Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-4
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Description
Tile-drafting set-collection game where players run Art Nouveau studios crafting patterns for prestige
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 8:25 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Stunningly gorgeous production
- Beautiful art nouveau art
- Clever and sharp gameplay
- Live and let live interaction
Cons
- A bit too abstract for personal taste
- Becomes top-heavy and much crunchier than expected
Thematic elements
- artistry, abstract
Comparison games
- Azul
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — Players draft artisans and grab tiles based on patterns.
- Pattern Building — Artisan cards represent patterns of tiles that can be grabbed from the grid.
- Set Collection — Players collect sets of tiles to buy point cards and score endgame points.
- tile drafting — Players draft colored tiles from a central grid based on artisan cards.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's a very small box. Doesn't take up much shelf space.
- but it definitely hits above its weight.
- this is not one that makes you insanely powerful and you know just kind of like you know you know does uh you know power inflation, power creep like so many expansions I'm seeing these days that just like kind of fundamentally upset the balance of the original game.
- Minos is a long beast of a game.
- I would not play Emberleaf without this expansion. It is excellent. It's a simple little tweak, but it's a mustave.
- It turns the whole game cooperative, which I got to say I love.
- And I just got to say folks, it is freaking brilliant.
- The Networks Prime Time is the Networks with all the rough edges shaved off
- it becomes so laidback and chillax
- But this game does that better than any other Machioro inspired game, including Machi Koro itself ever has. It destroys all of them, including Space Base.
- it is by far the coolest implementation of a victory point track that the board game industry has ever seen. It is literally the best of class of all time.
- This is an expansion that just makes um, Evenf Fall, a very hard name to remember, Evenfall, deeper and richer.
- Every year, like clockwork, the publishers come out with a new brilliant expansion, and every year it's my number one thing of that month, and System Overload is no different.
- it introduces a new idea and you can see it there on the screen. If you look over in the bottom right of the screen on the boss I'm fighting, there's a die there. Don't worry, you never roll that dice. That die is your intensity marker.
- Evenfall was in my top 10 for the year. It came out a few years ago. I think it's absolutely amazing.
- It is so deep and it's so rich because it borrows an idea from one of my all-time faves, Allesium.
- The best one are these cute Everybody gets this cute little cat that's a little wooden cat that literally hangs off of a wooden hat of one of your little wooden witches and it's the cutest thing you've ever seen.
- it comes with new mages that somehow come up with completely new and interesting ideas that we still have never seen before.
- This is a simple little set of rules that really creates a new and interesting dynamic shifting element that is just a lot of fun.
- It's the best thing I played in the month of May. Aon's end system overload.
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Unknown Channel Review at 0:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Premium components and art deco aesthetics
- Accessible and easy to teach
- Deep strategic choices between diversification and specialization
- Engaging endgame with meaningful decisions
- Solid solo mode
Cons
- No notable drawbacks explicitly mentioned in the discussion
Thematic elements
- pursuit of renown through mastery of multiple artistic disciplines
- Art Deco-inspired art world focusing on building an artist collective
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action economy — On your turn you can either take tiles or purchase patterns; players continue taking actions until all must pass.
- One-time bonus cards — Certain events grant one-time abilities each round, often enabling swaps or extra actions.
- pattern cards — Complete pattern cards using acquired materials to gain points and progress toward higher-level artisans.
- Renown track / endgame trigger — Renown increases as you acquire artisans; the game ends when a player reaches 20 renown, finishing the round and scoring.
- Resource distribution and board efficiency — Tiles are colored to indicate availability by round and player count; managing tile acquisition is key.
- tile drafting — Take tiles from the center, rotate, and refill the board; end-of-round tile depletion grants a bonus card.
- Worker Placement — Advance artisans from apprentice to journeyman to master, with higher-level artisans providing more benefits.
- Worker progression — Advance artisans from apprentice to journeyman to master, with higher-level artisans providing more benefits.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I love the premium amazing components that come in their games
- This is a beautiful game that has an art deco look and feel
- I would love to know if you have played this, what do you think of it?
- I absolutely love artistry
- It's really straightforward, so it is easy to get people who aren't big gamers into it
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Unknown Top 10 List at 7:59 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- gorgeous production and art
- straightforward teach with deep strategy
Cons
- potential for higher complexity and engine-building depth
Thematic elements
- engine-building and artistic creation
- central gallery with tiles and apprentices to masters
- elegant, artwork-forward
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — end-game scoring based on patterns and artist levels
- Engine Building — progress from apprentices to journeymen to masters to maximize points
- engine-building — progress from apprentices to journeymen to masters to maximize points
- pattern-based scoring — end-game scoring based on patterns and artist levels
- tile selection and patterning — choosing tiles to form patterns and upgrade your artist level
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hello and welcome to 2026. So this year I am doing four lists for my top games of 2025.
- This is the medium box game list.
- What would you put in this category? What do you think of my choices?
- Parks and Potions. This is a wonderful game. It looks amazing.
- I adore this game. I cannot wait for the expansion to come out in 2026.
- The artwork on this is incredible. It is really, really fun.
- This game for only being in a box this size is a table hog, but it is really cool.
- Obviously, I enjoy an ocean theme.
- There’s a ton of amazing tiny components in here with no lid.
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