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Year
2022
Players
1-6
Age
8+
Playtime
25 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Players optimally seat theater audiences using a share-and-write mechanic for randomness
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kovray Top 10 List at 3:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Clever premise
- Fresh feel
- Smooth integration of multiple innovative elements
- Impressive game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- filling in a theater with individuals before a show
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — they've tossed in some nodes of like area control with the boards that you're actually sharing so the shape that you're creating between you and whoever is on your right or left those are actually competed against in those area controls.
- Flip and Write — it's a take on the flip and right roll and rate that type of genre
- Pattern Building — when you draw your shape you make the shape smaller and you can't rotate it you have to draw the shape that is on your board where it is but when you pass it back all of a sudden the shape you're planning for could have shrunk.
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Quotes (from this video)
- we just want to take some time to talk about the top 10 games that we um are anticipating
- Playing this game it just felt so fresh and so clean that I just I can't wait to get a copy of ourselves and just play it so so many times.
- it's such an impressive game and if you have the chance to check it out it only gets available in North America yet I'm not sure hopefully it gets picked up.
- it's such a neat quick game that is just basically strictly cards and then these gold tiles that you're going for.
- This is the game I would want on my table 100
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 12:19 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- generally speaking I like polyomino style games
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- filling seats
- cinema
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Polyomino — you're trying to fill up seats uh in a cinema with variable objectives
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Quotes (from this video)
- Joy Ride which is kind of a a stolen version of power boats
- Ramy uh tiny little card game where you're drafting these cards Ramy style trying to complete these objectives and that will also tailor your point scoring at the end
- take a Seat this is a you know a polyomino Style game as you're trying to fill up seats uh in a cinema with variable objectives looks like this quite a bit going on here but you know generally speaking I like polyomino style games especially when they tackle that idea from a different perspective
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Chairman of the Board Top List at 12:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fresh take on roll and write polyomino games.
- Theme is super cool and a good fit.
- Shifting boards offer special abilities.
- Shapes get smaller as you place them, a cool balancing system.
- Players control shapes to tailor their needs.
- Very well polished.
- Fast and interesting.
- Tons of different objectives.
- Works really well.
- Really like the additional powers.
- A really good example of its genre.
- Recommended for fans of polyomino and quick roll-and-write games.
Cons
- The area control mechanism is considered the weakest part and a bit tacked on.
Thematic elements
- Filling Seats
- Theater
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Modification — Players choose when to use abilities or forsake them for extra victory points.
- Area Control — An additional mechanism where contributing to zones scores points.
- Objective Fulfillment — Players aim to achieve public objectives based on filling columns, squares, etc.
- polyomino placement — Players place polyomino shapes onto their boards.
- Roll and Write — Involves rolling dice and marking results on a sheet.
- Variable player powers — Shifting boards provide access to special abilities for placing shapes.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is where I take a look at the last five new to me board games that I've played and I rank them and review them in order of preference
- it's almost like a bit of a contrast or a contradiction when you say you're going to get a 4X game but under an hour
- I don't think that it managed to uphold the magic the you know the majesty and the epicness of what people want a forx game to be
- it's just one of those games where you can kind of turn your brain off
- I must admit that um Joy Ride you do have a lot more control and it does feel like a it kind of walks up tight route between games like Thunder Road and also games like um heat pedal to the metal
- All in all it's a lot of fun
- it's a kind of a textbook example of a solid game
- This is quite a fresh take on the roll and right polyomino sty games
- The additional mechanism which is probably the weakest part I think is a little bit tacked on
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Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 23:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Very clever game
- Smart, smart game
- Works great as a two-player game
- Found it very enticing and intriguing
Cons
- Would rank higher with more players (3+)
- Only engaged in two area majority battles as a two-player game
Thematic elements
- Ushers at a theater trying to fill seats with different types of people.
- A theater
Comparison games
- Cartographers
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — Players engage in multiple area majority battles on shared cards and their own boards.
- Choose and write — Players choose actions from play bills, filling in polyomino shapes on their board.
- Resource Management — Players manage money and special powers, making trade-offs between them.
