Game Info
Year
2023
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
45 min
Complexity
1.5/5
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Description
Players arrange colorful scales on goldfish boards to complete objectives and win best in show
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Board Game Sanctuary Analysis at 16:24 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Mixed
Pros
- Cool theme about building patterns of scales on goldfish.
- Cool trading system where scales can be shared via a fishbowl.
- Objective cards score points for fulfilling specific patterns.
Cons
- The scales are a bit fiddly and tend to be difficult to slot in.
- Wish the scales were a little bit bigger.
Thematic elements
- Goldfish scales
- Aquarium
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Gameplay involves drafting sets of three fish scales.
- Pattern Building — Players build patterns of scales on goldfish to score points based on required patterns.
- Set Collection — Scales are used to fulfill objective cards, each scoring points if the pattern is met.
- Trading — Scales can be placed in a central fishbowl, which other players can use, creating a trading system.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I love how these cool little added 3D features or costuming really adds a new Dynamic to the worker placement mechanism that we often see in a lot of worker placement games
- This is a brilliant game that is not everyone's flavor but it just has that right element of using cool interconnected cogs that kind of um times the strategy that you kind of invest in
- The idea that you're trying to create this Lily Pad this flower and Lily P Arrangement using Sticks and Stones means you've got to think symbolically about how you're going to get your materials to convey uh the feeling or the idea of the photograph to the other players
- so often when we've played this game we've taken the Obelisk out played the game and whenever it's time to move move or rotate the um disc we put it back in and just rotate it and then move it out
- I have the older version of the game where you had to actually make the dispenser out of cardboard which I know a couple of times if I've lifted it up it tends to fall apart
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Rob's Tabletop World Review at 1:43 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- A game is a game. Play it and have a good time.
- this is just plain and simple fun.
- Nothing better than tons and tons of dice.
- This game is what games are all about.
- This is a fantastic experience, and it's original, it's smart, it's fun, it's dice drafting, it's utilizing some strategies, it's just it's just plain good.
- Just a game that is plain and simple fun.
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Getting Games Discussion at 36:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great visual appeal; highly aesthetic components
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- color/scale design; showmanship
- goldfish show; design contest
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- board with dual-layer fish design — players arrange colored scales on a large fish figure; rondelle-like actions; goal to maximize show appeal
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I'm incredibly biased and I'm not going to sit here and tell you to back the Kickstarter campaign for this one
- I wrote the rulebooks for all these four games
- distilled two-hour 18nxx experience
- I judge games by their cover; Katamino Tower looks cool
- Clover really surprised me with how much I've enjoyed it
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Stonemaier Games Discussion at 25:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Played at Geekway
- Considered the host's favorite of the three abstract, puzzly, nature-themed games played.
- Features nice wooden token scales.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Nature
Comparison games
- Shallow Sea
- Habitats
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I think Scythe is the the cover for Scythe I think really captured people's imaginations in a way that is rare for game in general.
- And honestly, I think I think if Tapestry had been had had released a little earlier in Stonemaier's uh existence, I think it would be of magnitudes a best-selling game.
- It was my gateway game to games beyond Telestrations and Codenames, and I've never looked back.
- Can we know more about the Scythe versus Expeditions dueling game?
- I am planning to do a blog post about moderation policies online.
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Stonemaier Games Discussion at 19:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Most streamlined and satisfying mechanically and visually.
- Perfectly balances set collection goals with visual appeal.
- Enjoyed the dual-layered mat and wooden scale components.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Building a fish with scales
- Underwater
Comparison games
- Sagrada
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Pattern Building — Players place tokens on their player board to create specific patterns or groups.
- resource drafting — Players claim piles of tokens (scales) to use in building their fish.
- Set Collection — Collecting sets of scales of the same type to score points.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is not the first time you've been hacked. This is not the first time the YouTube channel's been hacked that you personally have been hacked that it's impacted you.
- So, you know, sometimes I try You say that as I'm looking up at the periphery cuz Megan just poked her head at you.
- It's a big part of what you do.
- I I consider it part of my job now the the type of I guess technically it's on the under the broader umbrella of marketing but really to me it's about community.
- So, really the only thing that has crossed my mind is if it keeps happening, if I c simply cannot get this whatever it is, this bug, this hack, this this uh this fishing, whatever it is, if I can't get it out, then eventually I might have to just start the channel over again.
- It isn't it really is not about the numbers it isn't about I think there's like 57,000 subscribers that feels good feels good that a lot of people follow along but it isn't about that number in the end.
- Um, so I try not to be myopic when I'm talking about anything. I try to look at it from all sides, but you know, we're humans and we miss things and we sometimes look at things in a way again without even trying to looking at it in a certain way.
- So, I think the way that you approach social media and the way that you approach YouTube and your videos in general, um, speaks to who you are as a person.
- It's the little tiny things that get to me, things that shouldn't bother a normal human that I'm like, 'Oo.'
- I I have to make sure I I I try to keep games that I'm actively playing or at least play once a yearish, right?
- Um, and this is what's been obsessing me over the past few days. I'm like, you know what? I'm going to share my sad sad problem uh with you all out there.
- This podcast is just quickly becoming a food podcast.
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Unknown Channel Review at 0:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- easy to teach
- visually striking components
- engaging pattern-building mechanic
- strong presentation and table presence
Cons
- pattern cards are secret, which can obscure goal-tracking
- risk of over-spending scales without guaranteed finish
- late-game pattern availability can slow decision-making
Thematic elements
- pattern-building and set-collection centered on completing a painted fish
- A colorful, decorative fish-themed market around a central fishbowl with pattern-based scoring
- tutorial-style explanation blended with enthusiastic personal review
Comparison games
- Panda Royale
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- end-game trigger and scoring — Game ends when a player finishes their fish; scoring via completed patterns, scale-area points, and black-scale bonuses
- market action and card drafting — A center market presents pattern cards and scales; players draw and trade to acquire options
- Placement rules and adjacency — Placed scales must touch the front row of the fish or touch two existing scales
- Resource Management — Spend scales to buy pattern cards; manage limited resources to optimize scoring potential
- resource management and upgrade — Spend scales to buy pattern cards; manage limited resources to optimize scoring potential
- set collection / pattern building — Players gather scales to complete pattern cards for points
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I like this game because it is easy to teach, easy to get to the table.
- The presentation is amazing.
- pattern building
- look at those gorgeous fish, I love the look of the final finished fish
- easy to teach and it's fun
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