Game Info
Year
2020
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
Complexity
2/5
Collection
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Description
Territory control game where house cats secretly use special abilities to take control of neighboring territories and earn points
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 1:25:39
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Quotes (from this video)
- Stop demonizing tryards.
- Card games are not board games.
- The more people in the same game group that own a game, the less likely any of those people will play it.
- There is no such thing as an omniamer.
- Washes make the gray better, too.
- Stop making the community pay for publisher errors.
- If you ripple shuffle my cards, you can leave immediately.
- The biggest influencers for party games are outside the hobby.
- Monopoly is fine for making family memories.
- If you are the person responsible for teaching games in your play group, you should be the person choosing which game you're playing each game.
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Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Analysis at 4:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong character/theme alignment with Frank West's design style
Cons
- Limited public familiarity
Thematic elements
- Quirky shop/fantasy animal vibe
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card play / set collection — Players collect cards or sets to maximize scoring on a cat-themed board.
- Set Collection — Players collect sets or cards for scoring opportunities tied to a cat-themed motif.
- set collection / card play — Players collect sets or cards for scoring opportunities tied to a cat-themed motif.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Matt Leacock did indeed design Thunderbirds, the game.
- Susan McKinley Ross did indeed design Quirk.
- Daryl Andrews I thought maybe Daryl designed the Titanic game.
- Kia did The Amazing Spider-Man game.
- it's just a game it's just a game
- holy crow too good to believe
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Before You Play Playthrough
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Quotes (from this video)
- it's a mash-up of mechanics from a bunch of games
- it's a light family weight game
- three is the sweet spot
- Patchwork meets Bärenpark
- highly recommend all ages
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Board Game Geek Podcast Top 5 List at 35:30 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- streamable with grid drafting on the table
- multiple modes (explore and draw variant) and beautiful artwork
Cons
- can be pricey, depending on edition
- complexity can rise with cat combos and expansions
Thematic elements
- cat collection and tableau-building on a shared board
- fantasy island where players collect cats to fill a sanctuary
- family-friendly, lighthearted strategy
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — players draft cats to draft positions on their boards
- Pattern Building — tiles and cat cards are drafted to fulfill patterns and goals
- pattern-building / tile drafting — tiles and cat cards are drafted to fulfill patterns and goals
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Quotes (from this video)
- The spiel was different for me and yet felt familiar because it is not a playing con.
- Code Names is such a great team game where you create teams and then you have a spy master going to give codes that has to do with this spread of words on the table.
- Isle of Cats was a game that we were able to play through that I would put a grid on the table where people would draft a column or a row
- Trails of Tucana is a great game and a friend of mine introduced me and I really enjoy it.
- White Castle Duel from Dier for two players only, designed by Isra and Sh.
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