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Forest Rivals

Game ID: GID0458132
Game Info
Year
2026
Players
2
Age
8+
Playtime
15 min
Complexity
1/5
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Description

An 18-card two player wallet game where rival forest factions compete for territory

Description

An 18-card two player wallet game where rival forest factions compete for territory

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Video twUDQcbCS3A Tabletop Tolson Rules Teach at 0:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Straightforward rules
  • Plays light
  • Cutthroat gameplay
  • Strategic placement is the heart of the game
  • Highly competitive for two players
Cons
  • Starting has a slight disadvantage.
Thematic elements
  • Bees and bears fighting over beehives because they both want honey.
Comparison games
  • Sprawlopolis
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Area Majority — Players are going to receive one point for each beehive in which they have more of their symbols than their opponents.
  • Card Play — Players are essentially playing cards into a central tableau from their deck.
  • Hand Management — Players are going to play out their entire hand going one by one.
  • Tableau Building — Players are playing cards into a central tableau from their deck.
  • Tile Placement — You need to play a card down. It can cover one to three symbols. Um it could just go orthogonally like this, but it has to match an existing icon.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • This is a 15-minute two-player game by Button Shy, where players are essentially playing cards into a central tableau from their deck.
  • You cannot cover up a beehive with anything other than another beehive.
  • So, playing on top of other players' symbols, following those simple rules that I told you about, is definitely the heart of the game.
  • This is a highly competitive two-player game.
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Video k5dsbbzcMpg Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Playthrough at 0:08 sentiment: positive
video_pk 105887 · mention_pk 305120
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • It's a good game.
  • Cute
  • Whimsical
  • Adorable artwork
  • Simple, it's hard
  • Great portability
  • Easy to get to the table
  • Good thinky game without being thinky
Cons
  • Can take a little bit longer to play if you have issues picturing how it's going to look, as you have to flip your card, lay it down, pick it up, flip it, try it in another spot.
  • Can cause brain fog or brain paralysis.
  • Low-scoring game.
  • Stacy finds it embarrassing when she loses.
Thematic elements
  • bears who love honey and bees who make the honey, trying to become the best in the forest at it
  • the forest
Comparison games
  • Sprawlopolis
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Area Control — Control a beehive if it is completely surrounded on every side.
  • Card stacking — Similar to a Sprawlopolis type game where you are going to be stacking cards.
  • Set Collection — Forming the largest group of your animal showing.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • Where there's will, there's a way.
  • I'm Ian, your mid-complexity casual gamer.
  • I'm Stacy, I'm your non-gamer gamer.
  • It's so simple, it's hard.
  • Where there's a Stacy, there's a way.
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Video nDWake05JTY Tabletop Tokki Discussion at 7:38 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Created interesting opportunities for spatial reasoning
  • Unique approach to spatial reasoning in card placement games
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Surrounding honeycombs with chosen animals (bears or bees).
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Area Control — Playing cards to a grid to surround honeycombs with chosen animals.
  • Card placement — Limitations on where cards can be placed.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
  • Hopefully these first thoughts on games will help you all decide if there are some games you want to look into or that you can save your time and money on.
  • This may be our strangest game yet.
  • It definitely has a very conceptual avenguard feel but with some really interesting mechanics that tie to realworld experiences and enjoyment in playing.
  • I really enjoyed this one as a puzzle.
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