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Year
2024
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
40 min
Complexity
2/5
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Description
Architects compete for wealth by selecting building locations and completing contracts with pre-assembled 3D buildings
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Analysis at 7:36 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Very nice game
- Super good product
- Good to play with lots of people
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- city
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — with this sort of auction um action selection
- Auction — with this sort of auction um action selection
- city building — this city building tile placement
- Tile Placement — this city building tile placement
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Felt a little bit lackluster in terms of big releases for me.
- But you know, if uh there's no one around to Does the forest still shuffle?
- This is a game of managing resources, is a game of um uh territorial control and tableau building.
- Dexterity games are not ball games.
- IV Studios smashed it out of the park with this one.
- My main point of contention with Drillers is maybe it might run long with too many players and there is a little bit of downtime in the game when you're waiting.
- It's all to play for. It's only half time.
- The industry is backloaded. It's like heavily weighted towards the second half of each year.
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Getting Games Discussion at 16:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a brilliant train game system
- every map brings in completely new mechanics
- the Wisconsin map is excellent
- I love the fact that this is a system you can play so differently from one map to the next
- this game exists in that space between Cube Rails and 18xx
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Video Aei05cGUV5g
Get into games Interview at 37:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- exceptional game
- looks great on the table
- works well with two players
- strategic
- gorgeous components
- good production quality
Cons
- rulebook for 2-player involves doing everything twice, which initially caused concern.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- bidding — A area control style bidding game
- Set Collection — Seems to be a core mechanic based on the discussion of building sets for points.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Strange World Above the Clouds because who doesn't love a cuddle monster?
- Temple Code because I was terrible at it and I decided I need to do something about it because I was really embarrassed to play it with other people.
- hydrate, bring a bottle of water, refill it.
- don't put a lot of pressure on yourself to try and play all of the games. It is impossible.
- It's the people, right, that make the show somehow
- this whole hobby is about the people we play the games with rather than just the games.
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Get into games Interview at 54:09 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Did really well at Aircon
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Strange World Above the Clouds because who doesn't love a cuddle monster?
- Temple Code because I was terrible at it and I decided I need to do something about it because I was really embarrassed to play it with other people.
- hydrate, bring a bottle of water, refill it.
- don't put a lot of pressure on yourself to try and play all of the games. It is impossible.
- It's the people, right, that make the show somehow
- this whole hobby is about the people we play the games with rather than just the games.
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Allies or Enemies Preview at 5:35 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- City-building
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction — An auction city-building game.
- city building — An auction city-building game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- And so I'm really interested in Horrified Ravenloft and I think it's four new monsters and it's still like in a D&D theme and I really like the last D&D Horrified.
- So that was a whirlwind tour of a whole bunch of games we're interested in checking out.
- And there are so many more games that there are so many games at UKGE. We can't possibly know about all of them so please do let us know about the ones you think we missed the ones you think other folks would be interested in.
- So, we will have Shakespeare the card game on sale.
- So, this is a really exciting UKGE for us. So, please do come by.
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 2:30 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Brilliant design
- Stunning presentation
- Amazing components
- Cool storage solutions
Cons
- Mean-spirited gameplay
- Cutthroat interaction not preferred by the reviewer and their wife
Thematic elements
- building up a major downtown section
- downtown metropolis
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — Players compete to build the tallest buildings to make more money, which is directly tied to points.
- bidding — Players bid for turn order by placing cards face down, indicating which building they want to build and how much they're willing to pay.
- Set Collection — Players collect sets of buildings to complete mini-objectives and score points.
- Turn Order — Players bid for turn order each round, influencing when they can build.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's a very small box. Doesn't take up much shelf space.
- but it definitely hits above its weight.
- this is not one that makes you insanely powerful and you know just kind of like you know you know does uh you know power inflation, power creep like so many expansions I'm seeing these days that just like kind of fundamentally upset the balance of the original game.
- Minos is a long beast of a game.
- I would not play Emberleaf without this expansion. It is excellent. It's a simple little tweak, but it's a mustave.
- It turns the whole game cooperative, which I got to say I love.
- And I just got to say folks, it is freaking brilliant.
- The Networks Prime Time is the Networks with all the rough edges shaved off
- it becomes so laidback and chillax
- But this game does that better than any other Machioro inspired game, including Machi Koro itself ever has. It destroys all of them, including Space Base.
- it is by far the coolest implementation of a victory point track that the board game industry has ever seen. It is literally the best of class of all time.
- This is an expansion that just makes um, Evenf Fall, a very hard name to remember, Evenfall, deeper and richer.
- Every year, like clockwork, the publishers come out with a new brilliant expansion, and every year it's my number one thing of that month, and System Overload is no different.
- it introduces a new idea and you can see it there on the screen. If you look over in the bottom right of the screen on the boss I'm fighting, there's a die there. Don't worry, you never roll that dice. That die is your intensity marker.
- Evenfall was in my top 10 for the year. It came out a few years ago. I think it's absolutely amazing.
- It is so deep and it's so rich because it borrows an idea from one of my all-time faves, Allesium.
- The best one are these cute Everybody gets this cute little cat that's a little wooden cat that literally hangs off of a wooden hat of one of your little wooden witches and it's the cutest thing you've ever seen.
- it comes with new mages that somehow come up with completely new and interesting ideas that we still have never seen before.
