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Year
2019
Players
4-8
Age
10+
Playtime
30 min
Complexity
1.6/5
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Description
A hidden-partnership drawing game where players draw hints about a secret word to match only the player with the same word
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Video 5eC9XuTFhzg
Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 1:07:08 sentiment: positive
video_pk 93498 · mention_pk 253059
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Interesting take on a drawing game.
- Very simple and playable with anybody.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Party game focused on drawing and hinting at words.
- Players draw to hint at a word, with the goal for only one person to guess the intended word.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players try to figure out the hinted word.
- Drawing — A drawing game where players hint at words.
- Party Game — A simple party game suitable for playing with anyone.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- You will not do your what was that called oh crap his spiel what's that called wow that was a joke that just totally flat on his face right there
- We're just lolling people to sleep where the music of the board game board game podcast group you know music is like it's there but you don't notice it and then when you finally hear it you just realize how annoying it is
- I'm just not really into euro games meshed with push your luck cuz again I run the odds man in my mind I'm running the odds
- Why do you make me go out and buy $18 readers I haven't bought in the Sam's multi pack yet
- It's not an alliteration but anyway pod pledge okay so but if you say it too fast podge pledge oh you know so but thank you chairs
- The biggest thing in the hobby right now is roll-and-write
- It's the one that you can keep making and making money from that's my definition
- Good games are not good enough you need great games number one and you need games that are marketed well and stand out in some way
- A game from his experience has about a two-week shelf-life that if a game doesn't catch hold within two weeks it's gone and forgotten
- The reason why I was asking about that because if you don't know Steven is is really into he's I guess a beer connoisseur beer aficionado
- We're the background noise of podcasting or board games Kirk I guess that's beautiful
- It's just the fact that it's kind of the worker placement portion is matched with putting these cards in the play that becomes an engine builder much like a game you know you dimension seven wonders or something like a mural settlers but it's not an engine it's a city
- it does get a little long Tony because as in typical engine builders there's a lot of AP that can happen there is based on the cars
- you know the fifth year anniversary would you ever consider coming out with a deluxe version with the nice player boards and everything that people tend to buy third party
- So it's like lightning in a bottle catching lightning in a bottle
- you know that the three months of sales where you can then see what's gonna happen with the game
- We have a wonderful pre-order program and I believe you still do that at a discount right Steven
- There are still plenty about regular badge sales and kids badges oh nice
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Video y0MNv7hwmfc
Meeple University Playthrough at 0:42 sentiment: positive
video_pk 91541 · mention_pk 245656
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Drawing-based clues create an engaging, social experience
- Lively, humorous group dynamics with frequent laughter
- Accessible and approachable for a group play setting
Cons
- Scoring can be tricky and not always intuitive
- Some prompts can be challenging to convey clearly
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — Points are awarded based on guessing or matching certain conditions; sometimes tied to entering a paired guess.
- drawing-based clueing — One or more players draw clues to convey a word or concept, which others try to interpret and guess.
- round scoring with pairs — Points are awarded based on guessing or matching certain conditions; sometimes tied to entering a paired guess.
- voting on best match — Players vote on which clue (or interpretation) they think best matches the target word.
- Word Deciphering — Players attempt to deduce the target word from the clues drawn by others.
- word guessing from clues — Players attempt to deduce the target word from the clues drawn by others.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I said I liked the drawing aspect of in it
- this ends up being a little bit all over the place
- the scoring too is a little bit tricky
- it's really good quite fun but he sounds pretty challenging
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Video Ry4qerKM7wo
Meeple University Discussion at 7:51 sentiment: positive
video_pk 91580 · mention_pk 245768
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- drawing game with a completely different twist
- phenomenal
- can play up to eight players
- available right now
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Dixit
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Clue interpretation — One player knows the clue and draws cards for others. Players then draw something to represent the clue, and others guess who had the original clue.