- Tile Placement — Players place polyomino shapes onto their player board to fill seats.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's going to be from my least favorite to my most favorite.
- I hated so much. It filled me with so much raw anger that I rant about it in the gen jog, but I'm not going to talk about it in public cuz I like my channel to largely be a positive, uplifting source of board game news.
- Circle the Wagons, Lone Cowboy. Circle of Wagons um is already a game that was in my top 10 forever games.
- It's a brilliant solo game and that's really no surprise.
- It's the greatest co-op deck builder ever and I'm just continue to be amazed at how the designers keep coming up with new content.
- Everything about it is awesome. Aon's End always continues to be awesome.
- Earth is in my top 10 games of all time.
- Earth is one of the best games of all time, and this just makes it even better without slowing the game down at all, which is uh sometime, you know, and that's one of Earth's great strengths.
- my number one game of the month, the excellent Earth Animal Kingdom.
- I don't have time to film all this stuff myself anymore, folks. There's too many other things going on like stuff that might be going on in this very space soon.
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Grant Lyon Other at 3:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique share and write mechanism
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Theater premiere
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- polyomino drawing — You're going to be taking a seat, and you're going to be drawing the shape of something in your theater. And as people take up some of the spots, it will change the shapes that you can then draw in your theater.
- Share and Write — Instead of a roll and write or a flip and write where you flip cards and roll dice, this is a share and write where you are going to be passing a board to your left and then passing a board to your right and then getting it back. And you will draw in things on the board and then you're passing it and what they draw is going to affect what you choose to do when you get it back.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a deck-building game.
- one of the interesting aspects of this is there's 13 ways to win the game.
- Essentially, 13 dark pacts in the game and each of those dark pacts is a unique win condition that feels, you know, it feels like crazy to get.
- You can also play two times and three times multipliers on those cards to double every aspect of the card.
- that just feels like a very satisfying aspect of the game.
- the main mechanism of the game is I split, you choose and that's always one of my favorite mechanisms because it's it's not a difficult game to teach, but it's a difficult game to make decisions.
- So, what do you sacrifice and what do you keep is also an interesting aspect of that one.
- This is a great family game if you want to.
- And so, there's a lot of lying and promising of other people where you're like, "Do you want to go there with me? Nobody else go there.
- I swear to god, don't go there."
- And so, there's a lot of sort of lying and intrigue and where you're going and promises that you're making and stuff like that.
- please, you know, check out my new series. It's all funny and games when it drops in May.
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Tabletop Tolson Review at 0:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Supports 1-6 players and under 30 minutes
- Dry erase boards enable easy setup and replayability
- The theater theme with color-coded seats and shared board is engaging
- Replayability via variable objective cards
- Simple to learn with deep, strategic choices
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- theater seating, ticket-based scoring with ABCD objectives
- theater seating with colored seats and a shared theater board
- dry erase boards; polyomino-like seating; simultaneous play
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Bonus shapes and actions — On turns you can place a seat with a bonus shape or special ability (rotate a shape, add space adjacent orthogonally, add one space anywhere, place two dots).
- Colors and seating constraints — You must place at least one seat in the color of the chosen ticket; seats are colored (yellow, green, purple, teal/blue, etc).
- Dry erase boards and polyomino-like seating — Boards are dry erase and you place and erase shapes representing seats; orientation matters.
- End-of-game: 14 turns total and 7 per board — The game lasts 14 turns total (seven on each board) with simultaneous play across rounds; end scoring compares both left and right boards and total tickets.
- Objective cards ABCD with scoring multipliers — Four global objectives (A, B, C, D) are dealt; A cards double points; B/C/D provide varying points; you aim to fulfill per-row/column goals.
- Scoring by rows/columns and sold-out seats — Points are awarded for rows and columns based on how many seats remain or are sold out; scoring depends on how many seats remain in a color segment and for selling out a row or column.
- Simultaneous turns with adjacent shared boards — Players place seats on their own board with access to the central shared area, playing 7 turns per board per round for a total of 14 turns, with turns happening simultaneously between left and right neighbors.
