Game Info
Year
2023
Players
2-5
Age
10+
Playtime
10 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Description
A cooperative real-time game where players flip sand timers representing fireworks to complete festival challenges
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Watch It Played Top 10 List at 2:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- high replayability due to many events and gallery interactions
- strong visual/artistic presentation
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- magical aerial fireworks
- festival countdown world
Comparison games
- Dungeon Drop
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- deck-building — players start with a deck and buy cards from a gallery to improve their hand and score via rewards.
- timers / sand timers — timers keep the game moving and add a pacing element to turns.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Saving Private Ryan the board game which sounds devastating honestly
- it's not overly complicated
- it's a great heads up two-player duel
- it's just so simple to teach everyone enjoys it it's it's just a great game
- I like expansions that add depth rather than breadth
- the cooperative campaign what where did that come from
- the game does a great job of maximizing enjoyment without the myriad complexities of certain other games of this type
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top List at 3:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Challenging
- High stress in a good way
- Short playtime encourages replays
Cons
- Can be very challenging
Thematic elements
- Flipping markers to reach the bottom of the board
Comparison games
- Kites
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign play — The game includes a campaign mode with varying rulesets.
- Real-Time — Players must act quickly.
- sand timers — Different length sand dials need to be flipped.
- Set Collection — Flipping tiles in certain ways to achieve objectives.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So, you have to get rid of this engine you think you have going for you, but you don't because you have to get rid of something.
- Coffee is how you run this whole game because it's the way you manipulate dice and change the pit.
- We win this rarely, but it's still awesome.
- She was able to tell us what everything said. I mean, you can kind of guess based on the pictures on it, but she was like, 'This is this, this is this, this is this.'
- It was one of the first hobby games that I played where my eyes were just wide open just this is what games can be.
- It's got paper money. It's got the paper. Get rid of that poker chips. It adds to the experience every time.
- There's just another farmer in the game who means well but just messes you up the whole time.
- Three Sisters is just such a solid game. It's such a great game.
- It's not a mancala, but it gives you kind of mancala like the feelings as you're trying to map out where you need to be in the future rounds.
- There's nothing hidden. There's no cards. There's no dice. There's nothing nothing random in the entire game.
- I personally believe like I personally believe that Castles of Burgundy is kind of like an essential for a board gaming collection.
- The artwork was so drab in the original that everybody was like, 'If you do a deluxe version, we will supply that.'
- This is another one of those heavier, thinkier cooperative games. very very challenging.
- So you have to keep on trying because each one of these is going to fail often.
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top List at 9:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really fun
- Doesn't take up a lot of table space
- Really really love this game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Kites
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — Cards are played to interact with the sand timers.
- Cooperative — Players work together to manage the timers.
- Real-Time — The progression through timers creates a real-time element.
- sand timers — Central to the gameplay, used to track progress and trigger events.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is such an interesting game where um you have all these places on the board that you can go, but they're dictated by these what are those things called? Sand timers.
- It's the silliest game on this list probably.
- Very Indiana Jones vibes. This is one of those games.
- It is very stressful.
- The loud game I think we've ever played.
- My super cool demeanor completely disappears while I play this game.
- It is utter chaos, but at the same time, it is epic.
- Gamer kids are a different breed of children.
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The Board Game Garden Other at 50:29:44 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- It is a fun one.
Cons
- Not a huge fan of real-time games.
- This one's a little bit too stressful for me.
- Not one that I want in my collection.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Real-Time — Host is not a huge fan of real-time games and finds this one a little too stressful.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is basically a board game industry kind of conference thing that is presented and run by Asthma Canada.
- I kind of think of this as the Canadian Gamma, which gamma is kind of like the industry board game industry convention conference that is held every year in the US, but we kind of have a little mini version for us here in Canada where board game publishers as well as retailers and media all come together to just talk new games, better ways to help support the board game industry here in Canada.
- So, we're here. Of course. There he is.
- We've all been the first giants content creators in the wild behind the bushes in their natural habitat. In their natural habitat or oi none of that things batteries.
- Guys, I am obsessed with this card game. It is fantastic.
- This is the final version of nature. I believe this is like the retail edition.
- As someone that loves like potions, witchy things, this is a party game that I could get down with.
- This is a fantastic game if you haven't played it yet. Such a good hand management card game.
- This is a very fun game. If you guys have seen me, I've talked about Ohanami quite a bit, which is a game where you're creating gardens of cards in a line that are either having to be in uh like ascending or descending order. This has that kind of vibe, but plays in a very different way.
