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Year
2024
Players
2
Age
7+
Playtime
10 min
Complexity
1/5
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Two-player tile puzzle where players split a chocolate bar along straight lines and claim small chunks for points
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Tabletop Tolson Unboxing at 8:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- picked this up so I could play with my husband
- picked this one up so I could play with our friend
Cons
- specifically a three-player
Thematic elements
- chocolate
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So, it's just it's lovely. I love Columbus.
- And the tabletop role-playing game I use, because I want to get into tabletop role-playing games more, is called Epitaph.
- This is a really dynamite game.
- I have plenty of copies of Things in Rings, which I already have used in the classroom, and many people were introduced to.
- It takes this and it just makes it more research-based, and it really does essentially shift the focus to an educational setting.
- So, I left with over 20 games, and I had to essentially check my bag.
- Um and I think this is a dynamite game.
- Um, we love Panda Royale. We have shared that with people.
- I love the pity die. That's like the best feature of this game.
- So, I'm probably going to have like a little double uh double header with these two uh review coming up soon.
- And the really fun thing about Wizard Community College is you are all kind of like trainee uh wizards and things don't go right.
- So, I'm excited to get this in my in my classroom and uh hopefully with a little bit more uh of a video with that one soon.
- So, it is always action. You are always playing, you're always thinking and um it's just really cool.
- So, for me, I was like, 'Got to take home Soothsayers.'
- I got me a nice train game. I love a good train game.
- This is like classic train game stuff, man.
- Artwork looks amazing, honestly.
- Oh my goodness. Okay, here we go.
- My number one game that I demoed at the media event for Asmodee is called The Happiest Cat in the World.
- It's like a deck builder but with tiles, but then you're spending them.
- Now the cool thing about this one is you're in two different factions.
- I am into all the duels. I want to try all the duels for every game that they have out there, or duets, or whatever, or duos. I want to play them.
- I had a fantastic time. I had a delicious time.
- I love the mood. I love the energy. I love the games. I love the people. I love gamers. I love gamers so much.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 13:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Interesting concept of breaking chocolate tiles.
- The mechanic mimics the tactile experience of breaking a chocolate bar.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Breaking a bar of chocolate tiles.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- spatial reasoning — Breaking the chocolate bar involves splitting it on a straight line.
- Tile Placement — Players work with a bar of 36 chocolate tiles.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Good morning, everybody. Welcome to the Dice Tower.
- Lou Zocchi has passed away.
- He is credited with inventing the 100-sided die.
- If you like polyhedral dice, he is one of the the the fathers of that, for sure.
- The Mensa Select winners were announced.
- This is a great slate of games.
- A new trick-taking game from Daniel Newman, New Mill Industries.
- Guillotine's back, baby.
- This was designed in 1998, so it's 28 years old.
- This is the first game I ever played that had had royal guards in it that were worth one if you had one, two if you had two, three if you had three and I was like, this is insanely cool.
- Avalon Hill has made actually several announcements.
- This particular picture that I'm showing you previous in deluxe I really kind of think they should have showed something else because that is an upgrade, right? But that doesn't make me think deluxe, it's just like, oh, that's the new edition.
- So Mayfair is still around and I guess still reprinting things, which is good to see, but but without Catan, they were suddenly a much smaller company.
- Layers is a two-player dungeon crawl game sort of It's like Battleship where you build your own dungeon and the other person goes through it.
- I like the base game, I give it a seven. I gave the expansion a nine though. That's all that content makes Layers amazing.
- This is for Unmatched Adventures.
- Get rid of exclusives. And you know what? Later, put it on retail. This is the perfect way to do it.
- Fin Span has a new expansion that you can pre-order well, in 4 days, April 27th.
- Join us in 38 minutes where we'll be announcing the Dice Tower Award nominations.
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Grant Lyon News at 5:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Small box game
- Quick playtime
Cons
- Two players only
Thematic elements
- Chocolate
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Division — You can divide the chocolate bar along straight lines. So, you know, you you can cut the chocolate bar this way, you can cut the chocolate bar this way, you can do that sort of stuff, but you're making a single cut and then the next player will make a cut along straight lines as well.
- Set Collection — There are different types of chocolate bars, different types of chocolate pieces in this one chocolate bar. And some of them are going to be good points, some of them are going to be bad points, some of them are, you know, some set collection, that sort of thing.
- Tile Placement — Arrange them into a chocolate bar. Each of the tiles kind of represents a square of the chocolate bar.
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Quotes (from this video)
- this is a horror comedy game because you are in a world where sheep are mutating at night and turning into horrible things that will attack you.
- it's pretty silly, but also kind of scary at the same time.
- you will get these little shape pieces. They're just these little abstract pieces and they'll stick to your magnetic board which is kind of satisfying, right?
- it is not easy. uh it is it is difficult to indicate what you want to indicate with these little uh with these little wooden pieces.
- Excalibur is full of trash talkinging. It's full of social, memorable moments.
- it is chaotic, but it's fun and memorable.
- now the retail version is much more affordable and it's still the same sort of social gameplay. You just don't have these metal swords that you can clink together and stuff.
- this is a lighter weight card game but a strategy game. This is not a party game. This is a strategy card game.
- there can be these sort of cascading triggers like boom boom boom, you know, sort of thing.
- It's a clever little game of sort of planning and cascading uh your cards.
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The Dice Tower Discussion at 1:45 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Clever
- Enjoyable
Cons
- Feels like a small game
Thematic elements
- Chocolate breaking
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dexterity — break a bar of chocolate made of little cardboard pieces into half
- Set Collection — start collecting the pieces off of it. Some for good, some for negative points.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- a silly little game, way overproduced, but fun like hot potato style game.
