3D Snakes & Ladders

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• roll and move — Roll dice to advance along a track with some spaces allowing you to leap ahead, and others sending you backwards.

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• Most games don't fail because they're bad. They fail because nobody notices them.
• Making a functional game is hard, but it's not that hard. Making a fun game is harder, but again, it's not that difficult.
• Compared to digital game design, tabletop design is remarkably accessible.
• I want my games to be enjoyed by as many players as possible. Why would a publisher choose this game when there are already so many similar products available? How does it distinguish itself?
• The framework invites you as a game maker to view your games through four different lenses, a mechanical hook, an experiential hook, a thematic hook, and an aesthetic hook.
• Identify why someone should pay attention to your game.
• Meta Hooks gives us a vocabulary for discussing why different products attract attention in different ways.
• If all four of your hooks feel generic, interchangeable, or forgettable, that might indicate that your design still needs work before it enters the market.
• Publishers don't just need a good game. They need something to put on the box, something to put in a press release, something retailers can recommend in a conversation, something reviewers can explain in a sentence.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Dice rolling — Players take a die of their choice and roll it. The number rolled advances their pawn. Landing on a ladder moves them to the top, landing on a snake moves them to the bottom.
• roll and move — Players advance their pawn along the board based on the roll of a die.

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• this is a game with sublime skill and nuance
• the single best thing about this game is snakes
• I manipulate the diets of my mind in order to win and that's an excellent transferable skill to other games
• we're simply owning the game will give you feelings of divine smugness

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• If you had to live in a board game, which board game would you live in?
• I think probably one of my favorites is hidden orders.
• Well, first of all, I'm just you know, I'm thrilled to have an outlet for a certain amount of creative energy that has found um a modest, but enthusiastic audience.
• So, I think I guess my my advice would be keep it simple at first, and find out whether or not you find the work satisfying.
• Well, my wife is no idiot.
• And the most important thing I think you can do is to know that game inside and out.
• All right, I'll give you four. Antoine Bauza, Stefan Feld, Vlaada Chvátil, and Isaac Vega.
• And the folding table has has a crease here in the center.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Luck-driven progression — Progress depends on dice rolls rather than player decisions
• Movement on a linear track — Dice-based advancement with spaces that convey lessons or morals

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Quotes (from this video)

• prove me wrong no board game from the last 15 years is influential enough to have changed the hobby forever
• staying power chess and shoots and ladders have been around for hundreds of years
• we have a board game revolution on our hands
• the crew is amazing because it brings trick-taking games to board game hobbyists

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