
2026Henry Audubon
From BoardGameGeek
A small group of Devotees have glimpsed what was once hidden; a colossal glass cephalopod they call Prismoctopus, cloaked in the endless dark of space, bending and scattering light to remain unseen. These Devotees are straying from tradition, treading the Path of Glass in pursuit of heretical knowledge, chasing patterns in fractured light and strange numbers once dismissed as meaningless. Meet Prismoctopus, a new celestial cephalopod, and harness a shimmering new resource: glass! Gather this cosmic material from rarely visited Inky Realm tiles and use it to influence Prismoctopus - what mysterious rewards will you earn in return? Discover all-new devotee cards, including mind-bending riddle Hallucinations, cyclical Constellations, and powerful Relics unlocking access to hidden Inky Realm tiles. Begin with Starting Trinkets that jump-start your resource engine and seek out Loose Pages offering single-discount boosts to your Scriptures. Deploy Telescope tiles to complete Constellations and shape the card row; build a telescope-charging engine to reuse them repeatedly. Show what you have learned by claiming Prismatic Knowledge - can you gather 21 resources to claim a triad of tentacles? Earn Titles in return for dedication to studying Scripture of a single type. Experience a brand-new solo mode with scalable difficulty: aid a physicist ally in constructing her telescope before the Dean uncovers her activities! -description from the publisher
Cosmoctopus: Beyond the Inky Realm has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 other video. They date from October 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "OFPG - Cosmoctopus: Beyond the Inky Realm Preview (A Prismatic Evolution!)" by Our Family Plays Games, which runs 9 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Cosmoctopus: Beyond the Inky Realm" by Becki and Stu Owen.
If you like it, try Parks, Cosmoctopus, Trails and Defenders of the Wild, also by Henry Audubon.
2021Henry Audubon
2 - 4 players20 - 40 minLight weight
2024Henry Audubon, T.L. Simons
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
A small group of Devotees have glimpsed what was once hidden; a colossal glass cephalopod they call Prismoctopus, cloaked in the endless dark of space, bending and scattering light to remain unseen. These Devotees are straying from tradition, treading the Path of Glass in pursuit of heretical knowledge, chasing patterns in fractured light and strange numbers once dismissed as meaningless. Meet Prismoctopus, a new celestial cephalopod, and harness a shimmering new resource: glass! Gather this cosmic material from rarely visited Inky Realm tiles and use it to influence Prismoctopus - what mysterious rewards will you earn in return? Discover all-new devotee cards, including mind-bending riddle Hallucinations, cyclical Constellations, and powerful Relics unlocking access to hidden Inky Realm tiles. Begin with Starting Trinkets that jump-start your resource engine and seek out Loose Pages offering single-discount boosts to your Scriptures. Deploy Telescope tiles to complete Constellations and shape the card row; build a telescope-charging engine to reuse them repeatedly. Show what you have learned by claiming Prismatic Knowledge - can you gather 21 resources to claim a triad of tentacles? Earn Titles in return for dedication to studying Scripture of a single type. Experience a brand-new solo mode with scalable difficulty: aid a physicist ally in constructing her telescope before the Dean uncovers her activities! -description from the publisher
Designer
Henry Audubon
Artist
George Doutsiopoulos
Publisher
Paper Fort Games
Mechanics