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Give Me the Brain!

#7994BGG ↗

1996 · 3-8 players · 15min · weight 1.27 · 2,184 ratings

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Rating
5.63
Users rated
2,184
Owned
3,830
Wishing
127

At a glance

What playing it feels like, broken down.

Core loop

Play a task card if you hold the shared brain token or bid for it; race to empty your hand of zombie-work cards.

What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
0
Fantasy
2
Narrative
1
Challenge
1
Fellowship
3
Discovery
0
Expression
0
Submission
2
How it works (3 mechanics)
  • [2]allocation_auction— “Auction / Bidding — players bid for the brain token to complete multi-brain tasks”
  • [3]hand_management_under_draw— “race to empty hand; single-brain tasks vs multi-brain tasks require brain token management”
  • [1]attrition_clock— “first to play all hand cards wins; brain token constrained resource creates pacing pressure”
Under-the-radar score: -0.36

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 v2 · 2026-05-04
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  "core_loop_micro": "Play a task card if you hold the shared brain token or bid for it; race to empty your hand of zombie-work cards.",
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    "Sensation": 0,
    "Fantasy": 2,
    "Narrative": 1,
    "Challenge": 1,
    "Fellowship": 3,
    "Discovery": 0,
    "Expression": 0,
    "Submission": 2
  },
  "mech_interaction_primitives": [
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      "primitive": "allocation_auction",
      "strength_0_3": 2,
      "evidence_quote": "Auction / Bidding — players bid for the brain token to complete multi-brain tasks"
    },
    {
      "primitive": "hand_management_under_draw",
      "strength_0_3": 3,
      "evidence_quote": "race to empty hand; single-brain tasks vs multi-brain tasks require brain token management"
    },
    {
      "primitive": "attrition_clock",
      "strength_0_3": 1,
      "evidence_quote": "first to play all hand cards wins; brain token constrained resource creates pacing pressure"
    }
  ],
  "session_length_tolerance_min": 5,
  "content_extensibility_score": 1,
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}

BGG tags

Categories (2)
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