yunnan — home of delicious Pu'er tea. For more than 1,000 years, the tea dynasties have provided this sought-after good via their horse caravans to faraway Tibet. The Tea-Horse Road — a network of paths and roads leading through the jungles of Yunnan, across the steppes of Sichuan, and over the peaks of the Himalaya — is the traditional travel route of the tea traders.
In Yunnan, players control the fate of their tea dynasties. Their main goal is to establish a broad and secure trading network to deliver the tea to the farthest provinces, doing it better than their opponents. The main work behind the scenes is done in Pu'er, their home location: New traders need to be trained, better horses need to be acquired, and a good number of border passes need to be requested to be able to reach the farthest provinces.
Mere trading is not enough to beat the competition, however. Great social influence and a prestigious tea house may come in handy to propitiate the province inspector. Bridges provide shortcuts, and trading posts in faraway places secure one's own path along the Tea-Horse Road.
Yunnan is well-suited for players who like tactical development games. Due to the interleaving game mechanisms, the players are involved at all times. The great variety of available actions allows for different strategies. Only the player who calculates well, goes against the proper opponents, and reacts to the actions of others swiftly and adequately will win this game, which includes no elements of chance.
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Meeple University Top List at 3:27 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- Looks really fun.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Five Rings universe
Comparison games
- Scythe
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Engine Building — Building up an engine of actions that get stronger.
- Objective Fulfillment — Placing out objectives for maxing out certain columns or winning certain fights.
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- Hi everyone, Stella here from Mele University and that's Tarant and we are doing our Gen Con anticipated games which are the games that we are anticipating and wanting to play or de buy a demo and we haven't played them yet.
- So um, again, we're going to talk about these 10 games in no particular order. And game number one is called Falling.
- So, that makes for an interesting point of decision tension.
- And it is beige. So, it's going to be a good game, right? A good Euro game.
- And if that doesn't sound like a classic Euro theme we say with nothing else
- So, this is for demo and it's recently on crowdfunding. So, I think just finished.
- Yes. Well- loved game and given a redo. Yeah, must be a a reason I mean people there want to be a demand for this game right like container they redo that and a few other games these days is more of a trend
- So those are our 10 anticipated games genon if you see me please say hello even even though I'm in a meeting that's okay you can just I'm happy for people to interrupt me no problems and hopefully I'll see you there soon.
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Allies or Enemies Top 100 List at 25:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cool, interconnected gear mechanic
- Strong visual table presence
Cons
- Complex to learn; heavy to play
Thematic elements
- Temple-building and resource optimization
- Mayan/Aztec-inspired city-building
- thinky, engine-building
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Interconnected wheel-based worker/placement — Gears and wheels drive resource collection and temple-building.
- Worker Placement — Gears and wheels drive resource collection and temple-building.
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- and this is how we're doing it
- these are just at this current period of time
- it's not the top 100 games that are out there these are just the 100 games that we're enjoying playing right now
- feel free to share your list as we go through we would love to see it
- it's almost guaranteed to fail like your ship gets torn apart
- it's mean but no one gets their feelings here because it's so obviously mean and it's so like fun mean
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Getting Games Discussion
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- it's just a really exciting experience to pitch these games
- Jessica did all of the graphic design
- I believe in these games
- I don't think I'm ever going to make money off of these maybe I will who knows
- Spiel felt like Disneyland for five days
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Heavy Cardboard Analysis at 22:23 sentiment: positive
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positive
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none
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- it's Dominoes Ah
- based on reviewing the Wikipedia for dominoes um that doesn't that seem that year seems wrong. That seems way late.
- but anything that is like a Domino's game we would recognize doesn't occur until the very end of the 18th or beginning of the 19th century.
- and tomorrow night at 7:00 p.m., we're finishing up with Antiquity, which is pictured behind Ken's head over there.
- Of our 402 games, only 13 are published before 1990.
- So you got Spirit Island, you got Lizboa, you got Quest for Elorado, and 22 other games that are on one person's list.
- 2019, PAX Premiere, Crystal Palace, and 24 other games.
- 2015, Gallerist, Trickarion, Food Chain Magnate, 16 other games.
- Brass, Birmingham, Obsession, Root.
- John Company, sure. Weather Machine, Carnegi, 19 other games from 2022.
- Age of steam. Age of steam, right? Yeah. Yeah. Obviously, right. Yeah.
- Like trying to narrow it down is a hard thing when you when you have maybe the newer you are, the less hard that is.
- there's going to be another one tomorrow where we go through tutorial number four of Atlantic Chase.
- I might have a latest greatest version of Crossrox. I'm so excited about this game after hearing you guys talk about it.
- Every game that you guys play, you're playing. It's oath.
