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Scram!

Game ID: GID0452937
Game Info
Year
2023
Players
3-6
Age
15+
Playtime
30 min
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Description

A team-based card game where players work together to clear critter cards from their campsites and finish with the lowest collective team score.

Description

A team-based card game where players work together to clear critter cards from their campsites and finish with the lowest collective team score.

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Video qyY2YUwDANQ Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 25:41:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Allows for 'mean things' to be done to other players.
  • Similar scoring to Silver but with team-based play.
  • Can be played with a partner.
Cons
  • Requires careful communication with a partner.
  • Potential for a +10 penalty if the team score is not low enough.
Thematic elements
  • Team-based card game with direct player interaction.
Comparison games
  • Silver
  • Ritch cat
  • Golf
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card matching — Players discard cards by matching numbers to decrease hand size.
  • Hand Management — Players manage their hand size and the cards they play.
  • player interaction — Mechanics allow players to take cards from opponents or influence their hands.
  • Set Collection — Players collect cards, with goals related to lowest scores.
  • team-based play — Players work in teams, aiming for the lowest combined score.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • I mean it's a game that you're kind of managing the supply chain for the Allied invasion of Europe.
  • You're always on the edge of your seat.
  • You gotta manage your resources very carefully.
  • You've got to manage your troops and your supplies, and your transport.
  • If you roll bad and they get pushed back then you have to deal with that.
  • more Vanessa less Tony is how I was reading all those comments
  • It's not about the games it's the banter that you two brought to the show it's about the taste test it's about everything
  • Matthew Perry yes Matthew Perry 54 years old played Chandler Bing
  • he had started providing places for people who were dealing with the same thing to go to he was a philanthropist and trying to help others
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Video qyY2YUwDANQ Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 25:41:48 sentiment: positive
video_pk 94425 · mention_pk 257290
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Allows for 'mean things' to be done to other players.
  • Similar scoring to Silver but with team-based play.
  • Can be played with a partner.
Cons
  • Requires careful communication with a partner.
  • Potential for a +10 penalty if the team score is not low enough.
Thematic elements
  • Team-based card game with direct player interaction.
Comparison games
  • Silver
  • Ritch cat
  • Golf
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card matching — Players discard cards by matching numbers to decrease hand size.
  • Hand Management — Players manage their hand size and the cards they play.
  • player interaction — Mechanics allow players to take cards from opponents or influence their hands.
  • Set Collection — Players collect cards, with goals related to lowest scores.
  • team-based play — Players work in teams, aiming for the lowest combined score.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • I mean it's a game that you're kind of managing the supply chain for the Allied invasion of Europe.
  • You're always on the edge of your seat.
  • You gotta manage your resources very carefully.
  • You've got to manage your troops and your supplies, and your transport.
  • If you roll bad and they get pushed back then you have to deal with that.
  • more Vanessa less Tony is how I was reading all those comments
  • It's not about the games it's the banter that you two brought to the show it's about the taste test it's about everything
  • Matthew Perry yes Matthew Perry 54 years old played Chandler Bing
  • he had started providing places for people who were dealing with the same thing to go to he was a philanthropist and trying to help others
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video FDtgpvZYPNQ Watch It Played Gameplay Overview at 4:53:10 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88667 · mention_pk 234264
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
  • Engaging theme
  • Strategic depth
  • Interesting card effects
Cons
  • Can be memory intensive
  • Consequences for incorrect 'Scram' calls can be harsh
Thematic elements
  • Animals running amok in campsites
  • Campsite
  • Players manage their campsites and try to minimize the value of cards representing animal messes.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card Drafting — Players choose to draw from the deck or the discard pile.
  • Hand Management — Players draw cards and decide whether to play them for effects, replace cards in their campsite, or discard them.
  • Push Your Luck — Calling 'Scram' when a player has two or fewer cards is a push-your-luck element, with potential rewards for being correct and penalties for being wrong.
  • Set Collection — Players aim to collect cards with low values in their campsites to achieve the lowest total score.
  • Take That — The 'push forward' mechanic can affect other players' campsites by potentially revealing matching cards, allowing for the removal of more cards.
