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Year
2024
Players
2-5
Playtime
25 min
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Description
A real time deduction card game where players trapped in a cursed casino race to identify six distinct slot machines across timed rounds.
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The Dice Tower Review at 0:19 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 121328 · mention_pk 348192
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Instantly want to play it.
- Fascinating theme.
- Very interested from the theme and deduction aspect.
- Enjoyed playing it.
- Unique game.
- Amused by the game.
- Applaud the odd idea.
Cons
- Rule book is overwritten and makes the game seem more complex than it is.
- Too simple in a way.
- Problematic shuffling mechanic.
- Shuffling is a pain.
- Second game would be exactly like the first.
- Pain to set up.
- Too many issues for a blanket recommendation.
- Played with people who hated it.
- Can't recommend buying it.
- Not a bag building game.
Thematic elements
- Slot machines
Comparison games
- Dominion
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Bag building / Chit pulling — Mentioned as a potential improvement, suggesting a bag-building or chip-pulling mechanic would solve many of the game's issues.
- Card Drafting — Players reserve slot machines at the start of each round.
- Deduction — Players try to figure out which deck of cards corresponds to which slot machine over four rounds.
- Press Your Luck — Players can spend bonus stars to flip more cards (5 instead of 3), increasing their chances but also the risk of not getting useful data.
- Real-Time — The spin phase is a timed, real-time portion of the game where players flip cards.
- Set Collection — Players collect symbols from flipped cards to mark off on their sheets.
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Quotes (from this video)
- It's accurately named.
- It's amazing to me, frankly, honestly, how many rules I think the rule book is overwritten.
- If you don't like shuffling, you're out.
- Unfortunately, this game would be much better if it was a bag chit pulling game or an app.
- I think it's a fascinating exercise.
- I think this is a really interesting idea.
- It's a six. And what I mean by that is I enjoyed playing it. I'll probably never play it again and I cannot recommend you buy it because I think for most people it will be the same and with the factor in where I enjoyed it but I was done when I was finished there's going to be a lot of people who are not going to enjoy it.
- Strange Slot Simulator. One of the most unique games I played in a long time.
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Meeple University Other at 15:17 sentiment: positive
video_pk 106032 · mention_pk 305679
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique gameplay concept
- Challenging deduction and probability elements
- Fun real-time puzzling
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- probability, deduction
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — puzzle deduction game.
- Probability — over time it builds up a rough probability distribution of what is in each deck.
- Puzzle — It's a puzzle deduction game.
- Real-Time — Realtime puzzle deduction game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Welcome to our Gen Con recommended games 2026. The games that we have actually played and recommend you to demo or buy at Gen Con 2026.
- It's combotastic.
- This is my favorite games out of the three games.
- This is I've never seen anything quite like this.
- this is an economy game that is quite mind twisting.
- Gives you this real clinky table presence.
- Terrible floor presence because the table presence is all these little cone uh tree pieces and so you don't want that. Once that's on the floor, that's bad news.
- we always have fun throwing um rubber balls to try to destroy opponent's castle.
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JestaThaRogue Top List at 5:59 sentiment: positive
video_pk 80928 · mention_pk 198663
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Sounds fun and weird
- Unique theme
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Uncovering secrets hidden inside six slot machines.
- Casino
Comparison games
- Patchy Slot Simulator
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card game — Uses cards for gameplay.
- Deduction — Players deduce secrets.
- Real-Time — Played in real-time.
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Quotes (from this video)
- The goal of the game is to help the animals and guide them to safely back to their home after the animals have secretly snuck out the zoo at night and they're trying to find their way back.
- In Shagendo, each player has their own personal deck of cards. During the game, you improve your deck by replacing your weaker started cards with more powerful settler cards.
- Players take the role of forester is dedicated to sustainable forest management as a euro game focused on strategic action management.
- Forester relies on a dual worker placement system in which players control a harvester and a manager each with distinct responsibilities.
- First Giants is even though it's pretty much the same game, there's no text on the cards. It's just iconography which is going to be a lot easier to teach.
- Players act as urban planners, building a sustainable transit network to connect riders to their destinations before the supply of tiles runs out.
- what appealed to me is just it looks really cute and simple.
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Chairman of the Board Unboxing at 14:38 sentiment: other
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Fascinated
Pros
- Unique theme and mechanics
- Part of Hobby Japan's innovative offerings
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Fast-paced deduction style game.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Praetor was going for really cheap. This is like an old-school Euro that again, I never got a chance to play. Kind of from my era of of Euro gaming.
- This was one that has always evaded me, but I remember Rado raving about it many, many years ago.
- Wispwood, which is one of those kind of puzzly um, you know, pattern building style games with different things going on.
- And um, to be honest, I've got so many games here to play and to talk about that um, I'm going to be tied up for quite some time.
