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GIFT

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Video eY48koRmFzE Meeple University Rules Teach at 0:15 sentiment: positive
video_pk 91787 · mention_pk 246409
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Does not require players to be clever or funny in the sentences they construct.
  • Takes away some of the social pressures that may come with other word party games.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Earning back body parts
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Deduction — The other players at the table may then attempt to guess the keyword or keywords.
  • Set Collection — Players attempt to gather a complete set of five body parts.
  • Social Deduction — Includes elements of non-confrontational social deduction.
  • Wordplay — Elements of wordplay are included in the game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It is a light tactical word and social deduction game.
  • The recently deceased players attempt to earn back their body parts by hiding keywords in short sentences.
  • The essence of the game is in the bluffing and double bluffing that comes with trying to hide these keywords in plain sight and the tactics associated with contriving to earn the specific body parts that you need to complete your set.
  • Unlike other word based party games the game does not require its players to be clever or funny in the sentences they construct taking away some of the social pressures which may come with other word party games.
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Video eY48koRmFzE Meeple University Rules Teach at 0:15 sentiment: positive
video_pk 91787 · mention_pk 308112
Meeple University - GIFT video thumbnail
Click to watch at 0:15 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Does not require players to be clever or funny in the sentences they construct.
  • Takes away some of the social pressures that may come with other word party games.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Earning back body parts
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Deduction — The other players at the table may then attempt to guess the keyword or keywords.
  • Set Collection — Players attempt to gather a complete set of five body parts.
  • Social Deduction — Includes elements of non-confrontational social deduction.
  • Wordplay — Elements of wordplay are included in the game.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It is a light tactical word and social deduction game.
  • The recently deceased players attempt to earn back their body parts by hiding keywords in short sentences.
  • The essence of the game is in the bluffing and double bluffing that comes with trying to hide these keywords in plain sight and the tactics associated with contriving to earn the specific body parts that you need to complete your set.
  • Unlike other word based party games the game does not require its players to be clever or funny in the sentences they construct taking away some of the social pressures which may come with other word party games.
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Video eiLoJ2plPpQ Meeple University Rules Teach
video_pk 70767 · mention_pk 167783
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Players begin the game dead and are attempting to come back to life by collecting a full set of these five body parts.
  • I wanted a theme that just conveyed the you know I got a life or death or a high-stakes situation and I'm really inspired by movies like corpse bride
  • I want to make a quirky game about a serious topic
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Video eiLoJ2plPpQ Meeple University Rules Teach at 0:33 sentiment: positive
video_pk 70767 · mention_pk 246408
Meeple University - GIFT video thumbnail
Click to watch at 0:33 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Interesting and fun
  • Quick setup
  • Theme meshes well with the game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • A quirky game about a serious topic, like life or death or high stakes situations, inspired by movies like Corpse Bride.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Deduction — Other players guess which words in the sentence correspond to the key cards.
  • Sentence building — Players make sentences using starting letters from cards.
  • Set Collection — Players collect a full set of five body parts to win the game.
  • Take That — Players can steal opponent's body parts.
  • Word hiding — Players hide key words within their sentences, which correspond to key cards.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Players begin the game dead and are attempting to come back to life by collecting a full set of these five body parts.
  • I wanted a theme that just conveyed the you know I got a life or death or a high-stakes situation and I'm really inspired by movies like corpse bride
  • I want to make a quirky game about a serious topic
References (from this video)
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Video eiLoJ2plPpQ Meeple University Rules Teach at 0:33 sentiment: positive
video_pk 70767 · mention_pk 308111
Meeple University - GIFT video thumbnail
Click to watch at 0:33 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Interesting and fun
  • Quick setup
  • Theme meshes well with the game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • A quirky game about a serious topic, like life or death or high stakes situations, inspired by movies like Corpse Bride.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Deduction — Other players guess which words in the sentence correspond to the key cards.
  • Sentence building — Players make sentences using starting letters from cards.
  • Set Collection — Players collect a full set of five body parts to win the game.
  • Take That — Players can steal opponent's body parts.
  • Word hiding — Players hide key words within their sentences, which correspond to key cards.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Players begin the game dead and are attempting to come back to life by collecting a full set of these five body parts.
  • I wanted a theme that just conveyed the you know I got a life or death or a high-stakes situation and I'm really inspired by movies like corpse bride
  • I want to make a quirky game about a serious topic
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video Ub0G_KFFdBY Meeple University Review at 0:20 sentiment: positive
video_pk 64960 · mention_pk 158563
Meeple University - GIFT video thumbnail
Click to watch at 0:20 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Good interesting fun times
  • Best of both worlds: word game with party game feel
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Collecting body parts and making interesting sentences
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Acronyms — On the other side of each body part are some letters and basically you put these out on the table and then you think of a sentence where the first first letter in each word of your sentence matches the letters here.
  • Key word cards — There's some strategy with people tapping the body part that they think is a secret key word and that's these other that's these key word cards here.
  • Sentence building — It's a word game where you're collecting body parts and you're making interesting sentences.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • hi I'm here with Mary Pritchard
  • it sends for good interesting fun times
  • it's a word game where you're collecting body parts and you're making interesting sentences
  • it's part creativity part actual strategy
  • it's the best of both worlds it's a word game with a bit of a party game feel to it
  • the first part of the game is acronyms
  • you think of a sentence where the first first letter in each word of the your sentence matches the letters here
  • well it's hard but the word fun in things people don't believe you but I think if I put good and interesting together and fun then maybe people will get that a bit tongue-in-cheek for sure
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Video S-Zw8kxZg8Q Meeple University Playthrough at 0:10 sentiment: positive
video_pk 64939 · mention_pk 158542
Meeple University - GIFT video thumbnail
Click to watch at 0:10 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Interesting fun times
  • Makes for fun
Cons
  • Difficult to hide a keyword in three
  • Can be unfair
Thematic elements
  • Body parts
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • bluffing — Players may intentionally mislead opponents about the keywords or their own cards.
  • Keyword Guessing — Players try to guess a keyword based on a sentence provided by another player.
  • Set Collection — Players collect specific body parts to achieve a goal.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • hi it's Stella and Taryn here and this is maple University's one round playthrough of gift good interesting fun times
  • we're a couple rounds into the game I presently have two sets of kidneys and an intestine I have a brain in the belly
  • Peters zippers barely audible
  • placing zebra below aeroplane
  • if you'd like to learn the rules to the game in full you can click on the link in the description to check out our how to play video for this game which includes some tips and strategies from the games design up Mady Pritchard
  • at the time of filming this game is going to be on Kickstarter around much February 2019 so when it is on Kickstarter we will put the link in the description bureau so check that out
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