  • Variable player powers — Certain cards have special effects that players can utilize.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • If you don't have that and it's not essential you can have a team of people collaborating and making videos without that I think um but I'm not confident that that can last in the long run in a positive way
  • The only thing I'd like to do is make sure we get all the rules right during this and I'm the one who's doing I'm gonna try and do here what
  • When you push cards the active player has to push at least one of their own which is what makes it such what's interesting is this chat that we're looking at is good but it doesn't show follows the subscribers
  • The game's about gifting and re-gifting so everybody has a card in front of ourselves and they have various items that we would like to gift to other people
  • we're all going to start openly trading viciously trading frankly and trying to trade with other people
  • there's real Pit Vibes and there really is pit vibes
  • The theme of the game is that we're all campers at a campsite
  • when it comes to their tournament they have two or fewer cards in their campsite they can say Scram
  • This presentation is also brought to you by deceit deception and general chicanery in the form of liar liar
  • The game of truths and lies
  • this is a game all about gifting and re-gifting
  • you can choose to not accept the gift if you think that that's not what it is
  • The goal is to have the fewest cards at the end of the game
  • Citizen: Erase I've always wanted to know is that because of the Muse song Erase
  • Yes it is awesome confirmed oh my gosh yeah I'm a huge fan
References (from this video)
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Video FDtgpvZYPNQ Watch It Played Gameplay Overview at 4:53:10 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88667 · mention_pk 344454
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive
Pros
  • Engaging theme
  • Strategic depth
  • Interesting card effects
Cons
  • Can be memory intensive
  • Consequences for incorrect 'Scram' calls can be harsh
Thematic elements
  • Animals running amok in campsites
  • Campsite
  • Players manage their campsites and try to minimize the value of cards representing animal messes.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card Drafting — Players choose to draw from the deck or the discard pile.
  • Hand Management — Players draw cards and decide whether to play them for effects, replace cards in their campsite, or discard them.
  • Push Your Luck — Calling 'Scram' when a player has two or fewer cards is a push-your-luck element, with potential rewards for being correct and penalties for being wrong.
  • Set Collection — Players aim to collect cards with low values in their campsites to achieve the lowest total score.
  • Take That — The 'push forward' mechanic can affect other players' campsites by potentially revealing matching cards, allowing for the removal of more cards.
  • Variable player powers — Certain cards have special effects that players can utilize.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • If you don't have that and it's not essential you can have a team of people collaborating and making videos without that I think um but I'm not confident that that can last in the long run in a positive way
  • The only thing I'd like to do is make sure we get all the rules right during this and I'm the one who's doing I'm gonna try and do here what
  • When you push cards the active player has to push at least one of their own which is what makes it such what's interesting is this chat that we're looking at is good but it doesn't show follows the subscribers
  • The game's about gifting and re-gifting so everybody has a card in front of ourselves and they have various items that we would like to gift to other people
  • we're all going to start openly trading viciously trading frankly and trying to trade with other people
  • there's real Pit Vibes and there really is pit vibes
  • The theme of the game is that we're all campers at a campsite
  • when it comes to their tournament they have two or fewer cards in their campsite they can say Scram
  • This presentation is also brought to you by deceit deception and general chicanery in the form of liar liar
  • The game of truths and lies
  • this is a game all about gifting and re-gifting
  • you can choose to not accept the gift if you think that that's not what it is
  • The goal is to have the fewest cards at the end of the game
  • Citizen: Erase I've always wanted to know is that because of the Muse song Erase
  • Yes it is awesome confirmed oh my gosh yeah I'm a huge fan
References (from this video)
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Video F6f19iU_SXs Hungry Gamer Discussion at 7:51 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88604 · mention_pk 233975
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Strong team-based play
  • Engaging and fun with groups
Cons
  • Rule complexity can be a barrier for some players
Thematic elements
  • crunchy team-based play
  • tabletop with teams across the table
  • social, competitive
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • team-based play — Players form teams and coordinate across the table; game emphasizes teamwork and strategy.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • it's a fun interesting Twist on a word game I definitely enjoyed it
  • it's a really fun game
  • I beat him by three points
  • this game is a knife fight in a phone booth
  • it's pure chaos it is so much luck
  • if you're looking for fun and smashing and driving and explosions this is your game
References (from this video)
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Video F6f19iU_SXs Hungry Gamer Discussion at 7:51 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88604 · mention_pk 311787
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Strong team-based play
  • Engaging and fun with groups
Cons
  • Rule complexity can be a barrier for some players
Thematic elements
  • crunchy team-based play
  • tabletop with teams across the table
  • social, competitive
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • team-based play — Players form teams and coordinate across the table; game emphasizes teamwork and strategy.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • it's a fun interesting Twist on a word game I definitely enjoyed it
  • it's a really fun game
  • I beat him by three points
  • this game is a knife fight in a phone booth
  • it's pure chaos it is so much luck
  • if you're looking for fun and smashing and driving and explosions this is your game
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video Tk8IDmScrqY Watch It Played Analysis at 8:48 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88605 · mention_pk 233989
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Played multiple times during a stream
  • Team game experience is a lot of fun
  • Perfectly appropriately sized box
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
  • Cabo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • bluffing — There's some bluffing involved.
