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Laniakea

Laniakea

2022·Marco Teubner

2 players
30 - 40 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

In Laniakea, you want to move across the Hawaiian beach, but you can't disturb the turtles...who keep moving and possibly disrupting your plans. To set up, place your eight colored tokens on your side of the wooden game board, then select 25 of the 28 domino-style wooden tiles and place 24 of them in the six rows of the game board, four tiles per row. Each tile depicts two sandy spaces, two turtles, or sand and a turtle. On a turn, first move two of your tokens one space each or one token two spaces. Tokens move orthogonally and can land on other tokens, whether yours or the opponent's, but you can never land on a turtle. After movement, slide the remaining tile into either side of the row where your last-moved token landed, ejecting another tile from the game board. Any tokens on this tile are returned to their respecting starting zone. Tokens can be stacked up to three high; when a token moves from the top of a stack, it moves 2-3 spaces depending on the height of the stack and can jump turtles while moving. If a token reaches the opponent's starting zone, it remains there, and the first player to cross the board with five of their tokens wins.

Laniakea

Watch first

Learn to play

Watch out for Turtles! It's Laniakea7:55

Watch out for Turtles! It's Laniakea

Riffle Shuffle & Roll

Riffle Shuffle & Roll

Review

Laniakea Review: Get Across, Avoid Turtles12:24

Laniakea Review: Get Across, Avoid Turtles

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Which Laniakea video should I watch?

Laniakea has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from 2022 to July 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "Watch out for Turtles! It's Laniakea" by Riffle Shuffle & Roll, which runs 8 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Laniakea Review: Get Across, Avoid Turtles" by The Dice Tower.

If you like it, try Dodo, Hibachi, I am done and My First Carcassonne, also by Marco Teubner.

All videos

Laniakea Review: Get Across, Avoid TurtlesReview12:24

Laniakea Review: Get Across, Avoid Turtles

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Watch out for Turtles! It's LaniakeaHow to play7:55

Watch out for Turtles! It's Laniakea

Riffle Shuffle & Roll

Riffle Shuffle & Roll

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About Laniakea

From BoardGameGeek:

In Laniakea, you want to move across the Hawaiian beach, but you can't disturb the turtles...who keep moving and possibly disrupting your plans. To set up, place your eight colored tokens on your side of the wooden game board, then select 25 of the 28 domino-style wooden tiles and place 24 of them in the six rows of the game board, four tiles per row. Each tile depicts two sandy spaces, two turtles, or sand and a turtle. On a turn, first move two of your tokens one space each or one token two spaces. Tokens move orthogonally and can land on other tokens, whether yours or the opponent's, but you can never land on a turtle. After movement, slide the remaining tile into either side of the row where your last-moved token landed, ejecting another tile from the game board. Any tokens on this tile are returned to their respecting starting zone. Tokens can be stacked up to three high; when a token moves from the top of a stack, it moves 2-3 spaces depending on the height of the stack and can jump turtles while moving. If a token reaches the opponent's starting zone, it remains there, and the first player to cross the board with five of their tokens wins.

Designer

Marco Teubner

Publisher

Gerhards Spiel und Design

Categories

Abstract Strategy

Mechanics

Grid MovementModular Board & Variable SetupArea MovementAbstract Movement & Capture
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