Table feel
Moderate level of interaction with a mix of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus.
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Help Me!
Polar bears, koalas, emperor penguins, cute little panda bears – they all need your help to survive, but alas only one species (and one player) can come out on top in Help Me! The game includes 30 animal tiles, with six different types of animals, each valued 1-5. To set up the g...
Players
2-6
Time
?-?
Age
7+
Weight
1.38
Rating
6.04
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Moderate level of interaction with a mix of direct and strategic confrontation. Players need to pay attention to others' actions frequently, but cooperation is not a major focus.
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.1
Scales well
Strategy
4.7
Deep strategy
Control
2.8
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
The game offers a high degree of variability with different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements. The strategic depth allows players to improve their strategy over time. The game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. It is moderately easy to learn with a good balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, the game has a strong replayability score.
Luck profile
The final luck score for Help Me! is 5.67. The game has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. Players have a substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with the game outcome being influenced by both luck and player decisions.
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Polar bears, koalas, emperor penguins, cute little panda bears – they all need your help to survive, but alas only one species (and one player) can come out on top in Help Me! The game includes 30 animal tiles, with six different types of animals, each valued 1-5. To set up the game, randomly create a 5x6 grid of animal tiles. Each player secretly chooses one of the six animal character tiles to see which animal they want to save. On a turn, a player chooses any tile or stack of tiles and moves the tile/stack orthogonally onto an adjacent tile/stack. You can't move a tile to an empty space. When no more tiles/stacks can be moved, the game ends. Each player then reveals his animal character and takes all stacks that have that type of animal on top. The player scores one point for each tile he collects; in addition, if any of the type of animal are within a stack (not on top), the player scores points equal to the value of that buried animal tile. The rules include a team variant in which players combine their scores at the end of the game, but don't know which animals their teammates are trying to save. Watch for tears and other clues of sadness when particular animals disappear from the board...
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Designers
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Dong-Hwa Kim
Artists
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Floriane Grivillers
Publishers
3
A.ger Games
Deinko Games
Libellud
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