Game Info
Year
2023
Players
1-4
Age
12+
Playtime
120 min
Complexity
2/5
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Description
Victorian-era political game where players assume British politicians competing to become Prime Minister
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 16:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Simple to teach
- Engaging variant mechanics
- Has strategic depth yet to be fully explored
Cons
- Can feel daunting initially
- The game came down to a card draw, leading to a near-miss victory
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Election — Players compete to become Prime Minister, with mechanics involving swinging votes and potentially holding elections.
- event cards — Event cards are drawn by players or the Prime Minister, presenting challenges or questions that affect gameplay.
- Party politics — The game simulates political parties, government, and opposition, with mechanics related to gaining support and control.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The only thing I would like to see is one of my kickstarters get fulfilled that's all
- I lost my faith in Kickstarter in in 2022 2023 with the supply I just I'm not doing that so hopefully it'll turn back in 2024
- Less is better MH I would love to see more emphasis put into higher quality games instead of just a bunch of games sort of deal
- It is dry 100% like you said it is a dry simulation of a stock market game but you know I kind of like stock market games
- The biggest difference here because of that is that you organize each of your units into individual regiments and so things like how wide uh your unit is and how many rows it has how many ranks and files it has does actually have an impact on the gameplay
- I think this will remain the more Niche game cuz I think in terms of mainstream war games this might be the most complicated mainstream war game right now
- College football bowl games suck
- I really loved the movie thought it was amazing the only thing I did not realize and someone explained it to me was that yes straw was that vindictive he was that mean I didn't real I'm like why would the man just a few incidents and he was that bad he says oh yeah he was that bad oh okay okay
- I thought where where you oh maybe it was on our Discord Channel where you talk about vaness yeah uh what what did you and Donna think of it I can't remember it was a very light feel-good movie okay
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 22:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
highly positive
Pros
- Player interactive and social
- Not a Euro or Ameritrash game, a unique experience
- Actual historical bills add thematic depth
- Semi-cooperative with shifting alliances keeps it interesting
- Strategic depth in decision-making
- Elegant flow and interconnected mechanics
- Historical interest from reading bills
- Easy to track once the board is understood
- Nice player aids that reference the rulebook
- Cleverly done with no resource management in the traditional sense
- Offers a different experience than typical cube collection games
- Thematic and engaging
- Production quality is top-notch
Cons
- Significant learning curve in understanding the board and rules initially
- Setup can be time-consuming with 32 steps
- A lot of planning ahead is required
- Potential for downtime if players' plans are thwarted
Thematic elements
- Political power and prestige in government
- Early England
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players spend action cubes to perform various actions like debating, hobnobbing (drawing cards), campaigning, and influencing party composition.
- Area Majority — Campaigning in different sectors to gain popularity for the party, influencing election outcomes.
- Card Driven Events — Event cards introduce randomness and force difficult decisions, especially for the Prime Minister.
- political negotiation — Players campaign for support, debate bills, and recruit supporters. Alliances and backroom dealings are key.
- semi-cooperative play — Players work together initially but only one player can win by holding the Prime Minister seat at the game's end. Alliances can shift and break.
- Set Collection — Collecting supporter cards which provide special abilities.
- Variable player powers — Each politician card has four traits that must match for certain actions to be taken, adding replayability. Leaders have Level 2 abilities that enhance actions.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- you have suffered through another year of rolling Dice and taking names
- let's see if we can make it through another year together
- I'm enthused you're enthused I tell you what it was it was a struggle
- the enthusiasm is not there
- it's kind of like go ahead and whamageddon me let me I'm out of this
- this is one of their games and you wouldn't expect that from them
- this is right up there with um as far as Pillars of the Earth as far as understanding
- I mean from the style you need something like that to keep everybody involved
- We were done in under 30 30 no 40 minutes on the easy board with five people wow
- nothing says the holidays like despair crushing defeat like Robinson cruso
- I don't know what this is it's not an marit trash game it's not a Euro game I don't know what you call it which is why I was so intrigued about it and why I liked it so much
- it's not a resource management game at all there you know there are no resources it is it is so cleverly done and it's one of those I just wanted a different experience I didn't want to just be collect cubes and turning in cubes for victory points I wanted something else
- this is a heavy game
- The setup y'all 30 minute setup something like that
- it is a process let's just be honest it is a process
- I think this game is brilliantly designed
- The twist is you're literally playing three tricks per round
- it's a lot of mechanisms they list here cuz I guess they they do list worker placement I guess the worker placement is placing your students in your classes yeah or the buildings that you put on the board allow you to do something at that section
- Prestige is coming from everywhere so you got to watch that
- this is one of those games that falls in a weird spot for me
- it's elegant there's a great flow to the game
- The production is topnotch
- use our code if there's one on sale you get the sale price throw in our code you're going to get 30% off that so it's a great deal
- New Year's resolution
- not to make mistakes anymore while we're recording a podcast as that'll never happen
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Heavy Cardboard Discussion at 1:40:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- would love to play it at higher player count
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Stressbotics Odyssey is probably the heaviest Euro, biggest Euro, craziest Euro I've ever played.
- We're trying to make it more brand friendly.
- Spain has late dinner times (9:30 PM to 10:30 PM).
- The fact that war games continuously using real conflicts to base their games on... I kind of fall on the opposite side of that.
- You lose the passion with AI you can see him working works of art that's fair yeah like I don't want AI making movies and so like where do you draw the line or making music and right yeah no just anyway I'm curious I'm I'm going to delve into that briefly to just get a feel for it I'm glad I've had nothing never heard of the game nothing yeah
- Over easy it's probably number one.
- I think Clinic's great I love small City more that is a top 50 game for sure probably higher
- all AI art looks the same to me it's instantly identifiable to me and that's not a good thing
- you lose the passion with AI you can see him working works of art that's fair
- I am grateful to that uh it's just another benefit for yall for sure
- Please like And subscribe legitimately it helps half yall that watch this don't subscribe it really does help the channel
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The Discriminating Gamer Top 10 List at 9:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Politicians vying for power as Prime Minister
- Victorian London
Comparison games
- Pericles
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Competitive play — Only one player can win as Prime Minister.
- cooperative play — Players within the same party must cooperate.
- Election Simulation — The game simulates elections and political maneuvering.
- Influence Peddling — Players try to get people and the queen on their side.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- My number 10 is Cthulhu Dark Providence from Kaman.
- My number nine is a game that mechanically and and component-wise together I just don't know that I've seen anything like this.
- My number eight is a game from uh GMT Games and it's a game I actually had my game day today for my students and I actually had this game out but we didn't have enough students so we couldn't play it and I was really bummed.
- My number seven is a game that is a cooperative game but it's also kind of a hidden information game.
- So my number six is a game that I played um kind of late last year.
- My number five is a deck building game.
- My number four is a great game.
- My number three is also from GMT Games and it also takes place within a few decades of Versail 1919. This is Prime Minister.
- My number two happens to be my wife's favorite game of all time and it is a good one.
- My number one unique game of all time.
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