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Year
2018
Players
3-5
Age
11+
Playtime
30 min
Complexity
2.1/5
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Description
A hidden-movement deduction game where psychic pizza delivery players explore a secret map to deliver a pizza to the correct haunted house
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Nights Around a Table Discussion at 5:46 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Host had fun playing the mayor
Cons
- Don't think anybody else enjoyed it
Thematic elements
- Pizza Delivery
- Ghost Town
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it was our first trip to gen con in indianapolis also known as the best four days in gaming
- we have a very expensive toll highway in our neck of the woods so we always tell our map apps to ignore toll roads which means it's also going to ignore the toll tunnel and the toll bridges that would get us across the border in a reasonable amount of time so instead we drove through buffalo which i mean i don't recommend it that means we took the scenic route down to indianapolis which we are expecting to be about an eight-hour drive it was 13.
- gencon was being super safe this year by requiring masks and proof of vaccinations so the first task was to wait in this unbelievably long line to show our vaccination papers
- if you want to go hit the comment section complaining about masks and vaccines don't even bother because i'm going to delete it
- we thought for sure that attending a conference of 50 000 people will get the job done but we stayed masked all week and when we got home look at that no covid it's funny how that works
- if you're gonna go to gen con i definitely recommend eating first and lining up later
- multiple cge reps described as bonkers so i can't wait
- i thought the component quality was a little crummy even in this deluxe version
- indianapolis wound up being my least favorite city that starts with i and ends in indianapolis
- Match madness duo turned out to be a compelling hit
- i just could close my eyes for a little bit
- this was my favorite mask of the show by the way
- detroit seemed way cooler than indianapolis by the way let's have gencon there next year
- cheryl jerry rigged these tim hortons cups as rain barrels to keep us dry
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Nights Around a Table Rules Teach at 1:28:24 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Quirky and unique theme.
- Engaging asymmetric gameplay.
- Adorable ghost meeples.
- Can be a fun deductive puzzle.
- Potential for humorous moments due to confusion.
Cons
- Can be very frustrating for the deliverers.
- Map design (specifically the one used) is very difficult.
- Relies heavily on the mayor's accurate descriptions.
- Players can get lost and confused easily.
- Setup and learning the rules can be complex.
- Proximity of players can hinder clue-sharing for deliverers.
Thematic elements
- Delivering pizzas while navigating an invisible town and avoiding ghosts.
- Ghost Town
Comparison games
- Codenames
- 13 Dead End Drive
- The Hunger
- Psychonauts
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric gameplay — Players have different roles and abilities (mayor vs. deliverer).
- card drafting/hand management — Players can earn and use 'psychic power' cards for special abilities.
- Deduction — Players must deduce their location and the location of objectives based on limited information.
- Hidden Information — The core of the game revolves around the deliverers not knowing the map layout, requiring information from the mayor.
- Movement — Players move their pizza deliverer pieces on the grid.
- Player Elimination — The game ends if the deliverers fail to complete their objective within 20 rounds, with the mayor winning.
- Set Collection — Players need to pick up the correct pizza to deliver to the matching house.
- Teleportation — Warp tiles allow players to move between different locations on the board.
- Tile Placement — The map of Ghost Town is constructed, and players reveal parts of it as they explore.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's a super weird Japanese game.
- the greatest thing I've ever seen.
- This game is making me question all of where I am right now.
- I think it's a more definitely more fun exercise when you know how the town's laid out so I think it's more fun for the mayor than it is for the deliverers but your liver is it's painful I feel like.
- The map is mean and it is really hard map.
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top List at 14:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Hilarious title
- Good time
- Great experience even when chaotic
Cons
- The mayor role might be difficult for very young children.
Thematic elements
- Delivering pizza to ghosts.
- Ghost town.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Hidden Movement — One player knows the location of all players and objectives; others move and try to discover locations.
