Game Info
Year
2021
Players
1-2
Age
10+
Playtime
20 min
Publisher
Runnaman Games
Complexity
1.5/5
Collection
Ratings
Creator Score
Mechanic profile
Waiting on more creator content
Vibe profile
Waiting on more creator content
Description
A quick card-drafting and dice-manipulation game about spotting and photographing birds from around the world
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Paula Deming Review at 33:38 sentiment: neutral
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Neutral
Pros
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Cons
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Thematic elements
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Comparison games
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Quotes (from this video)
- Don't let your games just sit untouched in rooms for extended periods cuz they get really filthy.
- I love Castles of Burgundy. One of my all-time favorite games.
- This is a narrative campaign dungeon crawl gloom havenesque type game that I want to make the time to play all the way through.
- If I was being really harsh, I'd probably call this.
- I just don't know that I'm going to get it played.
- I really love New Frontiers.
- I'm feeling really discouraged. I'm feeling really overwhelmed.
- The problem is you just it's unrealistic for some people.
- I need to get rid of games. I can't keep them all.
- And for every day I don't play one of these games, I'm keeping that potential of fun from someone else who might love the game.
- It makes me sad to look at games that I want to play and know I'm not going to be able to play them.
- They don't have feelings. They're in they're inanimate objects, you know.
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kovray Review at 1:16 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
- fast and easy to learn, making it accessible for casual players
- portable; the box can double as a dice tray
- strong head-to-head interaction in a two-player format
- aesthetically pleasing dice with a space-like marbled texture
- clear progression curve; patterns become recognizable after a few plays
Cons
- longevity concerns due to a relatively small card pool (12 cards)
- potential predictability once players memorize card patterns
- replayability may rely on preference for confrontation over discovery
Thematic elements
- Bird photography collection with tactical dice manipulation
- Global bird photography expedition with dice-based scoring
- conversational, instructional, and enthusiastic
Comparison games
- Railroad Inc
- Draftasaurus
- Wingspan
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Draft three face-up bird cards each round and place them into your banda, triggering top and bottom actions.
- card_drafting — Draft three face-up bird cards each round and place them into your banda, triggering top and bottom actions.
- Compound Scoring — Incorporates seeds or tokens that subtly modify scoring dynamics and provide hidden scoring opportunities.
- Dice Drafting — Draft dice from a color-coded pool to influence actions and outcomes on your bird cards.
- dice_drafting — Draft dice from a color-coded pool to influence actions and outcomes on your bird cards.
- hidden_scoring_tokens — Incorporates seeds or tokens that subtly modify scoring dynamics and provide hidden scoring opportunities.
- round_based_progression — The game advances through four rounds with drafting and cleanup phases shaping end-of-round scoring.
- set_collection_and_scoring — Build a hand of bird cards to trigger scoring via bottom actions; manage scoring cards and seeds to optimize points.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the heart of this game is dice manipulation
- it's fast it's simple and it's extremely portable
- it's a heart filler
- the progression and how the game is played is tight and strategic
- it's quick to learn and portable
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