Unconscious Mind (2024)

“It's it's really really satisfying and this is the kind of game that we're you know it's the keeper for our sh we don't keep a lot of games these days just because shelf space is limited so the fact that we're keeping this it says a lot”(10:22)

“If you can't tell already, Maggie and I have loved this game. I really, really love this game, really, really, we've had a great time. It is super heavy, um, which is the type of game that we like.”(24:27)

Unconscious Mind is a heavy, mechanically satisfying euro game with a tightly integrated psychoanalysis theme. It features gorgeous dual-artist production, intricate resource management, and engaging rondel-based worker placement.

“All in all, is this an excellent game? Yeah, I think this is going to be a very excellent game. I went into this kind of going, how much of this is hype, how much of this is just Excellence splayed out in a multi-board layered thematic incorporation, and it's definitely the latter.”(18:08)

“So, those are my thoughts about Unconscious Mind. Highly recommend it in a heartbeat. It's such a good Euro and one that I am definitely keeping in the collection. It is solid.”(19:24)

The reviewer highlights Unconscious Mind as a dense, heavy worker placement game with a unique psychoanalysis theme, praising its innovative customizable inkpot actions and fantastic presentation despite a difficult teach.

The panel from The Dice Tower enjoyed Unconscious Mind, highlighting its intricate Euro mechanisms and engaging psychoanalytic theme, while noting it has quite a bit of rules overhead and complexity.

“My first guess is that I love this game, I mean I love, I love it, I mean it's, it's a fantastic game, it's uh it's engaging, it makes sense that it's heavy, it's very heavy.”(19:06)

The reviewer found Unconscious Mind to be mechanically overcomplicated and heavily convoluted, noting it has a high barrier to entry and lacks a smooth middle ground, despite its interesting psychological theme.

The reviewer praises Unconscious Mind for its stunning dream-inspired art, high-quality components, and deep gameplay, though they note the heavy rulebook can be confusing to parse initially.

“This for me is just have all of the nice crunchy decisions, it has a smooth gameplay, not too long, two hours with four players and two of them hadn't played before, um, so much Euro goodness going on in a okay amount of time, just a super fun game, highly recommend it.”(27:21)

The reviewer highlights Unconscious Mind as an engaging medium-heavy euro game featuring clever worker placement mechanics, an appealing theme around psychoanalysis, and satisfying strategic depth.