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Power Grid: Bremen/Manhattan

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Video F2MIlpw8gbY Heavy Cardboard Playthrough at 1:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • The map is compelling and makes Power Grid fantastic to play.
  • The economy is tight, requiring strategic decisions.
  • The power plant market's movement was interesting and dynamic.
  • The game offers plenty of variability with the base cards and map.
  • Highlights the core tenets of Power Grid: turn order, auction, and jockeying for position.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Manhattan
Comparison games
  • Age of Steam
  • Outpost
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Auction — The game features an auction mechanism for acquiring power plants and resources.
  • market fluctuation — The availability and cost of power plants and resources change throughout the game.
  • network building — Players build connections between locations on the Manhattan map.
  • Resource Management — Players must manage their money and resources to purchase power plants and fuel.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • The economy is so tight because of how everything gets dragged out really fast, especially using the old.
  • It's a knife fight. It really is.
  • This map is cool, huh?
  • I feel like this is probably the best game of Power Grid I've ever played despite coming in last.
  • I think I think this Manhattan might be one of my favorite Power Grid maps.
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Video RGBkN5YrFJU Heavy Cardboard Rules Teach at 1:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • The map provides interesting choices and a cool visual representation.
  • The new power plant deck offers harder decisions.
  • The game provides cost certainty for certain resources like oil.
Cons
  • The power plant deck with this map might be a lesser version of the original.
  • The game felt like it went quicker than expected, lacking a slow, gradual climb.
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Building placement — Players physically place houses on the map, with discussion about optimal placement and the cost associated with building in different locations.
  • End game trigger — The game end is triggered when a player builds in their 17th neighborhood.
  • Income — Players discuss earning income based on their established power capacity and city connections.
  • network building — The adjacency rules for building on the map are explained, noting that locations must share a side, not just a point, and connection costs for non-adjacent locations are discussed.
  • Power plant auction — The auction for power plants is discussed, including rules on buying a second plant, discarding the two highest at the end of a round, and how the deck is handled when it runs out, including reshuffling and the availability of cards after reshuffles.
  • Power Plant Market Refill — The process of refilling the power plant market is detailed, including rules about removing lower-numbered plants and drawing replacements.
  • Resource Management — Players discuss buying resources like coal, oil, and trash, and how their availability and cost can fluctuate based on demand and game state.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • The call is coming from inside the house.
  • You know what? That might be an end game.
  • My math skills are not mathing today.
  • I have no idea what I'm doing. CALL! GLORY TO ROME! I don't know what I'm doing.
  • You traumatized him. I appreciate the lesson.
  • There's no way. Okay.
  • My guess is it's probably going to be there. I think it messes with the the most people.
  • I broke him. Life lessons.
  • The garbage market's been great. It has.
  • No, you can You can all You all of you can power 12, right?
  • If you don't have a like a
  • I was cold. Yellow's done.
  • The only way you can fall to the back.
  • I don't think I can buy that.
  • It's a lot of duty out there.
  • That's brutal.
  • That is a huge swing.
  • The problem is I'm going to be short on resources.
  • I'm just like I'm just like
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