How many players can play Dirt & Dust?

Dirt & Dust supports 1 to 4 players.

How long does a game of Dirt & Dust take?

A typical game of Dirt & Dust takes approximately 90 minutes.

What are the best video reviews of Dirt & Dust?

MindForge has curated 21 video reviews of Dirt & Dust from top board game content creators.

Dirt & Dust - Board Game

Video Jwj3xPNUzhM Gaming Rules! Other at 59:08 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Looks interesting.
Looks like the kind of game that you would like and would cover on the channel.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

none

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I'm actually going to be doing a little bit of rulebook work for Wizards of the Coast, which is quite exciting, but it meant I had to go back and play Magic the Gathering, which still has exactly the same problems as it did back then.
It's my number one favorite game and I don't get a chance to play it. So, I'm doing a solo playthrough of Mage Knight on Thursday the 3rd of July, which is my actual birthday.
And then on Friday, we are having a Games Workshop themed day. We are playing a fourplayer game of Forbidden Stars in the afternoon. And then to end the week, we are doing the thing which I said would never happen. I'm going to be playing Talisman.
Nanolith. It's a cyberpunk themed cooperative narrative driven adventure game, I think, from what I know about it.
The funny story about this is Dirt and Dust is being published by Albi. Albby are a Czech publisher, and they they've done a number of other games in the past. Last year, they did Tea Garden for one of them. And guess who works in the marketing department at Albi? It's Peta himself.
Now, it's a Euro game. So, don't let the fact that it's Dungeons and Dragons put you off. It is a Euro style game. It is very much a Euro style game, but it has the D and D Baldersgate theme.
I'm super excited about next week. You can't imagine just my my joy at at taking a week off work and getting to play games which I really want to play.
The patron support is fantastic. But if you want to support me, you are you are more than welcome.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

racing with deck-building and dice placement
rally driving

Comparison games

Flam Rouge
Race for Eldorado
Mississippi Queen

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

deck-building — Core deck-building mechanic.
dice-placement — Dice placement to manage racing.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

This one is a card shedding game.
you'll be upgrading cards to create combos which you can then use to shed.
you basically uncover some ruins and finding treasure.
This was a trick taking game where you're trying to avoid taking tricks.
it's a modern take on Microsoft Hearts.
There is something nostalgic and classy feeling about wine-themed games.
This is a small box worker placement game.
you'll be placing workers to go and get pollen as resources.
Think oron alipo but with trains instead of llamas.
one person playing as Hal, refusing to open pod bay doors and the other players are trying to disable HAL.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Interesting combination of deck building and dice placement
Visually appealing production
Endorsement from a prolific designer

Cons

Overlooked initially due to theme/lack of box art

Thematic elements

Racing
Dirt Rally Racing

Comparison games

Heat: Pedal to the Metal

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Card activation — Cards can only be activated if they have dice above them.
Deck Building — A mixture of deck building and dice placement.
Dice Placement — Players roll dice and place them on their dashboard to activate cards.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

This is a list in no particular order.
We wanted to give kind of a guide of things you could go see.
This is not a train game. Like if you were to tell people this is a train game, they might have very specific.
It's a Euro bag builder.
And you're going to choose one of those cards to add to your active deck.
So, the two characters you take, you take their starting cards, you put those in whatever order you want, and Ryan would do the same. And we flip our first card, and we resolve those cards. Then, we flip our second card and resolve those cards. Then, before we do that again, we're going to have taken all the cards for those characters, the other cards, shuffled them up.
So it kind of counters that or or fires off first and foils him.
It's a shedding game.
The goal of a shedding game is to get rid of all the cards in your hand.
This is probably the heaviest on our list.
It looks beautiful.
This is a racing game that's sort of like dirt rally racing but it doesn't look as though there's like a big board with a track that you're racing around.
It's a mixture of deck building and dice placement.
You're going to be rolling dice and then you're placing dice on this sort of like dashboard that where you place your cards and then you're going to be doing when you're when it's your turn, you're taking all sorts of actions.
It's a cutesy animal game, but you play as beavers building your little like dams, but they're like cities.
it's all about the timing of grabbing these buildings.
This is a giant first and foremost in my opinion, this is a giant box to store everything Lost Ruins of Arnac plus and and nicely.
It's a nice big sturdy box with a a lot of nice trays to hold everything. several.
It's a two-player game that has vibes that feel a little like, you know, a duel sort of game like a seven wonders duel thing where there's like a few different win conditions.
this gave me Bellatro vibes because it looked kind of roguelike where you're like going against all these you're dueling in the Wild West via poker hands and kind of demonic looking poker hands uh against these bosses.
When the cat gets to the top of the tower, do they re and then mom's not there and they realize there's no heaven and their mom's just worm food.
I'm kidding. I'm kidding.
This is our fourth annual event.
I will have Nana. Uh, I will have Tichu.
So, uh, we have 10 most anticipated and I think me even more than 10.
Let us know what games you're anticipating for Gen Con yourself or if you think we were completely off base on any of our picks.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Clever and unique combination of deck-building, dice, and player board mechanics.
Asymmetrical starting decks offer variety.
Thematically captures the essence of rally racing.

