Sakura Arms is fantastic and one of the best under 30 minute games I've ever played. Occasionally it can feel frustrating to not have the Sakura petals where you need them to be, but the game offers you tools to move them and it's also so quick that the frustration never builds too high. Another game I've tried recently with a similar pool token system is Vindication. In that game each player has their own set of tokens in various pools on your player board and you use those tokens to power up different magic strengths or cards. I really enjoyed my play of that so far and have only played the base game but I'm excited to try some expansions.
Sakura Arms is fantastic and one of the best under 30 minute games I've ever played. Occasionally it can feel frustrating to not have the Sakura petals where you need them to be, but the game offers you tools to move them and it's also so quick that the frustration never builds too high. Another game I've tried recently with a similar pool token system is Vindication. In that game each player has their own set of tokens in various pools on your player board and you use those tokens to power up different magic strengths or cards. I really enjoyed my play of that so far and have only played the base game but I'm excited to try some expansions.
Oooh now I need to check out Vindication. Love this style mechanism.