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2-4
Age
14+
Playtime
60 min
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Grant Lyon News at 14:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun and unique theme
- Feels like a board game, not just cards
- Interactive tag team mechanics
- Cool token system
- Good at four players
Cons
- Best at four players
Thematic elements
- Tag team wrestling
- Wrestling ring
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- push-your-luck — Winning tricks by playing the lowest card, with the value of the card determining damage dealt.
- Tag team mechanics — Players can tag their partner in and out of the ring.
- Track progression — Players move up a track, gaining benefits like tokens that change card values or allow tagging.
- Trick-Taking — Core mechanic is trick-taking, where the lowest card wins the trick.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So, uh, this is my monthly video on the best games coming to retail, the best board games coming to retail.
- I will be at PAX Unplugged, the board game convention PAX unplugged this upcoming weekend in Philadelphia. So, if you are there, please say hello to me.
- So, you know, it's a quick card game for sure, but there's a lot of intrigue about how things are going to switch mid round and how you're going to play out the cards in your hands.
- The interesting twist of the game though is when when the sort of pool of snakes gets too high, it doesn't bust the entire group. It busts the person that has drawn the most things out of the bag.
- So, you know, it requires teamwork and uh precision and stuff.
- I honestly think the worst aspect of the game is the sort of theme and the name Tricky Kids makes you think it's a kids game and it's not a kids game.
- this is another game that feels pretty unique and different in the world of card games.
- And so like I think this is a really good game to play at the holidays, you know, if you're trying to like it really um creates nice moments where like it's like a feelgood game
- So, it is like, you know, for like a 20minute game, it's it's a pretty clever game of how you're playing out fruit and how you're gaining cards to add to your sets.
- And it you are constantly making mistakes, right? You see moo moo and you're like moo and you're like no it's cat like
- So, you know, a thinky game in 30 minutes.
- In December, I'm going to start doing a lot of top 10 videos.
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Before You Play Discussion at 15:22 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Good thematic implementation
- Interesting partnership aspect
- Tagging mechanic is a favorite part
- The 'pop track' offers cool bonuses
- Unique wrestler characters
Cons
- Can suffer from luck of the draw
- A strong hand can feel controlling
- Lattice formation in 2-3 player games can be less desirable
- Trick-taking aspect can be tough to balance
Thematic elements
- Tag team wrestling
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Hand Management — Players manage their hands to win tricks and deal damage, with the added complexity of potential card cancellation.
- Health/damage tracking — The core goal is to reduce opponent's health to zero, with damage dealt based on trick-winning cards.
- Tagging — Players can tag in and out, influencing who is susceptible to damage.
- Team-based trick-taking — Players play in teams (2v2, 2v1, 1v1) in a trick-taking framework.
- Track progression — A shared 'pop track' offers benefits and modifiers as players advance on it.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- All games we're talking about today was sent to us as a review copy by the publisher.
- It doesn't look like it, but it has been hot. Yeah, it has been very hot here lately, but we have been playing some games.
- I miss uh I mised that. The tiny box. The tiny box line.
- It's clever in that in that way that you're trying to find a way to really you're trying to find a way to score with the highest valued lowest card possible.
- This is a very silly game. Soda Jerk is not to be taken seriously.
- I really love trick games. We both do that. And we're we both are like on a quest to play as many of them as we can because it just they're all different iterations of the same thing. truly.
- This is a cozy game about getting books and arranging them in your apartment.
- It's like, okay, got to take this action. Move, move, move, move, move. Okay, now I got to get this red buck on top. Like, so it it's pretty clever the way that they make you arrange your books.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Review at 10:31 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Not the best trick-taking game
- Doesn't stand out in a crowded market
- Ends up on the cull pile
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- team play — Players play in teams.
- Trick-Taking — A trick-taking game played in teams.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- 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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The Dice Tower Top List at 20:26 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong theme that enhances gameplay
- Feels like wrestling
- Fun strategic choices
- Great for partnership play
- Amusing and silly
Cons
- Trick-taking can feel secondary to the theme
Thematic elements
- Tag team wrestling
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Canceling numbers — Playing the same number as someone else cancels their number out.
- special abilities — Includes special abilities for players.
- Tag teaming — Players tag each other in, emphasizing partnership.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Did it in such an unbelievably clean way
- within a few missions, you are doing zany things that you that oftentimes feel like they're not possible.
- If people know trick taking then you can pull off some awesome awesome moves.
- This is why you're an idiot. Let me break it down for you in front of everybody.
- It's so smart. It's so smart.
- this one is a little more approachable.
- No, this is my favorite because it's so dead simple.
- This is your starting point here. I think this is the gold standard.
- It outdid the crew for me recently.
- This is now coming out as Trick to the Future.
- I hate that name so much.
- It's basically Hearts with Special Powers.
- Rebel Princess is fantastic.
- This is one that's also very easy to teach people.