Cons

Lacks direct player interaction, which some players might desire in a racing game.

Thematic elements

Rally racing
Rally racing

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Asymmetric Player Powers — Players have unique starting cards based on their chosen driver.
deck-building — Players build and manage their own decks of cards.
Dice Rolling — Dice are rolled to determine actions and card resolutions.
Simultaneous Play — Gameplay occurs simultaneously once dice are rolled.
Worker Placement — Players place cards onto slots on their player board.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

This is going to be a bumper issue.
Builders of Bow's Gate, designed by Matthew Dunston, published by Whiz Kids, who have been clients of mine for many years.
Unfortunately, some of the wording on some of the cards made us think that a certain thing worked a particular way.
For me, not really. And Builders of Balders's Gate is in the same category.
It actually felt quite thematic, especially with the with the boss fight at the end.
It is still my favorite game in the genre of fantasy cooperative adventure games.
And for me, like I've said most months, I prefer it to Gloom Haven.
I had this game where at the point I could have ended the game and scored over a hundred, I think the next highest player was on about 40.
So, I would say if you do play spellbook, try not to go for the rush end by just putting things on your thing.
Let the game breathe a little bit and let everybody get a few spells because it's a it's a much more much more interesting game.
So, as of this morning, we are on 1,182 Patreon supporters.
Unfortunately, that means it's dropped since last month.
And I will be absolutely honest with you here. You know that I'm a very emotional person and I take a lot of things personally.
So, let's try and get 1,200 patron supporters.
Please don't think this is me begging for money or trying to guilt you into supporting me or anything like that.
So, we've made three donations to charity at £500 each.
So huge thank you to Phil for not just providing us with the panels, but for all of the technical support that he's given us with regards to our sound issues that we've been having in the new studio.
On screen now is a list of all of the people who started supporting me on Patreon since the last video log.
I dread to think how long this video is.
And there's going to be a bonus vlog as well.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive

Pros

Sounds like a lot of fun.
Sold out at the convention, indicating popularity.

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Rally Racing

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Zombie Princess is brutal. Like, it's just brutal.
The horde is coming. You just gotta do your best to try and survive.
It's another one of those train games where you're building routes and delivering goods.
The economic engine in this game is really satisfying.
Lost Ruins of Arnak is just gorgeous.
It's a really interesting mix of worker placement and deck-building.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

really fun game
lots of ways to play this game

Cons

none

Thematic elements

racing

Comparison games

Dominion

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Deck Building — This is a deck building with dice assignment.
Dice Assignment — Deck building with dice assignment.
Timing mechanics — The card slides to the right. So, there's also that timing mechanics.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Games are getting coming out thick and fast.
It's raining games now.
It is very multiplayer solitaire, but then again, most deck builders.
The game flexes up and down between rounds of plenty and rounds of scarcity which makes for all these different there's always an offset.
It's going to get your brain working, but it's going to get your heart pumping and it's going to create a fun atmosphere for a nice little filler.

