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The Discriminating Gamer Review at 0:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun and hilarious theme/concept
- Quick playtime (20 minutes)
- Great artwork
- Nice components (chunky wood tokens)
Cons
- Cards being just different suits was a surprise
Thematic elements
- Auctioning antiques with a ghostly presence
- An antique auction with ghosts present
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction — The game is described as 'kind of more just a little auction game.'
- Card Game Elements — The game involves item cards and collector cards, and the host notes the cards are like a deck of cards with suits.
- Set Collection — The item cards likely form sets, as the host mentions 'These are all your different items.'
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Quotes (from this video)
- Why does the beast make Cogsworth stand guard in Beauty and the Beast? It makes a great watch.
- The title for the 10th Fast and Furious movie should have been Fast 10, your seat belts.
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Video TEsUR7M_EBI
BoardGameGeek Playthrough at 0:58 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- The art is really neat and consistent with the haunted theme.
- Fast and thinky for a light auction/collection game; depth emerges from hand management and set-building.
- Strong theme integration; the haunted items and patron mechanics feel flavorful.
- Two-player variant exists and provides a tighter, different board experience.
- The tie-breaking and scoring provide meaningful decisions and strategic tension.
Cons
- The board setup and rules can be a bit challenging to learn; early turns may feel slow or confusing.
- Luck of the draw can heavily influence early rounds, potentially elongating the game for some players.
- Some hands can be dead or nearly dead, which can stall momentum on certain turns.
- Endgame scoring can surprise players who misjudge suit collections or patron effects.
Thematic elements
- haunted artifacts, curses, and prestige through accretion of items
- Haunted mansion auction house with cursed items
- lighthearted artifact hunt with charitable competition and mischief
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- center-cancellation — The center auction card acts as a cancellation color; when drawn or affected, it cancels certain cards and may require replacement.
- End condition — The game ends when the draw pile/deck is exhausted.
- move-and-take — On a turn, a player moves their pawn to a location on the board and must take the top card from the corresponding suit lot into their warehouse.
- room-card placement — A player may play a card from their hand into a room on the board; the card must match the color or the number of the top card in that room.
- tie-breaking by value — In ties, the largest collection value in a suit (multiplied by its dollar value) is used to determine the winner; further ties resolve by secondary suits or shared wins.
- warehouse-and-patrons scoring — Cards are stored in a warehouse organized by suit; patrons grant bonuses and affect end-game scoring by suit ownership.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's really cool. The art is really neat in this game.
- The idea that translates into the person with the lowest score is going to win this game.
- You don't want the most troubled items.
- The game is going to end when we run out of cards.
- I like this mechanic where for tie-breakers... the colors actually make no difference in the game.
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