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Meanwhile at the Con

Game ID: GID0458691
Game Info
Year
2022
Players
2-5
Playtime
40 min
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Description

A fast card drafting game where players build the best convention booth and make the most cash at the con

Description

A fast card drafting game where players build the best convention booth and make the most cash at the con

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Video dXhY12YGcbg Meeple University Preview at 0:42 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • high player interaction
  • light enough for families with enough strategy and theme for gamers
  • clear focus on advertising/marketing and convention dynamics
  • variety of card-based mechanics providing interaction
Cons
  • components are prototype/not final
Thematic elements
  • marketing and selling goods at a convention, staff management, influencer and advertising
  • gaming convention
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Advertising icons and convention phase — During the convention phase, check who has the most advertising icons; the leading player takes meeple/customer advantages and allocates resources.
  • Card Drafting — Each round you are dealt five cards and you draft around the table until you have five cards.
  • End Game Bonuses — After five rounds, whoever has the most money wins.
  • End-game scoring by money — After five rounds, whoever has the most money wins.
  • Influencer cards — Using influencer cards that can gain early advantages.
  • Multi-Use Cards — Using helpful promotion cards.
  • Permanent team member cards — Permanent team member cards that produce products each round and affect price, marketing power, and benefits.
  • Promotion cards — Using helpful promotion cards.
  • secret objective cards — Green secret objective cards kept face down and revealed for money at game end.
  • Tableau Building — You play your cards to your tableau one phase at a time.
  • VIP cards and center area — Stars grant a free VIP card and center-area rewards; interact with meeples.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • this light drafting game has high player interaction
  • it's light enough for families with enough strategy and theme for gamers
  • the components featured in this video are prototype so rules and artwork are not final
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Video BvMS_sxB4kE Meeple University Other at 1:47:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Has Cult Express table presence.
  • World War I airplanes theme.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
  • Cult Express
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Dice Rolling — Uses dice rolling to drive actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • I feel like it can feel a bit like solitaire at times, but it was a nice relaxing game to wind down with after a busy day.
  • I love the artwork and the components for Son of a Stitch, it's really pretty.
  • It's just you trying to be the best seamstress, you are kind of competing against each other but not in a really aggressive way.
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