Earth Express Review - The Best Parts of Earth, But In Only 15 Minutes

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Check out our channel sponsor AllPlay for great games, tables, shelves and more! - https://www.allplay.com/ -------------------------------------------- BoardGameCo Ko-Fi (Exclusive Content) - https://ko-fi.com/boardgameco BoardGameCo Patreon (Exclusive Content) - https://bit.ly/3sKcAYf Instagram - https://bit.ly/39GvjNH -------------------------------------------- Channels I Recommend (Not a comprehensive list by any means) Professor Meg - https://www.instagram.com/professormeg/ EZBoardGames - https://www.youtube.com/@ezbgames The Board Game Garden - https://www.youtube.com/@TheBoardGameGarden Room & Board - https://www.youtube.com/@RoomandBoardReviews Thinker Themer - https://www.youtube.com/@ThinkerThemer -------------------------------------------- Campaign - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/insideupgames/two-standalone-earth-games Curate a biodiverse tableau in just 15 minutes. From mosses that cling to the forest floor, to towering canopies that sustain fauna in the rainforest, our planet is full of natural wonders that have evolved over millennia. In Earth Express, you’ll cultivate your own vibrant ecosystem in minutes. Draft cards to build a 3x3 tableau of Flora and Terrain, creating a self-sustaining habitat by triggering the coloured abilities in your tableau. Generate Sprouts, stack Growth, and curate your hand by spending Seeds to create the perfect habitat for fauna; each with a unique scoring objective. Engaging, strategic, and easy-to-learn, Earth: Express is a standalone game for 1-8 players. Simultaneous Play Players resolve their turns at the same time, watching their tableau grow over the course of 5 rounds. Personal & Shared Goals Fauna objectives reward you for building habitats to accommodate animals such as hummingbirds, leopards, and echidnas. Optional Ecosystem objectives have scaling rewards according to how well you’ve met their conditions. Positive Player Interaction Certain cards grant benefits for the cards in your neighbours’ tableau, while others generate extra resources for other players when their abilities are triggered. BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/467570/earth-express TimeStamps: 0:00:00 - Introduction & Overview 0:07:15 - What I Like 0:09:50 - What I Don't Like 0:12:20 - What I Can See Others Not Liking 0:13:00 - Final Thoughts 0:13:45 - Recommendations 5.0 - My absolutely favorite games, I will rarely if ever turn down an opportunity to play these games. 4.5 - Oh my gosh, the absolute best games...but also I'm not always down to play them. For one reason or another these are just shy of perfect. Whether it's mechanics, length, brain burn whatever. 4.0 - This is where a game becomes recommended. Now I may or may not be in the mood, or even own it, especially considering other games. But a 4 is where we cross from good to great.3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, will often lose out to better games, but there's a part of me that wants to own it/play it more. 3.0 - A good game, I enjoy playing it. But also if I never play it again I'm not losing any sleep over that. 2.5 - Wasn't the biggest fan. Wasn't the worst, but didn't feel like the best use of time. Would prefer not to play again but am willing to given the right circumstances. 2.0 - A game I don't want to play again. I'm not saying it isn't good, I'm saying I don't want to play it again regardless of circumstance. 1.5 - I did not like this game, do not want to play it, and think it's a fairly flawed game. 1.0 - I can't imagine rating a game this poorly ever. It would take something so abysmal I probably didn't get to even play it. My Game Table (Non Referral) https://bit.ly/3aYUdpp Upgrade Your Game At Top Shelf Gamer (Referral Link) https://bit.ly/3siD0PL For media inquiries, please email alex@boardgameco.com For Gamefound inquiries, please email me at a.radcliffe@gamefound.com