There is a host of terrible tales surrounding the mysterious uncharted depths of the Lost Seas. Rumours of giant krakens, infernal maelstroms, huge sea serpents and hostile deserted islands abound, and only skeletal shipwrecks remain as testament to tentative past expeditions. It is time to arm yourselves with the latest instruments of navigation and prepare to set sail on your most daring expedition yet, knowing that if you succeed, the glory will be beyond your wildest dreams and your map will become the stuff of legends.
Forge your own legend by charting your exploits in the terrifying and hostile Lost Seas. Only the most perilous and daring journey will go down in history.
Plan your Expedition
Explore the dangerous depths of the Lost Seas
Map your perilous journey
—description from the publisher
- puzzle feel with approachable rules
- intricacies may be light for some
- treasure/quest in a sea-themed puzzle
- puzzly grid-based placement
- clever, cerebral
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- grid placement — placing tiles on axes to score via layout alignment
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- newest release from fil that isn't a reprint
- it's a racing style game
- spoiler I did really like this one
- this one intrigued me
- the art style in this game is absolutely gorgeous
- Sandbox prison brawler for up to eight players
- complete reworking of Rum and Pirat
- wind tiles will direct your ships
References (from this video)
- simple drafting and placement
- adaptive difficulty with easy or hard modes
- Sea exploration and scoring via objectives
- Nautical exploration with a simple seas-themed grid
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- set collection / objective scoring — achieving border-based goals for scoring points
- tile drafting — drafting nautical symbols to fit on a grid
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- this is spectacular so spectacular
- it's a very simple um tile drafting game where you are placing these different kind of nautical symbols rows and columns trying to achieve these different goals or objectives that are on the border of your little grid
- the tile drafting is kind of inconsequential it's all about how you place them
- one of the best little dexterity games out there
- Kodama Forest this is such a cool polyomino Style game
- this is such a cool party game
- Wits and Wages... definitely one of the best party games out there full stop