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

It's been super duper quick and I have to say before the next two like the next two months are going to be so fast.
So like September and October is going to be so quick. Yes. I'm kind of I cannot wait for November because it's going to be quieter for work. Like the next two months is basically going to be work and board games.
I had the most fun with Age of Galaxy.
My biggest surprise was money.
Biggest letdown for me it was Pulitzer.
My number three is IR.
My number three is Orlo the Prague Astronomical Clock because it's a super solid, super fun Euro game.
my number two is going to be Fortunes of Scoundrel Bay, a new uh pirate game from Shadow Parks, also coming out at Spiel.
My number one is Recall.
Yes, my number one is also going to be recall.
It's a very good game. If you want to see more about the reasons and also hear English words, I would re I would I would recommend going and look at the recall video.
We hope you enjoyed it. It was a great fun and it had words in it.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Thematic
Simultaneous play reduces downtime
Push your luck element

Cons

Fairly multiplayer solitaire

Thematic elements

rally car racing
rally car racing world

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Deck Building — At its core, it is a deck building and dice placement game.
Dice Placement — At its core, it is a deck building and dice placement game.
Push Your Luck — There's a little bit of push your luck aspect to that of how many hazard dice you're going to add to your pool.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I try to keep it to about 25 games and sometimes that slides to like 30 games, but I don't want it to be more than 30 games because I don't want this video to be crazy long.
if you want a smaller box pretty game, then check out Parks and Potions.
it's a really good introduction to strategy games.
This is one that is going to be a huge hit with young kids, I imagine.
So, if you want a lot of story in your solo games, that is a reason to play this one.
It adds more player interaction to the worker placement game.
I like that sort of fluctuating market aspect of the game. It makes it feel different than other worker placement games out there.
I think a lot of gamers and just a lot of people in general really respond to this theme, right? I think it's something that's super relatable about having to charge up your social battery in order to go out into the world and do stuff.
there's just a lot of intrigue on like, why are you moving that? What are you doing right now? How do I outsmart you?
Vantage over the last month has been fairly divisive.
if you like worker placement games or if you like visually interesting games, then that's, uh, for sure a reason to play T- Witches.
It is a deck building game, but it has an interesting aspect to the deck building because every round you're going to shuffle your entire deck and then you're going to flip out cards in a 2x3 grid.
I love Flip Tunes
The OP is also releasing fountains.
This plays 1 to five players in 30 to 45 minutes and it is a mediumweight game though at the lower end of medium weight.
This is another sort of visually very interesting game.
It is a deck building game, but it has a interesting aspect to the deck building because every round you're going to shuffle your entire deck and then you're going to flip out cards in a 2x3 grid.
And so there is a real strategy to the deck building of the game, but there's also just these fun exciting moments where you're like, "Ah, yes, I got that where I needed it to go."
I love Flip Tunes a lot. I really recommend it.
I've been doing this Green Team Wins live show at the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, and it's been going super well
Next night of that is Sunday, November 2nd.
It's really fun. It's really interactive. It's memorable. It's different every time the show happens.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Positive (praised for thematic Euro design)

Pros

Captures the theme of rally car planning well
Efficient card play mechanics
Good for players who enjoy strategic planning

Cons

Can feel like multiplayer solitaire, lacking direct player interaction

Thematic elements

Rally car racing

Comparison games

Codenames

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Card Play — Involves playing cards and moving pieces efficiently.
Multiplayer solitaire — Acknowledged as a criticism, where players focus on their own efficiency without direct interaction.
Route planning — Focuses on efficient movement and planning, akin to rally car strategy.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I did not enjoy my first play of Echoes of Time.
this is a light tableau building card game.
Flow... it looks gorgeous.
Covenant. Number two on my most anticipated list.
Vlaada Chvátil. Do you know what the last game that Vlaada designed was? ... He's not actually designed a new game and had a new game published for almost 10 years.
It's called Severton.
I have spent the last 15 years of my life telling everybody that Talisman is such a bad game... And with the fifth edition, I've had to sort of eat my words on that.
There just isn't enough time to play all of the games.
IR from Osprey Games. Children of the Sun. Yeah. It is really good.
Druids of Adora, new Stefan Feld game from Alea
There may be some Essen live streams while we're there.
I have written to the publisher to ask for a potential review copy, yeah, but to be fair, I only emailed them yesterday.
Covenant. I completely forgot that was a thing. Started looking at the pictures and and thinking, yeah, I'm down for that.
The The Void Voynich Puzzle. Voynich Yeah. Don't forget go to bed reading the Wikipedia articles about the Voynich manuscript.
Saboteur is the other one which I did know. I saw it on your shelf uh today earlier, but I didn't know much about it. But now you've explained what it is, I'm kind of getting that um like Enid Blyton vibe from it. Yeah. what was it called? The Famous Five. Famous Five. Famous Five. Of that kind of stuff. Yeah. And weirdly, I'm interested. All right. And I've looked at the pictures of that, so yeah. Yeah. Yeah, Saboteur is good.
I'll be demoing, but I'm demoing um uh Revenant um I think twice on the Saturday from 12:00 till 4:00.
Trickerion with the Arcane Arts expansion. I think that's my schedule.
Now, the one game that I am going to be looking at is there's a new game that Mighty Boards have just announced recently called Gods. All right. Which is designed by David Thompson, Trevor Benjamin, and is right up my alley.
And they said, "Well, at least come round and have a look at it." And I'm like, "Yeah, I'll come round and have a look at it." But I've already agreed that I'm going to be doing content on that.
I find it really weird and unusual that and and everybody else does this. I'm the odd one, but all of all of these content creators go to Essen, they go to Gen Con, and they have meetings with publishers where they sit down and they make deals about payment and what videos they're going to Right. That's the worst place to have a meeting.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Neutral

