All In Predictions

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Definitely a fun time

Cons

none

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

bluffing — A cool mix of sort of a bluffing game.
Drafting — A cool mix of sort of a drafting game.
Poker Hand Building — How it works is you have five cards in your hand trying to build traditional poker hands, trying to get the best one you can.

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Hey everybody, this is Mike and I just got back from PAX Unplugged today.
And what I'm going to do in this video is talk about my 10 favorites.
So, these are not like complete reviews or finished thoughts. Uh, just a partial feeling for the game so far.
Honestly, these three might top the list, but I've covered them on the channel in
Alpha Team Mechanized Battle Force Go.
It's like a very light quick uh family weight to dungeon crawler experience.
This is one of the most beautiful basically looks like it's a finished game prototypes I've ever seen.
So like the characters are very diverse and they each have a fully unique set of equipment and special abilities as you level up.
it was a blast, both three and five player, which is pretty dang impressive for a quick dungeon crawler experience.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

predictions and probabilities
poker-inspired fortune-telling theme

Comparison games

Sushi Go
Baron Park
Gizmos

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

hand_management_and_prediction — Combine hand management with strategic foresight to predict outcomes.

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This looks beautiful. It's about wine making. I'm in.
Sail with us to the Red North, a new combative game of hidden information and bluffing for two to four players from mighty boards.
This one is pitched as an exciting and accessible card game with lots of hand management and actually no pun intended on this one. Spatial tableau building.
Deco certainly seems to be kind of the unofficial Blatro the board game.
Cities USA is going to be a level up in complexity.

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Video 2dkzK7c6o8U Grant Lyon Other at 11:17 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Good for poker fans
Strategic hand management

Cons

Not a party game, despite being a card game.

Thematic elements

Comparison games

The Gang

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Hand Management — You're going to play some cards from your hand, and those cards will get you an ability, the ability to look at someone else's hand or get a new card or something like that.
Poker Hands — And you are then trying to build the best poker hand with your cards.
Prediction — And you're also trying to guess who has the strongest hand. You are looking at cards that people have played and and predicting who has the best poker hand out here.

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This is a deck-building game.
one of the interesting aspects of this is there's 13 ways to win the game.
Essentially, 13 dark pacts in the game and each of those dark pacts is a unique win condition that feels, you know, it feels like crazy to get.
You can also play two times and three times multipliers on those cards to double every aspect of the card.
that just feels like a very satisfying aspect of the game.
the main mechanism of the game is I split, you choose and that's always one of my favorite mechanisms because it's it's not a difficult game to teach, but it's a difficult game to make decisions.
So, what do you sacrifice and what do you keep is also an interesting aspect of that one.
This is a great family game if you want to.
And so, there's a lot of lying and promising of other people where you're like, "Do you want to go there with me? Nobody else go there.
I swear to god, don't go there."
And so, there's a lot of sort of lying and intrigue and where you're going and promises that you're making and stuff like that.
please, you know, check out my new series. It's all funny and games when it drops in May.

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Video oJfjdLKupRI The Brothers Murph Discussion at 5:52 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Hand manipulation and prediction angle

Cons

Niche appeal for some players

Thematic elements

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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This is a game about acquiring mergers and things that happen as you're physically placing out these pieces onto the board and starting hotels and then you can spend money to buy stock.
It's so good.
It's a two-player game, so it's perfect for two players.
Brass Pittsburgh does cool stuff. If you like brass, I think you're going to like Brass Pittsburgh. If you're not a fan of brass, it didn't change a dang thing.
The wake and loadup stuff, there's this kind of thing with like fuel range where you can really only be in the air so long.
This is Baby's first dog fight.

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Video pSUR2QiSKIk Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Top 10 List at 14:01

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Pros

none

Cons

none

Thematic elements

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none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Mechanics unknown.

