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Perilous Pond

Perilous Pond

2024

2 - 4 players
30 - 70 min

From BoardGameGeek

Perilous Pond is a game about rolling dice and trying to make the best out of the final result. Doing this is a bit of a spatial puzzle, moving your frog into a position with lots of options for future turns while still keeping safe from the pike. The game is suitable for everyone, a simple and fun mechanic kids easily master and a depth of strategy that gives the game another dimension. The pond is not a static playing field. As you and your opponents move your frogs around, chasing fireflies, the pond will change. As a frog hops across the pond the lily pads, they will first be submerged and if pushed off of once more sink completely. This makes the pond harder and harder to navigate as the game progresses.

Perilous Pond

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Learn to play

Perilous Pond Preview18:29

Perilous Pond Preview

Tabletop Gaming Guild

Tabletop Gaming Guild

Review

Perilous Pond - Kickstarter Preview9:12

Perilous Pond - Kickstarter Preview

Game Court

Game Court

Which Perilous Pond video should I watch?

Perilous Pond has 3 videos from 3 creators: 2 reviews and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from April to June 2023.

To learn the rules, start with "Perilous Pond Preview" by Tabletop Gaming Guild, which runs 18 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Perilous Pond - Kickstarter Preview" by Game Court.

If you like it, try Zombie Dice, Dice Throne, Rumble Nation or Doom Machine, which share several of its mechanics.

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Perilous Pond - Kickstarter PreviewReview9:12

Perilous Pond - Kickstarter Preview

Game Court

Game Court

How to play the board game Perilous PondReview24:06

How to play the board game Perilous Pond

Jenders Gaming

Jenders Gaming

Perilous Pond PreviewHow to play18:29

Perilous Pond Preview

Tabletop Gaming Guild

Tabletop Gaming Guild

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Game Court
Game Court
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Jenders Gaming
Jenders Gaming
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About Perilous Pond

From BoardGameGeek:

Perilous Pond is a game about rolling dice and trying to make the best out of the final result. Doing this is a bit of a spatial puzzle, moving your frog into a position with lots of options for future turns while still keeping safe from the pike. The game is suitable for everyone, a simple and fun mechanic kids easily master and a depth of strategy that gives the game another dimension. The pond is not a static playing field. As you and your opponents move your frogs around, chasing fireflies, the pond will change. As a frog hops across the pond the lily pads, they will first be submerged and if pushed off of once more sink completely. This makes the pond harder and harder to navigate as the game progresses.

Artist

Emily Ryan

Publisher

Frozen Maze Games

Categories

AnimalsDice

Mechanics

Dice RollingProgrammed ActionsDice Manipulation
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