Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-5
Age
10+
Playtime
15 min
Complexity
1/5
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Description
Dice and deception game set in New Orleans where masks hide true intentions behind the city's greatest sins over seven rounds
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Board Gaming Ramblings Review at 2:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Does what it's supposed to do very well.
- Fun for a short game.
- Engaging outmaneuvering of opponents.
- Gives points to the player with the least points for the round.
Cons
- Didn't sound like a game for the host initially.
- Take that elements can be disliked in longer games.
Thematic elements
- The seven cardinal sins
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — Players play cards from their hand, which have various effects.
- Dice Rolling — Players roll dice to determine actions or choices.
- Set Collection — There's a mechanism where players get extra points for having the least points in a round.
- Take That — Elements of the game involve taking things from other players.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Hello everyone. This is Johannes
- and this is Cinema
- and you are watching Board Gaming Ramblings
- Yes, five upcoming speed releases.
- So, we wanted to just do like a review for them.
- So, you have to subscribe to actually get our videos.
- If you're going to spiel, please see us.
- We would love to see you there.
- And now let's talk about these games.
- We're going to start off with this game, Carnival of Sims.
- I had zero hope for this game.
- But this is this does what it's supposed to do very well.
- I'm going to keep this.
- I'm going to give this a seven.
- Next up, we are gonna have Mustache.
- It's a very cute game.
- I really like that.
- It's a cool trick taking twist.
- I love that the rules stay.
- I'm going to give it a 7.5.
- Okay, next up, we have Alice.
- I think it is True the Looking Glass.
- So, you will have opinions, right? Later, not not any opinions yet.
- I really like this game.
- So, for me, this was a big surprise.
- I'm going to land on a seven for this.
- Okay, next up, lost game of the day.
- Uh, I'm not a fan.
- Well, I thought it wasn't that exciting.
- I just didn't get excited by it. And so I found it not very um yeah, interesting.
- It's a bit too light for me.
- I think I'm going to land on a 5.5.
- I found it totally average, so I'm going to land on a five.
- Five games reviewed.
- We hope you enjoyed it and that that gave you a feeling on some of these smaller games that are coming out at Spiel.
- Show us a secret sign if you see us wandering around and please say hi if you see us.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Discussion at 6:15 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Lots of fun
- Great filler
- Simple but effective
Cons
- A lot of randomness
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — Players play cards.
- Dice Rolling — Involves rolling dice.
- Set Collection — Players try to collect sets of dice.
- Take That — Features 'take that' elements.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's been another month. September. It's been quick.
- We played 22 new to us games.
- The most fun experience is not a game Oh. in itself.
- It's basically in between all of this, finding time to play escape room games.
- Because you you could flip the sheet. You can do that with every single game. But most of the time it's not going to be anything on the back. It's like oh, it's blank or it's the same thing on the back. But here is like a game mechanism that you flip around and you write on the other side and you have to pop out the other Yes.
- I had zero hope for. And then we played it and it was a lot of fun.
- It is very simple, but it does what it tries to do in a very good way. It's a great filler and it was a huge surprise how much I like this game.
- It sounds like a game that I would hate.
- Because a let down for me is a game I was like, I think this is going to be good. Most of these games were fun.
- Railway Boom is a upcoming Spiel release coming out from Cranio Creations.
- It is very cool. You are building out you're doing train game stuff. But there is technology that's kind of different.
- It is a cute but crunchy two-player game.
- It's a card game except that it also has other components.
- This was a great game. Another one that could almost have been on like the biggest surprise.
- And they spoke about this game. I was like, 'Oh, is that the theme?' And I was like No, but I was like it it was like He said like, 'Oh, then you roll the dice and that tells you kind of what your person want to do.'
- My number one is Ants because it's great. Not aunts. Not aunts. That's a different game.
- This was one of those games that gave me that feeling of, 'This is fun.' Yeah. This is giving me joy. This is just like fun fun fun fun.
- Calypso could also basically have been my biggest surprise.
- I'm saying this even though it is a sponsored play-through, so you can throw away my thoughts if you want to, but this is just my I played it competitive first.
- This is one of the most fun games I played in a long time.
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The Dice Tower Review at 11:31 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- wanted to like this more
Cons
- fine for maybe one gameplay, but after that it's just lucky rolling dice
- not a great game
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — it's just lucky rolling dice.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I feel like that was the case here. Uh it just kind of distracted I felt from what I like in the core experience of Azure.
- But man, I wish a few tweaks uh could be made to it to make it a truly excellent, excellent game.
- It it just doesn't feel like any other uh cooperative game that I can think of and I love the theme and the look of it.
- This is one where I really feel like it gives me more of what I already like about Moour.
- There just something about it that missed the mark for me. It wasn't necessarily bad, but it was okay.
- The pirates has almost nothing to do with the theme at all, but a fun little game.
- It's a nice looking game from Panosaurus. It just at the end it just felt it felt fine.
