Game Info
Year
2016
Players
2-5
Age
8+
Playtime
20 min
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Description
Dexterity card-stacking game where players stack garbage on an overflowing can or stash in rooms
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The Dice Tower Analysis at 0:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Stacking cards on top of each other in a garbage can without it overflowing.
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Stacking cards — You're stacking cards on top. It's like that, you know, putting trash in a trash can without it overflowing.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hey everybody, I'm Tom Vasel.
- This game is about giving good gifts or bad gifts to other people, and you have to figure out which gift they would most want and which gift they would least want.
- It's a pretty good ice breaker type game.
- It works well, okay, seven out of 10.
- Guilds of London, this is a game that does not get talked about much these days, but it is a solid Euro style game with these different guilds in the middle.
- Ice Cool, this game still getting played. It's one of the best kids games ever designed, but also for everyone.
- Mint Control is one of the worst. They really their follow-ups were not nearly as good.
- Dia de Dead from Radical 8 Games. I really wanted to like this game. I like the theming of it, the idea of dice moving up these steps it just misses the mark, 5.5.
- Positano, I was very surprised by this game, one of my bigger surprises from last year.
- It's mean, it's nasty, but it's also short, which makes it very palatable, eight out of 10.
- And Three Chapters, a little card game, one of the last gasps from Amigo USA before they disappeared.
- But I really like Three chapters. You're You're You're spending three turns where basically you are drafting cards and playing cards, and they're going to score at different times.
- So, there you go, folks. The games I reviewed 1, 5, and 10, and 20 years ago.
- Thanks for watching. I'm Tom Vasel, and this has been look back on The Dice Tower.
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John gets games Discussion at 21:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- fun, gross humor and chaotic energy
- fits the theme of roommates and taking out the garbage
- short, approachable filler game
Cons
- felt a touch long for a filler game; could benefit from a tighter runtime
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dexterity / stacking — players place cards onto a garbage can or into a room; holes in cards determine visibility and stability; collapse can occur.
- endgame reset — game progresses with room full of cards and eventually all cards transferred to trash.
- take-that / competitive interaction — interactions involve forcing others to take cards out of rooms; entertaining player interventions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I am planning on recording a full playthrough of Scythe tomorrow
- I believe I'm going to be getting a review copy of the game so I hope to be able to try it pretty soon and I will be sure to let you guys know what I think about it
- I love seeing how different mechanics mesh together in new and interesting ways
- it's got some stuff that I really like in games has some stuff that I'm not usually crazy about
- it has astonishing art
- I ended up playing this twice ... nuclear war ... I lost both
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Tabletop Tokki Review at 12:08 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- interesting theme and dexterity base
Cons
- too long for the experience
- take-that elements were not appealing to the reviewer
Thematic elements
- take-that mechanics in a cleanup setting
- dexterity-based trash-stacking theme
- lighthearted, party-friendly
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dexterity core — physically stacking and manipulating cards to outplay opponents
- Stacking and Balancing — physically stacking and manipulating cards to outplay opponents
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Quotes (from this video)
- Two Win was a sleeper hit for me.
- Park Ranger was a delightful little solo treat that really stood out for me.
- I really enjoyed it. It is a quick, concise puzzle
- This one was too long, and I did not enjoy the take that element.
- Flower Fields hit a really nice intersection of being clean, easy to learn, easy to teach, but also having just enough going on that it felt like it has a little bit of a competitive edge.
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