Top Frog

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Action Point Allowance — Players use action cards (leap, rest, catch) and can hold one frog card in hand.
• End game trigger — The game ends based on collected hats, number of stacks with hats, or depletion of the pond cards.
• Set Collection — Players collect frogs, gnats, and hats for scoring.
• Simultaneous action selection — Players secretly choose an action card to play each turn.
• Stacking — Players create stacks of frogs with weight restrictions.
• Variable player powers — Different frog cards have 'when placed' or 'when stacked on' abilities.

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Quotes (from this video)

• Top Frog is going to be available on crowdfunding.
• We are stacking them yay high uh and triggering various powers.
• Players will be looking to rule the pond with the greatest assortment of stacked frogs possible.
• The game will end when the pawn can no longer be refilled with new cards.
• I'm hopping mad right now.
• We summoned him from the void.
• This is a river. So it shows what's coming down.
• This is a squander. When this happens, no one gets a frog card, and nat tokens go to all adjacent cards in the pond.
• The game will end once someone has three hats, if all the hats are out, or if this runs out.
• This is called the Score Anything app.
• The early frog gets the nat.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• action selection — Players play cards that represent actions like leaping, catching, or resting, with some cards providing bonus actions.
• Hand Management — Players have a hand of cards, a discard pile, and cards are brought back to hand using a rest card or flies.
• Resource Management — Flies are a resource that can be spent to retrieve cards from the discard pile.
• Set Collection — Players collect frogs and can score points for sets of frogs based on color or weight, especially when a hat is applied to a stack.
• simultaneous selection — Players simultaneously play a card from their hand and reveal it.
• Stacking — Frogs are stacked on lily pads, with restrictions on weight for subsequent frogs added to a stack.

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Quotes (from this video)

• Top Frog is a game about frogs jumping on lily pads.
• This game is a goofy game.
• It's a little chaotic.
• I love the the really cute artwork of the frogs.
• A seven out of 10 for me. Top Frog.

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Quotes (from this video)

• Top Frog is a tactical game of frog stacking for two to six players.
• There are no turns in Top Frog.
• This stack is now capped.
• The player with the highest score wins.
• If two players try to catch the same frog, they'll both be leaving empty-handed.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• bonus action cards — Purple bonus action cards can modify actions; they are played in addition to a main action and resolved during the standard resolution phase.
• catch and squanders — Catch attempts collect frogs or hat coupons when alone on a card; multiple catches on the same card are squandered.
• Compound Scoring — Final scoring includes points for meeting the lily pad objective on the associated stack.
• End Game Bonuses — Game ends when the deck/river can't refill, the last hat is taken, or a third hat is gained in a round; scoring from frog points, hat bonuses, lily pad objective, and gnats.
• End game scoring — Game ends when the deck/river can't refill, the last hat is taken, or a third hat is gained in a round; scoring from frog points, hat bonuses, lily pad objective, and gnats.
• frog stacking with weight constraints — Captured frogs are placed into up to three stacks, bottom-to-top, with heavier frogs supporting lighter ones.
• gnats mechanism — Gnats can be spent to peek the discard pile; unspent gnats score points at the end.
• hat coupons and hat cards — Hat coupons allow players to claim hat cards, placing a matching token on a stack to cap it and determine scoring bonuses.
• lily pad objective scoring — Final scoring includes points for meeting the lily pad objective on the associated stack.
• pond/river refill — End of round, the pond is refreshed by moving cards from the river to the pond, then replenishing the river.
• setup variation by player count — Setup varies by number of players (pond size, hats, and river composition differ for 3–6 players).
• Simultaneous action selection — Each round players select one action card from hand and place it face down; actions are resolved in phases with no turns.
• Simultaneous Actions — Each round players select one action card from hand and place it face down; actions are resolved in phases with no turns.
• Stacking and Balancing — Captured frogs are placed into up to three stacks, bottom-to-top, with heavier frogs supporting lighter ones.
• Variable Set-Up: Player — Setup varies by number of players (pond size, hats, and river composition differ for 3–6 players).

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No key topics recorded for this video.

Quotes (from this video)

• Top Frog is a tactical game of frog stacking for two to six players.
• There are no turns in Top Frog.
• This stack is now capped.
• The player with the highest score wins.
• If two players try to catch the same frog, they'll both be leaving empty-handed.

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