Game Info
Year
2018
Players
2-4
Age
14+
Playtime
60 min
Collection
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Description
Players grow influence and economic engines by timing merchants through a canyon pushing tiles through the Siq to reach the plaza
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Video BoGd-w7rUjo
Getting Games Impressions at 55:58 sentiment: positive
video_pk 91807 · mention_pk 246472
Click to watch at 55:58 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fresh, puzzly, satisfying flow; novel mechanic space
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- line clearing / scoring wheels — As merchants are pushed to the top, they are scored with wheels that award bonuses; players replenish the line and manage future rounds.
- puzzle-like optimization — Players attempt to align colors of merchants and match bonuses to maximize chain combos across rounds.
- tile/tile line manipulation — A long line of merchants moves through canyons; players draft merchants and push them along a line, then sort to top/bottom sections and gain bonuses.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The basic idea of this game is you have a pool of dice and on every single turn you will roll all of your available dice and then on every turn you must draft a face up a person from one of four different piles in the middle of the table.
- I really enjoyed it, it was really pretty unique and felt like a very different gaming experience.
- it's a race to a certain number of points... it escalates in interesting ways.
- I jumped out of my chair, I just couldn't believe I won by a single point.
- Magnus Storm is a big thumbs up for me after one play.
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Video GLQh6EGBpMU
Getting Games Top 10 List at 1:24 sentiment: positive
video_pk 90491 · mention_pk 241819
Click to watch at 1:24 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- puzzly and strategic with strong two-player planning
- intense two-player experience with less chaos than multi-player
- short playtime around 40 minutes
Cons
- potential for analysis paralysis in some situations
Thematic elements
- tile matching and color coordination
- abstract puzzle with tiles and a bottom/top tile arrangement
- abstract
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- race to a threshold — scoring is not VP; players race to reach a threshold before the other, with emphasis on efficient combos.
- tile row manipulation — players collect tiles from a middle row and shift tiles along the bottom row; tiles that fall off the right are placed on the top.
- token rotation and tile collection — you spin a token around circular tracks to determine which tiles you can take and how far you advance.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a puzzle game realistically where you're trying to make that work
- not a victory point game realistically you're just trying to get to the threshold before anyone else
- this is a hidden gem that no one ever talks about
- i cannot recommend equinox enough
- every single card can be a different champion
- it's basically scrabble without the words
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Video 5DCdxSzG1pc
Getting Games Discussion at 25:10 sentiment: positive
video_pk 89800 · mention_pk 239142
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- neat game that the host really likes
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- puzzle-like
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Tutorial — full tutorial and playthrough video format
- tutorial + playthrough — full tutorial and playthrough video format
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Quotes (from this video)
- i am an accidental videographer
- the video output has been a lot less
- engine building is not a mechanism
- i've spent a lot of time zooming around with the camera
- the video versions are getting more views than the podcast downloads
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