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Use Up All Your Sick Days

Game ID: GID0452570
Game Info
Year
2026
Players
1-8
Age
6+
Playtime
15 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Description

Simultaneous party card game where players race to discard cards without playing at the same time as others

Description

Simultaneous party card game where players race to discard cards without playing at the same time as others

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Video SdlkliB110g Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Review at 9:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Charming theme and name
  • Brain teaser aspect
  • Cooperative effort is fun
  • Easy to set up
Cons
  • Competitive mode only for 3+ players
Thematic elements
  • Calling in sick, using sick days
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • cooperative play — the two player is a cooperative mode where you actually play as human resources and you're trying to schedule everybody with their days off and everything and and and make them happy and and you're trying like they said, you're trying to get things in different orders either either across, up and down, or at a diagonal so you can fulfill some different some different fulfillments.
  • Puzzle — It's kind of a brain teaser. Um it's really fun, but it does take a cooperative effort to make sure that you are getting everything in order.
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  • So, my number one, I just absolutely love this game. It is so cute and the cover just tells you exactly what's going on.
  • It It has an interesting take on the I cut, you choose cuz it's an I stack you choose.
  • The majority of their games are super easy to score.
  • It's kind of a brain teaser.
  • So, Bordeaux is the um paper and pencil version basically of Fromage, but set in a winery.
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Video otPjm_kU2qo Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Discussion at 3:36 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Two different play modes (competitive, solo/co-op)
  • Cute meeples from other games
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Tired workers trying to use PTO before it expires, or HR organizing a work calendar puzzle.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Hand Management — You have to discard all of your PTO cards to to win first.
  • Puzzle — Where you play as HR, um, the human resources, and you organize the work calendar like a little puzzle.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • And with it being August, it's Stacy's birthday month.
  • And with it being my birthday month, I get to pick the theme that goes on the wall.
  • So, the reason that I chose these two publishers for uh the month of August for my pick the wall month is that they are easy to get to the table, which is one of my favorite things in a game is how easy it is to get into the table, how they set up, how quickly they play, and how family-friendly are they.
  • So, the excellent to start with Charming Games. And the reason I'm giggling is because not only do I love the name of the company, Charming Games, it just kind of encapulates everything that I love about it is that they're just all so darn charming.
  • And that's Otter. And this is This is It's your favorite animal if you didn't know that by now.
  • So, that's Otter. That's one of my favorites.
  • So, we will probably have some coverage for this, um, definitely on our Instagrams, and most likely we'll do something on YouTube for this one as well.
  • And the next one that I am going to talk about is packs a lot of punch in this little tiny box. And it's kind of a thinky game for me, anyway.
  • This is a little thinky. I I didn't think of this. It's little thinky for a little box.
  • And before you say the next company with the people are paying attention behind us, they might know already.
  • Love Grandpa Beck's Games.
  • So, that game is the newest one from Grandpa Beck's and it's perfect for summer. It is the ticket booth.
  • Grandpa Beck's has been doing a lot of stories on their Instagram lately where the different members of the Beck family have been talking about their memories, what card in here brings them the best memories from like their childhood or from fairs and stuff.
  • Um, I really enjoy this game. It's 321 Countdown.
  • So, 321 Countdown, that is going to get played this month.
  • August and September are really busy for me because I put in about 12-hour days every day between getting to school and then getting back from coaching.
  • Hitting the Wall, is probably one of our favorite push your luck games.
  • And in Toil and Troubles, the push your luck element is you have a stack of cards and you're placing them down into three rows.
  • Artwork is really cute in
  • The Bears and the Bees by Grandpa Beck's Games is one of my favorite games that they make.
  • It's a color-matching tile-laying game. So, I really enjoy this one. Check it out if you haven't. It's one of my favorites.
  • So, the last game that I'm going to talk about, I saved it for last because this one Now, I say they're all my favorite, but this one really is my favorite.
  • And that's Gnome Around.
  • So there is this kind of push and pull of okay, I'm going for these eights. Do I keep trying to get this third eight so I have -8 here? It's getting awful late. Stacy's got hers almost done. Do I got to pivot here and get maybe get some lower numbers in there just so I don't end up completely screwed.
  • I love the artwork. I love how simple it is. It doesn't take up a lot of space. Um not a lot of thinking involved. Just try and get negative numbers if you can. That's all you got to do. Try and get negative numbers.
  • Um every games comes with a different recipe from Grandma Beck's kitchen.
  • Cover Your Assets right here is one of my favorite ones to play at school.
  • I just love to say it so much is roll her cowboy.
  • So we will probably get some of those games at the table but the ones that Stacy wanted on the wall are the ones we talked about so you've got all these ones hitting the wall.
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Video k3IN67A2_NU Allies or Enemies Preview at 6:37 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card game — A card game.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • And so I'm really interested in Horrified Ravenloft and I think it's four new monsters and it's still like in a D&D theme and I really like the last D&D Horrified.
  • So that was a whirlwind tour of a whole bunch of games we're interested in checking out.
  • And there are so many more games that there are so many games at UKGE. We can't possibly know about all of them so please do let us know about the ones you think we missed the ones you think other folks would be interested in.
  • So, we will have Shakespeare the card game on sale.
  • So, this is a really exciting UKGE for us. So, please do come by.
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Video lsPCiHMWsLs Crimsonboardgames Top List at 20:25 sentiment: other
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Intrigued by theme/look
Pros
  • Cute aesthetics
Cons
  • Uncertainty about gameplay fun
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card game — Described as 'more of like a card game'.
  • Dominoes — Features dominoes with ingredients on one side and recipes on the other.
  • scoring — Players score points by pointing domino sides to themselves.
  • Set Collection — Challenge involves protecting own ingredients while covering others with recipes.
  • Solo Play — Mentioned as a 1 to 4 or 1 to 6 player game.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • Next we have Song of the Wild Kin one to four players area movement cooperative game deck bag and pool building. That all sounds perfect to me.
  • So, we don't have anything to show yet really. So, we only have the box art. But look how cute that looks.
  • Action-packed co-op game.
  • This could again be very gimmicky. But I'm curious to see.
  • I mean, it's obviously Cthulhu themed. Love that.
  • I don't know. It might suck, you know.
  • This is just an insta buy for me. I'm just going to get it.
  • Um they just look so cute and they're both one to four or like at least this one's one to six and this one's one to four players.
  • I'm very, very sad that this does not have a solo option because it looks so freaking cute...
  • Look at how stunning this looks. I mean, excuse me?
  • But, some for some reason this grabs me even more.
  • I hope you guys enjoyed um that um I'm very excited about UK Games Expo.
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