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Arkham Horror: The Card Game, which is Okay, this has been around for a decade, but recently the game has seemed to be on a campaign to reintroduce and revitalize itself with a revised core set, which introduces several quality-of-life improvements for ease of play, support for up to four players with just a single copy of the game instead of having to get multiple copies for four players, plus new player cards, new investigators and mechanisms, better organization for storage, and an improved rulebook while still remaining 100% compatible with all the game's previously published material, which there is a lot of.
Mindbug is a two-player card battler where powerful creatures, replete with game-warping abilities, do battle, including the mindbugs themselves, which can be used to immediately take control of an opponent's creature.
Nippon Zaibatsu is a fast-paced economic game that's full of challenging decisions for one to four players, set during a crucially important time in Japanese history when the empire sent emissaries to foreign nations to bring in technicians and scholars from the west to build and work on a network of railroads to power a rapid industrial revolution.

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Video pvn5j72fqUE Rolling Dice & Taking Names Review at 28:08 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Enjoyed the play and found it a lot of fun.
The twist of being able to pick up discarded cards is a big twist.
Plays quickly (20-25 minutes).

Cons

Some actions can target opponents, requiring honesty when answering questions about hands.

Thematic elements

Playing poker with a twist.

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Action Card Play — Each card has an ability that can be activated when played, such as drawing cards or taking from the discard pile.
bluffing — Poker faces and bluffing are mentioned as part of the game.
Hand Management — Players manage a hand of cards to build the best poker hand.
Pick-Up and Deliver — Players can pick up discarded cards, a twist on traditional poker.
Prediction — Players make predictions about who has the best hand to earn bonus points.
Set Collection — Players aim to form poker hands.

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So, it's funny after after that happened, I went, 'What's their biggest songs?' And it was like summer breeze obviously.
Sky Joe should not take an hour.
But, you know, Sky Joe, great family game.
It is such a great So, Sky Joe's great game. Flip seven with Avengers. Great game.
It's the one thing in the middle about the pushing and everything.
This is an under the radar type game. So, if you get a chance, definitely give it a play.
The two things that really stand out about this to me is one, the revolving actions that you'll take.
So, you're battling here. were thinking, 'How am I going to get these worship tokens so I can do these better actions?'
The game will end as soon as somebody has placed all their tokens and rivers.
It gave me the vibe of Small World, and I like the fact that there's a semi-ooperative in in this game.
You are not joking about the Imperial Settller's font size.
Damn it, I'm getting older.
Nuance upon nuance that it's just puts a little twist in your regular trick taking game that is just going to really elevate a lot.
Great family game.
It's the memory element.
Because she was always being told no in Hollywood because of her face and she was like they were constantly saying no to her and getting any show your your face is not the right shape d she said screw it I'll just do it myself.

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Video niuXm_luwjo The Dice Tower Discussion at 1:14 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

Mixed

Pros

Interesting idea
Love the illustrations and artwork

Cons

Very slow-paced
Too much information and not enough information
Too much hand mitigation but too much luck
Ill-fitting
Plays slowly
Asking about hands ruins bluffing and tension

Thematic elements

Poker

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

bluffing — Asking other people, 'What are you holding?' blows the bluffing out of the water.
Hand Management — Zee Garcia felt there was too much hand mitigation.
Hand Mitigation — Too much hand mitigation.

