Game Info
Year
2023
Players
2-5
Age
8+
Playtime
60 min
Complexity
1.6/5
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Description
A light family engine-building and set-collection game where players act as authors writing a book about remarkable women throughout history.
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Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 10 List at 19:08 sentiment: positive
video_pk 87145 · mention_pk 227285
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- educational, history-themed
- learns about women's contributions
Cons
- longer playtime; not a quick filler
Thematic elements
- biographies and significant achievements
- history of women's contributions
- educational, narrative drafting
Comparison games
- River Valley Glassworks
- Draftosaurus
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drafting — draft chapters about notable women to place on your board
- token management — collect tokens to unlock chapters and scoring
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Beacon Patrol is my number one.
- Ticket to Ride London you're collecting sets of cards and then you're claiming your routes.
- Ticket to Ride New York Edition is my number five.
- My number one is Her Story.
- Draftosaurus is one that Stacy has already mentioned as well.
- Dice Veggies really fun game where you are cutting from the end of the brick.
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Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 15 List at 32:39 sentiment: positive
video_pk 86192 · mention_pk 222326
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Educational focus on women in history
- Reserving and drafting adds strategic depth
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Educational storytelling and biographical drafting
- Women in history; biographies
- Historical vignette-driven
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Reserving cards allows future use and strategic pacing toward scoring bonuses.
- Drafting to build chapters — Draft tokens to purchase chapters; reserve cards or draft directly into your book; finish when eight chapters are reached in solo, or equivalent in multiplayer.
- Reserve and drafting into book — Reserving cards allows future use and strategic pacing toward scoring bonuses.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I really like that drafting mechanism in the solo because it makes an interesting way to do drafting in a Solo game
- it's triple aspect of almost three different drafting things that you're doing in the game
- the drafting comes in is on the bottom of the main board there are six different events
- the conveyor belt so everything moves down the conveyor belt
- the drafting mechanism of this because it is more than just a pick and pass
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Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Playthrough at 0:00 sentiment: positive
video_pk 86092 · mention_pk 222002
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Educational with a clear focus on notable women's biographies
- Two-player friendly and relatively quick to play
- Endgame scoring has rewards for exact token counts
- Library/board components and token clarity help teach mechanics
Cons
- Some players may find token/symbol management fiddly
- Camera angle and on-table visibility during video playthrough
- Rules can be a bit dense for new players at first
Thematic elements
- Celebrating women's contributions across history
- Historical biographies of notable women; drafting cards to write chapters
- Biographical compilation through a board game
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Chapter drafting and placement — Draft and place women into 'books' to form chapters; matching tokens and symbols grant bonus points.
- Drafting — On your turn you draft a card from a central pool or draft tokens, which you then place into your book or discard to the discard pile.
- End Game Bonuses — End-game scoring depends on number of chapters, presence of power tokens, and copying endgame powers (for some players).
- Endgame scoring system — End-game scoring depends on number of chapters, presence of power tokens, and copying endgame powers (for some players).
- endgame trigger — Game ends when a player completes eight chapters; all players take equal turns then proceed to end-game scoring.
- Power tokens / symbols — Symbols on cards can be used as permanent research tokens; using two symbols can yield endgame scoring or chapter completion bonuses.
- Token economy — Research tokens with symbols can be spent to write chapters; some cards grant symbols and endgame powers.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- yeah we like we do enjoy games where there's some learning aspects to it
- this plays pretty quick
- we do enjoy this one it plays pretty quick
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Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 10 List at 28:24 sentiment: positive
video_pk 85537 · mention_pk 219427
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- educational and engaging with real historical figures
- strong engine-building via chapters
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- engine-building via drafting chapters
- famous women in history across various fields
- biographical / historical
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- board/token placement to draft chapters — place chapters to build a book and gain bonuses
- Card Drafting — collect cards to draft chapters and complete them for points
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- In Power Plants, you draw tiles from a bag and place them into the flower patch.
- it's kind of like an adult game of tic-tac-toe
- The origami art on Sea Salt and Paper is just absolutely gorgeous.
- Isle of Cats Explore and Draw is the travel-friendly version of Isle of Cats.
- I love everything about this game. The learning aspect is great.
- The solo has really interesting scenarios.
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Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 6 List at 6:19 sentiment: positive
video_pk 84588 · mention_pk 215074
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Educational and inspirational subject matter with strong historical research
- Beautiful art and tactile components; book-as-theme is appealing
Cons
- Some players may find token management and endgame bonuses fiddly
Thematic elements
- education, empowerment, and recognition of overlooked figures
- Women’s history and achievements
- chapter-building through real historical biographies
Comparison games
- Trekking Through History
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- chapter collection with tokens — Tokens are spent to purchase chapters for a personal book.
- library card refresh — Refresh tokens to gain new options, usable twice per game.
- Multi-Use Cards — Cards grant immediate actions, endgame bonuses, or set endgame triggers.
- multi-use cards with powers — Cards grant immediate actions, endgame bonuses, or set endgame triggers.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I really like Trekking Through History.
- I really like this game, but I suck at it.
- This is a thinker game along with it.
- Her Story is underrated.
- Ticket to Ride feel to Trekking the World second edition.
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Board Game Dad Top 12 List at 18:20 sentiment: positive
video_pk 34879 · mention_pk 104007
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Strong educational angle for families
- Great biographies and learning moments
Cons
- Simple mechanics may feel light for some
Thematic elements
- investigation and interviews to build a biography book
- women in history; biography-focused
- educational with reading biographies
Comparison games
- Dixit
- Timeline
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- investigation/collection tokens — players gather tokens to unlock chapters
- story/biography revelation — end of play reveals biographies and narratives
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- these deals come from Amazon
- What's Next is a Cooperative Adventure game
- for 30 bucks oh and also the component quality here
- Apollo this is a really fascinating educational game
- Juicy Fruits I think is not very exciting
- Gloomhaven Jaws of the Lion is one of the most popular board games on Board Game Geek
- Oath is not an entry-level game
- Pan Am is a really smart thematic game
- Beyond the Sun is fantastic
- Gutenberg is a wonderful auctioning game
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Beyond Solitaire Review at 4:43 sentiment: positive
video_pk 3983 · mention_pk 11606
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Innovative detective-narrative that leverages live-action video
- Strong emphasis on player inference and interpretation
- Compact, focused experience with high replay potential
Cons
- Limited interactivity beyond searching and watching clips
- Requires patience and a different pacing from traditional games
Thematic elements
- Puzzle-solving through narrative reconstruction and keyword-driven search
- Contemporary crime investigation accessed through video interviews
- Nonlinear, database-like interrogation of clips revealing a larger story
Comparison games
- Immortality
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- clip-based storytelling — Clips can be revisited and recontextualized as the search evolves, influencing deductions.
- keyword search in a video database — Enter keywords to reveal and watch interview clips, shaping the investigation's trajectory.
- Storytelling — Clips can be revisited and recontextualized as the search evolves, influencing deductions.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is a video game that is not like most video games you've ever played
- you can pause and then you can zoom in and you can try to use this ey to click on items or people or faces that are in each of the clips
- it's a very special game it's a special experience
- you really feel like you're a researcher
- some of the clips you start it and you're like whoa
- I would check out immortality the next time you are feeling a love for the history of film love for acting and you want to do something kind of mysterious in video gamey with them
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