Spectacular
In Spectacular, you are creating and developing your own animal park for vulnerable species. In order to preserve the species, you must ensure breeding within each habitat.
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Miniature MarketReviews
mostly positive, 72% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
120 minutes
Published
2019
Age
10+
Publisher
Scratchpad Publishing
Players
3 to 7 players
Designers
Eilif Svensson, Logan Bonner, Rodney Thompson, and Åsmund Svensson
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Animals, Strategy Game, Zoos, Aquaria, Safari Parks, Solo / Solitaire Game, Tile Placement, Puzzle, and Environmental
Description
In Spectacular, you are creating and developing your own animal park for vulnerable species. In order to preserve the species, you must ensure breeding within each habitat.
During the game, you select animal tiles and dice, where the dice represent food for the animals. The color of the dice must match the habitat color of the animal tiles. Each turn provides crucial decision-making where you need to consider whether to draft a die of a certain value or ensure an animal tile which may not be available again.
At game end, for each area of connected tiles of the same habitat, you score points for the sum of your dice of that color. However, points are only awarded if dice values of 1 or 2 are placed on certain "family" tiles within the habitat! Over the course of the game, you will also build watchtowers, which will score you points for all three dice adjacent to them. To make your park even more spectacular, you also aim to collect as many different species as possible, with increasing points awarded for greater variety. Finally, the player with the most points wins the game.
After a few plays, you may challenge yourself by playing with three (of 18) mission tiles. While they offer the potential for a higher score, they also raise the difficulty level of the puzzle.
Spectacular provides simultaneous play and ensures interaction between the players, as your opponents' decisions will affect which tiles and dice are available for you. The game also comes with asymmetric player boards (on their backs). It offers simple rules, quick set-up, short playing time, engaging puzzles, and can be played by 1 to 6 players with little downtime, even with higher player count.
Mechanisms:
• Dice Rolling• Hexagon Grid• Open Drafting• Pattern Building• Solo / Solitaire Game• Tile Placement• Variable Set-upContents
- 6 Double-sided Player Boards
- 6 Supply Boards
- 96 Dice
- 24 Watchtowers (Wooden Cylinders)
- 108 Animal Tiles
- 30 Worker Tokens
- 18 Mission Tiles
- 8 Solo Tokens
- 10 Tuck-boxes
- 1 Scorepad
- 1 Rulebook
- 1 Appendix
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Game's Categories
Themes
- Puzzle
- Nature
- Environmental
- Animals
- Zoos, Aquaria, Safari Parks
Mechanics
Publishers
- Strohmann Games
- Geronimo Games
- GateOnGames
- Tranjis Games
- Crowd Games
- Chilifox Games
- CrowD Games
- Ludofun
- Old Dawg
- Scratchpad Publishing
- Yellowstar Games
Designers
- Rodney Thompson
- Eilif Svensson
- Åsmund Svensson
- Logan Bonner
