Daybreak Review: Might Just Be The Best Cooperative Game of 2023...
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Hard Cooperative Game? Check
My type of game? Check
Heavier and more complex than a Pandemic but lighter than a Spirit Island? Check
Card combo-lishus driven gameplay? Check!!
Daybreak is a co-operative game about climate action. Each player controls a world power, deploying policies and technologies to both dismantle the engine of global heating and to build resilient societies that protect people from life-threatening crises.
If the global temperature gets too high, or if too many people from any world power are in crisis, everyone loses. But if you work together to draw down global emissions to net-zero, you all win
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Edit: See the pinned comment!! Messed up the 5 cards tableau description! You always start with your 5 starters in front of you to create your 5 piles. And no, this doesn't change my opinion of some of the asymmetry that I would like a little more of. And also, no it doesn't change my opinion of the fact that I really like this game.
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Time Stamp:
00:00 - Overview/How To Win
04:06 - The Crisis Cards
05:07 - How The Cards Play
10:01 - Pros/Cons
- Deck Drawing/Card Comboing Strategy
- Crisis Cards Swing, Hit, AND Miss
- Escalation Quickly
- Asymmetric but not really
- Challenge Cards a plus
18:59 - Final Thoughts
- One of the Best of 2023
- No Quarterbacking Issue