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New York Slice

#2108BGG ↗

2017 · 2-6 players · 30min · weight 1.46 · 4,136 ratings

no digital port yetdifficulty: Easy
BGGEnrichedDeep analysis5Sources2RulesPick0.577Deep dive
Rating
6.23
Users rated
4,136
Owned
6,276
Wishing
719

At a glance

What playing it feels like, broken down.

Core loop

Slice a pizza into portions, give opponents first choice, keep the rest; decide which slices to eat now vs score at end.

What it gives you
How strongly each kind of experience comes through (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
0
Narrative
0
Challenge
2
Fellowship
2
Discovery
1
Expression
2
Submission
2
How it works (4 mechanics)
  • [3]_other:i_cut_you_choose— “Each player slices pizzas into portions, giving their opponents first choice while they take the leftovers.
  • [3]set_collection_concentrating— “There are a dozen kinds of pizza; building the best collection means concentrating on majority of each type.
  • [2]multi_use_card— “Each player decides if they want to eat or keep some of the slices, building the best collection of pizzas possible.
  • [1]simultaneous_reveal_drama— “Each time a player slices a pizza, there's a different special to go along with it placed on one of the portions.
Under-the-radar score: 0.62

Archetype fits

How well this game shape maps to mobile archetype templates. Composite is a weighted sum of the 10 fit dimensions.

ArchetypeCompositeLTFSessionComboArcShare5inOnboard
Snap
i_cut_you_choose creates real opponent-reading load (predict what they'll grab), and 14 specials hint at extensible roster. 30-min table game compresses well to 3-min async pizza-pick rounds.
5.706.0746477
Cozy
Tier table: no Hard/Open/Coop trigger. Set Collection + light theme = Tonal-cozy, no cap. Anchovy negative-points and competitive cutting prevent full no-fail feel; loss_tolerance_fit lands at 7 not 9.
5.207.0835477
Wordle
A daily 'pizza puzzle' is conceivable, and slice-collection grids share well as emoji. But the loop fundamentally needs an opponent for I-cut-you-choose to mean anything.
5.007.0435676
Balatro
set_collection_concentrating offers some payoff stacking, but no card synergies or relic-style multipliers; combo_scaling_depth is far below StS-shape. Loop is social-pick rather than solo run.
4.605.0634477
Coop
i_cut_you_choose is intrinsically adversarial; bluff_info_asymmetry — the strongest coop signal — is irrelevant because picks are open. Wrong shape for shared-fail loop.
3.605.0423365

Translation pick

Why this is on the shortlist for a digital build, and how each signal contributes.

Rating quality×0.300.046
Demand (wish/own)×0.180.241
Plays in one sitting×0.171.000
Easy to translate×0.201.000
No existing port×0.151.000
Total fit0.577= 0.577
Difficulty reasoning

I-cut-you-choose pizza drafting is a perfectly compact mobile loop; the eat-or-keep decision and specials add depth within a very small card set.

Closest loop translation
none yet

Sources (2)

Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.

BGG comments0.75LLM memory0.10