Tunisia

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Victory condition — The rulebook begins with 'if it isn't obvious who won the game is a draw'.

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• if it isn't obvious who won the game is a draw
• The 1995 Reiner Knizia game the fifth column M played with the traditional deck of cards is the original iteration of what famous Knizia two-player game
• it is Stone Age it is Stone Ed age
• this is the evolution of one of my all-time favorite top five games oh my God Las Vegas oh the dice game
• The player who has accumulated the fewest marriage proposals after five rounds wins

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Card Play — The game is a two-player battle game with card play.

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• Yes, maybe we knew there were still some games in transit.
• It's like 300 plus 150. I can't remember how much I pay about that much. 450 €450 something like it's about 500 Australian dollars.
• Sadly, they didn't survive the post.
• It's probably because actually no not the Pacific Ocean cuz that's the least direct ocean to get to Australia.
• So some people who really likes to care of their board games, please do not yell to anyone.
• It's still playable, although it's like bitten up like really bad, especially on the side.
• So, this is uh this is Space Cowboys. Sorry, Space Cowboys. We haven't been able to display a perfectly square box, but rest assured you at home, if you purchase from your friendly local game store, it will be square.
• This is by the people who did Ghost Lift who we uh which we shown last time.
• I am excited to play Recall.
• So, there are more that or three more actually games.
• If you have heard of Startups, please let us know if you enjoy it or if you don't like it.
• Um, this is Fman Frey's game called Floss, which is Fearless.
• I think I'm okay with this. Like, looks like everything is intact.
• I like this art here. I like this angular very stark angular uh geometric shape.
• So, this is like um a draft.
• This is very sad. This is uh I can't really give these toys to Teran.
• So, this is Limit. It's about environmental and this is the last games I think.
• Um, yeah, maybe it is rare. Maybe it's going to worth a lot in the chart, but it's dented a little bit.
• So, this is um yeah, maybe it is rare. Maybe it's going to worth a lot in the chart, but it's dented a little bit. Right.
• And this one I remember the preview from last year's Essen. So I remember being quite interested in this one.
• So, this is um yeah, maybe it is rare. Maybe it's going to worth a lot in the chart, but it's dented a little bit.
• This is a two-player game kind of like push and pull by uh Korea board Korea board games.
• So, this is the only one that I got from Korea Board Games and hoping this is going to be a fun two-play game that we got we can bring to Bali in our family visit soon.
• So, those are these are um little wooden potatoes.
• What do you call it? The laser cut.
• Laser rocks. Laser.
• Is it laser rocks or just general? No, just general general laser cut.
• Yeah, laser cut. And including the potatoes. It's very good.
• Caution signs is one of the one that we got from Essen.
• This is again, this is not new, but this is a good party game plays a lot of people, which is what is it now? Nine players up to nine players where one person is a guesser, the other one is drawer. You have 20 seconds to draw a combination of stuff and the guess I will need to and the cards would get mixed.
• You will get an adjective and a noun and draw them together.
• Very good there.
• Yes. And then it's kind of so clovery you have to or a guesser has to align them correctly. Yes.
• Good fun. So this is uh we've got three things from Delicious Games this year.
• One you've seen last time which is the underwater city expansion. Second one is Aquaria. This is a Thomas Hollik game.
• Yes. So obviously he had the very also slightly broken on the corner. He had the very big show last year with Seti Galileo and uh the tea.
• Yeah. I heard good things about this one as well. Yeah.
• And his release this year. Yes. So, and then the second one from delicious games is Aperna. This is Vladimir Sushi. The only Vladimir Sushi's game. Suhei. Vladimir Sui's game.
• That's what I've been singing in my head. Now you've got it.
• Yeah. Yeah. So, this is um our only Vladimir Suhi's game. And this is a smaller box. So, yeah. Nice little cute box.
• We've been enjoying these games including last year's release for Safa. Oh yes, he's he's had uh many classic releases over a long time. So many. So many.
• So before we move on to the next games, these magazine I got handed over magazine which is called Joy.
• Fort is it for depends what language it is. Yes. So there's not a lot of magazines around these days, but this is one of them. Um, why the first RPG season is the most important, challenging, and satisfying. Part two.
• So, a mix of things there and then a bag. I don't know if you know that I collect bags. So, on my birthday, please give me bags. Backs.
• Yes, Hobby tote bag. Yes, tote bag. And it's got two handles.
• Um, over there is a And it's got two handles.
• Yeah. It's actually a thoughtful review of the bag.
• Yes. There's the Soros. This is from Super Mele. Now, Super Meles distribute lots of games and this is one of their release games. It's actually sold out at Essentville. So, yes, it was one of the bigger games. Yeah. Shri Mill. Yes.
• So, it's looks beautiful. Look at that.
• And it has these dingies.
• I think somebody mentioned this game as well to me. Pretty sure it is like in my shopping list somewhere.
• Yes, it was pretty uh pretty well hyped going into the show.
• Very heavy. Lots of things in here. H they are okay the box the bit day if you want to please grab it first. So this is by Brett Spiel podcast. So look at this. It's cute right? It made it home.
• nice little 3D printed bit.
• Which clicks together.
• Clicks together. Hooray. Uh two more games. Well two more games that we can show. Oh yeah. I forgot about this. Whoops. There's a space lab. You would have seen the slideshow photo. Maybe you're not in the first part of essence build game. This is engine building game and it's very pretty. Like you want to Okay, it's shiny as well.
• Happy.
• Not as shiny as the other one.
• Well, the in the inside's also shiny, Taran. Well, you can play a bit um a bit later if you like. Look. Shiny.
• That is shiny.
• Yeah, shiny. Anyways, trust me, it's shiny. So, this is by Studio H. And this is a kind of like yeah as I say uh engine not engine building but tile placement you're trying to meet objective in a different way and this is my fault chemist lookout games
• now if you look back at the fortunes of scandal way it is a euro game but a euro game but looks like a marit
• very uh very thematic looking art. Yes, that this one is um well, look at Games brought out things like Oh, we've got the Forest Shovel one as well, the D Mall, the new version, but I didn't get it from Essence Spiel. I got it from Gen Con. Uh and this one is the lookout games one. So, would be interesting um to to play like this looks like not a Euro game, right?
• No, it looks like a battle card type of game. It's what I would generally imagine. I mean, it is to play two players.
• So, and so the Marvel characters we have here, it's I don't recognize many of them. That's Iron Man. That's the Hulk.
• That's all you know about Marvel. I'm the big fan of Marvel bigger.
• I'm more of an I'm more of an X-Men.
• That's actually true.
• So, I would recognize X-Men of which those I'm not
• which I will need to give you quiz. This is Hercules and the 12 labors. So this this is a solo game. This is uh the the publishers just got a few copies. So I got this from Essen
• and that is Envy Born Games.
• Yeah, it seems like a really fun uh solo game with with dice to dice to allocate to the cards.
• There's not really a lot of explanations there. Sorry. This is Punikica which we talked about in the previous vlog which is a two-player battle game with card play.
• Yes, Punic War game from Felank.
• And over there we have Children of Coloss. This might have the most heft to it. This is Yes, it is quite heavy. Children of the Colossi which I also show in photos um that it's kind of like a there's a area control but also there's uh you want to send your work in here for your control. want to send it up there in the mountains to give you more powers. So that difficult decision.
• Um they've got lots and lots of them but and by the end of essence spill I see that they almost none. So I don't know maybe they sold out as well.
• And this is not new. I don't know if this is this year's release. I'm pretty sure this was kickstarted.
• So they're very big this year though. Jaggi. Yes.
• Yeah. And we also had a alternative rule to some of using some of the components for
• It needs more love.
• I'd rather it be damaged than not arrive at all.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• action limit — Three actions per turn, creating tight, strategic planning.
• external defense mechanism — Great Wall defense-like mechanic adds global tension.
• Governor placement — Install governors to gain ongoing or immediate bonuses.
• resource shipping and boats — Ship goods via boats to markets; balance between regions.

