How to design a POLYOMINO board game *Top 10 Mechanisms*

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How to design a POLYOMINO board game Top 10 Mechanisms

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On this channel, I like to dip into certain genres - trick-taking, flicking, tableau-building, dice-rolling - and try to pinpoint the specific mechanisms frequently used in these games. It’s a tool box for you as a game designer. Which of these mechanisms do you want to employ in your own polyomino game? Which of these mechanisms could you subvert? And crucially, which mechanisms spring to mind which haven’t yet been utilised? Is there space for innovation here?
I received a review copy of Prehistories from Hachette Board Games UK.
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0:00 INTRODUCTION
2:06 FILL THE GRID
3:07 FREE, ONE SIDED, OR FIXED
5:25 RESTRICTIONS ON TILE PLACEMENT
8:18 IN-GAME FEEDBACK
10:50 STACKING TILES
11:45 PLACING TOKENS ON TILES
12:29 SCORING CONDITIONS
13:43 SHARED GRID
15:44 MONOMINOES
16:43 PENALTIES

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@MrJoemono Жыл бұрын

I wasn't a big fan of Polyomino games but this week I played Arkadia. Loved it!!!

@davidweinberg168 2 жыл бұрын

"Stumbling block"... nice one :)

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

An unintended pun… but yes, it works! So I’ll take credit for it 😁

@leonardquirm 2 жыл бұрын

Hadn't come across your channel before until this video popped up in my BGG notifications due to the My City tag - which I really enjoyed playing through last year - and this was a excellent introduction to it! Informative, detailed and a pleasure to watch. Looking forward to checking out more of your videos!

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Simon - really glad you enjoyed it.

@dwyllie 4 ай бұрын

I love the older version of Blokus for two players (pieces in orange and purple color).

@billymartin2426 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe I missed it but the grandest polyomino game might be A Feast for Odin

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Billy. It got a very brief mention in the video - but I haven’t played it - and it was too expensive (and hard to get hold of) to pick up a copy just for this video! I’m sure it’s amazing though. From my understanding of the rules, it doesn’t do anything with the polyominoes which isn’t covered by my categories here though (placement restrictions, cover icons, penalties for not covering icons etc).

@ParlorPunch 2 жыл бұрын

Great job professor. Jam-packed with info, learned a lot, got my gears spinning, you know, like all your other classes.👏👏👏👏 Thank you!

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of service.

@zungagames Жыл бұрын

My favourite is Silver and Gold. I love how much they are able to do with so little!

@Guillotine-th9uf 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video Adam, very very very interresting and enjoyable !

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

Really glad you found it interesting.

@anahi_naya_ledesma 2 жыл бұрын

You're a mind reader! This is exactly the type of information I was looking for!

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic - glad to help.

@TisButAScratch666 2 жыл бұрын

Miyabi is a current favourite of this genre. Highly recommend you check it out if you're unfamiliar. Both serene and challenging

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

That looks lovely. Haba and Michael Kiesling is a great pairing!

@Makeybussines 11 ай бұрын

Skirrid is underrated!

@DanielSolis 2 жыл бұрын

Favelas is another hex-domino tile stacking game with a much tighter play space than Cuzco. The board is designed to always result in one awkward empty space. I'd like to see more non-contiguous polyominoes. For example, a "diagonal" polyomino where the squares only touch at the corners. Cartographers does a bit of this and I imagine such a game would have to be roll&write to work. Perhaps using individual cubes like Tiny Towns?

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

Nice idea Daniel. Yes, I like those “gappy” shapes in Cartographers.

@madsfle4420 2 жыл бұрын

Next year "modular polyominoes" will be a thing :) Watch out for a new "shaky" game release from AEG ;) Thank you for the overview of the genre, Adam. Your videos are excellent!

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

That sounds really fun, and a great idea.

@bruceknight3720 2 жыл бұрын

I hadn't realised there were so many older polyomino games - have you been visiting Tony Boydel's board game museum?! Very interesting vid - thanks, and all the best for 2022

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce - Happy New Year to you too.

@diamondmeeple 2 жыл бұрын

You covered some nice ones there. I got many of them. I'm a big fan of polyomino games.

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

@diamondmeeple 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdaminWales Battle of LITS with random boards online at BGA provides an amazing polyomino experience. You've tried it?

@AdaminWales 2 жыл бұрын

@@diamondmeeple No. I hadn’t heard of that one. I’ve looked it up. I like the core concept.

@diamondmeeple 2 жыл бұрын

@@AdaminWales You should try it a boardgamearena with random boards. It is superb and among my top 3 favourite polyomino games. A friend of mine has made Polyssimo Challenge, it is also pretty nice. I am great fan of Blokus Duo, two matches with alternate start with no bonuses, lowest total surplus squares win.