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Playthrough at 0:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Close and exciting endgame
- Fun and thematic wrestling concept
- Engaging mechanics
- Good interaction between players
- Lucky pulls can swing the game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Wrestling
- Wrestling ring
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Hand Management — Players manage cards in their hand and a visible pyramid display.
- Push Your Luck — Players decide whether to play for damage or try to win a trick with low cards.
- Set Collection — Players collect pop tokens that can be used on future tricks.
- take-that — Players deal damage to opponents, aiming to knock them out.
- Trick-Taking — Players win tricks by playing the lowest card of the lead suit.
- Variable player powers — Each wrestler has unique abilities that can be activated.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Wrestling's great. The industry not so much a lot of times, but w the product itself is insane and I love it.
- It's hard to beat the Stone Cold Stunner, dude.
- Wrestling is legitimately amazing. So good. It's so fun.
- That was my hay maker right there.
- Man, a really close game. Just the last like how the you know like last gas.
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Top List at 0:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- preferred at four players for tag team element
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- old school wrestlers
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Trick taking — team-based trick taking game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Lightning Train is a bag building train game.
- Rowdy Partners is a team-based trick taking game.
- Hot streak is a wild and silly game about racing mascots.
- Pinched is a really social set collection game.
- Phoenix New Horizon is a really strategic worker placement game.
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Top List at 6:23 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Leans heavily into its theme
- Great for team-based play
- Fun twist on trick-taking with damage system
- Interesting character abilities
Cons
- Can be harder to find engaging at lower player counts
Thematic elements
- Old school wrestlers
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric powers — Each of the characters, each of the wrestlers you play as have various different asymmetric abilities.
- team play — Then you are playing with a teammate against another team and you can literally like tag your partner into the ring.
- Trick-Taking — I am a fan of trick-T games. I like trick-T games, but there are a lot of trick- takingaking games out there, and it feels at this point uh hard to do it differently, right?
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- These are lighter strategy games.
- I love strategy games that have interesting decisions but still play in an hour or less.
- if I have four hours to play games, I would rather play three games than one single game.
- it has a little bit of everything in it.
- The dice battle system is really clean and fun in this game.
- it makes for those big emotional moments
- This is a really silly and unique game.
- you will build a bunch of cards and be feeling pretty good about your engine. And then all of a sudden, a lot of bad cards are going to get added to the deck.
- It makes me laugh every time I play it.
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Let's Table It Review at 0:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong theme integration with wrestling-induced manipulation
- Solid, not overly complex trick-taking core
- Team-based play adds strategic tension and cooperation
- Lots of player interaction via tokens and powers
- Re-playability and variety with four-player play recommended
Cons
- Complexity may be high for casual players, though the video notes it's not overly complex
- Less appealing to pure board-game players who prefer more Euro-style mechanics
- Some players may prefer stand-alone trick-taking games without wrestling gimmick
Thematic elements
- Array
- Wrestling ring competition
- elimination, match-centric
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Combat: Damage Based — Health trackers on teams; dealing damage reduces the in-ring opponent's health; red spots and pin zones determine endgame.
- Damage/Health tracking — Health trackers on teams; dealing damage reduces the in-ring opponent's health; red spots and pin zones determine endgame.
- Endgame elimination via pinning and skull — Pins transfer progress; red zones; skull means loss if someone starts a trick there.
- Hand Management — Eight cards dealt to each player; decisions shape flow of the game.
- Movement of ring position / positioning — Ring occupant determines who starts, and winners move into the ring; swapping positions with partner allowed via tag token.
- Strategic card matching / negating tricks — Play same-value cards to flip them face down and remove from winning a trick; can cause swings.
- Team-based play / partnerships — Two teams of two; winners share tricks; potential three-player variant.
- Token modifiers and track systems — Cheats tokens, coin tokens, pop tokens, tag token; used to modify cards and track effects.
- Trick-Taking — Players play a card from their hand each round; the lowest value in the chosen suit wins the trick.
- Unique Player Powers — Each wrestler character has a signature move or special power activated via tokens or triggers.
- Variable player powers — Each wrestler character has a signature move or special power activated via tokens or triggers.
- Wild cards and suit declaration — Wild cards declare a suit; those played later must follow that suit or match; wilds require suit declaration.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a trick-taking game, meaning you will be playing a card from your hand each round.
- The trick in this game is it's won by the lowest number of the chosen suit.
- every player has a signature move and a special power.
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The Dice Tower Rapid Fire Roundup at 5:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique twist on trick-taking with team play
- Clever in-ring/out-of-ring dynamic
- Wrestling theme is flavorful and distinct
Cons
- Could have fiddly bits that aren’t as intuitive
- May require learning curve for new players
Thematic elements
- Team-based wrestling competition
- Wrestling theme
- quirky, competitive
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Team-based trick-taking — a four-player team-based trick-taking experience with a unique split between ring participants.
- Trick-Taking — a four-player team-based trick-taking experience with a unique split between ring participants.
