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Year Published
2003
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Brothers Murph top_10_list at 3:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Simple rules
- In-your-face gameplay with blocking
- Cute penguin pieces
- Easy to set up in newer version
- Quick to play
Cons
- Older version had significant setup time with hex tiles
- Lots of setup for a short game
Thematic elements
- Penguins competing for fish
- Arctic/ice floe setting with penguins
- Light, whimsical
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — Players try to cut off opponents and strand them on islands
- Movement — Penguins move in straight lines to different tiles
- Tile Collection — Players move penguins to tiles and collect the tile they left
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Cribbage is one of those games that gets passed down through generations and we absolutely adore it
- Scout just brings a level of joy with just about everybody we've encountered playing this game
- It's just super simple kind of in-your-face game where you're running around trying to catch this fish
- You get this big kind of game experience and not a ton of time
- Castle Combo is an absolute banger amongst many bangers from last year
- The art in this game is absolutely unmatched
- Dice Miner is quick. It's easy. You can kind of teach to everyone
- There's just all this like interesting kind of math going on
- I'm a massive Lord of the Rings fan. The movies and the books, but particularly the books
- We played through My City twice the entire campaign two times, loved it both times
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