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Year
2024
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Description
Shape Invaders is a retro-themed dexterity game for two players who are trying to be the last mothership standing.
Each player has three types of piece: Mothership, Shields and Fighters. You can flick your Mothership and Fighters at the opponent pieces to knock them off the table. Any Fighters or Shields knocked off the table are out and cannot be used again.
If your Mothership is knocked off you can swap it for a Shield piece on the table for an extra life, but if you're out of Shields your Mothership is lost and your opponent wins the game!
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BoardGameBollocks Event Coverage at 18:48 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Neutral
Pros
- Visually striking
- Interesting dexterity gameplay
Cons
- Too expensive
- Uncertainty about setup/components
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dexterity — you got these plastic probably 3D printed Space Invader like tiles and you'll be flicking them to try and knock your opponent's pieces off the board. You got three shields. If you lose your free shields and your mother ship gets knocked off, you lose the game.
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- So, my throat is like a piece of sandpaper that I've used to wipe my ass with.
- if you have been living under a [__] rock for the last 20 years, the UK Games Expo is the UK's biggest exhibition of tabletop games.
- I don't know, just felt kind of lame.
- So, [__] that. I'm not I'm not going to spend that much money on this dexterity game.
- it was a drab looking game. Kind of like too much work for what it was.
- This could quite easily have been done with a couple of tokens that you flip over. But fact that it comes with these little gimmicky dog things made it absolutely fantastic.
- one of the best Dexterity games, if not the best Dexterity game that we've ever played.
- it is a timeless classic that is only going to grow in stature in the future.
- Birmingham is vile, but luckily for you, the NEC is nowhere near that steaming hole.
- If you've never been or you turn your nose up, then you are missing out and you're a [__] idiot.
- I don't give a [__] what games you picked up.
- I only attack certain people. A people that use breath smells, people with BO, and people who are under 5' 3.
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Quotes (from this video)
- your aim is to destroy the opponent's Mothership with your aliens
- you can only flick your aliens or your mother ship
- any alien or Shield which is knocked off the board is lost
- if you're out of shields the ship is destroyed
- the base game comes with two fleets plus a net with brackets to confit your own table into an arena to catch the flying pieces
- get a portable gaming tabletop with the integrated UV and RBG lighting perfect for shape and faders or all your other games
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Board Stupid Preview at 4:51 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Immersive glow-in-the-dark components with UV table lighting
- Versatile play options (net, table, glow) for different setups
- Exciting hyperspace expansion concept and edge-bounce mechanic
Cons
- Higher initial price point due to table and add-ons
- Table-centric experience may not appeal to all players
Thematic elements
- space combat; flicking dexterity
- Galaxy/space setting; modular fleet battle
- space opera
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- combat objectives — shields cannot be flicked; attackers and the Mother Ship can be flicked; aim to knock out the opponent’s mother ship and shields
- Flicking — player flicks ships (mother ship, shields, attackers) to knock opponent’s pieces out of the Galaxy
- Flicking dexterity — player flicks ships (mother ship, shields, attackers) to knock opponent’s pieces out of the Galaxy
- production/kit — injection-molded components; air cushion base for speed; built-in table with UV lighting
- spawn/edge mechanics — Mother Ship can respawn in place of a shield; hyperspace expansion adds new movement edges
- table interaction — works on any surface; optional table net; UV lighting for glow effects
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Quotes (from this video)
- production is absolutely amazing
- it's a kit to be as creative as you can be and basically just Enders flicking games out of it
- we're going to crowdfund on Kickstarter in October this year
- the table will be on legs again with inbuilt UV lighting looks really good
- the hyperspace expansion ... they've walked through hyperspace back into the game
- the base price around 20 to 25 for base game, 35-40 with the net and the table
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