Birdy Call

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• hidden identity / guess the ghost — One player embodies a ghost; others guess who.
• seance questions / sounds / expressions — Ghost answers questions via Seance cards.

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Quotes (from this video)

• it's literally called boop
• ghost cats that scare away the other cats
• the board is a quilt
• we make up a couple that loves to play board games
• I love the asymmetry in Dreadful Meadows

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Hand Management — Players are given a hand of cards, each with a different bird call.
• Real-Time — This is a real-time game where players simultaneously make bird calls.
• Set Collection — Players try to find matching cards with the same bird call and touch them together to score points.
• Special cards — Includes parrot cards to mimic other calls and trap people, and peacock cards to wave above your head.

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Quotes (from this video)

• This is where I take a look at the last five new to me board games that I've played and I rank and review them in order of preference.
• although it's a cool twist on trick taking, it does just feel like another trick ticking game to me, which automatically does kind of handicap it really because I'm not a big fan of trick ticking games in general.
• Yes, mechanisms wise, uh this is pretty terrible. Um but in practice, the game is a lot of fun.
• So, this definitely did have that perfect DNA to have constant um expansion material coming out for it.
• But I think I would rather lean towards something a bit more, I don't know, a bit more in your face, a bit more exciting, and with a bit more interesting player action.
• And I have to say this is one of the most gorgeous games that I've ever played. You know the visual appeal is off the charts here.
• So, it's all very straightforward stuff, but as I mentioned earlier, it does a great job of introducing or yeah, kind of like drip feeding you mechanisms you're going to see in more advanced games.
• So, be sure to check this one out when it comes up on um on crowdfunding.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• hand shedding — shed cards from your hand
• Pattern Recognition — making these bird noises that are on the card. And if you and your opponent are making the same bird noise, you can touch your cards together
• Real-Time — everyone's playing at the same time.

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Quotes (from this video)

• Surprisingly good fun despite being a pretty terrible game.
• I'm always looking for a hidden gem roll and write game.
• this one is much lighter than Trajan, but I think I like the simplicity of it.

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