Pros

Potentially euro-style
Good designer

Cons

Art style is not preferred by one speaker

Thematic elements

Revolutionizing the railway industry
Japan

Comparison games

Railway

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Carnival of Kalamala. That game, that game has been like reprinted how many times? It seems like
Antagonist of Temple of Doom.
Adam Pastor, a no auto game where multi-use cars and growing traumas test your crew.
Vantage looks cool.
this is basically an escape room. 18 cars.
60 minutes. An 18 escape adventure. It takes an hour and it costs 10 bucks or€10.
You saw a full length escape room using just 18 playing cards.
Lay your tracks to revolutionize the Japan railway industry.
Oh, that looks pretty euro.
it's not euro, but I do like his designs.
Bomb busters.
Bombbusters.
That is awesome.
Yokohama is also awesome. Yokohama is an awesome game.
Tracerian Anniversary Edition.
It's a big giant box, right?
Build your Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.
It's got a weird It's got a weird thing going on there.
It's like a draft maybe or something. I don't know.
Well, it's like like you're creating things to help you protect you when like the Vikings show up. I don't know. It looks It looks
Survival of the planet.
Escape from the prison planet.
Oh, I don't like that.
Some hack. Schneider.
My apologies to Ingo Schneider and all of his friends and family. I you're much better artist than I'll ever be.
That sounds really fun.
You can already buy it on Amazon.
Formidable.
Fulfill wishes of the village population with the supply of field crops and rewards.
Propolis.
I have played propolis propulolis.
Isn't that uh that's a bee thing.
Yeah, it's bees.
it's basically like a splendor but with like a little extra.
It wasn't It's like a seven out of 10 for me. You know, it was good, but like
It's Splendoric, you know.
Oh my gosh, what a depressing theme.
1975 White Christmas direct the air evacuations of Operation Frequent Wind from Saigon's rooftops.
Oh, that's intense.
Wow.
Well, those looping games are pretty deep. Like the small box that they're coming in.
They're pushing the the ship that off the the carrier. Yeah, they they cuz they were running out to so they could put more people like they because they didn't have time to refuel. The they that's true thing. So they didn't have time to refuel the helicopters and more helicopters are coming that had to land and so instead of like they just they just pushed them into the ocean.
Yeah. You wouldn't see that today.
People over machines.
Yeah.
what a depressing theme.
Penguin Kaboom.
red carpet, the leprechaun lararseny, baby.
Iliad, a game of trust, tragedy, and the unknown.
All right, this is the last one I'm clicking on. It's 1:00 in the morning, and I am I I I've got Afterboom to talk to you about, and then I got a
Shinjakor that puts you in a Victorian Victorian area ghost story area.
This game is either fully cooperative or one versus all.
Only you have no way of knowing which one.
Yeah, I like the cover.
Purple Lantern Games. Never even heard of them.
they've only made two games.
This is what they've made.
Purple Lantern Games. Let's go to your website.
Get the game we made.
They value your privacy.
I I I am I am convinced it does nothing. It does absolutely nothing.
Well, stay tuned next week everybody for our indepth
our in-depth analysis of the eight

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Overall sentiment (raw)

negative

Pros

Interesting card placement and movement
Positive aspects in card placement and movement

Cons

Uninteresting deck building
Lack of variety in cards
Cards mostly do the same thing
Many other deck builders are better
Did not feel variability like in Dominion

