Game Info
Year
2024
Players
2-4
Age
10+
Playtime
60 min
Publisher
KOSMOS
Collection
Ratings
Creator Score
Mechanic profile
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Vibe profile
Waiting on more creator content
Description
A dice-drafting family game where players guide sea turtles down the East Australian Current while feeding fish and settling coral reefs
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Getting Games Discussion at 4:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- intriguing dice-drafting/dice-utilization mechanic
- cooperative-feel with ecosystem-building themes
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- marine ecosystem with dice drafting
- East Australian current; sea turtle setting
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Drafting — use dice to form strategies and ecosystems
- multi-dice / ecosystem building — form schools of fish and coral growth through dice selection
- open drafting — dice are drafted to form growing schools of fish and settle corals
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Quotes (from this video)
- there's a deck construction element but it does not say that it's a deck builder
- opposing factions race to control or eliminate ancient Titan artifacts
- Beyond the Horizon ... 2.0 reimplementation sort of of Beyond the Sun
- the scoreboard itself is a mini-game of snakes and ladders
- it's essentially a 3X type game that really focuses on building out a communal Tech tree
- the gam play is simple on your turn you just do one of the six actions that shows up here
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Ryan and Bethany Board Game Reviews Event Coverage at 1:34 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Fun to play with an 8-year-old who is dominating.
Cons
- Being dominated by an 8-year-old is embarrassing.
Thematic elements
- Ocean floor
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Tile Placement — Involves placing coral pieces.
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Quotes (from this video)
- All right, so we are playing Australas, which has these awesome little coral pieces.
- And already it's positive. I I it's the rule the learning is positive.
- This is kind of a the fish version of Wingspan.
- I liked it a lot.
- All right, so I'm about to start the Boop tournament.
- Endeavor Deep Sea is probably my favorite game of the convention so far.
- One of my absolute favorite trick taking games.
- This is only available in Korean, unfortunately, but it's super cool if you're a Pokemon fan.
- Basically, this kind of order fulfillment game.
- I did lose at Duos.
- Yeah, another game that his youngest beat him at.
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