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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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Video Ny0n21XjaTs
Hungry Gamer Analysis at 32:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Delightful experience
- Really enjoyed it
- Everything is interesting
- Moves really quickly
- Cards are interesting enough
- Super clever
- Player interaction without being mean
- A lot of fun in a small box
- Easy to teach and learn
- Charlie thought it was a really good game
Cons
- Apparently a reimplementation of Skyward
- Host was wrong about how good it was (initially)
Thematic elements
- Building in the sky
Comparison games
- Skyward
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- building — Players build buildings in the sky.
- Card activation — Cards can proc off each other or not.
- Drafting — Players draft cards from available stacks.
- I cut you choose — Simplified version where players are presented with two stacks of cards to choose from.
- Set Collection — Players are chasing certain scoring combinations.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- All you other chicken game creators, don't come at me.
- I was very proud of you.
- I think we had no bad stranger interactions at this con.
- It's only a 6.8 eight cuz I checked it on BGG.
- It's doing something that is so clever and so simple but really hard I think to play in the moment.
- This was just a fun experience.
- I feel like AllPlay is doing a great job picking games.
- It's super overproduced, but I really like it every single time that we play.
- It's been a few years since we played. It sits right up there and I'm always like, 'Oh, should I let it go?' I'm like, 'No, I'm not going to let it go. I'll let it glow.'
- Make sure if you have not get yourselves a copy of Backyard Chickens. You are letting yourself down if you haven't.
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Video Ny0n21XjaTs
Hungry Gamer Analysis at 45:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Very Positive
Pros
- Really good game
- Easy to get to the table
- Fast and easy to teach
- Enjoyed by experienced gamers
- Speaker plans to play it a lot more
Cons
- Requires a lot of shuffling during setup.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Component Management — Sleeved cards are mentioned as making shuffling easier.
- Shuffling — There is a lot of shuffling during setup, but not during play.
- Teaching / Learning — The game is easy to teach and learn.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- All you other chicken game creators, don't come at me.
- I was very proud of you.
- I think we had no bad stranger interactions at this con.
- It's only a 6.8 eight cuz I checked it on BGG.
- It's doing something that is so clever and so simple but really hard I think to play in the moment.
- This was just a fun experience.
- I feel like AllPlay is doing a great job picking games.
- It's super overproduced, but I really like it every single time that we play.
- It's been a few years since we played. It sits right up there and I'm always like, 'Oh, should I let it go?' I'm like, 'No, I'm not going to let it go. I'll let it glow.'
- Make sure if you have not get yourselves a copy of Backyard Chickens. You are letting yourself down if you haven't.
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Hungry Gamer Other at 371:50:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- It's a very streamlined interface, really great for getting players into the game.
- It's a cooperative game, so you're working together, helping each other out.
- The setup and teaching time are minimal, making it accessible for new players.
- The game has unique player powers that add variety.
Cons
- The simultaneous action selection can lead to chaos and unexpected outcomes.
- It can feel a bit too abstract for some players.
- The game doesn't necessarily offer a deep strategic experience.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asset management — players manage assets, including resources and units, to achieve objectives.
- Simultaneous action selection — players choose their actions simultaneously, leading to potential chaos.
- Variable player powers — each player has unique abilities or roles that differentiate their gameplay.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The people who run RageCon are just a dang delight.
- The Rage Bucks thing going on, and let me tell you what a great program.
- It's fantastically simple to do. It's really easy to figure out where the game is going to be, how many players you want.
- The space worked great. There was plenty of space. You didn't feel crowded.
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Hungry Gamer Top List at 4:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Makes 'I cut, you choose' mechanic fun and clever
- Feels like a full-on game
- Has that kind of brain burn
- Super clever game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- I Cut, You Choose — The host specifically mentions this mechanic as being made 'so fun, so clever' by the game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- As a reminder, if you have not watched one of these before, the way I pick the top five games of each month is what games did I sit down to play the most times. Not necessarily number of plays because a 15-minute game does not count the same as a 3-hour game.
- But, a very cool tower defense, crisis managy-style game with some work placement going on, bag building, very cool stuff.
- It just has that kind of brain burn. I really like it. I actually went out and got some little metal gears things, so I can bling out my copy cuz I like it that much. Super clever game.
- And it does some cool stuff, I think, with initiative. I really like the way the initiative works. I like the way the AI works. All very very clever stuff, and I'm looking forward to getting back to it.
- All it is All that game is is it is deck management. It's deck building really, but >> [sighs] >> you're just building the deck cuz you're just building this deck and hoping stuff comes out. And that's it. And it doesn't sound satisfying when I say that, but what a wonderful light quick game.
- It does some really cool stuff with the way you're placing your workers out, and you have to put a little more and you can put more workers out, which means you're going to get first crack at something, or fewer workers out, and maybe you'll get other stuff later. But if you're the only person there, you might get a little You might be able to do the action four times, and you're spending your points to do the things, and it's just a really clean, tight bag builder is what it is, but man, really, really good.
- It's kind of a mix of Mysterium and Betrayal at House on the Hill.
- And the cool thing about it is you pick an action tile, but you don't know what it's going to do to you because there's something else on the back. And so, I'm really curious how that plays.
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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.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
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.
Video topics + discussion points
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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