Thematic elements

Racing

Comparison games

Dominion

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Deck Building — Deck building game with a racing theme. Then again the deck building I found very uninteresting.
Dice Rolling — And you roll the dice and then the dice will tell you which spaces you can activate basically.
racing — Uh, Dirt and Dust is a racing game. It is not a It's not really a racing game because it doesn't have a track. Is basically it is a card game or like um deck building game with a racing theme.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Keep or Kell, the series where we play all the games and decide whether to keep them in a collection or call them while trying to give you reviews so you can find out if this is going to be a game for you or not.
It is a neat game.
It's a double cow.
It's a keep from me.
It's a call from me.
It's a double call. Yes.
I just hope we won't have deep regrets about that.
It's a double kill.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Negative

Pros

Some interesting things with the action row mechanic

Cons

Didn't feel like a racing game
Anemic deck building
Action row mechanic was swingy and frustrating
A flop for all groups tried with

Thematic elements

Racing

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Action Row — Interesting things with the action row where cards are placed and then dice are used to activate them.
Deck Building — Deck building and careful card play.
racing — Purportedly a racing game.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I'm kind of off of the Chronicles of Crime series in general.
I think it really uh brings Battlecrest to life.
I had a blast with this one, and I think it makes Uprising even easier to get to the table, which is a good thing cuz there's a great game design.
This is also the one of the last videos where I was like hand-holding things and showing them and giving people like vertigo as I moved.
The puzzly board movement of trying to get around and deal with all these threats is really exciting.
And as I mentioned in my review, the deck building is my favorite kind where you're upgrading your deck and you're getting rid of one card as you add another one in, so you just purely get cooler and cooler.
But this is one I called not for any good reason and actually Peter was asking me the other day if I still had it and he wanted to play it and I kind of regretted that I didn't have it.
This is probably the lowest of the four games I covered release games this month because it didn't feel like a racing game.
So yeah, this one just was pretty much a flop for me and all my groups that I tried it with.
And by all four I mean keeping none of them.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Clever deck-building mechanics
Dice activation system is interesting
Good card interaction
High production value
Can be seen as a puzzle game

Cons

Not a racing game despite the theme
Very solo-focused with little player interaction
Icon heavy with a steep learning curve
Can feel like you're not sharing cool moments with others

Thematic elements

Racing

Comparison games

Roll for the Galaxy
Heat
Aeterna

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

action selection — Players choose actions by assigning dice and playing cards.
Deckbuilding — Players build their deck by buying cards from a market.
Dice activation — Players roll dice and assign them to slots on their player board to activate cards.
Resource Management — Two main resources, wrenches (for buying cards) and traction (for navigating the race track), are managed.
track movement — Players navigate stages of a race track using traction.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

And another episode named after a rock star from our childhood has passed away.
I'm about to bust here. I'm really about to bust. I'm I'm like where's my theme, dude?
This is a game that could be played with anybody. And if y'all are looking to hoot and holler and cheer and stuff over the holidays with your family and friends, Magical Athlete will be an an absolute hit.
Steamroller me. Steamroller me.
It was one of those things and as we've learned in all these TCG games is sometimes your draw is so good that you can't lose and then you get shafted in your draw and that's what happened in that last one.
This is not a racing game. This is a deck building game with a racing theme.
I did not like the solo nature of it. This is definitely one of those games where if you get a really cool engine or a really sweet turn, it's very rewarding, but no one ever sees it.
I'll take anything over a roll and write, a flip and write, just just having to draw and manage all that. I like this so much better.
All four of those play extremely different.
To me, they weren't that complicated. When you just look at one and figure out how to play it as an individual faction, it's not that complicated.
Fighting was pretty straightforward as well and it wasn't a convoluted mess of cards and actions and reactions and things like that.
I like the little bit of take that because it's now not just a plain old solitary set collecting game.
This is a small box game that you can throw in and play as that in between filler game. And again, very easy to teach. I think it's a good family type game, too.
I'm scared. I wouldn't have been able to turn on a single freaking light bulb. Cuz everything is going through that device who will remain unnamed.
It's It's game changing. Like literally it it changed the game in the next episode.

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none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

none

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

Video topics + discussion points

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Quotes (from this video)

"this is a rally car themed deck building game"
"it's quite a puzzly little deck builder"
"this is a really sharp puzzle"
"multiplayer solitaire"
"you are trying to map the cards out at the time that makes the most sense"
"balance off the risk with these hazard dice makes for interesting choices"

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Video z5tN4-cTxOk Unboxing at 2:20 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Artwork by Jakobitzer is praised.
Components punch out nicely.
Includes a good example of a round in the rulebook.
Includes a reference list for icons.

