First picture of Brick Like This game
Posted by Huw,
The London Toy Fair is in full swing this week, and Brickset is in attendance. However, as in previous recent years we are not permitted to show or tell you what we've seen in the LEGO booth.
One thing we can share with you is a picture, taken by a friend of ours in the toy industry, of the recently announced Brick Like This game, which was on display on game publisher Asmodee's open stand.
The image almost perfectly explains how it'll be played...
It looks as if you'll pick a card then try and build the silhouetted shape from the selection of bricks included with the game.
I'm guessing that the number of parts needed to complete the challenge is the number shown on the backs of the cards and that it'll get harder the more that are needed.
No doubt there will be more to it than that, there appears to be 'challenge cards' as well, but I think that's the gist.
Does that sound like fun?
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Transcript of the instructions card:
BRICK like THIS!
In Brick Like This! teams race to build models out of LEGO bricks. The team with the most points at the end of 6 rounds wins!
Each team has two players:
The INSTRUCTOR describes how to build a model from a Shape Card.
The BUILDER builds the model as described.
Add the Challenge Cards into play for even more fun!
The Instructor/Builder gameplay sounds like it could be fun. (Although a simple "build this silhouette" would be great for very young players too.)
Brickionary
Honestly... meh, not for me. The models, as far as I can tell, are just random assortments of pieces, so it's basically just reverse charades with one person trying to tell the other how to put them together to match the silhouette on the card. I suppose some challenge comes from the fact that you don't get any distinction between the end of one piece and the start of the next, but the pieces themselves are already pretty distinct so you can only get so much there. I'm curious what the Challenge Cards will add (one of them looks like it has hands on it, so maybe it only lets you build with one hand or something?), but otherwise I'm not really interested. I liked 3844 because it gave you the freedom to build the item in any way you wanted so each round would be a little different even with the same cards, and Brick Like This! just doesn't look to have that replayability.
@HuskyDynamics said:
"Transcript of the instructions card:
BRICK like THIS!
In Brick Like This! teams race to build models out of LEGO bricks. The team with the most points at the end of 6 rounds wins!
Each team has two players:
The INSTRUCTOR describes how to build a model from a [illegible] Card.
The BUILDER builds the model as described.
Add the Challenge Cards into play for even more fun!"
The '[illegible] Card' look to be a 'Shape Card', I think.
Looks like the orders at the Lego House restaurant that are also bricked.
@HuskyDynamics said:
"Transcript of the instructions card:"
Thanks. You have better eyesight than me. The instructor/builder roles make it more challenging, then, and it's not unlike games I have played at LEGO events where two people sit back to back and one describes how to make a model to the other who builds it.
The fact that there is a LEGO booth with information that Brickset can't share bodes well for LEGO games in the coming years...
@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @HuskyDynamics said:
"Transcript of the instructions card:
BRICK like THIS!
In Brick Like This! teams race to build models out of LEGO bricks. The team with the most points at the end of 6 rounds wins!
Each team has two players:
The INSTRUCTOR describes how to build a model from a [illegible] Card.
The BUILDER builds the model as described.
Add the Challenge Cards into play for even more fun!"
The '[illegible] Card' look to be a 'Shape Card', I think."
Ah, yep, that looks to be it. Thanks (and good eyes)! I'll update the transcript.
I understand that commercial entities will try to increase their sales/revenues/profits but I do not like it when a company tries to be everything to everyone. When I want to build I choose Lego and that's that. When I want to play other games, I choose something else (variety is the spice of life). Lego is a big part of my entertainment time but it is far from being all of it and I do not want it to occupy more time, I just want the allocated time to be of better quality (i.e. models that I want to see happening).
If Lego needs so much more money, then they could relaunch something similar to 6399-1. *Some people will say: Lego does not own the rights to the tracks any more. To which I will reply: just buy the freaking rights back and produce the tracks - Lego bought all sorts of things in the last few years, why not those rights - simple.
@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"The fact that there is a LEGO booth with information that Brickset can't share bodes well for LEGO games in the coming years..."
Err, it's all the new sets, not games.
honestly, this looks like fun. provided it's not super expensive for some reason, I'll probably pick this up to play with my kids.
Oh. just go brick yourself.
@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
"The fact that there is a LEGO booth with information that Brickset can't share bodes well for LEGO games in the coming years..."
This is standard going back at least a decade, if not longer. There are three Toy Fairs that they have been inviting AFOL media to. London is first, and they aren’t allowed to say anything (one wonders why they’re even allowed in, but that’s a different matter). Germany, they get to talk about some of the new stuff, but can’t even take pictures of the rest. And then New York it’s pretty much all allowed, unless some movie studio has placed an embargo on revealing certain content because they’ve signed an exclusivity deal with a major media outlet (in which case TLG is contractually bound to let that media outlet announce everything before even they’re allowed to drop press releases on their own product).
