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Realm of Sand

Game ID: GID0261421
Game Info
Year
2018
Players
1-4
Age
10+
Playtime
60 min
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Description

The Realm of Sand, the mirror of the material world and the source of magic in Ragusa, has started dying. After thousands of years of overuse, the magic has begun to dissipate. With the realm in peril, time bends and reality shifts uncontrollably in the physical world.

The Queen of Ragusa has embarked on a journey to the Realm of Sand to save her home. While she travels the plane awaking the power of the glyphs, you as a royal magician must act quickly to assemble those glyphs and stabilize the magic to reconstruct the realm of sands. Who will help the queen save Ragusa and become hero of the Realm of Sand?

Description

The Realm of Sand, the mirror of the material world and the source of magic in Ragusa, has started dying. After thousands of years of overuse, the magic has begun to dissipate. With the realm in peril, time bends and reality shifts uncontrollably in the physical world.

The Queen of Ragusa has embarked on a journey to the Realm of Sand to save her home. While she travels the plane awaking the power of the glyphs, you as a royal magician must act quickly to assemble those glyphs and stabilize the magic to reconstruct the realm of sands. Who will help the queen save Ragusa and become hero of the Realm of Sand?

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Pros
  • Interesting dual-interpretation of polyominoes as templates and as patterns
  • Engaging ring and pattern-card interactions
Cons
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Thematic elements
  • pattern matching with colored tokens on a central ring
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • pattern-card patterning and token removal — fulfill pattern cards and remove tokens to create holes to fill later
  • polyomino-shaped templates as pattern guides — play shapes from hand to mark tokens and patterns on your board
  • ring mechanic with token replenishment — end-turn involves drawing a new token from the ring for future use
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  • Isle of cats is a brilliant polyomino style game.
  • patchwork made polyominoes explode onto the board gaming scene
  • I love cats
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