- Katan on the Road. I actually just did a how to play of this game and it's actually quite enjoyable.
- Toil and troubles. Toil and troubles. This is a game from grandpa beck.
- I love the like magical kind of uh forest creature kind of vibe to it.
- Dixit kids, which is very cute. I love this.
- One thing, one like big highlight for me was just being able to hang out with friends, either local friends. All of us are very local, but it is really nice to have some specific thing that brings us all together, to be able to hang out and play games.
- Obviously, like I mentioned, I played Denup a ton. That was a huge highlight for me.
- Remember, you are somebody's reason to smile.
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kovray Event Coverage at 23:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Rockets
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's a gem.
- It's a bop.
- It's just this combo-tastic game where there's a bunch of different actions happening that you'll have to go through.
- It is such a clever game that is still very unnatural because you're trying to create gaps with tiles, and my brain despises that cuz I like when things go together nicely.
- It is the silliest game because what you're trying to do is you have stacks of cards in front of you in different stacks, and you're trying to get each of those stacks to have all of one item.
- This is such a good small card game from Capstone.
- The art on Dixit is just unparalleled.
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Review at 0:07 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Super unique, really fun
- Crazy, wild, frantic, really really fun
- Creative use of components
- Explores what can be done with components
- Each gameplay is different and unique and interesting
- Feels very different and exciting
- Will 100% this game
- Games are only 10 minutes long
- Offers more to the system than Kites
- Accessible
- Not a huge box
- Each game takes a short amount of time
- Offers uniqueness and challenges
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Entertaining people with a fireworks display
Comparison games
- Kites
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Campaign play — The game features a series of missions that are played sequentially, offering a progressive experience.
- Card Play — Cards are used to initiate actions, such as flipping sand timers.
- cooperative play — Players work together to achieve the game's objectives.
- sand timers — The core mechanic involves flipping sand timers to manage game progress and avoid them running out.
- Variable Setup/Missions — Event cards dictate setup and introduce different rules and challenges for each mission.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's crazy and it's wild and it's really frantic and really really fun
- Thematically I thought it was such a hilarious touch how uh when you have a fail you have a mistake you have to flip over that token to the board side cuz they're not excited they're not watching your thing what do they do when you're bored they're on their phones oh my gosh it's so funny it's just a hilarious thematic touch
- Don't waste a single component don't waste a single bit of packaging love it
- Oh my gosh you guys I loved this game
- I knew I was going to like it I finally have developed my tastes I know I'm going to like something I knew I was going to like this and I did did I loved it I had so much fun
- I agree I love campaign style games and this was such a great one because it's so accessible
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Watch It Played Rules Teach at 0:13 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Replayability: any event can be replayed and you can choose a favorite to play again
- Team-based play with emphasis on communication
- Narrative connectivity: events are tied with a reading of the guide and story in the rulebook
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- collaborative spectacle building and crowd management
- a magical Skyrocket show context introduced at Mage Academy
- explanatory with interwoven event narrative
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Timer — playing a card flips the two related timers; you may flip them in any order or together
- communication — players may talk openly about details to coordinate, unless a particular event restricts communication
- Compound Scoring — when an event resolves, you record a score by the number of star tokens still showing
- countdown track and sand timers — the objective is to drain sand from timers and advance the countdown track, with orange timer behaving specially
- crowd tokens — crowd tokens indicate audience engagement and must be flipped when a timer runs out; if all are facedown you lose
- End conditions — the game is won if the countdown reaches the final space, and lost if crowd tokens are all facedown
- event deck and burst symbol — events are drawn from an event deck; some require using firework cards with burst symbols
- Events — events are drawn from an event deck; some require using firework cards with burst symbols
- flip timers — playing a card flips the two related timers; you may flip them in any order or together
- Limited Communication — players may talk openly about details to coordinate, unless a particular event restricts communication
- orange timer interaction — orange can only be flipped when its top half is empty and can advance when drained
- Play a card from hand — on your turn you play a card showing a combination of two colors and flip the related timers
- scoring with star tokens — when an event resolves, you record a score by the number of star tokens still showing
- stacking timers — timers can be stacked on top of each other or side by side to manage multiple timers
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- you and your friends will be working together to create a captivating and magical Skyrocket show by playing cards
- communication during the game is very important
- as soon as this timer hits the final space here the players all win
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