Scurry Up

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Push Your Luck — Bugs are flipped, and their point value depends on which side lands face-up.
• Secret role selection — Every round, players secretly decide which spot on the branch they are going to.
• Set Collection — Berries are collected in sets, with more berries yielding more points.
• Take That — Players can mess each other up by choosing the same spots, resulting in others getting nothing.

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Quotes (from this video)

• Sometimes at the end of game night, you're not ready to go home, but you don't want to start another big strategy game again. You ain't got the brain power for that.
• If only one player goes to a one player spot, they get all the stuff. But if multiple PEOPLE GO THERE, BOOM, they get nothing.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• cooperative scoring — Certain spots provide rewards only if exactly two players go there, introducing a cooperative element with strategic risk.
• Dice Placement — Players set their dice to a face in private and then reveal them to determine where their squirrel moves.
• player interaction — Features social interaction with elements of lying, promising, and bluffing to get to beneficial spots.
• Set Collection — Players collect berries and ladybugs to score points at the end of the game.

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Quotes (from this video)

• 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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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Blind bidding — Players secretly choose dice values to place workers.
• Set Collection — Players collect nuts, berries, and ladybirds for food and points.
• Worker Placement — Players place their 'squirrel' dice on action spaces.

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Quotes (from this video)

• It's a to me it's the perfect sort of intro game to a board games day.
• there's Easter eggs on the cards for all the games which was really cool.
• It's beautiful and it's just very enjoyable.
• I think it's just the theme, the way it looks. It just it gives something more than the mind.
• It's really tight resource management.
• as soon as the treasure is found, it becomes a cat and mouse chase.
• I would argue that the only thing that I think lets it down a little that I would probably change might be the roll and move.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• cooperative/shared spaces — Some spaces require coordination with another player or players to use, driving negotiation and planning around shared resources.
• Simultaneous worker placement — Players place their squirrel workers on the tree board at the same time, creating a brisk tempo and immediate interaction.
• single-use high-reward spaces — Certain spaces are designated for a single player and offer substantial berries/treats, creating competition for valuable spots.
• twin/shared spaces — Twin spaces provide a larger shared area with increased potential rewards, but higher risk of contention.
• Worker Placement — Players place their squirrel workers on the tree board at the same time, creating a brisk tempo and immediate interaction.

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Quotes (from this video)

• This is Scurry Up, a three to six player game where you will be squirrel scurrying up a tree to grab juicy juicy nuts and berries.
• This exciting, fast-paced, family fun game from Up Games is well worth your time if you get a chance to play it.

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