How many players can play Zooloretto?

Zooloretto supports 2 to 5 players.

How long does a game of Zooloretto take?

A typical game of Zooloretto takes approximately 60 minutes.

What are the best video reviews of Zooloretto?

MindForge has curated 16 video reviews of Zooloretto from top board game content creators.

Zooloretto - Board Game

Video SG1TH_UFNlE Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Top List at 4:51 sentiment: neutral

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neutral

Pros

none

Cons

Players only score points for three of their sets, and other cards end up being negative points.

Thematic elements

Collecting sets of matching colored chameleons.

Comparison games

Colorado

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Card Drafting — Either draw a card from the deck and add it to one of the rows of cards on the table, or take a row of cards from the table and add them to the sets you've been collecting.
Set Collection — Players collect sets of matching colored chameleons.

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World Order is great. And if you enjoy economic strategy, well, this game is definitely worth your time.
Dune can come across as more of a sandworm fight in a shoe box, which is also full of sand. It's just a lot of sand.
Ultimately, Dinogenics is a mid-weight worker placement eurogame that's all about making the right move at the right time to build the most lucrative theme park that doesn't also get everybody killed.
This particular recommendation is based more on the feel of Sanctuary than its gameplay. Turns out, this is a thing that we can do now. We can make recommendations based on feel.

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Video TJrnLVJrpc8 Watch It Played Analysis at 1:08:48 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Getting it back to the table has been invigorating.
Teaching someone new allows for a fresh experience.

Cons

none

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Comparison games

none

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Mechanics unknown.

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it's not that I wouldn't play more stuff you know if something's really cool and interesting sure why not but my laptop on camera by the way the uh uh probably that blocks it a little bit it's a little bit but it's fine it's fine you guys don't mind
if if she ever ends up over this way on the East Coast love to have her on for sure
I just don't I would say right now I don't have anything like planned specifically
I've been a little self-conscious about the space that I shoot in and having guests
Oh yes because I feel like the the illusion would be shattered for them
well Landon um thanks for the question I I guess I started initially just because I I I enjoyed watching other people who created YouTube videos especially around board games and I wanted to do something like that but I wanted to do something different than what was being done already
and this is again as I've said famously before this was before tabletop so everyone thinks a tabletop right but this was before that even existed
I have not played I didn't know you had the copy but I oh no I did I remember seeing it but I have not either
I do have a publisher at one point want to come actually to they were going to fly down to the watching PL Studios to actually teach us a game so that we could feature it on the channel
I felt like that wasn't going to be good because yeah you could teach it to me but unless you're willing to fly to everyone who buys a copy of this game I'm having a I have a really weird unfair advantage
My Hope Is that with the videos it is yeah it's a compliment to the rule book so that you can watch this and go I wasn't getting it the rule book I see it now I get it
Pete good friend Pete good friend of the show as well I self serving question self-serving I'm sure that seon's curious though about that too
I I think on the strength of blood rage which was a real hit for them knowing this is coming from the same designer and seon is kind of pushing it and promoting it as a spiritual successor to blood rage I think it has the potential for sure
well I recently updated my inventory and I believe on B you can H to your collection right
you know what I mean like if kep takes on more of the editing stuff and and I can continue to do some of the shooting but also doing his own shooting as well
well you answer I've been talking a lot oh no I do answer but I'll let you go
normally I try to run a fairly serious game and I said you know what let's try to be a little more silly and not be quite as serious it ended up being very serious as the game went on anyway
This is where my favorite experience was okay so normally they were going through things one at a time they went through two different of the scenarios one at a time yeah and then they said okay what we need to do now is we need to scout ahead
so the two of them pop into this location one of them's literally blind the other one like suddenly lost half of their powers and they have no way to contact the rest of the party great Scouts
we did it over Skype and I had a marvelous time I had such a good time it was really fun it made me go oh this is role playing so great
I actually contracted somebody to create an art print of that game that we played together featuring us as our characters in like this sort of action set piece
well listen if you had any questions about anything you saw there feel free to put them in the comments below and I'll gladly answer them as soon as I get a chance
yeah we really are going to get very polished with these things as they go on I someday someday we can make jokes about you know how rough some things are
I find that with Cooperative games you you tend to get at least one or two players kind of as the game dies down just have less interest or or less invested in it
This is what they call I think roll and right games
if you're looking to start and you don't know exactly who all your players are going to be you're going to invite people over for the first time my biggest tip is to is to pick games that are going to be light friendly kind of games
The quickest thing to kill the group is to have everyone show up drop Scythe on the table or Twilight Imperium or Twilight Imperium or something like that and then everyone's like I think video games are much more peeling
I I do wake up feeling like I have a knife in my back almost every day even when we're not playing games
I have a very difficult time playing Dark playing Sinister because I I do kind of like I I I want to be the hero of the story
and so I try to I someone damel in distress I try to go save it someone needs the the rats cleared out their Cellar I'll go do it you know like I just it feels like that's who I want to be ultimately in the game and I suppose ultimately in life
I don't think it's an acceptable risk you know and so I I I don't play either good or evil
well listen guys uh thanks again for joining us for another live show this has been a lot of fun it's been crazy
I'd love to do a convention here at some point like a small convention
beaches um just the scenery is just lovely
so the box of Neapolitan ice cream had specifically like a column of of chocolate um vanilla and strawberry and Christ's like what do you want and you were like I I like give me the strawberry and I'm like I like the chocolate
well yeah yeah no that happened there's more to this exciting thrilling story yeah there was just time on the live show telling a story about scooping ice cream I'm so sorry everybody
you know I I I see for the foreseeable future anyway like I think as long as Luke's in school um then we'll definitely stay here
oh I I I see these games I get excited about them and then I go okay what do I have to work on this week
I was actually hoping you would say it

