A species may have multiple copies of the same trait (trait effects are cumulative), but the maximum number of traits on any species is 3 unless a card explicitly allows for more.

Playing Inscryption, but the goddamn Angler boss (the second boss) has beaten me so many times, I'm losing interest. It is not the simplest game to teach and, appropriate for a game of this theme the direct aggression between players gives the game a lot of bite which many players might find too confrontational. It's a deck full of wonder, danger, and excitement and it really turns the game into a fantastic creative toolbox.

The number of population tokens you migrate is equal to the migrate number on the bottom left of the card you play, next to the migrate icon.

Synergising and synchronising different traits and using Deep cards in new and effective ways is thinky and fun. Once you’ve gotten your brain around the basic flow of the game by playing through the Surface deck, things can get really weird. Make sure to resolve everything triggered (like gains and overpopulating) before activating the Scenario card.

But if you can stop staring at the gorgeous illustrations for a second, you’ll notice that species can adapt in special, survival supporting ways. During their turn, a player can put a ship on the board or take a contract, use contracts in three different ways (optional), and choose an action on the rondel.

I know 2 Player can feel sometime feel too personal for some gamers, but being able to attack each other and wreck a killer whale combo plays right into our happy-mean place!The foundation of the oceanic food chain are billions of one-celled organisms that capture the sun’s energy through photosynthesis.

Ageing also accelerates, meaning more points but also more problems as you struggle to keep all your ocean dwellers alive. This is a great way to get a handle on the rules and I was very impressed by the diversity of the species you could create with just this simple setup. The last round of the game is triggered immediately when every Ocean zone is completely empty of population.It’s so bad that all the cards have a slight upwards edge to them where they’ve been cut out of the sheet. Made worse by the fact that the card text is too small for comfort on a phone - I have a big screen and still find everything is too small to read without strain. Oceans also includes something which will break the seams of the scientific reality you’ve come to accept: The Deep. But some will eat in other ways, for example by scavenging on the sea bottom or filter-feeding on plankton. That remains, but Oceans adds its own teeth that lurk ominously at either end of the population tracks.