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Meeple University Top List at 16:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Unique puzzle deduction in real-time
- Quirky and fun gameplay
- Lots of variants for replayability
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Deduction and probability in a slot machine context
- Cursed casino
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deduction — Players deduce which of six decks matches a spun slot machine distribution by repeatedly shuffling, drawing, and recording results.
- Probability — The core of the game involves understanding and working with random probabilities from shuffled decks.
- Real-Time — Players have a time limit (4 minutes) to make deductions and selections.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This will be a little bit of a shorter vlog than usual.
- We have a whole separate video where we talk about that, and we take you in gratuitous detail through a slideshow with everything we saw.
- So, we're not going to talk about that here.
- It's a big hype loop.
- It's a filler card game. Simple cards, simple rules, but but quite a clever way of thinking through it.
- It fits into that good category of a thinky little filler.
- It's gorgeous looking.
- Multi-use cards always my favorite, right?
- Very fun, light-hearted game.
- It's just really fun and chaotic, and um it's almost like push your luck, but like everyone's on the table like 'Yeah, like at the first half maybe.'
- I think without that event, that that event adds a lot to the game. So, I think it's really well designed.
- This game is um, this year's release by Hobby Japan. So, it's a Japanese publisher. You know how the uh, Japan or Japanese games could be a little quirky.
- It's just so quirky. It's just so fun.
- This might be Fabio's lightest games that I've played because the other one is like Trajan Circle, Marrakesh, Santa Maria. Autobahn, which is like quite heavy, and Shackleton Base.
- Even though it it looks Um it doesn't look thematic. It's not artistic, but it feels thematic and yeah, it feels fun. It's very approachable.
- I just love how um interactive it is and how this core is simple, but very effective.
- Highly recommend it.
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Meeple University Rules Teach at 0:04 sentiment: positive
video_pk 80314 · mention_pk 195240
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fully replayable with the same settings.
- Offers multiple variants and expert modes for diverse gameplay experiences.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- deducing slot machine settings to escape
- a cursed casino
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Construction/Configuration — Players set up six 20-card decks, each representing a different setting, by combining specific card types.
- Deduction — Players use information gathered from card draws to deduce the correct settings for each slot machine.
- Press Your Luck — Players decide how many times to spin the slot machine to gather information, balancing risk and reward.
- real-time play — The spin phase is played in real time with a 4-minute timer.
- Set Collection — Players collect sets of symbols (grapes, cherries, watermelons, suns, moons) to gather information and track progress.
- Variable player powers — Players can unlock bonus draws and a permanent extra card draw ('lucky') by marking their bonus track, providing unique advantages.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Race against the clock to draw, shuffle, and deduce the right slot machine combination in Strange Slot Simulator.
- The decks all look the same and if the signposts get jumbled up, there'll be no way of putting them back where they belong and this will make it possible to correctly deduce the answers and complete the game.
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 4:06 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 80107 · mention_pk 194413
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Super unique
- Frantic nature is liked
- Rewarding when figured out
- Frantic fun
Cons
- Not enough information for meticulous deduction, relies on hunch
- No deterministic winner, relies on luck
- Requires honest shuffling, game breaks if not
- Fragile and flimsy
- Many people will bounce off it
Thematic elements
- Slot machine simulation
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Deck Building — The game involves six decks of cards with different breakdowns of slot machine symbols.
- Real-time deduction — Players attempt to deduce the contents of decks of cards in real-time.
- Shuffling — A core activity involves constantly shuffling decks and drawing cards.
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No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- So, both of these games are from a company called Hobby Japan.
- So, this is a game that might not even sound like a game when I explain it.
- So, the stakes are really high to either go for the challenge or to actually lose the challenge.
- This is a lot like that, except that it's a bit more social, you know, a bit more of an experiment, and you know, maybe be a little bit more thinky in terms of you know, just I don't know, just it just has this kind of social dynamic to it, rather than just trying to um score different categories.
- So, this is actually pretty much a real-time deduction game.
- But of course, there's crossover with the other ones um you know, and so on.
- There isn't really enough information to be meticulous about this or you know, really use that deduction to you know, as a you know, as a device to win the game, you're going to pretty much just go on what you feel.
- So, it is quite a fragile and flimsy game, but I always give credit to games when they're different or try something unique.
- So, a unique design, maybe not the greatest game, but you know, it's it's frantic fun.
- Again, for better or for worse, at least they're trying something different.
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No Pun Included Analysis at 0:57 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
- Monotonous and dull
Thematic elements
- Simulates the precise feeling of playing a slot machine.
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Slot machine simulation — The game simulates the precise feeling of playing a slot machine.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The video is bad.
- The well hasn't just run dry, the well is well and truly [ ]
- We have nothing meaningful to say about games right now, mostly because we're working on big projects.
- If the most critical element of the job is to play games, how do we play games in this environment?
- We need a boost from you to get us there.
- Effectively, we're asking for a pay rise, and also some time to make sure that the work we do is good work and is worth that support.
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