Brickwyrm

Cleaned up my workshop last week and found two old gsme ideas as well as a work surface!

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12/31: Canvas 1-5p
Draft illos to make paintings & win ribbons
Like: fast to play, clear cards, not too complex
Dislike: mat was just fabric—would not lie flat
Fix: use actual board or neoprene mat
Verdict: good, very enjoyable
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This was a Christmas gift, and we'll def play again. We used the purple enchants, maybe the gold would've been more to our liking.

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12/30: Flamecraft 1-5p
Cute wyrms run village markets
Like: uberCUTE, mat,
Dislike: just got hang of it when game ends. For 2p Enchants=a rule too many
Fix try: 4 card hands, end=all shops full, an option w/o enchants
Verdict: good, prob better at 3+
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12/29: Cube Checkers 2p
Dice Checkers
Like: gameplay was great improvement on checkers
Dislike: snobby, patronizing, and repetitive rulebook
Fix: writer & editor. Smaller board. More special pieces that update numbers with a touch
Verdict: good
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12/28: Mad Scientist 2p
Count to ten and claim a continent
Like: deck with 9 ones, 8 twos etc.
Dislike: 2nd turn advantage. Claimed tiles powers didn't incentivize nor balance the game
Fix: the deck and tiles balance
Verdict: underwhelmed
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12/27: Basilica 2p
Lay tiles and claim area
Like: Tiles with 2 uses, scores at queen's whimsy
Dislike: too tall draw stack, wanted bigger scaffolding—1 square doesn't block well enough
Fix: draw-tile holder
Verdict: Enjoyed a lot.
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12/26: Machi Koro 2-4p
Build a city w/ cheese & more
Like: simple roll & buy gameplay
Dislike: overly engineered insert for 100ish cards, 2 dice, and coins
Fix: smaller box!
Verdict: okay. simple and light, & probaby better at 3-4 players
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12/25: Sea Salt & Paper 2-4p
Like: lovely art, great gameplay
Dislike: confusing rules, CHEAP cards for $18 ¡3rd printing?! Shark take-that
Fix: better, coated cardstock
Verdict: want as a keep-in-my-bag game, but fear the cheap cards won't hold up
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12/24: Diceland 2p

Like: terrain restrictions
Dislike: default setup too loosy-goosy. Set more parameters: bad arrangements break the game
Fix: stipulate # of tiles and shape of board, nicer dice
Verdict: good once you how not to set it up (pic2=bad)
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12/23: Katarenga 2p
Chess with a twist
Like: variety in boards, nice pieces, interesting alt to chess
Dislike: able to make unfair boards
Fix: if you make 1680 boards, design them all to work well
Verdict: good option if you have a chess brain
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12/22: Linkage 2-4p
DNA study aid claiming to be a game
Like: graphics
Dislike: card lineup works for only 1; weird 2nd player advantage; hand too small; game ends just as interesting options
Fix: make into traditional matching play
Verdict: pass
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12/21: Pentago 2p
5 in a row with a literal twist
Like: spatial, familiar gameplay; wood & marbles
Dislike: super cheap folded cardstock box
Fix: the box prevents taking anywhere or storing; get credit for quality inside on box art
Verdict: good enough
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12/20: Cascadia 1-4p
Draft tiles and animals to make the strongest ecosystem
Like: diff patterns for animals, nature tokens to break a rule
Dislike: animal rng never gave me a 2nd bear, 5 land types felt a little too MtG
Fix: market of 5
Verdict: great
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12/19: Razzle 2p
1981 speed word-making game
Like: letter dice! quick roller in concept, score tracker feel
Dislike: roller implementation, simultaneous shouting; 10 wins of tug of war is too much
Fix: better roller, let longer words win
Verdict: ok
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5 minute dungeon was better

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12/18: 5 Min Dungeon 2-6p
Literally 5 min
Like: fast, easy, co-op dungeon delve, multivoice timer
Dislike: no time to see what we're battling
Fix: more portable box?
Verdict: keep! 2p rules = double deck. Worked well.
Reminds me of Ted Lasso gameplay.
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12/17: Forest Shuffle 2-4p
Suggested to me as alt to Arboretum
Like: layer 4 cards on a card. many paths/strats to points
Dislike: can't see all info in hand
Fix: icons too similar
Verdict: keep! lots of rules, but that'll come with more playing
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12/16: Here to Slay 2-4p
Get a party and slay the monsters
Like: medieval anthro-bunny aesthetic
Dislike: collect 6 heroes to win
Fix: 2x monster cards; 2-3x win condition; give plus for 6 hero types, not a win.
Verdict: too antagonistic for me at 2p.
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For me, this one will become parts.

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12/15: Otrio 2-4p

Speaking of Tic tac toe...
Like: cool wood board, unique pieces, nod to 3D tic tac toe
Dislike: it's tictactoe for upto 4
Fix: add a way to battle for a space
Verdict: for you if you love tic tac toe & think other games are too hard.
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12/14: Rhumb Line 2p

Tic tac toe on Cartesian Coordinates
Like: mousepad mat as board
Dislike: it's tictactoe with a big advantage to folks w/ spatial visualization
Fix: rings/lines that shift?
Verdict: ugh.
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12/13: Silver & Gold 2-4p

Dryerase polyominos to claim desert islands
Like: enough extra for some light strategy. easy to play...
Dislike: once you get thru the rules
Fix: rule book. Too much flavor in some spots, not enough in others
Verdict: good
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Also, the dry erase coating was terrible.

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12/12: Little Wordy 2p

Anagrams with special clue rules
Likes: variety of clues. restrictions to word possibilities
Dislike: newsprint sized rules
Fix: example in rules, rule book
Verdict: good. 2p, we aren't likely to bring it out that often
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12/11: Tacocat Spelled Backwards 2p
Best card wins, until it doesn't

Likes: box=board, remove space as catchup, hand size & discard variety
Dislike: 38 cards felt cheap
Fix: example in rules
Verdict: keep. u feel u have choice, but prob. cards set win
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Dec 10: Parks (1st ed) 2-4p
Hiking w/o leaving my seat!

Likes: nice tokens, trays, art, great gameplay
Dislike: micro icon size in rules.
Fix it: give rules another review
Verdict: reminiscent of Tokaido. Keep. Loved it.
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After a day long meeting yesterday, I went to a #womenintoys networking event and gave a presentation called "915,103,765"
#afol
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Dec 9: Uno Dice 2p
Weak version of 2player uno
Likes: "drawing"=taking dice from back of line
Dislike: so much—hand of 5 draw2, unbalanced scoring (specials out of whack), no agency
Fix it: all Uno is awful at 2
Verdict: not for me. YMMV for Uno fan
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Dec 8: Unearth 2-4p
Collect cards sets, pattern tiles
Likes: Monument Valley art, using d4 and d8 for scaling
Dislike: 2player not balanced well; 1 card's color never showed
Fix it: leave more cards in for 2p
Verdict: play with more players
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