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Video 4cixlljYQH4 Watch It Played Game Discussion at 17:12 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Very Positive

Pros

Retains elegant political gameplay
Innovations and improvements
Does not drag even at higher player counts
Wonderful quality of production and artwork
Binding trades

Cons

Trades made on your turn are binding, but things said later are not.

Thematic elements

Collecting animals for zoo exhibits
Zoo management
Lobbying for positions and electing mascots

Comparison games

Quo Vardis
Running Filter

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Negotiation — A tightly plotted negotiation game where players bargain with each other.
Set Collection — Collecting animals for exhibits.
Trading — Most often you're going to have to trade.
Variable player powers — You get these extra things you've got the special abilities each of your animals your different species has a special ability but you don't get to use it oh no it's a bargaining tool which you can offer to other people.
Worker Placement — Animals lobby for positions.

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Quotes (from this video)

I want to do a Euro game but let's give it some of those emera thrash type of feeling things a Euro game where we're placing workers out gaining resources trying to do all those type of things but then let's have it that we go and get there to the big monster you can see it and roll dice and then take hits and then roll dice again
Champions and midgard just stands as a testament to a a pure fun game and I think it's the plinth it's it's the base of the structure upon which so many other games are built it's the shoulders of giants I feel like Champions and midgard I think it's a testament to board games it's a and it's just it's it remains a fun game even if when you roll your dice you'd think I've got this I've got so many dice I lose
Longshot the dice game is more a betting and bidding game and rolling right everyone forgets it's a rolling right it's a rolling right they should put that in big letters on the front of the Box
Summer camp turns deadly in the Happy Trails horror expansion for Final Girl.
Despite being the beginner set for final girl this was the third one that they played and the one that finally defeated them final girl is great wonderfully thematic and a game which made me realize huh I guess I don't care about theme that much or playing with other people do I refer to Hans the butcher as Pigman yes I do am I only aware of Pigman because of certain Matthew Jew telling me through the medium rare podcast yes yes I am
It's just a miraculous kind of solo experience that I really see a lot of people enjoy.
Never mind that the dusty Roman senators of the original audition work just as well for me look at the chunky animal tiles and let them draw you into this fascinating game this is a tightly plotted negotiation game a remake of rhino conicius classic from the 90s that has a delightful narrative Arc doesn't drag even at higher player counts and creates nuanced decision points around the dual goals of getting into the zoo's star exhibit and getting the most money neither can be ignored with ships incentives even as you try to cooperate with others in an ultimate competitive environment Sublime
I am a big fan of running filter which I think has been said a couple times maybe on the channel and I also am a fan of Quo Vardis I like Dusty Roman old Senators I like Rome and that it's actually my favorite theme for board games like Ancient Rome or ancient Greece but there's something quite wonderful about this new edition the pieces are just ridiculous it's the quality of the production is great the artwork is just absolutely marvelous and you get these extra things you've got the special abilities each of your animals your different species has a special ability but you don't get to use it oh no it's a bargaining tool which you can offer to other people

