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Public Market

Game ID: GID0452371
Game Info
Year
2021
Players
2-4
Age
10+
Playtime
45 min
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Description

Head to sea to fish and fulfill contracts by bidding on and drafting tiles to sell catch at current market values

Description

Head to sea to fish and fulfill contracts by bidding on and drafting tiles to sell catch at current market values

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Video XR6yqOLw584 Stella short and sweet Review at 0:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Many options available
  • Competitive but with enough variety to avoid wasted collections
  • Easy to track fish quantities
  • Soothing nautical theme
  • Awesome artwork
Cons
  • Fish scarcity can be a challenge
Thematic elements
  • Collecting and selling fish to fulfill market demand
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • action selection — first player booster meeple to select action this can be either to get more fish or fulfill order to impose and up raids
  • bidding — everyone bid for their turn or the space the more expensive the earlier.
  • engine building — apply to engine along the way to collect more fish and fulfill orders
  • Order Fulfillment — fulfill the market demand before the other place to the game. fulfill order to impose and up raids.
  • set collection — collect sets of logo or four points
  • tile placement — polyomino style following placement rules of not covering eyes getting bonus if covering sardines and surrounding crab.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • at the time of filming public market is about to be launched on Kickstarter so I'll put the link in the description when it is life
  • it's easy to know how many fish you have for each type not having to count them on your ice chests to plan your order fulfillment strategy
  • there's something soothing about nautical games especially one with awesome artwork done by Beth Sabo
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