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Comet

Game ID: GID0073325
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Description

Comet is characterized by fast gameplay despite high variability and strategic depth. In the prehistoric past, you try to save extinct and endangered species from their final extinction. So you do nothing less than change the course of history! You can cleverly combine card skills to save the animals from the threatening comet.

The basic techniques and rules of the game are quickly learned. However, this does not mean that Comet is quickly mastered! Each game presents a new challenge as you must cleverly adapt to your opponent's actions in order to win.

1. You can make animals hatch to use their card abilities after you have moved them to the safe cavern. Saved animals will score rescue points in different ways at the end of the game. However, you also need other animal cards to move your saviors around the board (and thus move your animals to safety). Be careful how you use your cards!

2. Different types of cards deepen the strategic choices. Skillfully use the ability of your asymmetrical hero cards and optimize the possibilities of the silver and golden animal cards. When the pile of silver cards is used up, the comet phase begins and initiates the end of the game.

3. Even the movements on the game board want to be well planned. Opposing saviors can be jumped over to reach the save cavern faster - this can be good for you or your fellow players.

—description from the publisher

Year Published
2023
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positive
Pros
  • Flying under the radar despite quality
  • Wife loved it (5/5 rating)
  • Sharp and fast gameplay
  • Charming and fun theme
  • Tons of special powers
  • High replayability
  • Hopscotch mechanic with token jumping
  • Positive player interaction
Cons
  • No dedicated two-player board layout
  • Board too wide open for two players
  • Wallaby power mistranslated in English rules
  • Can get infinite loop at low player counts with mistranslation
Thematic elements
  • extinction event
  • prehistoric
  • animals
  • survival
  • Land Before Time
Comparison games
  • Calico
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  • This extra twist of uh extra objectives to chase after if you build these is such a cool leveling up for the game
  • This game is very mean-spirited oh the aggressive moves you can make really messing with your opponent
  • This game is freaking brilliant
  • This core idea is so brilliant one of the coolest new ideas I've seen in worker placement in years
  • This is one of the best card drafting closed hand card drafting games of all time
  • I would play this over seven wonders quite frankly because it adds so much depth and variety and control
  • This game blew me and Jen away
  • Jeffrey CCH might before too long make it into my top 10 favorite designers
  • They have done the ultimate spinning gears game
  • This is going to make a lot of top 10 of the years for 2024 when it comes out later this year
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Pros
  • Fast gameplay
  • Fun and engaging
  • Hopscotch mechanism
  • Compound power effects
  • Speeding pace toward finale
Cons
  • Limited attention from community
Thematic elements
  • Prehistoric
  • Asteroid strike
  • Species survival
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  • 2023 was the greatest year in board game history for my tastes
  • Conveyor belts are my favorite board game mechanism period
  • This is a technological breakthrough for Games
  • The greatest bag building game of all time
  • Ode to the power and resiliency of Science and cooperation
  • Wall-to-wall optimism and an Ode to the power and resiliency of Science and cooperation
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