  • Deduction — Players only know the value of some of their cards and must try to deduce as much as possible before the round ends.
  • Press Your Luck — There's some push and luck.
  • Set Collection — Collectively, your team is trying to have the lowest total value in cards in front of you.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • this is going to absolutely take me out of my comfort zone since I don't usually Express personal favorites
  • if you force me to declare my favorite game of all time right now after much resistance I would say it's this
  • I'm expressing probably in this video more personal opinions about games than I have over the entirety of this Channel and I'm not sure how I feel about it
  • I just don't get any joy out of explaining why I don't like something when I know it might be something another person could possibly absolutely enjoy
  • I have to admit it's kind of fun
  • I probably won't do it again for another 10 years
References (from this video)
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Video Tk8IDmScrqY Watch It Played Analysis at 8:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Played multiple times during a stream
  • Team game experience is a lot of fun
  • Perfectly appropriately sized box
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
  • Cabo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • bluffing — There's some bluffing involved.
  • Deduction — Players only know the value of some of their cards and must try to deduce as much as possible before the round ends.
  • Press Your Luck — There's some push and luck.
  • Set Collection — Collectively, your team is trying to have the lowest total value in cards in front of you.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • this is going to absolutely take me out of my comfort zone since I don't usually Express personal favorites
  • if you force me to declare my favorite game of all time right now after much resistance I would say it's this
  • I'm expressing probably in this video more personal opinions about games than I have over the entirety of this Channel and I'm not sure how I feel about it
  • I just don't get any joy out of explaining why I don't like something when I know it might be something another person could possibly absolutely enjoy
  • I have to admit it's kind of fun
  • I probably won't do it again for another 10 years
References (from this video)
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Video MZxm3h_jYAE Watch It Played Discussion at 9:14 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88588 · mention_pk 233923
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Felt like there was something special there.
  • Played three times over a weekend.
  • Enjoyed collectively curtailing curious critters.
Cons
  • Sponsored by Party In PEI live stream, so consider potential bias.
Thematic elements
  • Clearing a campground of critters.
  • A campsite with encroaching critters.
Comparison games
  • Cabo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Deduction — Deducing hidden information scattered across your teammates.
  • Hidden Information — Information is hidden and scattered across teammates.
  • Set Collection — Clearing critters represented by cards.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • 10 games on the radar is a production of party Lemmings media Holdings Incorporated
  • you don't need to know everything just one more thing than your friends do
  • it was really satisfying to watch your fake clue totally send someone off in the wrong direction
  • this game seems to be pairing beautiful art with Cutthroat gameplay which sounds exactly like something I'd enjoy
  • we discovered just how unforgivingly deliciously brutal a word game can be
  • the fact that it's two player only makes me think that I might just have to give them a try one more time
  • party Lemmings has assured me that everything's gonna be absolutely fine
References (from this video)
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Video MZxm3h_jYAE Watch It Played Discussion at 9:14 sentiment: positive
video_pk 88588 · mention_pk 344448
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Felt like there was something special there.