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Getting Games Review at 0:02 sentiment: mixed
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mixed
Pros
- Artwork and production quality is fantastic
- Gears are visually striking and turn smoothly
- Deep engine-building puzzle with varied planning choices
- Starting resources draft adds strategic choice
- Multiple endgame scoring paths via temples, skulls, and buildings
Cons
- Analysis paralysis and heavy decision-making can slow play
- Busy board can be intimidating for new players
- Three victory paths reduce flexibility and can cause blocking
- Monuments can look similar to buildings
- Limited long-term replayability due to path specialization
Thematic elements
- engine-building, resource management, temple tracks
- Mayan calendar / temple-building themed world with gears
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — teal, brown, teal phases include feeding and scoring rounds
- End Game Bonuses — buildings/monuments grant ongoing or endgame bonuses and points
- endgame: Chachchanita skull placement — placing crystal skulls on skull track provides VP and blocks teeth; skulls stay to affect teeth permanently
- engine/tech tracks upgrades — resources are spent to upgrade technology tracks for buffs
- gear-based central wheel — a rotating calendar-like mechanism that advances and unlocks actions and resources on each tooth
- monuments/buildings as bonuses — buildings/monuments grant ongoing or endgame bonuses and points
- multi-worker placement cost scaling — the cost increases with the number of workers placed this turn
- pulling workers back to execute actions — when you pull a worker off a spot, you execute its action
- resource economy (wood, rock, gold, crystal skulls) — resources are gathered and converted into VP; used to build buildings and monuments
- Resource Management — resources are gathered and converted into VP; used to build buildings and monuments
- seasonal feeding and scoring rounds — teal, brown, teal phases include feeding and scoring rounds
- starting resource draft — players draw four tokens and choose two to start with; others returned to box
- temple tracks and gods — gives resource generation and VP; involves brown, yellow, and green temple tracks
- Track Advancement — gives resource generation and VP; involves brown, yellow, and green temple tracks
- Worker Placement — place workers on gear slots, paying corn; must take cheapest available slot
- worker placement on outer gear spots — place workers on gear slots, paying corn; must take cheapest available slot
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Quotes (from this video)
- The artwork is fantastic in this game.
- there's pretty much three paths to victory
- Specialization is the way this game is played out.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 10:36
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Quotes (from this video)
- We added them together. That was the incorrect usage there.
- Blast some imps. Do it.
- Tea fatigue is what I'm calling it.
- We’re going to show you 200 through 101 and talk about them.
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Board Game Spotlight Review at 8:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- One of favorite heavier games
- Visually interesting with gears
- Thematic and fun
- Super awesome
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Engine building
- Industrial machinery
- Mechanically-driven
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Gear turning — Gears in middle turn to determine production
- Tableau Building — Build tableaus for production
- Worker Placement — Place workers to perform actions
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Quotes (from this video)
- Agricola is one of those games that you just got to have in your collection if you like euro style games
- Porta is one of my favorite underrated games
- Broom service I absolutely love food service one of the coolest mechanics in board games 100 percent recommend this game it is a hoot
- Barron Park is my favorite polyomino Tetris in a board game game
- Orleans is a top 5 game for me period just one of my favorite games to play ever
- Power grid this was the game that got me into board gaming y'all
- Seven wonders this is a modern-day classic
- Betrayal at house on the hill every game is different
- King of Tokyo one of those games that you have to have in your collection
- If you like board games one or percent recommend this game
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Replicates action movie feeling
- Thematic table positioning mechanics
- Overflow of cool thematic flourishes
- Tons of replayability with modules
- Chain reaction combo system
- Epic moments with intense action
Cons
- Time pressure can be stressful
- Potential for quarterbacking from pushy players
- Dark action theme may not appeal to all
- Requires comfort with real-time gameplay
Thematic elements
- action movie
- car chase
- cooperative action
Comparison games
none
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Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This extra twist of uh extra objectives to chase after if you build these is such a cool leveling up for the game
- This game is very mean-spirited oh the aggressive moves you can make really messing with your opponent
- This game is freaking brilliant
- This core idea is so brilliant one of the coolest new ideas I've seen in worker placement in years
- This is one of the best card drafting closed hand card drafting games of all time
- I would play this over seven wonders quite frankly because it adds so much depth and variety and control
- This game blew me and Jen away
- Jeffrey CCH might before too long make it into my top 10 favorite designers
- They have done the ultimate spinning gears game
- This is going to make a lot of top 10 of the years for 2024 when it comes out later this year
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Heavy Cardboard Discussion at 13:42 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Artwork by Craig Swanson
- on-stream painting and reveal context
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- art and gameplay integration, in-universe lore
- Fantasy/adventure-themed board game
- on-stream discussion of painting and playing
Comparison games
- Mr. President
- Żulkan / Zulkin
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is going to be an absolute [ __ ] show for me today.
- I am incredibly fortunate and grateful to be able to host Heavy Cardboard full-time.
- Every dollar matters. I am grateful for every single one.
- The gofundme takes 2.9% and 30 cents per donation.
- The higher ceiling is a massive improvement.
- We met the baseline goal and GoFundMe will adjust automatically.
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