Game Info
Year
2023
Players
1-6
Age
10+
Playtime
50 min
Complexity
2.1/5
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Description
Cascadia expansion adding natural landmarks and support for up to six players
Cascadia Family
(3 games)
Part of the Cascadia family — see Cascadia for the combined view.
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Board Games UnLocked Analysis at 0:19 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Adds more variety and content to Cascadia
- Increases player count to six
- Can be a 'breath of fresh air' for experienced players
Cons
- Landmarks module can be overwhelming for casual players
- Can make the game more complex than necessary
- Landmark scoring can feel minor
- May be ignored by players focusing on animal scoring
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- landmark placement — Allows players to place a landmark token on a terrain tile, covering it and providing new scoring opportunities for that terrain type.
- Terrain objectives — Adds objectives for different terrain types (rivers, mountains, prairies, wetlands, forests).
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Quotes (from this video)
- I think Cascadia is fantastic and uh more content for it was just going to be a great thing and it is for for the most part
- This expansion is a little bit weird because you would think that more content for a game like this is actually a great thing but I actually find it at least the landmarks expansion module to be a little a little much at least for casual players of Cascadia
- I just think that they complicated a game that was already really clean to begin with
- Landmarks probably like a seven like it's good it's a good expansion uh not for everyone
- I was sitting there kind of like I don't really need those in this game this is already a really clean solid game
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Meeple University Top 10 List at 2:40 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds player 5 and 6, bringing more people to the table.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
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none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Double draft — Mentioned as a strong mechanic of the base game.
- player count expansion — The expansion adds players 5 and 6, allowing more people to play.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Welcome to our top anticipated Gen Con game 2023
- please come and say hello I might be at die sour Booth I don't have schedule yet but I will put it in the description below
- so please please please do let me know in the comments if you are going to be there if you're not going to be there that's okay too I will report
- and we will mention those games in no particular order because it's too hot it's too hard to list it from one to ten
- I can't do more than a standard three ball and a really clunky tennis I can't do more than more how bad my juggling even that it's just like I can't do more than one
- it's all about building wind farms in Uruguay which is not a sentence I thought I'd say at any given point in time
- if you liked Century this is a half step more complex but it's going to be a game for you
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Grant Lyon Top 10 List at 1:02 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Adds more Wildlife scoring cards and habitat tiles.
- Includes enough components to play with five and six people.
- Adds Landmark cards and tokens for new scoring opportunities.
- Adds a lot of variability in scoring and replayability.
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- habitat and animal token drafting for scoring
- nature
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Building — Players build out their own area of nature.
- Set Collection — Scoring is based on different ways all animals score points.
- tile drafting — Players draft habitat tiles.
- token drafting — Players draft animal tokens.
- Variable player powers — New scoring cards and habitat tiles add variability.
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Quotes (from this video)
- all of the animals will score you points in different ways and there are a number of cards in it that you know keep the game replayable
- so if you want new asymmetric
- releasing circadian chaos order harbingers expansion this is a mini expansion to the game circadians chaos order which was a heavyweight game where you could play as one of six asymmetric factions battling for control of ancient relics on a distant planet
- this provides more variability and strategies to discover from within each faction so it doesn't add a new faction but it adds a couple of new things for the faction that makes it um you know a little bit more replayable
- Renegade game studios and Garfield games are releasing an expansion to circadian first light this is the specialist expansion
- circadian first light was a medium heavyweight game um that um was all about negotiation they it had open negotiations and you were building coalitions with new species in space
- Steam Forge games is releasing an expansion to their newly released Resident Evil board game this is called Bleak Outpost
- in this expansion Bleak Outpost there are six new scenarios in the game so it adds about approximately eight hours of extra gameplay to your Resident Evil campaign
- if you like horror themed games then Resident Evil is definitely a horror themed game
- so yeah lot lots more content to explore for circadian first light
- so that's it that's all the expansions I have hitting retail in October 20123
- there's a lot of expansions for well-known and well-loved games this month so it is an it's an exciting month in the world of expansions that's for sure
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Where There's A Wilz, There's a Play Top 10 List at 17:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- two added layers of scoring variety
- allows mixing with base game or using landmarks alone
Cons
- board tightness can increase due to extra tiles and scoring cards
Thematic elements
- habitat diversity, scoring asymmetry
- wildlife habitats in Cascadia with themed landmarks
Comparison games
- Cascadia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- asymmetric scoring — landmarks provide different scoring for each habitat type
- Compound Scoring — landmarks provide different scoring for each habitat type
- Tile Placement — add habitat tiles with new landmark scoring options
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Quotes (from this video)
- stampede mode where it like wiped out cards and moved across
- I thought that was a really interesting mechanic
- Everdell Mistwood is my number one pick for expansions
- River Valley Glass Works River Glass and Sundries is my number one pick for expansions
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CA Couple Rules Teach at 0:30 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- increases variability and depth of Cascadia
- adds landmark tokens and new scoring options
- supports up to six players with faster setup options
- introduces diverse scoring cards and scenarios
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- landmarks and wildlife within Cascadia's ecosystem
- ecosystem with landmark-driven scoring
- instructional overview
Comparison games
- Cascadia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — new wildlife scoring cards are added; the game gains more variability with different cards and scenarios.
