Oliva

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Action Drafting — Players choose actions based on cards available and what others are playing.
• Deck Building — Players buy new cards to add to their deck, creating a deck-building engine.
• Hand Management — Players have a hand of cards and must choose which to play strategically.
• Simultaneous action selection — Players choose two action cards simultaneously and reveal them, with the number of cards played influencing activation.

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Quotes (from this video)

• Ants. And I loved this game. Um it is a phenomenal worker placement game where we are controlling a colony of ants trying to, you know, spread out into the uh the countryside, um you know, set up pheromone trails of scavenging ants, exploring, dealing with big scary bigger bugs than us, like centipedes and millipedes and whatnot, getting to the far reaches where there are huge benefits if we're the first player to occupy, and, you know, basically expand our little ant kingdom.
• And unlike most other ant colony civilization games, there is no player versus player in this game. No direct attacking. We just have to fight, you know, the the other big bugs that are out there.
• this is a conveyor belt game, folks, and I love conveyor belts. The conveyor belt here is the life cycle of our ants.
• Everything about this game is fantastic.
• It's the second best game we played this month. It's Ants.
• The Last Droids.
• This game is phenomenal.
• It's an I split, I choose game, which is a fun little thing.
• That decision, which do I keep for myself, which two do I give to the other players, is phenomenal.
• The rules actually suggest that once the cards are revealed before the lead player hands them out and keeps one for themselves that players could say, "Hey, I really want that one."
• The art in this game is stunning.
• It is the best game I played this month as a three-player game.
• As a two-player game, I don't know. So, I'm going to have to do a follow-up in a future roundup, I assume.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Action chaining / bonus actions — Promote, call, dismiss, and bonus actions allow extended buys and deck manipulation.
• Deck Building — Each player maintains a personal deck and draws actions to perform on their turn.
• deck-building — Each player maintains a personal deck and draws actions to perform on their turn.
• Endgame scoring by nations and markets — Points come from nation flags, global/national market cards, and other scoring effects.
• Market-driven card economy — Markets (local/regional/national/global) provide cards and scoring opportunities; cards can be bought or dismissed.
• Resource conversion — Olives are converted into olive oil via actions; different cards modify conversion rates.
• Resource Management — Olives are converted into olive oil via actions; different cards modify conversion rates.

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Quotes (from this video)

• This plays pretty quick.
• It's a deck-builder, engine building.
• the part that was really kind of confusing the rules.
• the more point cards you buy, the less action cards you're going to have when you draw.
• This game plays quick and is fun.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• economic engine — Compact box, dense economic decision-making.
• Engine Building: Efficiency — Compact box, dense economic decision-making.
• Fast/punchy play — Short playtime with deep strategic decisions.

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Quotes (from this video)

• We are looking forward to Spiel 2025.
• These are 10 games we have not played.
• Plans change but that is the plan.
• We're excited for Spiel.
• Please come say hi, show us a secret sign, and play a game with us.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• deck-building / engine-building — Combines deck-building and engine-building with multiple strategic paths.
• Set Collection — Diverse scoring via country cards and strategic card play.
• set collection / country cards — Diverse scoring via country cards and strategic card play.

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Quotes (from this video)

• This is fantastic.
• I love everything about this.
• There's deep resource management, good choices.
• This is themed the worlds of Dungeons and Dragons.
• The catch-up mechanic is great because this makes every race close.
• It's like So Clover meets Code Names.
• Cuphead style artwork is visually striking.

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