Elementica

Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Engine Building — Doing some engine building by gathering resources and moving up tracks.
• Resource Management — Gathering resources.
• tile manipulation — A little tile manipulation system that was enjoyed.
• track movement — Moving up particular tracks that allow purchasing mana forges.

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Quotes (from this video)

• So uh it was super cool game. Really enjoyed that one um as well. and it was just such a good like group game. Very thematic feeling.
• This is a game with a little bit too much downtime, frankly, which means I can't play it with four and a very generic theme, but good quality components and a lot of thinking on what actions take.
• The DC one, I think, is harder than normal, and it makes you discard cards a lot, which I don't love, but good artwork, strong theme, but 6.5 for me.
• The golden age is dead and gone.
• This is Bananas Roosevelt at San Juan. Published in 1899, one year after the SpanishAmerican Civil War, what kind of war game is this? It ain't. It's a trivia game.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Engine Building — Implied by previous discussion and context of similar games.
• tile manipulation — A little tile manipulation system that I enjoyed.

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Quotes (from this video)

• So uh it was super cool game. Really enjoyed that one um as well. and it was just such a good like group game. Very thematic feeling.
• This is a game with a little bit too much downtime, frankly, which means I can't play it with four and a very generic theme, but good quality components and a lot of thinking on what actions take.
• The DC one, I think, is harder than normal, and it makes you discard cards a lot, which I don't love, but good artwork, strong theme, but 6.5 for me.
• The golden age is dead and gone.
• This is Bananas Roosevelt at San Juan. Published in 1899, one year after the SpanishAmerican Civil War, what kind of war game is this? It ain't. It's a trivia game.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Area Control (minor) — A light form of area control or majority is present concerning tile placement spots on the main board.
• Bag Building — Mentioned as a system where action tiles are managed, similar to a bag builder, though described as a rondelle mechanism.
• Engine Building — Players build an engine of mana forges that produce mana, which in turn generates victory points and coins.
• Resource Management — Players gather and spend resources like coins and gems to acquire mana forges and activate abilities.
• set collection / pattern scoring — Involves collecting certain combinations or patterns of actions or tiles for scoring, particularly for endgame scoring.
• Tile Placement — Players place action tiles to perform actions and build up their capabilities.
• Track Advancement — Players advance on various tracks (e.g., mana forge access track, water track, environment track) to unlock new abilities or benefits.

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Quotes (from this video)

• It's not the most exciting name. It's not the most exciting theme.
• This is the definition of a procedural game.
• The game has barely any interaction with the exception of the board and even more that's like you went to the spot I was going to go to.
• I think the downtime is too much and it actually brings down my ranking of the game a little bit because I think it's just too much drag between turns.
• It's a Eurogame machine. It is running stuff.

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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)

• Card Drafting — Players draft cards, and the first player drafts first, picking two cards.
• Deduction — Players try to deduce the opponent's hidden element and face-up cards.
• Player vs. Player — Two players duel each other.
• Set Collection — Players collect elemental cards.

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Quotes (from this video)

• This is almost a six games I played so you don't have to, but one of these games is fine, the rest are not quite so much.
• The lack of communication you kind of have to have the communication before the game so you understand if if we're playing this but you're not at the point or do nothing or hint nothing.
• It's such a one-note game that I just can't recommend it.
• This is another one of those games that's 18 cards for no reason.
• This game is terrible. I hate it. It's so bad.
• It's just shy of being good.
• Sadly, not many games here that I enjoyed, but you you may feel differently.

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