  • Played three times over a weekend.
  • Enjoyed collectively curtailing curious critters.
Cons
  • Sponsored by Party In PEI live stream, so consider potential bias.
Thematic elements
  • Clearing a campground of critters.
  • A campsite with encroaching critters.
Comparison games
  • Cabo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Deduction — Deducing hidden information scattered across your teammates.
  • Hidden Information — Information is hidden and scattered across teammates.
  • Set Collection — Clearing critters represented by cards.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • 10 games on the radar is a production of party Lemmings media Holdings Incorporated
  • you don't need to know everything just one more thing than your friends do
  • it was really satisfying to watch your fake clue totally send someone off in the wrong direction
  • this game seems to be pairing beautiful art with Cutthroat gameplay which sounds exactly like something I'd enjoy
  • we discovered just how unforgivingly deliciously brutal a word game can be
  • the fact that it's two player only makes me think that I might just have to give them a try one more time
  • party Lemmings has assured me that everything's gonna be absolutely fine
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video jMepjOS5Wx0 Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Review at 0:00 sentiment: positive
video_pk 62288 · mention_pk 154798
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • easy to teach for non-gamers
  • family-friendly and portable for travel
  • thematic alignment with camping
  • snappy team-based play
  • adorable artwork and approachable design
Cons
  • not ideal for very small groups (2 players) or some mid-range counts
  • higher-number cards with special abilities can complicate strategy
  • may be less engaging for very young children
Thematic elements
  • minimize critter-related trouble at a campsite
  • campground/campsite
  • light, whimsical, family-friendly
Comparison games
  • Concepts
  • Golf
  • Euchre
  • hearts
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Draw and discard — draw from the draw pile or top of discard and decide whether to discard or swap cards
  • Hand Management — players manage their hands to optimize scoring for their team
  • scram end-of-round declaration — calling scram ends the turn sequence and leads to scoring after all face-down cards are revealed
  • set replacement / swap — swap cards across camps to lower overall score and potentially trigger card abilities
  • special card abilities — high-number cards have abilities that affect camps and can help or hinder players
  • team-based interaction — two teams collaborate, sharing a common goal to minimize score
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • the rules set was very intuitive
  • it's super travel friendly
  • it's primarily a four player or a six player game
  • it's that perfect family weight game
  • the theme came together really well with that camping theme
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Video Po47yv8igpo Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Discussion at 8:37 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 33601 · mention_pk 305020
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • bluffing, deduction, social play
  • Camping-themed competition game
  • light-hearted, party-game tone
Comparison games
  • Scream
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Betting and Bluffing — Players bluff about hands to mislead others.
  • bluffing — Players bluff about hands to mislead others.
  • Hand Management — Players hold and swap cards to optimize final scores.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • it's rematch time I lost at board game truths and a lie and I could not let that stand
  • Scream the card deduction game for three to five players is the spiritual sequel to the camping theme competition scram
  • Scream reaches retail this August and you can follow the link in this video's description to pre-order it now directly from Feier Games and receive 10% off your purchase plus free shipping in the US or discounted international shipping
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Video 6kJsoRtRyyQ Board With Steve Top List at 5:33 sentiment: positive
video_pk 10455 · mention_pk 100373
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • fast and chaotic with lots of interaction
  • table talk is a strength, encouraging social play
  • scales well with players and teams
Cons
  • luck can be influential; some may want more control
  • complex scoring can be confusing for first-timers
Thematic elements
  • sabotage and strategic hand manipulation
  • team-based card exchange and hand management
  • lively, competitive, social
Comparison games
  • Carbo
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Hand Management — Two teams try to minimize points by managing a shared hand and card exchanges.
  • scram risk mechanic — Calling scram ends the round with a risk: if your team has the lower hand, you score nothing and the other team gains.
  • table talk and collaboration — Active table talk and persuasion influence decisions.
  • team-based hand management — Two teams try to minimize points by managing a shared hand and card exchanges.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Pitch Out is such an underrated game I rarely hear anybody talking about it
  • Skull is a game that's all about bluffing
  • it's a d little game but absolutely anyone can play it
  • Scout is my favorite card game of all time
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