- unfortunately a two-player back and forth just a little too much going on in a small game.
- So, that's pretty much it.
- This says contemporary on it.
- Tom, what would be your advice to aspiring game designers?
- most of the advice given to me over the years has been along the lines of don't do it.
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kovray Event Coverage at 22:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Pretty excited to be able to try these.
- this will happen pretty soon because two-player games.
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)
- Which was Jinxo, which we brought brought to UK GE to play with people.
- It is one of the spiel de Jarus uh um nominees and we had not played it before.
- It is so much fun.
- We played it with three separate groups every time. We had plenty of laughs.
- This has hit one of our top party games.
- Jump Masters. This is a prototype copy, I believe, of a new game from Chip Theory Games. I actually don't know much about it, but I'm excited to try it out because Chip Theory produces some really high quality stuff.
- So, by limiting the amount of space you have in a suitcase, you can limit the num the amount of money and games you bring home.
- No, you have to. It has to be have six sides, but that's the only rule.
- I didn't follow that rule when making my die.
- Tyler made a ridiculous die because it's more fun that way. Don't try to make a regular dye.
- Paddington, UKG was pretty amazing and honestly just the people along the way.
- Not to not to be dramatic, but I think I would die for Paddington.
- We saw the musical, not just the bear. We saw Paddington the musical, which was 10 out of 10.
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BoardGameCo Review at 0:57 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
none
Cons
- Gameplay not super compelling
- Felt played out after 2-3 plays
- Not particularly impressive
Thematic elements
- Splitting tiles to score points based on scoring cards.
Comparison games
- Diced Veggies
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- I Cut, You Choose — This is I cut you choose with various not not even I cut you choose. I cut and then take things.
- Set Collection — Players are mindful of the scoring cards to decide how they are scoring, e.g. whoever has the most orange slices gets six points.
- Tile Placement — Players are going to be putting tiles onto the board, creating a 5 by 7 grid of these various chocolate tiles.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- All Play reviews are not sponsored videos and I'm allowed to say whatever I want and I do, you of course have to decide whether you can whether whether you trust me to go past that bias, but I want to make sure you have all the information possible before diving into it.
- They're not bad, but they're not like I wasn't super impressed.
- I hate mats like this. Even when they have games that I love.
- I don't think I was overly crazily impressed by this. The problem is generally when I'm ranking games, I don't take into account that oh, look at how much they did with a small box. I go by how much do I want to play that game? How much in thrall How enthralled was I by that? Not how cool or impressive was it?
- This is real-time frenetic trading and it's kind of like if you like Chinatown or games like Chinatown and you wanted Chinatown in a travel-friendly game that is chaotic madness that distills the chaos into a 20-minute experience.
- Very few real-time games have stayed in my collection long-term. Most of the time a real-time game is a fun gimmick that I enjoy and then move on from.
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BoardGameCo Other at 15:11 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Neutral
Pros
none
Cons
- Did not find the cutting up of chocolate to be super interesting.
Thematic elements
- Cutting groupings of chocolate
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Real-time trading — Players engage in live trading in real-time.
- Set Collection — Players collect sets of cards.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I did not love this one. I I drastically prefer Hey, That's My Fish.
- This felt like a less fun version of Hey, That's My Fish.
- I thought the game was very dry.
- This was very charming. I I like what the game was doing as far as the real-time speed nature of trying not to be the last one holding the bag when everything goes bust, while also trying to collect sets of cards through real-time live trading. This was very fun.
- I was very impressed by how well the game is designed. Uh ultimately it was it was fine to play a few times and then move on from it.
- This was very solid uh going along with Triangulation and Decrypto. It's another one of those clue intercepting games, uh, but done very differently.
- Biggest complaint I have against it is I'm just keeping too many of these games and I can't have all these small box games be everything.
- It's cute. It's fast. It's thematic. I've enjoyed this one, but this kind of real-time game is just not overall my jam.
- Basically, it's a fun charming game. I'm just not overly uh enthused by it.
- Vestige is a great game. I think I just prefer Vindication.
- Vindication will almost always get picked over Vestige each time.
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Review at 0:12 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cute and enjoyable
- Thematic tie-in is well done
- Easy setup
- Plays quickly, encouraging multiple rounds
- Clever strategy in reading the setup and calculating risk
- Nice player aid on scoring cards indicating quantities
- Simple premise, but with strategic depth
- Engaging for a quick filler game
Cons
- Turns can sometimes play themselves
- Requires mental gymnastics to plan for opponent's take
- Nothing too special
Thematic elements
- Splitting chocolate bars
Comparison games
- Dots and Boxes
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — Some scoring cards require players to avoid having the most of a particular nut or fruit.
- Set Collection — Scoring is based on collecting sets of different nuts or fruits, with some scoring cards being positive and others negative.
- Splitting pieces — Players take turns splitting chocolate in full straight lines, and if there are three or less pieces left, a player must take those pieces.
- variable scoring objectives — The scoring cards change each game, influencing which nuts or fruits are preferred and how they are scored.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- I think that's a sweet touch, and I really appreciate that it doesn't cover up the letters like or it's not on the letters, so you can read the name of the box really easily.
- The production of this is super cool. Uh the it looks like chocolate bar, and we've all done the thing where you break the chocolate bar.
- I think thematically it's fun. Um like I really enjoy the way that that theme is tied in.
- It feels kind of like dots and boxes to me, an old pen and paper game that you probably played on a Sizzler menu or like a restaurant menu.
- It's a six for me. It's nothing too special, but it is better than I expected it to be honestly with its simple premise of break and then take if you can. And really that's the turn structure of the game, break and take.
- This one's a seven for me. I think that this fits that nice like very quick filler. I want to do something with you.
- Draw lines, poke boxes.
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