Game Info
Year
2024
Players
1-4
Age
12+
Playtime
90 min
Collection
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Description
Japanese engine building game where sky ship operators roll and draft dice to fly upgrade and complete missions
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Video mGwz6_HESyY
Review at 0:20 sentiment: positive
video_pk 67283 · mention_pk 163243
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Love how customizable this edge board is.
- Can't recommend this game enough.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- competing in a tournament to determine the most skilled airship pilot
- a world where airships soar through the skies
Comparison games
- Monopoly
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Choosing actions to gain bonuses, upgrade tiles, and complete missions.
- Deck building — Gathering fuel, upgrading your ship, and relying on the abilities of mechanical birds.
- engine building — Tinkering with dials, building your engine, filling up your engine room with light bulbs, gears, and books to gain bonuses.
- Movement — Spending movement to go further and faster around the edge of the playerboard.
- set collection — Putting books in a dial and rotating them to level up knowledge.
- tile placement — Purchasing tiles from the main board to place on the playerboard.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I can't recommend this game enough. It's called Gross Guy, and I love it.
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Video dpb-fd03YLo
Unknown Discussion at 0:00 sentiment: positive
video_pk 29141 · mention_pk 85679
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Integrated dice drafting with meaningful engine-building choices
- Customizable border tracks via route tiles adds personalization and strategy
- Engine-room puzzle adds a tangible, spatial challenge resembling Tetris
- Clear progression toward victory through checkpoints and medals
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- engineering, upgrade-driven progression, and speed through bird-assisted mechanics
- Airship racing in a tournament-style setting with sky routes and upgrades
- expository overview highlighting core systems and player customization
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- checkpoints and medal gauge — Pass checkpoints to gain victory points, abilities, and advance the search track
- dice drafting — Draft dice to determine actions and power various engine-related tasks
- dice placement — Place dice on the flight action section to perform actions on your board
- Energy management — Energy fuels movement and select actions on the flight track
- engine-room grid (mini-Tetris) — Fill a grid with cubes to complete rows and earn bonuses; higher-level cubes enable advanced actions
- Resource management — Energy fuels movement and select actions on the flight track
- route tiles / border track upgrades — Acquire route tiles to customize and upgrade the border track around your player board
- rudder rotation / cube leveling — Rotate the rudder to level up cubes, enabling new interactions and benefits
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Here's a secret. These mechanical birds will make you fly faster.
- The beauty of this game is that you can upgrade these track by getting these extra tiles.
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