- Two-sided theater boards and rotation restrictions — Each player has a personal board and a shared central area; players pass turns and each side's board is scored after their turns.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Take a seat is the game and we are going to be assigning seats in our theater.
- This is a very clever game and it is an easypaced game.
- This is a real delight. This is a real treat. Take a seat.
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The Dice Tower Unboxing at 4:22 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Roll and Write — Described as 'A cozy roll and write game.'
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Hey everybody, I'm Tom Vassel. Welcome to the most boring unboxings on the planet Earth as we take a look at stuff that comes in a dice tower and we see what it is.
- This may be the biggest box we've ever gotten for a single game.
- Completely unnecessary.
- I cannot wait till this particular um motif is done. There are other ways to do cards.
- Thanks so much for watching.
- I'm Tom Vassel and this has been the most boring unboxing in the world on the Dice Hour.
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The Dice Tower Top List at 8:50 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- No luck element
- Engages players with each other
- Clever gimmick
- Plays well with others
Cons
- Was hard to find for a while
Thematic elements
- Filling seats with customers and guests
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Majority — Players compete for majority in certain areas.
- Flip and Write — The game involves flipping tickets and writing/filling in shapes.
- Tetris-like (Polyomino) — Players fill in shapes on their board similar to Tetris.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- This one showed me what a rolling right could be.
- This was kind of a game changer.
- This is one of the most thematic rolling right games.
- This game is good. So good.
- This is a great game.
- I really think this is I this get should get played more again.
- This is a very small very very focused little flip and right game.
- So, so fun. Very good scoring.
- In my opinion, the best flipping right game that is Let's Make a Bus Route.
- This is just such a charming game.
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The Board Game Garden Discussion at 16:14 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Purchased for a good price
- Unique gameplay mechanics
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Flip and Write — A flip and write game, not a roll and write.
- Polyomino — Has polyomino kind of vibes in a unique way.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I find it so hard to carve out an actual Sunday to film one of these solo Sundays.
- I cannot express how thankful I am for this community and how just like kind people are.
- This is the worst situation I have been in in Cavern Shuffle.
- It's just so pretty.
- I am absolutely obsessed how this ends up looking in the end.
- So, it is like I think 7:30, almost 8:00 now.
- So, I feel like that's a pretty good gaming day.
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The Board Game Garden Discussion at 27:54 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique and surprising gameplay
- Engaging polyomino puzzle
- Exciting to play solo and multiplayer
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Seating audience members for a musical
- Auditorium / Theater
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Control — In multiplayer, players compete for the most filled spaces with their color markers.
- Objective Fulfillment — Meeting various objectives (A, B, C, D).
- polyomino placement — Players fill in spaces on a grid, and the empty spaces form polyomino shapes to be placed.
- Set Collection — Grouping audience members by color.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- May was a very solo gaming-heavy month, which made me really happy.
- I really do want to start doing solo gaming more because I just love it so much.
- So, yes, definitely recommend if you want a little day-to-day fun puzzle.
- This is definitely a game that broke my brain.
- The new version, the art is just absolutely stunning. I cannot get over it.
- The game that we had the most laughs with in the month of May is a game called Cats Pushing Things Off Shelves or something like that.
- I think the folding of the pastry in this game and the placing of the polyomino tiles freaking breaks my brain every time that I have played this, and it is just such a fun satisfying puzzle that has a lot of challenge to it.
- If
- this game is so relaxing to me.
- you are trying to create kind of empty spots in between your polyomino shapes.
- absolutely gorgeous game, very satisfying.
- All of the different like flowers and stuff on the tiles have this beautiful holographic foil on them that just like makes them shine.
- this game is from a smaller indie publisher and this is a game that more people need to experience, more people need to play.
- it is a hand management game where you're going to have specific customers that are going to need specific numbers uh and also specific kind of suits and you're going to be playing cards from your hand as well as from this table in front of you in order to serve those customers
- this game comes with like unlockable boxes, which I haven't even unlocked all of the ones that came in this prototype.
- I think this game is absolutely fantastic and definitely needs all the love.
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