Game Info
Year
2024
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
120 min
Collection
Ratings
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Description
Solo or cooperative campaign game set in eternal night sci-fi world where players defend the Citadel from invasion
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 1:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- immersive sci-fi story
- epic scale
- upgrade options for existing owners
Cons
- complex rules
- long playtime
Thematic elements
- sci-fi combat and narrative
- space opera with darkness invading Earth
- long-form storytelling with 100,000 words
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a mega game that's going to take you a long time to play through
- This is a piece of crap
- I like my last name Remington
- Zoom Zoom Vroom is the one I'm most interested in
- There is an audience for this
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Bower's Game Corner Discussion at 0:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong alignment between theme and mechanics, creating an immersive experience with a tangible sci-fi post-apocalyptic flavor.
- Rich mission manuals and lore that elevate the storytelling and help players connect actions to consequences.
- Solid support for solo play alongside cooperative play, expanding accessibility for a wider audience.
- Impressive content depth, including multiple campaigns, a large card pool, many tokens, and extensive replayability through branching narratives.
- Thoughtful upgrade paths for existing backers and clear options for new backers with a well-structured pledge pyramid.
Cons
- High price point and a massive physical footprint may deter some buyers and limit shelf space considerations.
- Marketing video occasionally overemphasizes the narrative and theme at the expense of upfront, tangible production details and scale.
- Pledge options are numerous, which can be confusing for new backers and may require extra upfront education to navigate and decide.
- Rulebook complexity and dense text require substantial setup and learning, potentially increasing the barrier to entry for some players.
Thematic elements
- Survival, discovery, and cooperative defense in a narrative-driven space where light is a precious resource and every mission reveals more of a broad, lore-rich universe.
- A sci-fi post-apocalyptic world where darkness has fallen across the planet, leaving cities sunless and haunted by spectral threats. The last bastions of humanity fight to endure in an ever-shifting theater of war between light and shadow, with shifting factions, citadels, and deep lore.
- Mission-manual driven storytelling with branching narratives, deep flavor text, and a campaign arc that evolves based on player choices and mission outcomes.
Comparison games
- Death Stranding
- Expedition 33
- King of Tokyo
- Castle Defense
- Munchkin 2.0
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- artful narrative integration — Extensive mission manuals and lore integration provide context for every rule interaction, enabling teach-through-context rather than rote memorization.
- branching mission cards — Mission cards feature branching paths and choices that affect future encounters, rewards, and narrative direction.
- Cooperative campaign — Players collaborate across a linked sequence of missions, balancing risk, resources, and narrative consequences to advance the story.
- dice-driven enemy activation — Dice mechanics determine when enemies reveal themselves and how they act, providing a tactile sense of unpredictability and danger.
- environmental and corruption mechanics — Environmental effects and corruption tracks modify the board state, presenting dynamic challenges and strategic decisions.
- inventory and resource management — A robust system for managing equipment, consumables, and tokens across missions to influence strategy and survivability.
- Resource Management — A robust system for managing equipment, consumables, and tokens across missions to influence strategy and survivability.
- scout and citadel board progression — Player progress unlocks new citadel boards and scout capabilities, evolving both the tactical options and the story arc.
- solo and 1- to 4-player campaign — Support for solitary play and shared-table play with scalable difficulty and AI-driven opposition to maintain tension and engagement.
- Track Advancement — Player progress unlocks new citadel boards and scout capabilities, evolving both the tactical options and the story arc.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a great Kickstarter board game. Sci-fi post-apocalyptic campaign game.
- 90 straight seconds of theme is not enough; you have to deliver the meat of the game after that moment.
- The mission manual and the rule book are outstanding; the writing and the story are well developed.
- Upgrade pledge plus the Midnight Odyssey. Everything in upgrade plus the Midnight Odyssey expansion. So, obviously everyone's going to want that one.
- The organizer box shot was hot; it helps sell the depth of the product and how it will fit into a real gaming setup.
- Stretch goals are a big part of the excitement; putting them up early can make the campaign feel alive and responsive.
- Final grade is a B+ because of the strong execution in design and presentation, even though the campaign could benefit from better upfront navigation of pledges.
- I want that game; that game looks like a heck of a lot of fun, especially for solo cooperative play defending the Citadel.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 2:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- epic scale and rich lore
- upgrade path for existing owners
- cooperative teamwork emphasis
Cons
- very large scope can be intimidating
- presentation requires substantial information to understand
Thematic elements
- cosmic threat and survival against shadows
- Sci-fi post-apocalyptic Earth under a looming darkness
- story-driven, lore-rich mega-game flow
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- campaign/story-driven progression — narrative progression with a large map/story payload
- Cooperative Game — players work together to fight off the encroaching shadows
- cooperative play — players work together to fight off the encroaching shadows
- multi-board exploration with event-driven narrative — use of multiple boards and story events to drive play
- Track Advancement — narrative progression with a large map/story payload
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- It's like sand falling through your fingers.
- Semi cozy.
- The buttercream gang.
- That's not bad.
- I like the look.
- Bounce ski ball.
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