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The Trial of the Forest

Game ID: GID0453636
Game Info
Year
2026
Players
2-4
Age
10+
Playtime
120 min
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Description

Players compete as daring animals to become the new Guardian of the Green Valley by collecting resources playing cards fighting opponents and embarking on dangerous expeditions

Description

Players compete as daring animals to become the new Guardian of the Green Valley by collecting resources playing cards fighting opponents and embarking on dangerous expeditions

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Sentiment: pos 3 · mix 0 · neu 1 · neg 0
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Video wITFbErTZNk Meeple University Top List at 4:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Looks fun.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Dungeon crawly actions and building up the forest
  • Forest
  • Thematic actions feel like role playing, but it's a competitive game with victory points.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Area Control — Building up the forest is mentioned.
  • Combat — Engaging in fights is part of the gameplay.
  • Track management — Tracks like morale are managed.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Hi everyone, Stella here from Mele University and that's Tarant and we are doing our Gen Con anticipated games which are the games that we are anticipating and wanting to play or de buy a demo and we haven't played them yet.
  • So um, again, we're going to talk about these 10 games in no particular order. And game number one is called Falling.
  • So, that makes for an interesting point of decision tension.
  • And it is beige. So, it's going to be a good game, right? A good Euro game.
  • And if that doesn't sound like a classic Euro theme we say with nothing else
  • So, this is for demo and it's recently on crowdfunding. So, I think just finished.
  • Yes. Well- loved game and given a redo. Yeah, must be a a reason I mean people there want to be a demand for this game right like container they redo that and a few other games these days is more of a trend
  • So those are our 10 anticipated games genon if you see me please say hello even even though I'm in a meeting that's okay you can just I'm happy for people to interrupt me no problems and hopefully I'll see you there soon.
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Video qEbHptdPYI0 The Dice Tower Event Coverage at 2:48 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
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Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • And so I wanted to go over in this video some of the things that we are doing there so that you can come by and see us.
  • Come by our booth. It is 249 in the exhibit hall.
  • If you see me walking around, you see Dice Tower people walking around, stop us to say hi.
  • Well, good news, we're putting up a Gen Con blog.
  • I'm Tom Vasel and you're watching The Dice Tower heading to Gen Con 2026.
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Video kWQp18NqWls One Stop Co-op Shop Top List at 6:06 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Definitely fun
  • Pretty thematic while still being sort of a tactical Euro experience.
  • A good time overall
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Adventure
  • Forest
Comparison games
  • Root
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card Play — With some really interesting card play. You can like discard cards to boost your actions, but they're also the quest that you can compete.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Hey everybody, this is Mike and I just got back from PAX Unplugged today.
  • And what I'm going to do in this video is talk about my 10 favorites.
  • So, these are not like complete reviews or finished thoughts. Uh, just a partial feeling for the game so far.
  • Honestly, these three might top the list, but I've covered them on the channel in
  • Alpha Team Mechanized Battle Force Go.
  • It's like a very light quick uh family weight to dungeon crawler experience.
  • This is one of the most beautiful basically looks like it's a finished game prototypes I've ever seen.
  • So like the characters are very diverse and they each have a fully unique set of equipment and special abilities as you level up.
  • it was a blast, both three and five player, which is pretty dang impressive for a quick dungeon crawler experience.
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Video rQCqShL4ZSA Banter and Boards Convention Walkthrough at 2:29 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • interesting virtue mechanic
  • narrative-driven play
Cons
  • early access / prototype nature noted; not releasing yet
Thematic elements
  • story-driven adventure with virtue tracking
  • ancient forest, guardianship
  • story-centric, player-driven outcomes
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • location and creature discovery — explore locations and encounter quirks to progress.
  • Narrative Choice — player choices shape narrative and future possibilities.
  • Story-driven progression — player choices shape narrative and future possibilities.
  • Track Advancement — actions influence a virtue track that affects outcomes.
  • virtue track / moral progression — actions influence a virtue track that affects outcomes.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • PAX Unplugged was a great time this year
  • it's so easy to teach and it created these organic hilarious moments
  • this is Mountain Goats, but now a legacy game
  • I really enjoyed this one and it's so easy to teach
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