Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2
Age
8+
Playtime
5 min
Complexity
1/5
Collection
Ratings
Creator Score
Mechanic profile
Not enough video data yet
Vibe profile
Not enough video data yet
Description
Spicy five-minute travel game where players reveal tiles in a 3x3 grid of Xs Os and a bomb using action cards to peek at and rearrange tiles
Featured Videos
Unboxing
UKGE Board Game Haul 2026
Ask a Rules Question
Images
GID0452173.jpg
GID0452173_thumb.jpg
All mentions
Browse transcript mentions, sentiments, pros/cons, mechanics, topics, quotes, and references.
Total mentions: 5
This page: 5
Sentiment:
pos 4 ·
mix 0 ·
neu 0 ·
neg 1
Showing 1–5 of 5
Video ZV3FQFwRBeE
Chairman of the Board Top List at 11:27:16 sentiment: negative
video_pk 151814 · mention_pk 425545
Click to watch at 11:27:16 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- Great traveling game
- Robust components
- Have some fun with it
Cons
- Horrible packaging
- Doesn't fit on shelf nicely
- Too much of a one-trick pony
- Longevity is not there
- Game could be ruined if components get marked
Thematic elements
- Noughts and crosses variant
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action cards — The way you take your actions is by either using these action cards or going for it, as in trying to flip over those tiles to get three in a row.
- Bomb/Hazard — One of those tiles in that grid is a bomb, and if you flip over that bomb, you're going to instantly lose.
- Noughts and Crosses — It's like a sudden death noughts and crosses variant.
- Set Collection — Get three in a row.
- tile flipping — You are trying to flip these tiles over to get three in a row.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This game is called Cat Earth and it is very, very silly, but I think in a good way.
- This is the Crew Mission Deep Sea, and I'm going to tell you, I absolutely love this game.
- Wavelength, and I think this is probably one of the best party games I have played in a long time.
- It's a game about trying to read people's minds.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video 6DH8VECS7xg
Grant Lyon News at 13:29 sentiment: positive
video_pk 81107 · mention_pk 199669
Click to watch at 13:29 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strategic twist on tic-tac-toe
- Quick playtime
Cons
- Two-player only
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Or you can activate the abilities of one of the cards available.
- Hidden Movement — You are going to arrange all of these chunky tiles face down into a grid.
- Set Collection — You need to get your tiles in order.
- Set matching — If they are your X's or your O's, you win.
- tile flipping — On your turn, you're going to flip over three tiles in a row.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a horror comedy game because you are in a world where sheep are mutating at night and turning into horrible things that will attack you.
- it's pretty silly, but also kind of scary at the same time.
- you will get these little shape pieces. They're just these little abstract pieces and they'll stick to your magnetic board which is kind of satisfying, right?
- it is not easy. uh it is it is difficult to indicate what you want to indicate with these little uh with these little wooden pieces.
- Excalibur is full of trash talkinging. It's full of social, memorable moments.
- it is chaotic, but it's fun and memorable.
- now the retail version is much more affordable and it's still the same sort of social gameplay. You just don't have these metal swords that you can clink together and stuff.
- this is a lighter weight card game but a strategy game. This is not a party game. This is a strategy card game.
- there can be these sort of cascading triggers like boom boom boom, you know, sort of thing.
- It's a clever little game of sort of planning and cascading uh your cards.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video xulqJmNdNSM
Chairman of the Board Unboxing at 9:00 sentiment: positive
video_pk 80809 · mention_pk 198088
Click to watch at 9:00 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Nifty travel case
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Tic-Tac-Toe variant
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Risk/Avoidance — Players must try to win while also avoiding one of the pieces being a bomb.
- Tic-Tac-Toe — Core gameplay is a variant of tic-tac-toe.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Praetor was going for really cheap. This is like an old-school Euro that again, I never got a chance to play. Kind of from my era of of Euro gaming.
- This was one that has always evaded me, but I remember Rado raving about it many, many years ago.
- Wispwood, which is one of those kind of puzzly um, you know, pattern building style games with different things going on.
- And um, to be honest, I've got so many games here to play and to talk about that um, I'm going to be tied up for quite some time.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video RgUyB9yGzgA
BoardGameCo Review at 1:03 sentiment: positive
video_pk 39246 · mention_pk 118194
Click to watch at 1:03 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast-paced and approachable
- Strong mass-market appeal
- Travel-friendly, compact package
Cons
- Limited depth and strategic longevity
- Some luck-based elements from peeking
Thematic elements
- Bomb/defusal tension in a rapid, risk-reward face-off
- Two-player abstract control with Xs and Os markers and a bomb-themed tension
- on-camera demo with quick run-throughs and live playthroughs
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action selection and timing — You take one of two actions per turn and then decide whether to go for it
- Hidden Information — Peek at cards to gauge your opponent's setup without revealing it
- Pattern Building — Score by creating three-in-a-row formations (row, column, diagonal) with your markers
- pattern completion — Score by creating three-in-a-row formations (row, column, diagonal) with your markers
- Push Your Luck — Choose to keep peeking or going for the current scoring line at the risk of hitting the bomb
- Push-your-luck / risk-reward — Choose to keep peeking or going for the current scoring line at the risk of hitting the bomb
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is fast-paced. It's easy. It's fun.
- It's a great mass market game.
- I didn't love the rule book.
- This is an interesting one.
- The team mode is definitely an extra level strategy.
- Last Minute is a bomb diffusing game.
- The gimmick is strong but staying power is questionable.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video YzXjhdwddT4
The Dice Tower Review at 0:39 sentiment: positive
video_pk 4426 · mention_pk 12965
Click to watch at 0:39 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fast play (about five minutes per round)
- tactile, well-produced components
- engaging push-your-luck mechanic
- replayable in short sessions
Cons
- rules are simple and may feel repetitive
- high-risk bomb can end games abruptly
Thematic elements
- Push-your-luck memory/placement, high-drama reveals with a bomb mechanic
- A compact two-player travel version of tic-tac-toe, played on a small surface with a travel case.
- abstract with a light thematic frame around risk and quick decision-making
Comparison games
- tic-tac-toe
- other push-your-luck micro-games
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action cards — On your turn you can peek at action cards and follow their instructions, affecting information and board state.
- bomb tile risk — Reveal a bomb tile and you immediately lose.
- Memory — Remember which tiles were revealed to inform future choices.
- memory/recall — Remember which tiles were revealed to inform future choices.
- peek and swap — Some action cards allow peeking at tiles and swapping or altering tiles to influence future draws.
- three-in-a-row victory — Reveal three of your symbols (X or O) on the grid to win instantly.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Bombastic, a two-player riff on tic-tac-toe.
- Very simple game. Plays very quickly.
- Really, what it's trying to do is it's trying to push people, right? Give them these little bits of information, incentivize them to take some risks, to do some push your luck, and to have a big reveal.
- The components are very, very nice.
- I give it an eight out of 10.
- Yes, an eight out of 10 because I think what it's trying to do, it does very well.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Transcript Navigation
Showing 1–5 of 5