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• I think this might be the best brass yet.
• it's not extremely heavy. I would say it's not one of Lord's heaviest games.
• the theme works so well that it adds to the gameplay for me.
• this is better than normal barrage like a normal four player even brush. The two-player one was really tight.
• the no glare board is a really cool upgrade they offer.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Action economy and action disc limitations — Twelve total actions per game, across four rounds, forcing tight optimization and careful planning.
• Advancement tracks — Clan tracks advance to grant rewards and points, providing delayed gratification and strategic targets.
• Governor actions and building-based power — Spend woods on buildings to access governor actions and place workers with related benefits.
• Hidden Victory Points — Hidden objectives grant strategic options; they can be discarded for resources, offering utility beyond victory points.
• Resource conversion and regional action economy — Place on regions to convert resources (e.g., rice to silk) and pay to place governors; regions offer varying converter powers and benefits.
• Resource Management — Place on regions to convert resources (e.g., rice to silk) and pay to place governors; regions offer varying converter powers and benefits.
• secret objective cards — Hidden objectives grant strategic options; they can be discarded for resources, offering utility beyond victory points.
• Shipping and boat fulfillment — Ships and boats provide opportunities to deliver region resources; fulfilling boat needs yields boat-specific advantages.
• Tower defense / wall defense — Defend the wall from invaders; scoring points for presence on the wall even if invaders breach the defenses.
• Track Advancement — Clan tracks advance to grant rewards and points, providing delayed gratification and strategic targets.
• Worker Placement — Distribute discs to board actions; displacement on barges can push other workers off and yield the corresponding resource. You pay gold to place additional workers on a barge, increasing costs as you accumulate workers on that barge.

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• There is a lot happening in Tensia. So much that you can easily forget that you only have 12 real actions in the whole game.
• As you only have three precious action discs each round and only four rounds to play, you really want to squeeze everything you can out of the game.
• The best thing about this game are the secret objective cards. You can bin them at any time for resources, which in a tight game can be so much more useful than their victory points.
• I also feel that people may look at the board and think it's something more than a 12 action optimization game. It looks more sprawling and epic than it plays.
• This is by the same designer as Tileto, which we've reviewed before.
• A bit too mid for the Middle Kingdom.

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