- but the the game itself is a really nice game.
- It's like an adult version of the Haba game Monza.
- Beautiful cards, but not a great game.
- Really enjoyed this one.
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Review at 0:19 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- Beautiful look
- Interesting concepts
- Concept of rolling dice is fun
- Dice knocking can be fun
Cons
- Game feels random
- Game feels half-baked
- Some cards are worthless
- Theme is not attractive
- Not enough meat on the bones
- Not worth playing again
Thematic elements
- Masks, true intentions, desires
- New Orleans Carnival
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — Play your cards... have a hand of beautifully done cards and you're going to be playing one after rolling some dice... each person's going to play a card and will reveal them and they will be resolved... Once you play these cards, though, you can't play them again, so you're going to be playing each of your cards once.
- Dice Rolling — Roll the dice, play your cards, control your desires and triumph in the carnival... Rolling some dice to grab dice which are worth points... the concept of rolling the dice. That's fun and then picking a die.
- Player Elimination (partial) — Whoever gets the lowest score each round will become the devil or one of the cards will make you become the devil.
- Set Collection — Grab dice which are worth points... take the highest die on the table. When you take a die... Take two dice that are the same. If there isn't any, you don't get any... you take one even and one odd die... you take all the leftover dice that are on the table at the end of the round.
- Take That — This one lets you take any die and including someone else's and reroll it. You can even knock other dice with it if possible, changing their value... one can come off someone else's card. There's a bunch of take that.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Hey everybody, I'm Tom Vasel and today we're taking you a look at a small little card game called Carnival of Sins.
- The game looks beautiful. The cards with the black and gold are really good.
- I want to like it more than I do. I do.
- And honestly, at the end the game just kind of feels random.
- But I'll never play it again.
- There's not enough there to make me want to come back.
- It's a five out of 10 for me, which is sad because I like the concept of the game. I think it looks nice.
- Carnival of Sins, not one that I can really recommend, but it sure looks nice.
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Playthrough at 0:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Beautiful card art and nice physical components
- Easy to learn and play; quick rounds
- Tense, cutthroat interaction that stays friendly
Cons
- Rule clarity can be confusing at times (e.g., Wrath interactions, white die usage)
- Scoring and tie-handling can be intricate; some moments require clarification
Thematic elements
- The seven deadly sins drive dice manipulation and scoring; sin-driven abilities and rewards
- Casino/carnival setting with seven deadly sins as card/dice mechanics
- Live-play commentary with banter and informal rule-checking
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Envy — Score the same amount of points as the devil player
- Gluttony — Take the highest value die from the table; can take from another player's lock die or the table; if stolen, it is placed back with its new value
- Greed — Take two dice with the same value from the table
- Lust — Take one odd and one even die; can be taken from another player's locked dice
- Pride — End-of-round devil card effect; resolve by taking remaining dice on the table and the devil card for scoring
- SL — Take the die that is closest to you (special case in sequence)
- Sloth — Take the die closest to you
- Wrath — Take any die and reroll it; if any die falls off the table, you take that value as negative points
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a dice manipulation betting kind of game.
- Greed allows you to take two dice with the same value from the table.
- Wrath allows you to take any dice and roll it to try and alter its result.
- The art is really pretty.
- It's cutthroat, but not like mean.
- Joanna wins with 99.
- We all tie for last.
- This is Carnival of Sins from Transis Games.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Top 10 List at 2:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fast rounds
- Accessible entry for new players
Cons
- Rule quirks can be fiddly for new players
Thematic elements
- risk-taking and scoring through dice outcomes
- dice pool and hand-management party experience
- short, punchy rounds with quick decisions
Comparison games
- The Crew
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Drafting — you assess a pool of dice and select actions around them
- Take That — players influence each other through timing and dice effects
- take-that / interaction — players influence each other through timing and dice effects
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a clever game where you have a hand of cards and each round you are choosing three of those cards to like be in the round and you choose yourself the order of which to play.
- It's a party game that I enjoyed quite a bit.
- Fearless is a great trick taking game. I enjoy the twist of it being positive and negative numbers.
- You're trying to activate as many as possible. It's a race to score.
- The Fellowship of the Ring... it reminds me of The Crew.
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Board Gaming Ramblings Awards Show at 22:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong social interaction
- Fun gimmick for party settings
Cons
- Requires social energy; may wear thin for some players
Thematic elements
- sinful choices and backstabbing
- Bluffing party/social game
- gossip-fueled, humorous
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Bluffing and social deduction — players bluff and manipulate others while competing in a party setting
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is not what they asked for. The email said all we have to do is announce the top three nominees for mediumweight games.
- I am the ambassador to the planet Glimps on the far side of the galaxy. I am here today to announce the nominations for the best board game expansions.
- Not an alien. Repeat, not an alien. It was a low-budgeted attempt at humor by YouTuber Cardboard East representing the board game nominations for Board Gaming Ramblings.
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