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Magazine

Game ID: GID0458307
Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-4
Age
10+
Playtime
45 min
Collection
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Description

A competitive publishing strategy game where players run magazine companies selecting articles and topics to build reputation

Description

A competitive publishing strategy game where players run magazine companies selecting articles and topics to build reputation

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Total mentions: 4
This page: 4
Sentiment: pos 3 · mix 1 · neu 0 · neg 0
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Video -YC1x06AxIU Man vs Meeple Top List at 33:53 sentiment: positive
video_pk 84174 · mention_pk 309334
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Click to watch at 33:53 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • From the creators of Veil of Eternity
  • Looks really cool
  • Medium weight Euro
Cons
  • Likely won't be played before Essen
Thematic elements
  • Publishing
Comparison games
  • Veil of Eternity
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • I love this game.
  • I don't think I've seen you this excited about any other CMON.
  • It looks very thematic.
  • I think it looks cool.
  • I just think it's a cool mechanic.
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Video 5u3NWqq11Vo Board Gaming Ramblings Other at 18:02 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 82624 · mention_pk 334470
Board Gaming Ramblings - Magazine video thumbnail
Click to watch at 18:02 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • The game was kind of good.
  • Enjoyed the game.
  • It is a solid game.
  • Enjoyed the game.
Cons
  • Nothing in it wows me or does something very unique.
  • It was a little random.
  • It wasn't anything that was I need to play this every day of the week.
Thematic elements
  • Writing stories for a magazine
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Set Collection — Basic set collection.
  • Worker Placement — The mechanism is worker placement.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • The most fun I think was when you trade with another player and then you forgot that you just traded with that player and you get the same cards back.
  • It felt like a boring tug of war kind of mechanism.
  • This is mind sweeper the board game.
  • The cake is a lie.
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Video Wedusl6NmOY The Dice Tower Event Coverage at 3:30 sentiment: positive
video_pk 80700 · mention_pk 319659
The Dice Tower - Magazine video thumbnail
Click to watch at 3:30 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • a nice little unique style game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Hey everybody, Tom Vasel here and we are going to the opening day of a board convention here in the Philippines and this is the first day.
  • So, the game buying area is finished.
  • Here's one of these from Table Toys, one of the Spiel des Jahres nominees.
  • And here's the big stage where this morning's They'll have a presentation this morning.
  • This is the view from the stage. You can see kind of the whole thing. They're expecting 20,000 guests, at least 10,000, 15,000. It's going to be a packed thing.
  • The energy here is pretty high.
  • The ultimate play for fun, board card game.
  • I just think it's kind of neat, you know, you have all this and then you can just go outside and see sort of a jungle-esque nature here.
  • It's 9:30, the convention really opens at 10:00.
  • We did our bingo game, our Metro Bingo, which was a lot of fun.
  • The line is almost all the way out the door.
  • But this is not bad for the convention for people to buy this many games.
  • Well, that was a long day.
  • I had a good first day. A great time, a lot of people.
  • I saw tons of games being played and bought. It was a really great time.
  • Thank you everybody for joining me. We'll come back to you for more. There's still three more days of the convention to go.
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Video PvrnH5wtQkI The Dice Tower Discussion at 6:29 sentiment: positive
video_pk 38657 · mention_pk 334633
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • engaging engine-building feel
  • fun theme despite light thematic integration
Cons
  • theme may be underdeveloped for some players
Thematic elements
  • engine-building through production planning
  • running a magazine
  • thin thematic integration; emphasis on mechanics
Comparison games
  • non-specific engine-builders
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Engine Building — develop an engine around magazine production and publishing
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • This is punchy and fast and really enjoyable.
  • An excellent, very welcoming, family, approachable kind of a game.
  • The chest is a single box to house everything and it comes with that final expansion in it.
  • Came in at a 7.5. I found it to be a very pleasing experience.
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