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Video u8-kjTQXruY UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 760:08:00 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Good game

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

it's exciting to watch um you know your team do well and win so yeah sports ball
the Philly fans go nuts with that we were tearing the streets up they actually greased the poles so they stopped climbing like poles when that happens down there in Philly
it's a weird thing the city feels like I noticed that a couple times with Philly with a couple you know the Eagles and and you know the whole the whole city gets excited
if anybody can find pib zero anywhere I will um gladly pay you the shipping and the and the and the purchase price plus a little extra
as of July 24 2023 copenhall has confirmed that pep zero has not been discontinued
it just hasn't been disconnected you just can't find it anywhere

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Video ebUG75vaxtQ Chairman of the Board Top List at 9:01 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Negotiation and deal-making
Fun experience, especially at higher player counts
Enhances gameplay with added abilities (in Zu vadis version)

Cons

Theme is a little bit weird

Thematic elements

Animals

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Negotiation — Players must negotiate and strike deals to advance.
player interaction — Movement requires the 'blessing of other players'.
Set Collection — Players collect points as they move towards a 'star exhibit'.

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this is another definitely a a forgotten gem in my opinion
this is definitely unlike any other kitti game that I've played
quite a frustrating game um but the hand management is extremely clever um and a very tense game as well
the cool thing about this game is the twist at the end where if you are the player who spent the most money you are automatically disqualified from winning
this one seems to be a bit more polarizing but it's a huge hit for me personally
brilliantly refined very sophisticated and streamlined gameplay um one of the best T placement games out there
definitely a deeper game than it first meets the eye and it's one of the best auction games ever made
wonderful game one of the purest games I have in my collection and one of my favorites full stop an absolute work of art
well Riders was fine Dragon Riders so Dragon master was decent royal visit if you like the tug-of war system you might like this one didn't quite work for me same go to Blue Moon Legends very interesting World designed game but one that didn't quite suit my game style
definitely one of the highest regarded kitu games and for good reason it's my second favorite kitu game
this one is another auction Style game where you have fixed bids so you cannot just bid what you want you have four tokens at any time and all you're doing is you are revealing these tokens or these tiles out in this kind of push your luck mechanism
lots of layers lots of wrinkles um definitely a deeper game than it first meets the eye
it's one of the best auction games ever made I think it might be my favorite
this is one of his root building style games as you have a a rack full of tiles you're using them to create huge chains of your particular color and trying to connect these different kind of cities together
gaml could not be more simple just simply place a TI or think two tiles or more than that at times onto the board and um score accordingly

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Video 032XgiNdnI4 The Brothers Murph Discussion at 549:20:00 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Great pick

