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Year
2025
Players
2-4
Age
10+
Playtime
45 min
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Description
Players build a solarpunk city in the clouds using a pile draft to collect airships and critters in tableaus
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Grant Lyon Top List at 7:55 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Underrated mechanism: I split, you choose
- Unique way to mix drafting and I split, you choose
- Likes card combos and synergies
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Combos — Players build a tableau of cards that combo well together and create synergies.
- Drafting — The game involves drafting cards, but in a unique 'I split, you choose' manner.
- I split, you choose — A player divides cards or resources, another player chooses one part, and the first player gets the remaining part. In this game, players can also choose to add a card to a pile instead of taking one.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Gen Con is upon us. The largest tabletop game convention in all of North America is here.
- This video is about the 10 games I am most excited about at Gen Con.
- These are all games that you can get for the first time at Gen Con, which is why I'm excited about them and why I think you should check them out.
- One of the most underrated mechanisms in board games, I think, is the mechanism I split, you choose.
- The Game Makers is a love letter to the board game hobby.
- If you like deck building If you like card games, if you like fun, check out Flip Tunes season 2.
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Hungry Gamer Review at 9:49 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- So good
- Good if you like tableau building and 'I cut you choose'
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- I cut you choose — A mechanism where one player divides resources or options, and another player chooses first.
- Tableau Building — Involves players building up their own set of cards or components.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I was not granted a media badge, which means I have not gotten all of the emails from all the publishers about kind of what they have.
- Customs is a thing and customs is a nightmare.
- This is a game that I've said multiple times is the type of game that if I went to a booth and I did a demo of this, I would buy it right away.
- If you're flying, we all know how space work.
- I'm not leaving Gen Con without a Pookie Plushie.
- I'm going yoink and I'm taking one.
- If you come find me and you say, 'I'm hungry for promos,' I will give you a promo card of your choice.
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Hungry Gamer Review at 0:09 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Great art
- Plays well at different player counts without losing magic
- Clever I cut you choose mechanic that is not laborious and leads to engaging decisions
- Varied card abilities
- Turns are quick
- Objective phase is clever, with benefits in both points and abilities
- Provides a satisfyingly 'meaty' experience despite playing quickly
- Highly replayable, always discovering something new
- Interactions between cards and players are well-executed
- Works exceedingly well, hitting all the right notes for a simple core game
Cons
- The box is a strange size, making card storage awkward.
- There's a learning curve where new players spend time reading cards, which can slow the game down initially.
Thematic elements
- Building the best flying city
- Flying cities
Comparison games
- Skyward
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Hand Management — Some cards have abilities that affect the game while in hand.
- I cut you choose — This is the core drafting mechanic where players choose piles of cards, leading to strategic decisions about what to take and what to leave for opponents.
- Set Collection — Collecting sets of faction colors is important for claiming objective cards.
- Tableau Building — Players build a 2x4 area in front of them to play cards, creating their flying city.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The fun of the game is that moment where you're thinking, I really want pile A. I think based on their tableau, they might want pile A. But if I put this card, that's going to take away points in pile A, maybe that'll push them to take something else.
- It plays like a filler plus type game, but it doesn't feel like that. You play this game and you feel like you just played something meaty.
- If I had to make my games of the year list right now, this would be on it.
- Spectacular. Just spectacular. It It takes I cut, you choose, and makes it something that is not laborious, which it can be. It's fast. It's interesting. It's engaging.
- If you are going to Gen Con, and anything about tableau building sparks your interest, this is a must-buy. An absolute must-buy.
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Meeple University Review at 0:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- is an expansion to Skyward
- introduces new cards and mechanics
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- flying city
- Avalon city
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- hi I'm here with Brendan Evans D creator of sky wards there was outs about two years ago and it was really popular
- so when I use it going to do next okay we have a brand new set of cards and that brand new set of cards contains brand new mechanics so we've never seen before
- soon we will be up on Kickstarter really really soon
- check us out on Kickstarter soon
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Meeple University Discussion at 3:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Popular original game
- Expansion announced
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Competing to build the nicest city and then making it really good.
- City of Skyway
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- city building — Skywards is a city building and contracting game.
- contract fulfillment — Skywards is a city building and contracting game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I on Tarrant University reporting from pax Melbourne Australia 2018 stay tuned for our summary of some interviews with what's upcoming in the Australian boy gaming community
- everything in table tops from dice the board games new board games that's come out coming out speaking to the game designers point game shots everything you get almost everything that you can think of about board game
- It's a captivating beautifully illustrated two-player game.
- That sounds quite deep
- It's a worker placement engine builder
- Skywards is a city building and contracting game for two to four players you're competing to build the nicest city in the brand-new f1 city of Skyway and skyward Republic is two years on everybody's built a nice functional flying city and then wondering how to make it really really good and what they should do next
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Grant Lyon Upcoming Games Preview at 25:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique drafting system with tension and decision-making
- Compact, thinky design
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- drafting and tableau building with a unique drafting mechanic
- airborne or sky-borne city-state exploration
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — Choose cards from face-up piles or take from a face-down card to add to your plan.
- Tableau Building — Drafted cards are used to build a scoring tableau.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I love bag building because it always has that fun, exciting tension of like, I hope I get what I need.
- it's a lighter weight, you know, quicker playing game.
- Temple Twist has a table presents for days.
- thematically you are putting together like a table at the lunch cafeteria.
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Hungry Gamer Top List at 8:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Clever clever clever little game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Res Arcana
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players choose from stacks of cards or manipulate them.
- I cut you choose — Implements a 'quasi I cut you choose' mechanic where players select from multiple stacks of cards.
- Tableau Building — Players build up their tableau with different buildings.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Now, if you watched last month's episode, you know that I said that this was going to be a hard month for me playing games. And that was because I was going to be traveling, and we traveled most of the month. So, the amount of games I played was actually the lowest I've played in years in an entire month.
- What a great experience. I had a blast, and not without some complaints, but overall, what a wonderful experience. I highly, highly recommend it as a boss battler.
- I love the diversity of both the race and gender and body type. Just awesome.
- Clever clever clever little game.
- I don't play games where I have to play the Nazis. It's just not something that I'm able to fully disconnect my brain from.
- And your mileage will vary on how good those prices are. Obviously, something very rare, the price is through the roof, but you can find some really good stuff there.
- But, there you have it, folks. That is the end of the monthly menu for June.
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