2020Maxim Istomin
- Videos
- 5
- Creators
- 2
Mainly reviews
3 - 5 players20 - 45 minLight weight
Portals
2023Maxim Istomin
- Videos
- 20
- Creators
- 13
Mainly reviews and how-to-play. Portals is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 3 recorded sessions, 2 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
1 - 4 players
40 - 80 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Portals is an abstract game akin to chess. If you enjoy spacial reasoning puzzles and visualizing spacial sequences, you will enjoy Portals! During the game, players draft fabulous Elemental stones to complete various shapes on Key cards. By activating completed Key cards, players fill Elemental boards with stones and gain Victory Points for matching colors and adjacency. Game Features Easy to learn, hard to master. Start playing quickly, get better with every game. This Close interaction. You share everything with other players, so you'll inevitably mess someone's plans up. Tactical variability. There's no ‘one size fits all' winning strategy. Additional modules. Additional challenges to spice things up. Beautiful components. Vibrant colors, a player-friendly design and stones that are great to play with. Solo mode. Great and crunchy puzzle to enjoy alone. -description from the publisher
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Which Portals video should I watch?
Portals has 20 videos from 13 creators: 7 reviews, 5 how-to-play guides, 3 playthroughs, 2 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2023 to May 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Portals - Board Game Overview" by Before You Play, which runs 12 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Portals | Kimberly's Final Thoughts" by Rahdo Runs Through. 6 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Portals | A Rahdo Runthrough by Kimberly" by Rahdo Runs Through, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Windmill: Cozy Stories and Windmill: Cute Secrets, also by Maxim Istomin, or Winter Queen and Ohanami, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Portals
From BoardGameGeek:
Portals is an abstract game akin to chess. If you enjoy spacial reasoning puzzles and visualizing spacial sequences, you will enjoy Portals! During the game, players draft fabulous Elemental stones to complete various shapes on Key cards. By activating completed Key cards, players fill Elemental boards with stones and gain Victory Points for matching colors and adjacency. Game Features Easy to learn, hard to master. Start playing quickly, get better with every game. This Close interaction. You share everything with other players, so you'll inevitably mess someone's plans up. Tactical variability. There's no ‘one size fits all' winning strategy. Additional modules. Additional challenges to spice things up. Beautiful components. Vibrant colors, a player-friendly design and stones that are great to play with. Solo mode. Great and crunchy puzzle to enjoy alone. -description from the publisher
Designer
Maxim Istomin
Artists
Ulyana Grebeneva, Jamil Isimov
Publisher
CrowD Games
Categories
Mechanics