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Animals

Comparison games

Beer & Bread

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

My problem is is I can't find games when I have my eyes to use.
This is terrifying.
You're heading towards the camera.
So, this is the last shelf, right?
Nick is going to cook me so bad, dude.
I have not forgiven all the people in the comments who said Combon's cover is not Hoy.
This all our laser games are together.
I need an adult.
This is toaten su.
Oh, you got one war.
Suck it, Nick.
I'm going to go You have Lrona in your hand.
Great big heavy Euro game.
I need to get some lighter stuff because I grabbed Not to Wat and Su and this and Thunder Road.
Oh god, Jesus. You're right there.
In theory, I should know what's around.
I have taken it for myself. Thank you very much.
Wowee. Hope we got workers comp.
Gosh, I don't know. I'm starting to really worry.
I have feasts for Odin and I have Tat and Su
I love this game. I'm going to grab Abyss.
All right, Mike, it's time for your fifth pick.
I need a small thing. I need like a card game.
I really want Ark Nova. And Arcan Nova is here.
I am taking Ark Nova.
Don't laugh at me, Jimmy.
This is not Arc Nova.
What the hell is this? It's so big and square.
I've got this, man. This is in a tin.
Detective Club.
I have Arc Nova. Clearly, I got a bunch of heavy. I need I need to start going lighter.
Oh god. Oh god. What was that?
Oh, there's so many small games in here.
This is a Murf draft first where both players have drafted the same game.
Wow.
I don't know why I'm helping. I most just want to flex my knowledge, dude.
This is Suburbia Collector's Edition. Get wrecked.
I love this game. Don't play it enough.
And frankly, big boxes make games harder to play.
I want to grab Vida Culture, which is up there, but I feel like I don't have a very good balanced collection
Marvel United, baby.
This is a great co-op game. Also kind of on the lighter side. I really, really enjoy this one. I I freaking love this game.
That might have been a bit of a cheat because I knew it was on the top of the shelf, which severely narrows down.
Jimmy, what do we even own?
Throw out some games that you like.
I feel like inventors and scholars is over there.
No, this is not what I thought.
Well, you've got wavefares right now. Quote unquote wavefares.
I thought at first it was going to be feast roden because you thought you didn't get it, but boy howdy did I not get it either.
This is Star Wars Rebellion, everybody. Thank you very much.
It's that big. Wow. Okay then.
Pick number eight for Nick.
How does he keep hitting it?
Real talk though.
I feel like a lot of like square and rectangular euros.
I was just about to say this is Arino. It is not.
Oh, that's thicker than I thought it'd be.
Once again, right up on the microphone. We're sorry.
This is distilled.
I got me some isats and I'm excited to have a good polyomino game.
I want Grand Austria Hotel.
We have too many big games, guys.
From the bottom, a square and a rectangle feel very similar.
Dude, right.
I feel legitimately I mean,
Is the top dented?
Is the top supposed to be dented?
All righty. Okay, I got two more. Yeah, I got two more games. I got to go I got to start going lighter. I've been doing too much big stuff.
You're always concerned about that.
A well-rounded collection.
So, here's the thing with these drafts, y'all.
Mike picks his favorite games. I try to pick an actually good collection.
No one's asking you to do that.
The prompt for these is to collect a wellrounded collection. Mike just picks his favorite games. So get out in the comments comments. Let us know.
I win. I win these because I actually choose.
It's not about making a It's about making the best list.
The best list is the best list for most people. Not for you.
I'm the one making the list.
No. Silly.
I'm picking foof girkin. This is a great trick tank game. It's called five cucumbers.
I feel the green how it's green. I think this is firkin.
All right. So, since Nick's out here sassing me.
All right. This is your final pick. Do what you want.
I'm going to go back to our drawers.
I'm looking for the Kinfire Delve games.
I feel like I stopped the Oh, wait. Hold on.
Whatever this was, I'm not choosing it.
Oh, wait. Even better.
This is a long thin rectangle? This might be uh the Fellowship of the Ring trick taking game.
Pick Pick. Pick what you think your heart says.
This one's in shrink. This is a fat boy.
I thought I had Lord of the Rings. My last picture.
Oh, you know what? Hold on. This has a unique box.
This has this little pink thing. I think this is Volano. Volamino. Volimo.
Am I stepping on a game?
This is I think Volano. And so it's got that little
that's my 10th pick. And on the light one day, I'm wellrounded as heck. Good god. Now I really don't know where I am, man.
Oh god. Sorry. I hit me in the face.
I
Yes, it is. Uh, it is a tough game to get into. Uh, and I love that.
I do love the dice placement for this. It's a really cool game, you know, this is where you're gonna go draft dice and then send them to the cathedral.
It was like, you know, like, really tough to get into. So, you know, like, I do love that and that's what we're all about.
You have your own story, your own world that you're building.
There's a ton of strategy, a ton of different things you can do in this game.
It's a legacy game, which means that the game evolves and changes as you play it.
There's a lot of political intrigue and backstabbing.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