- Deduction — Players try to figure out who was on their team or who drew a specific clue based on the drawings.
- Drawing — Players draw something that reminds people of a clue. The goal is not to draw well, but to draw 'shuttling'.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's like the number one selling game in the industry
- it's so familiar yet so different
- this guy is called bricks and this one I can call it probably not allowed to say it like in marketing really but it's like Tetris below and right
- Uwe Rosenberg one of the great designers in the world
- you don't want to draw well in this game you want to draw shuttling
- light to Midway euro with absolutely gorgeous artwork by Michael Menzel
- everyone I'll turn over this card and I'll take the action in your chore you're first gonna take an action so you're gonna build an engine with these cards
- we merge this past here in August of lashes so coming up on the one-year anniversary merged with Indy boards and cards
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Meeple University Discussion at 20:15 sentiment: positive
video_pk 91528 · mention_pk 245601
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Had a lot of fun with subtext
- Good drawing with inside jokes game
- Really had fun with that
Cons
- Depends on your group and it depends how well you know each other and you're crazy in jokes
Thematic elements
- Drawing with inside jokes
Comparison games
- Dixit
- Fake Artist Goes to New York
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drawing — It's a good it's another good drawing.
- Social Deduction — It's got a little bit of a sunken sale of fake artists going on.
- Voting — They've got a Dixit voting.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Academy deep water games really good to play a games yeah we freakin yeah this is one of our last ones against the table out of everything we purchased but it's a quick little jewel simple rules deep strategy and quick so I very much recommend this one yep I know that you want to play once you play it feels playing this terran wants to play against her away because I think he's that because I want the game know I was working fun because okay just let me have the last week okay yeah it is quick and fun but I was I got my bad thing I was a little bit late at night and we didn't end up playing good again but we'll definitely play again
- next is roughly guard position we have the other view for you of this one as well it's a social reduction game yep social reduction sedna Magic the Gathering universe yeah for me we haven't we haven't got a group of people around to play this one yet but I like its idea and I like that it is a biscuit now we've had it yeah because if you've watched a vlog from a couple of months ago I always struggle with the blank slate nature of a game like Avalon or werewolf this one structures things a bit better specific events are going to happen right you can respond to those that's that's what I prefer in a social reduction game and I think this puts it together pretty nicely we really need to get a group together that can play this with us because our normal gaming group is usually four because most games can be played with four so our gaming group is naturally for people
- next one if it's not you'll play a game trick-taking game called claim by deep water games yep I think like we don't play a lot of trick taking games I played a lot of 503 university but Stella didn't say yeah it's still fun though we'd see the twists with a special power of which sections trying to claim throne yep I think what I would say for this game I've seen a few modern trick-taking games out there and they all have these twists on gaining points in certain ways of trying to get certain cards I like this one because it's not too convoluted each suit has a relatively simple ability that you've got to manage it's not like you know this number does this and this suit gives you that sort of points it's like you know just trying to get suit majorities and each suit has a small ability that doesn't throw the the standards of trick-taking out and so I think this is one of the best design modern tricked design bicycle else hi Scott yep considering I haven't actually played a lot of trick-taking units this one's pretty easy
- so please a some pads here which is the welcome to expansions oh thank all of those outs away yep so this one's the Easter egg hunts Halloween the bomb shelters they do all change up the game changer game out quite a bit and I think the one that's stood out in my mind we played doomsday and it was the shortest game welcome to with a plague by far because the three the three objectives we were playing just you could complete them all in one street essentially and so we were done so quickly and I did not adjust my strategy I can't even thank you I can't remember we're playing for you this is one of our my favorite go-to when it just have two of us or there many people wanting to play
- and that's the the Roland rifle Copenhagen alright that's a really good quality Roland right it is currently a diploma filament is on Kickstarter yep yep yeah it's it plays very quickly it has some clear strategies you can go for with different types of colors you get I think they've put together a really good lead and follow Roland right there yeah there's another one as well that is steel prototype which is for plant so they're still in development and they're still changing up the rules changing up the card so it's a little bit like welcome to is this by the same publisher is welcome to which is support against so it we play it once it has got that similar sort of taste - welcome - when you put which one you're gonna do you know which one you're gonna solve face and so on that's very interesting
