Game Info
Year
2024
Players
2-4
Age
12+
Playtime
55 min
Complexity
2.1/5
Collection
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Description
Players act as druids in the Age of Creation crafting a fledgling world through its flora fauna and magic
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Good Time Society Review at 0:08 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Extremely beautiful artwork, even in prototype.
- Innovations in the card crafting genre.
- Satisfying engine building and combo potential.
- Simultaneous actions speed up gameplay compared to Mystic Veil.
- Visually appealing components and card designs.
- High replayability due to varied card combinations.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Druids bringing magic and vibrance to a land that is not yet infused with magic or richness or creatures.
Comparison games
- Mystic Veil
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Crafting — Players craft cards by sleeving advancements onto them, combining different elements to create new abilities and effects.
- Dice Rolling — A die is used as a player aid for shuffling, to randomize the cut of the deck.
- Hand Management — Players manage their hand of cards, deciding when to play, sleeve, or discard them.
- Overgrowing — Players can choose to overgrow by playing the top card of their deck, risking withering if too many 'suns' are revealed.
- Resource Management — Players manage mana and spirit as primary resources to purchase advancements and take actions.
- Set Collection — Players collect cards with specific aspect types (e.g., green, yellow, blue) to create combos and activate abilities.
- Tableau Building — Players build a tableau of cards in their 'land' which provide ongoing benefits and are central to card crafting.
- Withering — A risk mechanic where revealing too many 'suns' on drawn cards can cause a player to wither, resulting in only one resource type advancing.
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Quotes (from this video)
- So, in brief, we are each a druid uh and this is a land but it is not yet a land infused with magic or richness or creatures and we as druids are tasked with bringing magic and vibrance and beauty to the land.
- So, previously we're card crafting and there was a top, middle, and bottom that covered other things up. And now there's these beautiful intricate circles within circles.
- The last turn was so satisfying.
- And there's just so much going on in this game and it's absolutely stunningly beautiful. I feel like I am a druid. So, thank you for that.
- Go back it. get yourself secured that pre-order of Mystic Lands.
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Grant Lyon Top List at 14:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Combines strategy and push-your-luck
- Streamlined from Mystic Vale
- Satisfying card crafting
- Engaging deck building tension
- Board movement element
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Mystic Vale
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Crafting — You are going to be buying transparencies and slotting them into your cards.
- Deck Building — Mystic Lands is a card crafting deck building game.
- Movement programming — you're also going to be moving around this board and activating different cards, scoring points by getting various places, traveling out on the board.
- Push Your Luck — you're going to be revealing cards from your deck. If you get too many of one symbol, you're going to bust, and you don't want that.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's really cool and it's a you know, it's a feels very uh strategic and still plays in like 30 minutes.
- I mean I I love that when a game feels like it has some strategic depth, but still plays pretty quickly.
- So yeah, Flintlock is awesome for that.
- I love this duel trend that we have right now because of a couple of things. I think that they're doing a great job distilling these bigger games into faster experiences, which I really love.
- It's also got wonderful artwork, wonderful production design. Everything looks awesome on the table and it's just yeah, it's it's all the things I love about Wonderland's War, but in like half of the time.
- And so I love that now I just need one other player and I can get this to the table as well.
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Neon Gorilla Interview at 2:17:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Builds upon the design of Mystic Veil with improvements.
- Addresses aesthetic and functional issues with card art layering.
- Offers a familiar yet evolved experience for fans of Mystic Veil.
Cons
- The art layering for card crafting presents unique challenges.
- Initial art direction in Mystic Veil was considered 'lame'.
Thematic elements
- Evolution of Mystic Veil
Comparison games
- Mystic Veil
- Canvas
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Crafting — The core mechanic, with a focus on creating cohesive and visually appealing art on crafted cards.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Dominion is like a cheat code for game design.
- The momentum system isn't a BS tagline at all. It is a true system that I think for me has transcended deck builders.
- I I don't think people have any responsibility.
- It's a matter of scaling, but that would be that would be exciting to get to another floor and like, 'Oh, this is a whole new deck.'
- The magic of Unstoppable is that moment where you look at your hand and you've got like two cards, right? And you're like, there's no way I can kill all these threats with these two cards. I'm screwed.
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