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Coming of Age is a board game where players embody a child progressing through adolescence, year by year. Players make crucial decisions to shape their personality, develop interests and skills, form memories, and work towards personal goals by visiting various locations. The game offers a thematic journey through life, exploring experiences like making friends and falling in love.

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The Verdict

based on 7 reviews

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Strong and immersive personal development theme, mirroring real-life challenges and triumphs
Strategic depth and medium-heavy Eurogame mechanics
Interesting dice management and 'pushing tracks' mechanisms for character development and location visits
Simultaneous actions, contributing to engaging gameplay
Good replayability, with decisions shaping unique life stories
The dice mechanism can be frustrating, particularly in the final round when trying to achieve specific objectives
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The Broken Meeple, The Broken MeepleVideo

This video provides a review of 'Coming of Age,' a physical board game about personal development and life choices from childhood to adulthood, evoking a sense of nostalgia for the teenage years.

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Rahdo Runs Through, RahdoVideo

This video offers a comprehensive run-through and review of the board game "Coming of Age," a highly anticipated title for the reviewer. The content explores the gameplay of guiding characters through life's defining moments and concludes with the reviewer's ultimate verdict on the game.

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The Dice Tower, Tom Vasel and Chris YVideo

Coming of Age is a narrative dice management strategy board game about guiding a character from childhood to adulthood, shaping their personality and pursuing life goals. The review highlights its unique theme and engaging Eurogame mechanics with low player interaction.

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Gaming Rules!, Gaming Rules!Video

This video from Gaming Rules! offers a comprehensive look at the board game 'Coming of Age'. It features a detailed tutorial, a full playthrough of the game, and a dedicated review segment providing a final assessment.

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Board Game Quest, Victoria StefanelliArticle

This is a unique, medium-heavy Eurogame that, despite initial learning curve issues with the rulebook, offers a deeply rewarding and crunchy experience. Its innovative bi-directional tracks and largely simultaneous gameplay are standout features, making it a well-balanced and strategically rich title.

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Board Gaming Ramblings, Johannes and CaVideo

This video offers a comprehensive review of the physical board game 'Coming of Age,' a medium-style Eurogame. The reviewers find it to be a fun and engaging experience with interesting decisions and well-designed artwork and symbols. They consider it one of the better Eurogames they have played recently.

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BoardGameBollocks, Matt from Boardgame BollocksVideo

BoardGameBollocks reviews 'Coming of Age,' praising its art and some mechanics, but heavily criticizes it as an overly abstract Eurogame that fails its life progression theme. The reviewer gives a strongly negative verdict.

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