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2023
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Description
Ark Nova: Marine Worlds, an expansion for Ark Nova, introduces multiple new elements to the game, such as sea animals that each have to be played in new special enclosures that must be built adjacent to water.
Roughly half the sea animals are reef dwellers, and whenever you add a reef dweller to your zoo, you trigger the ability of all reef dwellers in your zoo. To deal with the dilution of the deck, naturally caused by adding more cards, all sea cards feature a wave icon, and whenever it is revealed in the display, you discard the first card in the row, then replenish.
A new fourth university is available on the association board, and if you take it, you claim one of six special universities from the reserve that feature one research icon and one of six animal icons. When you take this registry, you reveal cards from the top of the deck and keep the first revealed card with an animal icon that matches your chosen university.
For each of the five action cards, four alternate versions with a little twist will be available. Players draft action cards at the start of play, replacing two of their standard action cards with these new ones, increasing the asymmetry in the game.
New bonus tiles and final scoring cards will also be included.
Also the expansion will include alternate wooden markers for the 3 tracks and cute animals to mark the conservation projects you support instead of using your regular player markers.
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Watch It Played Discussion sentiment: positive
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positive
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none
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none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
- Ark Nova
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- draft and placement with enclosures — New enclosures must be built adjacent to water; sea animals (reef dwellers) interact with reef effects; players draft action cards and add new elements.
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- a fast-paced dynamic game that is both easy to learn and strategically deep
- Star Wars game is back but with Key Forge and Star Wars Destiny rapidly coming and going from Fantasy Flight's roster
- Prelude 2 this seems will be similar in size and scope to the original Prelude expansion
- Marine Worlds introduces a bunch of new stuff into competitive conservation efforts and general zoo life
- ancient Minotaur art that you've studied for decades
- you'll be competing to trade goods and rare coins in a shared Market
- Freaky Frogs from Outer Space aims to recreate a real pinball machine experience as a new card game
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Getting Games Discussion
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- it's just a really exciting experience to pitch these games
- Jessica did all of the graphic design
- I believe in these games
- I don't think I'm ever going to make money off of these maybe I will who knows
- Spiel felt like Disneyland for five days
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Allies or Enemies Discussion at 0:16 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds depth with new action cards and marine animals
- Animal markers and colorful tokens enhance thematic flavor
- Deck cycling improvements reduce perceived randomness
Cons
- Increases learning curve for new players
- Expansion may be skip-able for casual plays
Thematic elements
- Conservation, aquarium design, species management
- Global zoo and conservation focus with marine life
- Strategic, data-driven
Comparison games
- Dune Imperium
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — At setup, players receive three action cards, draft one, pass the rest, ending with two that replace base actions.
- Engine Building: Efficiency — Alternate action cards modify how actions function and can differ between sides.
- Engine-building / action efficiency — Alternate action cards modify how actions function and can differ between sides.
- Resource Management — New animal markers and tokens replace or augment existing conservation project markers.
- Resource management / markers — New animal markers and tokens replace or augment existing conservation project markers.
- Set collection / card synergy — Marine animal cards interact with sponsorship and goal cards, expanding choices and scoring opportunities.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is one we're just going to leave in all the time too.
- The landmark tokens are the star of the show here.
- Not an every time expansion, but very close to that for many playgroups.
- Cooperative campaign changes the base game in meaningful ways.
- It feels like these expansions patch some weaknesses and balance things out.
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Grant Lyon Top 10 List at 6:22 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds marine life and enclosures (aquariums) for sea animals.
- Introduces a fourth university with special universities.
- Includes new bonus tiles and final scoring cards.
- Features alternate wooden markers and cute animal markers for conservation projects.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Building a zoo with marine life
- Zoo
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- scoring — Includes new bonus tiles and final scoring cards.
- Set Collection — Adds marine animals and enclosures like aquariums.
- Variable player powers — Adds a fourth university with special universities featuring one research icon and one animal icon.