- yeah there's another one as well that is steel prototype which is for plant so they're still in development and they're still changing up the rules changing up the card so it's a little bit like welcome to is this by the same publisher is welcome to which is support against so it we play it once it has got that similar sort of taste - welcome - when you put which one you're gonna do you know which one you're gonna solve face and so on that's very interesting
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Video yXP4Fvj8dsc
Meeple University Top 10 List at 3:25 sentiment: positive
video_pk 91245 · mention_pk 244641
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Encourages creativity and interpretation through drawing
- Fun, social engagement with strong group interaction
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- obscure drawing and interpretation
- drawing and word association with a leader prompt
- party game with a hidden-match objective
Comparison games
- Fake Artist Goes to New York
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Drawing — everyone draws something and others try to identify which two drawings match the leader's word
- Drawing and matching — everyone draws something and others try to identify which two drawings match the leader's word
- Obscurity constraint — drawings should be obscure to avoid obvious interpretation
- Word-leader and mixed-with-words — leader gets a word then mixes that word with others; other players receive words
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- you go to category you go around the circle you have to give an answer that fits that category
- it's a 10 or 15 second timer which plays very jaunty little Bell tune
- I always enjoy drawing obstacle things
- it's a very quick round I can remember easily exact number but mainly you need to collect roses to win
- three monkeys trying to build buildings
- it's a fun little filler
- it's the sort of thing that can work quite well as a team-building event
- it's frantic and fun absolutely true
- it's similar to sushi go
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Video bSj7lIRjK1U
Meeple University Top 10 List at 41:01 sentiment: other
video_pk 91256 · mention_pk 244707
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Highly Recommended
Pros
- Most fun had with a party game during the year.
- Good list of words.
- Premise encourages oblique and obscure drawing.
- Allows insight into how other people's brains work.
- Highly recommended as a party game.
Cons
- Can be sprawling with a very large group.
- Players who draw obscurely can get into trouble (if the drawing is too obscure or too obvious).
Thematic elements
- Drawing/Guessing
- Oblique clue-giving
Comparison games
- Dixit
- Fake Artist Goes to New York
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players deduce which pairs of words match the drawings.
- Drawing — Players draw pictures as clues.
- Social Deduction — Players try to guess hidden pairings and connections.
- word association — Relies on connecting abstract words to drawings.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's fairly thematic I think so you work together you try to get like their different scenarios and different boxes top boxes that you can open like once you finish this next move the next one
- I really like that game like we play that true in a row and that's usually pretty rare for games that lets play two in a row
- I would put it as the best crunchy heavy type game of the year
- one of my favorite mechanics is a little bit like Concordia where your action is car driven so that's makes the game the whole games more streamlined
- I really like how how much market speculation and manipulation oh yeah you can make that whole game almost if you want to
- I always get suspected that's the thing I always get suspect because I'll draw this like scribble that actually silhouettes something that's oblique ley related to it and that's how I like to plan I'm always in trouble for it
- the tricky bit is that each people personality has got different things that they do for example the Jack pushes what to me pulls away or something like that
- that's why I preferred this than that one is because this is cooperative
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Video JQRXmLfxe2k
Meeple University Top 15 List at 19:29 sentiment: positive
video_pk 83673 · mention_pk 211385
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- focus on understanding perspective and drawing approach
- produces interesting post-game discussions
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- two-drawer prompt interpretation — leader provides a prompt; two players draw the same prompt while others draw different interpretations.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- "it's not really even a game. Of everything here there are"
- "laugh generator"
- "it's a conversation generator"
- "This is such a great icebreaker"
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