2022S J Macdonald, Shem Phillips
- Videos
- 110
- Creators
- 77
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight

2019Shem Phillips
Mainly reviews and playthroughs. Noctiluca is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 15 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 11 recorded sessions, 5 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
On the warmest nights of the year, the otherwise quiet waters are filled with shimmering lights as the dormant noctiluca awaken. Renowned for their restorative properties, the noctiluca are desired by many healers. Only the most skilled divers can navigate the waters to collect these mysterious glowing creatures and deliver them to healers across the land. Can you catch the embers of the sea? In Noctiluca, 104 colorful translucent dice fill the pool on the game board to represent the different glowing noctiluca. Players take turns diving into the water from the edges of the shore to collect the noctiluca dice from the board and keep them safely in jars until they can deliver them to healers. After two rounds, players compare points from their successful deliveries and the player with the most points wins. Thanks to a double-sided game board, Noctiluca also includes a solo mode in which one player must rescue the noctiluca from the tempest. -description from the publisher
Noctiluca has 46 videos from 37 creators: 15 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 11 playthroughs, 5 unboxings and 7 other videos. They date from 2019 to December 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Noctiluca - How To Play" by Watch It Played, which runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Noctiluca Review - with Zee Garcia" by The Dice Tower. 14 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "DGA Plays Board Games: Nocticula" by Dad's Gaming Addiction, one of 11 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Wayfarers of the South Tigris, Legacy of Yu, Viscounts of the West Kingdom and Architects of the West Kingdom, also by Shem Phillips. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2019.
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2022S J Macdonald, Shem Phillips
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2023Shem Phillips
1 players60 minMedium weight
2020S J Macdonald, Shem Phillips
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2018S J Macdonald, Shem Phillips
1 - 5 players60 - 80 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
On the warmest nights of the year, the otherwise quiet waters are filled with shimmering lights as the dormant noctiluca awaken. Renowned for their restorative properties, the noctiluca are desired by many healers. Only the most skilled divers can navigate the waters to collect these mysterious glowing creatures and deliver them to healers across the land. Can you catch the embers of the sea? In Noctiluca, 104 colorful translucent dice fill the pool on the game board to represent the different glowing noctiluca. Players take turns diving into the water from the edges of the shore to collect the noctiluca dice from the board and keep them safely in jars until they can deliver them to healers. After two rounds, players compare points from their successful deliveries and the player with the most points wins. Thanks to a double-sided game board, Noctiluca also includes a solo mode in which one player must rescue the noctiluca from the tempest. -description from the publisher
Designer
Shem Phillips
Artist
Bree Lindsoe
Publisher
Z-Man Games
Categories
Mechanics