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Players
2-6
Age
14+
Playtime
25 min
Collection
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Watch It Played Discussion at 9:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Simple
- Fun
- Easy to learn
- Quirky theme
- Good for a big group at Christmas
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Cucumbers
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Trick-Taking — A simple trick taking card game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's witch publisher makes the best board games huh
- the pieces are so tactile and nice to touch
- it's infinitely frustrating and wonderful to play
- The actual movement is very simple
- It's a game of revenge
- It has everyone chanting all the time
- there needs to be more holiday games
- Munchkin was one of those games that really got me into the hobby
- The Castles of Burgundy opened my world to all the games that I love
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kovray Convention Recap at 28:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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 tradition and Jeff from borging Geek puts these on and he's fantastic
- The Vibes were just good it was it was a good time
- we were on the same wavelength
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The Brothers Murph Discussion at 451:16:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Great trick taking game
- Simple
- Has a twist
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Pickles
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Trick-Taking — Players take turns playing cards to win tricks.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- My problem is is I can't find games when I have my eyes to use.
- This is terrifying.
- You're heading towards the camera.
- So, this is the last shelf, right?
- Nick is going to cook me so bad, dude.
- I have not forgiven all the people in the comments who said Combon's cover is not Hoy.
- This all our laser games are together.
- I need an adult.
- This is toaten su.
- Oh, you got one war.
- Suck it, Nick.
- I'm going to go You have Lrona in your hand.
- Great big heavy Euro game.
- I need to get some lighter stuff because I grabbed Not to Wat and Su and this and Thunder Road.
- Oh god, Jesus. You're right there.
- In theory, I should know what's around.
- I have taken it for myself. Thank you very much.
- Wowee. Hope we got workers comp.
- Gosh, I don't know. I'm starting to really worry.
- I have feasts for Odin and I have Tat and Su
- I love this game. I'm going to grab Abyss.
- All right, Mike, it's time for your fifth pick.
- I need a small thing. I need like a card game.
- I really want Ark Nova. And Arcan Nova is here.
- I am taking Ark Nova.
- Don't laugh at me, Jimmy.
- This is not Arc Nova.
- What the hell is this? It's so big and square.
- I've got this, man. This is in a tin.
- Detective Club.
- I have Arc Nova. Clearly, I got a bunch of heavy. I need I need to start going lighter.
- Oh god. Oh god. What was that?
- Oh, there's so many small games in here.
- This is a Murf draft first where both players have drafted the same game.
- Wow.
- I don't know why I'm helping. I most just want to flex my knowledge, dude.
- This is Suburbia Collector's Edition. Get wrecked.
- I love this game. Don't play it enough.
- And frankly, big boxes make games harder to play.
- I want to grab Vida Culture, which is up there, but I feel like I don't have a very good balanced collection
- Marvel United, baby.
- This is a great co-op game. Also kind of on the lighter side. I really, really enjoy this one. I I freaking love this game.
- That might have been a bit of a cheat because I knew it was on the top of the shelf, which severely narrows down.
- Jimmy, what do we even own?
- Throw out some games that you like.
- I feel like inventors and scholars is over there.
- No, this is not what I thought.
- Well, you've got wavefares right now. Quote unquote wavefares.
- I thought at first it was going to be feast roden because you thought you didn't get it, but boy howdy did I not get it either.
- This is Star Wars Rebellion, everybody. Thank you very much.
- It's that big. Wow. Okay then.
- Pick number eight for Nick.
- How does he keep hitting it?
- Real talk though.
- I feel like a lot of like square and rectangular euros.
- I was just about to say this is Arino. It is not.
- Oh, that's thicker than I thought it'd be.
- Once again, right up on the microphone. We're sorry.
- This is distilled.
- I got me some isats and I'm excited to have a good polyomino game.
- I want Grand Austria Hotel.
- We have too many big games, guys.
- From the bottom, a square and a rectangle feel very similar.
- Dude, right.
- I feel legitimately I mean,
- Is the top dented?
- Is the top supposed to be dented?
- All righty. Okay, I got two more. Yeah, I got two more games. I got to go I got to start going lighter. I've been doing too much big stuff.
- You're always concerned about that.
- A well-rounded collection.