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This is a seven for me, which is a huge compliment to a trick-taking game.
Artwork on this is fantastic and playing it solo, I don't really gravitate to solo games.
Don't let that scare you. It's the least Knizia game I think I've ever played.
This takes the whole all global politics rather than economy.
It's a game that is a great filler for so many different circumstances.
I think it would cause too many arguments and that'd be frustrating.
it's very much a dice chucker, not really a Euro game in the strictest sense of the word.
It is a really interesting Eurogame
Shapely, a odd uh named party game where you're putting these little shapes and trying to guess what people put from R&R Games, but actually works out with some clever things in it.
You're basically in your head trying to figure out how long timers are.
Um it's a little kooky which keeps me from maybe giving it a higher number.
this is a game with no frills, just cards and dice.
This is a game that's similar to Magical Athlete.
Woo. What a good game World Order is.
We played Zombie Side, the new pirate Zombie Side live.
Ooh, the Disneyland game in a world of color.
All In Predictions, and I gave it a six out of 10. I think it's an interesting poker game but I found it to be very slow-paced.
I found it to be a little bit of a game that gives both too much information and not enough information and I thought there was too much hand mitigation but too much luck.
It's a little bit of a of an ill-fitting game overall.
I like the idea. I love the illustrations and the artwork but I thought the game played a little slowly for what I was hoping for and there's just too much asking the other people, 'What are you holding?'
Especially late in the hand, you're able to do that thing. It just blows the the bluffing, the guessing out of the water sometimes, which robs the end of the rounds of any tension, any real tension.
I reviewed, uh let's see, Comet or Quomet? I'm going to guess Comet. I gave it a 7.5 out of 10.
This is an abstract strategy game for two players and I thought it was really interesting.
It is a fast-paced game with a an interesting hook, this idea of making the square on the grid.
Rules overhead is great for the return on the the investment you're putting into it.
The usual winning condition is, 'Haha, you missed the thing, so I beat you.' Which I'm not super against. I don't mind that in abstract games so much, but this game certainly feels like that's the way to win. Hope your opponent makes a mistake.
But other than that, the production's lovely. They really know how to make a good-looking wooden game and the game feels good.
I think it's one I would be happy to teach other other gamers that don't want a lot of rules but want some some brain candy.
I reviewed Mustache, which I also gave a 7.5 out of 10.
This is a trick-taking card game, very simple one, kind of a family-friendly one.
And it reminds me of some of these games that have come out recently that give you little rules along the way, little spicy things to you know, sink your teeth into as you go.
This one does that but with a light touch. It's very light, it's very simple and I like the changing partnerships in the game.
I think the humor that the game attempts to to bring forth is is

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Video GN1Q6HtfFg4 Board Gaming Ramblings Review at 3:05 sentiment: positive

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

cooler than expected
nice little game
exciting to play again

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Fantasy Realms
Shouting Poker

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Card Play — Uses cards with special abilities that can affect other players' displays or allow drawing more cards.
Poker Hand Building — Players play cards with special abilities to create the best poker hand, aiming for combos and bonus points.

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This is the worst month when it comes to gaming that we have had in like 10 years.
It is the worst month we have had in in 5 years at least.
We played 40 escape rooms. Which means we have played a lot in April, just not a lot of board games.
But it's games.
All In Predictions was a cooler game than I thought it was going to be.
Rising Sun was a surprising how good it still was.
Farmhand is an amazing game and it still is
Farmhand is quick, it's fun, it's simple
Rising Sun was fantastic to get back to the table.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

Combines poker with prediction elements

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Poker

Comparison games

Poker

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Hand Management — Players get points for their cards and can manipulate them.
Poker variant — A variant of poker where players also predict winners.
Prediction — Players earn points for predicting who will win.

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It's a gem.
It's a bop.
It's just this combo-tastic game where there's a bunch of different actions happening that you'll have to go through.
It is such a clever game that is still very unnatural because you're trying to create gaps with tiles, and my brain despises that cuz I like when things go together nicely.
It is the silliest game because what you're trying to do is you have stacks of cards in front of you in different stacks, and you're trying to get each of those stacks to have all of one item.
This is such a good small card game from Capstone.
The art on Dixit is just unparalleled.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

positive

Pros

It's fun
Double keep

Cons

none

Thematic elements

Comparison games

Fantasy Realms

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

Discarding — Discarded cards grant powers.
Poker — It is a poker game where players try to get the best hand.

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Keep or Cull, where we play all the games and decide if we want to keep them or cull them.
We have I think 11 more games today, which means we play them and now we're going to think, are these games going to stay in the collection because as you know, we have too many games and we are trying to get rid of some of the games because we can't own them all.
It's a cull for me, keep for you.
It's a keep for me, a cull for you.
It's a double keep.
It's a double cow.
It's a double count.
It's a double kill.
It's a double cull.

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Video Af9zryLXKBo Review at 0:10 sentiment: mixed

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Lots of card manipulation and control compared to traditional poker.
Visually appealing game.
Appeals to players who find poker intimidating.
Unique poker-inspired experience that is faster than traditional poker.
Can lead to exciting moments like getting straight flushes.
The idea of guessing who has the better hand is enjoyable.