The gear mechanism at the center of Zooloretto is the most clever thing to have ever been created for a board game.
Best gimmick of all time.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

gear mechanism — The gear mechanism at the center of Zooloretto is the most clever thing to have ever been created for a board game.

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Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization is the engine builder to end all engine builders.
In Twilight Struggle, one of the more interesting times in history is played out. And I love that each card is a real event that happened.
Gaia Project built on Terrammystica and perfected the form. It's the best one.
Gloom Haven: Jaws of the Lion has the best tutorial system I have ever seen in a game, and I think it legitimately creates new board gamers constantly because of the way they make it so approachable.
Each Spirit in Spirit Island can be played over and over as you learn how to master their abilities, and there are so much content in the box. It also just plays amazing solo.
Dune Imperium Uprising took Dune Imperium to a whole new level of scale and scope, and it's got them worms.
It's impossible to have a bad time playing Star Wars Rebellion, especially if you love Star Wars. Okay, mostly only if you love Star Wars, but it's really fun. It's Lord of the Rings in a box, and it's perfect.
For a solid like 6 years, Terraforming Mars was absolutely the king of the board game hobby. Unreal staying power.
Dune Imperium uses art based on the movies, but it doesn't feel at all like a movie tie-in cash grab.
The scale and epic stories that come out of Twilight Imperium fourth edition make it everlasting. Every time you play, you get a permanent memory and story. It's truly impressive.
The sheer amount of content in Gloom Haven and the card play makes this dungeon crawler a Eurogamer's delight.
Ark Nova takes Terraforming Mars' cardplay in Civilization's action card mechanisms and put it into a theme we're just way more interested in. just the absolute pinnacle of mashing up mechanisms into a masterpiece.
Pandemic Legacy Season 1 has deserved every single ounce of acclaim and accolades it's received over the years. It was an absolute phenomena when it came out.
I don't want to say anything nice about this game. I don't want to say anything nice about this game. I don't like this game though.
Fine. Fine.
Brass Birmingham is objectively a board game. Done. Easy. That was nice. Words that are written.
Brass rhymes with ass. Got him. You're done.
Brass Birmingham has one of the best examples of positive player interaction and a game I'd actually seek out to play for a player. Was that so hard?
So, that was one nice thing about every single game in the Board Game Geek top 100. Many games that we actually don't even really like, but there's always something nice to say. Exactly.
Just engage.
We had a lot of fun making it.

