Earth (Kickstarter Edition)

Beautiful game! Create your 4x4 “island” of flora and terrain where every placement matters. On each players’ turn they choose an action and every opponent takes a minor form of the same action so there is always something to do. The deck is huge and there are many different ecosystem and fauna (personal and shared) goals that are double sided. Each player also starts with their own unique climate and island cards that have their own abilities and point values. Every game will always be different.

Hotness for brand new games on Boardgamegeek can be a fickle metric driven more by hype than cred. Case in point Ark Nova which in my mind no way deserves to be rated as highly as it is this soon after release. Earth however, especially the KS version, certainly deserves the praise it has been given. Gameplay is incredibly engaging with meaningful decisions every single turn and downtime is mitigated by the fabulously integrated Puerto Rico-style follow me mechanic blended into this ostensible hand management game with a multitude of cards and victory paths in the vein of Wingspan, Everdell and Terraforming Mars. Components are top tear with wooden growth towers and soil, though the sprouts cubes could've been more thematic. Artwork is on point and really drives the theme. If interaction is your jam, Earth may not be for you, but if you love engaging tableau builders with myriad paths to victory and in game race goals then you have to check out Earth!

Very easy to get up and going. I could see what I should be doing within the first game but feels like there is plenty of depth to keep it interesting for many more playthroughs.

Probleme avec les boards dans le jeu. (Ondulés) la qualité du matériel pourrait etre optimisée. Belle combinaison de mecaniques de jeux avec un thème bien présent.

This game is beautiful! It plays really well and is so well constructed. The kickstarter items are really nice and the extra cards add a nice little change to the game. Love, love, love it!