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Year
2023
Players
1-6
Age
10+
Playtime
45 min
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Description
Prehistoric race game where players lead a stone age clan to the mountains before the land floods featuring resource management and engine building
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kovray Top 10 List at 3:23 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88559 · mention_pk 233766
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- love Chili Fox Games
- put so much quality and effort into their games
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- caveman ages
Comparison games
- Doodle Dash
- Riverside
- worker placement game
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Worker Placement — a unique twist on worker placement
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- next up is that Cosmo octopus
- it's such a unique theme yes and the gameplay is really fun it is it's great it's a great game
- If you liked like King Domino this is like almost a step up in my opinion in terms of like uh you're building a three-dimensional pyramid.
- it tickles your brain in such a unique way.
- Six player fit to print is some of the best experience that you can possibly have.
- The art in this game is absolutely gorgeous. There's a capybara that's a unicorn.
- it's a very nice introductory uh well delving game.
- It's also super clever how they did the dice and you have to combine them in their grade in the grade and it creates the space that you have to play.
- This is a fantastic kind of filler gamer conversationalist game.
- you get to make waffles
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Watch It Played Discussion at 6:55 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88551 · mention_pk 233736
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Looks lovely
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Flood escaping
- Near the end of the Ice Age, mountains
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric Player Powers — Asymmetric player powers.
- Engine Building — Engine building.
- Movement — Moving through the terrain trying to improve your skills.
- Resource Management — Gathering resources.
- Set Collection — Making important cave paintings and engraving at important sites.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- if it's uve Rosenberg an entire placement then I'm interested
- Honestly I've been hoping for for a long time
- In my opinion it is a really great game
- The original cat in the box is a mind-bending trick taking game where the cards don't have a color until you assign one as you play it
- Foundations of Rome in my opinion is an amazing game but I also believe it's fair to say that it's a deluxe luxury product
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Getting Games Discussion at 15:46 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88506 · mention_pk 233393
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great table presence
- not too long (30-60 minutes)
Cons
- prototype status mentioned; details limited
Thematic elements
- leaving legacy and artifacts
- stone age survival
- hand-management and asymmetric power
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric powers — each player has unique clan abilities
- Hand Management — manage and optimize actions with your hand
- Modular Board — variable setup with a long board and tracks
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- welcome to drunk It's games
- I will go through those in alphabetical order
- I'm going to be talking about a bunch of games that I've learned about over the last month
- if you think I missed a game or if you have thoughts about any of these games then please comment
- world wonders I am very excited to try this game
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kovray Discussion at 34:41 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88533 · mention_pk 233566
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Beautiful art
- Accessible entry point into heavier mechanics
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Environmental exploration
- Natural world
- Strategic, accessible
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card-driven actions / core engine — Cards drive actions and influence placement to build a tableau.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I love Dixit and I love Disney.
- Dawn of Oolongs is a Thunder Works game set in the same realm as Cartographers and Role Player.
- Three Ring Circus is a game we're really excited about.
- Sagrada but it's a legacy version.
- Footprints... Chili Fox Games makes incredible games.
- The wild tiled West obviously.
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Meeple University Top List at 28:36 sentiment: other
video_pk 88440 · mention_pk 233141
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly anticipated
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Come Together
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Modular Board — Mentioned as a feature of the game.
- Multi-Use Cards — Mentioned as a feature of the game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Rats of Wurtzburg by Cranio Creations so it is a worker placement game it is by Simon luani which we love the games
- Footprints by chili fox games so we love come together from last year yep yeah that one was a real hit for us big hit for me it was in my top five by the same designer and publisher Footprints so this is going to be good
- general orders World War II by Osprey games the fourth one because it was at demo it's demo and then followable at chenon but they sold out and I heard good things about it it's a great to player game but it's got World War II theme not the theme that I would usually kind of like attracted to but because there so many things so many people like oh I recommend this game it's very tight worker placement uh taco war worker placement so there you go general orders
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Meeple University Vlog at 13:54
video_pk 88341 · mention_pk 232650
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Pros
- Enjoyed the previous release (Come Together)
Cons
- Might be too brutal
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Come Together
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- look how cute this is fabulous game as well
- look how great this is like components like just soing amazing
- look at this like amazing amazing
- this is a really fun social deduction
- it's really like you you should bit shy on social deduction you can you can like a little bit of a puzzle deduction as well
- this is a very popular game when it was out
- it's a logic game
- puzzle deduction game
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Meeple University Top 5 List at 11:53 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88104 · mention_pk 231409
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Engaging hand management and engine-building
- Tight pacing and interesting terrain interactions
Cons
- Can be punishing if mismanaging cards
Thematic elements
- Ice Age
Comparison games
- Kites
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Engine Building — Progression to improve moves and gain bonuses.
