Game Info
Year
2024
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
25 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Description
Players roll magnetic octopus cubes to collect tiles then arrange them on personal boards to score majorities
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kovray Discussion at 14:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
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Quotes (from this video)
- Don't judge this this is what we do before we go to conventions
- when we get back we're going to be doing a recap video where we'll talk about our experience there
- type in what game you want to play
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Board Gaymes James Playthrough at 0:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Magnetic cubes with tactile interaction
- Accessible yet strategic set-collection mechanics
- Strong thematic coherence with ocean/ocean floor
- Fast turns with exciting scoring bursts
Cons
- Rule clarity can be confusing; advanced rules needed for abyss powers
- Setup can be fiddly and space-consuming
- Endgame scoring rules and tie situations can be complex
Thematic elements
- Set collection with oceanic motif
- Ocean floor grid with magnetic cubes collecting tiles
- Explanatory and collaborative playthrough
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Abyss tiles and powers — Power-side up abyss tiles; trigger effects adjacent to your cube or when you move onto them; second-roll action possible
- Blocking and interaction — Players can block or swap positions using certain abyss powers and can swap positions with opponents under certain powers
- End Game Bonuses — Endgame is triggered when all abyss tiles are placed; abyss tiles can grant powers and influence play
- End of round scoring and majority — Final scoring includes majority-based points for types/colors and endgame coin bonuses
- End-game via abyss tiles — Endgame is triggered when all abyss tiles are placed; abyss tiles can grant powers and influence play
- Magnetize and collect tiles — Tiles on the space the cube lands on become magnetized to the cube and are collected from the topmost surface
- Pivot/rotate — On a turn, the cube can rotate horizontally 90, 180, or 270 degrees without moving to a new space
- Player Board | Main Board — Each player's octopus cube starts outside the ocean board and must begin by placing on an outside space
- roll and move — Roll the octopus cube from its current location to an adjacent unoccupied space; cube rolls 90 degrees
- Roll/Spin to Move — Roll the octopus cube from its current location to an adjacent unoccupied space; cube rolls 90 degrees
- Scoring by unloading — During a scoring action, players unload tiles from the cube and gain coins equal to the number of tiles taken
- Stacking and grid setup — Tiles are stacked into a grid with specific numbers per stack; the arrangement depends on player count
- Starting outside the board — Each player's octopus cube starts outside the ocean board and must begin by placing on an outside space
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Quotes (from this video)
- This one is Octo Cube.
- Magnetic cubes that are going to roll around the ocean floor collecting tiles.
- The game will end when all of the abyss tiles have been placed.
- The backs are all the same.
- The game goes really fast and then slows down again when scoring.
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Meeple University Top 10 List at 3:09 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- very enjoyable
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- octopus cube
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — It is a magnet cube rolling game.
- Magnetism — The octopus cube piece is going to be picking up tiles off the board by a magnet.
- Set Collection — Fundamentally, it is a set collecting game. Points come from collecting big sets all at once, and then the rest of the points come from majorities in colors and icons.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Games are getting coming out thick and fast.
- It's raining games now.
- It is very multiplayer solitaire, but then again, most deck builders.
- The game flexes up and down between rounds of plenty and rounds of scarcity which makes for all these different there's always an offset.
- It's going to get your brain working, but it's going to get your heart pumping and it's going to create a fun atmosphere for a nice little filler.
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Top 5 List at 3:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- simple movement
- table presence
- scalable versions (family-friendly to advanced scoring)
Cons
- blocking and passing can affect pacing
- planning ahead can be cognitively demanding
Thematic elements
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- movement and set collection — move the octo cube or collect oct pieces; there is a magnetic cube element and layered rules that can scale the game.
- Set Collection — move the octo cube or collect oct pieces; there is a magnetic cube element and layered rules that can scale the game.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- It is one of my favorite games to teach
- We are on a goal this year to play 365 different games
- Not a chance. You watch yourself.
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