- expanded habitat tiles and keystone tiles — adds 45 habitat tiles and five Starter tiles; can mix with original tiles to vary gameplay.
- landmark scoring cards — shuffle five landmark scoring decks and flip over a number of cards equal to the number of players; players choose a landmarks scoring card to place beside their ecosystem.
- landmark tokens and keystone tiles — each player gets extra Keystone tiles; landmarks can be placed on a tile when a corridor reaches size five or more; one of each Landmark token per game; at most five tokens total.
- scoring and variability — new wildlife scoring cards are added; the game gains more variability with different cards and scenarios.
- solo mode adjustments — solo games flip two scoring cards to create a tableau in the center along with landmark tokens.
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Quotes (from this video)
- my favorite part is that it gives the game a lot more variability
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The Board Gaming Doctor Discussion at 26:59 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- adds new decision points via landmark tiles
- expands Cascadia with interesting endgame incentives
Cons
- landmark cards offer relatively modest endgame points
- may not drastically alter Cascadia's core feel for some players
Thematic elements
- habitat-building with environmental features
- Cascadia ecosystem with landmark tiles
- puzzle-driven scoring with tile-combos
Comparison games
- Cascadia
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Compound Scoring — maximize combos between habitats and landmarks
- landmark tiles — landmark bonuses grant end-game scoring
- scoring corridors and combos — maximize combos between habitats and landmarks
- see Cat in the Box — see Cat in the Box entry
- Tile Placement — place habitat tiles with corridor and environment interactions
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Quotes (from this video)
- This was a fun trick-taking game that wasn't too hard to learn.
- I like the predictive puzzle of not only guessing how much you will win but also where to play certain numbers.
- The game has that factor that there is a high skill level and high ceiling of play for this game.
- I would play it again if someone else brought it out.
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Board Stupid Top List at 1:05 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- adds more scoring options
- more tiles and cards
- 5-6 player support enables larger groups
- easy onboarding for new players
Cons
- potential balance questions with additional components
Thematic elements
- ecology and landscape patterns
- Forest/landscape ecology inspired by Cascadia base game
- abstract puzzle-driven expansion
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- player count expansion — supports adding 5th and 6th players
- scoring diversity / pattern building — extra scoring layers via new tiles/cards and end-game bonuses
- Tile Placement — lay landscape tiles to shape scoring opportunities
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Quotes (from this video)
- Cascadia has been one of my favorite games lately it's so easy to put on the table and having more to play with is just great
- it's gonna add more way of scoring points and more tiles more cards yeah more end game bonuses
- you can add a fifth and a sixth player to your table that's just amazing because it's such one of those wonderful party games that even people that never play a board game will pick it up in seconds
- if you liked Cascadia this is Cascadia but with more and what's not to like about that absolutely more Cascadia more Cascadia
- it's a two-player Co-Op where you basically need to fly and land the plane
- every airport where you need to land is a different challenge
- the production looks magnificent
- Endless Winter Paleo-American ... absolutely spectacular
- it's going to be a heavy Euro
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