
2022Frédéric Vuagnat
Mainly how-to-play and reviews. Vivarium is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 4 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
1898, Siberia, the seismologist Edgar Vuntaf discovers a continent free of any human presence, sheltering a teeming life, in forms never encountered before! Unknown plants, colossal creatures... Faced with this shocking discovery, the world's scientific elite, gathered in Paris for the Universal exposition, create the Vivarium Syndicate, and decide to send explorers into this new continent An efficient and tense card collection game, with a great artistic direction! Each turn players use dominoes to create coordinates that allow them to build their card collection. After 7 rounds, the player that has successfully completed their objectives and collected the greatest creatures wins the game. Cards are placed on the board. Each turn, players use pairs of dominoes to create coordinates and grab the corresponding card on the board. Among this grid of cards: fantastic creatures divided according to their species and biotopes, scientific objectives but also various equipment cards to facilitate the taking of future cards. After 7 rounds, the player that has successfully completed their objectives and collected the greatest creatures wins the game. -description from the publisher
Vivarium has 17 videos from 15 creators: 4 reviews, 7 how-to-play guides, 4 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to February 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Vivarium - How to Play - Studio H - Boardgame Ninja" by BoardgameNinja, which runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Vivarium Review: Not Your Papa's Pokemon!" by The Dice Tower. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Vivarium, le Duel !" by Willow & Oli, one of 4 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Cry Baby, also by Frédéric Vuagnat, or Chai, Point Salad and Isle of Trains: All Aboard, which share several of its mechanics.
8 of 15
2019Dan Kazmaier, Connie Kazmaier
1 - 5 players20 - 60 minLight weight
2019Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich
2 - 6 players15 - 30 minLight weight
2023Seth Jaffee, Dan Keltner
1 - 4 players60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
1898, Siberia, the seismologist Edgar Vuntaf discovers a continent free of any human presence, sheltering a teeming life, in forms never encountered before! Unknown plants, colossal creatures... Faced with this shocking discovery, the world's scientific elite, gathered in Paris for the Universal exposition, create the Vivarium Syndicate, and decide to send explorers into this new continent An efficient and tense card collection game, with a great artistic direction! Each turn players use dominoes to create coordinates that allow them to build their card collection. After 7 rounds, the player that has successfully completed their objectives and collected the greatest creatures wins the game. Cards are placed on the board. Each turn, players use pairs of dominoes to create coordinates and grab the corresponding card on the board. Among this grid of cards: fantastic creatures divided according to their species and biotopes, scientific objectives but also various equipment cards to facilitate the taking of future cards. After 7 rounds, the player that has successfully completed their objectives and collected the greatest creatures wins the game. -description from the publisher
Designer
Frédéric Vuagnat
Artist
Satoshi Matsuura
Publisher
Studio H
Mechanics