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In Somewhere Under The Rainbow, you take on the role of one of the tiny winged critters of Glistening Grove. As a loyal resident of this land, it is your sworn duty to partake in the mysterious process of creating colorful rainbows, using a rare and secret ingredient: the crystalline poop of a Unicorn!
Armed with an enchanted plunger, you will fly your way through piles of multicolored Unicorn Poop and gather precious pieces of feces to build stunning rainbows. At the same time, you’ll need to prepare as many delicious dishes for the Unicorn as possible, to make sure the supply doesn’t run out.
Gameplay: On your turn, you can decide to either "Gather Unicorn Poop" or "Visit the Village". When you Visit the Village, you must perform at least one of the following three actions in whatever order you like:
Rainbow Maker: Trade Poop Tokens for Glitter Cubes by depositing at least 2 tokens of the same color into the tube of the Rainbow Maker. The more tokens you deposit at once, the more Glitter Cubes you receive in return.
Market: Use the Glitter Cubes to buy Ingredients at the Market.
Food: Earn Tasty Points by combining any two Ingredients to create a Food of a specific color to feed the Unicorn.
A rainbow is created once all six different colors of Poop Tokens have been deposited into the tube of the Rainbow Maker. The game ends when four rainbows have been created. Poop Tokens used to make rainbows throughout the game can score you valuable bonus Tasty Points at the end. The more tokens of one color that were used, the more bonus Tasty Points go to the player who has earned the highest number of Tasty Points from Food of that color during the course of the game. The player with the highest total number of Tasty Points wins the game, and is officially named the best Rainbow Maker in Glistening Grove!
—description from the designer
- Beautiful production and art
- Innovative components (e.g., the cute toilet-plunger-like tool)
- Engaging and interactive player dynamics
- High replayability due to random setup and gift effects
- Accessible and family-friendly learning curve
- Random elements can affect strategic consistency
- Some players may find the unicorn-dropping theme quirky or polarizing
- Grid mechanics can be challenging for first-time players
- Unicorns, rainbow magic, food-themed resource gathering
- A whimsical unicorn-themed magical land where players collect unicorn droppings to feed unicorns and gain glitter cubes.
- Whimsical, fantastical, family-friendly
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- adjacency-based purchasing — Purchases must be adjacent by color to previously acquired items (in some cases).
- Delayed Purchase — Purchases must be adjacent by color to previously acquired items (in some cases).
- gifts / hidden powers — Gifts provide special abilities that alter strategy and player interaction.
- Grid Movement — Triangular grid movement with directional constraints and height-based blocking.
- Resource Management — Store up to four of the same color; manage dropping along a grid path.
- Set Collection — Players gather unicorn droppings, glitter cubes, recipes, and gifts to score points.
- storage management — Store up to four of the same color; manage dropping along a grid path.
- token/dropping optimization — Droppings are placed and rearranged strategically to maximize points.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- it's such a silly game but i love it so
- the production is honestly out of this world
- the circle of life with a unicorn at the center
- amazing little nerf dart it is what i'm going to call it toilet plunger
- it's very inviting