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Gnoming A Round

Game ID: GID0453331
Game Info
Year
2021
Players
2-7
Age
7+
Playtime
20 min
Complexity
1.3/5
Collection
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Description

Light golf-inspired card game where players lower their score by forming rows of matching cards.

Description

Light golf-inspired card game where players lower their score by forming rows of matching cards.

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Sentiment: pos 3 · mix 0 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video wQWZwu8N0ts Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 10 List at 19:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Fun, goofy theme with a family-friendly vibe
  • Low interaction, easy to teach
  • Bouncing mechanic adds an extra twist
Cons
  • Luck of the draw can affect pacing
  • Theme may not appeal to all players
Thematic elements
  • Gnomes and garden scoring
  • Mini-golf themed
  • Lighthearted and comical
Comparison games
  • Creature Comforts
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Bouncing (card flip interactions) — Flipping a card can bounce to another position if same number exists.
  • End-game trigger by grid state — Game ends when a player ends with a specific grid condition.
  • Set Collection — Arrange cards in a 3x3 grid to minimize score.
  • Set collection / pattern arrangement — Arrange cards in a 3x3 grid to minimize score.
  • Throwing/Bouncing/Flipping — Flipping a card can bounce to another position if same number exists.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • This is a really fun lighter game.
  • Calico fun game.
  • This is a really fun one. It makes you think.
  • We really like that one.
  • It's a lot of fun. I like Honeybuzz.
  • Lost Ruins of Arnack is a really good one.
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Video C2Wv9d3HxNQ Board Gaming Ramblings Discussion at 6:31
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Gnomes
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • My biggest let down is the rules for uh Transgalactica.
  • I think it's fun that a game can be the biggest disappointment and number one in the same month.
  • It's an old school Euro. Like it's high interaction, very low on the rules overhead, but a lot of interesting choices.
  • I still am unbeaten in Shipyard, which I think I I just have to stop playing it now because at some time I will not I will not win.
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Video Ymb9O3SFpak Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Playthrough at 0:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Adorable gnome artwork
  • Fast-paced, multiplayer solitaire feel
  • Box and storage design stacks neatly
  • Mulligan mechanic adds strategic depth
Cons
  • Scoring can be fiddly and confusing for new players
  • Hazards are not frequently used in casual play
Thematic elements
  • Low-score competitive card-grid golf puzzle
  • Whimsical garden / fantasy mini-golf course with gnomes
  • Casual, humorous playthrough
Comparison games
  • No Round
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Bounce — If the newly drawn card matches an existing one in your grid, you can bounce it and place it elsewhere.
  • Card draw from face-down, draw piles or discard piles — On your turn you draw a card either from the face-down pile or one of the two discard piles and then flip over one of your cards.
  • Grid placement with replacement and matching — You place cards into a grid and can replace either a face-down or face-up card using a drawn card; negatives are the goal.
  • Hazards and end-of-round scoring — Certain cards (hazards) and the end of a round influence scoring across rounds; players aim for negative points.
  • Mulligan wildcard — A mulligan card counts as any number and can count differently for the row and the column (wild).
  • Throwing/Bouncing/Flipping — If the newly drawn card matches an existing one in your grid, you can bounce it and place it elsewhere.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • I love the artwork on this.
  • The gnomes on these are adorable.
  • one thing I do like about Grandpa Beck's games is that they all come with a recipe card.
  • It's a really fun one.
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Video BjGl0-zbfA8 Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 10 List at 7:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • educational element (math) and puzzle-like decision making
  • works well at two players and higher
Cons
  • rules can be a bit heavy to recall for new players
  • theme may not appeal to all
Thematic elements
  • gnomes, puzzle-like card grid
  • Mini golf themed fantasy world
  • cute, whimsical
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • card grid / discard replacement — Players swap cards on a grid to minimize their own score while managing hazards.
  • Hidden Information — All cards are facedown; you replace drawn cards to hidden positions.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • the cards are cute and humorous
  • I love push your luck games, so this one was right up my alley
  • the artwork and the puns on it and the names of the cards are hilarious
  • Rain of Dragonness just does not play very well at two players
  • this is a retro space themed shedding game
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