- Information gathering — Players gather information to map out where to go and make deliveries.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- if we reach 3,000 subscribers we would do our top 100 games of all time
- it's like how do you pick out the best ones and then on top of that how do you rank the best ones
- if my mind is able to be fully present which game do I prefer
- we're going through this 10 games at a time so today's video we're going through 100 through 91
- this is such a fun pretty game and it's so mean like you don't realize how mean this game is until you play it
- the game playay itself is so unbelievably chill this is super relaxing experience
- the system the gameplay of this game is so strong and so good
- I don't care if I win or lose it doesn't matter what matters is how good of a story did I create at the end of the game
- Ticket to Ride what a classic uh game
- Ticket to Ride Legacy garbage it doesn't count for this
- it is incredibly adorable it is aggressively adorable
- absolutely a brain burner thinky experience as well
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top List at 8:10 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- silly fun
- great family game for October
- hidden movement done well
- love the title
Cons
- can be crazy incorrect if the mayor makes mistakes
- not ideal for young children to play as the mayor
Thematic elements
- delivering pizza while avoiding ghosts
- a ghost town with actual ghosts
- hidden movement narrative
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative — Players work together to find and deliver pizzas.
- Deduction — Players use limited information (e.g., 'next to a ghost') to map out their location.
- GM/narrator role — One person plays as the 'mayor' acting as a GM, guiding players and knowing everything.
- Hidden Movement — A hidden movement style game where the players themselves are part of the hidden movement.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Three sisters I don't like a lot of rolling rights it's not my jam but three sisters I think is one of the greatest rolling rights that's ever been made
- this is just chaotic
- it's just crazy like Cosmic chaos fun as you're moving around
- this is probably the C game I've played the most of all time this is the game I play the most I probably have several thousand of this game because you don't just play it once this is the kind of game that you play and then you play again and then you play again
- this is personally my favorite in the Forbidden series but this is also just kind of a placeholder for the Forbidden series
- this is also a Cooperative game uh but in this game basically you have uh you are playing kind of as the people or the the island itself and you are fighting off people who are trying to come to your islands
- I think code names duet it's a it's a two-player game they made code names they made it two-player and it is so difficult just as difficult as code names but even like kind of more so
- this is going to be race to the raft
- I like this so much more than I love cats and I don't hear getting talked about a lot play race of the ra people it's really fun
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Top List at 10:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun little weird game
Cons
- One player is not actively playing
Thematic elements
- Delivering pizza
- Ghost town
- GM narrates and players explore
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Blind movement — it's all this kind of um blind movement that you're kind of doing
- GM/DM Role — There is it's one person who's not playing it at all. Uh, they are the mayor. They're kind of just act like a DM almost or a GM
- Real-Time — The mayor knows everything, but they can't necessarily um tell you what's going on. All they can tell you is what the status of the game is.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- We've all had this scenario happen. You've got a game h game night planned. There's going to be you and three other friends. So a total of four of you are all going to play a game together. ... But what what happens? Somebody brings a friend with them and now all of a sudden you thought you were going to have a great strategy night, but now you got five players.
- We have a list of 10 strategy games that you can pivot to when you thought you were going to have a four-player night, but now you're going to have a five player night.
- These are all games that are kind of give that classic two to four player feel um with some twists that play well with five player counts.
- Flash Point Fire Rescue is a cooperative game.
- It is a really cool tense firefighting game where you get a chance to all have different roles trying to put out this fire.
- Power Grid.
- This plays wonderful at every player count, but I would argue that the four, five, and six players. The higher the better.
- The player order is one of the key features of this game because there's a really great um catch-up mechanism.
- It is the number one game that we recommend for five players when you were thinking you were only going to play with four players.
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Top List at 8:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Hilarious and funny theme.
- Sounds different and logic-based.
- Family members were intrigued by the concept.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Pizza delivery
- Ghost Town
Comparison games
- Treasure Island
- Magic Labyrinth
- Search for Planet X
- Alchemists
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players use logic and note-taking to deduce the location of the pizza and the destination on a grid-based map.
- Hidden Movement — The pizza is invisible, and players must sense its location, similar to hidden movement or exploration.
- One vs. Many — One player acts as the mayor, controlling hidden information, while the other players cooperate as pizza deliverers.
