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Cosmic Wimpout

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1975 · 2-7 players · 20min · weight 1.22 · 1,083 ratings

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Rating
5.64
Users rated
1,083
Owned
1,750
Wishing
81

At a glance

What playing it feels like, broken down.

Core loop

Roll five custom dice, bank scoring results, decide to stop and score or re-roll remaining dice risking all accumulated points.

What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
0
Narrative
0
Challenge
1
Fellowship
2
Discovery
0
Expression
0
Submission
3
How it works (3 mechanics)
  • [3]push_your_luck_escalation— “if you roll and don't score, you lose all the points for that turn, and the next player goes”
  • [1]dice_mitigation— “You can accumulate points towards the winning total by ending your turn or risking it all”
  • [1]attrition_clock— “The first player to reach an agreed-upon score wins”
Under-the-radar score: -0.55

Raw extraction payloads

The JSON rows behind this page, before analysis turns them into candidate ranking signals.

V4 wide feature rowgame_llm_features_v4.raw_json · v4-wide · vocab v1 · 2026-05-03
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  "bgg_id": 1302,
  "name": "Cosmic Wimpout",
  "core_loop_micro": "Roll five custom dice, bank scoring results, decide to stop and score or re-roll remaining dice risking all accumulated points.",
  "mda_aesthetic_vector": {
    "Sensation": 1,
    "Fantasy": 0,
    "Narrative": 0,
    "Challenge": 1,
    "Fellowship": 2,
    "Discovery": 0,
    "Expression": 0,
    "Submission": 3
  },
  "mech_interaction_primitives": [
    {
      "primitive": "push_your_luck_escalation",
      "strength_0_3": 3,
      "evidence_quote": "if you roll and don't score, you lose all the points for that turn, and the next player goes"
    },
    {
      "primitive": "dice_mitigation",
      "strength_0_3": 1,
      "evidence_quote": "You can accumulate points towards the winning total by ending your turn or risking it all"
    },
    {
      "primitive": "attrition_clock",
      "strength_0_3": 1,
      "evidence_quote": "The first player to reach an agreed-upon score wins"
    }
  ],
  "session_length_tolerance_min": 5,
  "content_extensibility_score": 2,
  "confidence": 0.7
}

Sources (1)

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Dice