Cons

One component was initially missing from the punchboard.
Difficulty opening some card packs.

Thematic elements

Rally Car Racing

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Card Acquisition — Players acquire new cards to fine-tune their deck.
Damage Control — Mentioned as a game with damage control.
Deck Building — Explicitly mentioned as a deck building game.
Dice activation — Players use dice to activate card effects.
Dice Placement — Mentioned as a dice placement game.
Set Collection — Players map stages to collect speed points.
Simultaneous Play — Mentioned as having simultaneous play.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

This is Dirt and Dust.
It's about Rally Car Racing.
This video is not being sponsored.
It's a deck building game with simultaneous play, dice placement, damage control.
The D6s are normal D6s, but the bite ones are custom dice.
I do like the art in the game.
It's a rally themed card game where players build their ultimate support team and fine-tune their cards to perfection by acquiring new cards.
Players map stages to collect speed points, repair their cars when needed, and push their runs to the limit to impress spectators with their daring maneuvers.
More games should do this. You know, an example of the round. I actually see it being played out. That's always really useful.
As I say, keep an eye on the channel. I can't remember exactly when I'm doing a playthrough of it, but I am.

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Video Be8qSYE_Xnw Rules Teach at 2:49 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Thematically integrated rules.
The game has a unique feel compared to other deck-building games.
Player boards effectively track game state.
The ability to discard cards from your hand is a positive aspect compared to other deck-building games.
The game offers replayability through different stages and driver decks.
The puzzle-like nature of manipulating cards and dice is engaging.

Cons

The game can be tricky to learn initially.
Damage to the car can significantly impact gameplay.
Limited hand size can be problematic.
Some players might struggle to keep up with the leading player.

Thematic elements

rally racing
rally racing

Comparison games

Heat

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Area Control — Placing navigation tokens on stage cards to score points or gain benefits.
Card Drafting — Players can purchase cards from a market to add to their deck.
Deck Building — Players start with a deck of cards and can acquire new cards to improve their deck over the course of the game.
dice manipulation — Wrenches can be spent to adjust the values of dice up or down by one.
Dice Rolling — Players roll dice during the dice roll phase, and these dice are used to activate cards and perform actions.
Engine Building — Players build up combos and card interactions to generate resources and points.
hand discard — Players can discard any number of cards from their hand at the end of a round.
Hand Management — Players draw five cards to form their starting hand and manage their hand throughout the game.
Push Your Luck — Taking hazard dice can provide traction but also leads to damage and potential penalties at the end of the game.
Set Collection — Players collect cards from a market to add to their deck.
Take That — Some card effects can negatively impact other players, such as flipping cards face down or causing damage.
track movement — Players move their car marker on their player board based on card effects and dice rolls.
Variable player powers — Each player has unique driver cards with special abilities and starting decks.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

This isn't your normal deck building game.
It's all about handling the position of your car on your playerboard and learning how to do that takes a game.
The longer your cards stick around, the more times that you can use them.
The mapping out a stage of the race is probably the trickiest bit of the game to get your head around.
It's a racing game, but that's it. There is there is there is no similarities between the two games.
It's very much a puzzle.
It's about pushing your limits of your car with the hazard dice.

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Video svNHTydYWy4 Review at 0:00 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Interesting deck-building evolution where cards stay on the board and slide down.
Thematic integration into rally racing feels well-executed.
Unique driver powers offer very different gameplay experiences.
Simultaneous play reduces downtime and adds to the puzzle-solving aspect.
Satisfying turns when players successfully solve the puzzle.
Multiple track layouts and driver powers offer replayability.

Cons

Can lead to analysis paralysis (AP) due to the puzzle-like nature.
Some turns can be mundane if the player can't solve the puzzle effectively.
Lack of direct player interaction might not appeal to everyone in a racing game.
The damage mechanic can lead to significant penalties, potentially impacting hand size.
Icons can be overwhelming initially, though not overly obtuse.

