Game Info
Year
2020
Players
1-5
Age
14+
Playtime
75 min
Complexity
2.8/5
Collection
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Description
Dice placement game where noble families help the Emperor rebuild his palace while painting the gardens
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Getting Games Top 24 List at 13:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- appears to have strong interactive elements and thematic depth
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- easel painting and monarchic governance
- emperor's court and palace
- historical/fiery
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- easel painting mechanic — location-based action selection with painting-related scoring
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Quotes (from this video)
- I love rondelle's as a mechanism in general
- wandering around an island in a hot-air balloon and the whims of the wind
- endless variability or replayability
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Board Game Dad Top List at 17:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
- Accessible for younger players
- Beautiful production values
- Engaging gameplay
Cons
- Potentially too abstract for some
Thematic elements
- Building paintings
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Placement — Basically this is a dice placing game so what you're doing at the beginning of your turn is you're rolling all of your dice and then you're setting up your dice to equal sums and the sum of your dice determines what action you're going to take so everybody pairs up or groups their Dice and then everyone exposes their choices and then they take turns placing their groups of dice into different actions.
- Resource Management — Now the actions they basically help you get resources to build things and basically get victory points.
- Set Collection — after you've taken an action enough times you get to add paintings to your Canvas OR layers to your canvas.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- If you're looking to get somebody a family board game for the holidays then first of all you are an excellent Gift Giver.
- All of the games on this list are brand new there's nothing on this list that was published earlier than 2021.
- While the age group goes as young as children of age four these are not children games these are family games meaning that they are picked to be just as enjoyable for the adults in the room as they are for the children.
- This channel is called Board Game Dad and many of my viewers and subscribers are board game dads and if there are any games that I am not aware of they are sure to leave excellent recommendations in the comments.
- I really like asking my kids to step up to a new challenge and give them something that is going to have them solving problems in a creative new ways that's why we play so many board games in my house.
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Allies or Enemies Discussion at 6:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Visually striking with a novel painting/scoring mechanism
- Pacing can be quick and elegant
Cons
- Icons can be a bit abstract; may require a learning curve
Thematic elements
- art production via dice-driven system
- a grand palace or atelier setting
- elaborate rolling-right style with painting-like scoring
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- chunking / reveal timing — dice are grouped into chunks and revealed together for actions.
- Dice Placement — roll dice and place them behind a screen into action chunks.
- Simultaneous Reveal — dice are grouped into chunks and revealed together for actions.
- Track Advancement — advance tracks to collect painting artwork and score for consecutive numbers.
- track advancement and artwork completion — advance tracks to collect painting artwork and score for consecutive numbers.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is probably our our most played of the games that we're going to be talking about
- I think if your group likes combat games and likes that kind of almost push your luck
- I just want all games like this we can fit so many we can have so many games
- this is probably my favorite of all of alley cat's games
- it's a real chess match feel to it
- the conveyor belt is going to keep moving whether you like it or not
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