- Pen and paper — The game uses pencil and paper for note-taking and deduction, similar to games like Search for Planet X or Alchemists.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- number two is a game called evergreen
- look how different and striking these cards look look how juicy and enticing these dual layer boards look i'm a sucker for dual layer boards if a game has them i'm like take the money i don't have please
- it looks neat it's appealing
- number one game that i'm most excited about checking out is a game called weirdwood banner
- i don't like cooperative games
- i like pretty artwork i like nice components
- it's steven spielberg it's stranger thingsy it reminds me of eerie indiana which was one of my favorite shows when i was a kid you know it's goosebumps it's scooby-doo it's that whole thing it's the the kid paranormal genre which i quite like
- it's a game that i might not necessarily purchase myself or want to have in my collection but i do want to witness it and i want to see more about what it does and how it works
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Discussion at 10:25 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Really like what's being done here
- Clever puzzle
- Cute implementation of theme
- Theme matches mechanics perfectly
- Brilliant concept
Cons
- One player cannot win if they are not the mayor (asymmetric roles)
- May not be liked if you want a game where everyone competes
Thematic elements
- Delivering pizzas in a ghost town while inferring locations
- Ghost town
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric play — One player is the mayor and provides information, while others are pizza deliverers.
- Deduction — Players use hints from the mayor to deduce the location of houses, pizzas, and ghosts.
- Hidden Movement — Players move figures based on directions and obstacles described by the mayor, without seeing the full board.
- Set Collection — Players need to find a pizza and deliver it to the correct house.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I spend a lot of time researching board games especially family board games
- I find six new games that I'm very excited to take home
- I really wanted to have a good weekend playing with them
- this is the kind of game I would rate very very highly for mechanics
- This is a really simple and abstract game
- the mathematician in me really likes to engage with these new things that I've never seen before
- I really get excited when I find really good games for young players
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Ryan and Bethany Ford - Ford Game Reviews Review at 0:08 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique asymmetric mayor-player dynamic
- Psychic cards add depth and variety
- Spooky atmosphere without being scary for families
- High replayability with variants and modules
- Silly and evocative theme and title
Cons
- Portals and hidden movement can be confusing for new players
- Information asymmetry may slow early play for some groups
- Moderate setup and learning curve for first-time players
Thematic elements
- Pizza delivery amidst ghosts with a game-master mayor
- Ghost town grid-based map with hidden movement
- Asymmetric roles with mayor guiding players
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Movement — Players declare moves (N/S/E/W) and the mayor reveals borders, fences, and open spaces.
- Asymmetric roles (mayor vs players) — A mayor acts as game master, not playing on the board as a normal player, guiding information.
- Directional movement and map borders — Players declare moves (N/S/E/W) and the mayor reveals borders, fences, and open spaces.
- Ghosts as blockers and combat — Ghosts block paths; players can attack ghosts to gain information or abilities.
- Hidden movement on a 7x7 grid — Players move pawns on a board while the mayor provides information about surroundings and map features.
- Pick-Up and Deliver — Players collect pizzas from a pizza place and deliver to matching houses.
- Pizza pickup and delivery mechanic — Players collect pizzas from a pizza place and deliver to matching houses.
- portals — Teleportation portals that move a player to another map location, altering the search.
- Psychic cards deck as turn replacement — Drawing and playing psychic cards grants special abilities and can replace a normal turn.
- Three basic actions per turn — Move, attack a ghost, or play a second card; play proceeds until pizza is delivered.
- Variants and expansion modules — Optional cards, modifiers, and mayor-timing variants to adjust difficulty and replayability.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The title by itself is just super hilarious and evocative.
- This is extremely unique; this is not like anything else we have, even other hidden movement games.
- This was a surprise hit for us; we didn't really know what to expect.
- When you win you feel so amazing – yes, I did it, I beat you, I beat the ghost, I beat the mayor, I am awesome.
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Foster the Meeple Review at 12:00 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Highly replayable chaos with a strong social element
- Fun DM-esque feel; great for groups
Cons
- Can be a tougher teach for new players due to layered clues
- Humor-heavy tone may not land for all groups
Thematic elements
- Deduction and chaotic social deduction intrigue with a playful theme
- A spooky town where pizza must be delivered while ghosts and portals complicate deliveries
- Lighthearted, chaotic, deduction-driven
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card play / Break the Rules — Cards modify rules and add twists to the deduction flow.
- Deduction — One player acts as the mayor and others deduce pizza locations via clues.
- deduction/hidden information — One player acts as the mayor and others deduce pizza locations via clues.
- Grid-based deduction — Players track positions on a grid with surrounding reports guiding the search.
- Public puzzle solving — Players collaborate to deduce locations while competing for host reveal.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I really liked it I love engine builder games and this definitely has a flavor of that
- Production is beautiful just like stunning
- Two player ramped really well
- This is the best bidding game we've ever played
- It's not complicated but there is a lot going on
- Live long and prosper my friends
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