Age of Bitcoin

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• economic simulation — It's a really clever market economic type of game.
• Investment management — There's three main things that you can invest in in this game. One is cards, then there's gold, and then there's Bitcoin.
• Majority Control — There are some majorities for who has the most Bitcoin, most real estate investments, things like that.
• Worker Placement — It's a light worker placement movement.

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Quotes (from this video)

• As usual, we're going to share you games that we played in June 2025, the first time we played. So, not necessarily new games.
• It's all our opinion.
• All the new to us games for June.
• So, we are going to alternatively share from the number five to number one.
• Very aggressive, very hatedraft induced, but it's really great game.
• This is a really clever market uh economic type of game.
• It's really satisfying when you upgrade things when you try to all right what do we do first?
• This is the new pandemic system game set in the Lord of the Rings universe.
• Pleasantly surprising was how was the differences between this and Pandemic and how it felt like a very different game to Pandemic.

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Quotes (from this video)

• We are going to dip our toes in the water of investment, Bitcoin, gold and other investments and some cash of course.
• This is age of bitcoin. This is an investment worker placement worker movement game but it's largely an economic investment game.
• Not financial advice from us.
• Who’s got the most wealth point wins.
• This is really cute, right?

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Quotes (from this video)

• Age of Bitcoin captures market chaos in cardboard form.
• My gold here is steady, dependable, and it won't vanish into thin air.
• Prices rise and fall based on collective fee or enthusiasm.
• Yes, Bitcoin prices double overnight.
• The game thoughtfully captures the real life development of Bitcoin since as players individually gain trust.
• Selling at the right time could bring the price down.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Commodities — Players manage three asset types (Bitcoin, gold, investments) with prices that rise and fall.
• event-breaking/news and card drafting — Draw Breaking News and Event cards and refresh investment cards during round transitions.
• experience/learning — Learning boosts experience, unlocking higher capacities to hold more assets.
• Income — Resting allows income based on experience/investments.
• Mining — Players can mine Bitcoin by buying computers; roll dice to determine if mining yields Bitcoin; more machines increase chance.
• rest and income — Resting allows income based on experience/investments.
• round structure and scoring — Five rounds total (preparation, action, cleanup); scoring from gold, Bitcoin, investments, experience, and majority per asset type.
• speculation and FOMO tracking — A Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO) track increases with each action and can drive asset prices up or trigger market crashes.
• transactions per action — Each action allows one transaction: buy or sell assets (Bitcoin, gold) or acquisition of investment cards.

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

• Age of Bitcoin captures market chaos in cardboard form.
• My gold here is steady, dependable, and it won't vanish into thin air.
• Prices rise and fall based on collective fee or enthusiasm.
• Yes, Bitcoin prices double overnight.
• The game thoughtfully captures the real life development of Bitcoin since as players individually gain trust.
• Selling at the right time could bring the price down.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Crashes and maintenance — Market crashes reduce prices; maintenance costs when cards crash.
• End Game Bonuses — Wealth points from assets, cash, and special card bonuses; mining machines grant points.
• End-game scoring — Wealth points from assets, cash, and special card bonuses; mining machines grant points.
• FOMO track and price inflation — Prices rise and crash, driving volatility and strategic decisions.
• Global Bitcoin trust track — Affects ability to use Bitcoin as currency and final scoring bonuses.
• Inflation and price tracks — Prices increase each round due to inflation; affects cash value.
• Investment — Purchase or sell assets based on price tracks (FOMO).
• Investment actions (Bitcoin, gold, real investments) — Purchase or sell assets based on price tracks (FOMO).
• Learning action — Increase asset capacity and unlock investment/trust slots; increases income.
• Mining action and dice roll — Buy mining machines; roll dice to generate Bitcoin based on machine strength.
• Resting action — End-of-round action that affects turn order and round income.
• Worker Placement — Players place a worker to take actions (investments, learning, mining, resting).

Video topics + discussion points

No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

• We are going to dip our toes in the water of investment, Bitcoin, gold and other investments and some cash of course.
• This is age of bitcoin. This is an investment worker placement worker movement game but it's largely an economic investment game.
• Not financial advice from us.
• Who’s got the most wealth point wins.
• This is really cute, right?

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