@HOBBES:
I’ve never heard anything about not having the rights to the monorail track, and by now any patents should be well and truly expired. What I have heard, however, is that they don’t have the specs to recreate the molds. Now I kinda want a deep dive article on the whole history of the monorail system.
This is more like a puzzle-activity. Hardly a "board game"
@MegaBlocks said:
"Brickionary"
Exactly what I was thinking that this is like Pictionary, but with bricks.
And on that, its not really something that interests me, or sounds like fun. In my family it'd probably be something thats only brought out at Christmas after everyones had a few drinks... and well, we all know how that ends up.
@HOBBES said:
"I understand that commercial entities will try to increase their sales/revenues/profits but I do not like it when a company tries to be everything to everyone. When I want to build I choose Lego and that's that. When I want to play other games, I choose something else (variety is the spice of life). Lego is a big part of my entertainment time but it is far from being all of it and I do not want it to occupy more time, I just want the allocated time to be of better quality (i.e. models that I want to see happening).
If Lego needs so much more money, then they could relaunch something similar to 6399-1. *Some people will say: Lego does not own the rights to the tracks any more. To which I will reply: just buy the freaking rights back and produce the tracks - Lego bought all sorts of things in the last few years, why not those rights - simple."
The appeal for slightly generic board games is much, much, much wider than the appeal for monorail. Things like this aren't an attempt to gain more money from Afols, TLG already maxes out the money they get from Afols. Things like this are an attempt to bring in folks who aren't already superfans.
Also, you're definitely entitled to your opinion, but nearly all of what you said is opinion. You'd rather not play Lego games, that's fine...but Lego video games are some of the most successful and widely known games in that genre. Their original wave of board games is still popping up at thrift stores because they've been kicking around for so long. And there's a wide appeal for recreating chess or checkers out of Lego, so spreading into other games makes sense. Again, it's fine if *you* don't want that, but lots and lots of other people do want that.
Perhaps this is going to be like a simplified and streamlined version of Creationary.
No interest from me. We still occasionally play Ramses Pyramid, Minotaurus, Battle of Hoth or Atlantis Treasure. Even Banana Balance or Monster 4 if younger kids are around. They all play like more traditional board games (except Banana Balance). This new one doesn't seem too interesting.
@IgelCampus said:
"Looks like the orders at the Lego House restaurant that are also bricked.
"
They do!
Honestly, I’m excited. The rules are easy to understand, but it looks too easy.
@fakespacesquid said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I understand that commercial entities will try to increase their sales/revenues/profits but I do not like it when a company tries to be everything to everyone. When I want to build I choose Lego and that's that. When I want to play other games, I choose something else (variety is the spice of life). Lego is a big part of my entertainment time but it is far from being all of it and I do not want it to occupy more time, I just want the allocated time to be of better quality (i.e. models that I want to see happening).
If Lego needs so much more money, then they could relaunch something similar to 6399-1. *Some people will say: Lego does not own the rights to the tracks any more. To which I will reply: just buy the freaking rights back and produce the tracks - Lego bought all sorts of things in the last few years, why not those rights - simple."
The appeal for slightly generic board games is much, much, much wider than the appeal for monorail. Things like this aren't an attempt to gain more money from Afols, TLG already maxes out the money they get from Afols. Things like this are an attempt to bring in folks who aren't already superfans.
Also, you're definitely entitled to your opinion, but nearly all of what you said is opinion. You'd rather not play Lego games, that's fine...but Lego video games are some of the most successful and widely known games in that genre. Their original wave of board games is still popping up at thrift stores because they've been kicking around for so long. And there's a wide appeal for recreating chess or checkers out of Lego, so spreading into other games makes sense. Again, it's fine if *you* don't want that, but lots and lots of other people do want that."
Indeed. I, for one, don't insist on keeping my fandoms separate. In fact, I love it when they cross over. That's why I have several of the old Lego games (and wish I'd gotten more), as well as 10302 and 10338.
@TheOtherMike said:
" @fakespacesquid said:
" @HOBBES said:
"I understand that commercial entities will try to increase their sales/revenues/profits but I do not like it when a company tries to be everything to everyone. When I want to build I choose Lego and that's that. When I want to play other games, I choose something else (variety is the spice of life). Lego is a big part of my entertainment time but it is far from being all of it and I do not want it to occupy more time, I just want the allocated time to be of better quality (i.e. models that I want to see happening).