Cons

Lacks the bluffing and betting elements of traditional poker.
Can feel slow and languid.
Too much information can be revealed or asked for, diminishing the prediction phase.
The asking for information aspect can be awkward and remove tension.
The number of cards revealed (four) might be too many.
Might not appeal to pure poker fans.
Requires familiarity with poker to play well.

Thematic elements

Poker

Comparison games

poker

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

action selection — Players choose actions from cards, with mandatory top actions and optional lower actions.
Card Drafting — Players can draw multiple cards and choose which to keep, or draft from a display.
Hand Management — Players manage a hand of cards, drawing and discarding to build the best poker hand.
Information gathering — Some card actions allow players to ask about or reveal information about other players' hands.
Prediction/Betting — Players predict who has the strongest hand and split a pot based on correct predictions.
Set Collection — Players aim to collect specific combinations of cards to form poker hands like flushes or four of a kind.

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This is definitely kind of board gamerified.
It's less of a game of betting and and bluffing, and it really is about card manipulation first and foremost.
The amount of times I've seen three of the four people end with like a full house. That doesn't happen in poker.
That's probably its biggest weak point for me is that it it almost feels like there should be a a cutoff point where you can't use that swirl symbol anymore and say, "What's your hand?"
The game feels a little ultimately it's a great idea that feels ill-fitting at any given moment along its trajectory.
This kind of strips away a lot of that stuff, which I think will strip away too much for a lot of people.
I once got two straight flushes, which will never happen.

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Overall sentiment (raw)

mixed

Pros

Easy to learn for players familiar with poker hands
Beautiful artwork on the face cards and solid physical components (coins and wooden tokens)
Fun, thematic abilities that add variety to each round
Quick rounds make it a good filler between longer games
Strong memory and deductive elements alongside hand management

Cons

Hypnosis ability can feel overpowered in some groups
Some degree of luck remains due to deck draft and river draws
Bluffing is limited because many cards reveal information about hands
Requires players to track and remember many discarded cards, which can be demanding
Group variability can affect the perceived balance of abilities

Thematic elements

Prediction, memory, deduction, and hand management with card-ability driven actions.
A poker-style game with a rotating hand where players predict who has the best hand at round end.
Informational preview guided by a host explaining mechanics and components.

Comparison games

none

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

All-in — One player per round can go all-in, placing two cards from the deck into the river, ending their hand for the round and accelerating play.
Card abilities on play — Each card has mandatory and optional abilities that affect drawing, taking from the display, or gaining coins.
Deck and river interaction — Cards drawn from the deck are placed into the river; players may draw, discard, and interact with river cards over multiple turns.
Discard and information flow — Discard piles keep track of what’s been seen, informing other players and creating a memory-based challenge.
Hypnosis icon — A powerful ability that allows asking another player about their hand rank, increasing information for deduction; cannot be used to bluff about your own hand when you’ve gone all-in.
Jokers and coin rewards — Jokers provide special effects like drawing from the river or showing multiple cards, while keeping a card in hand can earn coins at round end.
Memory — Discard piles keep track of what’s been seen, informing other players and creating a memory-based challenge.
Multi-Use Cards — Each card has mandatory and optional abilities that affect drawing, taking from the display, or gaining coins.
Prediction and pot division — Players predict who has the best hand at the end of the round; the pot is split if multiple players are correct or carries over otherwise.
Row-based river endgame — At the end of the round, the river is filled to form two rows of cards that influence scoring and predictions.

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All-in predictions is an upcoming poker style game where your hand changes every turn and you're trying to guess at the end of the round who has the best hand of all.
This is coming out next week actually and it is like I said a poker style game.
This is a light game.
It's a breezy fun game that you'd play in between longer, more complicated games.
You can't bluff on this one. You have to tell the truth if you've gone allin.
The current abilities are fun, and you're choosing to go allin, which could be a little bit risky, but it's also accelerating the game to prevent players from really manipulating their hands as much as they might like to.
We had a good time playing this one.

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