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Symbiosis

Game ID: GID0452411
Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
20 min
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Description

Tactical card game developing a pond in symbiosis with neighbors collecting animals across four seasons

Description

Tactical card game developing a pond in symbiosis with neighbors collecting animals across four seasons

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Sentiment: pos 2 · mix 0 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video 0gWAClaED-c Tantrum House Playthrough at 10:37 sentiment: positive
video_pk 81959 · mention_pk 205221
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Short, quick rounds
  • Tight interaction through pond mechanics
Cons
  • Rules can be fiddly for new players
Thematic elements
  • set collection and drafting within a pond
  • pond ecosystem
  • abstract/puzzle-like
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • pond scoring and cross-pond interaction — Score based on the composition of cards in your pond and influence from the center columns.
  • river card drafting — On your turn, you select a card from the river and insert it into your pond; replace the replaced card into the river.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • THE FUN STARTS NOW.
  • From the couch to the table and back again.
  • We laugh, we learn, we level up, too.
  • Don't mess with Cthulhu.
  • Heart of the cards.
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Video d0kYTsQ8Ofk Meeple University Top 10 List at 4:28 sentiment: positive
video_pk 81395 · mention_pk 201771
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Appears quick and accessible
  • Neighbor-influenced scoring adds interaction
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • mutual dependency scoring
  • grid/card swap interactions
Comparison games
  • Panamax
  • Between Two Cities
  • Rise of Tribes
  • Elysium
  • Barcelona
  • Arboria
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • card_placement — You're making a grid with your cards.
  • card_swap_from_middle — You swap your cards with ones from the middle so others can take.
  • neighbor_scoring — Scoring objectives depend on neighboring players.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • "This is our anticipated holiday before our anticipated game."
  • "I'm very excited. Like it's going to be great great great games, I think."
  • "it's based on the Imperium fantasy book series"
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Video Aei05cGUV5g Get into games Interview at 1:13:35
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Cons
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Video topics + discussion points
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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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