Game Info
Year
2025
Players
2-4
Age
12+
Playtime
90 min
Complexity
3/5
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Description
Worker placement game where clans rise in a magical swamp finding fishing and settlement spots choosing trading partners and exploring abandoned temples
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Top 10 List at 30:02:32 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Not only met but exceeded expectations
- So many elements, don't know where to start
- Guide selection stands out
- Game to game variability
- A lot of fun to be had around the table
- The most important mechanic: Fun
- Feels very smooth and easy to get into
- Paying attention to goals is important
- Optimizing turns based on what you've grabbed
- Unlocking different things that keep on evolving
- Feels incredibly balanced
- The situation almost calls for delivering fish to opponents
- Super good
- Gorgeous art
- Characters are pretty amazing
- RTS (likely referring to player interaction or strategy) is fantastic
- Can't go wrong with this game
- Cannot recommend it enough
Cons
- Spanish version, English release is later
- Worker placement slots can be tight
- In the beginning, might seem like you don't want to deliver to opponents, but it becomes helpful
- Giving up a few points to opponents happens
- Need to wait for the English version
Thematic elements
- Collecting and delivering fish to outposts and islands.
Comparison games
- Terra Mystica
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Actions are divided into water and land actions.
- area majority — Players compete for area majorities in spots on the board.
- engine building — Unlocking things like income, new workers, or increased fish catching capabilities as tiles are built out.
- pickup and deliver — Collecting fish and delivering them to different outposts and islands.
- Resource management — Managing fish collection and delivery, and the resulting economy.
- Variable player powers — Selection of 'guides' (similar to Terra Mystica) that are multi-use and provide special abilities.
- worker placement — Elements of worker placement are present, with limited slots for actions.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I think this game not only has the potential to be game of the year for me, but even after one play, I can see it being like a top 10 game for me.
- This month was extremely hard.
- I even proposed to Tyler. I was like, 'Tyler, we should do a top 10 of June this month.'
- It wasn't hard for me. Tyler did not want to do a top 10. He stuck with us five cuz that's the format that we have.
- We are halfway through the year. And we are 54% through our challenge.
- It's July second. Please. We played a lot of games for Canada Day.
- This is definitely one that we'll be playing again and again.
- I think this game not only has the potential to be game of the year for me, but even after one play, I can see it being like a top 10 game for me. Yeah, this game hit this game hit good. So good.
- The most important mechanic: Fun.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hello everybody. My name is Ilia.
- And today we'll be teaching you how to play Fa Swamp.
- In Fea Swamp, you'll play as a clan of swamp dwellers striving to be the most prosperous group.
- You're now ready for the player setup.
- What would you do in a swamp?
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