
2024J.J. Neville
Mainly reviews. Mycelia is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 24 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 7 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Mycelia is a dynamic game of tactics in a competition for space and resources to create your own mushroom kingdom. The game follows the life cycle of fungi, a journey of creation, expansion, death, and rebirth - in game terms, growing mushrooms to score points, sporing them to expand your mycelial network, and eventually seeing them decay to unlock special actions. On a turn, a player has two actions to perform from the six options available. Using your decay actions, stealing spores, and blocking other mushrooms are just some of the ways to get ahead in the game. Players can evolve their own playing style, perhaps playing more aggressively to steal other players' spores or disrupt their mycelial network - or perhaps playing more defensively to try to protect their own area and spores. The board is made up of triangle tiles that represent different environments and nutrients that the mushrooms need to grow. These tiles can be added to the board by the players, so the board is always growing and evolving. Mycelia incorporates beautiful and accurate botanical style illustrations with over 69 mushrooms that can be found in the wild. -description from the publisher
Mycelia has 48 videos from 24 creators: 24 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 7 unboxings and 6 other videos. They date from 2023 to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Mycelia - Kickstarter Preview" by Before You Play, which runs 12 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Mycelia Review - Chairman of the Board" by Chairman of the Board. 15 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Micélio | Regras e Gameplay", one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Stag and Mycelia: North American Expansion, also by J.J. Neville, or Lodge and Kōhaku, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from UK Games Expo 2023.
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2026J.J. Neville
2 - 5 players40 - 130 min
2020Danny Devine
1 - 4 players30 - 45 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Mycelia is a dynamic game of tactics in a competition for space and resources to create your own mushroom kingdom. The game follows the life cycle of fungi, a journey of creation, expansion, death, and rebirth - in game terms, growing mushrooms to score points, sporing them to expand your mycelial network, and eventually seeing them decay to unlock special actions. On a turn, a player has two actions to perform from the six options available. Using your decay actions, stealing spores, and blocking other mushrooms are just some of the ways to get ahead in the game. Players can evolve their own playing style, perhaps playing more aggressively to steal other players' spores or disrupt their mycelial network - or perhaps playing more defensively to try to protect their own area and spores. The board is made up of triangle tiles that represent different environments and nutrients that the mushrooms need to grow. These tiles can be added to the board by the players, so the board is always growing and evolving. Mycelia incorporates beautiful and accurate botanical style illustrations with over 69 mushrooms that can be found in the wild. -description from the publisher
Designer
J.J. Neville
Artist
J.J. Neville
Publisher
Split Stone Games
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Mechanics