Thematic elements

rally racing

Comparison games

Formula D
Downforce
Thunder Road Vendetta

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Deck Building — The game is a deck-building game where players buy cards to add to their deck, but it deviates from traditional deck-building by having cards stay on the board and slide down, rather than going to the discard pile immediately.
Dice Placement — Players roll dice and place them on their player board to activate cards, with dice needing to be placed above cards to trigger their effects.
Hand Management — Players draw cards into their hand and must manage which cards to play and when, with hand size potentially being affected by damage tokens.
market — There is a market of cards available to buy, with two different markets in the base game.
Resource Management — Players manage two primary currencies: traction (to mark cards and prepare for stages) and wrenches (to buy new cards).
Set Collection — Players aim to collect sets of planned stages and position their car on the player board to score points.
Variable player powers — Each of the four racers has unique abilities and starting cards that allow them to play the game in significantly different ways.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

It is a deck building game about racing.
There is almost no player interaction in this game whatsoever. In fact, it's a simultaneous play deck building game.
The real goal here is to play cards in specific ways to gain not only just these two currencies, but also manipulate where your car is on this track.
All of that is designed, all of this card play is designed to increase basically these two stats because really that's what you need in the game.
It's definitely a much more special game using those driver powers, for sure.

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Video Hs8ngJmxNJE Getting Games Discussion at 12:49 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

uncommon racing game feel in board games
tableau with dice integration

Cons

none

Thematic elements

rally racing
rally driving with dynamic routes

Comparison games

Kun Ao Ra

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

deck-building combined with dice placement — tableau-based racing with action cards and a body of dice.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

Like, they've made a lagoon here. That's cool.
I love the elegance of one card turns.
This game is incredible. It's incredibly mean.
I would happily continue to play it.
Look at this artwork. Look at this box cover. Oh my gosh, that absolutely meets the aesthetics that I love in art.

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Video mmtXz7fap4o Cardboard Top 20 List at 18:27 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

fresh take on deck-building with racing flavor
pacey and thematic

Cons

pedigree and complexity may vary by group

Thematic elements

car rally navigation with maps and corners
deck-building meets rally racing vibe
punchy, energetic

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

deck-building with race theming — build and optimize a deck to navigate a rally-like course
map-reading and navigation — anticipate map cues and map-based decisions to manage corners

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

I love ladder climbing games.
The depth is incredibly high.
Roast me in the comments right this second about how much you hate Flamecraft.
Everything I've played I've really enjoyed.
Get the family involved, get them a reason to pull them in.

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Video W3FvYe8uHj8 Totally Tabled Top 10 List at 1:36 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Combines deck-building with dice placement in a racing context
Appears to abstract the racing course into cards for streamlined play
Strong solo potential with racing-driven decisions

Cons

Abstract nature may reduce tactile/gameboard feel for some players

Thematic elements

high-octane racing with deck-building flavor
rally racing course abstracted onto a table of cards
abstract, card-driven racing with solo play emphasis

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Deck Building — build and optimize a deck to drive actions and outcomes
deck-building — build and optimize a deck to drive actions and outcomes
Dice Placement — dice determine actions or outcomes in tandem with the deck

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

the central mechanism of the game is something that they're calling reverse drafting, which basically means you draft cards to give to other players rather than to yourself.
This one appears to abstract the racing course into a series of cards rather than using tiles on the table.
It plays unbelievably quickly, like 10 minutes or so, because everyone is playing at the same time.
I love nature themed games with beautiful artwork.

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Video yAjHdyI7A1A Board Stupid Discussion at 9:36 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Interesting combination of deck-building and dice manipulation
Simultaneous turns reduce downtime
Potential for solo play to chase personal best times

Cons

Feels less like a racing game and more like an abstract puzzle
Limited interaction between players
Expectations of a high-speed race were not met

Thematic elements

Automotive engineering and racing strategy; car damage and repair
Rally-style racing with deck-building and simultaneous turns
Strategic, mechanistic

Comparison games

Heat
Thunder Vendetta

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

card-based_shop_system — Shops left/right provide needed cards to fulfill tasks.
Deck Building — Build a tableau of actions to perform each round.
deck-building — Build a tableau of actions to perform each round.
Dice allocation — Allocate dice to perform actions; dice influence outcomes.
end management — End-of-round scoring and task completion.
Hand Management — End-of-round scoring and task completion.
Simultaneous Actions — All players act on their boards at the same time.
simultaneous_play — All players act on their boards at the same time.

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

This is so good.
The open gaming space was buzzing.
The vibe was fabulous and is very community focused.
I was not ready for it. It was amazing.
I think this is the best one you've never been to.

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