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Aqueduto

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What a load off my mind. Holy cow.
So tasty.
Don't hit me with a good time.
Get a ticket for the flea market.
You got a golden ticket.
That's the one hour I ask.
You know what? It might be have to be Friday night then because Friday the only thing I've got going
I know, but who do I kick out?
It is a good movie. It is a good movie.
My favorite John Cusack movie is um Eight Men Out.
Say anything. Hold hold hold the hold the the Ben's iconic man.
Are you going to be able to play Station Fall next week?
That'll be fine for me.
I got to go.
You could do a 900 p.m. Saturday night.
I have to be on this crazy secure line. Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah. Whatever.
Not looking forward to it. But maybe I don't know get cancelceled, but it might. But I'm just I'm just I'm leaving it open in case they do need me.
The thing is Wednesday night is usually there's no momentum to play anything big, you know, because you're kind of like, you know, I mean, the momentum is not there yet.
If you don't get knocked out, it's an evening. It takes a long time.
My head
Oh, my god.
That's a seven out of 10.
You need to get some sunglasses for that one. That's a CSI Miami joke.
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Vampire Survivors live on Kickstarter right now. $361,000.
Back Vampire Survivors the board game.
It's great. It's my game of the year.
Hero Forge, if you're watching, I'd love to make another video for you. Send me some more credits.
That [__] is addictive. Oh my god.
Gnome Hollow is a delightful game. Whether you're an avid board game player or new to board games, this game is very suitable for both. The gameplay is smooth. You have many action to choose from, but but it still remains clear. We really like the theme. Gnomes always do well. The ring markers are magnetic, which is super handy. That makes them easy to keep on your player board.
Hughes and Q's is quite good.
I felt like it's one of those games unfortunately after I play it once I was just like well and I never need to play this again.
A+ for style points. Super cute theme and artwork. I give this a low rating based on the fact that I myself just can't really play it. The spatial aspect of the rings with all their twists makes it hard for me to plan my turns and you can't get around the spatial aspect and to aim for a win through other methods.
People love to be harsh.
Tile laying that's been done before. The tile laying is really dull. Even though there are seven tiles to choose from, there are ever only one or two viable choices because you want to close the path as soon as possible. There is nothing new to see here. Move along.
I love people and I hate them at the same time.
Well, that's harsh.
We're in the happiest timeline right now.
There's no like RPG stuff there really.
I think that Morborg is just a garbage thing. It's just like it's it's it is it is it was a flash in the pan.
Yeah. And it's just like we got we're going to just have all these Borg things and I just like what are we doing?
I just need this remote control and this chair and that's all I need.
The Color from Outer Space. It showed up.
Well, what you need to go see or stream is um Renfield with Nick Cage.
That's just over the top ridiculous. It's It's amazing.

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Positive

Pros

Phenomenal game
Great gimmick with the gears
Clean and efficient worker placement
Still holds up, with other games taking inspiration from it

Cons

Expansion can be hard to find
The original game is long

Thematic elements

Collecting animals

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Push Your Luck — Implied by the risk of taking animals that might not fit into enclosures.
Set Collection — Collecting sets of animals.
Worker Placement — Implied by placing workers to take actions.

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Yeah, dude. I was uh on on a side note, I was uh watching an old interview with the woman that did uh Who Wants to be a Bill a millionaire. Like there was Regis who did it, then the woman who took over after him. She was interviewing Tim Curry uh and was talking about how like he's very seductive about like with like his being a villain and stuff that it's like, man, if you were the devil and you were talking to me, it's like I I'd go with you. And I was listening to him talk and I was like, damn, he really does have a sexy voice.
I I pretty much take what PubMed gives me and I'm like, well, that's the algorithm.
Um, and the and the more of those citizens you have on top of each other, um, the more powerful their action gets.
So, it has that follow mechanism. Okay. So, which I always like kind of because it keeps everybody engaged, right?
This game's kind of an anomaly nowadays just because of the amount of content you get for the price you pay.
This is a nonverbal cooperative uh game kind of like the crew but it's not tricktaking where you as a group are trying to diffuse wires um based off of the mission.
This game is very very challenging. It is. Uh but it's so quick to play that once you lose, you're like, 'Okay, reset.'
It's It's kind of an anomaly, but it's a really really good one. One to definitely break out during a game day.

