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Legends of the Deep brings cultural legends, high fantasy, and mythologies from around the globe into the Oceans ecosystem.
Oceans is a journey from the known world into the unknown, where you discover powerful traits that hardly seem possible in the realm of biology. With Legends of the Deep, you will discover things beyond the world of science!
Game Play
At the beginning of the game, deal four Legend cards to each player. Choose one of them, and pass the rest to the player on your left. Continue drafting until everyone has four Legend cards.
During your Play Cards phase, you may play one Legend card in addition to your normal card play. Legend cards have game-changing abilities with global effects.
To replace an Legend card with a new one, subtract the cost of the old Legend card from the cost of the a new Legend card.
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-description from publisher
- adds variety and new strategic options
- dynamic interactions and combos (e.g., Dragon King, Cambrian explosion effects)
- increases rule complexity
- deck-building tension when multiple legends appear
- legendary creatures alter player choices and interactions
- Oceans board with legend cards adding ongoing or immediate effects
- card-driven events layered on top of the base game
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- growth via legendaries — legends increase capabilities and can trigger cascading effects.
- Legend Cards — legend cards replace or augment deep cards; provide ongoing or one-off effects.
- Multi-card Play — allows playing multiple deep cards per turn with added synergy.
- Multi-Use Cards — allows playing multiple deep cards per turn with added synergy.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Oceans is played until all the fishies run out basically
- Legends cards provide a variety of different abilities either ongoing or specific things that you can see throughout the whole game
- Oceans is a lot of fun to play you get to make all these species and it's really interesting to see the interactions
- Legends of the deep expansion is really cool
- the Dragon King is mighty and very strong; it's a big centerpiece for late-game power