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Welcome to the elephant festival in the Indian province of Kerala! Colorfully decorated elephants roam everywhere, and naturally players want to participate and make the most magnificent fairground with as many elephants as possible.
In Kerala, each player wants to take at least one tile of each color, and all tiles of one color should be joined together, but of course the players are constantly getting in the way of one another and grabbing the tiles that someone else wants.
Year Published
2016
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Kerala Board Game Review
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Great filler with accessible rules
- Solid depth and tactical decisions
- Strong player interaction
- High-quality components and artwork
Cons
- Box size larger than standard Cosmos packaging
- Theme could be more immersive
- Not a heavy thematic experience
Thematic elements
- color matching and tile placement with elephant tokens
- Festival season in Kerala, India, centering on elephant festival
- abstract puzzle with light thematic veneer
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- color area scoring — Scores are based on the largest color clusters you own; missing colors incur penalties.
- Compound Scoring — Scores are based on the largest color clusters you own; missing colors incur penalties.
- dynamic elephant placement — You control when to lay down elephants to maximize scoring opportunities and block opponents.
- Endgame scoring — After all tiles are placed, final scoring tallies color areas, elephant icons, and penalties.
- tile drafting — Tiles are drawn from a bag and drafted by players in turn, with the number of tiles drawn based on player count.
- tile placement — Placed tiles must be adjacent to one of your elephants and can be stacked on existing tiles.
- Tile/Map Shifting — Certain tiles grant abilities to move tiles or stacks and reposition elephants.
- tile/stack movement — Certain tiles grant abilities to move tiles or stacks and reposition elephants.
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Quotes (from this video)
- abstract game is packed with tactics
- plays smoothly and quickly with minimal analysis paralysis yet has some meaty depth to it
- careless scores a well-deserved eight out of ten
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