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positive

Pros

Innovative gear mechanism
Neat worker placement on rondel
Clear indication of game end
Quality components (blue skulls are cool)
Expansion (Tribes and Prophecies) is a must-have for variable player powers

Cons

Takes a long time to play if owned but not played
Penalized if you don't have any workers out

Thematic elements

Mayan calendar

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

action selection — The game uses gears on a rotating wheel for action selection.
Rondel — Workers are placed on a central wheel with gears, and actions improve the longer they stay there.
Worker Placement — Players place workers on different gears on a wheel to take actions.

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this one is, Hoplam is solo.
the Pandora's Ruin uh brought in several different little things like more scions and stuff like that. But the biggest thing was the Mercury Boots campaign mode, that new campaign mode, because it switch it switched from where instead of each act lasting 12 weeks, it made each act last six weeks.
this is my my second uh chip theory game in this segment, but you get that same deal. Chips, neoprene, plastic.
But now each act probably takes about two or so with the Mercury deal. And that was like one of the smartest things. They listened to their their their, fans or whatever and they added that and it was the perfect addition cuz it made it a nice swallowable uh deal at that point.
that expansion saved this game because if I had to go through it again with uh, you know, four hours per act, I it's it's miserable, dude.
four hours of die rolling.
I just try not to think about how much I spent.
It's so much fun, dude.
The amount of content definitely helps with how many heroes and villains there are.
And the plug-and-play nature of just being like, here's who we're going to throw in.
The system of you know this timeline element of like playing cards after other players to trigger different effects is such a cool thing.
It's just that plugandplay nature makes this one just so much fun to play.
I've had a blast with it.
the games still super fun.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Simple
Won Spiel des Jahres
Very popular
Expansions add value

Cons

Losing points for too many animals
Expansions are almost necessary for full enjoyment

Thematic elements

building a zoo

Comparison games

Colorado

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Set Collection — You're trying to fill up areas with your zoo with the different animals. And if you have too many animals that you can't put in the spots in your zoo, you'll lose points.
Tile Placement — You put an animal into one of these vehicles, or you take a vehicle and all those animals get added to your zoo.

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Here are my 10 favorite.
The theme disappears pretty quickly. It's more about a puzzly type game than it is about the theme.
This is the kind of game that you would accidentally buy at a museum gift shop and be like, 'It's probably not that good.' and you go, 'Wait a minute, it really is.'
This is where you're building like a sanctuary. This is with these really endangered animals and I think that's kind of the draw to this game.
The silliest game on my list, but I like it a lot.
This is one where you're going, oh, this is actually a one that we can work together and win as a family.
Ark Nova is a fantastic game, one of my favorite games I've ever played.
it's the animals and the theming of it that put it over the top for me because I like having a Bengal tiger in my zoo and some spider monkeys and whatever else might be in there. I love that concept.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

comfort game; adorable art; strategic drafting

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Drafting — draft animals and exhibit spaces to maximize scoring potential.

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Arc Nova was our most played game last year in terms of the length of time that we played it.
the audio bit is holy cow nine days it's such a difference
I love cats Explore and Draw every single day of the week
it's just it's great to have a framework for fun

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

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sometimes when we see age restrictions on games it leaves us scratching our heads
Publishers are trying to avoid certain fees and costs associated with testing for choking hazards and so it's just easier for them to say okay this is for 10 and up and they can forgo those costs
so is that a consideration when you're thinking about games that might be appropriate or inappropriate for your children not just what they're visually going to see but what they're going to be doing in the game play
sometimes if I watch a board game review and it's particularly critical in the post of people's comments they'll often say things like thanks for your honesty or this is why I value you as a reviewer you're not afraid to speak the truth
but is criticism inherently more truthful than a compliment
I don't review games I never share my opinions on them one way or the other but I do wonder what the psychology is behind that
I prefer to play games across the table from somebody but that's just not always possible
remote gaming gives me that opportunity
Grail games these are games that you really want but they're maybe hard to find out of print quite expensive
my gril game is necromunda this is the first m game that I ever played I introduced it to some friends in University who were not Gamers but then we all really got into it building our little gangs painting them up and then playing against one another it was a lot of fun but my attachment to the game is primarily sentimental
there's arguably better Miniatures games out there now I've been told that Dead Zone by Mantic Games is basically an equivalent to necromunda and I'd probably enjoy that but I still for whatever reason one necromunda is that nuts probably a little nuts

