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CASCADIA: LANDMARKS EXPANSION

Game ID: GID0445223
Game Info
Year
2023
Players
5-6
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Description

In the Landmarks expansion for Cascadia, players create sprawling habitats and place beautiful natural landmarks within them. Landmarks give each environment its own look and feel, and provide dynamic end game scoring bonuses! In addition to the Landmarks module,this expansion includes more unique Wildlife Scoring Cards and Habitat Tiles to add variety and enough components to play Cascadia with 5-6 players!

CONTENTS
• 45 Unique Habitat Tiles
• 5 Unique Starter Habitat Tiles
• 35 Wildlife Tokens
• 30 Deluxe Wooden Landmarks Tokens
• 60 Unique Landmarks Scoring Cards
• 15 Unique Wildlife Scoring Cards
• 15 Nature Tokens
• 1 Full Color Scorepad
• 1 Rulebook

Description

In the Landmarks expansion for Cascadia, players create sprawling habitats and place beautiful natural landmarks within them. Landmarks give each environment its own look and feel, and provide dynamic end game scoring bonuses! In addition to the Landmarks module,this expansion includes more unique Wildlife Scoring Cards and Habitat Tiles to add variety and enough components to play Cascadia with 5-6 players!

CONTENTS
• 45 Unique Habitat Tiles
• 5 Unique Starter Habitat Tiles
• 35 Wildlife Tokens
• 30 Deluxe Wooden Landmarks Tokens
• 60 Unique Landmarks Scoring Cards
• 15 Unique Wildlife Scoring Cards
• 15 Nature Tokens
• 1 Full Color Scorepad
• 1 Rulebook

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Video DKAg9hDBXgw Allies or Enemies Discussion at 35:27 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Adds new strategic depth to an existing favorite
  • Thematic upgrade with landmarks
Cons
  • Expansion fatigue for some players who already own Cascadia
Thematic elements
  • landmark scoring overlay
  • Cascadia ecosystem with landmark additions
  • engine-building with spatial patterns
Comparison games
  • Cascadia
  • Footprints
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Stand-alone expansion to Cascadia — Landmarks add new scoring dynamics and terrain objectives.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • "it's gorgeous"
  • "it's cooperative"
  • "they put everything back in the boxes and dismantle the puzzle"
  • "the dial the spinner for us didn't work great"
  • "Open Season which is about monsters hunting"
  • "Cascadia landmarks this is in both of our top 10 the original of all time"
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Video UVPK1RB-R10 Unknown Channel Discussion at 3:50 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • significant thematic and mechanical expansion without changing core feel
  • adds variety via new habitat tiles and scoring cards
  • supports up to 6 players and new faster play mode
Cons
  • expansion is optional; some players may deem it non-essential
  • landmarks can add complexity for new players
Thematic elements
  • landmark-driven scoring within habitat ecosystems
  • same Cascadia ecosystem with added landmark scoring
  • expanded tile/interplay emphasis with landmarks
Comparison games
  • Cascadia
  • Cascadia Alpine Lakes
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • expanded player interaction — larger player counts and new modes enable more varied table dynamics.
  • landmark scoring cards — centers scoring around landmark tokens and cards that modify end-game scoring.
  • Positive player interaction — larger player counts and new modes enable more varied table dynamics.
  • tile placement — adds new habitat tiles and keystone options that affect scoring and layout.
  • tile placement with keystone integration — adds new habitat tiles and keystone options that affect scoring and layout.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • Don't sleep on the habitats.
  • Endless replayability.
  • There’s a lot of simplicity with getting this game to the table, but there’s a lot of strategy when it comes to actually playing the game.
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Video PZF9UpeOAWE Board Game Garden Discussion at 14:31 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • great solo options
  • strong family play
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • tile placement — tile-placement with convex/concave patterns and wildlife tokens
  • Tile-laying — tile-placement with convex/concave patterns and wildlife tokens
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • it's happening it is no longer going to be in my collection
  • Katan it is happening
  • I am going to call Katan
  • I need to pair down this collection
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