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Back or Brick – Yura Yura Penguin

In this dexterity and speed game you are building your iceberg as fast as you can for your penguin, but don’t let it fall.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ryokoyabuchi/dont-dive-made-in-japan

Pros

  • Penguins
  • Dexterity
  • Aesthetic
  • Price and shipping

Cons

  • No Kickstarter History
  • Kickstarter Exclusives
  • “Uno” rule

Thoughts On The Page

I really like how this page is laid out. There’s a kickstarter standard of where you put things, what sections are expected, and for a first time kickstarter company/individual, they have done a good job. I’m also impressed when I see multiple languages done well on a page.

The game play itself seems fine. I think that they do a good job of laying out how the game works on the page. The game looks hopefully simple, which dexterity should generally be. I’m hoping that the amount of symbology is easily clear in the game. It does have Uno rules of having to say something or draw more, and to me that is not a good thing.

Back or Brick

For me this is a brick. In terms of penguin games, I already have Icecool, in terms of dexterity games, I have Icecool. What makes it tempting though is that the game seems quite simple, which I want dexterity games to be. So a cute little game. But the fact you call out “Penguin” when you’re down to a card and if you don’t you have to draw a new card, that is not a good rule. I think that the game probably would just end up being a kids game when all is said and done because of how it works whereas something like Icecool works well with kids and adults.

Is this a back or a brick for you?

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