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Meeple University Review at 0:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- gateway-friendly and family-friendly entry
- two variants offering different levels of randomness and strategy
- feels like classic trick-taking with a modern twist
- supports card-counting and strategic depth in the full-deck variant
- cute cat theme and fish token add flavor
Cons
- hard to fan these cards; numbers could be smaller
Thematic elements
- cats; family-friendly
- cat-themed trick-taking game with three suits (red, blue, and green).
- procedural/objective-based rather than story-driven
Comparison games
- The Crew
- 500
- Yooka
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card counting potential in full-deck variant
- Combat: Deterministic
- deterministic variant where every card is in play
- fish token used at the end to discard a token you don't like
- goal to win or lose tricks in a specified order to gain rewards or penalties
- green is trump
- nine cards per round, multiple rounds (usually three)
- random deal from a big pile; variations can remove cards for different player counts
- Trick-Taking
- trick-taking with three suits (red, blue, green)
- variable deck size: 18 cards per player for two players; 27 for three players
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- the game plays like a fairly conventional trick-taking game
- it's a family game and easy entry level gateway whatever with a randomness with a full deck but once you've done that variance oh my gosh yeah it's different
- i'm really glad to see this new little pocket of modern trick-taking games that feel like the classics
- hard to fan these cards
- numbers could be smaller
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Board Game Animal Top 100 List at 3:58 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Approachable, family-friendly
Cons
- Not the strongest Knizia trick-taker for seasoned players
Thematic elements
- cute animals
- family-friendly trick-taking theme
- lighthearted
Comparison games
- Family-friendly trick-taking games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Trick-Taking — standard trick-taking with approachable rules
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Quotes (from this video)
- Not to mention recording a over-the-top dream sequence music video for one of his games as well.
- Definitely not any sort of objective best of list.
- These are my favorites.
- I definitely don't have time to go into crazy detail on them, especially for the first 50 or 70 or more.
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