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Replaces basic cardboard tokens with thematic wooden pieces for resources.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

collecting animals for a zoo

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

component upgrade — Replaces cardboard tokens for corn, logs, gold, and stone with wooden pieces.

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Quotes (from this video)

My hope was that by showing you some of these products if this is something that you might have an interest in then you get a pretty good idea of what it is that they have to offer.
If you have dungeon pets you can now get an upgrade set with pieces that are shaped more appropriately for what they represent.
Upgrading components in your games as you might have an interest in would probably make for a pretty impressive presentation.
Hopefully this video gave you a sense of the variety and quality of the product.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Gaining victory points for full or nearly full animal pens.
Gaining points for having snack kiosks.
The game provides ways to get animals out of the barn.
Filling a pen by moving, purchasing, or other means allows the player to gain bonus coins.
The two-player variant uses three delivery trucks with varying capacities.

Cons

Losing points for having animals and kiosks in the barn (out of public eye).
Animals that cannot be legally placed must go into the barn.
Excess kiosks go into the barn if there is no room.
Purchasing a token from another player's barn costs one coin to the bank and one coin to the player.
Discarding a token from the barn costs two coins to the bank.
The 'exchange to animal species' action never allows a player to gain coins from filling a pen.
In the two-player variant, one truck has one slot, one has two, and one has three, with facedown tokens blocking off spaces.

Thematic elements

running a zoo

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

action selection — Players choose one of seven actions on their turn: adding a tile to a truck, one of five money actions, or taking a truck to fill their zoo.
Area Control — Players place animals into pens, respecting placement restrictions where species cannot be mixed in the same pen.
Breeding — When a male and female of the same species are together in a pen, they produce an offspring. Each animal can only breed once.
Drafting — Players take turns taking one action at a time, which includes taking a tile from the general supply and placing it on a truck, spending money to perform actions, or taking a truck to place animals in their zoo.
end-game triggering — The game end is triggered when there are 15 or fewer tiles remaining in the common supply.
Resource Management — Players manage coins to perform various actions like moving tokens, exchanging species, purchasing tokens, discarding tokens, and expanding their zoo.
scoring — Points are scored for completely filled pens, pens with one empty space, and for having kiosks. Points are lost for animals and kiosks in the barn.
Set Collection — Players gain points for having pens that are full or nearly full of animals.
Tile drawing — Players draw tiles out of a common supply. The game ends when 15 or fewer tiles remain.

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Quotes (from this video)

Hello and welcome to Maple University's How to Play Zoo Loretto.
And that's how to play Zoo Loretto. I hope you enjoyed the video and I hope you enjoy playing.
Please subscribe to our channel if you want to hear more from Maple University.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

family-friendly, accessible
compact play area with charming components

Cons

some players may find it lighter or more luck-driven

Thematic elements

family-friendly zoo building
zoo management and animal acquisition
light, theme-saturated with cute animal icons

Comparison games

Carcassonne
Ticket to Ride

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Set Collection — players collect animals and arrange enclosures for scoring
set_collection — players collect animals and arrange enclosures for scoring
Tile Placement — placing animal tiles into exhibits across the zoo
tile_placement — placing animal tiles into exhibits across the zoo

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the biggest one ever in the history of the modern board gaming possibly the biggest one ever
Ticket to Ride is a hand management game that's what it is
Dominion... it's the deck building game
Bear Park feeling
it's essentially root building right it's a root building game, much like Ticket to Ride in some way
Treat yourself

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