- Zoo Building — Players build up a zoo.
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Quotes (from this video)
- all of the animals will score you points in different ways and there are a number of cards in it that you know keep the game replayable
- so if you want new asymmetric
- releasing circadian chaos order harbingers expansion this is a mini expansion to the game circadians chaos order which was a heavyweight game where you could play as one of six asymmetric factions battling for control of ancient relics on a distant planet
- this provides more variability and strategies to discover from within each faction so it doesn't add a new faction but it adds a couple of new things for the faction that makes it um you know a little bit more replayable
- Renegade game studios and Garfield games are releasing an expansion to circadian first light this is the specialist expansion
- circadian first light was a medium heavyweight game um that um was all about negotiation they it had open negotiations and you were building coalitions with new species in space
- Steam Forge games is releasing an expansion to their newly released Resident Evil board game this is called Bleak Outpost
- in this expansion Bleak Outpost there are six new scenarios in the game so it adds about approximately eight hours of extra gameplay to your Resident Evil campaign
- if you like horror themed games then Resident Evil is definitely a horror themed game
- so yeah lot lots more content to explore for circadian first light
- so that's it that's all the expansions I have hitting retail in October 20123
- there's a lot of expansions for well-known and well-loved games this month so it is an it's an exciting month in the world of expansions that's for sure
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Meeple University Top List at 3:04 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great expansion
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- animals
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none
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Mechanics unknown.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Goblin vaults this year is not only that game but it's all the way up in my top five
- the closest analog I haven't really seen anything exactly like it but the closest analog is Great Western Trail in terms of how the secondary scoring Market works
- for me this takes classic Great Western Trail and adds that Medium interaction I'm looking for
- I like Expeditions more than Scythe but I like Scythe
- I really like a good two-player abstract and this is a really good two-player abstract
- this has got this Euphoria bumping mechanics love it love it love it
- this really hits the mark there is a lot of medium Euro interaction in this game
- my number one game of 2023
- this is my favorite of Great Western Trail well Great Western Trail Argentina is close second but I decided okay I can't really you know I just want to put one great won Trail as one game one entry
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Allies or Enemies Top 10 List at 7:30 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- asymmetrical powers spice up play
- marine animals and new enclosures are thematic and fun
- faster cadence with more cards
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- zoo-building with aquatic animals
- marine/sea-life themed expansion to Ark Nova
Comparison games
- Ark Nova
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Asymmetric Player Powers — Each player gets unique action powers that change how they approach the game.
- asymmetrical player powers — Each player gets unique action powers that change how they approach the game.
- deck consumption/advancement — New cards enter the deck and move through quickly, increasing cadence.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Great Western Trail New Zealand is phenomenal
- this is by far the best version this takes everything I love about Great Western Trail and just it makes it smoother
- the island board that feels a lot like the rails of the north from the original
- the new cards you switch in it which lets you get a bonus without taking up a card slot in your hand
- Village Big Box just takes everything from Village all the expansions and puts it all in one big box
- Unmatched Adventures Tales to Amaze takes the original game and makes it cooperative
- the stuff in the envelopes were more interesting as well
- the aliens and The Thing are some of my favorite Final Girl variants
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Drive Thru Games Review at 44:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- must-have expansion
- really recommend this
- best part of it is those unique action cards
- adds to it
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Aquatic creatures in a zoo
Comparison games
- Race for the Galaxy
- Terraforming Mars
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action card drafting — Everybody ends up with a couple of unique ones that do the you know the basic same action but then a little bit different.
- New cards — Gives you some you know a bunch of new cards and and updates the deck in general.
- New Enclosures — Aquatic type creatures that you can you know build into your zoo.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is just a dice chuck fest with very, very, very little mitigation and it just constantly kicks you in the face.
- It's like a game from the 80s but good.
- The app that walks you through the game I think is the best I've ever seen at that.
- It just does more of the same, but slightly different.
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