Game Info
Year
2018
Players
3-5
Age
8+
Playtime
55 min
Collection
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Description
Players race as zodiac animals to cross the river and reach the Heavenly Palace using action and energy cards
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Getting Games Discussion at 30:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- competition among animals
- Chinese zodiac race
- mythic race-themed
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Auction — bidding for actions/resources
- Hand Management — manage cards to drive action and scoring
- Simultaneous action selection — players select actions in parallel
- Variable player powers — each player has unique abilities
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Quotes (from this video)
- I'm not making a review videos anymore
- I've been so excited to be playing games over this last month
- BoardGameGeek is an amazing resource for me as a content creator
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Getting Games Impressions Vlog at 21:20 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Deep, multi-layered system with simultaneous decision making
- Interesting asymmetric animal bonuses add flavor
- Good pacing with five players; not too long
Cons
- Can be swingy depending on card draws and timing
- Complex rules may require careful learning and explanation
Thematic elements
- story of how the Chinese zodiac was formed
- mythical race to build out the Chinese zodiac order
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric animal bonuses — Each racing animal gives a unique bonus when playing the highest or lowest action value.
- Energy threshold and wheel resolution — The combined energy values determine a threshold on a central wheel (Run area) where benefits are awarded to players based on action type and thresholds.
- Interaction of actions and thresholds — The value of energy cards from all players influences which action benefits are granted each round.
- Karma tokens and reset mechanics — Karma tokens allow you to reset or adjust timing, adding strategic penalty when playing lower actions than a previous one.
- Rotating wheel and tempo — After each round, the central wheel rotates, shifting benefits and requiring forward planning.
- Simultaneous action and energy card selection — Each round, players secretly select an action card (1-8) and an energy card; all are revealed face down and resolved from lowest to highest.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I thought this game was pretty fun actually
- I would not mind playing again in the future
- I was really impressed with Hospital Connect
- this is a really good distillation of the simultaneous selection type of game
- I really liked the action drafting mechanism in this game
- I found myself going for a blitz field strategy
- I was able to win by a handful of points
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Video TyOITi0uMAE
Getting Games Discussion at 19:01
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- I went 17 days without turning on my video camera
- the patreon support is also super important to keep all of this stuff going
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