- two-board integration — two boards are combined to form your wrestler with unique powers.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- neat timing elements where certain tiles will become active during certain seasons
- multi-use cards. That's something that's slightly different than what I've seen before
- a tremendous amount of charm
- a lot of thematic appeal and table presence
- it's very charming
- really unique trick-taking game
- there's a lot of things going on
- you want to do everything and you just simply can't
- the turn order and bidding is really clever
- the components are off the charts amazing
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The Dice Tower Review at 0:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong thematic integration with tricks and team play
- Excellent four-player experience with collaboration and misdirection
- Tokens and powers are intuitive and add depth
- Catch-up mechanism keeps game competitive
Cons
- Rule complexity can be heavy, especially at higher player counts
- Two-player mode is less energetic and more cerebral
- Some tokens/powers can be opaque or asymmetrical
Thematic elements
- Wrestling competition and teamwork in a strategic duel
- Wrestling arena with tag-team dynamics
- Cartoonish, energetic
Comparison games
- Seven Wonders Duel
- The Lord of the Rings (board game)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Damage track and knockout rules — Damage accumulates on a track; three-count KO ends the match; catch-up prevents runaway wins.
- Ring/outside ring switching — Blue handshake tokens allow swapping who is in the ring vs outside.
- Team/partner mechanics — Players form teams of two (or play with constraints in odd player counts); wrestlers and managers define who is in the ring.
- Teams — Players form teams of two (or play with constraints in odd player counts); wrestlers and managers define who is in the ring.
- Token-based modification — Tokens modify card values, switch players, or alter suits; plus/minus tokens and wild tokens.
- Trick-Taking — Four suits/two-digits; follow color if possible; lowest card of lead color determines damage; same-number cards cancel; lead shifts when cancellations occur.
- Trick-taking with color-following and lead changes — Four suits/two-digits; follow color if possible; lowest card of lead color determines damage; same-number cards cancel; lead shifts when cancellations occur.
- Unique Player Powers — Each wrestler has a unique ability or token that affects play.
- variable powers per character — Each wrestler has a unique ability or token that affects play.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is the most thematic trick-taking game I've ever played.
- The theme carrying the rules load for you.
- The wrestling theme is fun and it's also fun to switch back and forth.
- I'm recommending a 7.5.
- The theme fits very much the attitude of the game.
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The Dice Tower Week In Review at 14:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great trick-taking with wrestling theme
- 2v2 play praised
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- It is an excellent production. It is everything you've come to maybe know and love about Neuroshima Hex.
- Outstanding, man. I love this trick-T game that also includes set collection.
- Disappointing. This is basically Forbidden Island, the card game with too few spaces and a little too much swinginess.
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The Dice Tower Unboxing at 4:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Seen in prior Dice Tower coverage, familiarity for viewers
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- teamwork/collaboration — Cooperative or team-based interactions reflected in the winter spectacular reference
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- the most boring unboxing in the world
- I'm actually going to do this. It's the advent calendar. I can I'm going to do it in January
- Fu magnet needs its own bag
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The Dice Tower Playthrough at 0:24 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- The wrestling flavor is energetic and entertaining, and the banter adds personality.
- The 2v2 partnership and tag-out mechanics create dynamic opportunities and tension.
- Health/pin mechanic provides a thematic win condition beyond pure point totals.
Cons
- Rule complexity and token interactions can be dense for new players.
- Coordination with a partner is essential; miscommunication can quickly derail a round.
Thematic elements
- Showmanship, crowd energy, and dramatic two-on-two competition framed as a wrestling match.
- A wrestling-themed arena where two 2-person teams compete in a series of trick-taking rounds, with health and a ring-side pin mechanic.
- Thematic banter and announcer-style commentary weave humor and tension into the card-driven combat.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Damage tokens — Tokens can add damage, alter card values, or modify effect outcomes, creating a dynamic risk/reward layer.
- Health tracks and pins — Each wrestler has a health track; taking damage progresses toward a pin, ending the game when someone is pinned.
- Tag-out and swap mechanics — Players can tag out or swap positions under specific conditions, enabling strategic reshuffles mid-rounds.
- Teams — Two players form a team; teammates can influence play through coordination, swapping positions, and tag mechanics.
- Trick-Taking — Players play cards to win tricks; the trick winner is determined by the lowest lead-suit value (unless modified by special cards or tokens).
- Two-team partnership (2v2) — Two players form a team; teammates can influence play through coordination, swapping positions, and tag mechanics.
- Wild cards and color-following — Wild cards can adopt any color; players must follow the lead color if possible, else wilds can be used strategically.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We're playing a new trick taking game from Capstone Games here.
- We're split into two partnerships, two teams.
- This is a trick taking game with health and a ring; you win by pinning the opposing wrestler.
- The winning trick is the lowest number of the lead suit.
- I win the trick, which means you jump in there, jump into the ring.
- Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me.
- We got Barnstorm. We make up Barnstorm.
- You got ROCKED.
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