Age of Wonders: Planetfall

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• 4X — Exploration, Exploitation, Extermination, Expansion.
• Card Drafting — Players draft cards from a tableau.
• Engine Building — Described as a cool method of engine building.
• Resource Management — Players manage energy and strength.
• Tableau Building — Players add cards to their tableau.
• Variable player powers — Characters have asymmetric powers.

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• If you're on the good team, you're in the cult, you're branding people, you're doing weird rituals, you're making them call their loved ones and say they're never going to see them again.
• The thing about Tumbling Dice is I need to be able to swear freely or I can't do it.
• This is the cardboard version of it.
• This is a blossoming strategy game of taking flowers from a garden and then pressing them.
• I get plus three operation points no matter where I go.
• He's handsome. He needs to become my best friend.

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• Our board game collection has surpassed the 1,000 board game mark.
• It feels like it's time to do another collection tour.
• This is Tiny Epic Galaxies. It's a really fun dice rolling, resource management, engine building kind of game.
• Terraforming Mars. This is a classic.
• The feeling of terraforming Mars is just epic.
• Too Many Bones. This game has some of the coolest dice I've ever seen.
• It's a cooperative adventure game with really satisfying combat.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Annexing sectors — Annex sectors to generate steady income and gain resources; energy income is gained each income phase from annexed sectors.
• Card Drafting — Players draft cards from a shared pool and place ships on cards to activate abilities, with turn order influenced by card tier and placement.
• card drafting and placement — Players draft cards from a shared pool and place ships on cards to activate abilities, with turn order influenced by card tier and placement.
• Combat, recruitment, and diplomacy — Defeat or recruit units using strength and resources, with diplomacy offering alternative costs and benefits.
• End Game Bonuses — End-game points are awarded based on player goals and conditions on claimed tech cards from planets 5–7.
• end-game scoring via goals — End-game points are awarded based on player goals and conditions on claimed tech cards from planets 5–7.
• Experience as permanent strength — Experience is earned and acts as a lasting strength, supporting battles and card effects without being spent as currency.
• Exploration phases — The game unfolds over seven rounds; each round includes discovery, income, and main exploration steps with planet-specific cards.
• Landmarks and technology — Claim landmarks for points; study technology for permanent effects that modify rules for the owner.
• Resource Management — Players manage energy and strength (with experience acting as a permanent strength) to pay costs and gain points.
• Resource-to-point conversion via operation slots — Spend operation points on specific slots to gain strength or experience, enabling flexible progression with limits.
• Variable Phase Order — The game unfolds over seven rounds; each round includes discovery, income, and main exploration steps with planet-specific cards.

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Quotes (from this video)

• it's a nice quick game that takes around 30 minutes to play
• it's nice card game where you're trying to use your benefits as much as possible to gain more stuff that might be strength or energy to use later in the game
• not all cards are placed out for each Planet
• the player order mechanic adds in another layer by choosing a certain card over another
• I can appreciate its game being a lighter game
• this is Brody with lit's Table where we get games to the table

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Card Drafting — draft rows to select cards with varying costs and turn order
• Set Collection — construct buildings to generate resources and points
• set collection/building — construct buildings to generate resources and points

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• February was a very busy month you guys might have seen on the Channel that I had a lot of like crowdfunding previews
• I genuinely really really enjoyed it
• There is something about going for different goals that just ooh if a game has quests I freaking love it
• I absolutely love NumerS it is a wonderful wonderful card game
• It's a push your luck game
• Anacron is my number one game of February

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