- This is a simple little set of rules that really creates a new and interesting dynamic shifting element that is just a lot of fun.
- It's the best thing I played in the month of May. Aon's end system overload.
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The Dice Tower News at 23:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Like everything about it.
- Buildings are in a drawer.
- Nice cover.
Cons
- Worried about the durability of the 3D components.
- May require leaning over the skyline to see inside the middle.
Thematic elements
- City building
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- city building — Players build a city.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is the new way they're doing campaigns.
- The core box comes with a three-chapter campaign, and when you buy a campaign, it's just three chapters.
- So, it's a much more like, I guess, approachable, you know, campaign.
- Questline, which is a card drafting game set in their definitely not D&D universe.
- It sounds a little bit like Fantasy Realms.
- This is a new standalone board game set in the same world as Isle of Cats
- Your expedition to the frozen lands in the north has suddenly become a rescue mission and you must rescue as many penguins as possible before the ice melts.
- So, it's an open drafting and penguin placement board game.
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The Dice Tower Analysis at 35:56
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- citybuilder
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- If we transform what's happening into a Q&A, maybe we this would be be what's happening.
- Halfway through, if you guys don't entertain me enough, I will pull out a game and start playing. That's That's the threat.
- I'll never understand it.
- I understand it. I'm just kidding.
- Please don't don't explain it to me.
- Looks toxic.
- Some of the stuff they put out definitely looks like nuclear runoff.
- Okay, everybody. What's going on?
- I hope you're having a fantastic Monday so far, folks.
- Good morning, good afternoon to some of you.
- I guess some of you are in places where it is already afternoon.
- What is that about?
- Question colon and then something that will help me spot your questions.
- I'm also going to make this a little bit bigger here so I can see.
- Volume is okay. You guys can see me
- The area of the hobby I feel is being squeezed out is actually the middle. Those 45 minute to an hour and 15 minute family weight games are the ones that I think have a much harder time making a splash because they require a lot of production.
- I can't review a prototype. So, no, I don't have the time.
- It's not normally the math I'm concerned about because the the the arithmetic is not that complicated. I think it is the a a heavy rules dense euro game tends to be harder to reconstitute the abstractness into concrete thoughts.
- I'm looking to buy an unmatched game, but I don't have much funds to buy multiples. If I had to invest in just one, which one would you recommend?
- Donkey juice. You can really make a meal out of those two words. That's a big part of it.
- It's part of the collective unconscious, says Mike Delisio.
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Top List at 24:03:36 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Wild production quality
- Interesting verticality and gameplay mechanism
- Modular map adds replayability
- Tension between earning and spending money/points
- Good contract and end-game scoring provides replayability
Cons
- Can take a little while to fully grasp scoring based on building height/placement
- Need to stand up to see the whole board due to 3D components
Thematic elements
- City building
Comparison games
- Leaders
- Foundations of Rome
- Big Boss
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction — An auction at the start of each round determines player order and turn speed.
- city building — Core gameplay involves constructing a city.
- contract fulfillment — Players fulfill contracts for scoring.
- Modular Board — The map is modular and can be built in different configurations, mimicking real-world cities.
- Tile Placement — Players place 3D tiles to build a city.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Dexterity games are not board games.
- It's a banger, babe. Yeah, it's our first solo game, first banger.
- The production is nuts. It's absolutely fantastic.
- Why is thematically I'm playing both sides and you're playing both sides and you're playing both sides and that makes absolutely zero sense.
- Production is banger level.
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Review at 0:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Amazing production and table presence with gorgeous 3D buildings.
- Excellent storage solution with pre-assembled buildings.
- Engaging bid-your-turn mechanic that functions similarly to Five Tribes.
- Satisfying mechanic of placing adjacent buildings to lower ones for coins.
- Strategic depth with short-term and long-term planning.
- Dynamic zoning restrictions change decisions each round, making it feel like mini-games.
- Fights over both in-game and end-game goals provide layered objectives.
- Plays and scales well at all player counts, with each count feeling slightly different.
- Two-player game is very interesting and allows for placing twice as many buildings.
- Streamlined rules with layers of depth, without a long rulebook.
- It's a winner for all these reasons.
Cons
- Availability in North America is delayed, with a potential release in late 2026 or early 2027.
Thematic elements
- city-building
Comparison games
- Five Tribes
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — Points are awarded for adjacent buildings being lower than yours, and bonus points for being the tallest in the surrounding area.
- Bid-Your-Turn — Players bid using coins (which are points) to determine turn order for the round. Spending more allows for earlier placement in the round.
- End-game scoring — Two main end-game goals are present each game, awarding points for specific achievements.
- Modular Board — The city tiles, rivers, and parks are modular, allowing for different city configurations. Some popular cities can be replicated.
- Set Collection — Players fulfill contracts and end-game goals that require specific building placements or configurations (e.g., groups of houses, buildings next to parks, buildings in specific regions).
- Variable Phase Order — Turn order within a round is determined by the bid. The player who plays the lowest building card goes first in the next round.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Other publishers take note to do things like this cuz this would have taken a half a day to put all these buildings together. This is amazing.
- So, the bidding is amazing in this game. Same as Five Tribes, it works so well.
- It's really good. It's it just has layers of depth without crazy long rulebook and it's just streamlined and it looks great.
- Bella Vista is definitely a winner for all those reasons. I'm keeping it in my gaming library.
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