If Lego needs so much more money, then they could relaunch something similar to 6399-1. *Some people will say: Lego does not own the rights to the tracks any more. To which I will reply: just buy the freaking rights back and produce the tracks - Lego bought all sorts of things in the last few years, why not those rights - simple."
The appeal for slightly generic board games is much, much, much wider than the appeal for monorail. Things like this aren't an attempt to gain more money from Afols, TLG already maxes out the money they get from Afols. Things like this are an attempt to bring in folks who aren't already superfans.
Also, you're definitely entitled to your opinion, but nearly all of what you said is opinion. You'd rather not play Lego games, that's fine...but Lego video games are some of the most successful and widely known games in that genre. Their original wave of board games is still popping up at thrift stores because they've been kicking around for so long. And there's a wide appeal for recreating chess or checkers out of Lego, so spreading into other games makes sense. Again, it's fine if *you* don't want that, but lots and lots of other people do want that."
Indeed. I, for one, don't insist on keeping my fandoms separate. In fact, I love it when they cross over. That's why I have several of the old Lego games (and wish I'd gotten more), as well as 10302 and 10338."
Alright, not a popular point of view (of course all of this is always in everybody's own opinion) and to each their own, but really, the message I always want to convey when these products appear is: "stick to the brick" as said by a certain Jørgen Vig Knudstorp. If Lego does not over-extend itself again and it makes people happy, all the best.
It should be brick likes this game. Or bricks like this game.
I'm totally with @HOBBES on this one. I can't find a single reason to buy into this concept.
But then again I realize that not every product LEGO releases is aimed at me (shocker!).
I just find it fascinating how anyone could be entertained by such a concept. My kids certainly wouldn't be either. It's no wonder though, since my whole family (including the "in law" side) hates anything charade like (or games with a challenge/time constraint/stress inducing mode) with a passion. We are much more into games that are relaxing (to which building LEGO sets at leisure - alone or in a group - definitely counts).
As for the monorail situation, LEGO creates countless new moulds every year. The monorail tracks aren't rocket science. If LEGO wanted they could recreate them at any time and to the exact original specs. They simply don't see a market for such a product anymore I guess. Just like with their older types of train tracks that were far superior to the current all plastic ones. LEGO knows they can count on aftermarket suppliers like FX Bricks to (more or less) satisfy the demand of the hardcore audience.
The speech bubble styling and hurriedly-copy-the-image gameplay gives me strong Life of George vibes! (Compare this box to 21201 )
Literally living a life of George, I am compelled to have those boxes on display, and they are nicely colourful, but the game wasn't very good. Happily there's no app for this game, but I still have my doubts...
@AustinPowers:
If you've ever studied how wildly different the dimensions are from one LEGO element to the next, it's understandable that they can't just crank out molds for replacement track without knowing the original mold dimensions. The gearing on the center spine is one of the most precision designs they've ever produced, and getting it even just a little wrong might result in the motor binding.
@PurpleDave : I've seen people take silicone moulds off of the original parts and then molding their own replacement parts in some kind of resin. Seemed to work just fine.
Do you seriously think that some guy can achieve such a feat with the most primitive of means in his garage but it's beyond the capability of a multi-billion Dollar corporation with decades of experience in precision engineering of all kinds of moulds and materials?
@AustinPowers said:
" @PurpleDave : I've seen people take silicone moulds off of the original parts and then molding their own replacement parts in some kind of resin. Seemed to work just fine.
Do you seriously think that some guy can achieve such a feat with the most primitive of means in his garage but it's beyond the capability of a multi-billion Dollar corporation with decades of experience in precision engineering of all kinds of moulds and materials? "
One guy performing at a “seems to work just fine” standard is different from a worldwide company needing to perform at a “99.99% success rate, anyone can work it out of the box” standard. And as you mentioned before, lots of things are possible, but not everything is worth the effort.
@AustinPowers said:
" @PurpleDave : I've seen people take silicone moulds off of the original parts and then molding their own replacement parts in some kind of resin. Seemed to work just fine.
Do you seriously think that some guy can achieve such a feat with the most primitive of means in his garage but it's beyond the capability of a multi-billion Dollar corporation with decades of experience in precision engineering of all kinds of moulds and materials? "
Resin casts don’t shrink like injection-molded parts. The bigger the dimension, the greater the variance, and that’s going to affect clutch. Look up blueprints of various LEGO parts, and the width of a stud and distance between studs is quite varied, to the right of the decimal.
@PurpleDave : that's as maybe, all I'm saying is if LEGO wanted to recreate those parts they most certainly have the means necessary to do so. But like @fakespacesquid suggests, they probably have decided it's just not worth the effort.
First pictures...? I saw this on sale in a norwegian toy shop on Monday.