- Hand Management — Limited cards; draft and play to move and score.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a game of pure negotiation
- you hang these little bird pieces on elastic telephone wires
- like escape room puzzle in the Box type of thing
- the cards are great so cute the pieces are cute this cheese worth points
- the turns are really quick you are limited to do the next action depending on what action you take before that
- it's a Euro with high interaction
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Getting Games Discussion at 4:41 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 88066 · mention_pk 231105
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- interesting card selection and movement
- clever resource loop
- set-collection scoring can be satisfying
Cons
- end-game scoring can feel contingent on luck or card draws
- some players may feel scoring is unstable or volatile
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Coloretto
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card-driven movement on a board — cards allow movement across terrain on a long, skinny board
- resource loop — placing onto the board to gain resources, which are then used for future actions
- set collection / goal cards scoring — points are earned primarily through goal cards; end scoring depends on these
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- two-thirds of the games that I've played over the last 14 years I can go on to YouTube and see what I thought back when I actually played it
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Allies or Enemies Discussion at 24:30 sentiment: positive
video_pk 66213 · mention_pk 160989
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Challenging, but approachable path-building
- Interesting scoring and route planning
Cons
- Some players may struggle with optimal path choices early on
Thematic elements
- engine-ish movement and path completion
- Path-building with forest/hiking theme
- euro-engine with puzzles
Comparison games
- Calico
- Road to El Dorado
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Variable path construction — Tiles and cards shape the board and scoring opportunities.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "it's gorgeous"
- "it's cooperative"
- "they put everything back in the boxes and dismantle the puzzle"
- "the dial the spinner for us didn't work great"
- "Open Season which is about monsters hunting"
- "Cascadia landmarks this is in both of our top 10 the original of all time"
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Rules Teach at 0:11 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 66017 · mention_pk 160393
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- clan-based resource gathering, engraving and cave painting, scoring objectives
- End of the Ice Age
- expository/tutorial with step-by-step play instructions
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- activate Engravings — If you have Engravings, you may activate exactly one per turn by spending matching resources to increase a matching skill.
- building engravings and cave paintings — You may build Engravings or a Cave Painting adjacent to your MLE, each with specific resource costs and scoring implications.
- endgame and rounds — The game ends after 14 rounds or when a player reaches the end of the map; all players have the same number of turns before final scoring.
- Footprint cards — Footprint cards form a common deck drawn to provide endgame scoring objectives; you may flip completed cards to permanent scoring.
- gain bonuses per hex — Each hex you step into grants a bonus; bonuses are gained unless covered by another, and you draw a footprint card if available.
- Hand Management — Each turn you may discard to manage your hand, and at round end you redraw to a four-card hand if needed.
- Leader cards — Each player has a Leader card with a special ability; when you play your Leader, you cannot play a Fire card that turn, and you resolve the Leader’s text instead of standard Clan card effects.
- Movement on a hex grid — Movement is determined by icons on the clan card; you may move across terrain hexes, possibly combining points, with restrictions about entering spaces and bonuses.
- play a clan card — On a turn you play one clan card from your hand into the discard, and you may optionally play one Fire card if you did not play your Leader.
- resolve card halves — Each clan card has a top half (movement/skill) and a bottom half; you choose one half to resolve that turn along with any Fire card effects.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Footprints is played in turns starting from the first player and going clockwise around the table
- There are endgame points on offer for a player who maxes out these tracks
- the game end can also be triggered if a player reaches the end of the map
- Footprints which show a resource merely require you to have that resource
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