Watch “Planet Unknown - My Favorite* Polyomino Game // Board Game Review,” a board game review for Planet Unknown from Board Game Detectives on BoardGameVideo.
Description provided by Board Game Detectives on YouTube:
I am not a big fan of Polyomino games, but this one stands out. I actually like playing it, lots of fun! Great family game - highly recommended.
Additionally, the video explains the word “polyomino”.
BGD BADGES:
GEM - 9,10 Rating - Excellent/Outstanding - Love - Want to Play it
- Light Weight [GREEN] - Medium [CYAN/AQUA] - Heavy [BLUE]
CRYSTAL - 7,8 Rating - Good/ Very Good - Like - Willing to Play it
- Light Weight [YELLOW] - Medium [CORAL] - Heavy [MAGENTA]
*OK and Other- 1-6 Rating - [RED]
Mainly reviews. Planet Unknown is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 59 reviews, 15 how-to-play guides, 20 recorded sessions, 26 unboxings, and 8 other videos.
1 - 6 players
60 - 80 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Planet Unknown, from BoardGameGeek:
Our planet has run out of resources, and we are forced to move. We have discovered a series of planets and sent our rovers to test their environment with the hope of colonization. Our rovers have confirmed 1-6 viable colonization options.
Planet Unknown is a competitive game for 1-6 players in which players attempt to develop the best planet. Each round, each player places one polyomino-shaped, dual-resource tile on their planet. Each resource represents the infrastructure needed to support life on the planet. Every tile placement is important to cover your planet efficiently and also to build up your planet's engine. After placing the tile, players do two actions associated with the two infrastructure types on the tile. Some tile placements trigger "meteors" that make all planets harder to develop and prevent them from scoring points in the meteor's row and column.
Planet Unknown innovates on the popular polyomino trend by allowing simultaneous, yet strategic turn-based play via the Lazy S.U.S.A.N. space station in the center of the table.
-description from the publisher