Game Info
Year
2018
Players
1-5
Age
12+
Playtime
52 min
Collection
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Description
Word-spelling game where players combine letter cards to spell words and defeat mythical beasts
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watch it played Rules Teach at 0:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Creative use of words to fight monsters.
- Variety of actions available in the town phase.
- Monster trophies offer unique letters and points.
Cons
- Accidentally spelling a word wrong results in reassembling the hand.
- Wounds count against the hand size and are negative points.
- Overkilling a monster means you only get the coins present, ignoring extras.
Thematic elements
- Adventurers fighting monsters with vocabulary
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Players choose which building to visit in the town phase to perform specific actions.
- hand management — Players manage a hand of consonant and vowel cards, drawing new cards and discarding used ones throughout the game.
- set collection — Players collect monster trophies and gear, which provide points or usable abilities.
- Variable player powers — Gear and monster trophies can provide unique abilities or bonuses.
- Word building — Players form words using cards from their hand, with the length and legality of the word being important for initiative and damage.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The pen is mightier than the sword and that's certainly going to be the case here because as the monsters gather the adventurers are going to confront them with their vocabulary.
- Players will be adventurers fighting monsters to become rich and famous all through the use of their words.
- Each Gerlich you monsters I really don't know what this person would say careful monster after I hit you you're really gonna pout
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