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Description provided by Board Gaming with Konakat on YouTube:
00:00 Intro
00:20 What's in the Box
00:56 How to Set Up
03:39 Card Anatomy and Details
09:41 How to Play
11:40 End Game Scoring
Pondscape: 1-4 players, 30 min, ages 8+
Pondscape is a card game where players create their own pond, filling it with various frog species and environments.
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Mainly playthroughs and reviews. Pondscape is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 11 recorded sessions, 4 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
1 - 4 players
20 - 35 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About Pondscape, from BoardGameGeek:
Pondscape is a strategic card game for 2-4 players, lasting around 30 minutes. In this game, players create their own vibrant pond by carefully placing cards featuring various frog species and pond environments while collecting different insect types.
The core mechanisms involve grid building and card management, with pond construction as a spatial puzzle. In each round, players choose cards from a shared display and add one card to their pond, aiming to fulfill specific conditions set by different frog species to earn points, with larger groups of the same frog type yielding even greater rewards.
A unique shared mechanism revolves around the "jumper frog", a central figure that hunts insects and other food. All players influence the jumper frog's actions and compete to gather insects that can provide bonus points during the final scoring. Careful planning and resourceful play will lead to the most balanced and flourishing pond!
-description from the publisher