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Greasy Spoon

Game ID: GID0453365
Game Info
Year
2024
Players
2
Age
10+
Playtime
20 min
Complexity
1.8/5
Collection
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Description

A deck-shedding ladder-climbing card game for two players where you serve menu items and combos to a diner to be the first to shed your entire deck

Description

A deck-shedding ladder-climbing card game for two players where you serve menu items and combos to a diner to be the first to shed your entire deck

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Sentiment: pos 2 · mix 0 · neu 0 · neg 1
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Video iSUJ2VZhzMo Getting Games Top List at 20:46 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • deck shedding with diner-themed imagery
  • diner with full houses as melange
Comparison games
  • Acorns
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • deck_shedding — two-player, deck-shifting with full-house motifs
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • this is a trick taking game
  • this is a deck shedding ladder climbing game for two players
  • don't break space-time Continuum
  • I strongly recommend you subscribe to it
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Video 1nAHs465f18 Board Gaming Ramblings Analysis at 2:28 sentiment: negative
video_pk 82890 · mention_pk 208254
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
  • Cool theme
Cons
  • Theme doesn't translate well into gameplay
  • Nothing special
Thematic elements
  • Serving food
  • Restaurant
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Ladder Climbing — Identified as a 'shedding a ladder climbing game'.
  • Set Collection — Playing combinations of cards to represent dishes (e.g., three cards for a main dish, one for a soda).
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Are you ready? One, two, three. Boom.
  • It's a double curl.
  • It's a double kill.
  • It's a keep from me.
  • It's a curl from you.
  • Yeah, it was.
  • So, what was your favorite and least favorite of this?
  • My favorite I think I I really enjoyed playing Unmatched again, but I had really fun with Ice and Id dolls.
  • My least favorite I think Oh, I Yes, Blue. I didn't care that much for
  • And that is half of the games that we played in the marathon.
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Video gsjJl7U3F_Q Board Game Animal Top 10 List at 8:43 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • deep, precise hand management
  • satisfying back-and-forth
  • tight endgame
Cons
  • divisive due to tempo; may jar some players at first
Thematic elements
  • card shedding with a culinary motif
  • two-player ladder-climbing hand management with devious tempo
  • crunchy, precise
Comparison games
  • Dickory
  • Crisps
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • endgame tension — finale is tense as deck depletes
  • hold/draw/shuffle interaction — pass and hold mechanics influence cadence and tempo
  • Ladder Climbing — each player has their own deck and discards/holds cards to climb
  • two-player ladder climbing — each player has their own deck and discards/holds cards to climb
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • It's a crime that they're not recognized more.
  • these are little gems that are better card games than most people will ever play.
  • The six of eight by Carol Lacro was one of my favorite games of 2024, period, and continues to grow for me as also one of my favorite tricktakers, period.
  • Crisps... is like eating a crisp or a chip. It's n impossible to just stop at one.
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