- So, here's the thing with these drafts, y'all.
- Mike picks his favorite games. I try to pick an actually good collection.
- No one's asking you to do that.
- The prompt for these is to collect a wellrounded collection. Mike just picks his favorite games. So get out in the comments comments. Let us know.
- I win. I win these because I actually choose.
- It's not about making a It's about making the best list.
- The best list is the best list for most people. Not for you.
- I'm the one making the list.
- No. Silly.
- I'm picking foof girkin. This is a great trick tank game. It's called five cucumbers.
- I feel the green how it's green. I think this is firkin.
- All right. So, since Nick's out here sassing me.
- All right. This is your final pick. Do what you want.
- I'm going to go back to our drawers.
- I'm looking for the Kinfire Delve games.
- I feel like I stopped the Oh, wait. Hold on.
- Whatever this was, I'm not choosing it.
- Oh, wait. Even better.
- This is a long thin rectangle? This might be uh the Fellowship of the Ring trick taking game.
- Pick Pick. Pick what you think your heart says.
- This one's in shrink. This is a fat boy.
- I thought I had Lord of the Rings. My last picture.
- Oh, you know what? Hold on. This has a unique box.
- This has this little pink thing. I think this is Volano. Volamino. Volimo.
- Am I stepping on a game?
- This is I think Volano. And so it's got that little
- that's my 10th pick. And on the light one day, I'm wellrounded as heck. Good god. Now I really don't know where I am, man.
- Oh god. Sorry. I hit me in the face.
- I
- Yes, it is. Uh, it is a tough game to get into. Uh, and I love that.
- I do love the dice placement for this. It's a really cool game, you know, this is where you're gonna go draft dice and then send them to the cathedral.
- It was like, you know, like, really tough to get into. So, you know, like, I do love that and that's what we're all about.
- You have your own story, your own world that you're building.
- There's a ton of strategy, a ton of different things you can do in this game.
- It's a legacy game, which means that the game evolves and changes as you play it.
- There's a lot of political intrigue and backstabbing.
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The Dice Tower Unboxing at 2:18 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- clever deduction
- compact box with engaging puzzle
Cons
- may be too abstract for some players
Thematic elements
- numbers and values
- abstract deduction
- puzzle/logic-based
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — use clues to deduce the hidden values of five numbers
- Logic deduction — use clues to deduce the hidden values of five numbers
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is the most boring unboxing in the world here on the Dice Tower.
- A push your luck game.
- The Winds of Numisera, the board game, deluxe edition of it from Dark Rose.
- Thanks for watching the most boring unboxings in the world here on the Dice Tower.
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Tabletop Tokki Discussion at 6:15 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
- Cute theme
- Memorable flavor
Cons
- Not loved or hated; meh
Thematic elements
- cute card shedding
- unknown
- light, casual
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card shedding — try to shed cards with a light scoring objective
- Climbing Shedding — try to shed cards with a light scoring objective
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Message from the Stars was a really fun, fresh take on this with determining specific letters.
- If you're a fan of word puzzles like Wordle or things like that, this would definitely be one to check out.
- This one gets a high recommendation from me.
- I really enjoyed this one at four players.
- I really love the puzzle of this one.
- Sphinx is a one to four player tile manipulation game. I was really let down.
- Are You a Robot? This is a super quick two to three player deduction game.
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kovray Discussion at 19:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- quirky, approachable theme
- fast to teach and play
Cons
- humor and theme may not appeal to all
Thematic elements
- light, social party flavor
- dinner-table trick-taking with cucumbers as a theme
- diary-card flavor with humorous notes
Comparison games
- Skull King
- No Loose Ends
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Player Elimination — elimination based on picking up final tricks
- single-suit trick-taking — only one suit (pickles), emphasis on last trick
- survivor/knock-out mechanic — elimination based on picking up final tricks
- Trick-Taking — only one suit (pickles), emphasis on last trick
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "one of the most underrated, most thematic trick-taking games out there"
- "cooperative trick taking game, but there's a hidden trader"
- "neat connection between its theme and its mechanisms"
- "this is not a persuasive essay to convince you that arcs is a trick-taking game"
- "Skull King is one of those games where every round has a big moment"
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