The player mats have a bookoo of plastic minis adorned upon them so they look pretty cool when setup. Not my biggest spread for a game *cough Gloomhaven cough* but pretty respectable nonetheless. On top of that stuff you have your individual player boards as well as a spot for all the tokens that each player will use throughout the game. There is a pretty big tech board that is placed next to the tiles that you track your technology progress and also a round marker board that is placed to the side as well. The space for the tiles is about typical game board space but can vary based on number of players (more space tiles for 3 -4 players). The game board is actually made up of tiles that connect to form the galaxy you will be exploring. This beast takes up quite the space on your table. The game also comes with a full Automa (single player) deck of cards if you want to go solo, I’ll talk more on this later. So you end up not using a bunch of them which can be used on later games mixed and matched. When you set up the game rounds and tech tiles AND final scoring tiles, there are more than the required amount in the box. Another thing that I think is cool is that no two games are the same as far as accruing points. and a few other tokens for specific factions. There are also plastic pieces for tracking each player’s credits, ore, knowledge, power, Q.I.C. Also something to be aware of is that those 7 double sided faction boards have completely different factions on each side which basically brings your faction total to 14 totally different ways to play. Also 7 player tokens and 25 little cubes that represent satellites. So each color will have 8 mini plastic mines, 4 trading stations, 3 research labs, 2 academies, 1 planetary institute and 3 gaiaformers. There are 7 different colored factions that can be played which translate to 7 double sided player boards and 7 fat batches of different colored minis and components for each. The components are pretty average, and there are a lot! I say average as the quality isn’t off the charts like some games (Too Many Bones, Mechs vs. For me the length was great but I’m not a fan of victory point win conditions, I just feel they are kind of boring. With more players up to 4 max and experienced players, I could see the games lasting a couple hours minimum as the tiled board is much larger with more planets. At the end of round 6 you tally up the VP’s and whoever has the most is the winner. These bonuses always end up providing extra VP’s (victory points) which is the ultimate goal here. At which point that round ends and you tally up whatever end of round bonus you may or may not have acquired and then move on to the next round, complete with its own unique bonus. Each round is made up of a series of actions that each player takes one at a time back and forth until both players pass. The game has 6 rounds that you must complete before it ends. Of course we were both just learning it and did not realize just how deep this game was so we were blazing through rounds like no bodies business. The first time I played it, 2 player, it was super quick. The games length is actually kinda deceptive. Tidal Blades: Heroes of the Reef & Angler’s Cove ExpansionĪ galactic game of building, upgrading and managing your economy the most efficient way possible.Join Join The Fuzzy Llama in his Adventuresįollow me on Twitter My Tweets Recent Posts Enter your email address to follow The Fuzzy and receive notifications of new posts by email.
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